The handcuff (1 Viewer)

[3quinox]

This is only my second year so I apologize for this question that probably comes of as stupid. Why are handcuffs important? I own darren Mcfadden and everyone says to handcuff him. Same with marshawhn Lynch. Wouldn't I rather just pick a rb that at least gets the ball instead of someone who "might" get the ball barring the injury of another person? Instead of picking up goodson or robert turbin what about Quizz or shane vereen? Also in my league the bench is very shallow so a handcuff isn't even very plausable.

 

[nightmare]

Shallow bench-forget it. You need bye week starters. I think handcuffs are overblown.

B Tate is the exception. In small roster leagues if an injury happens you need to play

the waiver wire. If your starting RB's have early bye weeks then I'd think about picking

up the handcuff. Oakland is week 5, so week 6 you might have a better idea if McFadden's

handcuff is Goodson or T Jones. You'll also have a clearer picture if your bye week starter

scores more then Goodson/Jones for the rest of the season-if Mcfadden gets hurt.

 

[Abspara]

This is only my second year so I apologize for this question that probably comes of as stupid. Why are handcuffs important? I own darren Mcfadden and everyone says to handcuff him. Same with marshawhn Lynch. Wouldn't I rather just pick a rb that at least gets the ball instead of someone who "might" get the ball barring the injury of another person? Instead of picking up goodson or robert turbin what about Quizz or shane vereen? Also in my league the bench is very shallow so a handcuff isn't even very plausable.

I tend to handcuff my RB's with other starting RB's in the league.

 

[nightmare]

Don't jump the gun too much on add/drops. Right now a lot of guys are adding

K Ogletree. He was working against the Giants 4th or 5th best corner-that's not

going to happen every week.

 

[Chase Stuart]

This is only my second year so I apologize for this question that probably comes of as stupid. Why are handcuffs important? I own darren Mcfadden and everyone says to handcuff him. Same with marshawhn Lynch. Wouldn't I rather just pick a rb that at least gets the ball instead of someone who "might" get the ball barring the injury of another person? Instead of picking up goodson or robert turbin what about Quizz or shane vereen? Also in my league the bench is very shallow so a handcuff isn't even very plausable.

Theory is always different than practice. I don't think you can handcuff McFadden with supreme confidence, since Taiwan Jones and Marcel Reese may see more touches than Goodson in the event of a DMC injury.With Lynch, Turbin seems like a legitimate handcuff. For MJD or ADP, they have clear handcuffs. Handcuffs are only worth it if you think the handcuff is going to be a top-15 RB if the starter gets hurt.

 

[3quinox]

This is only my second year so I apologize for this question that probably comes of as stupid. Why are handcuffs important? I own darren Mcfadden and everyone says to handcuff him. Same with marshawhn Lynch. Wouldn't I rather just pick a rb that at least gets the ball instead of someone who "might" get the ball barring the injury of another person? Instead of picking up goodson or robert turbin what about Quizz or shane vereen? Also in my league the bench is very shallow so a handcuff isn't even very plausable.

Theory is always different than practice. I don't think you can handcuff McFadden with supreme confidence, since Taiwan Jones and Marcel Reese may see more touches than Goodson in the event of a DMC injury.With Lynch, Turbin seems like a legitimate handcuff. For MJD or ADP, they have clear handcuffs. Handcuffs are only worth it if you think the handcuff is going to be a top-15 RB if the starter gets hurt.

My running back core is: Darren Mcfadden, Marshawn Lynch, Doug Martin, Donald Brown, Kevin Smith. I can hold up to three running backs on my roster and than my bench only has three slots. In those slots are Kevin Smith, Donald brown and my wr4 (Jeremy Maclin). At this point to get a handcuff I'd need to drop one of them. It would have to be kevin Smith but I think he would be better (when healthy) than any handcuff of the before mentioned names, in this scenario would you handcuff anybody?

 

[Chase Stuart]

This is only my second year so I apologize for this question that probably comes of as stupid. Why are handcuffs important? I own darren Mcfadden and everyone says to handcuff him. Same with marshawhn Lynch. Wouldn't I rather just pick a rb that at least gets the ball instead of someone who "might" get the ball barring the injury of another person? Instead of picking up goodson or robert turbin what about Quizz or shane vereen? Also in my league the bench is very shallow so a handcuff isn't even very plausable.

Theory is always different than practice. I don't think you can handcuff McFadden with supreme confidence, since Taiwan Jones and Marcel Reese may see more touches than Goodson in the event of a DMC injury.With Lynch, Turbin seems like a legitimate handcuff. For MJD or ADP, they have clear handcuffs. Handcuffs are only worth it if you think the handcuff is going to be a top-15 RB if the starter gets hurt.

