Ray_T

he started Mahomes. the whole WR group affects his production

15 minutes of action in a 3 hour game? how can you say its boring? oh yeah..... never mind....

yeah I used him once already. funny I thought the giants should be a good matchup but using the fftoday points against by position tool apparently the Giants are pretty good at defending the TE. I'm not sure its actually a good defending thing..... I'm guessing its more a case of the WR are open all the time so why throw to a TE hahaha

yeah it was a group effort in more ways than this. nearly every one of them had a brutal drop. I am not complaining. it allowed me to win a fantasy game I probably should have lost but the Chiefs WR group has been absolutely brutal for dropped passes.

come this time of year there is always the chance for a bad weather game. when that happens the run game becomes a bit more of a priority. not saying to expect huge numbers but maybe a bit more than what we have seen so far.

and Jeudy has had a handful of brutal drops.

I would be interested in seeing how quickly they get flacco on the field (or if they do it at all) I know hes not a high end QB but hes always been a solid game manager. if they think their defense is Top end, all they really truly need is a QB who is good enough to be average and not turn the ball over. That is the QB he is.. average to above average occasionally he will put up a big week but thats not very often. occasionally (usually once a year) Flacco will put up a stinker of a game against a top Defense. that's the guy he is. hes one of those QB's who is a better actual QB than he is a Fantasy QB.

I dont think its a hard cap. its a luxury tax. sure it does to some degree limit spending of the top teams, but if the cap only truly affects a small percentage of the teams, then its not going to be very effective. you need at least 1/4 to 1/3 of the teams feeling they need to get rid of players when the salary is too high. Thats when you see parity in the league. at that point almost any well coached and managed team who can do a good job of drafting and developing talent should have a decent shot at winning the world series at some point. if you look at the salary structure there likely are only 2 or 3 teams that actually spend to the cap (though I have not looked recently so correct me if I am wrong) that wont fix anything.

that is the purpose. the League wants parity. That means that teams close to the cap who spend their money stupidly inevitably get punished in the end for the irresponsible signing. and powerhouse teams can only stay together for so long. so your dynasties are not as long lasting unless the team makes some real good moves to stay on top. Even then..... not totally likely

we are 2/3 of the way through the season how is your team doing? what has been your biggest surprise? for me, my team is 9-1. I am in first place. it is a 12 team, 2 QB league (similar to superflex but you have to flex out your second QB) I'm amazed and surprised that i am 9-1. Season started with a win and one of my starting RB (Dobbins) got hurt. I promptly went onto the wire paid some FAAB and got Kyren Williams then I chugged along until Kyren williams got hurt. then after a couple more wins I had a nightmare week. Kirk Cousins went down and my backup QB ryan Tannehill went down as did my starting TE (waller). I managed to pick up Heinecke and win a couple games with smoke, mirrors good pickups and some good fortune in having opponents have bye weeks. I'll be honest this does not feel like a 9-1 team. it feels more like a 6-3 team but I am not complaining I did end up having to trade Kyren williams yesterday to get another starting QB. funny thing... nobody wants to help the guy who is 9-1. It was an overpay but one I needed to make If I wanted any hope of winning a championship. things could be worse. given the number of injuries, I should probaby be out of the playoff picture..... but given injuries my 9-1 record matters little. I doubt I'll have the staying power for the playoffs.

well, rookies who show a breakout in garbage time are always dicey plays the next week. he didnt look bad but it may be a few more games until he proves himself to a point where the team wants to start him.

I guess it doesnt matter what the reason was, but I dont disagree with you. it was not a smart move

well, it is the Browns. what were you expecting? dont get me wrong, I know why they did it. there were whispers from some who thought Dobbs should start instead of Watson. the numbers suggested it but that would imply that management made a bad call in signing Watson. it would be a QB controversy and I'm sure management didnt want to put this situation under a microscope. it would highlight their incompetence.

probably so would hopkins.

hes special. I have never known anyone that can go in and play (and be productive) that quickly after joining a team. I honestly think he may be a unique talent.

I do agree, as the backup, you should prepare as if you are going to play. but some players need time to mentally prepare for being in there. its always tough when you go in without a lot of time to get ready.

possible. a couple fumbles from your lead back in a game could mean hes headed to the bench. I think the main reason teams didnt sign fournette is the injury. there were likely durability concerns. sometimes the lisfranc can become somewhat degenerative depending on what part of the lisfranc was actually damaged (it can be tendon, nerve, bone and I think one or two other things that all run through that area and when one part gets damaged the rest doesnt work the way it should) but this late in the season they are likely betting durability isnt as much of an issue.

I think this just goes to show some QB's are not necessarily suitable to all offensive systems. That said, the Defense needs to take a certain amount of responsibility for this last loss. they needed to stop the offense late in the game and they didnt. Though I will say the Defense looked a lot better than the offense did overall. sometimes a defense gives up yards at the end of the game because they are tired from spending so much time on the field. This may be the case here. Early in the game that Defense was pretty stout.

Agreed. nothing you can do. but this is one of the risks with signing an older player to a long term contract like what they gave him. sometimes they hit a certain age and suddenly injury prone. This seems to especially be the case with running QB's who (for the most part) seem to be done by the age of 30.

Dobbs is likely matchup dependant but I'd want him rostered.

hes in a better offense. I'm not surprised. but what has surprised me is how quickly he did it. He basically learned the playbook in 2 weeks and has been productive enough to win a game less than 1 week after being traded to the team. That is absolutely nuts! Most QB's take most of the preseason to learn the playbook and some dont even learn it all at that point. this guy is a gamer. I'm buying in wherever I can (though it is likely too late)

hes good enough. But there is a difference between being a good actual QB and a good Fantasy QB. Tim Teebow (when he was in Denver) was a great fantasy QB but not a good actual QB. maybe Lawrence is a good actual QB who doesnt put up huge fantasy numbers.... tough to say for sure. All I know is last weeks numbers were not encouraging.

probably a fair bet. Though Knox is good enough that he may cut into some of Kincaid's targets. its even possible that the presence of 2 TE's may make neither an exceptionally compelling play. But I do like what Kincaid has shown in this brief audition. I dont honestly anticipate a huge dropoff. maybe one less target per game or something of the like.

well, I was never sure about Ridley. Honestly I dont think hes a true #1 WR. and maybe that was part of the problem. he was miscast and then when you play a guy whos not a #1 WR and use him as such, everything in your offense doesnt work quite the way you want it to.

well, I guess that depends on how you define blue chipper..... but I'd say at the very least he should remain rostered until we have news that suggests otherwise. it is possible this turns into a TE by committee thing. but I wouldnt bet on that at this point. if you own Kinkaid, dont drop him (unless you are in my league.... I need a TE)