What did we learn after week 3? (1 Viewer)

[ldizzle]

Things I've learned that I thought would happen

Kaepernick isn't as good as people thought he was going to be this season.

Russell Wilson is as good as I thought he would be this season, regardless of the Jags or not he's clearly immensely talented on probably the best team in football by a rather wide margin.

Doug Martin is going to finish out the season outside the top 10 as Tampa Bay is anemic and his talent is closer to his average last season than his OAK/MIN games from last season.

Jimmy Graham will set single season records for the tight end position this season.

Jamaal Charles, Adrian Peterson and LeSean McCoy are CLEARLY the best RBs in the NFL right now. And it isn't even particularly close after them.

If Reggie Bush takes a season ending injury, Joique Bell will be a top 10 RB the rest of the way. Kid runs HARD.

Injury aside, last season may have been a fluke for Spiller. He's looked mediocre and indecisive all season long.

Tavon Austin is a pretty safe play in PPR leagues more on that below

Things I didn't see coming

The Giants offensive line might be the worst in football. This makes David Wilson's value more or less zero until we see improvement. Look to Week 5-6 when Diehl comes back and they can put Will Beatty on the bench as he's CLEARLY the main breakdown in the protection right now. This also seriously hurts Cruz and Nicks values as well. The plus side is... Wilson did look very good in the touches he got and SHOULD have had a touchdown if Will Beatty didn't hold on a player that Wilson had already beaten to the outside. He'll get more playing time next week as well, as Scott looked worse than him in pass protection and Jacobs looked like a 100 year old man with a walker.

I really thought St. Louis would find more ways to get Tavon Austin in space. He's getting tons of catches but being hit pretty much the second he makes the reception. I'd like to see more Percy Harvin/Wes Welker type plays being run with the kid to showcase his abilities.

The 49ers are no longer anything close to a shut down defense. Didn't want to anoint this one when just Lynch had done it. But when Ahmad Bradshaw puts up 19/95/1TD up against you? It's official, don't fear starting your backs against the 9ers.

Minnesota is one of the worst passing defenses in the NFL. If you have WRs or QBs against them start them, it doesn't particularly matter WHO. If Brian Hoyer can put up 3 TDs against them anyone can put up 3 TDs against them.

The Dolphins are for real... even thought they are tied with New England for 1st place in the NFC East, they have looked better than them all season. If this keeps up we may see a changing of the guard in the division.

The Texans don't look like a team that will win it's division this season. The Colts look like the clear front runner to me. Even the games the Texans have won have been close and nothing remotely close to dominant wins.

The Chiefs pass rush is completely disgusting. Justin Houston is this seasons JJ Watt and then some.

You can probably hand the NFC West trophy to the Seahawks and the NFC South trophy to the Saints at this point already. The rest of the teams in this division clearly have a lot more issues than those two teams do.

The NFC East is easily the worst division and while the Cowboys look like the front runners. Knowing them though? It's still anyone's division.

nice post

 

[Splicer]

I feel like I probably should sell Joique Bell at an all time high...but I can't bring myself to click "accept". Anyone else feel torn on Joique?

Don't sell him, Bush will be lucky to survive the season and even when Bush is in there he is a high end flex play. Actually I shouldn't say don't sell him, if someone is going to give you something crazy then sell him.

Being offered Stevan Ridley...not exactly bowling me over(ppr,dynasty)

Using Joique as RB2 while Sjax is out.

 

[mikel0254]

I feel like I probably should sell Joique Bell at an all time high...but I can't bring myself to click "accept". Anyone else feel torn on Joique?

Don't sell him, Bush will be lucky to survive the season and even when Bush is in there he is a high end flex play. Actually I shouldn't say don't sell him, if someone is going to give you something crazy then sell him.

Being offered Stevan Ridley...not exactly bowling me over(ppr,dynasty)

Using Joique as RB2 while Sjax is out.

While Ridley has underperformed thus far, he does have the chance to bounce back and perform like last year. The only way Bell has that chance is if Bush goes down again (maybe a good chance this happens). That's a tough one...

I'm sure I'm in the minority, but I think Ridley may be a good buy low right now. Most people are avoiding the situation, but it could be a great time to buy.

 

[mbuehner]

If Reggie Bush takes a season ending injury, Joique Bell will be a top 10 RB the rest of the way. Kid runs HARD.

In PPR, he was a top 10 back through week 2 splitting carries. He's a top 5 back through week 3. Too late not to sleep on him though.

 

[Sweetness_34]

If you have to choose between health (Dmarco Murray or McFadden) or sucky talent (Matthews; Miller; Wilson etc), always bet on the player not getting injured

 

[Sweetness_34]

That Stephen hill is a legit WR3 and a draft day steal?

Bills D

 

[fatness]

The Colts looked like a SB team today. Beat a good team on the road, had weapons in the passing game and now have 2 solid RB's, with a defense that may be better than some think.

I agree that the Colts looked quite good. But I think the jury's still out on their defense. Yesterday they were playing a team whose offense has recently turned bad. Perhaps the Colts D is improved; perhaps the SF offense is just sucky; maybe both.

 

[LarryAllen'sJockstrap]

St Louis has a long road to go before they are actually good.

The New York Giants suck

The Miami Dolphins do not.

Agree with the Rams not being NFL good, but I think Bradford, Austin and Cook could be FF steals, maybe even Givens or D-Rich.

 

[msudaisy26]

I feel like I probably should sell Joique Bell at an all time high...but I can't bring myself to click "accept". Anyone else feel torn on Joique?

Don't sell him, Bush will be lucky to survive the season and even when Bush is in there he is a high end flex play. Actually I shouldn't say don't sell him, if someone is going to give you something crazy then sell him.

Being offered Stevan Ridley...not exactly bowling me over(ppr,dynasty)

Using Joique as RB2 while Sjax is out.

No way I do that, my definition of crazy in this instance is if someone offers you Bernard, Spiller, Rice, even D. Murray.

 

[Banger]

The Colts looked like a SB team today. Beat a good team on the road, had weapons in the passing game and now have 2 solid RB's, with a defense that may be better than some think.

I agree that the Colts looked quite good. But I think the jury's still out on their defense. Yesterday they were playing a team whose offense has recently turned bad. Perhaps the Colts D is improved; perhaps the SF offense is just sucky; maybe both.

I'm not buying the colts d at all. They were getting gashed on the ground until SF inexplicably stopped running the ball and decided they needed to pass. VD was out and they have no other threat.