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You guys are so quick to try and find a "gotcha" that you aren't even reading the posts.
I’ll take boring with ~17 targets a week.
5 more weeks at the rate Puka is going - he will have bested Eddie Royal's top season. Eddie Royal had Brandon Marshall to compete with for targets and Jay Cutler who never strayed from throwing into triple coverage. If Puka has another 10 target game, you better come back here and apologize for comparing him to Eddie Royal.
St Brown was drafted at the 17th WR in the fourth round. Were there 16 WRs better than Amon-Ra St Brown in his draft?
The same speed as the GOAT Jerry Rice. Outside of Hill, the fastest 40 times almost unanimously suck and are injured.
There's a wide range of possibilities, yours is certainly within that range. I just consider it a tad on the optimistic side.
I think those are fine metrics to look at when you are trying to project a player and how they might do vs NFL teams but this guy is doing it in real life vs. NFL teams...one being the Niners who have a solid defense. I picked up Amon Ra his rookie year and heard many of the same arguments..lack of talent, drafted late, only option, etc.. Sometimes you don't overthink it and watch what's happening. It may not make sense but there are always exceptions to rules and sometimes you just to accept things IMO.
There’s always 1 hater. Welcome.
Reading is fundamental. Again, not what I said, at all.
That’s tough since they already engraved Bijan’s name on the plaque before the season started.
I agree he's more a tackle-breaker than home run hitter. I haven't had a look at his week 2 usage, but the numbers appear similar. He's tasked with producing in high traffic areas. On a number of his routes he ran to a spot & quickly posted up, facing his QB. Other throws from Stafford deliberately led him to the ground. There were also the ones where as soon as he secured the catch he'd sink, preparing for contact. So again, yac isn't a clear measure. To me he appears very adept at the role they're asking him to fill.
I wouldn't want anything to do with the Bears offense right now until they show otherwise. I have Roschon in one league, love his talent, but he is benched for me until the Bears OC gets fired. Who knows when that happens. They might be competing to be the worst team for Caleb Williams.
Seems like huge win for the Johnson owner IMO. I think he has the ability to be decent but that Bears offense is a bit of a mess right now and Johnson has yet to have a "he's the guy" game. Puka had his coming out, and then punctuated in a better game against SF.
No way I’d do it in dynasty either. Nacua has every indication of being the Robert Woods role the Rams have been seeking for the last 2 seasons.
I'd like to think Puka's value has surpassed an RB2 on a bad offense in both Dynasty and Redraft, but there are people that thing he still has something to prove.
I mean, I have Puka over Roschon myself, but for dynasty one man’s early-season “RB2 in a bad offense” is another’s “heir apparent.” If you think he’s the latter, and that Puka is a wr3 when Kupp’s back, you should probably capitalize on his current value and get something thrown in but again I could see it.
I have Nacua over Johnson in a 2-player keeper league, both can listed next year in the 15th rd. This is .5ppr, production from the return game is scored. As you deduced, given that I need help at RB, is it a reasonable risk to consider that by week 8 or so, Johnson might be helping me just as much as Nacua? That was plan B, everyone here has convinced me to scrap that move.
Could it happen? Absolutely. In the absence of a strong thesis on Roschon (which I haven’t seen enough of him to personally have) I don’t think it’s a bet with +EV. But I’ve made many a profit cashing out found money for guys I had high conviction were good, so if that shoe fits try to get something thrown inI have Nacua over Johnson in a 2-player keeper league, both can listed next year in the 15th rd. This is .5ppr, production from the return game is scored. As you deduced, given that I need help at RB, is it a reasonable risk to consider that by week 8 or so, Johnson might be helping me just as much as Nacua? That was plan B, everyone here has convinced me to scrap that move.
Still nothing from my league-mate regarding my offer for priority. This offer was to my league-mate who held the 2nd claim. The owner who had priority after week one didn't make use of it because he left 75 points on his bench. Yeah, make the same offer to each & add my 12th rd pick. Appreciate the insight from you all, THANK YOU!!
Johnson's a former QB, with a big time arm! There's tape out there, he loved throwing deep! ha-ha. Big, with a well-rounded skill set (run/receive/PP). But the resume as a ball-carrier, not as extensive as you'd like to see from a player who transitioned.
I'm a big Puka fan but if I was offered either of these (and also had Kupp) in redraft I would find it difficult to turn down. Hard to say with 100% certainty without knowing the remainder of your roster/league setup.
That's a good question... I don't know if his value can increase beyond this without Kupp back in the offense. The knock on Puka is, "How will his numbers fair when Cooper Kupp returns?" and we won't know the answer to that question until Kupp plays. The knock on Kupp is he might not play. The major issue is, if Kupp and Puka play together and Puka continues to put up 20 fppg and Cooper Kupp is Cooper Kupp... those players probably can't be acquired.
I think Stafford is that good. He's a pro's pro at the QB position and has help "make" many great wrs. I think Puka is in the right offense with the right qb.
Didn't practice last Thursday either. I'd say he's fine, just a rest day.
Puka was the top ranked recruit in Utah in the 2019 class he’s no slouch. He battled injuries in college and for those that were lucky enough to draft him play him with confidenc.
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