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I like SF this week. Tenn comes to SF and Singletary will have them playing well. The 49ers played great against Manning last week.
I like Smith a lot, but would choose Boldin every time. Both are nicked up now, but Boldin is a monster in PPR> He led all receivers in points/game last yr.
Thanks JeffJust listened to the Retired Rookie podcast you were on, Great Job- loved all the dynasty talk!
Thanks. Steve and I are in a couple of leagues together. If you ever get a chance to call in, ask him about being Shiancoe-d last year in the finals. He had a huge lead on me from the Saturday games, and I came back with Shiancoe lading the way. I enjoy the conversations with Steve since our styles are so different. I like to learn from others. He is a good dynasty owner.dmac37 said:
m to be exact and 2 trades were done, none by the way involving me 
there has been a total of 27 trades this year in our league between 10 teams crazy huh? but anyways i tried to get Mcnabb but with about 10 minutes to go before 12 he decided slaton was too much of a risk and he wanted my welker. (who scored over 29 points in my league within the past 3 games he played) so i said up his. then i tried to buy low on eli manning, but the owner wasnt available. and then i went down to try and get hasslebeck. it didnt work out either in time for the deadline so i was forced to pick up Terrible Trent Edwards. Now its the home stretch and everyone is on their own now. i'm gonna give you some of the rosters of teams and if you can evaluate them and just give your opinions.
I like your team and the 2nd place team best. Team1 could be hurting with 3 injury-prone QBs and iffy RBs. Team 2 has great WRs and two hot Qbs. Hist team will depend on Turner/SJax. All four are close. You are stacked at RB and need QB2 to get hot. You should be ok just playing matchups each week. Team3 is carried by the QBs. He will be in trouble if one goes down. I do not like the rest of the roster other than Rice. His WRs are slumping and probably killing him each week. You have a decent chance. Just need to get hot at right time.For keepers, I would keep Stafford (if you can) over VY. I do not think he will be in Tenn for 2010. I like McCoy a lot going forward. If you can keep Lynch or Pierre I would do it. Even though Celek has been productive, I do not think the Eagles love him/appreciate his abilities.Hey Jeff, Our League Trade deadline has come and gone. 12there has been a total of 27 trades this year in our league between 10 teams crazy huh? but anyways i tried to get Mcnabb but with about 10 minutes to go before 12 he decided slaton was too much of a risk and he wanted my welker. (who scored over 29 points in my league within the past 3 games he played) so i said up his. then i tried to buy low on eli manning, but the owner wasnt available. and then i went down to try and get hasslebeck. it didnt work out either in time for the deadline so i was forced to pick up Terrible Trent Edwards. Now its the home stretch and everyone is on their own now. i'm gonna give you some of the rosters of teams and if you can evaluate them and just give your opinions.1st place team and my Rival (personally in everything, basketball, madden, video games, girls etc lolz but he's my right hand man though) and his only lost was against me.He's running with7-1 with 15 tradesQB: Kurt Warner, Brett Favre, Donovan McnabbRB: Adrian Peterson, Kevin Smith, Brian westbrook, Jonathon Stewart, WR: Steve Smith NYG, Santana Moss, Johnny Knox, Anquan boldin, Donald Driver, Malcom FloydTE: VShancoe, Heath MillerD/St: Colts, Ravens2nd place and i predicted to actually win the leagueQB: Tom Brady, Tony Romo, Matt HasslebeckRB:Michael Turner, Steven Jackson, Correl Buckhalter, Chester Taylor, Lawrence MaroneyWR:Reggie Wayne, Chad Ochocinco, Andre Johnson, Antonio Bryant, Sidney Rice, Mike WallaceTE: Jeremy Shockey, Jason WittenD/St:Eagles, VikingsThe team tied for third and who i'm playing this week 5-3QB: Drew Brees, Matt Shaub, RB: DWilliams, ray rice, Mike Bell,Knowshaun moreno, Jamal Lewis, Clinton PortisWR:Greg Jennings, Dwane Bowe, Sean Breaston, Torry Holt, Steve Smith (Car) Kevin WalterTE: Owen Daniels (not anymore) Tony Scheffler, Dustin KellerD/St: Packers RedskinsAnd Finally me cuz the other teams really don't matter to me and i don't wanna make you read too much (too late)I'm At 4-4 tied for 5th but in 6th due to the head to head tie breaker this is my team i plan on rolling into the playoffs and win the 4th championship in this leagueQB: Rivers, Vince Young, Matthew Stafford, Trent EdwardsRB: Chris Johnson, Steve Slaton, Pierre Thomas, Lynch, Mccoy, moatsWR: Roddy white, Welker, Fitzgerald, Cotchery, Collie,TE: Celek, OlsenD: Jets, K: KeadingJust want to know what do you think about the teams and there chances in the league despite the records so far, and theres 5 games left in the regular season. with only 7 spots for the playoffs and 1st place bye. also who do you think i should keep for next year (i know early) but i'm thinking of keeping Vince Young, mccoy and celek (all my starters are ineligible for keeper)
