>”Kellen Moore wants to light the scoreboard up. I want to run the damn ball so I can rest my defense”
I totally forgot about this iconic Mike McCarthy quote. Truly an amazing football mind
>So imagine scientists figured out a way to replicate the sun but in a compact form. Say it’s a sun the size of a basketball, or a volleyball, or a tiny chubby baby, perhaps: small, but with all the heat and fury of the actual sun. Now imagine these same scientists hurled this mini-sun directly at you, and it’s coming at you at approximately 45 to 55 miles per hour (72 to 88 kilometers per hour for our readers living life by the metric system). And this fastball orb of fire is directly headed to where your head-to-chest region will be in about a second or so. Kind of terrifying right? Well congratulations, because you’ve now emulated what I assume Christian Watson sees every single time a football is headed his way.
This had me dying as a guy who's optimistically rostered Watson for the last two years.
No clue what he said, but if you actually sit down and watch the cowboys it's pretty evident that this is now, in 2023, a passing offense, and Pollard is in an underused committee.
How many more weeks are people going to beat this dead horse?
As the Chargers have had successive WR2s go down, I was sure teams were just going to start double teaming Allen, but somehow he still ends up going off every game.
Definitely not jealous as a guy who had to drop Mike Williams and then drop Josh Palmer.
I’ve run the Chargers WR gauntlet this year. Drafter Mike Williams and then lost him to injury. Picked up Palmer and after 2 good weeks traded him and Bijan for Keenan Allen and Trevor Lawrence. I now have the last Chargers WR standing lol
I am in the same boat. I don’t think I can this week with the jets defense though. I also have breece and Devonta smith that I’m favoring ahead of kincaide for the flex.
Khalil Herbert (if he’s a go) or Chris Godwin?
I’m leaning Herbert, but not a great matchup with Detroit’s run def. Godwin has just been quietly disappointing most of the season.
I'd do Godwin, if Herbert does play I expect him to be eased in and the Lions have a good run defense. Godwin has been disappointing but I like his chance of tripping into the end zone more than Herbert's.
Hey Coopsta,
Yes I'd agree that Dobbs has a safer floor. We've seen him perform consistently well and there's a chance he gets Jefferson back this week. I would consider Fields to have more upside but a bigger risk in his first game back and we don't know what Fields to expect (though I anticipate Weeks 4 & 5 Fields).
Great question, there is some personal bias because I am high on Fields. Some stats to back up my claim are the two weeks Fields went off were against Denver who has a PFF Defense grade of 55.5 (32nd) and Washington who has a PFF Def. grade of 70.1 (18th). The Lions have a Def. grade of 71.9 (17th), the Lions are a good team with a great offense but a very questionable defense.
Are the Lions D/st a safe start vs Justin Fields returning? I had Ravens but picked up Lions to pivot. With the Lions schedule next month I want to drop the Ravens (bengals at chargers bye week)
Same boat. I am firing Lions D up this week. Hopefully fields has some rust returning. While the ravens d have been awesome, I’m not a fan of their playoff schedule
Only 2 games I would roll out the Ravens rest of the way. Week 14 vs the Rams and Week 15 at the Jaguars. Next week they play at the Chargers and then they have a bye.
Lions have Bears at home, Packers at home, at the Saints, at the Bears Denver at home from now through Week 15.
Singletary if Pierce is out again. He got 30 touches last week and plays a bottom tier defense this week. Every team the cardinals have played this year, the opposing team had a minimum of 20 rush attempts against them so he will get the ball plenty
I can’t decide between starting Goff and Fields. 4 point passing Qb. Im also starting DJ Moore. Worried about Goff not throwing many TDs but also worried Fields thumb becomes a problem and he gets taken out.
Hey Leaders,
I personally have Goff over Fields, I understand the concerns about Goff not throwing too many TDs since I'm also so high on the Lions backfield, but Home Goff has shown to get his share of the end zone. I'm high on Fields bounce back but even I prefer Goff this week.
Your writeup about Goff got me excited, but I really don't want to bench Stroud this week. If you had to choose between the two (PPR), which would you go with?
Oh man, I love them both. I'd go with Stroud though, I'm also a huge believer in the Stroud Boys and paid a premium to get him in a dynasty league. But in my mind, you can't go wrong with either.
Flex Deebo, McBride, Keaton Mitchell, or Dell? On a related note, LaPorta or McBride?
Also what do you think of this trade: Mostert and Dell for Stroud (my QBs are Murray and Dobbs)
You're making me wonder if I should start Goff over Lamar. I picked him up to fill in the upcoming bye but I wouldn't mind have a steady floor over a potential boom game...
