Weaver or Alexander for the rest of the year? (1 Viewer)

[benm3218]

I'd rather pick up the fullback that runs like a half back and can hit a hole hard and catch a freakin pass than a HUGE bust of a RB.

I am dropping Alexander to waivers and picking up Weaver. I am in a salary cap league and Alexander is costing me close to the same that the top RB's are.

He is gone from roster.

 

[MarcO]

I'd rather pick up the fullback that runs like a half back and can hit a hole hard and catch a freakin pass than a HUGE bust of a RB.I am dropping Alexander to waivers and picking up Weaver. I am in a salary cap league and Alexander is costing me close to the same that the top RB's are.He is gone from roster.

i hope you are kidding.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Try to steer clear of any sharp metal objects tonight

 

[benm3218]

I'd rather pick up the fullback that runs like a half back and can hit a hole hard and catch a freakin pass than a HUGE bust of a RB.I am dropping Alexander to waivers and picking up Weaver. I am in a salary cap league and Alexander is costing me close to the same that the top RB's are.He is gone from roster.

i hope you are kidding.

Nope in a $1000 salary cap league he is'nt worth $260. If I can pick him back up for less I may try, but I am not keeping him on my team for that price.

 

[PizzaDeliveryGuy]

I'd rather pick up the fullback that runs like a half back and can hit a hole hard and catch a freakin pass than a HUGE bust of a RB.I am dropping Alexander to waivers and picking up Weaver. I am in a salary cap league and Alexander is costing me close to the same that the top RB's are.He is gone from roster.

 

[murzman]

"Seriously - At the end of the yr who will have more fantasy points?"

How can you honestly say this?? Are you aware of an upcoming Alexander injury?

 

[Dirk Digler]

wow. just wow. I dont want to do anything to talk you out of this beacuse FF leagues need guys like you. I need money and trophies.

 

[Billy Ball Thorton]

Lay down the pipe

 

[sholditch]

I wouldn't drop him for no one, but Jesus H, if you can't do anything against the Saints this year you just flat out suck balls, period.

 

[vichawkfan]

not as far off base as some think. I'm a big Hawk homer, and Weaver may get more opportunity to carry if he shows he can explode through a hole....unlike SA.

 

[senor peso 2006]

Let me get this staight. If you take away Weavers one run of 37 yards he had that caught the aints sleeping against the run on a passing down, he had 3 yards on two carries. This is the guy you want to pick up?

 

[zamboni]

not as far off base as some think. I'm a big Hawk homer, and Weaver may get more opportunity to carry if he shows he can explode through a hole....unlike SA.

More opportunities are certainly forseeable for Weaver, but that's a far cry from putting Alexander on the bench.

 

[benm3218]

He caught 4 passes for 53 yards as well. He looked stronger and quicker and more sure of himself. He earned more points than Alexander did and he had fewer touches. Alexander is old and Weaver might be the replacement?

Yes, I do in fact plan on dropping Alexander and doing a blind bid on him. In our league we pay the players on our roster. Alexander is saddled with 260 dollars of a 1000 cap. He is NOWHERE near that.

The point of the post was to find out from homers if they thought Weaver could be the better back by yrs end. In another thread on here the FBG's said that Weaver was more of a halfback than a fullback. I saw stuff last night that made me think he could outperform Alexander. What exactly did you see that made you think Alexander wasn't old and washed up?

 

[benm3218]

In a dynasty league Weaver may be the one to own? that is the question i guess...

 

[senor peso 2006]

If it makes dollar sense in your league, I wouldn't argue that. Especially if you can pick him up for less after you drop him.

I'm not a hawk homer, but I was at the game last night. SA was booed off the field. With that said I think he ran harder last night than what I've seen him do in other games this year (which wasn't impressive). Fortunately for SA, the Coach doesn't listen to the fans so Alexander will still be a main part of the running game and with teams like the rams coming up I'd expect 80 yards and maybe a TD that he takes away for a WR who gets tackled on the 3 yard line. Weaver should get similar numbers to what Strong was getting. If that works for you, do it.

 

[King of the Wolfies]

We have a rule that a owner cannot bid on a dropped player the first week to prevent owners from cap dumping.

 

[Eagle Eye]

with teams like the rams coming up I'd expect 80 yards and maybe a TD

Isn't that what we were saying about the Saints game?

