Ray_T

congrats to you. but dont go giving us all too much credit. I have given a lot of advice to people who then choose to ignore it and then complain about why they lose. even if you credit us with the good advice, you also had a good enough head on your shoulders to see the advice for what it was and make the right move.

I learned that injuries are not the end. you can recover if you make smart moves on the wire. it is looking like I may have accomplished this feat this year. its not a lock but my chances of winning appear to be good. I played this weeks championship game with my top 2 WR, my top RB, my top 2 QB all out of the lineup. (2 QB league) so my advice. dont give up on the season when the injury bug hits you. sometimes in the end it will turn out to be a blessing.

honestly its tough. the dallas D tends to feast on the weak offenses and isnt that good against top offenses. but the detroit team has been not as good last couple games too so I see where its tough. like you said, its a feast or famine situation I suspect. so depending on where you are with your matchup this may or may not be a good option I suspect this is one of those where the defense may get an interception or two but the game ends up being like 31-28 or something of the like and the defense has an ok night but so does Goff. do I think there are better matchups out there for you? i in a 1 QB league there may be better options but that will very by league

I dropped them a couple weeks ago. I found that the D seems to feast on the weak offenses, but any offense that is strong or runs the ball a ton doesnt seem to generate the same level of points. Detroit is one of those thats likely feast or famine in this situation. I think Detroits offense likely wins this battle but it is close enough this could go either way I am starting the vegas D (which has been very good since the coaching change) against Minshew and the Colts who seems to be mediocre in this offense and does turn the ball over at times. that said, there may be better matchups on the wire in your league.

ok in my 2 QB league I am facing a problem. massive amounts of injuries. been winning with smoke & mirrors but got myself here to the final. at QB Cousins, Herbert and Tanehill all went down (Tanehill dropped) at RB: Jacobs is doubtful and Pacheco is questionable. and Kyren williams got traded to fill the gap at QB at WR Keenan Allen, Amari Cooper, and Courtland sutton are all out for this week my starting roster now looks like this: At QB Flacco, Carr (heinecke backup) at WR Hopkins, Nico Collins, K Osborn at RB Hunt played and put up serviceable numbers(I was pretty sure one of my RB's wasnt gonna play this week and I was right) Pacheco or Jacobs at Def vegas at kicker Santos my lineup is more or less set, but I am pretty sure Jacobs is out and Pacheco may not clear concussion protocol in time so my question(s): who should I be grabbing at RB. The RB ranks are picked clean best options appear to be Justice Hill (Bal vs mia) Sanders (car vs Jax) McLaughlin (Den v LA chargers) and Latavius Murray (Buf vs NE) Assuming Jacobs is out, who would you pick up in the event Pacheco cannot go? second question: I think I'm ok with Osborn who I just picked up would anyone here consider Rashid Shaheed as a better option?

I am absolutely not complaining. he won me my game this week for sure. him and Flacco

for those of you in a dynasty league and sitting at the bottom with no QB depth, this kid may be worth taking a shot on. as a guy who lives in Canada I have actually seen him play. as a starter for the BC Lions he completed close to 80% of his passes, he ran with the ball when the situation called for it, and he has all the tools in the toolbox. what he doesnt have is NFL experience. I never mentioned anything about this before because I figured his chances of unseating Lawrence was zero. but in New England I wouldnt be surprised if he gets a start or two in before the end of the season. for those of you who like to poo poo the CFL, a fair number of good NFL QB's played in the CFL. Joe Theisman Erik Kramer was actually cut from the Calgary Stampeders before he became the starter in Chicago Doug Flutie Jeff Garcia Warren moon. and a few others. thing you need to realize is the CFL is a passing league. you get 3 downs to get 10 yards. not 4 like the NFL. I've seen the kid play live and he does have some skills. what I dont know is how much that skill translates to the NFL but anytime you have a completion % that is over 70% you need to take note because a QB with poor accuracy couldnt hit that number even if his WR's were wide open every time. all I am saying is in a dynasty league, the cost to pick him up right now is close to zero and while this is a bit of a hail mary it is not unprecedented that a CFL QB goes south and does well and now hes in a spot where he has a real chance to do something as the QB's in New England have not been good at all. dont get me wrong, you are not gonna insert him in for your championship game 2 weeks from now, but he might be a nice dynasty stash for next year if you have the ability to grab him.

honestly I dont know if the Cleveland offense has looked this good in a very long time.

