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    Vernon Davis sucks

    Matt Cassel
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    WW RBs

    How so? Admittedly, I didn't stay up to watch the end of that game, but he had one 36 yard catch and 9 additional touches for 34 yards. Didn't seem like he was targeted a bunch, wasn't used heavily in the 4th quarter, or in the red zone.
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    Week 6 FU thread

    Was 300 yards and 3 TD's not enough for you?
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    Best catch of the year so far?

    I've seen you mention/praise that catch in a couple threads, and I don't think it's as good as you think it is. Yes, it's a very clutch catch, and a difficult one at that. But he had no defender around him, got both hands on the ball, and his "dive" attempt really consisted of him falling to the ground. Great catch, but nowhere near Catch of the Year candidate.
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    Top 10's

    Figured I'd dish out my rankings just to generate some discussion...These are rankings for the rest of the season. QB's: 1. Drew Brees - Is having another record-setting season (on pace for 5,500 yards). Will be forced to throw 40+ times a game because that defense is awful. 2. Aaron Rodgers - I'm confident he'll regain his pre-2012 form, but Jennings' and Finley's absence could hurt his total numbers. 3. Peyton Manning - Was supposed to struggle early in the season as he acclimates to a weaker arm, new teammates, new system etc. Already on pace for 4,800 yards and 35 TD's. 4. Tom Brady - Might be the best offense in the league, but a dominant run game might limit his fantasy points. Still one of the more reliable QB's in fantasy. 5. Matt Ryan - Off to a great start, and has a great schedule. Wouldn't really argue with anyone for putting him at #2. 6. Eli Manning - Putting up great #'s (2nd most passing yards) without Nicks who is expected back soon. I still don't trust that running game or defense, which means Eli will throw a lot. 7. Robert Griffin III - Tempted to put him higher, but last week's concussion is a reminder of the risks that come with a mobile QB. Make sure you have a reliable back-up if he's your #1, but ride his production as long as he's healthy. 8. Andrew Luck - Has already lead 3 go-ahead scores with less than 2:00 remaining in his first 4 games. The sheer volume of attempts and rushing numbers (on pace for 400/4 rushing) will make Luck a reliable #1. 9. Cam Newton - As disappointing as he's been, he's still a top10 QB in most leagues. I've gotta believe this bye week will help fix some of the offense's problems. 10. Ben Roethlisberger - Has been very impressive this season (8 TD's, 1 INT). Defense/running game isn't what it used to be, so PITT will continue to air it out. Notes: I don't trust Stafford, he has nothing else but Calvin. Alex Smith is creeping into the top12. Joe Flacco has cooled considerably after his fast start; still too inconsistent for me. Vick may deserve a spot because of his potential, but he's unlikely to last a full season. WR's: 1. Victor Cruz - He was my #3 ranked WR to start the season, and he's getting the bump to #1. He's Eli's favorite target, and on pace for a ridiculous 118/1400/16. 2. Calvin Johnson - Still wouldn't bet against him, but has looked more human-like and less transformer-like this season. Detroit offense clearly not clicking. 3. A.J. Green - Has emerged as an elite talent, and clearly Dalton's favorite target. May slow down a bit like last year, but he's fantasy's #1 WR to date. 4. Reggie Wayne - Luck is on pace to throw the ball 700 times. Wayne is on pace for an absurd 240 targets. He can even slow down off of his 9/126/.5 TD pace and still remain a top5 WR. 5. Demaryius Thomas - Offseason reports about Decker being Manning's favorite target are long gone. DThomas may be the best WR in the NFL with the ball in his hands, and we all know how productive Manning's #1 WR's have been over the years. 6. Brandon Marshall - Can be very inconsistent on a week-to-week basis, but he should see as many targets as any WR not named Wayne. Currently on pace for 112/1590/10. 7. Percy Harvin - The Vikings are finally putting the ball in his hands,and he isn't disappointing. Ponder's development also helps, and Percy should get 150 touches this season. 8. Wes Welker - Don't care what anybody says, Welker is still Brady's favorite target. A target/catch machine, I predict another 100/1100/8 season. 9. Larry Fitzgerald - Still one of the best in the league, but Arizona is no longer playing from behind for most of the game. Seems like Kolb has learned to lock onto Fitz though. 10. Julio Jones/Roddy White - Pick one. Roddy is more consistent, Julio has greater potential. Problem is, they both cap each other's production, and Gonzalez is having another monster season. Notes: Too many options in New Orleans for Colston to finish top 10 (rest of season). Cassel's injury hurts Bowe. Hartline has been great, but I'd be stunned if he continues this pace. Torrey Smith might lead the league in FPPT (fantasy points per target), but that unfortunately is not a stat. RB's: 1. Arian Foster - This was the easiest choice on any list. Getting the ball a ton, delivering a ton. 75+ yards and a TD in every game so far. 2. Ray Rice - Involved in both the running game (81 carries) and passing game (23 catches). Has only scored in 2 games so far, but his heavy usage will keep fantasy owners happy. 3. Jamaal Charles - I doubt his heavy workload is sustainable - Despite a 6-carry game, he's still on pace for 330 carries. But he may be the best pure runner in the NFL. ACL injury a thing of the past. 4. LeSean McCoy - Yards are there, TD's will come. As elusive as any player in the league, only a matter of time before a breakout game. Get him while you can (if you can). 5. Adrian Peterson - Returned from his ACL injury like a beast, he's suddenly a part of a very productive offense. Harvin's presence may limit AP ever so slightly, but should still finish with 1500/10+ total. 6. Trent Richardson - The Browns suck as a team, but their offense is putting up yards and points. T-Rich is a true workhorse RB, maybe the new AP. 7. Stevan Ridley - Remains to be seen how BB will react to his fumbles, but he's been electrifying in New England's offense. Any lead-back in this offense deserves a top10 spot. 8. Marshawn Lynch - Another true workhorse RB, Lynch trails only Foster and Charles in rushing yards. Not a flashy pick, but the ideal #2, and a dependable, if not spectacular #1. 9. Maurice JonesDrew - Will only be a top10 RB because of volume. This offense, once again, sucks. But MJD will still get 350 touches, and will likely turn them into 1400 yards and 8 TD's. 10. Reggie Bush - I really believe Bush has matured as a running back. In a contract year, he's more likely to play through some injuries (like he's done lately). Still has room to grow since he only has 12 catches so far. Notes: Tempted to put Alfred Morris on the list, but he's still a Shanahan RB. Forte won't get enough TD's to justify his rep as a #1 fantasy back. Don't be surprised if Murray works his way back into the top 10.
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    The "running" QB

