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15 posts in and I get to be the first with a %Randelicious!!!

Sure giving up tds may be an anomoly but what about the fact that teams are targeting him, especially in the redzone. That is what, out of everything, is the most concerning to me. Especially since they are succesful in doing so...

That is twice in this thread that you have posted this. What exactly are you getting at? I don't think he will give up 16 either. I don't think anyone here has even implied that. I won't hold the Benjamin catch as blown coverage as it was a play where he did everything right except turn and look for the ball. The play last night was a good throw but the wr was wide open. It is a concerning trend that twice in 2 weeks teams have gone right at him imo. That isn't what anyone wants to see from the teams "shutdown corner."

Seeing the positions it appears you are going to want to start 2 rbs. Starting 4 wr every week would be a huge disadvantage in standard scoring. You could have 2 of the top rbs and not have to worry about that position. I don't see Peyton repeating his year from last year and QB is DEEP. With only 10 teams you could get a great value QB late. Foles is going 9th/10th round, Brady is also going late. Assuming many people are keeping 2 players you will have a pick very near the top of the draft and if QB is important to you Brees, Rodgers, or even Manning may still be out there depending on who is kept by other players. Forte and Charles are 2 of the top 4 players in almost every rankings. I would go that way if I were you especially in standard scoring. I give Bluefire credit for his analysis but it is based purely on projections. If you go by last years numbers, Forte outscored RB 15 by 91 points. Manning outscored the #5 qb by 130. That was in an all time amazing record setting year. I think he comes back to the pack a bit this year which isn't a huge leap considering he set all time records for yards and tds. I'm thinking there will be a vry good qb sitting at that first pick in the 3rd round for you but can't say the same for a non rbbc rb.

This was the first game I thought that I don't know if he has what it takes. He is a long way from a "shutdown corner." It speaks volumes to me that teams are choosing to go right at him. Not only that they are succesful in doing so. I don't think he is Justin Rogers bad but he really has done nothing to impress in any of the 3 practices (oops games) so far.

That is what I am looking to do. I want the defense spot to mean something not just be a couple of point bonus for everyone. What are the rest of your rules?

What are the rest of the starting spots? I like the analysis that Blue Fire laid out but can't accurately answer your question without knowing what the positions are and what keeping each player would cost you. Also what pick do you have, how many teams, and is it a snake draft or auction?

Just a friendly reminder to all that there is a fantasy football forum here! It is somewhat of a ghost town but I'm sure there are enough of us here that play ff to change this. He can be a great pick up (2 years ago) or a complete bust (last year). He is most valuable in a ppr format. That said he is very boom or bust. Also add in the fact that he is competing with a lot of different weapons this year he is a scary draft. I agree with Cletus if he is your rb 2 it will be terrifying if he is a flex option that you can play based on matchups you will be happy. I'm not so sure this is true the top 6 backs are (according to most rankings) Forte, Charles, AP, McCoy, Lacy, and DeMarco Murray ( ) simply because they aaren't rbbc. RB is highly ranked due to the thought of them getting guranteed touches. Spiller already has to share with Freddy and will not be getting any goal line carries which diminishes his value even more. Freddy is going to fall off a cliff soon. I don't know when but it will happen lol. Spiller is boom/bust as I said before and I also tend to steer away from Bills players due to the inconsistency. Rashad Jennings is going right around the same area as CJ this year and he is someone I would take over CJ. I like Giant running backs because Coughlin loves to pound the ball and Eli likes to dump the ball off. Andre Ellington in a PPR is in the same area and someone who should get the majority of backfield work for AZ. Bottom line on CJ is he could be great and it is awesome to own a player that blows up from your favorite team. It is a win/win however the opposite sucks and sucks badly. I might draft CJ if I can get value for him but I am cautious for all of the reason listed above. I also think there are better options in his area.

That looks similar to what I use except I also have points for yards allowed. Do you do anything with that or is it just these? What do defenses end up scoring for the year using this?

Any other commissioners out there? First year I ran the league I messed with Defensive scoring and defenses scored way too much. Last year I over corrected. So what are some of your scoring settings?

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I can keep 3 and depending on who others keep I think I can skip keeping graham and grab him in the second... I would love to just keep manning graham and Calvin but the rules wont allow it. The reason I was leaning foles was bc I think him in the tenth is a steal. That said if I kept harvin and megatron I would be set at wr. I'm thinking it will come down to who the guy drafting 10 (and therefore 11) is keeping. If he keeps 2 I'm all bit guaranteed graham in the second which would be a steal imo. I don't know how I feel about Peyton this year. I can see him coming way back to earth but am torn bc of just how good he was last year. If I give up megatron there is a tiny chance he is there in the second but then it is him or graham. To you Ryan the 8th is great value for Stacy but I hate second yr rbs you never know if they can repeat and he plays 6 intradivision games against great defenses. Patterson came on at the end of the year and I see him doing better but he's another I just don't know how much I can trust. Between those two I would have to lean Stacy. Did you draft rivers before the 8th round last year? That was some incredible foresight! I got burned by him 2 years ago so I stayed away from him last year. Do you have any other options for your after 8th keepers?

It will be reduced to a 12 game suspension so he can come back in time to play the Bills in week 13! I'm kidding of course... This is absolutely ridiculous to me. I do the drug screens for my agency and our policy is standard set at 50ng/ml with the confirm cutoff at 15ng/ml. Both of these must be failed for it to count as a failure and we don't even have a union here! How does the NFLPA let these idiotic rules stand?!