 

[mad sweeney]

Let me get this staight. If you take away Weavers one run of 37 yards he had that caught the aints sleeping against the run on a passing down, he had 3 yards on two carries. This is the guy you want to pick up?

And if you take away Weaver's 2 short runs, he outgained SA's game total on one carry.I'm a huge Hawks homer and I'm telling you SA is DONE. He hasn't shown an ounce of heart the entire season and a gimply little wrist doesn't cut it. He got his dough and now is taking us all to the cleaners. He doesn't even think he's playing poorly if you listen to his interviews. I know SA is knocking FF games wide open with his 30 yards a game, of course that was against the defensive juggernauts of the Saints D. Maybe he'll do better against lesser opponents. Just as long as no defenders lay a pinky on SA, he might get past the line of scrimmage before he falls down in the fetal position.Stick a fork in him. He'll be lucky to score more than 10 TDs this season and if he breaks 1000 yards I'll eat my Strong jersey.

 

[zamboni]

There seems to be little doubt that SA looks very much on the downside, but what we think is irrelevant as long as Holmgren doesn't want to make a change. Coaches often have a lot of loyalty to longstanding players who have been successful for them, and I see the same situation here (at least for this year).

 

[TheFanatic]

Weaver had 3 carries. Do you really want a guy that is only going to get 3 carries on your squad or even in the starting lineup?

 

[benm3218]

Weaver had 3 carries. Do you really want a guy that is only going to get 3 carries on your squad or even in the starting lineup?

In fantasy football you move quick and early to get ahead. I dont want a RB that rushes for 3 carries. Of course not. The point is if he looks better for a few weeks in a row, will he get more carries or supplant a SA who is pathetic?I don't know, but so far the Seattle homers have seemd to be on my side on this issue. SA is not SA we all know. It is exactly like Eddie George, i saw that first hand. You cant believe it but then you turn around and they are done in one year, its over and it happens quick.

 

[MarcO]

Let me get this staight. If you take away Weavers one run of 37 yards he had that caught the aints sleeping against the run on a passing down, he had 3 yards on two carries. This is the guy you want to pick up?

And if you take away Weaver's 2 short runs, he outgained SA's game total on one carry.I'm a huge Hawks homer and I'm telling you SA is DONE. He hasn't shown an ounce of heart the entire season and a gimply little wrist doesn't cut it. He got his dough and now is taking us all to the cleaners. He doesn't even think he's playing poorly if you listen to his interviews. I know SA is knocking FF games wide open with his 30 yards a game, of course that was against the defensive juggernauts of the Saints D. Maybe he'll do better against lesser opponents. Just as long as no defenders lay a pinky on SA, he might get past the line of scrimmage before he falls down in the fetal position.Stick a fork in him. He'll be lucky to score more than 10 TDs this season and if he breaks 1000 yards I'll eat my Strong jersey.

Take your pastor to work day is looking better and better each week - at this point I would almost rather see Casey Treat in there...

 

[malice]

I'm not a hawk homer, but I was at the game last night. SA was booed off the field. With that said I think he ran harder last night than what I've seen him do in other games this year (which wasn't impressive). Fortunately for SA, the Coach doesn't listen to the fans...

He does when it's 4th-and-3 and he second guesses sending out the punting team.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Let me get this staight. If you take away Weavers one run of 37 yards he had that caught the aints sleeping against the run on a passing down, he had 3 yards on two carries. This is the guy you want to pick up?

And if you take away Weaver's 2 short runs, he outgained SA's game total on one carry.I'm a huge Hawks homer and I'm telling you SA is DONE. He hasn't shown an ounce of heart the entire season and a gimply little wrist doesn't cut it. He got his dough and now is taking us all to the cleaners. He doesn't even think he's playing poorly if you listen to his interviews. I know SA is knocking FF games wide open with his 30 yards a game, of course that was against the defensive juggernauts of the Saints D. Maybe he'll do better against lesser opponents. Just as long as no defenders lay a pinky on SA, he might get past the line of scrimmage before he falls down in the fetal position.Stick a fork in him. He'll be lucky to score more than 10 TDs this season and if he breaks 1000 yards I'll eat my Strong jersey.

Weaver has value in PPr leagues but the fullback has not been a part of Seattle's running offense in years and if teams expected Weaver coming, I think he'd be about as effective as SA.

 

[TheFanatic]

Weaver had 3 carries. Do you really want a guy that is only going to get 3 carries on your squad or even in the starting lineup?

