1. Hunt is legit. Big time weapon who will get tons of touches on that team.
2. I wouldn't touch any Patriots RB. They have 4 quality backs and they will be splitting all season. It's like roulette trying to figure out who will be the play each week.
3. Tyreek Hill is going to have a big season. The Pats def is good at limiting weapons and they clearly keyed on Hill and Kelce and Hill still made them pay. He is impossible to shut down because he lines up everywhere.
4. Brady is done. Just kidding, he will be fine.
Anything else?
Because I have WRs with better projections going into this week?
Berry is a massive blow for them. He erased Gronk and I don't know how they can replace him. Another concussion for Amendola, wonder how long he will be out. Cooks Benefits most from that as does Burkhead.
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no idea why you would bench Hill though
Because I have WRs with better projections going into this week?
Maybe don't go by Yahoo projections as your deciding factor for who to start?
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In comment 13588135 YAJ2112 said:
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no idea why you would bench Hill though
Because I have WRs with better projections going into this week?
Maybe don't go by Yahoo projections as your deciding factor for who to start?
I don't use Yahoo projections?
Perkins
Vereen
Duke
Zay
Kupp
Cobb
Whaddya say?
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In comment 13588144 Mr. Bungle said:
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In comment 13588135 YAJ2112 said:
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no idea why you would bench Hill though
Because I have WRs with better projections going into this week?
Maybe don't go by Yahoo projections as your deciding factor for who to start?
I don't use Yahoo projections?
Who did you start over him?
Perkins
Vereen
Duke
Zay
Kupp
Cobb
Whaddya say?
Roll a 7-sided die?
I guess it would be between Perkins/Duke/Woodhead for me, so I guess Perkins since he's likely to have the most touches.
Well that makes sense then. I would have drafted Hill over Crabtree but can see starting Crabtree this week in what looked to be a bigger shootout.
Only having 2 mandatory WR spots is dumb though, unless it's 16 team league. So you should lobby your league to add more starting spots next year.
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Woodhead
Perkins
Vereen
Duke
Zay
Kupp
Cobb
Whaddya say?
Roll a 7-sided die?
I guess it would be between Perkins/Duke/Woodhead for me, so I guess Perkins since he's likely to have the most touches.
Between Perkins/Woodhead/Cobb for me. I'd probable go Perkins because I'd be more sure of the touches. Woodhead hasn't played all preseason so you don't know if he's ready for a full load, and Cobb is against Seattle.
Amendola got a concussion so maybe that opens up a 1-2 week opportunity to step in, but he's not a possession receiver nor was he getting separation on his longer routes. Dorsett could step into that opportunity.
Sat Hunt in my other league - feel like an idiot. I thought the Pats defense was supposed to be good and that they'd ease a rookie into the role.
Anyone else think Gronk looked really slow last night? was that more the coverage than anything? You know he's going to be a red zone threat, but he honestly looked more lumbering than usual last night
I had Adams at 14, Hill 15, Crabtree 16
Anyone else think Gronk looked really slow last night? was that more the coverage than anything? You know he's going to be a red zone threat, but he honestly looked more lumbering than usual last night
Yeah Gronk looked slow, but he's always looked that way to me. He's always open based on size, catch radius and hands. Hes never been a guy to blow people away with his quickness or routes. His lack of effectiveness however was due to coverage, IMO.
Also, if he hangs onto that TD, he has a pretty good night.
Pats focused on him. KC beat the Pats with their other weapons. Kelce will be fine.
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In comment 13588173 bigbluehoya said:
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Woodhead
Perkins
Vereen
Duke
Zay
Kupp
Cobb
Whaddya say?
Roll a 7-sided die?
I guess it would be between Perkins/Duke/Woodhead for me, so I guess Perkins since he's likely to have the most touches.
Between Perkins/Woodhead/Cobb for me. I'd probable go Perkins because I'd be more sure of the touches. Woodhead hasn't played all preseason so you don't know if he's ready for a full load, and Cobb is against Seattle.
Thanks, guys.
I've been leaning Woodhead from the outset, though less and less with each day.
Very true. Just my luck, this was the week he had those 3 goal line opportunities. Ha! GAAAH!
Amendola will have a good year if he can stay healthy -- he's the only reliable route runner at the position.