I hate that this is a dead board but here's a thread I hope can help spark some interest here. If you play in a keeper league and want some discussion on who to keep this is the place. Here is mine I'd love to hear opinions (I am leaving out players I know I won't be keeping). Can keep 3 players 1 PPR league. My options (with draft pick given up if kept) are: Calvin Johnson OR Peyton Manning (1st) I kept them both last year and can only keep one of them this year for a first rounder Jimmy Graham (2nd) The rest can be kept for a 10th rounder. If I keep multiple then it goes 10th, 9th, 8th (depending on how many are kept) Percy Harvin Shane Vereen Ryan Matthews Andre Ellington Nick Foles Jeremy Maclin Ben Tate I'm leaning Calvin Johnson, Jimmy Graham, and Nick Foles. It would cost me 1,2 and 10. I draft 9th in a 10 team snake draft so I might skip keeping Jimmy Graham and try to redraft him at that spot. Which would allow me something like Calvin, Foles, and Harvin for 1, 9, 10. What do you think?

I've said it in other threads but the glimpses in that game made me a believer in him. I just didn't want the game to be too big for him and for him to look like he belonged. I thought he did that and then he sealed my opinion the next home game against Carolina. To hear that he saw that, then called it, then executed it makes me excited for this year. I've been wrong many times before and will be many times in the future but as I said up thread he is just so damn easy to root for!

I don't care if you think he can or can't be the guy. This kid is someone that is so ridiculously easy to root for. Here's hoping we ride him to the promised land! Nice video thanks for posting

I agree and also wonder/worry what his motivation will be now that he has been paid. I won't go so far as to say I'm glad he isn't here but I'm not very mad that he didn't get the long rich contract from the Bills. In his career he has had hip, back, groin, and foot injuries. He has only missed 7 games in 5 years though so I wouldn't necessarily call him injury prone it is just something that bears watching from a "is he worth it" perspective. My first reaction is that he wasn't but if he helps them win a sb he most certainly will be.

Not only that (no I wouldn't I belive in EJ) but the Bills DID try to get him. KC's pick was higher in the second round and that is why the niners traded him there or at least that is my fuzzy memory of the situation.

That's tough as it really depends on your strategy. In my mind there are 4 top rbs in McCoy Charles Peterson and forte. Then it is a mix of who you like next. For me this is the range that Calvin Johnson or Peyton manning should be the pick. Then again I'm not a rb rb guy like most people are. Last year rb was such a crapshoot I wouldn't want to waste a pick that early on a maybe. Megatron and Peyton are very close to sure things to be at or near the top of their position. I play mostly in ppr leagues so I'm a bit skewed on who my top rbs are but at 14 you might be able to stack another elite wr if you grab megatron first. If jimmy graham is there in the second you could have the #1 wr and te. That is a great start to a championship team imo.

I think awwufelloff ran it... I know he was in it 2 years ago at least. If you want to run it just put the info up on the main board. This board only gets frequented by a few of us but the info is usually decent. There are some of us that spend way too much time on fantasy football lol

I heard an interesting take on the radio. The premise was that franchise tags will get murkier and murkier and positions become this varied. There are blocking te and pass catching tes which are of different value to teams but not the tag. There are coverage olbs and pass rushing olbs that are of different value to teams but not the tag. Same with rt and lt, all of the different db positions etc... I believe it was Schlereth on espn radio talking about it and his solution was to have different tags for the specialties. It might not solve every problem but it would certainly help in this case. Right now it is effecting the pass catching tes but as the pendulum swings it will be the blocking ones that are eventually left out in the cold.

It's called silver goal. Basically once you reach overtime there will be 2 15 minute halves no matter how many goals get scored in that time.

The college rule (when I played not sure if it is still valid) was that you could be subbed out at any time but couldn't return until the start of the next half. Basically freer substituting without causing non stop delays.

I wanted to avoid this thread badly but oh well.... The issue I take with this is that an injury does not have to be substitued or miss another game to be seriously injured. Take Dempsey's injury for example. He has a broken nose and bruising but had to be back on the field quickly. Without the ability to substitute injured players they are faced with either going right back out or having their team play a man down. This happens regularly. I know you are on the "not a soccer fan" side but I can think of 2 injuries specifically that have happened to me that are debilitating in the moment but recoverable from eventually. They are getting cleated in the calf while running and taking a slide tackle to the ankle bone. Both of these hurt like hell but within a few minutes generally the pain subsides. It gets really tiring when people rag on soccer for the flopping when every other sport has it's variation and people don't make nearly as much the stink. Making it out of the "group of death" is a huge accomplishment. Pretty much every prognosticator including most American ones had them out before the second round. Their group included 2 top 5 teams and Ghana which has given them fits recently. Do you get mad when teams in other sports clinch playoff births even though they lost (I can think specifically of baseball teams celebrating on the field after a loss but clinching the playoffs)? This is a big deal regardless of how you feel.

I may be wrong but this sounds like you are falling victim to the dog days. Paralysis analysis. There is quite a bit to be very excited about with Manuel as well as some concerns. My barometer was this last year and it is why I still believe in him. I wanted him to look like he belonged. I didn't care about stats, didn't even care about his w/l record. That first New England game he looked like he belonged. He played very well off of a short preseason and went toe to toe with Brady/Belicheck. Then the come back against Carolina. He had some stinkers for sure (Pitt really sticks out to me) but that is to be expected from a Rookie QB. The dog days of summer are where you remember the bad much more than the good, read Rodak and the Jonah Jevad negative nancies, etc.. Come training camp, preseason games, that is when we will have a better idea of his progress.