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CragHack7

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Is it too risky to have 3 players from one team as starters on your fantasy team? This isn't a question that belongs in the Asst Coach forum because I think its more of a strategic question. I already have the QB and WR on the team and I'm comtemplating a trade for the TE. All players are tearing it up. Other than the obvious bye week problem, is this too risky to have all my eggs in one basket?

:rolleyes:

 
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CragHack7 said:
Is it too risky to have 3 players from one team as starters on your fantasy team? This isn't a question that belongs in the Asst Coach forum because I think its more of a strategic question. I already have the QB and WR on the team and I'm comtemplating a trade for the TE. All players are tearing it up. Other than the obvious bye week problem, is this too risky to have all my eggs in one basket? :rolleyes:
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If the players are Tom Brady, Randy Moss, and Ben Watson... not too risky. If the players are Tarvaris Jackson, Bobby Wade, and Shiancoe... too risky.
 
In this silly ### 8 team league I'm in I have Romo, TO, Witten, and Folk this weekend. I'm crushed if its the Barber show.

 
I'm in a 14 team league that starts a QB, 3 WR, 2 RB, TE, 2 W/T and 2 W/R and a pretty large bench.

Due to injuries, byes, and the fact that there was no one on WW, I am actually forced to start:

Selvin Young (Den - RB)

Daniel Graham (Den - TE)

Brandon Marshall (Den - WR)

Brandon Stokley (Den - WR)

 
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Last year I had SJax/Bulger/Holt... (save the "can I join your league" or "4 team league" comments... i got them via trades/keepers). and I loved it.. won the league. Combo points are nice.

Since it's a ppr, every dumpoff to SJax came from Bulger and same for Holt. Every TD thrown = 2!

This year a guy in my league has T.O. / Romo / WItten... let's just say he's blowing up!

 
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Last year I had Chad Johnson and TJ Housh as my top two receivers. It seemed to me that one or the other was hot, not both at the same time and neither consistently produced points. It's possible that it had more to due with those receivers' individual seasons - injuries, particular matchups on any given Sunday, etc. - and that it can't be generalized into a 'don't play two receivers from the same team' rule, but after last year's experience it seems to me that you're better able to play matchups and get more production if your receivers are on different teams.

 
It's not a bad situation to be in. Basically the Cowboy's game would be huge for you every week. If you think they can stay on pace then go for it. Personally I don't think every game will be a complete blowout, so if they have a down week you are screwed.

 
In theory there is nothing wrong with starting 3 or possibly more players on any givin weeks line-up. The obvious example being that if you owned P. Manning, J. Addai, R.Wayne, and D.Clark, you would more than likely start all of them every week and probably end up successful on most weeks. Of course the chances of anybody actually having all four INDY players is highly unlikely unless you are playing in a 4-team Yahoo league against your girlfriend, your grand-mother, and your pilate instructer.

But look at a far more realistic example.

WK 2

CLE QB D.Anderson 328 yds, 5 TD

CLE RB J.Lewis 216 yds, 1 TD

CLE WR B.Edwards 146 yds, 2 TD

CLE TE K.Winslow Jr. 100 yds, 1 TD

Those are numbers any fantasy owner would love to see at those 4 positions. How many would actually have all 4, let alone have the stones, stupidity, or amazing foresight to actually start them is irrelevant. There can be no denying that a roster like that could concievably exist. Not thru trades or keepers, but thru the draft.

It is important to point out, and I'm sure I don't need to, that the above example was a complete fluke. The Cleveland FREAKIN Browns. An unexplainable NFL oddity. The chances that those four players, could have stats like that all in the same game are about as unlikely as Travis Henry winning "Father of the Year".

Personally, and I am no expert, would not feel comfortable doing it. Too much to risk 3 or 4 starting spots all on the play of they're respective QB. Even with the pipe-dream Indy 4 that I mentioned above, I wouldn't like it. Peyton gets hurt, gets pulled for whatever reason, or God forbid just have a bad game, and I would be screwed. On seperate teams, or in pairs they are all must starts. Representing almost half of my starting line-up, never happen.

 
Before the season starts it is very risky and I would never do it as you never know how teams will fare even if they have a powerful offense on paper (see the Saints). Since we are already 3 weeks into the season and we know the Cowboys are the NFC top team I wouldn't bother having those 3 players you mentioned.

