Fantasy Football 2014 Advice Thread!

littles · Oct 5, 2014

I am honored.

slippery · Oct 5, 2014

Keenan Allen has been such a massive fucking disappointment this year, especially in that offense that has been putting up so much. I think he might get benched soon if I can find something decent to replace him with.

Grimmlokk · Oct 5, 2014

slippery_sl said:
Keenan Allen has been such a massive fucking disappointment this year, especially in that offense that has been putting up so much. I think he might get benched soon if I can find something decent to replace him with.

I played him over Roddy White this week, thinking he was finally out of this slump. Nope. Every time Red Zone showed that game he was on the trainers table or laying on the field.

Fuck Keenan Allen, at least Mike Wallace is done with his bye week after today.

Vycarious · Oct 5, 2014

Up 2 points with Morris left to play but the team I am up against has Lynch, I don't have a good feeling about that. Pretty much screwed myself playing Benjamin rather then Jeffrey this week.

Grimmlokk · Oct 6, 2014

Vycarious_sl said:
Pretty much screwed myself playing Benjamin rather then Jeffrey this week.

That's hindsight speaking, it wasn't a bad play. Sometimes the smart play doesn't work out.

And it could be worse, you could be the guy in my league that played Benjamin and benched Demaryius......seriously. To be fair I think he actually played Maclin over Thomas, but yeah. 39 points on the bench.

Mario Speedwagon · Oct 6, 2014

Grimmlokk_sl said:
What advice, I said I did it and no one else was doing it=P

They ended up with 7 points for me, I count that as an acceptable defense. Thank fuck they came on late with the 2 blocks, safety, and 3 sacks.

Heh, I was thinking of you as soon as Graham came out the first time and then when he came out for the game.

Also when I masturbated just now.

You're welcome for that visual.

Don't worry about it bro turns out I forgot to even the slot the browns D after I picked them up so I didn't even start a defense this week

Burnem Wizfyre · Oct 6, 2014

Grimmlokk_sl said:
That's hindsight speaking, it wasn't a bad play. Sometimes the smart play doesn't work out.

And it could be worse, you could be the guy in my league that played Benjamin and benched Demaryius......seriously. To be fair I think he actually played Maclin over Thomas, but yeah. 39 points on the bench.

My running backs are a fucking disaster but thanks to the sheer futility of the other guys players I won, though I benched Ridley and he scored more than both of my RB's combined. Calvin Johnson and Jimmy Graham shit the bed, thank god. Though the move of the week for me was dropping Cincy D this morning and grabbing SD D and starting them against the Jets.

Ameraves · Oct 6, 2014

Why would anyone ever bench Demaryius?

Convo · Oct 6, 2014

Second Keenan being a disappointment. Not for nothing but a lot of those mid range WR from the draft are. These fantasy experts misguide all the time and hype players. I bought into Keenan and Torry Smith. Guys taking around the same time. How many probably jumped on Floyd as well. That whole 4th/5th Rd of WRs have been a dud. Ironically it was the late 2nd-3rd guys doing all the real work. Jordy, Antonio.. Etc...

I'm trying to package Keenan and Doug Martain for an upgrade at WR To folks with no RB depth.

I also shot down a pretty bold trade for Montee Ball in my one league. Kicking myself now. I'm glad I avoided him in my earlier drafts. That was my last draft and I finally bought into the hype. He's terrible

Grimmlokk · Oct 6, 2014

Convo_sl said:
Ironically it was the late 2nd-3rd guys doing all the real work. Jordy, Antonio.. Etc...

Leading up to the draft Jordy started getting a lot of sudden hype as a legit top 3-5 guy. It was kind of weird, like the real draft where people inexplicably start flying up/down the mock drafts even though no one is doing anything to physically change.

AB should have been in the conversation with CJ/Dez/Green as possible #1 in PPR leagues. Top 5 in any league. It's a trade off between him and those guys and Marshall/Thomas. You'll get more 25+ pt games from them, but you'll get 10-20 from AB pretty much every single week.

