Week 1: I'm benching Ray Rice for... (1 Viewer)

[rjv]

Wow those projections are so accurate. I should really rely on them and not go with my gut.

F***ING morons.

 

[Run It Up]

Wow those projections are so accurate. I should really rely on them and not go with my gut.F***ING morons.

you seem upset.

 

[dickey moe]

UGH

 

[cantstop1999]

simple ,NEVER BENCH YOUR STUDS ....GO RICE!!!!!

Never say never, but starting Rice this week was a no brainer.

NO, I MEAN NEVER MY FRIEND !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Instinctive]

Should I go ahead and mention (as probably already has been 100 times) "This is why you start your studs" ?

 

[SuperGreen]

bench Rice? where they do that at?

honestly if the thought of playing matchups with your first round pick even crosses your mind at all, pick someone else next time.

 

[rjv]

I

Wow those projections are so accurate. I should really rely on them and not go with my gut.F***ING morons.

you seem upset.

read the prior posts. You will see I am being extremely sarcastic. And yes I did play Rice despite what other said.

 

[SacramentoBob]

Why would you do this?

 

[urbanhack]

From NFL.com:Just keep in mind that he was absolutely dreadful against the Steelers in 2010. In his two starts, he averaged a terrible 26 rushing yards. Rice also rushed for just 32 yards against them in the postseason. I thought it was dumb to sit a stud but this should be considered.

Is this 2010?

Since 2011 hasn't started yet, what else do you have to use to make your decision?How about this? Who is on everyone's bench for those that are starting Rice. It's easy to say never bench your stud if you don't have any alternatives.

 

[richn]

Should I go ahead and mention (as probably already has been 100 times) "This is why you start your studs" ?

you DONT always start your studs...glad I sat Mendenhall!!!

 

[Instinctive]

Should I go ahead and mention (as probably already has been 100 times) "This is why you start your studs" ?

you DONT always start your studs...glad I sat Mendenhall!!!

I would never have Mendy because I went Clvin/Fitz at 1/2 in all the drafts I had a late pick in...but if I had him I would have started him. Well probably. It really depends on who you have - with 2 RB and no flex you could very well have 3 studs at RB in your mind...so you always have to sit one of them.

 

[SacramentoBob]

Let me know who you're benching next week. Thanks.

 

[terpdx]

Let me know who you're benching next week. Thanks.

I think the OP has some sort of reverse-crystal ball. We may be onto something here.

 

[Manster]

started him today, thankfully.

I'm not sure Rice is a guy who should see your bench this year.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Wells off to a decent start

 

[Team ROFLCOPTERS]

Played half a game and still put up two points worth of scoring. He's special.

 

[flapgreen]

 

[Ministry of Pain]

AND WHO IS THAT YOU CALL NAMES ON OTHER BOARDS? It' cool, you show your stripes front and center bro.

 

[ThePittbully]

Should I go ahead and mention (as probably already has been 100 times) "This is why you start your studs" ?

you DONT always start your studs...glad I sat Mendenhall!!!

Mendenhall isn't a stud. Studs don't average 3 yards a carry over a season

 

[Nate]

Dumb.

Thread over on the second post.

 

[gandalas]

Starting him with confidence as one of my top 3 RBs.Could have started Ingram over him, but did not think he would do well out of the gate (and he didn't...)Will be happy to roll with Rice, McFadden, and Beanie Wells week 1.

Well, 2 out of 3 so far...just waiting on McFadden to tear up Denver tonight to make it 3 of 3. Go Rice!

 

[Good Posting Judge]

I sat Rice for McGahee this week. No regrets. FF is all about making the best possible decisions, not second-guessing when the play is over.

When I played football, I always focused on making the BEST PLAY AT THE TIME. And if someone else missed a play, I didn't get on their case. That's football. A lot of you guys don't understand the game except the numbers.

 

[Chaka]

Overall Rice >>>>> the Field.

 

[LT21]

I'm the OP and I ended up going with Rice, Run DMC and D. Williams. Should have gone with Beanie.

I realized I would feel better about playing him and having him out up bad numbers rather than benching him and having him do what he did today.

My question was "are you doing it?" I guess my answer was no...

 

[gandalas]

I sat Rice for McGahee this week. No regrets. FF is all about making the best possible decisions, not second-guessing when the play is over. When I played football, I always focused on making the BEST PLAY AT THE TIME. And if someone else missed a play, I didn't get on their case. That's football. A lot of you guys don't understand the game except the numbers.

