Who are you starting over LJ this week? (1 Viewer)

[jurrassic]

Wanted to know who is starting LJ and who is benching him.

I own him in 2 leagues and I am starting McFadden and Graham over him.

 

[Zoomanji]

Jacobs

Perry

Flex- Coles

 

[wolfie]

5tarting LJ with confidence. Ne def got to show me they can stop the run, looked terrible in preseason. Got 3 new starters on df.

 

[jurrassic]

5tarting LJ with confidence. Ne def got to show me they can stop the run, looked terrible in preseason. Got 3 new starters on df.

I don't really have a great fear of the NE defense, I have a fear of their offense. The Chiefs may find themselves down 21 in the first quarter.

 

[Christo]

5tarting LJ with confidence. Ne def got to show me they can stop the run, looked terrible in preseason. Got 3 new starters on df.

Of course it helps that he's my RB2 and I can pair him with AD

 

[Brutis]

Maybe its just me but I dont have any fear of that Patriot Defense. I dont think he'll have much problem running against them.

 

[Christo]

5tarting LJ with confidence. Ne def got to show me they can stop the run, looked terrible in preseason. Got 3 new starters on df.

I don't really have a great fear of the NE defense, I have a fear of their offense. The Chiefs may find themselves down 21 in the first quarter.

So he catches some passes.

 

[Dieselfrog]

starting him without fear!!!

 

[sparkky]

Gore and Barber, with LJ as my #3.

and probably that way for most of the season. KC's oline and qb play concern me GREATLY.

 

[The Man With No Name]

I'll start him, even though I have other options available.

 

[thehornet]

you most likely drafted him in the 1st or 2nd round. Why is this a discussion?

 

[morris4903]

you most likely drafted him in the 1st or 2nd round. Why is this a discussion?

You don't select him high to bench him the first week.

 

[mozzy84]

you most likely drafted him in the 1st or 2nd round. Why is this a discussion?

because LJ doesn't have the stud status he used to have

 

[Butters]

I'm struggling with this. I go with either LJ or T. Holt. The NE first string D looked pretty lame against the Tampa running game in the preseason game I saw. The other half of me says wait a week on LJ to see how he looks. Right now, Holt's in the lineup. In ten minutes, who knows?

 

[thehornet]

you most likely drafted him in the 1st or 2nd round. Why is this a discussion?

because LJ doesn't have the stud status he used to have

YES HE DOES. EOM.

 

[morris4903]

you most likely drafted him in the 1st or 2nd round. Why is this a discussion?

because LJ doesn't have the stud status he used to have

Then you should have drafted someone else you have more confidence in starting.

 

[Stompin' Tom Connors]

Starting him with impunity.

Drafted him in the first round as the 12th pick in a 12 team league. This guy is my workhorse and despite the worries the the overall KC offense has , both in the trenches and behind center, and despite the fact that my season could well be made or broken by LJ this year, he's an every week starter regardless the D he faces.

 

[RoxSolid]

FWP over him

 

[AnonymousBob]

you most likely drafted him in the 1st or 2nd round. Why is this a discussion?

because LJ doesn't have the stud status he used to have

Then you should have drafted someone else you have more confidence in starting.

There are very few players you can have absolute confidence in each and every week. Nothing wrong with playing the matchups with your non-studs (which included LJ).I'm starting LJ with absolute confidence but if somebody feels they have a comparable option with a favorable matchup then best of luck to them.

 

[imagroid]

Considered Jacobs, but i'm going to see what LJ can do. I know LJ=carries and NE hasn't looked spectacular. Gonna side with those week 1 cheatsheets.

 

[morris4903]

you most likely drafted him in the 1st or 2nd round. Why is this a discussion?

because LJ doesn't have the stud status he used to have

Then you should have drafted someone else you have more confidence in starting.

There are very few players you can have absolute confidence in each and every week. Nothing wrong with playing the matchups with your non-studs (which included LJ).I'm starting LJ with absolute confidence but if somebody feels they have a comparable option with a favorable matchup then best of luck to them.

I would agree with this if this was like 4-5 weeks into the season, but its the first week. If you don't have absolute confidence in a player you took in the low-first, high second round in a redraft, then your either overthinking it or should have drafted someone else. Playing matchups the first week is a crapshoot as well.

 

[thehornet]

you most likely drafted him in the 1st or 2nd round. Why is this a discussion?

because LJ doesn't have the stud status he used to have

Then you should have drafted someone else you have more confidence in starting.

There are very few players you can have absolute confidence in each and every week. Nothing wrong with playing the matchups with your non-studs (which included LJ).I'm starting LJ with absolute confidence but if somebody feels they have a comparable option with a favorable matchup then best of luck to them.

I would agree with this if this was like 4-5 weeks into the season, but its the first week. If you don't have absolute confidence in a player you took in the low-first, high second round in a redraft, then your either overthinking it or should drafted someone else. Playing matchups the first week is a crapshoot as well.

about to say same thing.