    The statement, "No running QB has ever won a Superbowl" is very misleading. You basically just listed every prominent running QB of the past 20 years. Let's include Steve Young in that discussion. First off, Steve Young was a running QB and he won a SB. So that statement is already proven wrong right off the bat. Besides that, though - there's been 8 running QB's over the past 20 years, out of a few hundred total QB's (lets just say 200 starting QB's for a few years over the last two decades). There's been 20 SB winners over the past 20 years (duh), so there's no surprise that 8/200 possible QB's haven't won any of the 20 SB's. And that doesn't even take into consideration that Newton has only played 1 yaer, Young only played a few years, and Tebow essentially played half a season. By my count, there have only been 6 true running QB's during the past few decades - Young, Cunningham, Vick, Stewart, McNair, and McNabb. One of those QB's won a SB, and 2 of them were league MVP's. I'm not trying to suggest that running QB's is the way to go, but this whole notion that no one has ever won anything with a mobile QB is utter nonsense. It's like saying, Dan Marino, Tony Romo, and Brett Favre were all considered gunslingers, and they've only won 1 combined SB. Therefore, don't pursue QB's like these because you can't win with them.
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    Top 10's

    Uhhh what I have Luck ranked ahead of Romo, so no Luck owners should not trade for Romo. If you simply said it backwards, then why would you rather have Romo?
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    Delete..wrong board

    In a similar predicament, start 2 RB's, 2 WR's, 1 Flex: Charles Bush Murray Harvin Wayne Jones It's a PPR league, so if I was forced to sit a WR, it'd be Julio.
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    Top 10's

    Curious why you don't like Luck? He's been a borderline top10 QB so far, and should only get better as he gains experience. He has no defense, and no running game, which means he should throw roughly 40 times every single week. You even mention the "bad Indy team" thing, which should only help the passing game. I do agree about Mathews. In hindsight, I probably should have included him over Ridley or Bush.
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    Top 10's

