Fantasy Addicts Degeneracy Corner!

[Paradis]

I wouldn't start Watson, but I'm been vocally a critic of him as an NFL talent, period. Lacks finesse, bad hands and injury prone. Just an athlete playing football... That said, he's in a good spot. Still prefer Diontae. 

[Jetsfan80]

2 hours ago, Lurker89 said:

@Jetsfan80 @Paradis @maury77

 

Well gents... in your opinion are we starting Christian Watson over Dionte Johnson?

Im down Mike Evans and Waddle to byes 

Current  pass catchers

Tee

Amari Cooper 

Dionte 

Friermuth 

 

 

RBs

Ekeler 

Pierce

Rhamondre 

 

Bench:

Pitts 

BRobinson

CWatson

 

Wait and see on Watson.  He's not catching TDs on 75 % of his catches again any time soon.  See if he earns a bigger role off his latest performance first before rushing him into your lineup.  

[Lurker89]

56 minutes ago, Jetsfan80 said:

 

Wait and see on Watson.  He's not catching TDs on 75 % of his catches again any time soon.  See if he earns a bigger role off his latest performance first before rushing him into your lineup.  

Dionte has been soooo bad though and I'm starting 2 god damned Steelers again...

Scrub team in last place picked up Daniel Jones and with my track record that means DDimes puts up 50 this week ... may god have mercy on my soul... 

[Lurker89]

I thought about picking up Jones to keep him from picking him up figured I'd let him take him and keep the karma clean?

[Lurker89]

Well I played Watson and the risk/reward double edged sword paid off .... this time...

 

May the fantasy gods smile upon me the rest of the way.....

[Jetsfan80]

2 hours ago, Lurker89 said:

Well I played Watson and the risk/reward double edged sword paid off .... this time...

 

May the fantasy gods smile upon me the rest of the way.....

I was gonna say, glad you didn’t listen to us!  lol.

[Barry McCockinner]

Duverney vs Carolina

or

Marquise Brown vs. SF

We don't even know if Brown is playing this week, which sucks arse. Duverney has been ok but has a low floor and his highest target share was 7. Last week he only had 1 target even though he's essentially the #1 there now. Brown was averaging 10.5 targets per game before his injury but that was before Hopkins was back from suspension.

This is a flex position and I do have McBride I could throw in if Brown isn't playing. 

[Jetsfan80]

2 hours ago, Barry McCockinner said:

Duverney vs Carolina

or

Marquise Brown vs. SF

We don't even know if Brown is playing this week, which sucks arse. Duverney has been ok but has a low floor and his highest target share was 7. Last week he only had 1 target even though he's essentially the #1 there now. Brown was averaging 10.5 targets per game before his injury but that was before Hopkins was back from suspension.

This is a flex position and I do have McBride I could throw in if Brown isn't playing. 

 

If Brown plays you probably have to throw him in there.  But if he doesn't, I have to think better days are ahead for Duvernay.  He was on the field for 73.5 % of snaps last week, which was a career high.  I can't seem to find how many routes he ran but I'm sure that was at or near his career high as well.

[Barry McCockinner]

3 minutes ago, Jetsfan80 said:

 

If Brown plays you probably have to throw him in there.  But if he doesn't, I have to think better days are ahead for Duvernay.  He was on the field for 73.5 % of snaps last week, which was a career high.  I can't seem to find how many routes he ran but I'm sure that was at or near his career high as well.

If the snaps aren't translating to targets I don't know how much it matters though. He had 1 target last week. It's like Kyle Pitts snaps/targets ration but worse.

Oh yea - I forgot to mention the hardest part to this decision. Cardinals play Monday night.

[Jetsfan80]

Just now, Barry McCockinner said:

If the snaps aren't translating to targets I don't know how much it matters though. He had 1 target last week. It's like Kyle Pitts snaps/targets ration but worse.

Oh yea - I forgot to mention the hardest part to this decision. Cardinals play Monday night.

Pitts got 8 targets last week.  Just saying.  

[Lurker89]

6 hours ago, Barry McCockinner said:

Duverney vs Carolina

or

Marquise Brown vs. SF

We don't even know if Brown is playing this week, which sucks arse. Duverney has been ok but has a low floor and his highest target share was 7. Last week he only had 1 target even though he's essentially the #1 there now. Brown was averaging 10.5 targets per game before his injury but that was before Hopkins was back from suspension.

