Jetsfan80 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 So in my big money league, someone just dropped Chris Ivory to waivers. In my book, now that he's healthy, he's going to rip RB1 duties away from TJ Yeldon and provide some solid upside. However, it's tough for me to drop anyone on my bench to put in the waiver claim. Now that Josh Gordon (who I own) is headed to rehab, I'm definitely hanging onto Terrelle Pryor for the time being. Currently my "drop" options are the following: Jerick McKinnon Coby Fleener (my starting TE is Jordan Reed) And my other RBs are: Crowell, Christine Michael, Tevin Coleman, and Matt Jones Should I drop McKinnon to add Ivory? McKinnon is a pretty uninspiring runner, behind what is currently a pretty weak Viking OL, and is also splitting carries with Asiata. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cant wait Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Minny is going to run a lot with that defense and mckinnon has freakish upside... I don't see ivory being much more productive and I'm not convinced he's totally healthy right now. Your other backs are all fairly risky so maybe consider selling high and try for a 2 for 1 deal. In the meantime you can drop your kicker if you want to scoop ivory and decide later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 11 hours ago, cant wait said: Minny is going to run a lot with that defense and mckinnon has freakish upside... I don't see ivory being much more productive and I'm not convinced he's totally healthy right now. Your other backs are all fairly risky so maybe consider selling high and try for a 2 for 1 deal. In the meantime you can drop your kicker if you want to scoop ivory and decide later Thanks. I decided to hold off on Ivory, since he has a bye week coming up next week. I'll likely end up needing McKinnon (Christine Michael is on bye next week), with the Vikings having a decent matchup with Houston (they have a pedestrian run D and now of course no Watt). Ivory ended up getting picked up, but might get dropped again on his bye, especially if he doesn't perform well this week coming back from his multiple injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cant wait Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 No doubt, I think you made the right decision-- mckinnon has crazy upside as he's probably the most athletic back in the league and has been hyped for a while as a breakout waiting to happen https://www.playerprofiler.com/article/jerick-mckinnon-adrian-peterson/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 Yep, glad I didn't drop him! I ended up picking up Paul Perkins after dropping Josh Gordon. Interested to see how he does tomorrow night working behind Orleans Darkwa on the depth chart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted October 5, 2016 Author Share Posted October 5, 2016 Thinking I'll finally deploy McKinnon in my starting lineup this week with Christine Michael on bye. Houston's weakness is run defense so I feel he'll be able to find some room and provide a decent floor and good ceiling. But now I need help with filling the flex spot: I'm not sure who I should go with between Stefon Diggs (vs HOU) and Matt Jones (@ BAL). Both have tough matchups, but Jones is getting more consistent work than Diggs has been lately. Still, Diggs has the better upside. So it's a tough call. I also have Isaiah Crowell and Terrelle Pryor in my lineup despite a tough matchup with NE. Just can't justify benching either with how well they've performed (Crowell is the # 3 ranked RB in my league's format so far this season; Pryor the # 16 WR despite an undefined role early). Crazy to think there'd ever be a time when my week depended heavily on the performance of quality Cleveland Browns fantasy players, but that's the effect Hue Jackson has had immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl40 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 24 minutes ago, Jetsfan80 said: Thinking I'll finally deploy McKinnon in my starting lineup this week with Christine Michael on bye. Houston's weakness is run defense so I feel he'll be able to find some room and provide a decent floor and good ceiling. But now I need help with filling the flex spot: I'm not sure who I should go with between Stefon Diggs (vs HOU) and Matt Jones (@ BAL). Both have tough matchups, but Jones is getting more consistent work than Diggs has been lately. Still, Diggs has the better upside. So it's a tough call. I also have Isaiah Crowell and Terrelle Pryor in my lineup despite a tough matchup with NE. Just can't justify benching either with how well they've performed (Crowell is the # 3 ranked RB in my league's format so far this season; Pryor the # 16 WR despite an undefined role early). Crazy to think there'd ever be a time when my week depended heavily on the performance of quality Cleveland Browns fantasy players, but that's the effect Hue Jackson has had immediately. I always find it tough to play two players from the same offense, unless I'm stacking a QB with a WR. Or if that offense is going against a very bad defense and there will be plenty of looks for everyone. Tough thing with McKinnon is Asiata vultures TDs big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted October 5, 2016 Author Share Posted October 5, 2016 28 minutes ago, CrazyCarl40 said: I always find it tough to play two players from the same offense, unless I'm stacking a QB with a WR. Or if that offense is going against a very bad defense and there will be plenty of looks for everyone. Tough thing with McKinnon is Asiata vultures TDs big time. Yep, I have concerns with both items you mentioned here. I don't want to invest too heavily in an offense like the Vikings in any one week, when they're a defense-led team. And TD's mean a lot in this league (non-PPR), so Asiata's presence hurts bigtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted October 7, 2016 Author Share Posted October 7, 2016 Diggs is now doubtful...makes my decision easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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