Psst...you shouldn't EVER start a backup RB on a possibly bad team over a RB who has been top-5 to top-10 the past 2 seasons. I don't know what universe that is "THE BEST PLAY AT THE TIME", but I sure don't ever want to visit there.

 

[urbanhack]

I'm the OP and I ended up going with Rice, Run DMC and D. Williams. Should have gone with Beanie.I realized I would feel better about playing him and having him out up bad numbers rather than benching him and having him do what he did today.My question was "are you doing it?" I guess my answer was no...

No, your thread title was "I'm benching Ray Rice....."Pretty lame follow up.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

I sat Rice for McGahee this week. No regrets. FF is all about making the best possible decisions, not second-guessing when the play is over. When I played football, I always focused on making the BEST PLAY AT THE TIME. And if someone else missed a play, I didn't get on their case. That's football. A lot of you guys don't understand the game except the numbers.

Psst...you shouldn't EVER start a backup RB on a possibly bad team over a RB who has been top-5 to top-10 the past 2 seasons. I don't know what universe that is "THE BEST PLAY AT THE TIME", but I sure don't ever want to visit there.

How many years of football did you play bro?

 

[Zal]

I sat Rice for McGahee this week. No regrets. FF is all about making the best possible decisions, not second-guessing when the play is over. When I played football, I always focused on making the BEST PLAY AT THE TIME. And if someone else missed a play, I didn't get on their case. That's football. A lot of you guys don't understand the game except the numbers.

Question was this in a ppr league? ..You drafted rice in teh 1st got damn round for a reason..you don't bench him during the 1st game of the season when every player on the field is playing with full force adrenaline..So many weird things happen during openers

 

[RaiderBones]

Never sit your studs...EVER.

 

[duaneok66]

i come back to say that I was wrong . . .

FAIL

 

[Hoss_Cartwright]

I'm the OP and I ended up going with Rice, Run DMC and D. Williams. Should have gone with Beanie.I realized I would feel better about playing him and having him out up bad numbers rather than benching him and having him do what he did today.My question was "are you doing it?" I guess my answer was no...

Yeah right !!

 

[ldizzle]

I sat Rice for McGahee this week. No regrets. FF is all about making the best possible decisions, not second-guessing when the play is over. When I played football, I always focused on making the BEST PLAY AT THE TIME. And if someone else missed a play, I didn't get on their case. That's football. A lot of you guys don't understand the game except the numbers.

Psst...you shouldn't EVER start a backup RB on a possibly bad team over a RB who has been top-5 to top-10 the past 2 seasons. I don't know what universe that is "THE BEST PLAY AT THE TIME", but I sure don't ever want to visit there.

How many years of football did you play bro?

Lol this made my day BRO. oh and not sitting rice also. Seriously nobody cares if you played football.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

I sat Rice for McGahee this week. No regrets. FF is all about making the best possible decisions, not second-guessing when the play is over. When I played football, I always focused on making the BEST PLAY AT THE TIME. And if someone else missed a play, I didn't get on their case. That's football. A lot of you guys don't understand the game except the numbers.

Question was this in a ppr league? ..You drafted rice in teh 1st got damn round for a reason..you don't bench him during the 1st game of the season when every player on the field is playing with full force adrenaline..So many weird things happen during openers

What means "first round"? I only draft auction.Our league is .62 points per reception.

 

[Sagan]

honestly if the thought of playing matchups with your first round pick even crosses your mind at all, pick someone else next time.

I thought this was a good way to put it.

 

[jimc3]

I sat Rice for McGahee this week. No regrets. FF is all about making the best possible decisions, not second-guessing when the play is over. When I played football, I always focused on making the BEST PLAY AT THE TIME. And if someone else missed a play, I didn't get on their case. That's football. A lot of you guys don't understand the game except the numbers.

ummm...this is fantasy football. the only thing that matters is the numbers.I'd venture to say that a solid amount of fantasy "experts" (guys who write for FF websites, etc) out there never played a down past flag football in gym class. I can garauntee you that countless fantasy championships and millions of dollars have been won by people who never put pads on in their life. This is the whole Shaq/Skip Bayless debate. I can't stand Skip, but he's right on this. You do not have to have played the game to understand it. Sports, including football, is not rocket science. run, block, pass, tackle. oh, you mean zone blitzes and bubble screens? Cover-2 and trap blocking schemes? anyone who can pass 6th grade math and cares do to a little homework on it can learn it easily in a very short amount of time. Starting your best player is the "best possible decision". period.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

I sat Rice for McGahee this week. No regrets. FF is all about making the best possible decisions, not second-guessing when the play is over.