This is a flex position and I do have McBride I could throw in if Brown isn't playing. 

I'm partial to Duvernay in this scenario unless we have reason to believe Hollywood  is  90% healthy or better (we don't).... having him out there on a snap count or as a decoy will be extremely frustrating. Duvernay although not a world beater is the defacto #1 and a focal point of the O even if they are 28th in the league  in pass attempts per game.

[Lurker89]

3 hours ago, Barry McCockinner said:

If the snaps aren't translating to targets I don't know how much it matters though. He had 1 target last week. It's like Kyle Pitts snaps/targets ration but worse.

Oh yea - I forgot to mention the hardest part to this decision. Cardinals play Monday night.

 

3 hours ago, Jetsfan80 said:

Pitts got 8 targets last week.  Just saying.  

Yeah Pitts problem is the quality of those targets.... and Arthur Smith....

[Barry McCockinner]

honestly the more I look at Duverney the more I don't like him. I've had him all year and played him a bunch but his targets suck even with Andrews and Bates out. Andrews is probably back this week too. I could drop him and pickup Paris Cambell who seems to have good chemistry w/Matt Ryan now.

 

[Lurker89]

40 minutes ago, Barry McCockinner said:

honestly the more I look at Duverney the more I don't like him. I've had him all year and played him a bunch but his targets suck even with Andrews and Bates out. Andrews is probably back this week too. I could drop him and pickup Paris Cambell who seems to have good chemistry w/Matt Ryan now.

 

Campbells upside is fun, 3 of his last five games above 15 points in my .5 ppr league. It's the right kind of uncertainty to lean into.

Duvernay with one game above 15 all season the wrong kind of certainty. Unlike Hollywood we know Campbell is playing as well and is riding a decently hot hand.

[Barry McCockinner]

Dropped Duvernay to pickup Campbell and started Cambell. So, Duvernay and Hollywood are pretty good bets for highest scorer of the week.

[fullblast]

Gonna lose because my opponent’s kicker scored 27 points. Just lining up for nut kicks today.

[Lurker89]

On 11/20/2022 at 11:50 AM, Barry McCockinner said:

Dropped Duvernay to pickup Campbell and started Cambell. So, Duvernay and Hollywood are pretty good bets for highest scorer of the week.

Looks like you made the right choice by 8 points or so in my league.

[Lurker89]

On 11/20/2022 at 6:18 PM, fullblast said:

Gonna lose because my opponent’s kicker scored 27 points. Just lining up for nut kicks today.

Never fun .... I commished a league last year that did an extra flex in lieu of kicker and DST cause fluky kicker /DST **** drives me nuts.

[fullblast]

8 hours ago, Lurker89 said:

Never fun .... I commished a league last year that did an extra flex in lieu of kicker and DST cause fluky kicker /DST **** drives me nuts.

Just to update, I lost by .42 points. ?

[Barry McCockinner]

16 hours ago, fullblast said:

Just to update, I lost by .42 points. ?

So, for those of us following at home, even if your opponent benched his kicker you still would have lost?

[Lurker89]

1 hour ago, Barry McCockinner said:

So, for those of us following at home, even if your opponent benched his kicker you still would have lost?

There is a decimal in there... 0.42 points 

[Lurker89]

My struggle is a good problem of picking one of Rhamondre, Dameon Pierce, or Amari Cooper to bench.

[Lurker89]

@Jetsfan80 @Paradis

What do gents think? I'm leaning heavily towards starting Dameon Pierce and Rhamondre and benching Cooper with a healthy fear Cooper blows up.

And Happy  Thanksgiving 

[Paradis]

I would ?

[Lurker89]

1 hour ago, Paradis said:

I would ?

I know right... logic says start the high end RB2's over the boomy/busty WR2 but fate will laugh in my face as Pierce has andither 2 point dud and Cooper keeps up last weeks magic.?

@Jetsfan80 with a win last week I moved into 4th scrappy scraping my way.  Last place team had their best week all season against me but i had most points on the week.

Friends and fam team in second place on a 6 win streak.

How you holding up?

[Jetsfan80]

3 hours ago, Lurker89 said:

@Jetsfan80 @Paradis

What do gents think? I'm leaning heavily towards starting Dameon Pierce and Rhamondre and benching Cooper with a healthy fear Cooper blows up.