    Yeah, there aren't too many eye-popping rankings. Believe it or not, a lot of guys who I ranked higher than most coming into the season have been performing as such (Cruz, Harvin, Luck, Manning, Bush). There are very few, 'flash in the pans' through 5 weeks, in my opinion. Even someone like Alfred Morris or Stevan Ridley appear to have staying power. Certainly I didn't nail these picks, we'll be able to look back at the end of the season and probably see a handful of guys who aren't even on the fantasy football radar right now. Guys like Vick Ballard, Vincent Brown, Alex Green, etc. etc. will undoubtedly emerge as reliable starters down the stretch. Just didn't want to go out on a limb all that much.
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    Stud TE crew

    If I'm asked to pick a coin flip, and I say heads, and it's tails...you don't get to look back at my decision and laugh in my face because I made a bad call. That's called hindsight. I believe that picking out 2 players out of about 12 that were drafted in the late 1st-early 2nd of most drafts and claiming that these decisions were wrong is hindsight. If you passed on Graham or Gronk, you likely chose someone like Chris Johnson, Matt Forte, Cam Newton, Andre Johnson, etc. etc. Guess what, you were still wrong! Plus, these guys are 4th and 5th in most leagues - behind 36 year old Tony Gonzalez career year (so far), Vernon Davis, and Owen Daniels (so far). If both Gronk and Graham remain healthy, I'd wager a hefty amount that BOTH are top3 TE's by season's end. Just look at the guys who are trailing these 2: Scott Chandler? Kyle Rudolph? Heath Miller? Martellus Bennett? Somebody raise your hand if you feel confident these TE's will continue their fast starts. And that adds to Gronk/Graham's value. Sure, Tony Gonzalez and Vernon Davis have been every week starters in fantasy. But who realistically started Heath Miller all season? Chandler? Rudolph? The other "depth TE's" that owners passed on Gronk & Graham for have produced literally nothing - Witten (1 good game likely from the bench), Hernandez (1 good game then injured), Gates (nothing), Finley (nothing) Gronk is on pace for 74/1000/10 in what has been a disappointing start - marred with injuries (that he's played through) and the absence of Hernandez (which I believe hurts Gronk). Graham was on pace for 100/1000/12 thru 4 weeks (throwing out week 5 since he left extremely early cuz of injury). Part of what makes these guys great, and potential 1st or 2nd round picks, is that DESPITE those season-long projections, we are discussing how disappointing they've been. For what it's worth, I didn't draft either of these 2 TE's in any of my 3 leagues (although I did keep Gronk as a 3rd keeper in one).
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    Mendenhall Outlook

    Yes and no. First off, AP is an absolute freak. Don't care what anyone says, this guy is unlike any athlete I've ever seen. But it's not like Mendenhall was sitting on his couch for the 2-3 months that AP was rehabbing/practicing. In fact, A.P. wasn't involved in contact drills until a few days before week 1.
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    Stud TE crew

    Doesn't matter how you slice it. Bottom line is that a lot of players in the late 1 - late 2 rounds have not produced up to their standards, Gronk & Graham included. Nobody would have faulted an owner for drafting Chris Johnson ahead of Jamaal Charles before the season started. Nobody would have faulted an owner for drafting Matthew Stafford ahead of Matt Ryan before the season started. You can't point to someone like Reggie Wayne and now question why an owner took RB's in the 4-6th rounds instead of grabbing a great WR like Wayne. Sure, owners were drafting for last year's production. And that production was sure to regress a little bit. But we are talking about 2 FREAK athletes, who aren't even entering their prime years yet (23 and 25 years old ). And they have 2 of the league's best QB's throwing to them, and are arguably the top receiving options in the 2 best offenses in the league. Again, not only is it premature to say they were reaches, but it's complete hindsight.
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    Mendenhall Outlook

    Really? Just like that? The same Rashard Mendenhall that averaged 4.0 ypc the last 2 seasons? And he's now arguably running behind a worse O-Line? After an ACL tear? He's never caught a ton of passes, and has 2 season-ending injuries in 4 seasons. One good game automatically makes him an RB2 (let alone a pretty good one), possibly an RB1? He's certainly worth a look in all leagues, and could help fantasy teams the rest of the season who are lacking depth. And who knows, he may ultimately be a #2 from here on out. But let's see more than 16 touches before declaring him as such. There's no way I would take him, right now, straight up over Foster/McCoy/Rice/MJD/Charles/Richardson/Ridley/Morris/Peterson/Bush/Lynch/Forte/Murray/McFadden/Mathews/Ridley/Gore/Turner/McGahee/Spiller/Sproles/Bradshaw. That makes him an RB3/Flex play.
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    Very little talk about....