When I played football, I always focused on making the BEST PLAY AT THE TIME. And if someone else missed a play, I didn't get on their case. That's football. A lot of you guys don't understand the game except the numbers.

ummm...this is fantasy football. the only thing that matters is the numbers.I'd venture to say that a solid amount of fantasy "experts" (guys who write for FF websites, etc) out there never played a down past flag football in gym class. I can garauntee you that countless fantasy championships and millions of dollars have been won by people who never put pads on in their life.

This is the whole Shaq/Skip Bayless debate. I can't stand Skip, but he's right on this. You do not have to have played the game to understand it. Sports, including football, is not rocket science. run, block, pass, tackle. oh, you mean zone blitzes and bubble screens? Cover-2 and trap blocking schemes? anyone who can pass 6th grade math and cares do to a little homework on it can learn it easily in a very short amount of time.

Starting your best player is the "best possible decision". period.

So if you had to start Ray Rice vs. the Steelers or Darren McFadden against the Colts, you'd pick Rice?If you've never played football, you don't understand what it's like to face a ferocious defense. You don't understand the various psychological pressures players face. Who's going to crack? Who's in the right frame of mind to produce?

Your spreadsheets will never tell you what it's like to be playing for the league title against Sun Valley, in the freezing rain, down by 4 and it's first and goal. That's what makes a man, not VBR or ADP or whatever.

 

[Tickle Monster]

I sat Rice for McGahee this week. No regrets. FF is all about making the best possible decisions, not second-guessing when the play is over.

When I played football, I always focused on making the BEST PLAY AT THE TIME. And if someone else missed a play, I didn't get on their case. That's football. A lot of you guys don't understand the game except the numbers.

ummm...this is fantasy football. the only thing that matters is the numbers.I'd venture to say that a solid amount of fantasy "experts" (guys who write for FF websites, etc) out there never played a down past flag football in gym class. I can garauntee you that countless fantasy championships and millions of dollars have been won by people who never put pads on in their life.

This is the whole Shaq/Skip Bayless debate. I can't stand Skip, but he's right on this. You do not have to have played the game to understand it. Sports, including football, is not rocket science. run, block, pass, tackle. oh, you mean zone blitzes and bubble screens? Cover-2 and trap blocking schemes? anyone who can pass 6th grade math and cares do to a little homework on it can learn it easily in a very short amount of time.

Starting your best player is the "best possible decision". period.

So if you had to start Ray Rice vs. the Steelers or Darren McFadden against the Colts, you'd pick Rice?If you've never played football, you don't understand what it's like to face a ferocious defense. You don't understand the various psychological pressures players face. Who's going to crack? Who's in the right frame of mind to produce?

Your spreadsheets will never tell you what it's like to be playing for the league title against Sun Valley, in the freezing rain, down by 4 and it's first and goal. That's what makes a man, not VBR or ADP or whatever.

 

[ldizzle]

I sat Rice for McGahee this week. No regrets. FF is all about making the best possible decisions, not second-guessing when the play is over.

When I played football, I always focused on making the BEST PLAY AT THE TIME. And if someone else missed a play, I didn't get on their case. That's football. A lot of you guys don't understand the game except the numbers.

ummm...this is fantasy football. the only thing that matters is the numbers.I'd venture to say that a solid amount of fantasy "experts" (guys who write for FF websites, etc) out there never played a down past flag football in gym class. I can garauntee you that countless fantasy championships and millions of dollars have been won by people who never put pads on in their life.

This is the whole Shaq/Skip Bayless debate. I can't stand Skip, but he's right on this. You do not have to have played the game to understand it. Sports, including football, is not rocket science. run, block, pass, tackle. oh, you mean zone blitzes and bubble screens? Cover-2 and trap blocking schemes? anyone who can pass 6th grade math and cares do to a little homework on it can learn it easily in a very short amount of time.

Starting your best player is the "best possible decision". period.

So if you had to start Ray Rice vs. the Steelers or Darren McFadden against the Colts, you'd pick Rice?If you've never played football, you don't understand what it's like to face a ferocious defense. You don't understand the various psychological pressures players face. Who's going to crack? Who's in the right frame of mind to produce?

