NFT: Fantasy Football Discussion 8/26

In comment 13087857 JayBinQueens said:

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are people surprised Golden Tate isn't getting that much love?

I'd rather draft Marvin Jones where he is going than Tate at his ADP.

was switched to live last minute instead of offline. I swung for the fences with my bench, and am a bit worried at TE to start the season, but not bad otherwise, really lucked out with Gurley somehow dropping to me at 11th:

QB - Wilson
RB - Gurley
RB - L. Miller
WR - K. Benjamin
WR - Fitzgerald
WR - T. Benjamin
TE - Eifert
Flex - Forte
DEF - Giants
K - Boswell

BE - J. Gordon
BE - Brady
BE - D. Henry
BE - R. Matthews
BE - C. Michael
BE - C. Brate

In comment 13088282 jgambrosio said:

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was switched to live last minute instead of offline. I swung for the fences with my bench, and am a bit worried at TE to start the season, but not bad otherwise, really lucked out with Gurley somehow dropping to me at 11th: QB - Wilson RB - Gurley RB - L. Miller WR - K. Benjamin WR - Fitzgerald WR - T. Benjamin TE - Eifert Flex - Forte DEF - Giants K - Boswell BE - J. Gordon BE - Brady BE - D. Henry BE - R. Matthews BE - C. Michael BE - C. Brate

hope it's not a money league

Gurley fall to 11?

I got Gurley at 11 and Lamar Miller at 14 who I think is going to have a big year. I really like my RBs as I think Michael will get the main carries in Seattle and Henry will get enough carries to be a bye week filler as the season goes on and others get hurt. Regardless, Gurley, Miller and Forte all have different byes if I need to rely on them.

Fitzgerald is always solid and I think Kelvin Benjamin will have a big year if he can stay healthy. Travis Benjamin put up points in Cleveland and Rivers will go deep to him, with Morgan coming back in week 5. Rishard Matthws had a very good year in Miami last year, and Mariota doesn’t have many other options.

I am a bit worried about Wilson starting slow, but I got him in the 6th round, with Brady coming back in week 5 if he falters.

Hopefully Eifert only misses a couple weeks but I think he will be fine once thet happens but I may need to play the waiver wire until then, although supposedly Winston likes Brate so he may be ok until that point.

In comment 13088330 JayBinQueens said:

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Gurley fall to 11?

for some reason 8 WRs taken and another guy loved Elliot behind that line. The other guy took Gronk, he was preaching about the difference between Gronk and the 12th best TE compared to other positions

but your WRs are terrible for a PPR and with Eifert likely missing 4-6 weeks, so is your TE.

Both Benjamin's are highly TD dependent and are likely to be very inconsistent scorers this year, with low floors when they don't score TDs. Fitzgerald had a great first half last year, but much of that time was when Floyd was fighting back from his hand injury. Fitz had 1 TD and 1 100 yard game in the 2nd half.

Your RBs will keep you competitive, but unless the Benjamins suddenly become 80+ catch guys you will struggle to beat the teams that loaded up on high volume WRs early.

that there are bonuses at 150/200/250 yards in a game. Hopefully big plays make up for that.

is aiming to return week 4, most reports I read said week 6 is realistic.

in Seattle unless Rawls gets hurt?

Michael got cut by the same Seahawks team last year with worse other RB options than they have now, was picked up by Dallas who had major injury issues at the position and still couldn't crack the field.

Rawls is the man there unless he's injured.

I saw 4-6 weeks but thought it was from now, not regular season games. I may pick up Vance McDonald and pray he continues what he did at the end of last season. ASJ played well last night and may hold off Brate after all.

Reports on Michael are that he’s having a fantastic preseason so far and they really like him. 24 carries for 157 yards. Depends if Rawls can stay healthy as well, he hasn’t played yet this preseason.

And he is supposed to be ready Week 1. Maybe Michael gets a handful of work until Rawls is 100% but I wouldn't count on him really being the lead back at any point unless Rawls gets hurt again.

He was my 14th round pick and 5th RB, so nothing to lose really looking at the guys available and drafted after him. I considered Dixon or Karlos Williams, but without a team he probably would have been a wasted pick. We’ll see what happens.

In comment 13088462 jgambrosio said:

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He was my 14th round pick and 5th RB, so nothing to lose really looking at the guys available and drafted after him. I considered Dixon or Karlos Williams, but without a team he probably would have been a wasted pick. We’ll see what happens.

I get it and have no problem with you picking Michael, only saying "Michael will get the main carries" is just deluding yourself IMO unless Rawls is injured.