DocNiner

Yeah, I got you beat by a couple of years. Started playing fantasy in 1988 when we used the USA TODAY sports page for stays & scoring. And YES, I know injuries happen every year bit it just seems/feels like there,xs more injuries this year than in recent year. So that shows how important it is tk have plenty of depth at all positions in teal football AND fantasy. Since the rash of jnjurirs lately next year I won't be playing in any leagues that don't have some IR spots. Tough to field a lineup with 2,3 or 4 players on your roster injured.

49ers were up by 20 at one point then the Seahawks started to wake up. Shades of here we go again, are the 9ers gonna blow another double digit lead and leave Seattle with a loss. Enter rookie RB Isaac Fuerendo with a 70 plus yard run, capped off with a 'Juice' short td. I'll.admit it was painful watching the 49ers lead dwindle but luckily a couple of rookies helped seal the deal and San Fran finally closed a game out for the win. Now, week 7 we get a Chiefs team.coming off their bye. I can only hope Mahomes continues mediocre play and our defense limits their production. We might stand a chance then. You know we want to avenge the loss to them in the SB so emotions will be flying high and maybe they can take those emoti ok ns to put points on the board and send the Chiefs home wondering what happened.

Advantage Mason. He's been in Shanny's system for a couple of years so there's no learning curve. If he goes off against the Vikes, and I think he does, then there's no reason to rush CMC back. I'd rather him be out multiple weeks to get totally healthy. Calf should be fine but it's the Achilles tendinitis that's concerning. It could pop at any time if not properly treated and given the rest.and conditioning it needs. Thus I have total confidence in Jordan Mason to carry the load for San Fran and have a good game today as evidenced in his #2 rankings for RBs this week. May not get the yardage he had last week but I certainly think it's possible he scores 2 tds. San Francisco 49ers repeat last week's score against the Jets and win 32-19 in what some call.a.Sam.Darnold revenge game. He played well.last week but that was.against less stellar Giants defense. He won't have the same results against the 49ers defense. The kne bright spot I see for the Vikes is Justin Jefferson goes over 100 yards and a score. Aaron Jone had a really good game against the 49ers last year in the playoffs bit it'll be tough sledding for him this week as Fred Warner, Nick Bosa and company will limit Jones' production.

Just before the Monday Night game got the word CMC was inactive so I rushed to the waiver wire and picked up Jordan Mason and put him in my lineup. Did that in 3 leagues with CMC on my roster and he paid dividends.

First I'll.say Michael Wilson is better than Dortch, IMO. QB Murray is healthy. Marvelous Marvin will always draw.double coverage. TE McBride will work the middle and Wilson outside. Wilson will definitely outperform his ADP and will have the 2nd best receiving stats other Cardinals by season's end.

WHY he is replaced by Penix is merely.a.premonition I have had. I'm not a Nostradamus but I have gotten these feelings about other players in the past. Not many but a majority of them have.echoed how I felt about them in their.respective seasons. So to cut to the chase the WHY about Kirk Cousins being replaced is.because of an injury. Now.mind you I NEVER want to see.an NFL player get injured but this year I've felt pretty strong about the Cousins situation. First,.he's getting older.and skills will sometimes diminish. I don't.think Cousins skills have diminished greatly as indicated by the last couple of years he's.been a fairly productive NFL and FANTASY.player. My concern for him is his health. He tore his AXHILLES TENDON late in the 2023 season. Yes I'm sure he's done all the rehab given to him correctly and has done all he can to strengthen that tendon. It is something.that can cause problems for a player because of all the strain that's put on it. While I sincerely hope nothing happens to him I just dkn't feel he'll be able to make it through the season in large part because of the injury he suffered to his Achilles Tendon. And I say this because other NFL pundits and prognosticators have lowered Cousins ranking for QBs. Also,.my feeling is.that he's.putting a lot of unnecessary pressure on himself by trying to turn this franchise around and make them contenders in the NFC. He's going to lose sight of his previous injury and.play like it never happened.and thus by doing that it is going to cause an injury that.could out himself on the sideline for an extended period of time. Atlant IS leery of Cousins injury by the drafting of Michael Penix at puck #8 in this years.draft. As.I.said I never want to see a player get injured but I'm afraid that may be the case this year with Lirk Cousins. Penix comes in.to replace him.just before the middle of the season.and leaving C I using on the bench dealing with his injury for the remainder of the season. While I've been a little lengthy with my explanation of WHY.about Cousins just don't be surprised that the very productive QB ends up unable to finish.the 2024.season.

The list is fine. Just a few I'd move around. Kittle to #6 and Ferguson to #8. I'd bump TE Engram out of the top 10 and put in rookie TE Brock Bowers. He's just.too talented to get a ton of targets. Bowers will.finish in the top 10 for TEs.