My running back core is: Darren Mcfadden, Marshawn Lynch, Doug Martin, Donald Brown, Kevin Smith. I can hold up to three running backs on my roster and than my bench only has three slots. In those slots are Kevin Smith, Donald brown and my wr4 (Jeremy Maclin). At this point to get a handcuff I'd need to drop one of them. It would have to be kevin Smith but I think he would be better (when healthy) than any handcuff of the before mentioned names, in this scenario would you handcuff anybody?

Nope.

 

[cstu]

This is only my second year so I apologize for this question that probably comes of as stupid. Why are handcuffs important? I own darren Mcfadden and everyone says to handcuff him. Same with marshawhn Lynch. Wouldn't I rather just pick a rb that at least gets the ball instead of someone who "might" get the ball barring the injury of another person? Instead of picking up goodson or robert turbin what about Quizz or shane vereen? Also in my league the bench is very shallow so a handcuff isn't even very plausable.

Theory is always different than practice. I don't think you can handcuff McFadden with supreme confidence, since Taiwan Jones and Marcel Reese may see more touches than Goodson in the event of a DMC injury.With Lynch, Turbin seems like a legitimate handcuff. For MJD or ADP, they have clear handcuffs.

Handcuffs are only worth it if you think the handcuff is going to be a top-15 RB if the starter gets hurt.

 

[cstu]

This is only my second year so I apologize for this question that probably comes of as stupid. Why are handcuffs important? I own darren Mcfadden and everyone says to handcuff him. Same with marshawhn Lynch. Wouldn't I rather just pick a rb that at least gets the ball instead of someone who "might" get the ball barring the injury of another person? Instead of picking up goodson or robert turbin what about Quizz or shane vereen? Also in my league the bench is very shallow so a handcuff isn't even very plausable.

Theory is always different than practice. I don't think you can handcuff McFadden with supreme confidence, since Taiwan Jones and Marcel Reese may see more touches than Goodson in the event of a DMC injury.With Lynch, Turbin seems like a legitimate handcuff. For MJD or ADP, they have clear handcuffs. Handcuffs are only worth it if you think the handcuff is going to be a top-15 RB if the starter gets hurt.

My running back core is: Darren Mcfadden, Marshawn Lynch, Doug Martin, Donald Brown, Kevin Smith. I can hold up to three running backs on my roster and than my bench only has three slots. In those slots are Kevin Smith, Donald brown and my wr4 (Jeremy Maclin). At this point to get a handcuff I'd need to drop one of them. It would have to be kevin Smith but I think he would be better (when healthy) than any handcuff of the before mentioned names, in this scenario would you handcuff anybody?

Look at it this way - is McFadden's backup going to greatly outproduce Smith or Brown if he got injured? Do you even know which one it's going to be or if they'll get the full load? The main reason to handcuff if you know the backup would put up big numbers if your starter went down.

 

[3quinox]

This is only my second year so I apologize for this question that probably comes of as stupid. Why are handcuffs important? I own darren Mcfadden and everyone says to handcuff him. Same with marshawhn Lynch. Wouldn't I rather just pick a rb that at least gets the ball instead of someone who "might" get the ball barring the injury of another person? Instead of picking up goodson or robert turbin what about Quizz or shane vereen? Also in my league the bench is very shallow so a handcuff isn't even very plausable.

Theory is always different than practice. I don't think you can handcuff McFadden with supreme confidence, since Taiwan Jones and Marcel Reese may see more touches than Goodson in the event of a DMC injury.With Lynch, Turbin seems like a legitimate handcuff. For MJD or ADP, they have clear handcuffs. Handcuffs are only worth it if you think the handcuff is going to be a top-15 RB if the starter gets hurt.

My running back core is: Darren Mcfadden, Marshawn Lynch, Doug Martin, Donald Brown, Kevin Smith. I can hold up to three running backs on my roster and than my bench only has three slots. In those slots are Kevin Smith, Donald brown and my wr4 (Jeremy Maclin). At this point to get a handcuff I'd need to drop one of them. It would have to be kevin Smith but I think he would be better (when healthy) than any handcuff of the before mentioned names, in this scenario would you handcuff anybody?

Look at it this way - is McFadden's backup going to greatly outproduce Smith or Brown if he got injured? Do you even know which one it's going to be or if they'll get the full load? The main reason to handcuff if you know the backup would put up big numbers if your starter went down.

Great way to look at it from now on. Thanks everyone