You could have a hard time winning when the Cowboys score 3 TD's or less but overall it's not a bad position to be in if they keep that offense rolling.

 
I've never had the guts to do that...well, unless you count kickers--2 years ago I owned Palmer, Ocho Cinco & Shayne Graham on the same 12 owner redraft team..

 
That was my plan this year in the NFFC. Jacobs/Ward, Burress, and Shockey.

1-2 thus far due to Jacobs injury and facing highest scoring teams.

:goodposting:

 
Too risky IMO...all of the examples here are extreme. They may have worked previously but I'm sure we could name countless others that did not turn out so good. On the other hand, the Dallas trios may be that one rare example for 2007.

 
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Anybody have any experience doing this and what were the results?
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Depends on the team and the players. I have Kitna, Roy Williams and Calvin Johnson in one league and I am 3-0. Another guy in a league I am in has Palmer, Chad Johnson and TJ and he is 3-0.
 
14 team league. I start Romo, Owens, Witten, Folk, and Dallas D/ST (5 of 8 roster spots). I am 3-0 right now. I'll ride this train for at least 2 more weeks and then look to trade one of them.

For the record, I always try to diversify. This year, I went value shopping on draft day and the Cowboys were available.

 
W1cked said:
CragHack7 said:
Anybody have any experience doing this and what were the results?
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Depends on the team and the players. I have Kitna, Roy Williams and Calvin Johnson in one league and I am 3-0. Another guy in a league I am in has Palmer, Chad Johnson and TJ and he is 3-0.
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I have Kitna, Roy and KJ and will have to make tough decisions when KJ comes back to health. I dont think I can risk starting all 3 every week which means I may have to shop KJ because Roy and Kitna arent going anywhere
 
Bluegrassman said:
14 team league. I start Romo, Owens, Witten, Folk, and Dallas D/ST (5 of 8 roster spots). I am 3-0 right now. I'll ride this train for at least 2 more weeks and then look to trade one of them. For the record, I always try to diversify. This year, I went value shopping on draft day and the Cowboys were available.
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D/ST as a 4th or 5th line-up choice would bear the least amount of risk, as QB performance would have little to no effect on stats. As for kickers, really, does anyone actually care about kickers? Seriously, this would be another play that lives or dies with the production of your QB. I change kickers like underwear, almost weekly :bs: . Kickers Suck !
 
Romo, Owens and Witten here and loving it.

I think it depends on the team. If they are a consistently high scoring team - Indy, Cinci,Dallas then you're fine. If it's the Browns, Raiders, Jaguars - not so much.

 
BeachBums said:
Last year I had Chad Johnson and TJ Housh as my top two receivers. It seemed to me that one or the other was hot, not both at the same time and neither consistently produced points. It's possible that it had more to due with those receivers' individual seasons - injuries, particular matchups on any given Sunday, etc. - and that it can't be generalized into a 'don't play two receivers from the same team' rule, but after last year's experience it seems to me that you're better able to play matchups and get more production if your receivers are on different teams.
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Interesting. I have Housh and Chad Johnson this year. I didn't plan on picking two from the same team but Housh was where the value was when I drafted him. As i have thought about it I kind of like it because I figure one or the other is bound to have a good day and of course it seem like the Bengal will have to pass alot this year.
 
Usually, I try not to have even two guys from the same team. But this year, and man did it pain me at the draft (49er country) I ended up with Barber III, Owens, Romo and Folk (post Scobee). In week 2, my co-owner and I couldn't stomach having so many eggs in one basket - we sat Folk and lost the week. Is it ideal? No. But I do feel a lot better about it now that they are through Chicago on the road.

To answer the question in general - it feels like every year there are several teams (IND, CIN, SD, NE, NO last year for instance), where you could make a good case for staring some combination of 3 offensive positions and be a tough team to beat on any given Sunday. For my fantasy football dollar, and this has less to do with strategy and more to do with enjoyment - I do sort of like to have a QB/WR combo (but will not overpay for), and then diversity across the rest of the team because I find it more enjoyable to have as many scores that scroll across the bottom of the screen effect me - and I avoid the ulcer when Dallas has done virtually nothing by halftime.

