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Thomas Jones or Freddy Taylor

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I'm a little worried about the stout Buffalo run defense.

 

Jets have given up 8 rushing TDs so far this season, but Taylor has been splitting more time with Drew-Jones

 

I'm leaning towards Jones, but...

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I gotta think Taylor is going to bounce back big this week vs. NYJ, but he isn't as 'safe' as Jones. Jones will for sure be getting all the carries against a tougher defense. So safety or upside? In that situation I always look at the team I am playing, do I have a good chance of beating them as long as I get an average game out of my player? If so, go safe. Is the opposing team pretty much better than my squad? If so, go for broke with the higher upside (Taylor, if he gets most of the carries)

 

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I gotta think Taylor is going to bounce back big this week vs. NYJ, but he isn't as 'safe' as Jones. Jones will for sure be getting all the carries against a tougher defense. So safety or upside? In that situation I always look at the team I am playing, do I have a good chance of beating them as long as I get an average game out of my player? If so, go safe. Is the opposing team pretty much better than my squad? If so, go for broke with the higher upside (Taylor, if he gets most of the carries)

 

Thanks for mine

I'm pretty evenly matched with the team that I'm facing tomorrow, but I do tend to play it kinda safe. Jones had a big game last week, Taylor had a crummy game (I lost, thanks to that). It seems that they're taking turns!

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Buffalo at Chicago

 

or

 

Jets at Jacksonville

 

Which is the better matchup, which RB will have the best success?

 

Thanks

 

I have the same choice to make as well. I've looked at everything I can think of in trying to determine if one of them has a substantial edge over the other (which I'm sure you have too) and I come up with Taylor, but only slightly. I still have Jones inserted as my starter though based on gut. Thing is my guts only about 50-50 so far this year. The thing I'm stuck on is my lack of confidence in Taylor due to the game with Indy. Last week's game doesn't bother me so much because Jax didn't really try to run with ten carries between Taylor and Jones-Drew. I'm bothered by the success Jones-Drew had vs. Indy even though Taylor was playing decent football and the fact Jones-Drew did get 13 carries. The Jags being at home playing the Jets and their porous run D should make this a slam dunk. I thought pretty much the same thing against Indy though. I don't really buy into Jones-Drew taking touches from Fred as an issue consistently but it looks like the Jags may be more inclined to ride the hot hand in situations and if Drew starts faster than Taylor it could be a problem. We already know Benson will get some touches but at least he's not likely to out perform T Jones and hurt his stats significantly. The Bills D really hasn't shown any effectiveness until last week. Their stat line is a little misleading because R Brown was running on them (70 yards through three quarters) and the Dolphins stopped running in the fourth quarter trying to catch up. The Jets have no run game. That won't be the situation in Chicago. When it's said and done I think Taylor will have more yards than T Jones but I'm guessing Jones gets at least one TD. This is what it's come down to for me. I think Taylor is slightly more likely to out perform Jones but Jones is significantly more likely to have a big game. I'm hoping for the big game.

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