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I think you gotta go Lynch there. Taylor's floor is somewhere like 4 carries for 15 yards, 3 catches for 15 yards. Lynch's floor is basically 15 carries and even 3ypc he gets you 4.5 pts that way, plus he catches the ball some too. Taylor's upside is limited even with the matchup. And Lynch has a more reliable chance to get his average performance or better than Taylor does to surpass Lynch's average performances. Both games will be in domes, so weather isn't a factor (Remember, Buffalo's hosting from the Rogers Centre in Toronto this week...)

Don't forget, Buffalo hosts Miami in Toronto inside a dome this week. A dome with turf. Also, everyone remember to factor in wind...and in the case of Pittsburgh, who knows what frozen chunks of sod could trip up those players.

Week 13 (1st week of 2 week cumulative matchup - 4 team playoff, 12 team ppr) QB - Cutler RB - Peterson RB - McGahee (ouch) WR - Andre Johnson WR - Steve Smith (CAR) WR - Lee Evans TE - Zach Miller K - Nick Folk DST - Titans Week 14 (with 30 pt cushion) QB - Cutler RB - Peterson RB - Chester Taylor WR - Andre Johnson WR - Steve Smith (CAR) WR - Lee Evans TE - Zach Miller K - Carney (or Folk if NYG goes with Tynes) DST - Titans (with special Ken Dorsey action!)

Well I'm kind of stuck...For a long time my RB2 was Earnest Graham, but with his injury it put me in an odd spot going into the playoffs. Here are my RBs 1) Peterson after that it gets pretty nasty Willis McGahee Jamaal Charles Brandon Jackson Tashard Choice Chester Taylor Maurice Morris JJ Arrington Ray Rice So this week...unless Grant is out...I don't know that I have a choice but to go with Chester Taylor, ESPECIALLY against Detroit. It's a ppr league so those 4 dumpoff screens plus yardage plus 5-10 touches spelling ADP is good enough for me to just get some points. We're in week 2 of our playoff matchups (Seed 1 vs. Seed 4, Seed 2 vs 3 with total points from week 13 and 14 added to name a winner) and I have a 30 pt cushion, so I just want to get some points to avoid a zero. And Chester Taylor gets me safe points with some upside, so I would only say that MJD and Lewis are more name guys , but matchup and strategy wise, I think Taylor's a good play this week in your situation (and mine).

I'm in the same boat. I have an option to keep Westbrook in the lineup, then if it turns out he's a scratch or there's word he'll be limited, I can plug in Mendenhall to fill in and at least get some points. But I also have Deangelo Williams and his nice matchup. Last week he got 13 touches to 7 over Stewart, but yes, didn't get the goal line work. He does have upside to break a big play, and will be more likely to be in on third downs so maybe some dump offs... I'm stuck too. I've got both McFadden/Michael Bush so I can use either of those in an above average matchup (just in case McFadden can't go). I guess the upside of Williams wins out over the chance of a ZERO from Westbrook if he is a late scratch. Too bad the Eagles don't have a 1pm game... If Westbrook doesn't practice tomorrow, I'm checking the Philly papers to get their sense of it...and if I have the feeling he might be limited, I'd go with Deangelo.

Alright, I'm a Westbrook owner who didn't get the winning bid on Buckhalter this week (not terribly worried - not a Buckhalter fan). Here's my lineup as it is now QB Cutler WR Andre Johnson WR Steve Smith (CAR) WR Laveranues Coles TE Heath Miller K Matt Prater DST Titans PPR, .1 per rush/rec yard, 6pt all TD, .04 per pass yard Here's my stable of running backs RB Westbrook RB McFadden RB Deangelo Williams RB Pierre Thomas RB Rashard Mendenhall RB Michael Bush RB TJ Duckett As it is now, I have Westbrook and McFadden penciled in. Keeping an eye on tomorrow's practice reports, I can sneak in Bush for McFadden if he's a no go. I kind of like that matchup with San Diego, but my concern is with Westbrook. My plan is if Westbrook doesn't practice tomorrow and I can't sneak in a trade for a Matt Forte or some such, I'll put Deangelo in vs. Atlanta, but if I get a feeling Westbrook will play fully, I'll keep him in there, with Mendenhall as a backup plan since he plays Monday. I keep seeing columnists talk up Pierre Thomas, but I just can't trust him since he doesn't get yardage hardly at all. Anyway, what are you Westbrook owners looking at? Anyone got Deangelo in their starting lineup without concern (ie Stewart taking TDs)?