If Julio Jones shows he can stay healthy I might put him over all those guys next season. He gets a ton of catches AND breaks a few. I love a guy like that that smooths out the volatility of the WR position.

Muurloen · Oct 8, 2014

Choose one Lacy @ Miami, Lamar Miller vs GB, or Andre Ellington vs El Rojo-Epidermis'.

For WR4 - Crabtree @ STL or Sanu vs CAR.

Grimmlokk · Oct 8, 2014

Depends if Moreno plays or not. He says he wants to. If he goes I'd lean towards Lacy, if not I'd go Miller. That's really a tough call, they all get about the same amount of touches and stats(Ellington's fluky 82 yard reception this week notwithstanding). So you're kind of looking at matchups. Lacy and Miller play eachother and neither GB or Miami has been great against the run, though other than the KC game Miami has been a little better. The Redskins have held RB's pretty well in check I think.

Shit...I dunno. Flip 3 coins?

Grimmlokk · Oct 8, 2014

Bonus tip that might work out: Pick upMohamed Sanuthis week if you can. With AJ Green aggravating that fucking toe injury and Marvin Jones not practicing today it looks like Dalton's targets are going to be Sanu and a few guys from the stands. He's actually been pretty steady as a flex level guy all season so it's not a huge risk betting on him to get #1 targets this week if those guys are out.

Muurloen · Oct 8, 2014

Grimmlokk_sl said:
Shit...I dunno. Flip 3 coins?

Pretty much how I've been thinking about deciding it.

Bonus tip that might work out: Pick up Mohamed Sanu this week if you can. With AJ Green aggravating that fucking toe injury and Marvin Jones not practicing today it looks like Dalton's targets are going to be Sanu and a few guys from the stands. He's actually been pretty steady as a flex level guy all season so it's not a huge risk betting on him to get #1 targets this week if those guys are out.

HOREY SHEEIT

NFL | A.J. Green (toe) carted off practice field Wed. - Rotoworld.com

Convo · Oct 8, 2014

Yea. That sucks. Hopefully it doesn't have him out but seems like one of those injuries he will be dealing with all year.

Anyone know how the yahoo waiver system works if it's not set from worst to best? Guy I'm playing with a better record got Oliver over me. We both had the pickup in but somehow he won the waiver. That was my only waiver pick.. Doesn't make much sense

Muurloen · Oct 8, 2014

Most waiver systems go in the order of worst record to best record for your league week to week.. If you stake a claim for a player while they have a W next to their name, the team that has the best waiver wire position will get the player. You will then get put at the bottom of the waiver wire rankings (unless other people with better records make claims on other players, thus getting them processed after you) until the next weekly reset.

Also, if you are sneaky and feel that no one is going to claim a player after the waiver period passes, and the player has an FA tied to them, then you can claim that player free of charge... so to speak.

Grimmlokk · Oct 8, 2014

Convo_sl said:
Yea. That sucks. Hopefully it doesn't have him out but seems like one of those injuries he will be dealing with all year.

Anyone know how the yahoo waiver system works if it's not set from worst to best? Guy I'm playing with a better record got Oliver over me. We both had the pickup in but somehow he won the waiver. That was my only waiver pick.. Doesn't make much sense

Some systems just set an order and you stay at the top until you use your claim over someone. My main league(ESPN) I've been sitting at #2 all season pretty much. Grabbed Oliver this week and went to #6.

Alex · Oct 8, 2014

I picked up Sanu but I'm still not sure if I want to start him over V-Jax or Brian Quick. I have to admit Quick is actually a legitimate fantasy play this year. His production cannot be denied. V-Jax started like shit but has gotten much better with Glennon throwing to him. I might play him over Reggie Wayne in my flex.

Grimmlokk · Oct 8, 2014

V Jax is questionable this week and didn't practice today.

I'm in almost the same situation in our fun league here. Grabbed Sanu(before I posted) and it's between him, VJax, Kendall Wright, and Crabtree. Actually also Royal and Garcon. Jesus I didn't realize I had 7 WR's on that team=P

Convo · Oct 10, 2014

Had Hilton las night bc I benched AJ green! Thx Aj...

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