Amendola will have a good year if he can stay healthy -- he's the only reliable route runner at the position.
Cooks had a 70 yard TD if Brady doesn't underthrow it. He had 2 steps on the CB (on the 3rd and 17 play) and the safety was beat, but the ball was 5+ yards underthrown and the CB recovered and got a hand on it.
With the attention Gronk draws, Cooks will see man coverage quite a bit this year and has the speed to beat just about anyone.
p.s.--I have Tyreek Hill in all three of my leagues and Hunt in one of them. I didn't want to be too invested in rookies, so I have Hunt, Cook, and McCaffrey on rosters, but each in a different league.
I do worry that he's not going to hold up all year with usage like that. They're going to need to mix West in a bit more I think. But wow was Hunt impressive. He makes one cut and he goes - no dancing. He constantly pushes forward after contact, showed great ability to catch the football and be a threat in the pass game. What a weapon.
I have him in two leagues.. he's actually my third RB in one of them (I drafted Gurley and McCaffrey ahead of him) and in the BBI league I have him paired with McCoy who should run wild on the Jets Sunday.
I must have seen something different. There were multiple times when Brady had all day to throw. I thought the OL played fine. I think the KC defense, specifically the secondary, just got the job done.
The problem was the Pats defense. They gave up over 500 yards and couldn't stop anything. Alex Smith looked like Joe Montana. I've literally never seen Alex Smith look that good.. ever. But he did against the Pats.
Berry is going to be a huge, huge loss for them though. That really sucks.
Also, if he hangs onto that TD, he has a pretty good night.
Saw him catch it. 13-0. Went to take a leak (one of the highlights of my life these days) and came back to 7-0. What happened?
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He did have Berry covering him most of the game. He's always been pretty slow. But he's too big for (most) safeties to cover and fast enough to be many LBs.
Also, if he hangs onto that TD, he has a pretty good night.
Saw him catch it. 13-0. Went to take a leak (one of the highlights of my life these days) and came back to 7-0. What happened?
Ball hit the turf. Got overturned.
He wasn't targeted that often last night. I figured it better to sell high on him now but I was nervous that I just traded away a FF stud. IT's early, but it's looking like I won't regret that trade. I'm sure Hogan will have his moments this year but this isn't Wes Welker redux we're talking about here.
Why couldn't you just have dealt me Hunt back in May? Noooooo you had to hold firm to some stupid belief that Hunt would be Priest Holmes part 2....fucker.
Hogan isn't going to be someone you start weekly but I do think he'll wind up being worth carrying.
I actually was deciding between he and Decker in the BBI league in the 7th round - at first I regretted not taking Hogan, but I think I'll probably be happier having taken Decker as my WR3 (if he can actually stay on the field)
I do have Hogan in another league - but I also have AJ, Diggs, Crowder, Kevin White and Richardson in that league so I'm not exactly leaning on Hogan. If he doesn't see any uptick over the next 2-3 weeks, I'll probably dump him but don't be surprised if he pops up with a pretty big game either next week or the week after.
What I didn't want to see was 9 catches 105 yards out of Hogan. I didn't think he'd be a slot guy let alone a slot beast for the Pats but until you see it with Belichick you never know. I always believed Hogan would stay on the outside primarily. Which is why I was slightly unconvinced that he'd FF beast this year.
I kind of view Hogan as someone like Taylor Gabriel in that there are going to be a few 20 pt games scattered through the season but where they happen is really anyone's guess because you could just as easily get an egg. So he'll probably be a risky play.
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If Amendola misses significant time. Cooks/Hogan/Dorsett aren't good route runners. Brady got pummeled in the second half because the receivers couldn't run themselves open.
Amendola will have a good year if he can stay healthy -- he's the only reliable route runner at the position.
Cooks had a 70 yard TD if Brady doesn't underthrow it. He had 2 steps on the CB (on the 3rd and 17 play) and the safety was beat, but the ball was 5+ yards underthrown and the CB recovered and got a hand on it.
With the attention Gronk draws, Cooks will see man coverage quite a bit this year and has the speed to beat just about anyone.
All Cooks can do is go deep -- and he did so last night vs a bottom tier CB.
But that's all he and the other receivers can do not named Edelman/Amendola.
If the Pats have to rely on that Brady is going to be on his back a lot vs teams w a good rush.