    Polamalu suited up for that game, and Manning abused him. Manning has arguably played in 1 close game, 1 blowout win, and 3 blowout losses (although all losses were close in the 4th quarter). And he's really only had 1 bad quarter all season. He played well against Pittsburg's defense in a close game. He shredded Oakland's (sh!tty) defense in a blowout. After tossing 3 picks against Atlanta's defense, he brought the Broncos back in the 2nd half. And while he started out slow against Houston and relied on quantity, how can you argue 330/2 against the best defense in the league? And while a lot of his stats against the Patriots happened with a huge deficit, he was also something like 12/15 170 yards and a TD before halftime (with Thomas fumbling away another potential TD). And he's still playing his first competitive football in nearly 2 years, with a new coaching staff and new teammates. He's clearly answered questions about how effective he can be in the NFL, and has proven he can take hits again - He's taken some horrendous shots and bounced right back up. Not really sure why people would be counting on regression at this point. Should be on his way to another 4,500 yard, 30 TD season.
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    Stud TE crew

    I think it's a bit of hindsight (and premature) to say that the strategy didn't work. Should Gronk & Graham ever have been mid-first round picks? Probably not. But even the owners that "reached" for these guys took them over the likes of: Stafford, Newton, Chris Johnson, DeMarco Murray, Matt Forte, Fred Jackson, Ryan Mathews, etc. And I'd say that none of those guys have been setting the world on fire. Then there's been a series of unforeseen events that make this look like a bad strategy: -Gronk has been bothered by injuries, and lost his TE running mate which allows defenses to key in on Gronk. Not to mention NE suddenly looks like a run-first team. -Graham has battled injuries himself. -Tony Gonzalez is having a career year at age 36. No matter how high people were on ATL, nobody saw this coming from Gonzo. -Guys like Kyle Rudolph and Heath Miller have plunged the endzone an absurd amount of times, making the TE position appear deep. A trend that I don't expect to continue. For what it's worth, I still think Gronk & Graham are/were safe draft picks (depending on their health). Who else could you have taken at the end of the 1st, or early 2nd, that would still produce like top5 players at their position despite a disappointing first month to the season? CJ2K has been disappointing, and he's been un-startable. Stafford and Cam have been disappointing, and they've both outside the top10 QB's in my leagues.
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    Ryan Matthews demoted.....

    Yes, and as we all know, coaches aren't allowed to make in-game adjustments
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    Very little talk about....

    Sarcasm, bro
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    Very little talk about....

    What are you talking about? Haven't you been watching the games? He's done. He has no arm strength. He's morphed into Chad Pennington. John Fox will run the ball too much for Peyton to put up his usual #'s. He's one hit away from paralysis.
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    So, Reggie Wayne's on pace for 144/2000/8

    I know Wins, W-L Record, and Playoff #'s (wins & stats) don't weigh as heavily for WR's as they may for QB's, but this dude has everything on his resume. 2 Superbowl appearances, 1 SB ring (caught the only passing TD of the game). He's basically played 1 full season's worth of playoff games (17 games) and has accumulated 83/1128/9 in those games. Also was a part of the Colts team that won the most games in any decade ever. He's got stats (borderline right now, looking like a safe bet to improve), a ring, wins, and playoff/SB performances. I think before it's all said and done Reggie Wayne will be in the Hall of Fame.
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    Buying Low

    Yep, goes both ways. Definitely selling high on Torrey, low on McFadden. Buying low on Julio, high on Bush. But this league is also a .55 PPR league, which devalues Torrey slightly. Just my personal opinion that I think Bush will continue to be a top12 RB, and Julio will return as a top5 WR the rest of the way.
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    Amendola

    No way. Steve Smith made a good slot WR in NYG because he was smart, and always on the same page as Eli Manning. I believe he caught 100+ passes one season, and he was clearly Manning's go-to guy on 3rd down because of their trust. He was a great route runner with decent quickness. But guys like Amedola, Welker, and even Victor Cruz are such quick-twitch athletes with a rare ability to change direction faster than everybody else. Steve Smith has never had those ultra-quicks, and he certainly doesn't have them now after multiple leg injuries.
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    Buying Low

    Just traded Darren McFadden and Torrey Smith for Julio Jones and Reggie Bush. .5PPR - thought it was a pretty decent deal, selling high on Smith and buying low on Jones.
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    Buying Low

    I count 9 picks in the first 5 rounds. What gives?
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    People who've had a better week than Obama

    C'mon man that's disrespectful
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