Your spreadsheets will never tell you what it's like to be playing for the league title against Sun Valley, in the freezing rain, down by 4 and it's first and goal. That's what makes a man, not VBR or ADP or whatever.

Gold jerry gold. Ur never was is showing.

 

[Touchdown Syndrome]

I sat Rice for McGahee this week. No regrets. FF is all about making the best possible decisions, not second-guessing when the play is over.

When I played football, I always focused on making the BEST PLAY AT THE TIME. And if someone else missed a play, I didn't get on their case. That's football. A lot of you guys don't understand the game except the numbers.

ummm...this is fantasy football. the only thing that matters is the numbers.I'd venture to say that a solid amount of fantasy "experts" (guys who write for FF websites, etc) out there never played a down past flag football in gym class. I can garauntee you that countless fantasy championships and millions of dollars have been won by people who never put pads on in their life.

This is the whole Shaq/Skip Bayless debate. I can't stand Skip, but he's right on this. You do not have to have played the game to understand it. Sports, including football, is not rocket science. run, block, pass, tackle. oh, you mean zone blitzes and bubble screens? Cover-2 and trap blocking schemes? anyone who can pass 6th grade math and cares do to a little homework on it can learn it easily in a very short amount of time.

Starting your best player is the "best possible decision". period.

So if you had to start Ray Rice vs. the Steelers or Darren McFadden against the Colts, you'd pick Rice?If you've never played football, you don't understand what it's like to face a ferocious defense. You don't understand the various psychological pressures players face. Who's going to crack? Who's in the right frame of mind to produce?

Your spreadsheets will never tell you what it's like to be playing for the league title against Sun Valley, in the freezing rain, down by 4 and it's first and goal. That's what makes a man, not VBR or ADP or whatever.

Bwahaha! Some comical trolling going on here.Keep dancing for us....you're on a roll! Tell us more about your football heroics, Al Bundy.

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

I sat Rice for McGahee this week. No regrets. FF is all about making the best possible decisions, not second-guessing when the play is over.

When I played football, I always focused on making the BEST PLAY AT THE TIME. And if someone else missed a play, I didn't get on their case. That's football. A lot of you guys don't understand the game except the numbers.

ummm...this is fantasy football. the only thing that matters is the numbers.I'd venture to say that a solid amount of fantasy "experts" (guys who write for FF websites, etc) out there never played a down past flag football in gym class. I can garauntee you that countless fantasy championships and millions of dollars have been won by people who never put pads on in their life.

This is the whole Shaq/Skip Bayless debate. I can't stand Skip, but he's right on this. You do not have to have played the game to understand it. Sports, including football, is not rocket science. run, block, pass, tackle. oh, you mean zone blitzes and bubble screens? Cover-2 and trap blocking schemes? anyone who can pass 6th grade math and cares do to a little homework on it can learn it easily in a very short amount of time.

Starting your best player is the "best possible decision". period.

So if you had to start Ray Rice vs. the Steelers or Darren McFadden against the Colts, you'd pick Rice?If you've never played football, you don't understand what it's like to face a ferocious defense. You don't understand the various psychological pressures players face. Who's going to crack? Who's in the right frame of mind to produce?

Your spreadsheets will never tell you what it's like to be playing for the league title against Sun Valley, in the freezing rain, down by 4 and it's first and goal. That's what makes a man, not VBR or ADP or whatever.

You, sir, are what caused people to travel out west and risk their lives in search of great fortune: Gold.

When starting a backup (on his actual NFL team) over your healthy top pick is ever the best possible decision, you will have discovered a new kind of philosophy that cannot be found on a spreadsheet or dusty memories of past youth and glory. You-- right now, in the cold, damp reality of today, which finds you posting your manhood resume on a fantasy football message board-- stand defiant in the face of overwhelming evidence and proudly declare that you have no regrets.

And for that, I salute you. May the seeds of self-doubt never take root in the soft soil of your ego. Keep fighting the good fight.

 

[Team ROFLCOPTERS]

I sat Rice for McGahee this week. No regrets. FF is all about making the best possible decisions, not second-guessing when the play is over.

When I played football, I always focused on making the BEST PLAY AT THE TIME. And if someone else missed a play, I didn't get on their case. That's football. A lot of you guys don't understand the game except the numbers.

ummm...this is fantasy football. the only thing that matters is the numbers.I'd venture to say that a solid amount of fantasy "experts" (guys who write for FF websites, etc) out there never played a down past flag football in gym class. I can garauntee you that countless fantasy championships and millions of dollars have been won by people who never put pads on in their life.

