Ray_T

I think hes good for 18 fantasy points per game in that offense. there is 20+ point upside if the matchup is good, but thats expecting a lot. either way, my 12 team superflex league doesnt have enough QB for everyone to have a backup, so I think the upside is better for me to pickup Flacco and trade one of my other QB for the RB that I need. given the QB situation, Im pretty sure I can get a decent RB for one of my QB and then run with Flacco as my #3 QB

well, I'll be bidding as he would make a perfectly fine #3 QB once he learns the offense. but that likely takes at least 1-2 weeks. it would be irresponsible to start him this week. though I"ve seen teams do that sort of thing

well, I'm in a superflex, and even scrub QB are going for $10 to $15 this year due to all the injuries. I'm actually good at QB but have a greater need at RB. I was thinking if I could get Flacco, I could unload one of my other QB to a QB starved team to get access to a RB for myself.

This is big news Flacco throws a good deep ball. but the line is still crappy in Cincy so if he has to hold the ball longer than typical, hes taking a sack or throwing an INT. but he will be serviceable once he learns that offense. now the important question: how much to bid in FAAB dollars?

I suppose if you had him in the lineup for that big game, you at least were happy for this week.

that doesnt make the promise any less stupid. Though admittedly being elected as a lame duck president he likely didnt care. Legally hes not allowed to run again. so maybe make whatever promise you want I suppose. but in the end history will judge him as either being a man of his word (or not)

sure. but the clown show of Manziel is different from the circus that is Shedeur. I thin Shedeur needs to be the center of attention and needs to be tweeting and doing all that. Manziel was just plain crazy. partly due to the drug habit I'm sure. some of the harder drugs (if used enough) have a side effect of making the user bi-polar. and the Withdrawal symptoms when they quit (or cut down) can make a person quite miserable. either way Shedeur has the ability to fix his situation. but likely he needs a good kick in his complacency first. I would have hoped that being drafted in round 5 would have given him that Kick, but clearly it wasnt enough. Either way, Gabriel has performed decently in his first start. one or two more of these and I anticipate Shedeur will act up, request a trade or something of the like. If I were his agent I'd be on the phone telling him to keep his head down and stay out of the media and stop tweeting stuff. This is one of the potential problems with a privileged upbringing. Some people are ok with it but some with this type of upbringing seem to grow up thinking the most important thing in the world is themselves. Those people often dont become good team players and Shedeur may be one of those. dude needs some humble pie and then, if he can re invent himself hes got a chance. but I honestly dont know if he has that in him. he doesnt seem like a bad person per se. I think he mostly just needs to grow up. So there is a chance he can salvage his career. but the guy needs to learn not to act out in the media. That stuff gets you noticed and I'm sure lots of the teams who passed on him are just looking at that and thinking.... that confirms we made the right choice. not good if Shedeur wants to get traded at some point for a second chance.

Blame or no blame, it sounds like both parties have to agree to play nice in the sandbox. but I kind of get the impression that Trump likes to strongarm people into doing what HE wants even when he could probably get it by just asking nicely. so I get why the animosity is there. in some cases its not what hes doing that makes everyone mad. Its how he is doing it as well. at least... from an outsiders perspective, thats how it looks. and clearly the Democrats are not going to give Trump a blank Check to do whatever he wants in whatever manner he chooses, so I suspect they are asking for certain things to be written into the legislation that Trump (or the republicans) dont like. at some point both sides will have to soften their stance on this but it may take some time. it sounds to me like neither side wants to give in. Thats bad news. you know who pays for that? You guys. either way, I've said more than enough. Probably said too much. Hopefully they get this sorted. with no government services things will get bad soon enough.

ok I assumed you just needed a majority. That was what the media was all about when they said they had gained the majority. In Canada if you have a majority, you can more or less do what you want as a government. with Less than a majority, the ruling party has to cooperate with at another party that would give them more than 50% of the seats in order to pass legislation. I assumed this was the case in the US as well. I guess that would explain why this made no sense to me. Thank you for clearing this up. but at the same time, why on earth would they make 60% the rule? that would make it next to impossible for a government to get anything done. either way, not my circus and not my clowns. at least I understand it a little better now. Thank you for that.