Wow thats really scary that you like stafford over vy just because i've heard talks about the lions maybe going to bradford or another qb and trading stafford. and celek yes thats exactly my thoughts on celek that they don't appreciate him but eagles are always on there pass first stuff and with some hope being seen with Kolb maybe starting kolb would be incredible to celek. I see vy still playing in tenn though. i think they'll find him weapons and he'll do alright to finish the season. but no matter where he goes this guy is an athlete and he has skill. do you really see him being picked up by another team and then benched?And yea i really liked the 2nd place team. In my espn league we do league polls (im commish) and they are just random questions that the managers answer every week and i'd say weeks ago, like around week 3 or 4, 5 i asked them which teams do they think they'll see in the championship and our two teams got the most votes. i do say that its good to hear you agree even at week 8 and with my wack record. And yea i need my 2nd qb to be hot but thats only if my rb situation doesn't worsen with slatons fumbleitis. then i'd start thomas but he's splitting with bell and less importantly bush. either way the two running backs schedules are really nice. and their offenses are the 2 most potent offenses in the game.also heres my uncles team. i didn't mention his team before but i just thought you should see it. I've been helping him get the ropes of fantasy football this whole year. teaching him alot of things and even sacrificing adding players on my own team for his benefit. he started off the season 0-5 and got hot within the past 3 weeks and is 3-5. he beat the then 1st place team (which is the current 2nd place team we like) But pretty much you might shake your head in shame to see this team, but he really blew the draft and i had to work hard to get him to even 3 wins.His Team is As followsQB: Jay Cutler, Carson Palmer, Josh Freeman, Daunte Cullpepper (Dropable but he hasnt dropped him yet very deep rosters so he has the space sorta)RB: Lt, Thomas Jones, Rashard Mendenhall, Ryan Grant, Reggie Bush, Jerome HarrisonWR:Marques Colston, Hines Ward, Mark Clayton, Kenny Brit, Julian Edleman (yea i know he'll only start 2 recievers the rest of the year with the exception of edleman when hes backTE: Jermichael Finley, Marcedes LewisD/St: We use the fa pool every week for this position its been the falcons some times, Miami dolphins but this week we havent decided yetK: TynesAnyways, for his team he's really struggling at the te position and i believe he has a team full of players that need to be really hot to win. what do you think of his team. i pick him as our leagues cinderella but he's sitting at 8th cuz of his tie breaker with someone else at 7th. what are his chances who should he go with. I don't know if you remember, Start 2 qb, 2 rb, 1 rb/wr 2 wr's 1 te a few idpsI like your team and the 2nd place team best. Team1 could be hurting with 3 injury-prone QBs and iffy RBs. Team 2 has great WRs and two hot Qbs. Hist team will depend on Turner/SJax. All four are close. You are stacked at RB and need QB2 to get hot. You should be ok just playing matchups each week. Team3 is carried by the QBs. He will be in trouble if one goes down. I do not like the rest of the roster other than Rice. His WRs are slumping and probably killing him each week. You have a decent chance. Just need to get hot at right time.For keepers, I would keep Stafford (if you can) over VY. I do not think he will be in Tenn for 2010. I like McCoy a lot going forward. If you can keep Lynch or Pierre I would do it. Even though Celek has been productive, I do not think the Eagles love him/appreciate his abilities.Hey Jeff, Our League Trade deadline has come and gone. 12there has been a total of 27 trades this year in our league between 10 teams crazy huh? but anyways i tried to get Mcnabb but with about 10 minutes to go before 12 he decided slaton was too much of a risk and he wanted my welker. (who scored over 29 points in my league within