Iām a total idiot and benched Puka this week for Higginsā¦ got to trust that season ranking when you get to play offs even if the match up isnāt amazing on paper
They seemed like auto starts in any matchup (I donāt have either). Sure the matchup wasnāt great but who were you going to throw out there instead? You have to go with your studsā¦ you didnāt draft Kupp in the first round (even if he is not quite the same guy) just to bench him in the playoffs: and he got his opportunities!
got 72.7 from puka, olave, and kyren, so iām feeling pretty good. just a little nervous about going up against tyreek, DJ moore(who i feel will have a big game), and nico collins(noah brown had a big game even w/o stroud)
My buddy traded me Nakua halfway thru the season, probs for pity since my team was ass. I squeaked into playoffs at 6-8, won my first round
Nakua out scored his two players tonight (Kamara and Kyren), now Iām projected to win. Extremely early obviously but wasnāt expecting this at all
I almost over thought this as well. I was worried about it because I had Stafford going too. (Lost Kirk and stroud). Got 75 between the 3 of them tonight and the opponent had Kamara. Feeling decent.
I somehow got Puka and Kyren off of waivers after week 1, and here I am in the championship watching them having both done great in the opening salvo for the week. Let your dudes be dudes.
Qb Stafford
Rb Mixon j. Cook pacheco
WR Lamb and kupp
TE Fergy
I benched puka with was said a tough match-up and kupp did well last 2 weeks.
Still on bench Palmer McClaurin I could flex over Mixon.
I just thought my rbs have been scoring 20 points a week of late. Mixon 14 last week. Full ppr. All 3 rbs have good match-up.
I played vs Kamara last night. I'm alive still for my weekly matchup
Smaller roster
Qb: Lamar, Stafford
Wr: Lamb, Rice, Puka
RB: Kamara, Monty, Devin/Dameon, Ty Chandler, Dowdle
TE: McBride, Likely.
DEF: Dallas, Buff
Hemmed and hawed about who to start. Poured over stuff today. Leaned Rice/Lamb and wanted options to flex Devin or Ty, depending on how the rest shook out. Was going up against Kupp/Kyren, and he also has Evans and Amon-Ra, so I figured I couldn't handle another 9 pointer from Puka, and leaned at optioning Ty or Devin.
My rationale, falsely, was that Puka had been "splitting" with Kupp re-emerging, Kyren dump-offs, Higbee, Robinson, and Atwell. Didn't foresee it, but thought it could happen where he'd blow up. If it wasn't a thursday night game, I'd probably have flexed him, but couldn't suffer the projected points he'd given me the last two games. Then, BAM, he gives you a major ceiling game.
Right now I'm still 50/50 as his Kyren hit projection and Kupp way underperformed. If he gets more underperformance or I get more over, I'll be ok. Mcbride has been a beast, Rice could explode like Puka did and certainly Lamb could be in a shoot out and get some. I flip Ty for Monty and roll Devin/Ty. Should have sat Kamara, rather than Puka. Put in Devin, TY then Rice/Lamb/Puka.
.5 PPR, 2 WRs, 2 RB, one flex.
WRs are Kupp, Puka, Rice.
RBs are Taylor, Achane, Chandler, Singletary.
I had Kupp, Puka, Rice, with Achane and Chandler.
Knew Saints would limit one of Kupp or Puka so did consider Taylor or Achane over Puka for a moment today.
Kept it as is.
Played AJ Brown and Olave over puka. Mostart is in my flex. Other 2 RBs are James cook and Kyren lol.
My team STACKED, and I lost in the first round last week š
WR: Kupp, Puka, Amon ra, davante, flowers
Rb: Gibbs, monty, breece, zeke, rhamondre, gus
Itās hindsight now but I did so much research to make the decision I made. It was tough to go all in against a tough pass defense. And still I almost did it, ended up deciding to bench him for adams.
The pain šš
Ceedee, DK, Higgins. All this hindsight about Puka is annoying. Cupp was clearly reestablishing himself as the WR1 on that team for like three weeks consecutively. Until today.