 

[AnonymousBob]

Matchups in the first week are a bit of a crapshoot but I wouldn't fault someone if they started Ray Rice, Michael Turner, etc.

 

[CrossEyed]

He's my RB2 behind ADP and he's starting over Turner, KSmith and Perry. Even if KC has to go to the air early LJ is usually a decent part of their passing game, and my league is ppr.

 

[jurrassic]

Like I said, I am seriously considering McFadden over LJ this week. I am kind of at a push with LJ and Graham.

 

[imagroid]

Like I said, I am seriously considering McFadden over LJ this week. I am kind of at a push with LJ and Graham.

I'm all ears for starting someone over LJ when its borderline, but McFadden??? Wow not close at all imo.

 

[DrJamesAndrews Fan]

Starting him with Confidence.

 

[jurrassic]

Like I said, I am seriously considering McFadden over LJ this week. I am kind of at a push with LJ and Graham.

I'm all ears for starting someone over LJ when its borderline, but McFadden??? Wow not close at all imo.

You don't even know how the Raiders are going to use McFadden (full disclosure: neither do I). The Bronocs run defense was horrible last year and the Raiders are a top 5 rushing offense. You may be right on McFadden, but the Raiders really have nothing to lose using him early and often. If he sees 15 touches they may be equivalent to LJ's 25.

 

[imagroid]

Like I said, I am seriously considering McFadden over LJ this week. I am kind of at a push with LJ and Graham.

I'm all ears for starting someone over LJ when its borderline, but McFadden??? Wow not close at all imo.

You don't even know how the Raiders are going to use McFadden (full disclosure: neither do I). The Bronocs run defense was horrible last year and the Raiders are a top 5 rushing offense. You may be right on McFadden, but the Raiders really have nothing to lose using him early and often. If he sees 15 touches they may be equivalent to LJ's 25.

This all that needs to be said. We are talking about week 1 here.

 

[big0mar]

KC offensive line is probably in the bottom 5 in the league. Add Brodie Croyle as your QB, and you have a RBs worst nightmare.

 

[leif74]

I picked him, I'll start him.

 

[zed2283]

Like I said, I am seriously considering McFadden over LJ this week. I am kind of at a push with LJ and Graham.

I'm in the same boat... LJ or Graham? Cheatsheets say this is a bad matchup for Graham but I disagree.

 

[Gr00vus]

Matchups in the first week are a bit of a crapshoot but I wouldn't fault someone if they started Ray Rice, Michael Turner, etc.

The draft's over. I don't care what round guys got drafted at this point - you have to put the players out there who have the best chance of putting up points. I can see sitting LJ if you've got viable options. I'm struggling between him and McFadden in one league, but since it's not a PPR league I think I'm sticking with LJ.

 

[Project Mayhem]

Starting Selvin Young over him, don't like the NE matchup and have ADP as my RB1

 

[YoUnG GuNz]

I don't think LJ will have a problem against the old NE def. If they do fall behind I expect Croyle to dump off to him a lot (I'm in a PPR league). NE's "D" is vastly overrated.

 

[thehornet]

Like I said, I am seriously considering McFadden over LJ this week. I am kind of at a push with LJ and Graham.

I'm all ears for starting someone over LJ when its borderline, but McFadden??? Wow not close at all imo.

You don't even know how the Raiders are going to use McFadden (full disclosure: neither do I). The Bronocs run defense was horrible last year and the Raiders are a top 5 rushing offense. You may be right on McFadden, but the Raiders really have nothing to lose using him early and often. If he sees 15 touches they may be equivalent to LJ's 25.

You cannot possibly believe this right? Ifd the consensus agrees with you, then I truly dont know how to play this game anymore.

 

[Stockwell]

Gore & Jacobs over LJ.

14 team league, 1st 3 picks were Gore, LJ & Jacobs.

I expect LJ's stats to pick up as the season wears on, while I imagine Jacobs might get dinged a bit due to his running style (but I hope not).

I like having RB depth in a 14 team league.

 

[Monk81]

I don't bench a second round pick in the first 4 games of the season.

 

[massraider]

Like I said, I am seriously considering McFadden over LJ this week. I am kind of at a push with LJ and Graham.

I'm all ears for starting someone over LJ when its borderline, but McFadden??? Wow not close at all imo.

Raiders averaged 187 on the ground vs. Denver last year. In a PPR, I think it bears thinking about.I am starting Run DMC over LJ in one league, and debating LJ, Jamal Lewis, and C. Perry in another. Not feeling confident either way.

 

[morris4903]

I cannot fathom how people in the first week of the season are benching a proven player like LJ for someone who hasn't played an NFL regular season down. Homers excluded. Its the definition of overthinking.

 

[imagroid]

Like I said, I am seriously considering McFadden over LJ this week. I am kind of at a push with LJ and Graham.

I'm all ears for starting someone over LJ when its borderline, but McFadden??? Wow not close at all imo.

