Do you start a RB who's going against your starting D/ST?

[Eshaw99 0]

Reason I'm asking is because I'm considering starting Chris Brown in my flex spot this week, but I'm also taking a flyer by starting Indy's D this week. If one has a good game, the other invariably will not. Anybody have an opinion of this kind of strategy. It's got to come up every now and again for most fantasy owners.

[VaTerp 0]

I think people look too much into stuff like this.

 

You play your best option at the position. PERIOD. If Chris Brown is your best option at RB that week then play him. If Indy D is your best option play them. Just b/c Brown has a good game doesnt mean the INDy D wont. Brown could rack up yards but not get in the end zone. Indy could get turnvovers from other players, return a kick, get sacks, etc.

 

If you're trying to decide between 2 players and everything else is even then maybe you use something like this as a tie-breaker but I wouldnt use it as a serious consideration, especially with the RB position. With a QB it may play a lil more of a factor but you still have to go w/ your best option and hope for the best.

[CookieG 4]

Agree with above poster.. you can't worry about if the game is going to flow just right for you. Play the best spots you have.. Indy is not going to be a shut down defense this year. They had a great first game. They are fast and you're hoping for a Special Teams play, a INT returned for six or sacks & tackles if your league counts those for your defenses.

[Sho Nuff 720]

Chris Brown could have a good game with the defense still having a good game if Vince turns the ball over...or they just don't score many points.

 

If they are your best players...play them.

 

I tend to not worry about my defense going up against my player.

 

I had Chicago defense last week and I would have been fine with LT or Gates (and no, Brown is not on their level...but you get the point)

[Eshaw99 0]

Then Brown it is. Thanks for the help

[dcOne 2]

Do you start a RB who's going against your starting D/ST?

 

 

Ummm.....why wouldn't you? I don't get the relevency of the question.

[GobbleDog 987]

This was discussed in another thread and I think the type of defensive scoring set for each league could make a difference.

 

My league gives HUGE points for both yards against and points against. Therefore, the chances of both a defense and an opposing QB both scoring a lot of points are slimmer than normal. I think that's probably less true when it comes to a defense and an opposing RB (especially a lower level one like C Brown).

 

I'd never bench my best player because of that, but I would consider looking at another defense. However in this particular case, I'd probably start both and not worry about it.

[Leshavelli 0]

Ummm.....why wouldn't you? I don't get the relevency of the question.

 

It's obvious why he asked the question. Why be a D-I-C-K about it?

[kutulu 1,661]

It depends on what the majority of the board tells me to do.

[dcOne 2]

It's obvious why he asked the question. Why be a D-I-C-K about it?

 

 

He mentioned if one has good game, one will not.

 

1.) that's not true

2.) So should I not start Tomlinson this week, in case the defense he is playing has a good week?

[Zangief 0]

For a RB I wouldn't worry about it so much, a RB can have 100 yards and a TD and the defense can still play a decent game. I wouldn't start a QB against my defense, it's very unlikely they could both have a good game. If your QB goes for 300 and 3TDs your defense is getting lit up.

 

There are a fair amount of stud RBs on teams with suspect overall offenses. Guys like Gore or McGahee or whatever. Very few QBs that are considered studs yet play for a team you'd want your defense against. Counterintuitive.

[Resident A-hole 0]

In all honestly, it was a pretty moronic question. I think he was justified in being sarcastic.

[idiotekniQues 0]

if i had denvers Defense and they were facing LT2, i should bench LT?

[Leshavelli 0]

He mentioned if one has good game, one will not.

 

1.) that's not true

2.) So should I not start Tomlinson this week, in case the defense he is playing has a good week?

 

 

YES! Sit LT!

[Leshavelli 0]

In all honestly, it was a pretty moronic question. I think he was justified in being sarcastic.

 

 

Good for you. Who cares?

[Big_Pete 0]

plain and simple.... start your best players.

you have a RB who goes off for 3TD's and 150yards

You have the DEF that goes against him.

Guess what genius? whether you start 1, both, or neither, they will score the same points. You might as well start both so you can get said points.

You bench a stud RB cause he plays your DEF, he'll just score your bench a sh1t ton of points while whoever you started instead scores you jack sh1t. Only a complete retard would manage a team like that. Just cause you start or bench someone doesn't mean it'll affect how they play in real life.

 

Hope this didn't sound too mean, but it's suppose to slap you in the face to make you realize that you start your best players at their position regardless of the circumstances.

What's next, you gonna bench Peyton Manning cause your opponent has Reggie Wayne? That's rediculous, cause Manning will score tons of points for your bench, which won't do you any good, while Wayne scores tons of points for your opposition.

You get what I'm throwing out?

[Thornton Melon 616]

I'll purposely start a QB, RB and WR if I can against my D. But that's just me. I'm crazy, I'm tellin' ya, just crazy!

[BennyAndTheJets 0]

Maybe I'm the only one who disagrees. But I never start a player against my defense, or start a defense against my player, whichever way you're looking at it.

 

For example, our defensive settings are:

Points Allowed 0 points (10)

Points Allowed 1-6 points (7)

Points Allowed 7-13 points (4)

Points Allowed 14-20 points (1)

Points Allowed 21-27 points (0)

Points Allowed 28-34 points (-1)

Points Allowed 35+ points (-4)

 

So when the game starts your defense starts at 10 pts. So as an example, let's say I have Travis Henry going up against the Oakland D this weekend. If I started both and Henry rushes for a TD early on...he gets 6 pts for the TD, and once the kicker made the PAT, Oakland would be down to 4 pts. So the TD was essentially negated.

 

So by starting a player against your D you're actually going to be gaining and losing pts at the same time. It obviously depends on what your settings are, but I tend to never want to do it.