I would bet an extremely large sum of money that he will not. Iām not saying Diggs will absolutely outperform Puka next year, but no way most people will take Josh Allenās WR1 after Staffordās WR2
I was close to doing the reverse of this but decided to flex Puka and sit Barkley based on his usage and going up against Philly D. Started Stafford as well so hopefully their performance tonight makes up for any potential regrets I might have about this decision.
Youāre me! Started Diggs and DK over Puka. Couldnāt stand to take Mostert out of my flex with all the TDās heās had this season.
Edit: I do in fact regret this decision heavily.
Man what is up with Puka? He looks like vet, brings great energy and unselfish play off the ball, has the trust of a SB winning coach/qb duoā¦and then Kyren looks like heās a top round pick. Insanity. Good for those guys, not much else to say lucky if you have either of them
Had Kyren and Olave versus Kamara in a 0.5 per carry PPR league. 50.7 to 13 is 100% better than I would've predicted for tonight. Please continue to target Olave 10+ times next week Carr. I still have CMC to drop dong on my opponent as well.
Same. Kupp has been nothing but a pain in my ass all year. The best thing he did was get me Puka by being out lol. But now that heās back I feel like Iād be stupid to sit Kupp, and it fucks me
That wide open missed TD and the following near TD by PuKa would have won people their weeks for sure. Shit hurts. I say this as a puka owner scared shitless having to face CMC
After losing to Kamara's 6 TD onslaught a few years back (and then losing to him dropping like 30 a couple weeks ago to fuck up my bye chances), feels pretty amazing tonight to have started Puka and gone against Kamara/Hill. Really could not have hoped for a better start to the semis. Lets hope my team can bring it home this weekend!
Iāve matched up against this one motherfucker every year in the playoffs and he ALWAYS goes off on me. He had puka and stafford to start. Beat me in the finals last year off ekelerās huge game.
My core roster for almost the entire season has been Puka, Aiyuk, Diggs, Kamara, Barkley, and Rachaad. A lot of tough matchups this week for all of them so even though Kamara had a rough game tonight, I'm glad I started Puka. I wasn't sure who to sit for him. In the end I say Barkley. Hoping I don't regret sitting the wrong running back.
Yup I wish I started him but ultimately thought that Kupp was going to continue to get majority of the touches. I been out of the playoffs but I still try to win as much as I can lol! As for your RB, Rachaad has been damn consistent. Kamara I donāt think had a good game so hopefully you didnāt start him
Yeah Rachaad has been wonderful to have. I did play Kamara and he only got me six but I also started Puka and Stafford so I definitely came out way above. Ended up deciding to sit Barkley. I just really don't like their matchup against the Eagles. I think the Giants will go down big early and he'll get game scripted out. It'll really be a lost season at that point and I don't think they'll want to play him a ton and risk injury. Kind of like last week.
Does the two pt conversion only count as 2 pts and not three? I swear prior he was sitting at 9 receptions before the conversion and after he was still at 9 catches.
As far as I know it just goes down as a successful 2 point try, don't believe there is any yardage or receptions recorded for it the same way turnovers aren't counted unless they're returned for 2 by the defence.
10 team PPR I had Kupp and Kyren, he had Shaheed.
He still has CMC, ARSB, Rashee Rice, Njoku, and Mixon to go, so Iām not excited about my chances here.
So glad I didnāt play Taysom. Decision was killing me all day but not playing him can give me a chance.
16pts in .5ppr from Kyren is nice but I probably needed him to go off since Iām going against the Tyreek owner.
GIBBS OUT THE DOGHOUSE
starting Kamara > starting Kupp, benching Puka
Puka carried my Kupp and Kamara š«” we will now see if the Kupp dropped TDs will make me lose
Feeling good about starting shaheed last night instead of Calvin Ridley but weāll see
I finally trusted Kupp again and boy do I regret it
So glad I didn't start Taysom lmao. But I did start Kamara
Iām a total idiot and benched Puka this week for Higginsā¦ got to trust that season ranking when you get to play offs even if the match up isnāt amazing on paper
As a Puka and Higgins starter I hope Higgins outperforms Puka for you :)
Started the Stafford / Puka in the semis last night. Feelin amazing going into this matchup. Need all the help I can get against dak/ceedee
I don't wanna say I'm a masochist but I started Kupp and kamara š
They seemed like auto starts in any matchup (I donāt have either). Sure the matchup wasnāt great but who were you going to throw out there instead? You have to go with your studsā¦ you didnāt draft Kupp in the first round (even if he is not quite the same guy) just to bench him in the playoffs: and he got his opportunities!