the past 3 games he played) so i said up his. then i tried to buy low on eli manning, but the owner wasnt available. and then i went down to try and get hasslebeck. it didnt work out either in time for the deadline so i was forced to pick up Terrible Trent Edwards. Now its the home stretch and everyone is on their own now. i'm gonna give you some of the rosters of teams and if you can evaluate them and just give your opinions.1st place team and my Rival (personally in everything, basketball, madden, video games, girls etc lolz but he's my right hand man though) and his only lost was against me.He's running with7-1 with 15 tradesQB: Kurt Warner, Brett Favre, Donovan McnabbRB: Adrian Peterson, Kevin Smith, Brian westbrook, Jonathon Stewart, WR: Steve Smith NYG, Santana Moss, Johnny Knox, Anquan boldin, Donald Driver, Malcom FloydTE: VShancoe, Heath MillerD/St: Colts, Ravens2nd place and i predicted to actually win the leagueQB: Tom Brady, Tony Romo, Matt HasslebeckRB:Michael Turner, Steven Jackson, Correl Buckhalter, Chester Taylor, Lawrence MaroneyWR:Reggie Wayne, Chad Ochocinco, Andre Johnson, Antonio Bryant, Sidney Rice, Mike WallaceTE: Jeremy Shockey, Jason WittenD/St:Eagles, VikingsThe team tied for third and who i'm playing this week 5-3QB: Drew Brees, Matt Shaub, RB: DWilliams, ray rice, Mike Bell,Knowshaun moreno, Jamal Lewis, Clinton PortisWR:Greg Jennings, Dwane Bowe, Sean Breaston, Torry Holt, Steve Smith (Car) Kevin WalterTE: Owen Daniels (not anymore) Tony Scheffler, Dustin KellerD/St: Packers RedskinsAnd Finally me cuz the other teams really don't matter to me and i don't wanna make you read too much (too late)I'm At 4-4 tied for 5th but in 6th due to the head to head tie breaker this is my team i plan on rolling into the playoffs and win the 4th championship in this leagueQB: Rivers, Vince Young, Matthew Stafford, Trent EdwardsRB: Chris Johnson, Steve Slaton, Pierre Thomas, Lynch, Mccoy, moatsWR: Roddy white, Welker, Fitzgerald, Cotchery, Collie,TE: Celek, OlsenD: Jets, K: KeadingJust want to know what do you think about the teams and there chances in the league despite the records so far, and theres 5 games left in the regular season. with only 7 spots for the playoffs and 1st place bye. also who do you think i should keep for next year (i know early) but i'm thinking of keeping Vince Young, mccoy and celek (all my starters are ineligible for keeper)
Wow thats really scary that you like stafford over vy just because i've heard talks about the lions maybe going to bradford or another qb and trading stafford. and celek yes thats exactly my thoughts on celek that they don't appreciate him but eagles are always on there pass first stuff and with some hope being seen with Kolb maybe starting kolb would be incredible to celek. I see vy still playing in tenn though. i think they'll find him weapons and he'll do alright to finish the season. but no matter where he goes this guy is an athlete and he has skill. do you really see him being picked up by another team and then benched?I like your team and the 2nd place team best. Team1 could be hurting with 3 injury-prone QBs and iffy RBs. Team 2 has great WRs and two hot Qbs. Hist team will depend on Turner/SJax. All four are close. You are stacked at RB and need QB2 to get hot. You should be ok just playing matchups each week. Team3 is carried by the QBs. He will be in trouble if one goes down. I do not like the rest of the roster other than Rice. His WRs are slumping and probably killing him each week. You have a decent chance. Just need to get hot at right time.For keepers, I would keep Stafford (if you can) over VY. I do not think he will be in Tenn for 2010. I like McCoy a lot going forward. If you can keep Lynch or Pierre I would do it. Even though Celek has been productive, I do not think the Eagles love him/appreciate his abilities.Hey Jeff, Our League Trade deadline has come and gone. 12there has been a total of 27 trades this year in our league between 10 teams crazy huh? but anyways i tried to get Mcnabb but with about 10 minutes to go before 12 he decided slaton was too much of a risk and he wanted my welker. (who scored over 29 points in my league within the past 3 games he played) so i said up his. then i tried to buy low on eli manning, but the owner wasnt available. and then i went down to try and get hasslebeck. it didnt work out either in time for the deadline so i was forced to pick up Terrible Trent Edwards. Now its the home stretch and everyone is on their own now. i'm gonna give you some of the rosters of teams and if you can evaluate them and just give your opinions.