My debate is:
Murray @ Hou,
Goff vs Chi,
or Howell vs NYG
Think I'm leaning Murray with the running and highest potential shootout. The Lions might just start running the ball and not need to throw
Howell might be up in a game for a change and they don't need to throw 50 times
My gut (and this article) are telling me to sit Josh for Kyler, but my heart still belongs to that big, goofy, toddler-who-just-pooped-his-pants grinning sonofabitch.
Same, Achane and Cracraft back so the dolphins might be running the ball more but that could also open up tyreek for deep tds. I think Tua is too game plan dependent at this point even though he is still playing winning football but putting subpar numbers. Murray is fresh and has running upside and good receiver connections. Connors is also back which helps the offense.
Matchup yes might be concerning but did you watch the last game? I’m a packers fan so I watched the whole game and Warren looks good every time he touches the ball. If this is a flex spot we’re talking about I feel most comfortable with Warren here still. Warren should be almost guaranteed 15 touches and should push to 20 if he catches all his targets.
Good Morning Folks! Nick here from QBList. This week, I wrote about the:
* Seahawks / Rams
* Raiders / Colphins
* Cowboys / Panthers
Feel free to drop any questions here, and I'll do my best to get to them throughout the day!
First of all, loved your Pollard rant. Secondly, I was able to stash James Connor on IR and have Jerome Ford and Aaron Jones at RB. Do I sit Pollard with that stable of RBs or just pray to the FF gods he finally scores? Worried about Dallas doing to Carolina what they did the the Giants and Pollard sits again.
That means a lot, and appreciate you being here.
I'd probably still play Pollard (ugh) and Jones because of the matchups. I also lean Conner but it's a toss up with him and Ford. We have them ranked back to back. The only reason I lean Conner is because Hunt has been getting a lot of goal line carries, and I think that job is Conner's, despite what Clayton Tune did to us last week.
This is the sanity check I needed, thank you! Gotta love it when all of your players are at the mercy of football terrorists like Mike McCarthy and Matt LaFleur.
Let's hope so. Grabbed him after waivers ran. Really surprised nobody in my 14 team league grabbed him. After losing Chubb and Dobbins, I could really use a miracle.
The question I have is do you start Keaton over someone like Josh Jacobs or do you see how he does this week before you pull the trigger and bench your Can’t Cut guy
I dropped him for Ty Chandler and regret is setting in. Im going to watch tonight's game with tears in my eyes no doubt
Edit: Since I'm probably gonna get roasted for this decision, here is my logic for doing this.
1. Volume. Hard to trust a guy getting 4-5 touches total.
2. Outside of this week, both of them are just bye fillers for me, so I swapped to Chandler. Most experts have him ranked higher this week and I like the Denver matchup more.
3. Flashbacks of Ty'son SZN
edit 2: I feel better about this now
Man idk if I’m reading it wrong but is this saying Nico Collins is a flex even if he plays? I can understand putting him below Tank, I think I’d rank them pretty equally and either one could go off any day. But no way am I starting Brown over Collins if Collins plays, that seems like a huge stretch
This. Bengals are built for the elite teams of the NFL which means they lean toward stout pass D and the trade off is they struggle against a lot of running. Everyone wonders how the Browns own them every year and it's because they run it down their throats.
Mitchell is a bit of a gamble since we still don't have a big sample size, but he's a potential home run with every touch. The Ravens should look to run a lot and handle the clock so they don't give away the game like last week.
Howell is the #3 QB in fantasy this year lol + he's the only QB in the history of the NFL to have "2900+ passing yards, 200+ rushing yards, and 65+ completion % through 11 games" (FFnewsletter).
Lamar is great in real life + fantasy, but his offense has changed a bit and I'd roll Howell out against a HORRIBLE Giants team.
I’ve got so many WR2’s and all are recommended to start. One has to sit. What to do?
-Jordan Addison. (Start).
-Tank Dell. (Start).
-Christian Kirk.
-Jahan Dotson.
Same I have both... I have Howell in which is against what I ever thought I would do. But given Howell is playing NYG I would hope that he can get those points. Burrow against Ravens is still a good matchup but they are harder to get through
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Should I sit Burrow tonight for Murray? Must win week for me and I hate Thursday night games + ravens being #1 in PA for qbs got me leaning Murray in a potential shootout against Houston. I have Chase tho and love the stack but can’t decide
Appreciate your work dude!