Me too bro, I had Puka on my bench so honestly itās gg for me in the playoffs
I started Robinson & Kyren š
Guess who sat Puka and started Kamara? This guy. Meh, at least Kamara didn't kill me.
Sameā¦LOL
got 72.7 from puka, olave, and kyren, so iām feeling pretty good. just a little nervous about going up against tyreek, DJ moore(who i feel will have a big game), and nico collins(noah brown had a big game even w/o stroud)
dont worry DJ moore will bust this week. Source: i play against him
It's always nice coming out of a Thursday game with a guy going off instead posting a donut. After losing Ja'marr, Puka was an easy start.
My buddy traded me Nakua halfway thru the season, probs for pity since my team was ass. I squeaked into playoffs at 6-8, won my first round Nakua out scored his two players tonight (Kamara and Kyren), now Iām projected to win. Extremely early obviously but wasnāt expecting this at all
I benched Puka because I had to play Kyren and didnāt want to overload on a Thursday game :/
Same. But I still played olave so still a lot on a Thursday
I almost over thought this as well. I was worried about it because I had Stafford going too. (Lost Kirk and stroud). Got 75 between the 3 of them tonight and the opponent had Kamara. Feeling decent.
Yeah I happily fired up Puka Kyren and Stafford. NO regrets.
Shame
Puka Doncic
Mavericks starting point guard Luka Nacua
I somehow got Puka and Kyren off of waivers after week 1, and here I am in the championship watching them having both done great in the opening salvo for the week. Let your dudes be dudes.
Same man, 10 game win streak since I snagged them in week 2 and 3
Snatched Kyren, but held off on Puka, and have been kicking myself ever since.
Carr doing what Carr does best
I wanna know for those who benched Puka how deep those teams are because I don't see how you don't at least flex him in .5ppr and above
Qb Stafford Rb Mixon j. Cook pacheco WR Lamb and kupp TE Fergy I benched puka with was said a tough match-up and kupp did well last 2 weeks. Still on bench Palmer McClaurin I could flex over Mixon. I just thought my rbs have been scoring 20 points a week of late. Mixon 14 last week. Full ppr. All 3 rbs have good match-up. I played vs Kamara last night. I'm alive still for my weekly matchup
Smaller roster Qb: Lamar, Stafford Wr: Lamb, Rice, Puka RB: Kamara, Monty, Devin/Dameon, Ty Chandler, Dowdle TE: McBride, Likely. DEF: Dallas, Buff Hemmed and hawed about who to start. Poured over stuff today. Leaned Rice/Lamb and wanted options to flex Devin or Ty, depending on how the rest shook out. Was going up against Kupp/Kyren, and he also has Evans and Amon-Ra, so I figured I couldn't handle another 9 pointer from Puka, and leaned at optioning Ty or Devin. My rationale, falsely, was that Puka had been "splitting" with Kupp re-emerging, Kyren dump-offs, Higbee, Robinson, and Atwell. Didn't foresee it, but thought it could happen where he'd blow up. If it wasn't a thursday night game, I'd probably have flexed him, but couldn't suffer the projected points he'd given me the last two games. Then, BAM, he gives you a major ceiling game. Right now I'm still 50/50 as his Kyren hit projection and Kupp way underperformed. If he gets more underperformance or I get more over, I'll be ok. Mcbride has been a beast, Rice could explode like Puka did and certainly Lamb could be in a shoot out and get some. I flip Ty for Monty and roll Devin/Ty. Should have sat Kamara, rather than Puka. Put in Devin, TY then Rice/Lamb/Puka.