Well, most WR coming back from ACL surgery in their first year back are a shadow of their former selves for most (if not all) of the year. Diggs hasnt been as good, but hes actually had good moments. which is more than I can say for most WR coming back from ACL surgery. apparently hes having a great night tonight.

so shouldnt the Republicans (who have a majority) be able to vote on a new one then? This seems rather idiotic. Like I said, maybe my understanding of the US political system is impairing my understanding of this situation. but as an outsider some of the arguments here seem very counter intuitive and go completely against all logic and reason.

There is no doubt that people are being protected by the government. and likely people in both parties are implicated. I find it odd that Trump would campain saying he would open the files if he were actually one of the people in them. Though I will admit, if he was one of those implicated its an incredibly stupid campaign promise to make. At some point those wanting the files opened would demand it be done and hed be cornered with nowhere to go (politically) That said, I've seen dumber things than that happen so maybe I shouldnt be shocked in all of this. one thing I will say: There is no doubt someone is being protected by the Republican Party in all of this. Just like someone was being protected by the Democratic party before this. Basically all politicians are scum bags and you shouldnt trust any of them any more than you have to.

as a Canadian I find this confusing. Maybe I'm not fully understanding the US system.......if the Republicans have a majority in both houses is it not them who decides whether there is a shutdown or not? if this is the case, how can you be blaming the Democrats? They dont have the votes to force a shutdown unless some republicans cross the floor. Even then Quite a few would need to cross the floor to make this happen. is that not correct? maybe there is something in US politics I'm not understanding so if there is, someone let me know. it seems really odd given this situation (republican Majority) that people are blaming the Democrats. I would think that the republicans are choosing to do this deliberately, or they are fighting among themselves and some are colluding with the democrats to force a shutdown. either way, if looking at the vote count, which members of the government voted for the shutdown. that should tell you who to blame should it not?

yep that will land you in the doghouse. fumbles as a general rule are the most likely reason a reasonably productive RB gets to see the bench.

I seem to recall that they consult the teams playing in europe with respect to the scheduling. if they dont have a bye, it was likely their preference as Jrokh mentioned. if they felt they were getting the short end of the stick they likely would have made a big deal of it. so the fact they are silent should say it all.

that is the way these things go sometimes haha. and these players tend to be the worst ones. they will tantalize you with a nice performance every few games... just enough to stay on your roster but not enough to help you.

well, I told you all not to draft him as the first TE off the board. I figured hed be top 10 but not top 3 and probably not top 5. but hes done (so far) a lot worse than I could have ever predicted. but as I said before the season began, Pete Carroll does a lot of things well as a coach. Getting production out of the TE position has not historically been one of them

not comparing apples to apples. Manziel was a gong show just like him in some respects (sideshow) but Manziel was also a drug addict who partied like mad. I believe Manziel's sideshow was due to drugs Sheduer''s is because hes a spoiled brat who needs to grow up. so very different in that respect. (unless he has a drug habit we are not aware of)

Daniel Jones has by far the best matchup. Daniels is the best QB when fully healthy but coming off injury he may not be fully healthy and against a good D like the Chargers doesnt feel like a start. Bills defense should be good enough to win the battle vs maye. so I'd pick Daniel Jones (wow, if you gave me a choice like this a year ago I NEVER would have said anything like this.... funny how things can change in a year)

Tough call as McLauren and Franklin are good to a point where Neither should be on the wire, but McLauren is by far the more proven commodity. the only reason you keep Franklin is if you need a WR who can play now. it looks like Mclauren is week to week but I suspect at least 2 weeks. possibly 3 or 4

he was ok in week 1 and 2. I heard he was dinged up in week 3 + 4 but not bad enough to sit him out I suspect the injury (whatever it is) is affecting him to a point where hes just not producing at the level he needs to be. If I owned him I'd bench him but I wouldnt drop him. There is time for a turnaround.

wouldnt matter if we were. Browns coaches are not all that into him. and that is what matters. Take a seat Shedeur. Keep working hard. Team is gonna make you earn your starting job. They are not gonna give it to you. This might be one of the few moves the browns have made recently that I agree with.

Hes doing better than I expected. Hes on the wrong side of the age 30 He had an ACL Tear in week 8. thats usually more than 12 months to recover from and usually up to 18 months. I avoided because at this age, that injury can often be a career killer and because if you do recover, its usually not in less than 12 months even if you're young.

fixed that for ya.