Ray_T

I'm in a league where you play multiple teams each week. I would have run the table if Baker put up 15-18 fantasy points instead I get 7.5 points. what was going to be a fantastic week turned into just a good week. I suppose I shouldnt complain but this stiff only seems to have good weeks when he is on my bench.

well, he keeps the defense honest. if they crowd the line, he gets the ball. if they play to stop the pass, Sequon gets the ball. for a game (maybe two) you can get by without him. but teams will quickly adapt to the more run heavy offense. Like it or not.... He is an important part of that.

This is my fault. I started Baker this week. and he only seems to perform well on my bench.

This always happens. Now he as a QB will need to adapt to how teams are defending him. If he can adapt, hes a legit starting QB.... if not.... he becomes a backup QB.

I'm thinking hideous

flacco has played for enough teams that literally half the league could be a revenge game. its to the point where this means nothing anymore.

I had herbert on the bench in my one league. Minny is supposed to have a pretty good Defense. But the chargers sliced through them like a hot knife through butter.

well, for him to disappear there needs to be someone on the roster that can force that to happen. I dont actually think that anyone on the roster is better than him right now. so barring injury or a sudden loss in effectiveness I think he holds steady. for fantasy hes RB2 on most teams depending on the depth you have at the position.

Truth and lies appears to link to your working the wire article. suspect its an easy fix on the back end.

this is along the lines of what I would have said. hes the best of a bad lot. and by far has the most upside. if you really insist on not taking him, Freiermuth is your guy

the bar was pretty low. Its not like Richardson was a world beater. but.... Jones has been pretty decent in this offense. I'll definitely give credit where credit is due. put the guy behind a line that actually can block and the results are like night and day compared to where he was previously. we learned this lesson the year before with Sequon. Yet do we see the giants loading up on O line guys? I still see a crappy line. They just dont get it.

well, the injuries/suspensions are over. and hes throwing to players we have actually heard of again. I think the offense will start to click now. if you can buy low on Mahomes you may have missed the boat, but I'm sure there are still a few sellers out there. I'm predicting a very good second half of the season.

yeah, its tough to pay that price to get a guy like him. who is okay as a RB2/3 but really not reliable health wise. as an AJ owner, at that price, I'd rather hold to see if he can turn things around. sure, if you need a RB bad enough this will get you a startable RB. but I have to think there is a better deal out there for a RB somewhere.

I could see this being a fit. at least temporarily.

The line has been terrible this year and last year. probably a bit worse this year. I think PFF predicted this would be a bottom 3 O line this year. possibly the worst in the NFL. I am pretty sure this is the main cause of his...... non performance.

hes listed as being out for a while due to a collarbone injury but wouldnt surprise me if hes also in concussion protocall. but the official diagnosis is a broken clavacle. but the concussion protocall is to keep players from going back in too soon. if hes out weeks (or for the season) with this injury maybe the concussion protocall does not apply. I'm not sure but I'm seeing nothing of this on the posts at the moment. but based on the replay, it would not surprise me if there was a concussion there. but I do think the reason he dropped the ball could easily be the collarbone injury. Sometimes you can momentarily lose control of your body when an injury like that occurs so it is actually possible this is not concussion related.

too many mouths to feed in that offense. they cant all eat every week. my best guess is hes the odd guy out (at least this week he is)

its probably a good guess, but at this early stage of his career the possible range is likely a lot wider than that. factors that can affect this are many but the most prominent would be: 1) coaching 2) quality of the O line 3) in general the quality of the players around him on offense 4) off field issues. and these are the issues we can point at and identify. there are like a million others we cannot. but I'm fully on board in saying the early returns look pretty good. I do think hes going to be a starting calibre QB or (at worst) a solid backup QB. Admittedly a fair bit would need to go wrong from here on out for him to end up a backup. A la Wentz

the body of work is too small to determine this for sure. Lets just agree he throws a good deep ball.

that was exactly my thought when I saw the name of the thread

He hasnt shown enough that I'd replace Tua with him. I do think if they do replace Tua, it will be in the offseason or very very late in the season. they will give Zach a cup of coffee to see if he has learned anything (or unlearned some bad habits)

egbuka is coming on because baker has nobody else healthy enough to throw to. make no mistake. fully healthy Godwin is Better. hes just not fully healthy.

hey guys, coach wouldnt name Dowdle the starter. are you guys still rolling with him? I dont have a stake in this. but in looking at Dowdles big games, he put those up against what might be the two worst rush defenses in the NFL. so right now hes looking better then he actually is. the defense hes up against this week seems to be average as far as run defenses go. looking at yards per carry given up. average. Total rush yards is slightly above average but I'm guessing that is due to late carries in garbage time in games they were losing. so this one should give a better idea as to whether he is the real deal. either way if I had Dowdle and someone gave me a good offer I'd consider taking it.

when I saw the nature of the injury I decided not to draft him. Love the player. but the odds were against him in terms of being productive this year. Next year, you can draft him at his ADP and it will be below his true fantasy value. but this year is likely a writeoff. you might find a taker for him because of the name. but you are likely getting a backup calibre player in a redraft league.

no shame being out played by a guy who puts up 340 yards and 3 TD no matter what his name is..... Just sayin....