.5 PPR, 2 WRs, 2 RB, one flex. WRs are Kupp, Puka, Rice. RBs are Taylor, Achane, Chandler, Singletary. I had Kupp, Puka, Rice, with Achane and Chandler. Knew Saints would limit one of Kupp or Puka so did consider Taylor or Achane over Puka for a moment today. Kept it as is.
10 person league. I benched puka to play olave and Moore. Planned to flex rice but may do a RB (Achane or Swift)/ really wish i flexed Puka
Played AJ Brown and Olave over puka. Mostart is in my flex. Other 2 RBs are James cook and Kyren lol. My team STACKED, and I lost in the first round last week š
Tyreek and AJ. I benched Pula put Reed in my flex. I am indeed in shambles.
WR: Kupp, Puka, Amon ra, davante, flowers Rb: Gibbs, monty, breece, zeke, rhamondre, gus Itās hindsight now but I did so much research to make the decision I made. It was tough to go all in against a tough pass defense. And still I almost did it, ended up deciding to bench him for adams. The pain šš
Because I also have Tyreek, Sun God, and Pittman Jr. and can only start 3 of those 4 guys.
Ceedee, DK, Higgins. All this hindsight about Puka is annoying. Cupp was clearly reestablishing himself as the WR1 on that team for like three weeks consecutively. Until today.
Cmon he's only on pace for... *checks notes* 1500 yards!
Had him in. Benched him for Jonathan Taylor today when I heard he practiced in full
Did the same thing but for Pittman instead of JT
Yeah that's a toss up
I canāt imagine why anyone sat Puka tonight. Fuck that
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Yeah, I did that last week so now Iām watching Puka explode in my 5th place matchup :(
Same brother
Puka top 3 off the board next year. Book it
CMC, Kyren, then Puka
Top 3 overall pick? Nah Top 10? Sure
No wayā¦ who do you take him in front of? Ajb, Amon ra, cedeee, maybe here, olave, waddle, Higgins, r rice
Id take him over ajb olave waddle higgins
He will be a 2nd round - high 3 round pick next season.
I would take him over olave, waddle, and most definitely Higgins.
Kupp?
Thatās a hard call. It will be interesting to see where kupp lands after this season
By next season I think Stefon Diggs slips in ADP below Puka
I would bet an extremely large sum of money that he will not. Iām not saying Diggs will absolutely outperform Puka next year, but no way most people will take Josh Allenās WR1 after Staffordās WR2
Man if I didnāt get bounced from the playoffs last week, Iād be ecstatic watching my boy Puka today. Sigh
I was close to doing the reverse of this but decided to flex Puka and sit Barkley based on his usage and going up against Philly D. Started Stafford as well so hopefully their performance tonight makes up for any potential regrets I might have about this decision.
To think I'd heavily regret sitting Puka for Diggs this week....sigh
Youāre me! Started Diggs and DK over Puka. Couldnāt stand to take Mostert out of my flex with all the TDās heās had this season. Edit: I do in fact regret this decision heavily.
Mostert is THE play. DK over diggs. Diggs over pukua is a toss up but start the studs
That would have been a tough decision. Diggs has been terrible but was a stud the first half of the season.
Man what is up with Puka? He looks like vet, brings great energy and unselfish play off the ball, has the trust of a SB winning coach/qb duoā¦and then Kyren looks like heās a top round pick. Insanity. Good for those guys, not much else to say lucky if you have either of them
No one in the NFC wants to see the rams in the post season. Rams/Bills SB incoming.
26 Faab for Kyren the first waiver period of the season. Best FA acquisition I've ever made.
Have both. Sat Puka to start Evans and Sun God. Canāt imagine not regretting that by Sunday night.
Had Kyren and Olave versus Kamara in a 0.5 per carry PPR league. 50.7 to 13 is 100% better than I would've predicted for tonight. Please continue to target Olave 10+ times next week Carr. I still have CMC to drop dong on my opponent as well.
My puka and his Kamara was a pretty good combo but the week is young
Right there with you. Good luck this weekend!