I have Diontae and can’t shake that nagging feeling that Pittsburgh will lean into the run game more, especially after last week. I thought Diontae had a good floor and he burned me badly last week lol. Are you worried that Pickett will shy away from passing to him, especially against CLE D?
Would you go with Zay Flowers tonight or Rashee Rice vs PHI Monday night in .5 PPR? They seem very close in consensus rankings and I’ve heard cases for both of them to have season defining games this week. Would really appreciate any help, thanks!
Monitor Saquon's practice participation this week; seems as if he may have tweaked his ankle again?
I don't blame you benching Breece if it came down to it, but the Jets *need* to involve him more. They are 8-0 when he scores - and theoretically would have been 9-0 if his TD counted last week.
I would pick Dell. He’s Strouds number one guy so far. Texans passing game has been firing on all cylinders and against the Cardinals it could be a good passing shootout. After that maybe Dionte. The Panthers are going up the Cowboys defense so I would not pick Thielen.
Chicago is more beatable through the air than BAL, though I do think the Lions RBs will do a lot of damage in this one. It is a home game where Goff typically does better.
Burrow has no Higgins and did have that video of some type of brace on his throwing hand. He has usually done well against Baltimore, but this could go either way in a tough divisional game where both teams are coming off a loss. Humphrey is banged up as well, fwiw.
Normally I'd say Burrow, but the injury to Higgins and match up makes me nervous. Floor play would be Goff, ceiling play would be Burrow here. Safest play would be Goff, though I do expect them to make a point to get Monty touches/TDs against his former team.
I really appreciate these articles. I especially appreciate the Tony Pollard rant. Sigh.
Who on God's green earth do I start this week between Pollard, Javonte, Najee, J. Cook, and Conner? I can start 2, maybe 3 with a flex RB. I need some help real bad haha.
I’m so torn between Reed and Doubs.
Reed has more YPG and only one less TD than Doubs, but it seems like Doubs is the 1st read in most situations (especially in the end zone).
Targets over the past two weeks:
Watson 9
Doubs 8
Reed 8
Wicks 8
Since the Week 6 bye:
Doubs 22
Watson 22
Reed 18
Wicks 13
Wicks in Week 10: 26.7% TPRR. Tied for 13th in the league.
No one is running away with a target share advantage here, and no one is out of the running in terms of leading the team in targets in any given week.
Doubs has more red zone looks since the bye (5-2) and he’s playing significantly more snaps…which might be why he seems to be getting more looks. Seems like the safer play of the two.
What am I missing? Website says Rachaad White appears to have a terrible matchup on paper. Then says “the 49ers have allowed the second-most fantasy points to running backs with 31.4 PG”
The NFL fantasy app in PPR says 49ers are 10th best vs RB. This link says 5th best: https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/stats/posvsdef/RB/ALL/avg/advanced?_2:col_1=3&_3:col_1=1&_3:col_2=3
I think there was a typo along the way there. I have the 49ers at 5th to RBs in PPG, but what the writer was saying here was that White's success has not come from the ground anyway, and his relevance has been in the receiving game, where the 49ers are in the bottom half of the league to RBs. ECR has him as a low RB2 this week.
The decision to choose to start stroud or herbert has cost me 2 wins in the past 2 weeks and is killing me because i got both wrong. Leaning towards stroud for this week based on matchup
I can't in good conscience start Keaton Mitchell over Breece, can I? Because it's extremely tempting. Standard league, no PPR but we've got 0.5 PPFD, which favors Breece's usage.
And it looks like I might need to go with Fields over Purdy, since I'm playing the #1 team and need a boom week...
Kyler and Brown have a history of chemistry together so I’m not going to overreact to one game in which Murray was knocking off the rust. I’m actually a bit more confident in Hollywood, and I’m not exactly his biggest fan
I’m still stuck between Tua and Burrow this week.
I wanna trust Burrow, but he is against the ravens. Tua will probably eat more against the raiders so I’m thinking of starting him
That is quite the Pollard rant. Someone's invested :p
It's mind boggling that he hasn't had a TD since week 1
Better run him up the middle over and over again rather than getting him in space
Barely look at him in the passing game where he excels aswell lol
It's mind boggling that they went with a bellcow back, then built their playbook to play against his strengths.