Raiders averaged 187 on the ground vs. Denver last year. In a PPR, I think it bears thinking about.I am starting Run DMC over LJ in one league, and debating LJ, Jamal Lewis, and C. Perry in another. Not feeling confident either way.

and you think that means McFadden will the primary beneficiary? I say if your answer is anything less than an emphatic 100% yes, then how do you start him over LJ. Too many ???? to do this week 1. LJ will get 20 touches at least.

 

[ourmanflint]

Gore & Jacobs over LJ.

14 team league, 1st 3 picks were Gore, LJ & Jacobs.

I expect LJ's stats to pick up as the season wears on, while I imagine Jacobs might get dinged a bit due to his running style (but I hope not).

I like having RB depth in a 14 team league.

 

[Fantaholic]

Don't overthink it dude. He's your #1/#2 RB and it's the first game of the season. There's no legitimate reason to bench him yet.

 

[Tanner9919]

I cannot fathom how people in the first week of the season are benching a proven player like LJ for someone who hasn't played an NFL regular season down. Homers excluded. Its the definition of overthinking.

the way he's looked in preseason compared with the way Fargas has looked, makes McFadden a viable option this weekend.Denver's pathetic run defense can't stop anyone..do you have a stat-list of rookie rb's making their season debut in week 1 ? I don't have the time to look at it right now, but I'd suspect CMart, LT2,etc did pretty well in their first games..actually I just lookedortis 6-34CMart- 19-102-1Tomlinson - 36-113-1I suspect Bettis did well his first game,too..McFadden is a stud-to-be..I'm sure Kiffin knows what to do with the guy - run him ragged - probably the only thing that keeps his job as HC in Oakland is to run McFadden left and right,all year long, because you know Al Davis has already been in his ear about it..I'm sure he's heard it 100 times from Davis, that we have to run the ball with McFadden..

 

[massraider]

Like I said, I am seriously considering McFadden over LJ this week. I am kind of at a push with LJ and Graham.

I'm all ears for starting someone over LJ when its borderline, but McFadden??? Wow not close at all imo.

Raiders averaged 187 on the ground vs. Denver last year. In a PPR, I think it bears thinking about.I am starting Run DMC over LJ in one league, and debating LJ, Jamal Lewis, and C. Perry in another. Not feeling confident either way.

and you think that means McFadden will the primary beneficiary? I say if your answer is anything less than an emphatic 100% yes, then how do you start him over LJ. Too many ???? to do this week 1. LJ will get 20 touches at least.

I also qualified it by mentioning in a PPR. And I said it bears thinking about. I didn't say it was a lock.Fargas is no receiver, and Kiffin has been vocal in his frustration with that. With the WR corps in Oakland in its current state, and the Raiders desire to keep JaMarcus upright, a RB that can help in the passing game is important to Kiffin. I think DMC may only get 15 carries, but 5 catches would not surprise me at all.My thought all offseason is that this RBBC idea involving Fargas will seem silly pretty early on in the season. So I would not say it's a 100% emphatic yes, but I think it's close to 100%.I am not saying it's a no-brainer, and I am wavering between the two of them, but LJ's numbers vs. good defenses last year were pretty awful. He had a good game vs. the Chargers, Raiders and Bengals. Otherwise, his numbers were terrible.

 

[Tigerbot Hesh]

In my keeper league, it's LT2, LJ, R. Grant, McGahee and Ray Rice. If McGahee is a GTD and is a scratch, then Rice will get the 2nd RB spot and LJ-Grant gets to fight it out for the flex spot. I think Johnson will get more touches (carries + catches) than Grant, but I can't shake the feeling of dread I get from that KC offense. But imagroid did have a good point about knowing LJ will see 20 chances on Sunday. Something to think about when making a lineup decision.

 

[Thumper]

In my keeper league, it's LT2, LJ, R. Grant, McGahee and Ray Rice. If McGahee is a GTD and is a scratch, then Rice will get the 2nd RB spot and LJ-Grant gets to fight it out for the flex spot. I think Johnson will get more touches (carries + catches) than Grant, but I can't shake the feeling of dread I get from that KC offense. But imagroid did have a good point about knowing LJ will see 20 chances on Sunday. Something to think about when making a lineup decision.

LJ is a decent play this week.

 

[captbly]

5tarting LJ with confidence. Ne def got to show me they can stop the run, looked terrible in preseason. Got 3 new starters on df.

I thought about Jacobs... but you have to go with LJ

 

[Jack Burton]

Wanted to know who is starting LJ and who is benching him. I own him in 2 leagues and I am starting McFadden and Graham over him.

You are not... are you?

 

[MCguidance]

Considered Jacobs, but i'm going to see what LJ can do. I know LJ=carries and NE hasn't looked spectacular. Gonna side with those week 1 cheatsheets.

I hope LJ goes off for your sake. Jacobs might have been the play there. But at the same time, I can't fault you.