1st place team and my Rival (personally in everything, basketball, madden, video games, girls etc lolz but he's my right hand man though) and his only lost was against me.
He's running with
7-1 with 15 trades
QB: Kurt Warner, Brett Favre, Donovan Mcnabb
RB: Adrian Peterson, Kevin Smith, Brian westbrook, Jonathon Stewart,
WR: Steve Smith NYG, Santana Moss, Johnny Knox, Anquan boldin, Donald Driver, Malcom Floyd
TE: VShancoe, Heath Miller
D/St: Colts, Ravens
2nd place and i predicted to actually win the league
QB: Tom Brady, Tony Romo, Matt Hasslebeck
RB:Michael Turner, Steven Jackson, Correl Buckhalter, Chester Taylor, Lawrence Maroney
WR:Reggie Wayne, Chad Ochocinco, Andre Johnson, Antonio Bryant, Sidney Rice, Mike Wallace
TE: Jeremy Shockey, Jason Witten
D/St:Eagles, Vikings
The team tied for third and who i'm playing this week 5-3
QB: Drew Brees, Matt Shaub,
RB: DWilliams, ray rice, Mike Bell,Knowshaun moreno, Jamal Lewis, Clinton Portis
WR:Greg Jennings, Dwane Bowe, Sean Breaston, Torry Holt, Steve Smith (Car) Kevin Walter
TE: Owen Daniels (not anymore) Tony Scheffler, Dustin Keller
D/St: Packers Redskins
And Finally me cuz the other teams really don't matter to me and i don't wanna make you read too much (too late)
I'm At 4-4 tied for 5th but in 6th due to the head to head tie breaker this is my team i plan on rolling into the playoffs and win the 4th championship in this league
QB: Rivers, Vince Young, Matthew Stafford, Trent Edwards
RB: Chris Johnson, Steve Slaton, Pierre Thomas, Lynch, Mccoy, moats
WR: Roddy white, Welker, Fitzgerald, Cotchery, Collie,
TE: Celek, Olsen
D: Jets,
K: Keading
Just want to know what do you think about the teams and there chances in the league despite the records so far, and theres 5 games left in the regular season. with only 7 spots for the playoffs and 1st place bye. also who do you think i should keep for next year (i know early) but i'm thinking of keeping Vince Young, mccoy and celek (all my starters are ineligible for keeper)
Tenn owes VY something like $15 MILL next yr, so that is why I doubt they will pay it .. Tenn is a cheap franchise.
And yea i really liked the 2nd place team. In my espn league we do league polls (im commish) and they are just random questions that the managers answer every week and i'd say weeks ago, like around week 3 or 4, 5 i asked them which teams do they think they'll see in the championship and our two teams got the most votes. i do say that its good to hear you agree even at week 8 and with my wack record. And yea i need my 2nd qb to be hot but thats only if my rb situation doesn't worsen with slatons fumbleitis. then i'd start thomas but he's splitting with bell and less importantly bush. either way the two running backs schedules are really nice. and their offenses are the 2 most potent offenses in the game.
also heres my uncles team. i didn't mention his team before but i just thought you should see it. I've been helping him get the ropes of fantasy football this whole year. teaching him alot of things and even sacrificing adding players on my own team for his benefit. he started off the season 0-5 and got hot within the past 3 weeks and is 3-5. he beat the then 1st place team (which is the current 2nd place team we like) But pretty much you might shake your head in shame to see this team, but he really blew the draft and i had to work hard to get him to even 3 wins.