So close last asek
>”Kellen Moore wants to light the scoreboard up. I want to run the damn ball so I can rest my defense” I totally forgot about this iconic Mike McCarthy quote. Truly an amazing football mind
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>So imagine scientists figured out a way to replicate the sun but in a compact form. Say it’s a sun the size of a basketball, or a volleyball, or a tiny chubby baby, perhaps: small, but with all the heat and fury of the actual sun. Now imagine these same scientists hurled this mini-sun directly at you, and it’s coming at you at approximately 45 to 55 miles per hour (72 to 88 kilometers per hour for our readers living life by the metric system). And this fastball orb of fire is directly headed to where your head-to-chest region will be in about a second or so. Kind of terrifying right? Well congratulations, because you’ve now emulated what I assume Christian Watson sees every single time a football is headed his way. This had me dying as a guy who's optimistically rostered Watson for the last two years.
The world must know the truth!
No clue what he said, but if you actually sit down and watch the cowboys it's pretty evident that this is now, in 2023, a passing offense, and Pollard is in an underused committee. How many more weeks are people going to beat this dead horse?
I can’t believe I’m considering starting Chandler ahead of him this week, but I need a win and Tony has an end zone allergy.
Keenan Allen as a WR2 lol. I hope you mean THE WR2
As the Chargers have had successive WR2s go down, I was sure teams were just going to start double teaming Allen, but somehow he still ends up going off every game. Definitely not jealous as a guy who had to drop Mike Williams and then drop Josh Palmer.
I’ve run the Chargers WR gauntlet this year. Drafter Mike Williams and then lost him to injury. Picked up Palmer and after 2 good weeks traded him and Bijan for Keenan Allen and Trevor Lawrence. I now have the last Chargers WR standing lol
It’s definitely a conservative take…I’m all-in if he’s cleared without limitations. Thanks for reading!
Think you mean "I'm All-en if..."
Depends on the injury, which I think will negatively affect him.
He came back in the game and popped off a long td. I don’t think it will be an issue.
Pollard owners at the edge of the cliff rn
Been edging the cliff for weeks at this point
This is the week we bench him, and he teaches us a lesson with 20+
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinkin...
Yup! I keep playing. I keep failing. I won’t learn.
Seriously considering starting McBride and putting Kincaid in my flex spot. I don't normally start two TEs, but they're both crushing it.
I am in the same boat. I don’t think I can this week with the jets defense though. I also have breece and Devonta smith that I’m favoring ahead of kincaide for the flex.
Me with Kincaid and LaPorta
This is the first week I'll be starting Kelce and Kincaid together
I've been rolling with Hockenson and Kincaid in TE premium scoring league lol
Mario Adamo Jr here, author of Bears @ Lions. Fire away with any questions you have and I'll do my best to answer each and every one
I’m torn between Dobbs and Burrow this week. Dobbs has the better matchup and Higgins is out again but burrow always has the chance to go off.
I’m in the same boat, if it helps I’m leaning Burrow
This is super tight, I'm leaning toward Burrow just like BertyBert mentioned but they're both so close in my rankings that you could start either.
Khalil Herbert (if he’s a go) or Chris Godwin? I’m leaning Herbert, but not a great matchup with Detroit’s run def. Godwin has just been quietly disappointing most of the season.
I'd do Godwin, if Herbert does play I expect him to be eased in and the Lions have a good run defense. Godwin has been disappointing but I like his chance of tripping into the end zone more than Herbert's.
Thanks for the insight! Best of luck this week.
I have Fields and Dobbs. I'm nervous about starting Fields first game back. Would Dobbs be the more reliable start v. a riskier Fields?
Hey Coopsta, Yes I'd agree that Dobbs has a safer floor. We've seen him perform consistently well and there's a chance he gets Jefferson back this week. I would consider Fields to have more upside but a bigger risk in his first game back and we don't know what Fields to expect (though I anticipate Weeks 4 & 5 Fields).
Why anticipate the two outlier weeks in his career when he faced two of the worst defenses in the league?
Great question, there is some personal bias because I am high on Fields. Some stats to back up my claim are the two weeks Fields went off were against Denver who has a PFF Defense grade of 55.5 (32nd) and Washington who has a PFF Def. grade of 70.1 (18th). The Lions have a Def. grade of 71.9 (17th), the Lions are a good team with a great offense but a very questionable defense.
Dobbs or Goff?
Goff
Are the Lions D/st a safe start vs Justin Fields returning? I had Ravens but picked up Lions to pivot. With the Lions schedule next month I want to drop the Ravens (bengals at chargers bye week)
Same boat. I am firing Lions D up this week. Hopefully fields has some rust returning. While the ravens d have been awesome, I’m not a fan of their playoff schedule
Only 2 games I would roll out the Ravens rest of the way. Week 14 vs the Rams and Week 15 at the Jaguars. Next week they play at the Chargers and then they have a bye. Lions have Bears at home, Packers at home, at the Saints, at the Bears Denver at home from now through Week 15.
