General question regarding flex rankings

[rotisserieking 56]

Most (free) sites do not have flex rankings, so when you're looking at RB and WR rankings separately, how do you correlate the 2 into a flex ranking?

Say you have an RB ranked at 18 on the week and a WR ranked at 20. Who gets the nod? Do you use the WR since he's high end WR2 or the low RB2?

Just curious, have always struggled with this one.

[weepaws 3,158]

PPR I’m much more inclined to give the edge to the WRs.   Non ppr, the rb.   

But that depends on usage, if the Rb is a top rb with a bad matchup I might not have a choice, same with the WRs.  

[rotisserieking 56]

1 minute ago, weepaws said:

PPR I’m much more inclined to give the edge to the WRs.   Non ppr, the rb.   

But that depends on usage, if the Rb is a top rb with a bad matchup I might not have a choice, same with the WRs.  

Makes sense, so how about a specific example: James Conner vs tough Chicago D or Jayden Reed vs weak Jax secondary but...Malik Willis. 1/2 pt PPR.

[Showboat 252]

The short answer is that if you want to see someone else's flex rankings you need to shell out for it or do your own correlations.  I don't think there is any simple rule that always ranks the WR18 higher than the RB20.  I find it trickier with TE, because there are usually a handful of TEs that could be ranked higher than the WR3s (and sometimes even the WR2s).  You can look at projected stats, but those are even more of a crapshoot.

[Showboat 252]

1 hour ago, rotisserieking said:

Makes sense, so how about a specific example: James Conner vs tough Chicago D or Jayden Reed vs weak Jax secondary but...Malik Willis. 1/2 pt PPR.

If you want opinions, post a WSIS thread.  I'd start Conner over Reed this week as I think he is the safer play.  Reed is more volatile and I could see going with him if you'd expect to need a moonshot to win but he is much more likely to end up with a dud.  

[weepaws 3,158]

3 hours ago, rotisserieking said:

Makes sense, so how about a specific example: James Conner vs tough Chicago D or Jayden Reed vs weak Jax secondary but...Malik Willis. 1/2 pt PPR.

Reed has a very good matchup, but were has been been the last two games, now Love might not play.  Conner.