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The general 2015 Fantasy Football thread

Discussion in 'Sports Board' started by iczorro, Aug 23, 2015.

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  1. iczorro

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    I made the mistake of trading away a top-3 RB for some wide receiver depth a couple years ago, and it failed miserably for me. In that trade, you are in essence giving up Mr. Skittles for Larry Fitzgerald. So you're trading a guaranteed 30 touches a game for a guy that could get 20 points or 0 points. I'd say hell no.
     
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    I have a quick question about a trade. I'm new to this and I would appreciate any help. He is willing to give me Chris Ivory and Isaiah Crowell for Randall Cobb. My other WR is Antonio Brown, my starting RB's are Tevin Coleman (out) and Alfred Morris. This is not a PPR league. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
     
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    I don't like that first offer at all. Would you trade Marshawn for Larry? I wouldn't. Bryant should be good for some points when he gets back, Jackson won't be out forever, Edelman is getting a lot of volume, and you have two flex spots which really reduces the importance on whether you're strong at WR or RB.

    Maybe I'm dumb but I don't know who Beef-Mo' is.

    Eh, the Browns are in a pretty solid committee right now so I'm not sure I love any of their running backs. Ivory is looking nice this year, though, and you definitely need the help since it looks like Morris might be losing touches to Jones. Who will you play in Cobb's place?
     
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    I've got Mike Wallace and Brian Quick
     
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    Yuck. A guy who hasn't played a snap and a guy who's leading his team in receiving at 50 yards/game.

    My gut feeling is that the #1 WR on a team with Aaron Rogers is a more valuable asset than Chris Ivory or the Browns' flavor of the week, especially when you don't have much behind Cobb. It's probably about a wash in value, though, so not a bad trade.

    You could try aggressively targeting owners of disappointing-so-far players like McCoy or Murray, or see if you can get some leverage out of an owner of an injured player like Bryant. Is it a barren wasteland in free agency?
     
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    He's weighing that against another offer for Marshawn, aka Beast Mode aka Beef-Mo'.
     
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    I've never heard him referred to as Beef Mo.

    Still don't really like it unless you really believe Seattle won't be a running team this year. The O-line is having some trouble but I still think Marshawn is a strong bet to finish top-5.
     
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    I tried searching through some of the older Fantasy Football threads but couldn't seem to find it, but someone posted a link to a blog that does weekly analysis specifically around streaming defenses that I never remembered to save the link to. Anybody remember what it was or still have the link saved somewhere?
     
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    Current week's writeup: https://empeopled.com/p/66312
     
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    So my RB crew all boarded the injury train this week so I'm stuck starting AP and Joique Bell. Chris Johnson is still out there available as a free agent. Is it worth picking him up for one week in place of Bell? I've got Foster who should be back next week, so I really only need a one week stopgap.
     
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    In one league, I have almost a legitimate starting lineup on my bench questionable or w/injuries

    Romo
    Foster
    Miller
    Dez
    Jeffrey
    Ivory

    If I can hold the fort for a few weeks though...
     
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    Has anyone goten into Daily Fantasy Sports, i.e. Draft Kings or FanDuel?

    I'm trying it for the first time this week with the following lineups:
    50/50 league, 100 players $25 buy in ($45 win), also
    Freeroll (I paid nothing) ($500 1st prize)
    QB Brady
    RB Peterson
    RB D. Martin
    WR P. Harvin
    WR B. Marshall
    WR N. Washington
    TE Gronk
    K Lambo
    D Browns

    $5 buy in $15 win
    QB Dalton
    RB AP
    RB Woodhead
    WR D. Thomas
    WR V. Jackson
    WR A. Cooper
    TE Eifert
    K Lambo
    D Pats

    $1 buy in $10k win
    QB Newton
    RB Woodhead
    RB L. Bell
    WR A. Cooper
    WR D. Moncrief
    WR P. Harvin
    TE Gronk
    K Walsh
    D Seahawks

    And for both of the big ones:
    $5 buy in, $100K win
    $25 buy in $1,000,000 win
    QB Brady
    RB Woodhead
    RB L. Bell
    WR Edelman
    WR Marshall
    WR Boldin
    TE Rudolph
    K Lambo
    D Browns

    Thoughts on my lineups or on DFS in general?
     
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    Never played DFS before but I got a free entry so I signed up for one today.

    QB C. Palmer
    RB A. Peterson
    RB I. Crowell
    WR A. Brown
    WR J. Brown
    WR J. Jones
    TE T. Kelce
    FL D. Moncrief
    D Vikings
     
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    If the coaching staff is smart they're going to give David Johnson the lion's share of the touches but I don't know if they're smart.
     
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    I can't decide who to flex this week. I have been playing Ivory, but he's kind of banged up so even if he plays, I wonder how much? Other options are Maclin and James Jones. I also have Jordan Cameron.
     
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    Glad I saw this after I went ahead and picked up CJ15K and started him.
     
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    No shit, right? I was thinking of this comment as I was watching the statline float across the screen.
     
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    Mother effer. I'm 0-3 even though this week I had my 2 WRs put up 65 points (projected 21) and my fucking kicker put up 17. 2nd highest score of the week, obviously facing the first highest score.

    Fuck you, Kaepernick. Stop throwing pick-sixes.
     
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    I had the exact opposite scenario as you. Basically all of my picks, with the exception of my Defense (why the hell did I think the Browns could stop anybody?) went off. Peterson came back to form, AJ Green went out of his mind, Cobb reminded Rodgers why he's his #1 receiver again and CJ2K apparently had a flashback to 2009 and remembered that he was a pretty good RB. Between those 4 alone I put up 113 points which would have beat all but one other team in my league. Now I'm up to 3-0 with Arian Foster getting ready to make his triumphant return in the next couple of weeks, so the rich keep getting richer.
     
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    @jdoogie Yeah, I had Green and Cobb (and Gostowski and Denver's D/ST) which, any other week, would have crushed it.

    Lost by 3 points and now Roethlesberger is out 4-6 weeks.
     
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