Ray_T

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....

I think the Cincy D isnt all that great. so Rodgers will put up some points. I also think Flacco is good enough to also put up some points and that may force him into a bigger game than he'd normally get. I could see Rodgers getting 280-300 yards and a couple TD. Possibly 3 if things go right.

possible. or the guy dropping him was hot on his heels in the standings. (he said he was 4-0) either way, not my clowns and not my circus. its not really my concern what kind of stake he had in the situation. we were asked to give an opinion and everyone mostly agreed except for him. no surprise really. sometimes people see and hear what they want to see and hear. That doesnt make it right.

you gotta do what you feel is right. and sometimes when you explain things its hard to fully capture the situation when typing out an explanation. perhaps we misunderstood you. but normally when I see a big name player on waivers (and it has happened a couple of times) my first thought is.... this has to be a mistake. then buddy says it was a mistake and commish puts him back on his roster. I do think thats the right thing to do. if a guy like Lamar goes on waivers, whoever gets him is admittedly getting a big boost and that sort of thing also upsets the integrity of the league. so I dont know what you want the commish to do. I think he did the right thing. if I misunderstood your explanation, thats fine. but I dont think the action on the part of the commish was wrong. but it is your money. so do as you please.

even if they make Rico the starter, Hubbard will have value. enough teams are needy at RB I could see one of them making an offer for either him or Rico. Carolina has a lot of holes in their lineup still so I'm sure they'd be interested if they can fill one or two of those....... Hubbard will start somewhere. Even if its not Carolina.

it was. its pure market dynamics. a considerable amount of the labor that was used to harvest food was illegal. when those people leave (regardless of the reason they leave) there are consequences: 1) the supply of labor goes down, but the demand for labor remains the same. so wages do go up. and some places paid less than minimum wage to these workers which allows them to be uber competitive in the market due to cheap labour. 2) so we remove the cheap labor and replace it with more expensive labor who (in the short term at least) will not be as productive. it always takes a cerain amount of time for a new employee to become good at their job. this is no exception. so in the short term, the work wont be as good, or as fast. so farmers, food companies etc. will all feel the pinch financially which results in higher food costs for you, the consumer. for the record, I dont actually take issue with this. the exploitation of illegal labor at less than market rates has made this sector of the economy profitable even at low food prices. its not anymore. so the cost to produce will go up and prices will go up its that simple. Take the politics out of it and it is purely a supply and demand story. the problem with the food companies is it doesnt seem that a lot of americans actually want these jobs. I guess thats the rub. in the short term, the easier result was to allow it to happen, and this has been happening since the '70's or likely even before that. but in the end, I'd guess the cost of labor for most of these companies has likely gone up by at least 10% (probably more) and with this type of industry, at least half of your costs are labor. so anyone trivializing the increase in the price of food isnt living in the real world. in some cases, the company will absorb some of the cost increases and will face a loss in profitability. some may even go out of business.... but in most cases the cost increase will be passed on to the consumer. This is just the way business operates.

I know there have always been miltary bases in the northern half of the US. thats been the case since longer than I have likely been alive. have you gone all conspiracy theory on us now? canada has miltiary bases within 100 miles of the US border too. I hope you dont think the invasion is on? come on guys. if you are gonna send an @ in my direction please have your comment fair and reasonable or just dont send it my way. thanks. (I prefer the latter.... I think I'm done with this conversation)