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Guys, forgive me if this a duplicate topic - I searched but could not find.
The question is: SFO: RB Matt Breida v RB Alfred Morris - which to own?
If you were foolish enough (as I was) to draft BOTH - thinking Week 1 would sort out which Shanahan RB is the one to own - completely forgetting that SFO played MIN and that suffocating defense in Week 1 - what to do now? Obviously "hang on" another week or couple of weeks to see your plan through would be decent advice but what are your opinions in terms of speculating which is the Shanahan back to own down the road? (I'm NOT asking which to start). I also note that Morris turns 30 in 3 months so there's that.
I'd like to quote @Mr. Irrelevant from his excellent 2017 trends that might repeat in 2018:
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I would have had a lot tougher time finding a suitable candidate for this line item before Jerick McKinnon tore his ACL (although, to be honest, his size and injury history had kept him off my boards at his ADP in any case). But Morris, a street free agent a month ago, could not possibly have walked into a better combination of depth chart and situation than he gets in San Fran. He had his best fantasy years by far under Kyle Shanahan’s zone-blocking scheme in Washington, which his “find the hole, hit the hole” style suits far better than Breida’s jitterbug tendencies.
And for all the improvements to the 49er offense since this time last year, neither the 6’ Garcon nor the 5’9” Goodwin are anyone’s red-zone darlings, and the one who could vie for that role (George Kittle) is perpetually injured. The carries Morris is likely to get inside the 5 could make him fantasy starter-worthy on their own, even before the 800+ rushing yards that are there for the taking. Even at his soaring ADP (if you can call RB42 "soaring"), the downside is modest and the upside significant.
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The question is: SFO: RB Matt Breida v RB Alfred Morris - which to own?
If you were foolish enough (as I was) to draft BOTH - thinking Week 1 would sort out which Shanahan RB is the one to own - completely forgetting that SFO played MIN and that suffocating defense in Week 1 - what to do now? Obviously "hang on" another week or couple of weeks to see your plan through would be decent advice but what are your opinions in terms of speculating which is the Shanahan back to own down the road? (I'm NOT asking which to start). I also note that Morris turns 30 in 3 months so there's that.
I'd like to quote @Mr. Irrelevant from his excellent 2017 trends that might repeat in 2018:
"
I would have had a lot tougher time finding a suitable candidate for this line item before Jerick McKinnon tore his ACL (although, to be honest, his size and injury history had kept him off my boards at his ADP in any case). But Morris, a street free agent a month ago, could not possibly have walked into a better combination of depth chart and situation than he gets in San Fran. He had his best fantasy years by far under Kyle Shanahan’s zone-blocking scheme in Washington, which his “find the hole, hit the hole” style suits far better than Breida’s jitterbug tendencies.
And for all the improvements to the 49er offense since this time last year, neither the 6’ Garcon nor the 5’9” Goodwin are anyone’s red-zone darlings, and the one who could vie for that role (George Kittle) is perpetually injured. The carries Morris is likely to get inside the 5 could make him fantasy starter-worthy on their own, even before the 800+ rushing yards that are there for the taking. Even at his soaring ADP (if you can call RB42 "soaring"), the downside is modest and the upside significant.
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