A team that I drafted a week ago, I ended up with 4 running backs and I can only start 2
They are:
R. Grant
C. Portis
E. James
Felix Jones
I think that is fairly obvious that I am not going to start Felix Jones to start the season but as far as the other 3 I am thinking it is going to be Grant and Portis starting...What are your guys opinions and Edge James, should I hang on to him, start him, drop him? For right now I think im going to just let him chill out on my bench and see how the season starts out
opinions please
They are:
R. Grant
C. Portis
E. James
Felix Jones
I think that is fairly obvious that I am not going to start Felix Jones to start the season but as far as the other 3 I am thinking it is going to be Grant and Portis starting...What are your guys opinions and Edge James, should I hang on to him, start him, drop him? For right now I think im going to just let him chill out on my bench and see how the season starts out
opinions please
More then likely that is what I am going to do...I am also running into a problem at tight end where I have both Ben Watson and Dallas Clark
In my opinion Dallas Clark is more a part of Indys offense then Watson is to New Englands
I think this one is a crap shoot as well
Will be interesting to see how it plays out
In my opinion Dallas Clark is more a part of Indys offense then Watson is to New Englands
I think this one is a crap shoot as well
Will be interesting to see how it plays out
I get people love RB's, but IMO the QB is the most important position in fantasy football. Me and one other guy have been in the finals together the past three years in one of my leagues, and there's a big reason why; I have Romo and he has Manning (keeper league). Constant production every single week. Do we have good RB's and WR's? Of coarse. He had Portis, Johnson and Barber last year and I have LT, Owens and Witten. But I rarely ever see a player win one of my fantasy leagues without a top QB. There are only three I would trust to put up huge points every week and they are Brady, Manning and Romo. Only other time I've seen somebody win with a bad QB is when he had LT and LT was putting up 40 fantasy points a week.
I play in a 20 team 2 division League, league champions meet at the end of the season. The leagues played out like this
1) LT 1)LT
2) APeterson 2) Tom Brady
3) Brian Westbrook 3)Brian Westbrook
4) Marion Barber 4) APeterson
5) Joseph Addai 5) Stephen Jackson
6) Clinton Portis 6) Joseph Addai
7) Marshawn Lynch 7) Marshawn Lynch
8) Tom Brady
9) Stephen Jackson
10) Randy Moss
11) Willis McGhee
12) Peyton Manning
13) Larry Johnson
14) Terrell Owens
15) Ryan Grant
16) Reggie Wayne
17) Drew Brees
18) Tony Romo
19) Darren McFadden(razorback alum)
20) Braylon Edwards
1) LT 1)LT
2) APeterson 2) Tom Brady
3) Brian Westbrook 3)Brian Westbrook
4) Marion Barber 4) APeterson
5) Joseph Addai 5) Stephen Jackson
6) Clinton Portis 6) Joseph Addai
7) Marshawn Lynch 7) Marshawn Lynch
8) Tom Brady
9) Stephen Jackson
10) Randy Moss
11) Willis McGhee
12) Peyton Manning
13) Larry Johnson
14) Terrell Owens
15) Ryan Grant
16) Reggie Wayne
17) Drew Brees
18) Tony Romo
19) Darren McFadden(razorback alum)
20) Braylon Edwards
Agree with you 100% I went into this particular draft with a specific plan and completely abandion my strategy and ended up with 4 Rbs and 2 tight ends...I am ok with my WRs though, they are not elite like you said but I am ok with them
P. Buress
G. Jennings
L. Evans
S. Holmes
It is only a 8 team league so the talent pool is wide open for mixing and matching...which brings me to another point, this league is using foxsports and I dont like it at all. Almost every year I have used yahoo and or espn and for some reason the guy picked fox this year and I dont like it....Anyone else have an opinion on this? I have a suicide pool on CBS and that seems to be ok but Fox for fantasy just seems to run really really slow and just all around doesnt work as well
I would personally pick Manning. The guy has been a fantasy stud for the past decade it seems like. I have a hard time believing Brady will repeat his success of last year, He'll be a great QB again, but Manning is still tops IMO. I would have thought you could have gotten him later though since Brady is the guy everyone talks about, but CBS has him going in the first round on average. If you can get either Manning and Wayne in the first two rounds that's a great first two picks IMO. Best QB and best WR possibly for this year.
10 team league, 1 per 10, 1 per 25, TD = 6 and 4 for QB, the 7s in my two leagues went:
Gore
MJD
Colston
Big Ben
Br. Marshall
Sel Young
Coles
The following were the 6 picks after 7:
Portis Lynch LJ
R. Moss Peyton Brady
and, the other league:
Portis
TO
MJD
Welker
Gates
Kev Smith
Forte
following 6:
Gore Barber Peyton
Brees R. Moss Lynch
I don't like Portis enough to take him at 7, always injured and they give Betts a fair number of carries and his production in Wash isn't what it was in Den. Plus, I think Campbell sucks. I would take Barber if he were there (assuming, Lt, Westbrook, AP, Addai are all gone).