In fantasy football you move quick and early to get ahead. I dont want a RB that rushes for 3 carries. Of course not. The point is if he looks better for a few weeks in a row, will he get more carries or supplant a SA who is pathetic?I don't know, but so far the Seattle homers have seemd to be on my side on this issue. SA is not SA we all know. It is exactly like Eddie George, i saw that first hand. You cant believe it but then you turn around and they are done in one year, its over and it happens quick.

Weaver may have looked good on a few carries, but there is no way they make a change and have him even split any kind of carries with SA other than the couple he gets now, barring an injury to Alexander. They just got Morris healthy and would give to Morris way before they give carries to Weaver....

 

[benm3218]

According to this thread I remembered from last week, Weaver is more of a half-back than a full back.... Look I am not saying it is going to happen, just that he looked better than SA last night.

http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...p;#entry7494632

I am picking him up and will see what happens.

 

[TheFanatic]

According to this thread I remembered from last week, Weaver is more of a half-back than a full back.... Look I am not saying it is going to happen, just that he looked better than SA last night.

http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...p;#entry7494632

I am picking him up and will see what happens.

There have got to be better players on the WW than Weaver in your league. Gotta be...

 

[benm3218]

According to this thread I remembered from last week, Weaver is more of a half-back than a full back.... Look I am not saying it is going to happen, just that he looked better than SA last night.

http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...p;#entry7494632

I am picking him up and will see what happens.

There have got to be better players on the WW than Weaver in your league. Gotta be...

There probably are.... Doesn't that make it that much sadder that SA looked worse than Weaver? lol

 

[az_prof]

I was not impressed by Weaver. He looks big and slow and dropped a couple of key passes. SA looked good, given his limited time. After they fell behind the run game was pretty much abandoned and due to wrist injury he isn't a factor NOW in the passing. When the wrist heals he will be in all the time again. Weaver is no long term solution that's for sure.

 

[mad sweeney]

According to this thread I remembered from last week, Weaver is more of a half-back than a full back.... Look I am not saying it is going to happen, just that he looked better than SA last night.

http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...p;#entry7494632

I am picking him up and will see what happens.

There have got to be better players on the WW than Weaver in your league. Gotta be...

If Mack Strong was still around maybe they'd design more plays for him and have him spell SA at times. But with Strong out there is really going to be a lot less utilization. He has to be the starting FB first and versatile (alleged) weapon second. I think that's a knock against his point value.As for him dropping passes, SA was doing it all preseason and in the game before he hurt his wrist, so I don't think that's a big consideration. And he's shown good hands in camps, dunno why he's butterfingers this reg season. Something he can improve on.

But for all his faults, Weaver runs the ball harder than SA, and the team needs hard running.

 

[madd futher]

S.A. will continue to be the starter out of respect. He may even get the bulk of the carries. But SA has no explosiveness and no hands to catch passes.

I'm in a PPR league and, and I believe that Weaver may have enough value to be a RB3-4. He will split time with SA the rest of the way out, including most of the passing situations as well as most of the short yardage situations. By year end, he could be SEA's primary RB.

 

[Bodysnatcher]

Weaver is a full back. Shaun Alexander is their STAR RUNNING BACK! The man already has two games this year over 100 yards, and HE IS PLAYING WITH A CRACKED WRIST! For the love of god, a man is allowed to have some bad games. Dropping a stud running back, and picking up the full back on his team is serious sign of downs.

 

[mad sweeney]

Weaver is a full back. Shaun Alexander is their STAR RUNNING BACK! The man already has two games this year over 100 yards, and HE IS PLAYING WITH A CRACKED WRIST! For the love of god, a man is allowed to have some bad games. Dropping a stud running back, and picking up the full back on his team is serious sign of downs.

Your overall point is valid, but 2 out of 6 100 yard games is not star RB material. Especially 35 yards against the Saints. He is not having "some bad games", he is running like a crippled grandmother. One of his 100 yard games came off 2-3 big runs in he 4h quarter at the end of a very lackluster game. A cracked wrist has nothing to do with hitting the hole, running hard, or curling into a ball at first contact which he is known for but taking to extremes this year. SA is no longer a stud, just well paid. The idea of Weaver out producing him is not far fetched, although the injury to Mack Strong makes it unlikely he'll get as many caries as he would've if Strong were around and SA was still sucking.