What did you learn from the early games? (1 Viewer)

[GroveDiesel]

I'm not sure that it's something "learned" yet, but I'm certainly keeping my eye on how #1 WRs do against Revis and Asomugha over the next couple of weeks. Both guys got targeted a lot more than expected and both of them gave up a pretty good chunk of yardage yesterday. For Asomugha, it could have actually been even uglier, but the Rams receivers dropped at least a couple of balls when they had worked themselves open against him.

Certainly bears watching for as I think many people just make the assumption that you heavily think about benching your WRs against those two automatically.

 

[tangfoot]

I learned that week 1 is when owners over react the most to a single game. The Red Sox were once 2-10. Relax people, things even out.

There are 17 games in the NFL. There are 162 games in the MLB. Please don't compare the two.

I learned that there are now 17 games in the NFL season.

For some teams.

(playoffs)

He didn't get it. He's from Detroit.

I understood it just fine, but you can't really go from talking about the regular season schedule to adding in playoff games. I get that he thought he was being cute.

 

[kmcass]

I'm not sure that it's something "learned" yet, but I'm certainly keeping my eye on how #1 WRs do against Revis and Asomugha over the next couple of weeks. Both guys got targeted a lot more than expected and both of them gave up a pretty good chunk of yardage yesterday. For Asomugha, it could have actually been even uglier, but the Rams receivers dropped at least a couple of balls when they had worked themselves open against him.Certainly bears watching for as I think many people just make the assumption that you heavily think about benching your WRs against those two automatically.

Didn't Revis just give up the one sideline catch to Dez? Sure, Romo threw his way a couple other times, but they were ill-advised (and in the final case, game-ending) decisions. I know Dez wasn't 100% after that return, but Revis deserves a lot of credit for essentially taking him out of the game after the amazing start.

 

[The Rook]

From the really early game....thursday night... Green Bay and New Orleans are potential fantasy gold mines... Brees and Rodgers will make several receivers worth having on your roster.

 

[Riffraff]

Week 1 is only 1 week in a regular 13 game fantasy season. Knowing this, I learned that for some people: 1 week means ALL season when the season is only 1 week old. And it's true from a certain perspective, that player has been a stud/scrub all season long, even if the season has just been 1 week.

I relearn this lesson every year from the Chicken Littles just learning the game of fantasy football.

 

[Snotbubbles]

I'm not sure that it's something "learned" yet, but I'm certainly keeping my eye on how #1 WRs do against Revis and Asomugha over the next couple of weeks. Both guys got targeted a lot more than expected and both of them gave up a pretty good chunk of yardage yesterday. For Asomugha, it could have actually been even uglier, but the Rams receivers dropped at least a couple of balls when they had worked themselves open against him.Certainly bears watching for as I think many people just make the assumption that you heavily think about benching your WRs against those two automatically.

Here goes the write up from the philly.com Eagles reporter on how Asomugha was used:

Where Asomugha lined up There were a lot of questions coming into this game about how Juan Castillo would use Nnamdi Asomugha and the Eagles cornerbacks.I just took a look at the defensive plays, and from what I could gather, Castillo kept things pretty vanilla for the opener.The Eagles played nickel (three cornerbacks) on just 20 of 66 defensive snaps, by my unofficial count. On 18 of those 20 snaps, it was Asante Samuel, Asomugha and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie on the field together. And on all 18 of those snaps, Samuel lined up at left cornerback, Asomugha at right cornerback and Rodgers-Cromartie in the slot.Joselio Hanson didn't get into the game until the fourth quarter. On one play, Samuel sat out, and Rodgers-Cromartie played left cornerback. Hanson took over in the slot. On another play, Hanson joined Samuel and Asomugha, and replaced Rodgers-Cromartie in the slot.Getting back to Asomugha, he played 66 of 67 snaps. The only time he came off the field was when the Rams had the ball on the goal line and the Eagles went with only one defensive back, safety Jarrad Page. Asomugha lined up at right cornerback on 56 of 65 snaps. There were seven instances where the Rams didn't line up a receiver to his side and Asomugha drifted back like a safety.Twice Asomugha lined up in the slot. Those were specific situations. The Rams had a 3rd-and-3 and a 4th-and-3. They lined up two receivers to the right side of the defense. Samuel stayed outside, and Asomugha played the slot.And finally, there was a 4th-and-1 play where Asomugha was the only cornerback on the field, lining up on the left side.I'll get more into how he played in Man Up, but I believe Asomugha was only targeted twice. On one play, he was called for a 41-yard pass interference penalty. Initially, I thought it was a lame call, but after watching the replay a couple times, he did get his hand on Gibson before the ball arrived. On another play, Gibson beat Asomugha for a 31-yard gain. Andy Reid challenged the play, but it was upheld.The Eagles used a mix of man and zone coverage, as usual. Asomugha was asked to blitz once. He came all the way from his right cornerback position on the play where Trent Cole was whistled for a late hit.Samuel, meanwhile, played 64 snaps. Rodgers-Cromartie played 19 snaps. And Hanson was only on the field for two. The Eagles never broke out their dime package that features four cornerbacks.

Here goes the ManUp article referred to:

Nnamdi Asomugha - I already wrote about him at length yesterday. But Asomugha was targeted twice. One play resulted in a 41-yard pass interference penalty. Another a 31-yard completion to Gibson. It looked like there was confusion between him and Kurt Coleman when the Eagles were in zone coverage in the first and Bradford hit Bajema for 19 yards. It might take a few weeks for Asomugha to get in full shut-down mode, but keep in mind that even though he got beat a couple times, Bradford didn't even look to throw in his direction for most of the game.

 

[johnadams]

I learned:

that giving the coverage team only a five yard head start would not only negate the new kickoff spot, but in some ways, make returns easier.

I think that's about it. Either I saw stuff that confirmed what I already thought or just won't draw conclusions yet, especially because of the shortened off season.

 

[krsone21]

Shonn Greene cannot be counted on.....again.

I'd put this more on the Jets O-line than on Greene. (Not that it will make any differance for anyone's fantasy team). Greene never had anywhere to go.

This, the Jets run blocking was atrocious and thats being kind. I seen many plays last night where the defender was behind the line of scrimmage damn near before the running back was barely able to get the ball in his hands and make any kind of move. Shonn Greene is the type of runner that needs to touch the ball 25+ times a game to do his thing. At Iowa he got those opportunities and as he wore down the defense he was able to break off a couple of long runs.

 

[Dr. Awesome]

Hue Jackson is showing loads of creativity. Really impressed with him thus far. Here's hoping both bay area teams can rise to glory in the near future.

 

[EBF]

I'm not sure that it's something "learned" yet, but I'm certainly keeping my eye on how #1 WRs do against Revis and Asomugha over the next couple of weeks. Both guys got targeted a lot more than expected and both of them gave up a pretty good chunk of yardage yesterday. For Asomugha, it could have actually been even uglier, but the Rams receivers dropped at least a couple of balls when they had worked themselves open against him.Certainly bears watching for as I think many people just make the assumption that you heavily think about benching your WRs against those two automatically.

Well, I'm not sure there's a corner in the league who can match up w/ Dez Bryant 1 v 1.

 

[lazyike]

Shonn Greene cannot be counted on.....again.

I was targeting this guy in several leagues and luckily was unable to get him.