Had the 7th pick overall, 12 Team league PPR, 1 catch 1 point, every 10 yards 1 point, 5 bonus for 300 yds passing or 100 rushing and receiving
QB Philip Rivers
QB Ben Roehtlisberger
RB Ray Rice
RB Knoshwon Moreno
RB Ryan Mathews
WR Calvin Johnson
WR A.J. Green
WR Randall Cobb
WR Mike Evans
TE Jason Witten
TE Charles Clay
K Nick Novak
D 49ers
i always go WR heavy, will start 3 WR and 1 RB most of the time, so what you think...Jeremy Hill, Ben Tate, Lamar Miller are still available, would have to drop a rusher though
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I'd be inclined to ride Ben Tate until he gets hurt. At least you know he's the bell cow starter with West looking shaky in preseason.
It's possible that Jeremy Hill performs at a RB1 level the 2nd half of the season. He wasn't the second back drafted to serve as Bernard's complement; IMO he was drafted to make Bernard his. If you take away Gio's 15 runs of 10+ yards, he averaged 2.8 yards on his remaining 155 carries [91% of his runs]. Over Gio's final 4 games, including postseason, he carried 51 times for 120 yards for a pathetic 2.35 YPC. In divisional games, if you remove 36 yards on 2 carries, Gio averaged 2.85 yards between the tackles on the other 96% of his attempts.
If Cincy wants to ground & pound it, what does the potential look like for the smaller back who averaged 3.4 yards up the middle, 2.8 yards in I-formation, 3.5 yards in 2-WR formations [run heavy stuff], and 3.7 yards vs 4 man fronts? Cincy gave Hill 26 touches Thursday to help get him up to speed ASAP and to make sure he can handle a fuller plate.Alex13 likes this. -
As far as Alex's team, eh. Its probably a playoff team, but it would need some breaks imo. Love the wr's, the TE is good. The rest I can take or leave half of em. Matthews as an RB 1....thats a huge risk because hes always a health risk. The small roster size means there has to be better talent out there. I like Moreno and think he may eventually emerge as the lead back but I think Miami's backfield is a big fantasy "dont bother" situation. Id swap Tate for him.ToddPhin likes this. -
I agree on rolling the dice with Tate..he may be your #1 RB tbh. Great WR corps that will win you some games.
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This is why I took Hill at #8 in the Armchair League and didn't mind trading back the #2 pick. He was my second target behind Hyde, and I figured he'd slide b/c of Gio. I think Bernard could still have a good RB2 season, but I wouldn't be surprised if Hill received 225-250 carries. I'm just not sure why everyone expected such big things from Gio this year. What was the reasoning behind this alleged "big jump"? -his draft status and a few highlight reel runs? It's not like he out-carried BGE last year. It's not like Cincy had anyone else to challenge him for carries. It's not like he didn't struggle between the tackles, in run heavy formations, or when he was needed to carry more than 10 times per game where his YPC dropped to 3.5. It's not like Cincy didn't spend another 2nd rounder at RB, which IMO doesn't seem like a glowing endorsement for Gio. Would Cincy have gone RB in the 2nd round for a second consecutive year if they thought Gio was the answer they wanted?
That's my own research and assessment BTW so you're likely to not see it anywhere else, except in a Rotoworld comment in response to Reff Ratcliffe's insinuation that Hill's 26 touches Thursday should offer solace for Bernard owners, suggesting that he wouldn't have gotten that many touches if Cincy believed he was a core player. I called bull****. Cincy believing Hill is a core player is the very reason to give him that many touches since the more reps he gets the faster he'll develop. So to me, 26 touches meant they want him developed ASAP. I think initially Cincy thought they could ease him in, hence giving him just 9 carries through the first two games, but then Gio continued to struggle [3.2 YPC]. So they boosted Hill's touches a bit in game three- 12 carries for 48 yards compared to Gio's 10 carries for 17, giving Gio 49 yards on 20 carries in preseason and pushing his last 7 game total to 71 carries for 169 yards [2.4 YPC]. I think Cincy saw enough by that point to realize their greatest hope for a quality run game is if they expedite Hill's development, hence throwing him into the deep end Thursday, and he swam nicely. In training camp Hill was reportedly showing off some great hands for what it's worth. -
well ben tate is gone now, QB´s that are left are
Cam Newton
Robert Griffin III
Joe Flacco
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How 'bout this: hold onto Rice through week 4 or 5 when the smoke has had time to clear in that backfield AND you've had a game or two to assess his play as a starter should he emerge as one. In the meantime, drop Ben and pick up Jeremy Hill. Most, if not all of your RB situation should be settled by then, at which time you can drop the low man on the totem pole and pick Ben or whoever back up. Gravy.Alex13 likes this. -
chargers have a tough rushing schedule and i totally forgot about the addition of donald brown, with pesky woodhead already there, it was round 13 though so i didn't thought about it much at first
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so i just checked it again, with the QB´s that are left, there is no way in hell i can get rid of Big Ben, we have a rule that we have to have one rookie on the roster and we have some guys who
took rookie QB´s to be their backups, if i throw Big Ben back in the pool, he will be gone by tomorrow imo, and if something happens to rivers i´m ****ed, i´m very intruiged by jeremy hill, although i hate when RB´s on my team don´t catch but if i want to pick him up, i have to either drop moreno or mathews, i´m so high on ray rice (especially where i got him in round 7) in a gary kubiak offense that i won´t let him go -
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ahhhhh, i´m so torn.....neeeeeed help, would you cut Ben for Hill in my situation.....**** i hate fantasy football...season hasn´t even started yet...lol
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i have another scenario, what about Bernard Pierce the 1st 2 Weeks in Ray Rice´s Role ?
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Mainly because I consider the Browns a 3-4 win team who will be playing from behind and not running. The Bengals always score points and will run the ball more often with the lead.
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Moreno will see some catches but I don't think more than 2-3 a week as he splits time and we have so many other WR options. Hill probably doesn't get as many receptions but I see far more yardage and TD's available to him.
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I would absolutely do the following:
Grab newton or rg3 for Ben. Either one is a better starting qb option IMO for FF and Cam has been a safe FF player for a few years now.
Dump Moreno for Tate.
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