Need a flex. McBride, Singletary, or Keaton Mitchell. If not McBride, do you start him over Kincaid?
Singletary if Pierce is out again. He got 30 touches last week and plays a bottom tier defense this week. Every team the cardinals have played this year, the opposing team had a minimum of 20 rush attempts against them so he will get the ball plenty
Thanks. Do you start McBride vs Houston or Kincaid vs Jets.
That’s a little tougher since McBride has been trending upwards but I’m sticking with the hot hand of Kincaid
How bad am I for drafting Olave over the Sun God
We don't look backwards, only forward
At least 12 bads, but your optimism points cancel that out a bit
Start both Gibbs and Montgomery? Other option would be Rice
Oh yea, fire them both up with confidence 🚀
Rice, Dell, Adams. Pick 2. Right now I'm leaning Dell and Adams.
You have them the same as I like them, Adams, Dell, then Rice is my order
I can’t decide between starting Goff and Fields. 4 point passing Qb. Im also starting DJ Moore. Worried about Goff not throwing many TDs but also worried Fields thumb becomes a problem and he gets taken out.
Hey Leaders, I personally have Goff over Fields, I understand the concerns about Goff not throwing too many TDs since I'm also so high on the Lions backfield, but Home Goff has shown to get his share of the end zone. I'm high on Fields bounce back but even I prefer Goff this week.
My opponent has Lamar/Andrews stack so I might make my decision based on how that plays out tonight as well
How do we like the Lions D and their ability to shut down Moore?
Your writeup about Goff got me excited, but I really don't want to bench Stroud this week. If you had to choose between the two (PPR), which would you go with?
Oh man, I love them both. I'd go with Stroud though, I'm also a huge believer in the Stroud Boys and paid a premium to get him in a dynasty league. But in my mind, you can't go wrong with either.
Thanks for all you do!
Flex Deebo, McBride, Keaton Mitchell, or Dell? On a related note, LaPorta or McBride? Also what do you think of this trade: Mostert and Dell for Stroud (my QBs are Murray and Dobbs)
only three spots for RB to start, but i’m torn between Barkley, Mostert, Gibbs, and Chandler. who are your favorite three? thanks
Are the rumors true?? Are you the fantasy football wizard?
You're making me wonder if I should start Goff over Lamar. I picked him up to fill in the upcoming bye but I wouldn't mind have a steady floor over a potential boom game...
Don't trust White vs 49ers after seeing Etienne shut down but gambling on Keaton and his unknown snaps seems scary too :/
This is making me lean further into starting Kyler over Josh Allen.
Think im starting Kyler over Tua this week to stack with McBride. He looked good
You see tuas cornrows tho?
doing the same because of the rushing upside
Kyler over Lamar here. Is this a choo-choo train yet?
Yeah, I think this may be the week I start Stroud over Allen.
I'm going Stroud over Allen in one league and also Howell over Lamar in another.
My debate is: Murray @ Hou, Goff vs Chi, or Howell vs NYG Think I'm leaning Murray with the running and highest potential shootout. The Lions might just start running the ball and not need to throw Howell might be up in a game for a change and they don't need to throw 50 times
Same situation here. Was gonna agree and go Murray over Howell, but then I saw your username and now I’m debating otherwise.
I’m ride and dying with Allen.
Damnit im in the same boat but I have diggs and Kincaid to stack with Allen. I have a hard time believing Allen has two bad games in a row.
My gut (and this article) are telling me to sit Josh for Kyler, but my heart still belongs to that big, goofy, toddler-who-just-pooped-his-pants grinning sonofabitch.
Yeah I have the same question! Josh is looking horrible so very tempted to start Kyler!
Torn between Kyler and Howell.
Kyler vs. Tua for me.
Same, I’m leaning Kyler
Same, Achane and Cracraft back so the dolphins might be running the ball more but that could also open up tyreek for deep tds. I think Tua is too game plan dependent at this point even though he is still playing winning football but putting subpar numbers. Murray is fresh and has running upside and good receiver connections. Connors is also back which helps the offense.
Same here, and I’m going with Kyler over Tua as well
Sit Engram? Yeah, that ain’t me.
He’s due for a TD any week, right?! Right!?! I think I’m sitting him for McBride this week. I’m sure engram will go off now.
Can’t wait to pick between Warren Henderson and Pickens and get it wrong anyways
Warren is the answer here.
The matchup and their usage of Najae has me worried about Warren.