So I'm set up in a WCOFF Super Satellite ( rules right here ) that is set to draft Saturday the 23rd, but there are still 14 spots each to fill for a 2pm ET session and a 6pm ET session. As soon as a session gets filled, they set draft orders, so mostly I'm trying to see if I can help set up awareness and get it filled up to facilitate that procedure. So you can register right here should you be interested. $350 entry payouts as described in the rules 1 QB 2 RB 3 WR 1 flex (RB/WR/TE) 1 K 1 DST Standard scoring but 4pts for QB TDs.

At this point, being preseason, I'd draft Taylor before Jones. I have a feeling though, around week 5 I'll rather have Jones. After two years of RBBC in Jacksonville, and Taylor performing solidly...I have a better sense of how Taylor will be utilized and what production to expect. Jones, splitting with Morris (and being outran in their first game), is more of an uncertainty, though with more upside. Jones is the higher risk, but possibly higher reward, as he can produce enough to get to a 75/25 split with Morris, while Taylor's production is mostly capped by MJD.

And he is now officially on everyone's radar. Though my main draft isn't for 2 weeks, so perhaps they'll forget ... But I agree...expecting a solid rookie year from CJ.

I'm considering it...typically, offenses do better on short weeks in the season since the D has less time to prepare. Joey Harrington about had a career day last year on Thanksgiving...so it's possible for anyone to blow up. That said...I'm considering Kurt Warner over Peyton. I have Boldin as my WR2, and I'm in a must win this week for the last playoff spot so I need points, and any double up TD from Warner to Boldin would be nice to get. My opponent has Wayne, so I don't gain a lot of ground, in fact since it's PPR I have to count on Dallas Clark and Gonzalez to put up some yards and points, or I'm actually going to be behind Wayne's production and Manning's output is somewhat capped. I see them having a similar chance to get 220/2TD, but Warner has the upside of throwing to two healthy WRs (well Boldin's functionally healthy at least). Also he could pull out another 3-4 TD game, while I think the Colts may try to run it a lot since the DTs on Atlanta are all missing. And the double TD points for Boldin/Warner would help a lot. Considering it...haven't decided yet. I'll probably stick with Manning,but....just seems to me if I want to play to win, start Warner, play not to lose, play Manning.

I think he might have a shot at maybe making a team's 4th string WR corps, but that's about it. For this season, I think he's done. Age + 2 knee surgeries before the year + not even full speed work yet = nice knowin' ya Terry.

My thoughts exactly... Indy 38, KC 7...the Chiefs bite. Hard.

I hit "Top Lineup" in my sportsline league and let that be my gut. It projects Marvin Harrison for 8 pts this week! YAY!

Yeah, I am on the same "Ricky's a non-factor" train. It'll take him a week or two at least to get into game shape and get his timing, and that's just to get to his ceiling which is significantly lower than when he was a legit NFL running back. I'd rather have another WR, a backup sleeper QB, or well, any other RB, more or less.

Not to mention Brody Croyle is not NFL-ready, the KC line is still figuring out what they need to be doing, and Priest Holmes is supposedly going to get 10 more touches than they'd originally planned. I think Herm is a little uncertain about his passing game. Another reason I won't start Bowe this week --- he's not on my team.

