Ray_T

well against New York he didnt have to do anything. he could have handed the ball off for the rest of the game, and so long as it wasnt a fumble, he would have gotten the win. his stats against the Giants were not actually that good but I think they ran a pretty conservative offense once it got to a point (I think early 2nd Quarter) where it was clear New York wasnt gonna put up a fight they dumbed down the offense some. took no risks. which is fine. thats what you are supposed to do. its not great for fantasy but it gets you the win you want. as for the Arizona game.... weak D. what else do you expect?

I am surprised nobody is talking about the Waller drops. one he missed ended up being intercepted. it wasnt good. certainly not as bad as Toney in week 1 but bad enough. I was disappointed.

at this point, Penny is pretty low on the totem. he needs injuries to see meaningful action. he had his chance to win the starting job and blew it. it was rumoured they were gonna cut him. That said, Swift seems to get hurt every year. if it happens again, you have hope. but if Swift stays healthy for once Penny will have pretty close to a zero chance of seeing meaningful touches. Especially if Swift continues to play like he did last week. You just dont bench guys who do what he just did. Not unless you have a REALLY good reason.

I think you are looking too much at the stats and not enough at what the stats actually tell you. Eagles D? top 5 across the board. nobody will be running well against them except for teams with a top 5 O line. and The Vikings dont have that. I saw that game, and the line was manhandled for the most part. there were one or two good plays that were well blocked but in general I dont think a better RB would have done a whole lot better in that situation. Tampa D? pretty good. despite what people will say they are the only reason Tampa even sniffed the playoffs last year. 2 years ago they were a top run Defense. obviously with all the injuries on offense last year the Defense was on the field a whole lot more than they should have been so their numbers were not as good but they are still a top run stuffing defense in my opinion. and both games the game script went negative in the second half which didnt help so I was not expecting top numbers running the ball against these guys. The chargers, on the other hand are a much weaker run (and pass) Defense. if he cant run against them, then I'd start to agree with you. but its far too early and the sample size of games you are drawing conclusions from is too small and tilted towards tougher run defenses. Lets see what he can do against some weaker run defenses before we toss this guy to the wolves because I dont think its fair to do so at this point.

they acquired him 3 or 4 days prior to the game. they wont be playing him that much unless there is garbage time. usually when teams trade for players in the regular season it coincides with a bye so the player has time to learn at least some of the playbook before they put him out there. you cant expect players to play their best when they dont know what the play looks like. only exception i have seen recently is Baker Mayfield. but when he knows the play he stares down his receiver and tells the defense where hes gonna go. so for him it was actually an advantage to not know the play because he doesnt know what hes gonna do with the ball. so he couldnt possibly tip off the defense.

Cmon man, you know its fixed. of course they will spoil the spread at the end.

that might happen. but its not happening this week and likely not next week either. Akers likely at least needs 2-3 weeks to learn enough of the playbook to be useful. so in the interim, Mattison needs to play well enough to keep him off the field if he wants to remain the starter.

I think Mattison remains the starter for now. Akers still needs to learn the playbook. I do think hes a nice insurance policy in the event Mattison cant get it done. but at the end of the day I think its Mattisons backfield and he has to now prove he deserves to keep it. if he plays poorly Akers snap share will gradually rise until we get to a point where management has to decide who the better back is. so for now, you have one starter. but that may change over time.

the issue with Swift has NEVER been skill. its his ability to stay healthy. I think to limit his chances of getting hurt you likely want him splitting carries with Gainwell. so I do think a prudent manager will make this a committee. that said, coaches do what coaches do. and I am not the coach.

well, they lost one of their best defenders to a season ending ACL injury so its certainly possible that the D may struggle with him gone. especially so soon after the injury. his replacement hasnt likely had sufficient time to practice with the rest of the defense.

Kinkaid would be a nice play if Knox is out. as for the storm, if its likely to affect the games I'm a bit surprised the league didnt step in to move them up (or back) a day or two to prevent this from being an issue.