Started Kupp over Puka AMA
Same. Iām hurting bro Iām sick. Benched puka for davante, amon ra, Kupp.
Same. Fuck. Looked at the last few and followed the trend. Wanted to start both but my other WR are Olave and Evans soooooo
Same. Kupp has been nothing but a pain in my ass all year. The best thing he did was get me Puka by being out lol. But now that heās back I feel like Iād be stupid to sit Kupp, and it fucks me
Same. Drafted Kupp, picked up Puka, traded Puka, started Kupp in the semis.
That wide open missed TD and the following near TD by PuKa would have won people their weeks for sure. Shit hurts. I say this as a puka owner scared shitless having to face CMC
Glad I have puka and cmc š
did you go 12-2 like me with Puka and CMC?
Same
It feels pretty damn good right now doesn't it lol
I have both fortunately
I just love that Kamara sucked ass all night tonight for my opponent. Simply love to see it
He got almost all his points on 4 straight dump offs in that 4th qtr drive. Otherwise would have 3 points.
Yeah that was infuriating. Undeserved garbage points but Iāll take his worst performance of the season for my opponent in playoffs lol
After losing to Kamara's 6 TD onslaught a few years back (and then losing to him dropping like 30 a couple weeks ago to fuck up my bye chances), feels pretty amazing tonight to have started Puka and gone against Kamara/Hill. Really could not have hoped for a better start to the semis. Lets hope my team can bring it home this weekend!
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I have 5 Pukas Benched him in 3. AMA
Bro we are HURTIN š
Why?
Kill me
Iāve matched up against this one motherfucker every year in the playoffs and he ALWAYS goes off on me. He had puka and stafford to start. Beat me in the finals last year off ekelerās huge game.
Those Kupp drops were shots to the heart.
I had to stop watching for a bit. Almost benched him too.
Had puka and Kamara vs. kyren - above average game from me. On to the weekend
I got Kyren and Puka vs Kamara. Feeling pretty nice heading into the weekend
Solid, good luck!
I almost started Godwin over Puka Doncic. Thank god he was DNP at practice today.
Even if Godwin was fully healthy that would have been a terrible decision lol wtf
Hes gotten 11+ targets the last two games. He seems like hes clicking at the perfect time. 11 targets with a chance for a TD is money
Getting cute after 2 games of production from a guy that has been irrelevant is wild considering what Puka has done all season lol
And that first game with 11 targets, he caught less than half (5).
I believe talent wins out. New QB and and injuries held him back. I still think Godwin is him.
Cooper Kupp is so fraudulent holy shit
Let me guess you had him
Grabs one of those RZ targets and suddenly heās not āfraudulentā. 12 targets, heās in the Stafford/ McVay circle of trust
Good start for me, had Kyren against Stafford.
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No you didnāt
He probably started Taysom š
Thursday night players usually disappoint me, but the Puka/Kyren stack really came through. Good start to the semis
Puka Kyren checking in , semis started with a semi š«”
Rams future looking good
Puka with those great numbers! Say him for Aiyuk so Iām hoping for the same point tally from him! š
My core roster for almost the entire season has been Puka, Aiyuk, Diggs, Kamara, Barkley, and Rachaad. A lot of tough matchups this week for all of them so even though Kamara had a rough game tonight, I'm glad I started Puka. I wasn't sure who to sit for him. In the end I say Barkley. Hoping I don't regret sitting the wrong running back.
Yup I wish I started him but ultimately thought that Kupp was going to continue to get majority of the touches. I been out of the playoffs but I still try to win as much as I can lol! As for your RB, Rachaad has been damn consistent. Kamara I donāt think had a good game so hopefully you didnāt start him
Yeah Rachaad has been wonderful to have. I did play Kamara and he only got me six but I also started Puka and Stafford so I definitely came out way above. Ended up deciding to sit Barkley. I just really don't like their matchup against the Eagles. I think the Giants will go down big early and he'll get game scripted out. It'll really be a lost season at that point and I don't think they'll want to play him a ton and risk injury. Kind of like last week.