This is the whole Shaq/Skip Bayless debate. I can't stand Skip, but he's right on this. You do not have to have played the game to understand it. Sports, including football, is not rocket science. run, block, pass, tackle. oh, you mean zone blitzes and bubble screens? Cover-2 and trap blocking schemes? anyone who can pass 6th grade math and cares do to a little homework on it can learn it easily in a very short amount of time.

Starting your best player is the "best possible decision". period.

So if you had to start Ray Rice vs. the Steelers or Darren McFadden against the Colts, you'd pick Rice?If you've never played football, you don't understand what it's like to face a ferocious defense. You don't understand the various psychological pressures players face. Who's going to crack? Who's in the right frame of mind to produce?

Your spreadsheets will never tell you what it's like to be playing for the league title against Sun Valley, in the freezing rain, down by 4 and it's first and goal. That's what makes a man, not VBR or ADP or whatever.

You're off your rocker... respectfully.

 

[griff321]

I sat Rice for McGahee this week. No regrets. FF is all about making the best possible decisions, not second-guessing when the play is over.

When I played football, I always focused on making the BEST PLAY AT THE TIME. And if someone else missed a play, I didn't get on their case. That's football. A lot of you guys don't understand the game except the numbers.

ummm...this is fantasy football. the only thing that matters is the numbers.I'd venture to say that a solid amount of fantasy "experts" (guys who write for FF websites, etc) out there never played a down past flag football in gym class. I can garauntee you that countless fantasy championships and millions of dollars have been won by people who never put pads on in their life.

This is the whole Shaq/Skip Bayless debate. I can't stand Skip, but he's right on this. You do not have to have played the game to understand it. Sports, including football, is not rocket science. run, block, pass, tackle. oh, you mean zone blitzes and bubble screens? Cover-2 and trap blocking schemes? anyone who can pass 6th grade math and cares do to a little homework on it can learn it easily in a very short amount of time.

Starting your best player is the "best possible decision". period.

So if you had to start Ray Rice vs. the Steelers or Darren McFadden against the Colts, you'd pick Rice?If you've never played football, you don't understand what it's like to face a ferocious defense. You don't understand the various psychological pressures players face. Who's going to crack? Who's in the right frame of mind to produce?

Your spreadsheets will never tell you what it's like to be playing for the league title against Sun Valley, in the freezing rain, down by 4 and it's first and goal. That's what makes a man, not VBR or ADP or whatever.

Bwahaha! Some comical trolling going on here.Keep dancing for us....you're on a roll! Tell us more about your football heroics, Al Bundy.

So these posts taught me that rockstar does not feel good coming out of my nose. ......for next year.

 

[jimc3]

I sat Rice for McGahee this week. No regrets. FF is all about making the best possible decisions, not second-guessing when the play is over.

When I played football, I always focused on making the BEST PLAY AT THE TIME. And if someone else missed a play, I didn't get on their case. That's football. A lot of you guys don't understand the game except the numbers.

ummm...this is fantasy football. the only thing that matters is the numbers.I'd venture to say that a solid amount of fantasy "experts" (guys who write for FF websites, etc) out there never played a down past flag football in gym class. I can garauntee you that countless fantasy championships and millions of dollars have been won by people who never put pads on in their life.

This is the whole Shaq/Skip Bayless debate. I can't stand Skip, but he's right on this. You do not have to have played the game to understand it. Sports, including football, is not rocket science. run, block, pass, tackle. oh, you mean zone blitzes and bubble screens? Cover-2 and trap blocking schemes? anyone who can pass 6th grade math and cares do to a little homework on it can learn it easily in a very short amount of time.

Starting your best player is the "best possible decision". period.

So if you had to start Ray Rice vs. the Steelers or Darren McFadden against the Colts, you'd pick Rice?If you've never played football, you don't understand what it's like to face a ferocious defense. You don't understand the various psychological pressures players face. Who's going to crack? Who's in the right frame of mind to produce?

Your spreadsheets will never tell you what it's like to be playing for the league title against Sun Valley, in the freezing rain, down by 4 and it's first and goal. That's what makes a man, not VBR or ADP or whatever.