And Happy  Thanksgiving 

Definitely, definitely start Rhamondre.  He has a great matchup!

 

37 minutes ago, Lurker89 said:

I know right... logic says start the high end RB2's over the boomy/busty WR2 but fate will laugh in my face as Pierce has andither 2 point dud and Cooper keeps up last weeks magic.?

@Jetsfan80 with a win last week I moved into 4th scrappy scraping my way.  Last place team had their best week all season against me but i had most points on the week.

Friends and fam team in second place on a 6 win streak.

How you holding up?

I’m 7-4 and in 3rd place!!  I’ve got 2 tough matchups to finish out the regular season though.  Only 4 make the playoffs in my 10-team league.  Let’s goooo

[Lurker89]

8 hours ago, Jetsfan80 said:

Definitely, definitely start Rhamondre.  He has a great matchup!

 

I’m 7-4 and in 3rd place!!  I’ve got 2 tough matchups to finish out the regular season though.  Only 4 make the playoffs in my 10-team league.  Let’s goooo

Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder Brother!!!!

 

And Happy Thanksgiving!

[Lurker89]

@Jetsfan80 @Paradis

Starting D.Pierce over Cooper has me so stressed out lol

[Paradis]

I would too 

[Lurker89]

@Paradis @Jetsfan80

I swapped out Pierce for Cooper with und 5 min to kickoff. 

[Jetsfan80]

2 hours ago, Lurker89 said:

@Paradis @Jetsfan80

I swapped out Pierce for Cooper with und 5 min to kickoff. 

 

My opponent had Josh Jacobs.   I still only lost by 0.5 points. 

Frustrating, but it was quite the shootout.  I thought I was done but Jalen Hurts almost brought me all the way back.  Can't be TOO mad about it....

I'm still very much in the playoff hunt (7-5, 3rd place) but next week will be tough!

[Lurker89]

5 hours ago, Jetsfan80 said:

 

My opponent had Josh Jacobs.   I still only lost by 0.5 points. 

Frustrating, but it was quite the shootout.  I thought I was done but Jalen Hurts almost brought me all the way back.  Can't be TOO mad about it....

I'm still very much in the playoff hunt (7-5, 3rd place) but next week will be tough!

We are  both now 7-5 and in 3rd. I have faith we'll both maintain. 12 man league with 6 in the playoffs for me. 10 man 4 in the playoffs for you. Lets just run the table.

I got lucky this week won 122 to 88 was playing against Mahomes and CMC both of whom were mere mortals this week. He had a bunch of duds my team pulled together a bunch of 12 point days for the win, Tee Dee Higgins gave me the boost. Mike Evans dragged me down.

[Jetsfan80]

42 minutes ago, Lurker89 said:

We are  both now 7-5 and in 3rd. I have faith we'll both maintain. 12 man league with 6 in the playoffs for me. 10 man 4 in the playoffs for you. Lets just run the table.

I got lucky this week won 122 to 88 was playing against Mahomes and CMC both of whom were mere mortals this week. He had a bunch of duds my team pulled together a bunch of 12 point days for the win, Tee Dee Higgins gave me the boost. Mike Evans dragged me down.

We are the Teams of Destiny ™️ 

[Lurker89]

@Jetsfan80 @Paradis

 

Hear me out and then tell me I'm nutz.

I'm feeling like Mike Evans is cooked and I should start thinking about benching him

I also feel like thats getting too cute... I have Burks and Watson  on my bench heating up Evans in my lineup trying to F*** me. Lol

I cant bring myself to actually  bench Evans but I'm tempted.

[Jetsfan80]

1 hour ago, Lurker89 said:

@Jetsfan80 @Paradis

 

Hear me out and then tell me I'm nutz.

I'm feeling like Mike Evans is cooked and I should start thinking about benching him

I also feel like thats getting too cute... I have Burks and Watson  on my bench heating up Evans in my lineup trying to F*** me. Lol

I cant bring myself to actually  bench Evans but I'm tempted.

 

At this point in the season you generally go with the guys that got you this far, particularly if you're in the fantasy playoffs.  Like, you wouldn't bench, say, Josh Allen, even if he's put up some pedestrian lines lately.  

But if Evans hasn't been a big reason you've gotten here, then he doesn't qualify.  Feel free to bench for more intriguing candidates if you have them on your roster.  Burks is definitely the kind of guy that can be a "league winner".