 
DoGdr said:
BeachBums said:
Last year I had Chad Johnson and TJ Housh as my top two receivers. It seemed to me that one or the other was hot, not both at the same time and neither consistently produced points. It's possible that it had more to due with those receivers' individual seasons - injuries, particular matchups on any given Sunday, etc. - and that it can't be generalized into a 'don't play two receivers from the same team' rule, but after last year's experience it seems to me that you're better able to play matchups and get more production if your receivers are on different teams.
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Interesting. I have Housh and Chad Johnson this year. I didn't plan on picking two from the same team but Housh was where the value was when I drafted him. As i have thought about it I kind of like it because I figure one or the other is bound to have a good day and of course it seem like the Bengal will have to pass alot this year.
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:unsure: Harrison and Wayne won me a title last year and I think Johnson/Houshmandzadeh will be just as good this year. Odds are that one will have a great game, and the other could very well match it or come in just behind them. It would totally surprise me for both to bust in the same game. Enjoy those guys on your team.
 
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Back a few years ago when p holmes and l johnson were splitting carries I started both of them every week and combined they were putting up over 30 pts, then holmes carrer ended and it was the l johnson show. Thats when KC was a high power offense and they ran for 200 yds and 3 tds a game. This year I have s jackson and t holt. How do think thats working out for me? Not so good. Its a huge risk/reward. One other combo that started me off 8-0 was TO mcnabb and we all know how that ended. Its all about explosiveness and at least somewhat consistent numbers. A combo I saw taken this year that is killing a guy. Lossman and lee evans. They will have 3 good weeks at some point but the rest of the season you will be counting on the rest of your squad to carry the load.

 
I could see starting some trio of DAL, IND, CIN without a 2nd thought. SD, DET, NEP I could see with the right match-up. NOS should have been a gimmee with Brees, Colston, and Bush, but now I'm not sure I'd want to start any one of them.

 
Willie Parker, Santonio Holmes & Heath Miller starting for me this weekend. We'll see what happens.

 
Last week, in one league, I started McNabb, Westbrook, K.Curtis, and Akers. Turned out pretty nice that paticular week. I also have Eagles D, which I had on the bench. That's a ton of Philly players and I'm no homer. Draft just unfolded that way.

 
thayman said:
It's not a bad situation to be in. Basically the Cowboy's game would be huge for you every week. If you think they can stay on pace then go for it. Personally I don't think every game will be a complete blowout, so if they have a down week you are screwed.
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Unless Romo gets hurt. The pass catchers depend on him and if he goes down it's worse than if you are playing RB's.
 
Maroney, Welker, Gostkowski going for me this week. I think it's less risky since they are all Patriots.

 
chidoy said:
This year a guy in my league has T.O. / Romo / WItten... let's just say he's blowing up!
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I have TO/Romo and Witten and I'm blowing up this year. To make things better I have LT and he has not done anything yet this year. God help my league if he starts showing up.Tony Romo WR Terrell Owens WR Reggie Wayne WR Ronald Curry RB LaDainian Tomlinson RB Adrian Peterson TE Jason Witten K Jason Elam DEF Indianapolis
 
Thanks for all the responses. I think I will try to get Witten to add to Romo/TO, but so far the guy with Witten hasn't even responded to my trade inquiry. I offered R. Curry btw with TO, R. Williams, and Cotchery on the roster. I'll see what happens.

 
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I've started teh season 0-3. Bulger can *&^% me. Gonna roll the dice and go with Rivers-Jackson -and Gates. At this point it calls for all or nothing.

 
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Unless Romo gets hurt. The pass catchers depend on him and if he goes down it's worse than if you are playing RB's.
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Herein lies the danger. A bad matchup on a particular week is not the issue. If, however, Romo goes down to an injury for an extended period of time, most of the Cowboys will drop a ton in value and your season might very well be over. Brad Johnson is just not going to cut it.
 
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To the original question, does it really matter?

Every week it is either :mellow: or :lmao: and there's not much you can do about it.

 
In the playoffs you have to be solid 3 games in a row. I think that having too many players from *any* team puts you at risk for not being solid 1 out of those 3 games if the team gets shut out, the QB goes down that game or has an off day, etc.

During the season its perfectly fine though. Just my $.02.

 
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