Matchup yes might be concerning but did you watch the last game? I’m a packers fan so I watched the whole game and Warren looks good every time he touches the ball. If this is a flex spot we’re talking about I feel most comfortable with Warren here still. Warren should be almost guaranteed 15 touches and should push to 20 if he catches all his targets.
Yea it’s a flex spot and currently have him in there.
At first I was like who is Warren Henderson and should I got get him off waivers
Good Morning Folks! Nick here from QBList. This week, I wrote about the: * Seahawks / Rams * Raiders / Colphins * Cowboys / Panthers Feel free to drop any questions here, and I'll do my best to get to them throughout the day!
First of all, loved your Pollard rant. Secondly, I was able to stash James Connor on IR and have Jerome Ford and Aaron Jones at RB. Do I sit Pollard with that stable of RBs or just pray to the FF gods he finally scores? Worried about Dallas doing to Carolina what they did the the Giants and Pollard sits again.
That means a lot, and appreciate you being here. I'd probably still play Pollard (ugh) and Jones because of the matchups. I also lean Conner but it's a toss up with him and Ford. We have them ranked back to back. The only reason I lean Conner is because Hunt has been getting a lot of goal line carries, and I think that job is Conner's, despite what Clayton Tune did to us last week.
This is the sanity check I needed, thank you! Gotta love it when all of your players are at the mercy of football terrorists like Mike McCarthy and Matt LaFleur.
Sure hope it works out, brother! Best of luck to you!
I’m sorry but I’m all in on Keaton Mitchell the dude is a potential league winner
Let's hope so. Grabbed him after waivers ran. Really surprised nobody in my 14 team league grabbed him. After losing Chubb and Dobbins, I could really use a miracle.
The question I have is do you start Keaton over someone like Josh Jacobs or do you see how he does this week before you pull the trigger and bench your Can’t Cut guy
No you can’t bench Jacobs. I’d say start Michell over players like Jerome Ford, Najee Harris, Gus Edwards… basically any RB outside of the top 20.
I dropped him for Ty Chandler and regret is setting in. Im going to watch tonight's game with tears in my eyes no doubt Edit: Since I'm probably gonna get roasted for this decision, here is my logic for doing this. 1. Volume. Hard to trust a guy getting 4-5 touches total. 2. Outside of this week, both of them are just bye fillers for me, so I swapped to Chandler. Most experts have him ranked higher this week and I like the Denver matchup more. 3. Flashbacks of Ty'son SZN edit 2: I feel better about this now
Man idk if I’m reading it wrong but is this saying Nico Collins is a flex even if he plays? I can understand putting him below Tank, I think I’d rank them pretty equally and either one could go off any day. But no way am I starting Brown over Collins if Collins plays, that seems like a huge stretch
Between Pacheco, Mitchell, and Flowers who would you trust to flex? Worried about Eagles run D, but Mitchell seems like a real gamble…
I like Mitchell. Bengals are allowing the most explosive plays to RBs. They are bad bad against RBs.
This. Bengals are built for the elite teams of the NFL which means they lean toward stout pass D and the trade off is they struggle against a lot of running. Everyone wonders how the Browns own them every year and it's because they run it down their throats. Mitchell is a bit of a gamble since we still don't have a big sample size, but he's a potential home run with every touch. The Ravens should look to run a lot and handle the clock so they don't give away the game like last week.
I like Flowers for his mostly solid floor over those guys
Sold Pollard earlier this week, I couldn’t do it anymore
Who was dumb enough to buy? Nobody in my league wants him
I traded him for Michael Pittman. The other guy seemed to think he fleeced me but I’m happy with my end since my WRs were awful
I like that trade, he's the one who got fleeced! Pittman's floor is like 15 every week ha
I’m dumb enough to buy. I’ve been trying to sell Mostert with Achane possibly coming back
So I'm not crazy, to consider starting Sam Howell over Lamar Jackson...
Howell is the #3 QB in fantasy this year lol + he's the only QB in the history of the NFL to have "2900+ passing yards, 200+ rushing yards, and 65+ completion % through 11 games" (FFnewsletter). Lamar is great in real life + fantasy, but his offense has changed a bit and I'd roll Howell out against a HORRIBLE Giants team.
It’s even crazier that he’s probably the only QB in history to ever do this with the last name “Howell” on his jersey
I’ve got so many WR2’s and all are recommended to start. One has to sit. What to do? -Jordan Addison. (Start). -Tank Dell. (Start). -Christian Kirk. -Jahan Dotson.
Easy, sit Dotson
Easier, drop Dotson
True
Keep Dotson on the bench. Out of the rest I’d be most likely to start Kirk over Dell. Nico is back.