Brandin Cooks was just put on waivers by a guy in my league. I'm thinking about taking him after this weeks game is played. he played week 1 in a game where the Dallas D took that game over early and there was no real need to pass the ball. I noticed him getting open on a few routes when they didnt throw to him. at some point I think he gets those targets. if your leagues value him the way mine does, I think you can get him for almost nothing and I think he can produce in this offense once healthy. further to this, in his week 2 absence, the only WR who got reasonable targets and yards was CeeDee. so it does not look like anyone is stepping up to lay claim to the WR2 job in Dallas. I do think you can probably get him on the cheap and I like him better than anything else on the wire.

the more I look at this the more I actually dont mind it. to start: Puka is Puka. I do think hes a low end WR2 with high upside. might even be a low end WR1 if Kupp wasnt waiting in the wings to take back a lot of his targets. Williams looks like hes locked in as the RB. at this point hes still a bit of an unknown.. he potentially could be a low end RB1 but In trade I'd value him as a low to mid range RB2. Cooper is a low end WR1 these 3 for Ceedee. Spears has value in dynasty but in redraft, I think hes a high end RB3 or low end RB2 unless Henry gets hurt or misses time. he might be better than Kyren Williams in the long term but right now I'd say williams is more valuable Bateman is a throw in. I dont place much value on him. so in redraft I like the deal. Ceedee isnt as proficient at TD as I thought, hes actually more of a yardage guy, and for this reason I think in redraft this deal is good. in keeper/dynasty its not as clear cut but I think I'd still make the deal but Spears has more significant value in future years.

might make it an easier evaluation if we saw your whole team as well as the scoring rules

that is a steep price to pay. unless you have exceptional depth at WR I'd say thats probably a no. you are trading a high value low risk asset for some medium value high risk assets. its possible it does work out for you but historically these kind of deals dont often work out.

it usually does. especially if its a case where some of the early games were against elite defenses. that will skew the early data to make them look worse than they actually are

I have to agree. its hard to bench someone who just had the kind of game he just had. it is also possible that promises were made so at the very least, I'd say its a 1 and 1A type situation. Swift put up some real nice numbers in week 2 against the vikings. Sure he put up better numbers than Gainwell, but Gainwell was against the Pats. a better Defense. I consider them to be a top 5 run defense even though their numbers in terms of yards are just outside of top 5 but the avg yard per carry is within the top 5 and they gave up very few TD last year on the ground. vikings run defense was not very effective at the best of times. so we are not comparing apples to apples. I think it will be a committee.

this is also possible. as a HC sometimes you will step out there and deflect criticism of some of your players.

I am also 2-0 in the league that has the Dallas D

this is an example of why RB depth is so important in fantasy football.

with respect to the receiver spacing thing, there are a couple points 1) if someone is in your face it also hinders your ability to see downfield. from this angle its tough to say if the pass rush had this effect on him (or not) but it could be a factor 2) as a former QB, if I looked at my read and the WR isnt in the spot I think hes supposed to be, i moved on to the next read. no point wasting time looking for the guy. I dont know if that 'spacing' comment was meant to refer to this but its possible. that said, I do not know how they setup their reads based on what the defense is doing, so it makes it difficult to say whether this is the fault of the QB or the WR but I will say for sure, one of them is to blame for this not happening. it is also possible that that was the third or fourth read on the play and the pass rush got to him fairly quickly so it could have been missed for that reason too. certainly the line could have done a better job but it is also possible (and likely) that he needs to get through his progressions faster.

actually there is a reason for that. This is a divisional matchup. my understanding (and someone correct me if I am wrong) points for and against in a division comes into play in the event of a tie in the standings. I believe it is one of the tiebreakers.. so there is an incentive to keeping that spread narrow on conference (and in some cases divisional) games. click on tie breaking procedures on the standings page on the NFL.com site (link below) NFL Tiebreaking Procedures | NFL.com

I was unable to watch. but I'm dying to see some tape. either way, there looks to be a lot of things happening in this offense. Kyren Williams...... is he the real deal? Rams had two relative unknowns who both performed well. Puka Nacua- a guy who the scouting reports said he was high for talent but his team did not have him running a lot of routes on the route tree, so he was a large unknown in terms of how well he would transition to the NFL. was a 4 star recruit in college, so not exactly a nobody. he was well regarded even before he hit college. Tutu Atwell-second round pick in 2021. had a Meh type rookie season. absolutely tiny player. but broke out for a big week 1. thoughts on these guys?

I think you should be sending the F U to the Jets O line who couldnt open up any running lanes for the RB. or to the Dallas D who really was a force in that game

I"m with you. I picked up Kyren off waivers like you did (due to the dobbins injury actually) and so far have been happy with what hes done. I do think there will be a buyer for Akers but given the situation, McVay wont get anywhere close to full market value