#1- QB Michael Penix replaces Kirk Cousins after week 5. Won't say why but this is a bold prediction. #2- WR Michael Wilson leads all Arizona receivers in yards and tds. Even with Marvelous Marvin Harrison on the team to probably always draw double coverage that will leave the door open for Wilson to have an excellant sophomore season. He's clearly the 3rd option but that won't hinder him leading the team. Very bold. #3-RB Zamir White- with Jacobs gone and not much behind him Zamir will put up very good numbers both rushing and receiving. He'll finish in the top 10 for RBs this year. Mini-bold.

While it is concerning about these guys holding out/in, Lamb, Chase and Aiyuk I'm not worried about them too much. If they're really good pros they'll know the importance of physically getting and staying in shape until their contracts come to a resolution. Granted it's not football shape of being in game like situations and getting hit. I'd say for WRs it does pose some risk of having a hamstring issue early in the season. Lamb and Chase are still elite and I'll draft them accordingly yet still being aware of possible soft tissue injury. So it's imperative you draft good WRs to fill your team.and being.prepared in the event you stud WR goes down with an injury. Of you completely overlook them.and don't draft them you could be kicking yourself in the butt for not going ahead and adding them to your roster.

Un-frigging -believable. The behind the back pass to Kelce yesterday was insane. People will be watching during the regular season to see when Mahomes tries it again. Certainly won't be done in close games but if they're in a blowout we.could possibly see Mahomies try it again. It was a small gain and a little low and behind Kelce but heck it gave the fans a WOW play.

Yeah, since we dkn't.mnow yet what's the severity of Gibbs hammy .I'm not avoiding him but definitely.dropping him down some in my rankings. Thus,.David Montgomery.gets a nice boost in the rankings. SO if you draft Gibbs you MUST get Montgomery too. Other players I'm looking to avoid are.... RB Aaron Jones- yeah he's still talented I think age is catching up to him. He didn't really have a good 2023 until the playoffs. New team and not sure if he'll stay healthy. WR Stefon Diggs- with Nico Collins and Tank Dell there Diggs won't.have the production he had in Buffalo. Waiting to see how long it takes for his.attitude to emerge.and cause.problems in the locker room. I'd be drafting Collins and Dell ahead of him. ANY GREEN BAY PACKERS WR's- too many guys.there that can have decent numbers but no clear cut #1 guy. Love has too many options to throw to so if I get any WRs it'd probably be Watson who seems to have improved his hammy.situation. He'd still only be my #3 or #4 guy. COMMANDERS RBs- They have Brian Robinson and Austin Ekeler. By themselves they.could put up decent numbers but it could turn out to be a 50/50 split for the both of them.and you can't count on that for your rb group.

I would take Taylor at 10 even with the threat of Richardson hogging some carries. A drawback to with Taylor is Richardson could steal a lot of.goallime tds thus.devaluing.Taylor. All.the backs listed.have some question marks. I.don't see Kyren Williams having the numbers he had last year. He's.been a little gimpy here lately and they drafted Blake Corum this year. He's a back that can handle a lot of carries and I see the Rams reducing Williams touches to try to keep him healthy. Even though all the backs listed have question marks I'd still take Taylor and he should be a lock for top 10 rb. Depending on what WRs are available at 10 you might want to take one of them and then take whichever RB is there at the turn. Possibly Barkley could be there for you in the 2nd and definitely Henry.

I think he represents better value at his current ADP. As stated the Texans O-line will be better than Cincy's. He's probably not gonna face.many 8 in the box.given the receiving corps the Texans have with Diggs,Collins and Dell. Defense are.gonna be more worried about them than the run game game so there should be some good holes for Mixon to run through. He won't get a ton of passes his way but enough that.he can do.somethjng with them. Overall I think he'll have a lot better production this year with the Texans than he had last year with the Bengals. Plus he's not old for an.RB yet.

I agree that Mixon and Stroud are the guys you want from the Texans. Too much going on in the WR group for me in terms of value. I'm.also.drinking the koolaid on the Texans defense.

San Fran has stated emphatically that they were not going to trade him. I don't think the 49ers get back to the superbowl if they trade him. Yes, I agree that Aiyuk is making a big mistake asking to be traded. He has said that he wants to go the Commanders or Pittsburgh. Lynch and Shanahan are NOT gonna give him to one of the 2 teams he wants to go to. In the event that they do somehow trade I think the most likely scenario would be they send to to the New England Patriots and see how much he likes it there. Plus the Patriots have the most cap space and could afford to trade for him. Aiyuk should realize that the grass is not always greener kn the other side. Still I think he's worth 30 mil but he wants more. I don't think the 49ers want to pay that much but they should because he is a big reason the 49ers are as good as they are. San Fran will also not trade him to a team they think could go deep in the playoffs. I still say the likely place for him is in New England. I hope he gets that bag and stays in San Fran but this saga is not yet over.