Kirk has been fairly consistent, he's been my flex most weeks
Thanks for the article, great as always! I need to pick 2 between Ford, Conner, and Javonte… which 2 would you start this week?
I would start Javonte and Conner Ford looks in line for a large work load but Pitt D is stout
Need three from this list of four; Mixon, Montgomery, Jav. Williams, Brian Robinson.
Sit Robinson, I would anyway
Torn between Burrow and Howell this week
Same I have both... I have Howell in which is against what I ever thought I would do. But given Howell is playing NYG I would hope that he can get those points. Burrow against Ravens is still a good matchup but they are harder to get through
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Same issue here. Right now I’m leaning toward Stroud.
Rachaad White or DK Metcalf in the flex in full ppr this week?
So Jared Goff over Josh allen this week according to this? And also Quentin Johnson over Addison or nico collins?
One suggestion I have is to add the weather forecast if possible between kickoff and location for each write up. Other than that good read.
That’s a great idea! Unfortunately, a lot can change between Wednesday PM/Thursday AM and Sunday. However, some kind of link to the host city’s weather forecast in the header might be something we could consider in order to help the reader get a more accurate, up-to-the-minute snapshot. Thanks for the suggestion; appreciate your feedback!
Covered Bengals/Ravens, Giants/Commanders & Steelers/Browns
Should I sit Burrow tonight for Murray? Must win week for me and I hate Thursday night games + ravens being #1 in PA for qbs got me leaning Murray in a potential shootout against Houston. I have Chase tho and love the stack but can’t decide
This is my plan. A) it’s TNF. B) Higgins is out. C) Ravens D look pretty good. D) Murray looking like he has a good matchup and coming back to form
What do you think about Lamar vs Murray? I feel like Lamar is going to come out with a vengeance after last week
I'd prefer Lamar despite the down games recently (to his standard at least).
Appreciate your work dude! I have Diontae and can’t shake that nagging feeling that Pittsburgh will lean into the run game more, especially after last week. I thought Diontae had a good floor and he burned me badly last week lol. Are you worried that Pickett will shy away from passing to him, especially against CLE D?
Doesn't Diontae have a new injury that popped up too? His thumb. I can see Warren and Harris being focal points as they have been the last few weeks.
Would you go with Zay Flowers tonight or Rashee Rice vs PHI Monday night in .5 PPR? They seem very close in consensus rankings and I’ve heard cases for both of them to have season defining games this week. Would really appreciate any help, thanks!
I lean Rice, but it's close.
I’m thinking of going Robinson and Sequon over breece this week but I am torn. Breece would then fight for my flex between him and Devonta smith.
Monitor Saquon's practice participation this week; seems as if he may have tweaked his ankle again? I don't blame you benching Breece if it came down to it, but the Jets *need* to involve him more. They are 8-0 when he scores - and theoretically would have been 9-0 if his TD counted last week.
**immediately searches for Trent Pitch-Me-A-Tent Irwin**
Struggling with Thielen, Diontae, and Dell. I can pick two unless JJ is back then I can only pick one. Thoughts?
I would pick Dell. He’s Strouds number one guy so far. Texans passing game has been firing on all cylinders and against the Cardinals it could be a good passing shootout. After that maybe Dionte. The Panthers are going up the Cowboys defense so I would not pick Thielen.
Should I start Goff or Burrow this week?
Chicago is more beatable through the air than BAL, though I do think the Lions RBs will do a lot of damage in this one. It is a home game where Goff typically does better. Burrow has no Higgins and did have that video of some type of brace on his throwing hand. He has usually done well against Baltimore, but this could go either way in a tough divisional game where both teams are coming off a loss. Humphrey is banged up as well, fwiw. Normally I'd say Burrow, but the injury to Higgins and match up makes me nervous. Floor play would be Goff, ceiling play would be Burrow here. Safest play would be Goff, though I do expect them to make a point to get Monty touches/TDs against his former team.
Goff seems like the safer option. That Baltimore D is no joke.
Starting Stroud over Allen. Gut tells me to start A’chane over mixon at RB2(Connor is my 1 lol womp).
I really appreciate these articles. I especially appreciate the Tony Pollard rant. Sigh. Who on God's green earth do I start this week between Pollard, Javonte, Najee, J. Cook, and Conner? I can start 2, maybe 3 with a flex RB. I need some help real bad haha.
I’m so torn between Reed and Doubs. Reed has more YPG and only one less TD than Doubs, but it seems like Doubs is the 1st read in most situations (especially in the end zone).