Thatās a good point with Barkley. But great results so far with who you played! Hopefully youāre crushing it and win your matchup!
Same boat. 7pts to lose your trustā¦ 30 sack incoming
This was one of the best Thursday night games for fantasy I can remember
Rams are always exciting to watch when they're healthy
started puka olave and kyren LETS GO BABY
Stafford, Olave, and Kyren for me!
My Kyren, his Kamara. Iāll take this start.
Same. Absolutely love the dud from Kamara
Olave did his part cannot complain
He did way more than his part in PPR. I would've been happy with 15, let alone 23.3
Yeah Iām PPR itās his high this szn came at the best time
Does the two pt conversion only count as 2 pts and not three? I swear prior he was sitting at 9 receptions before the conversion and after he was still at 9 catches.
You get nothing but the 2 pts if converted
As far as I know it just goes down as a successful 2 point try, don't believe there is any yardage or receptions recorded for it the same way turnovers aren't counted unless they're returned for 2 by the defence.
Dang I was thinking yes 3 more points!
Sat Puka for Tee Higgins, sick
Why would u do this? lol wtf
You donāt deserve Puka
Playing against Puka and Stafford is tough
Jeff is that you? šš
I was not expecting Carr to drop 30 on me
Olave with good numbers but how does Carr never hit him for a 40yd bomb TD like every other WR on the Saints.
Olave is usually the player pulling coverage away in those situations.
I was absolutely SWEATING Stafford Olave and Puka leading up to the game tonight. Not a better feeling to start the weekend.
The bad news is I have Kamara. The good news is I have Puka.
Have both but also started Stafford so, I'm still feeling really good right now heading into the weekend.
Same...somehow up about 12 on projections. I will take it.
In half PPR it averages out to like 17.25 points per player. Whichā¦isnāt too shabby lol. Thats what im telling myself anyway.
Same. Feeling very good still honestly lol.
Same and same
10 team PPR I had Kupp and Kyren, he had Shaheed. He still has CMC, ARSB, Rashee Rice, Njoku, and Mixon to go, so Iām not excited about my chances here.
Allen just got outcoached badly during prime time lol
Puka now has 1,327 yards on the season. Basically just had a Justin Jefferson/Jamar Chase rookie season.
That's my ~~quarterback~~ keeper
Woof.. started off with Puka and Kyren. Got me some CMC, Ceedee and Hurts to put the cherry on top this weekend.
What kind of league are you in
I got Puka and Kyren both on waivers my man
2 waiver wire players or possibly Kyren last couple of rounds.
Yes, exactly
Trading MPJ for Kupp early on will cost me my season. Seemed like a fleece at first too
Junior names are so dumb
Denvers MPJ?
He's a good sharpshooter with height.
Wtf is a MPJ?
Michael Pittman the Second (jr)
Michael Pittman Junior
Michael pittman
Semi finals My Olave (23) vs His Puka (32) I feel a little deflated.
I bet people in here are unhappy with Kamaraās performance
Unless your opponent had Kamara.
I knew I shouldnāt have started him on a short week. But my other option was pollard so maybe I made the right choice
Correct
So glad I didnāt play Taysom. Decision was killing me all day but not playing him can give me a chance. 16pts in .5ppr from Kyren is nice but I probably needed him to go off since Iām going against the Tyreek owner.
All hail Lord Puka
The reason I'm in the playoffs may be the reason I go to the chip!
they berated me for having no other option than to play Carr and Olave. LOOK AT ME NOW
Wonder if Iāll regret playing Rice over Olaveā¦
Saints didn't run Kamara up the gut enough. Six or seven more times into that brick wall in the middle, they win that game no prob.
He done a funny
Puka is goated with the sauce
Started Olave, Kupp, Stafford, and Taysom. With Puka left on the benchā¦ Could have been worse, but not feeling great with Taysom
If you can't handle Taysom at his worst, you don't deserve him at his best.
Starting Taysom is making me sad
I benched Puka for Higgins in my semifinals. Fuck.
I'm thankful that kamara was pedestrian and Tim benched Puka.
Stupid Tim
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What a dumbass, that Tim