His Team is As follows
QB: Jay Cutler, Carson Palmer, Josh Freeman, Daunte Cullpepper (Dropable but he hasnt dropped him yet very deep rosters so he has the space sorta)
RB: Lt, Thomas Jones, Rashard Mendenhall, Ryan Grant, Reggie Bush, Jerome Harrison
WR:Marques Colston, Hines Ward, Mark Clayton, Kenny Brit, Julian Edleman (yea i know he'll only start 2 recievers the rest of the year with the exception of edleman when hes back
TE: Jermichael Finley, Marcedes Lewis
D/St: We use the fa pool every week for this position its been the falcons some times, Miami dolphins but this week we havent decided yet
K: Tynes
Anyways, for his team he's really struggling at the te position and i believe he has a team full of players that need to be really hot to win. what do you think of his team. i pick him as our leagues cinderella but he's sitting at 8th cuz of his tie breaker with someone else at 7th. what are his chances who should he go with.
I don't know if you remember, Start 2 qb, 2 rb, 1 rb/wr 2 wr's 1 te a few idps
At TE, I would suggest Fred Davis of Washington, who will be decent for 3-4 weeks covering for the injured Cooley. I think his chances hinge on the QBs (which are very inconsistent) and Tomlinson. He has some good players. He should make playoffs, but would be hard-pressed to win a few in a row for title.
Let me know if I missed anything. Good luck. I would still look at trading Austin, I just would want more. He was traded for a high first and MBarber in one of my leagues to give you an idea.
a redraft league is one that you draft all players each yearthere are a few types of keeper leagues: a. keep 2-4 players, give up the round the player was picked (or some make you give up two rounds earlier). For example, if you drafted Benson in the 8th, he would cost a 6th to keep. In these leagues, most players kept are RBs. b. keep 2-5 players without regard to where picked in draft. In some, you give up a pick per player kept, you can keep 2 and lose first two rounds' picks or keep 4 and lose first four rounds picks.I do not know how ESPN or Yahoo handle it.
I see a lot of the Chiefs, and do not like Smith much. He averages 3 yards a carry. Yes, he may get some carries, but you have to hope for a TD. I think Moats is a much better option.
I like Floyd ok and Wade will be decent if Chambers does not play. Both have decent matchups. Also, keep an eye on Kevin Smith's injury. If he is limited, Maurice Morris could be very playable.
Cutler versus Garrard is a tough one. Both are great options. I think i would lean toward Cutler because my fear w/ Jax is that they will get the lead and pound the ball where Chicago/Arizona could be a shootout. The Cardinal pass defense actually made Delhomme look decent last week.At WR, I would choose Hester for sure. Between the other two, I think Smith gets more receptions, but Maclin as the better (even if remote) chance at a big game.
Roddy White is a gimme. Minny is off this week so we need three others. I think I would sit Calvin just because he is still a game time decision. If he was full strength I would say start him. So, Mason and Nicks starting at the other two spots. Right now, I like Nicks over Crabs ... just better situation. If looking for a backup TE, and pickings are slim, you might consider Fred DavisHey Jeff,
I just wanted to get your opinion on my WR's--I start 3 weekly in my PPR league
Calvin Johnson
Derrick Mason
Roddy White
Sidney Rice
Hakeem Nicks
Should I stand pat or consider dropping Nicks for Michael Crabtree?
I lost Owen Daniels which this season was like losing a top WR
Thanks!
I would keep all four for now, but would think about starting Stafford over VY this week. He outscored him last week even with VY having a juicy matchup against Jax. Stafford gets a great matchup this week while VY has a tough one.
I would give the 6th and maybe ask for 10th rounder coming back. I wonder if you could trade Winslow straight up for Heath Miller or Celek and keep the pick.
