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I'm in. I did a league in Vegas last night after the game with 11 other top ranked fantasy players according to FFWC rankings and I took him 3rd overall. It was a tossup between him and A. Brown for me, and I went with points in the bank and what my eyeballs confirmed for me on all the points you described above.
Regarding getting game planned for, while that might be true, it is gonna become a pick your poison situation with defenses. Assuming Hill is okay, his speed has to be accounted for; he will scare the hell out of every defense. And then you've got one of the top TEs in football in Travis Kelce. If teams want to game plan for Hunt and stack the line, Hill will take the top off all day, while Kelce gets open across the middle non-stop. Having a play caller as creative Andy Reid will help them all. It's win-win-win.
yes. I agree. let's temper expectations, but yes hunt owners have the real deal for sureOne game. One game when he set a record for yards from scrimage.
one game where his entire skill set was on display.
One game where he showed more fluidity receiving the ball than anyone in the league not named Westbrook - not on the 78 yarder -that was a perfect pass. That showed speed. No, on the 1st TD where Smith threw a horrible pass that sailed high and outside and Hunt brought it in cleanly; then took a great angle to the end zone.
you can't come in here and tell me I didn't see what I saw. Hunt looks like the real deal, and that Chiefs OL can open holes for him. When they couldn't he made his own yards.
Now, is he the next Marshall Faulk? Of course not - it's one game, as you suggest.
But there's plenty to be excited about if you're a chiefs fan or a Hunt owner.
The guy told you exactly why.
I'm not selling now because I'm a running back whore. When it's week 10 and I'm headed for the playoffs I want a RB starved team begging for one of my RBs.
Good post. Hunt mania will be super high. But if you need a RB to win now, you gotta hold him and play him.
It just seems like every time a young player has a big game there's a group that scream 'sell high'
everyone manages their team differently. last year d. Parker had a huge game. I sold him high and grabbed Crowell. worked out better for me.
I'm fine with people managing how they want. I guess I just found it interesting how every year there are some players that have good games and there's always a group that say sell high. It's almost as if it's become cliche.
Have you been reading the posts in here and the game thread? The opposite is also true - people are crowing him ROY after seeing one game of the NFL season. Those are the type of people that just might overpay for a guy like Hunt, so why not if you weren't sold on him before this and might not think he will sustain this for the season?
Oh yeah. They are a the opposite end of the spectrum of when a new player has a big game. They are also pretty cliche. We could easily come up fantasy football stereotypes just from people who post here.
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I would depending on the other RBs I had. I always worry about trading for a player that may have a bad season or get hurt while giving away an up and coming player. Always two ways to look at it. If Hunt isn't my best RB then I would certainly entertain trade offers.
Came in to post something similar. This was the only game in town last night, so not only was everyone in your league likely watching, those that weren't saw the highlights this morning. The gold is in multi-player and multi-pick deals you can generate with him. The situation would have to be perfect to have someone move Brown, Julio, or even OBJ straight up at this point. But Hunt and a couple of B minus roster fillers could likely net you sweet sweet haul you would have never even sniffed before last nights game.
I don't disagree with you, but historically Andy Reid RBs - particularly versatile ones - have been fantasy gold. Even two-touch West was gold for several weeks, and Ware after that. Undoubtedly, he won't be the next Jamaal Charles, but Hunt has virtually no competition for touches as long as he stays healthy. You can't say that about many RBs anymore.
Great points (and a lot of the points I'd push if I were trying to make a killing in a deal). Hunt's performance last night was one of those things that could set up your team for years to come.
He looked gassed during one of his long runs. He was outrunning McCourty down the sideline and he slowed up, was caught, and forced out of bounds. Could have potentially had another TD. Most rookies hit a wall after playing their final year of college, going straight into combine training, then straight into the NFL season. Wouldn't be surprised if he did as well, but I'm guessing most Hunt owners are pretty happy this morning. Even if he was benched, he's shown that he's a great asset for the future.
That's an interesting response. I've seen three high stakes drafts since last night and Hunt and gone 3 in all of them.
I believe it. My redraft league drafted on the Saturday after the Thursday Night games were played for the last five years. This year we went back to the weekend before Labor Day. I am almost positive that if we were drafting tomorrow he would have went 3rd - especially knowing who had that slot this year (he traded up for my No. 3 pick the year Manning threw 7 TDs on opening Thursday Night).
He also broke 2-4 long(ish) runs that were called back due to holding penalties - so while they don't show up officially as carries, they take their toll.
If that's the market value then yes by all means. But is that really the market value? We're people really giving up 1st round WR assets for guys like you mentioned above?Sell high sounds nice in theory but I doubt people will be giving up that much after one week...I could be wrong though.