Personally, I am a RB/WR depth guy early in drafts. Unless a QB falls to me that is too good to pass up, I won't take one until the 6th or 7th or so round at the earliest. The first QB I took in my drafts were the 7th (Anderson, followed by Garrard later and Rodgers in the 16th), 8th (Big Ben, followed by Rivers in the 12th) and 10th (Rivers, followed by Garrard in the 11th and Kitna in 16).
The fact that RBs share to me means less, not more depth at the RB position. RB won't outscore the top QB, but you have to look at your team as a whole, not in a player to player comparison.
If you take a QB early, it will definitely impact your depth at RB and WR. Personally, I would prefer to have depth at RB and WR and deal with Rivers, Eli, Big Ben, Cutler, Bulger, Favre, Anderson, Hasselbeck, etc., than have Brady, Parker, MJD, Wayne combo, which is what you will end up with taking a QB early.
My top 6/7 are:
AP
Ryan Grant
Colston
Roy Williams
Winslow
Br. Marshall
T. Jones
Galloway
and
Addai, Grant, Fitz, Jennings, Roy Williams, Jacobs, Galloway
Gore
MJD
Colston
Big Ben
Br. Marshall
Sel Young
Coles
The following were the 6 picks after 7:
Portis Lynch LJ
R. Moss Peyton Brady
and, the other league:
Portis
TO
MJD
Welker
Gates
Kev Smith
Forte
following 6:
Gore Barber Peyton
Brees R. Moss Lynch
I don't like Portis enough to take him at 7, always injured and they give Betts a fair number of carries and his production in Wash isn't what it was in Den. Plus, I think Campbell sucks. I would take Barber if he were there (assuming, Lt, Westbrook, AP, Addai are all gone).
Personally, I am a RB/WR depth guy early in drafts. Unless a QB falls to me that is too good to pass up, I won't take one until the 6th or 7th or so round at the earliest. The first QB I took in my drafts were the 7th (Anderson, followed by Garrard later and Rodgers in the 16th), 8th (Big Ben, followed by Rivers in the 12th) and 10th (Rivers, followed by Garrard in the 11th and Kitna in 16).
The fact that RBs share to me means less, not more depth at the RB position. RB won't outscore the top QB, but you have to look at your team as a whole, not in a player to player comparison.
If you take a QB early, it will definitely impact your depth at RB and WR. Personally, I would prefer to have depth at RB and WR and deal with Rivers, Eli, Big Ben, Cutler, Bulger, Favre, Anderson, Hasselbeck, etc., than have Brady, Parker, MJD, Wayne combo, which is what you will end up with taking a QB early.
My top 6/7 are:
AP
Ryan Grant
Colston
Roy Williams
Winslow
Br. Marshall
T. Jones
Galloway
and
Addai, Grant, Fitz, Jennings, Roy Williams, Jacobs, Galloway
Three years ago, I had one loss going to the playoffs. Colts decide to rest players and the rest is history.
Why are RB's more important than QB's? Try finding a RB off the waiver wire in a 12-team league that will get you 75 yards and a TD. They are not there. Now you can get a quick fix at QB for a week or two and find a guy throwing 200 yards/1-2 TD's. Since a 12-team league has 2 qb's on a roster (24 total), that means there are still 8 starters on the WW. There will never be a starting RB on the WW.
I am not a huge fan of QBs either in the first round, but their is something to be said in a guy that is going to score decent points EVERY week. A guy like Cutler and the rest of these fringe QBs might have big games, but their will be games they give you 5-9 points instead of the big points you'll get from manning/brady everytime
my top 10 backs: 1. LT 2. Westbrook 3. Adrian Peterson 4. Barber 5. Portis 6. Marshawn Lynch 7. Joseph Addai 8. Steven Jackson 9. Frank Gore 10. Ryan grant
if any of the top 5 are around at 7 ill grab them. if any of the top 10 are left at 18 ill then grab another one, or an elite wideout. thinking of sleeping on a QB and trying to grab fitzgerald on the way around in round 3, then maybe a mcfadden in 4, fred taylor in 5, then try for a brees later on or a derek anderson or roethislberger
if any of the top 5 are around at 7 ill grab them. if any of the top 10 are left at 18 ill then grab another one, or an elite wideout. thinking of sleeping on a QB and trying to grab fitzgerald on the way around in round 3, then maybe a mcfadden in 4, fred taylor in 5, then try for a brees later on or a derek anderson or roethislberger
im real high on portis with the new offense with zorn. said in an interview wants to go for 20 td's. yea i know its wild, but still sounds good. thinking 1200+ yards 10 + td's. lynch i could see going into a second year slump, addai wont have saturday in a passing first indy offense, jackson i like. im really hoping barber is there though. itll be tough for me to take portis over manning or brady.