I look at how SF contained Indy last week. They held Peyton pretty well in check which having the lead most of the game. VY will do ok, I see last week as his high side. For SEA, I think back just a week where Dallas chewed them up. These two QBs are close enough that it is not huge either way. I will say that if Calvin is out (Game Time Decision), I would start VY. I do think Calvin and Smith play, but far from certain.JBig Daddy said:
I think I would go with Chad. The Bengals are coming off the bye week and catch BAL after a tough win. My second choice would be Bowe just due to matchup.
Easy Question for you Jeff.I can Cut Beckhum and Jamal Lewis (Total 4 CY) and add Finley + Moats giving them 2 CY each or i can Simply Put James Davis on IR and then adding Moats for one Year.
on teh RBs, easily Brown since he gets TDs. AT QB, I would not use Smith. Between Cutler and Schaub, I think I would go with Cutler since Daniels is hurt ... and the run game is a mess in Houston.
I am not high on Moats long term but like him for rest of season. I still like Finley over Beckum for future. I think the move is to cut Lewis/Beckum, give Moats/Finley contracts ... then trade Moats after another big game. He might be able to fetch a ton.
since you have other good options, I would wait and watch on the Texans RBs ... so Maroney vs Burleson. Both are good options. I think Maroney is probably the better play, but Burleson will be very startable
Both have great matchup and I would roll with Burleson just for the better QB. Hard to predict Jax. But, Hasselebck could have a big game against Detroit.CentralPA said:
The easy one is Favre. I would say no way to finish as top 5. Hard with Peterson getting his, plus injury risk for Favre. His bye week coming up will allow several to pass him. Now, on to Turner. I think it is close. The one thing from MNF is that I did not think he ran with the burst of last yr. It will be tough for him to climb up to Top 12 unless others get injured. Forte vs Turner should be slanted toward Turner just because the Bear OL stinks. Forte cannot get a crease to score from the goal line. I do not have the stats handy, but I know he has lost several opportunities at short TDsJBig Daddy said:
Hey jeff thanks for the response but yea favre was a very easy one but the thing is for turner. hes 19th. he's only 20 points away from the number 12 guy. which is funny its Steve Slaton. but all he needs is 1 or 2 solid games and tampa bay, buffalo, washington and carolina are coming up. to begin with i wasn't 100 percent solid on taking that board bet but no guts no glory. heres the ranking in my league for rbsThe sad thing is seing sproles and fred jackson still as high as they are but we get return points and they started off the season really solid.1Adrian Peterson, Min RB 204 2Ray Rice, Bal RB LOXH 200.5 3Maurice Jones-Drew, Jac RB 200 4Darren Sproles, SD RB 190 5Chris Johnson, Ten RB 186.5 6Steven Jackson, StL RB 168.5 7DeAngelo Williams, Car RB 158 8Cedric Benson, Cin RB 153 9Thomas Jones, NYJ RB 152.5 10Fred Jackson, Buf RB 149.5 Tim Hightower, Ari RB 144.5 12Steve Slaton, Hou RB 140.5 Joseph Addai, Ind RB 139.5 Ricky Williams, Mia RB 135.5 15.Matt Forte, Chi RB 133 Kevin Smith, Det RB 133 Ronnie Brown, Mia RB 132 Ryan Grant, GB RB 126 19Michael Turner, Atl RB 120.5 turner is only 20 points away. i mean in our rankings i think top 12 is a battle but i think its very very do-able.
If you have AZ & SF, I would hold tight. Each should have some great matchups coming up against the division while Chicago is getting into division play against stiffer comp
Turner produce more than Forte the rest of the way. But, Turner to be Top 12 will be tougher. He has a decent chance since some of those in the teens will slow down. To me, the RBs from 1-9 look solid and will have a good chance to make it. So, can Turner jump over the next ten for one of the three remaining spots is the question. He definitely has a chance. It is close to 50/50 in my mind.
For defense, I would go with SF and hope for Vince Young meltdown. At WR, I think White and Mason are gimmes. If Calvin is playing, I would start him. If not, go with Nicks.