Merry Christmas. happy belated Hanukkah, happy Kwanzaa and happy belated solstace. and lastly happy festivus. If I have missed any religions that celebrate around this time I apologize. but feel free to let me know so I can wish you and yours all the best.

honestly I had to play one week with only 1 QB. I won anyway but it was a whole lot closer than it should have been. lots of teams who run out of FAAB dollars late in the year can get caught this way. I got lucky and picked up flacco the day they signed him and hes really been a godsend for my fantasy team. If I win the championship it will be because of him. and make no mistake, normally when a team loses both their starting QB in this league, you are dead in the water but somehow the fantasy gods have been smiling on me. I found a way to make it work.

its been that kind of year. in my 12 team, 2 QB league I had (at the start of the year) my top 2 QBs were Herbert and Cousins with Tannehill as my third QB. Cousins got hurt and Tannehill got hurt/replaced so I picked up Heinecke for a couple games and he was solid but then got hurt/replaced in a bad game and lost his job. then I picked up flacco thinking hes better than anything else they had in cleveland and that he was a better fit for the type of offense they are running there. I traded a starting Calibre RB for Carr when Herbert went down) (not by choice) and now I'm winning this week with Carr and Flacco. feels like the smoke & mirrors show this year but I've somehow managed to keep the team together. (so far)

agreed. a first round QB guarantees the best he gets is backup QB. I'd also argue if Belicheck leaves or gets fired, his tenure may end with the new coach as well.

at this point I see an actual path to him getting a start in New England. Team clearly doesnt believe in either of their QB's so I do think there is a fair chance he will play by year end

well it makes it a far more pass-centric league. CFL also has a bigger field (both longer and wider) and there is an extra man on the field for both sides. means there are more options to disguise your coverages than what you see in the NFL. you also will very rarely run the ball on 2nd and 8 in the CFL.

well, occasionally when he makes a circus catch he puts himself into a position where he is vulnerable to a clean hit that can injure or where he can land awkwardly. I dont think its a function of his body being fragile. those kind of catches sometimes come with a cost attached.

I do like this call if Pittman is out. They gotta throw somewhere.

it is also worth noting the chiefs WR have been plagued by bad drops this year. its also possible hes getting all the targets because the other targets in the offense are somewhat unreliable. so its possible that if the chiefs get a true #1 on the roster he gets demoted again. so there is an element of risk here too.

hes not a yardage monster, so I wouldnt label him a WR1 yet. I'd have to see how the chiefs are using him. given the low yardage and high volume in terms of volume/catches I'd bet they are using him in the slot. That said, once a guy proves himself, sometimes the team will push him to the outside to be a WR. in looking at him hes not a large WR but not small either. so he could be a tweener that can play anywhere. personally I think hes a WR3 who gets bumped to WR2 because Mahomes is tossing the football. I dont see him as a bonafide #1 WR. but I could be wrong. kids still growing as a player so the upside can be higher still

yep. 2 for 1 deals are sometimes hard to get done but it is certainly worth it to explore the option

well, some guys will still be keen on Kelce. maybe your ideal situation is to find a trade partner. if they want to take that risk you can maybe get a new, keepable player in lieu.

it was only a matter of time. at his age, he and Tony Gonzalez are the only TE's who have finished as a TE1 at this age. Likely because they do less blocking than your regular tight end so less wear and tear on the body. Now that we are seeing a decline in his production I think the slope will likely get more slippery. It is dicey in terms of whether hes still a keeper.

I only need Goedert to score less than 23.8 points. I like my odds. Especially if Hurts doesnt play

hes been back for a while from what I can tell but now that the jets are out of the playoff hunt I think they will shut down any talk of Rodgers returning. Its simply not happening unless there is something in it to be gained by playing him while still injured.

awesome thanks for the insight. it is much appreciated.

no. and going from Brady to (nearly anyone) you would think there would be a dropoff. but then again when Brady first arrived I thought Evans would put up better numbers with Brady. The jump wasnt as large as I thought it was. in the end I think it is because Brady spread the ball around more. If my memory is correct I think Evans was injured during part of the Brady tenure too which may have affected that. I know the O line was a mess Brady's last year so the deep ball was not something he could throw as often because the pass protection wasnt there. Either way I cannot disagree he was the steal of the draft in the mid rounds.