Um, what kind of a league do you play in where you are forced to only start 1 RB? none of what you talked about a) will help you win at fantasy football or b) is what "makes a man". If you truly feel that either are true, I've gone from laughing at you to having pity on you.

 

[bonesman]

I sat Rice for McGahee this week. No regrets. FF is all about making the best possible decisions, not second-guessing when the play is over. When I played football, I always focused on making the BEST PLAY AT THE TIME. And if someone else missed a play, I didn't get on their case. That's football. A lot of you guys don't understand the game except the numbers.

Good Posting, Good Posting Judge If you drafted as well as me you sat Rice and are still looking at possibly being the top scorer in your league (2nd probably, 3 at worst) and winning your game anyway. I can already hear my week 2 opponent trembling.Steven :Hawk:ing stylee.

 

[Warrior]

Benching the #1 fantasy player of 2011? Shame on you guys.

 

[GreenNGold]

I sat Rice for McGahee this week. No regrets. FF is all about making the best possible decisions, not second-guessing when the play is over. When I played football, I always focused on making the BEST PLAY AT THE TIME. And if someone else missed a play, I didn't get on their case. That's football. A lot of you guys don't understand the game except the numbers.

I don't think "making the best possible decisions" means what you think it does.

 

[FavreCo]

Why would anyone bench a guy that scores 2 TD's and has 147 total yards?

 

[rjv]

I'm the OP and I ended up going with Rice, Run DMC and D. Williams. Should have gone with Beanie.I realized I would feel better about playing him and having him out up bad numbers rather than benching him and having him do what he did today.My question was "are you doing it?" I guess my answer was no...

No, your thread title was "I'm benching Ray Rice....."Pretty lame follow up.

I'll fix this. What it should of been is, "I'm benching Ray Rice because I'm a f***ING idiot."Like to add that to the ppl that commented on my posts in this thread that said I was focused on where I drafted Rice, this is exactly why I drafted him where I did and why I was focused on it throughout this thread.

 

[FantasyTrader]

I'm the OP and I ended up going with Rice, Run DMC and D. Williams. Should have gone with Beanie.I realized I would feel better about playing him and having him out up bad numbers rather than benching him and having him do what he did today.My question was "are you doing it?" I guess my answer was no...

No, your thread title was "I'm benching Ray Rice....."Pretty lame follow up.

I'll fix this. What it should of been is, "I'm benching Ray Rice because I'm a f***ING idiot."Like to add that to the ppl that commented on my posts in this thread that said I was focused on where I drafted Rice, this is exactly why I drafted him where I did and why I was focused on it throughout this thread.

Careful rjv. There's a line, and you're coming close it. No need to name call and be disrespecful. I'm one of the people who benched Rice (admittedly, for the LAST time this year) and actually I still feel I made the correct call. Yesterday, Rice scored more than 50% of the fantasy pts. he'd had against the Steelers for his entire career. So I think it's disingenuous to be talking like the inevitable happened yesterday. This was far and away Rice's best fantasy day vs. the Steelers in his career.

 

[Chaka]

I'm the OP and I ended up going with Rice, Run DMC and D. Williams. Should have gone with Beanie.

I realized I would feel better about playing him and having him out up bad numbers rather than benching him and having him do what he did today.

My question was "are you doing it?" I guess my answer was no...

No, your thread title was "I'm benching Ray Rice....."Pretty lame follow up.

I'll fix this. What it should of been is, "I'm benching Ray Rice because I'm a f***ING idiot."Like to add that to the ppl that commented on my posts in this thread that said I was focused on where I drafted Rice, this is exactly why I drafted him where I did and why I was focused on it throughout this thread.

Careful rjv. There's a line, and you're coming close it. No need to name call and be disrespecful. I'm one of the people who benched Rice (admittedly, for the LAST time this year) and actually I still feel I made the correct call. Yesterday, Rice scored more than 50% of the fantasy pts. he'd had against the Steelers for his entire career. So I think it's disingenuous to be talking like the inevitable happened yesterday. This was far and away Rice's best fantasy day vs. the Steelers in his career.

This was Rice's fifth career game vs Pitt (as a starter) and three times he has had good to great performances.He put up155 yards each time he faced them in 2009. In 2010 he performed poorly (79 yards total) he tallied 20 touches total in their two regular season matchups and then put up 64 yards and a score in the playoffs (19 touches).

So while yesterday was definitely his best game it's not like he hasn't performed well against the Steelers in the past.