I've flip-flopped back and forth between if I'm starting Clayton or Crayton at WR3 this week. Seems every five hours I change my mind...I'm in the hunt for a playoff spot and really need a win, so I can't afford another 0 from Crayton, but who knows what Baltimore will be able to do. My factors in support of Clayton are: 1) He seems to finally be healthy 2) He's seen an increase in targets recently 3) 8 for 107 last week 4) Demetrius Williams out 5) Matchup vs. Cleveland Compared to Crayton, I think he has a lesser chance of putting up a 0, but slightly less big game upside. Crayton's pros: 1) Dallas offense 2) Romo 3) see 1 & 2 4) Washington is beat to hell 5) He's put up 30+ pt fantasy games before...but also zeros (though those were both on grass fields this year). Right now I have Crayton in. But Clayton is a good sneaky play this week that a lot of casual players ...well wouldn't have on their rosters unless they hadn't dropped him about week 3 after drafting him.

Nope...I'd play Boldin over all of those, with a slight consideration of Hackett. I'd have to see Branch finish a game after all 4 quarters before I'd feel comfortable starting him over a low-1 high-2 caliber WR like Boldin. Especially if you start 3 wide.

I'm starting Clayton this week as my WR3 over Patrick Crayton and Bobby Engram. The factors in that decision are as follows: 1) Finally healthy 2) Increase in targets 3) Increase in production 4) Great matchup 5) Kyle Boller 6) Demetrius Williams ruled out for Sunday While Boller's a pretty bad QB for real football, in fantasy, he should be good for 200, and vs. Cleveland, probably a bit higher than that even. So I'm looking for Clayton to have a good game. I think he's a safer play to get some points (of the 4 for 40yds variety) than Crayton, but has more upside than Engram, so he's again, a hybrid between those two just as he's a hybrid of Mason/Williams.

Starting Chester (alongside Parker vs. Jets...very happy about these matchups) over Jacobs @ DET and Fargas vs. Min. I'm very much settled on this decision, and it would take an injury setback for me to sit Taylor...at least this week. Traded for Jacobs and stumbled into Fargas taking over with a good matchup, and this week, after stashing Taylor away for weeks, I'm again benching my newest acquisition in favor of another RB. Crazy. But should be effective for these two unusual weeks.

I'd go for it. Bowe is an iffy WR3, and while Brees looks to be set to explode, Bulger's still a top tier QB when healthy, plus with Holt, you get the opportunity for double points on tds if your league scores that way. Brees>(slightly) Bulger Bowe<<<Holt (especially with how that Chiefs offense is turning out...it's just gonna be ugly)

Here's the team, 12-team league, QB/2RB/3WR listing my current starters as of right now: QB- Peyton RB-FWP RB-Chester Taylor WR1: Torry Holt WR2: Anquan Boldin and my dilemma comes with that pesky WR3 spot. Our league does 6pt TDs, 1 PPR, .1 pt per yard rush/rec. and I have to choose from the following Mark Clayton vs. Cleveland Bobby Engram vs. Chicago Patrick Crayton vs. Washington Ike Hilliard @ Atlanta In that order of preference. My breakdown is as follows: Clayton: Came on big in the 2nd half last year, and now has Boller throwing to him, so he might be able to go deep more often, giving him some good upside. He's coming off of an 8 catch 100 yard game and seems to be healthy, and he's going against Cleveland which is last in FFpts against to WR last I checked. But it's still...just Mark Clayton. Engram: The safe play, but with limited upside, especially with Hackett playing extremely well and Deion Branch coming back. I'd project Engram to max out at 7/70 this week with an outside shot at a TD, but more along the 5/45 range, which, while it isn't bad, it's not great either. They play Chicago, who isn't stellar any more defensively, and Hasselbeck is primed for a pretty big 2nd half, by my book. Patrick Crayton: Got on the board last week, and still has Tony Romo throwing to him. A nice stat: All but 2 of his catches came on artificial surfaces this year, and all but 19 yards the same way. He's at home on...artificial turf. (In fact his 0s this year were both on grass) He's against Washington, but they're somewhat banged up right now, but they still give up stingy numbers to WRs, especially 2nd WR options on teams. If he'd had a couple of low scoring days instead of his zeros (like 3/23 even) I'd probably have him penciled in to start, but that zero in week 9 cost me a win and I'm weary of putting him back in until he gives me two games in a row. Ike Hilliard: Chance I'll start him: 1% His numbers are very similar in catches, targets and yardage to Driver, who I'd start in this WR3 spot easily with no worries, but ...it's still Ike Hilliard, and Jeff Garcia seems to be cooling off from his big first half. Although, Hilliard does have more plays from scrimmage than Joey Galloway, who I'd also start at WR3 if I had him... My other 2 WR options are Marvin Harrison, who is a hope and pray he gets healthy soon so I can use him for the playoffs (if I make it...still need some help there) and Vincent Jackson, who's dead in my eyes. So I'm wondering if anyone has some input or another angle I may be overlooking to help me make the call. And for wading through my novella of my lineup question, I'll answer yours, just post a link. Thanks, and don't stop believin'

