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WR Luther Burden III, CHI (3 Viewers)
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Dropped Troy Franklin to start him. Hopefully I can get him back in the two leagues I dropped him in. Probably not though.
Edit: how awesome is it that I finally let go of Burden this week before any Odunze news. This game we play is so fun isn’t it?
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InDitkaWeTrust
Footballguy
Assuming Rome is out, I'd expect there to be a LOT of creative use of Burden, Zacchaeus, Colston and Kmet. Obviously there will be a lot of 12 personnel and I expect a lot of running the ball. The weather is supposed to be in the mid to low teens at kickoff. I'm not sure anyone other than DJM will be a lock as a FF starter.
Insein
Footballguy
I dropped him this week as well but luckily no one saw the news before me. Grabbed him back today.
Trying to get him off waivers in one that clears tomorrow. Then another league where I can’t even claim him. So sad.
I’ve learned that “week to week” is worse than “day to day”. Rome is the worse one.
Hartliner
Footballguy
Talking heads say might be done for fantasy season/playoffs and back for real football. It is a bone stress fracture 3-5 weeks sounds plausible to me.
Since his 100-yard game against the Ravens, Odunze has totaled 13 receptions for 188 yards and a touchdown in five games. I think now that Bears are in driver seat they might be trying to get him healed up. Its a risk reward but Ben Johnson prolly is gonna play it safe as much as possible.
Hartliner
Footballguy
Yea I picked him up and dropped Jordan Addison, I watch a lot of fantasy content and this seems to be mostly a miss on a lot of folks- I think he might be a lowend WR2 WR3. or boom bust kind of guy.
One thing that made me pull the trigger is that GB Pack runs a lot of zone mostly and for a YAC monster in the slot Luther, should be able to get some YAC on some layups? Also he is a second rounder and 'Ben Johnson' guy so I expect him to be featured knowing Rome is Out.
But yea Bears are a running team so it has some risk but why not.
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I’ve watched his college highlights a bunch. He’s electric, man. If it hits it’ll be a blow your FAAB type of thing next week. I’m being optimistic of course. Hopefully this hits.
I agree. When my pick was on the clock I looked at him and Jayden Higgins and I thought that Burden jumped off the screen.
Hartliner
Footballguy
Rome Odunze to Miss Multiple Weeks with Stress-Fracture, Luther Burden III To Benefit
Fantasy Football owners may be disappointed by a Rome Odunze injury that finds him out for multiple weeks. However, they will find some sleepers to leverage.
yea not sure who the doc guy is but they are all hit or miss fantasy doctors. 3-5 weeks is the thought here too.
That's a good question.
I read some comments from Caleb a few days ago where he was mentioning the need to deliver the ball in rhythm to help YAC. Brought up running after the catch a few times and his need to give them that opportunity. This is good for both of them but more of a benefit to Moore IMO.
So for me, I think Burden is a more explosive higher ceiling player and I will be starting him in a few places, but I did have to make on Moore or Burden either or call and went Moore. Hope I'm wrong fwiw.
How does aDot factor in to these numbers?
Dawg Pound 69
Footballguy
Moore might see a few more targets. But seems like they will rely heavily on the running game. And when they do throw, the 2 TE's will probably get the bulk of the work. I especially like Loveland to have a big game.