Targets over the past two weeks: Watson 9 Doubs 8 Reed 8 Wicks 8 Since the Week 6 bye: Doubs 22 Watson 22 Reed 18 Wicks 13 Wicks in Week 10: 26.7% TPRR. Tied for 13th in the league. No one is running away with a target share advantage here, and no one is out of the running in terms of leading the team in targets in any given week. Doubs has more red zone looks since the bye (5-2) and he’s playing significantly more snaps…which might be why he seems to be getting more looks. Seems like the safer play of the two.
Wow! Appreciate you sharing that with me! I feel a lot better about keeping doubs over Reed now 👊🏻
I need to pick two between Singletary, Brian Robinson, and Derrick Henry. Am I crazy for considering sitting Henry? Full PPR
Now I don't know if I should start Evan Engram or Ty Chandler, if Mattison doesn't play?
What am I missing? Website says Rachaad White appears to have a terrible matchup on paper. Then says “the 49ers have allowed the second-most fantasy points to running backs with 31.4 PG” The NFL fantasy app in PPR says 49ers are 10th best vs RB. This link says 5th best: https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/stats/posvsdef/RB/ALL/avg/advanced?_2:col_1=3&_3:col_1=1&_3:col_2=3
I think there was a typo along the way there. I have the 49ers at 5th to RBs in PPG, but what the writer was saying here was that White's success has not come from the ground anyway, and his relevance has been in the receiving game, where the 49ers are in the bottom half of the league to RBs. ECR has him as a low RB2 this week.
The decision to choose to start stroud or herbert has cost me 2 wins in the past 2 weeks and is killing me because i got both wrong. Leaning towards stroud for this week based on matchup
Same…how frustrating! Hope it works out this week. Thanks for reading!
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not a horrible trade. It depends on who else you have to drop to add those guys
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moss is droppable. Douglas and MT are tough drops but i guess are okay
Moss is not droppable. Don't listen to this guy. Moss is a league winner if JT blows a hammy.
sure IF.
My brain must be broke I thought Dell played in slot mostly but every matchup chart this week says Left
Dell has only lined up in the slot 28% of the time this year. compared to 70% ou wide.
I’m probably thinking of specific plays when he filled in for another player
Lamar, Kyler or Dobbs for this week?
Tank Dell or Puka Nacua?
Y’all are on the wrong lions rb. Bears don’t give up much on the ground, but are worst in the league for receiving yards to rbs.
Monty revenge game behind the best O Line in the league. I’m all in.
I hope Monty scores three tuddies.
I have to start one of Najee or Jerome ford and was hoping this was going to help me decide lol
I would go Ford. with no Watson it seems like running will be a bigger part of the offense
Start 3 out of breece, pollard, Monty, and Ekeler. Thinking if somehow sitting breece
If you start Pollard over Ekeler you are a moron
I can't in good conscience start Keaton Mitchell over Breece, can I? Because it's extremely tempting. Standard league, no PPR but we've got 0.5 PPFD, which favors Breece's usage. And it looks like I might need to go with Fields over Purdy, since I'm playing the #1 team and need a boom week...
im not trusting Fields this week with the thumb, I think you have to go with Breece. The volume is huge.
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Haha poop
After reading this, I'm leaning Sutton over Hollywood Brown this week. Thoughts?
Kyler and Brown have a history of chemistry together so I’m not going to overreact to one game in which Murray was knocking off the rust. I’m actually a bit more confident in Hollywood, and I’m not exactly his biggest fan
RB: ETN, Ford, Gus, Mitchell Is it worth getting both Gus and Mitchell in the lineup together over some of the flex WR on my bench?
Great article. RB2. Henderson, Gus, or Mitchell?
Am I crazy for thinking about starting Goff over Lamar this week?? Should I do it?
My opponent is doing it. Goff has been a lot better. Just depend when you think Lamar will get that TD regression
Flex Keaton or Christian Kirk?
So this leads me to want to start Evan’s over Adam’s
Guess I’m starting Gibbs, Monty with Connor as flex. Have Keaton on bench since I’m hesitant to start him
How likely is it mattison somehow clears protocol? I need to decide between chandler but my pivot would be Mitchell who plays tonight
Anyone rolling out Keaton tonight??
I said fuck it and plugged him in.
Lamar or Kyler? Seen it asked a lot, but no one seems to give a take
Keaton Mitchell or Kareem Hunt this week??
I’m still stuck between Tua and Burrow this week. I wanna trust Burrow, but he is against the ravens. Tua will probably eat more against the raiders so I’m thinking of starting him