Romo is a surefire must start the rest of the way, so Kitna for Fargas is a good deal. Any additional RB depth is always a good thing. I had Fargas stashed away weeks ago and he got me a good start last week, and had Chester Taylor buried deep on my roster for the last 6 weeks, and now that depth is going to pay off as well, so for a QB you weren't gonna start anyway, yeah, that's a solid deal. Did you only pick up one and drop two? Or were there other players you'd picked up and you just didn't list them? At any rate, getting Chris Henry now is a good pickup, especially for dropping the Raiders when you can put the Giants out there every week or put in Indy if the matchup is good. I don't think you have a headache, but you'll want to consult the numbers and see which matchups are best for your flex guys with no clear standout for that position. I'd lean towards Fargas as a nice flex unless a solid WR matchup presents itself or Henry shows he's able to go full speed right away.

While he's not the most glamorous pick, and there's a lot of risk to it, if you look at the Bills remaining schedule here--> http://www.fftoday.com/stats/fantasystats.php?o=3 So while Warner is a good upgrade...those matchups for Losman/Evans are pretty tasty. Plus there's the chance that Warner re-aggravates his injuries (and I guess Losman too but he's got less of a track record). And looking at the RBs I would take Jacobs 10 out of 10 times over Maroney. So I'd say pass on the deal. Tempting as Warner is... Here's mine, if you're interested in offering input... http://www.fftodayforums.com/forum/index.p...howtopic=302025

I would go for it. You still have Bulger, who you can alternate with Eli to play matchups, and Warner could be good for a spot start if you need him to. Kevin Jones and the Lions have a pretty difficult schedule, and while he can get PPR points, they're much more inconsistent with running the ball than the Saints are, and Bush gets more passes his way as well, so the upside on Bush is too much to pass up, especially behind Addai AND those receivers.

That waiver system only adds the strategy of "do I use my high waiver bid or not?" to the add/drop process. We use a limited blind bid system/open market combo where each team gets 100 bucks to bid, we open bids on Wednesday night at midnight, and 2 hours later, every add/drop costs 2 bucks off your free agent budget. I don't think a league should set up to reward a team with a bad record. If you can do the research to figure out a proper bid amount, get your player and make transactions that way, it adds a lot to strategy as far as prioritizing who to pick up, when to pick them up and such. A number of times, I've had to decide if I want to bid on a guy or see if he slips through the bids and pick him up then for less. Also, we publish who all the losing bids were and the potential drops which picks up the trade market. It's fair to everyone, just like in an auction draft, because you can bid whatever you want, but you have to also manage your roster/starters/finances all at once. Plus...it adds another decision for a bad owner to get wrong. Yeah, fantasy's supposed to be fun, but it's also about winning.