polecatt 474 Posted September 2, 2023 Is he a potential Week 1 fantasy starter? He's been named the starter. He's been made a team captain. He's kind of like Cam Newton. Cam had a huge debut game, passing for over 400 yards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ray_T 739 Posted September 2, 2023 22 minutes ago, polecatt said: Is he a potential Week 1 fantasy starter? He's been named the starter. He's been made a team captain. He's kind of like Cam Newton. Cam had a huge debut game, passing for over 400 yards. It is hard to say my friend. he didnt show much in the pre season games, but that also could very well have been by design. a lot of times in pre season the offense is stripped down and the team shows teams what they want them to see. If I am not mistaken, the same argument against Cam Newton was made in his rookie year. it is more or less a crapshoot. Personally I think the rookie year has the potential to be rough from a win loss perspective, but from a running with the ball perspective he could very well be fantasy gold. I do hope you have a backup QB in case he does not work out. how I'd play this? if you think you can easily win with your backup because you have an easy matchup....you may want to look at starting your backup in week 1. if you think you cannot easily win with your backup or are unlikely to win, you roll the dice with Richardson and hope he blows up. the guy could get you 35 points but he could also get you like 9 points. so its really tough to figure what the best move is. or, you just start Richardson regardless and see what the heck happens. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weepaws 3,152 Posted September 2, 2023 I’m not interested just yet in starting him, the Jags have a good def, and will be putting points, I can see those two reasons making a good case against the rookie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weepaws 3,152 Posted September 2, 2023 There was a very good question posted on the little help board, I made my pick, I want to see what you both think It’s about D Jones and T Lawrence. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
polecatt 474 Posted September 2, 2023 17 minutes ago, Ray_T said: It is hard to say my friend. he didnt show much in the pre season games, but that also could very well have been by design. a lot of times in pre season the offense is stripped down and the team shows teams what they want them to see. If I am not mistaken, the same argument against Cam Newton was made in his rookie year. it is more or less a crapshoot. Personally I think the rookie year has the potential to be rough from a win loss perspective, but from a running with the ball perspective he could very well be fantasy gold. I do hope you have a backup QB in case he does not work out. how I'd play this? if you think you can easily win with your backup because you have an easy matchup....you may want to look at starting your backup in week 1. if you think you cannot easily win with your backup or are unlikely to win, you roll the dice with Richardson and hope he blows up. the guy could get you 35 points but he could also get you like 9 points. so its really tough to figure what the best move is. or, you just start Richardson regardless and see what the heck happens. I don't have to start him until week 5. I have a good QB situation on my dynasty team. I have J Herbert and D Watson too. They both have a bye week 5. I took Richardson on a flier after the top rookie RBs and WRs were gone. I was just trying to figure out who to start between Herbert and Watson. I was thinking if Richardson does well, I could have 3 headed monster Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ray_T 739 Posted September 2, 2023 5 minutes ago, polecatt said: I don't have to start him until week 5. I have a good QB situation on my dynasty team. I have J Herbert and D Watson too. They both have a bye week 5. I took Richardson on a flier after the top rookie RBs and WRs were gone. I was just trying to figure out who to start between Herbert and Watson. I was thinking if Richardson does well, I could have 3 headed monster I think you will be starting Herbert a whole lot unless he or his WR get hurt again like last season. Hes the Peyton Manning of this generation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
polecatt 474 Posted September 2, 2023 10 hours ago, Ray_T said: I think you will be starting Herbert a whole lot unless he or his WR get hurt again like last season. Hes the Peyton Manning of this generation. He's been my starter since week 2 of his rookie season. I had a rapidly declining Matt Ryan and jumped on the Herbert bandwagon really quick! If I had to choose one as my regular starter it's him. I got Watson in a trade during the off season. I figured there's a decent chance he bounces back and if he does he's up there too. If not, and Richardson is solid, Watson could very well get traded or dropped at some point Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ray_T 739 Posted September 2, 2023 2 hours ago, polecatt said: I got Watson in a trade during the off season hes a guy you could flip for a profit if he lights it up. you have the depth. especially if Richardson is the real deal. you could setup your keeper league for years to come. given that hes a running QB, the tread on those tires is thinner as running QB's seem to have shorter careers on average. I guess we will see. I do think he will be better than last year. what I'm not so sure about is that he regains the form that led to his massive contract. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedzoneMonster 107 Posted September 2, 2023 I have J. Allen as my starter. Richardson was sitting there in Rd 9 in my draft and I figured “why not”? If he stinks, I can drop him and not much damage. If he’s serviceable, I have a legit backup for Allen. If he’s a stud, I have either premium Allen insurance or great trade bait. That was my approach. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
