WR2: Berrian, Lance Moore, Chris Henry, Donnie Avery, Kevin Walter?
Flex: Knowshon, Mike Bell, or Run DMC
TE: Shiancoe or Anthony Fasano?
I'm leaning towards Moore, DMC, and Shiancoe at the moment, due mostly to injury concerns about Berrian and Walter.
Lantermanc wrote:
I'm a Seahawks fan who lives in Seattle, so take what I say with a grain of salt. Or a pillar of salt.
Jones and Hasselbeck.
I'm actually not that high on Jones, but the Rams defense is god awful. BUT, Edge has only 2 carries during the preseason as is admittedly not in tip top shape because he signed halfway through. Of course Mora has been pretty quiet about the RB situation so it could be a ploy. Forsett, the other RB isn't much of a threat to get more than 8 carries and he's not nearly the pass blocker that Jones or Edge is, though he can catch a good screen pass. So Jones I think will get a good chunk of yards just by default. If you look back to last year, Jones actually had 127 yards and 140 yards against SF and STL last year in weeks 2 and 3.
Hightower is crap as is Arizona's running game in general, so I'm not sure if Hightower has much of a chance (if any) to eclipse the 60 yard mark. Basically he's boom or bust with a TD.
Hasselbeck v Schaub is a tough one, and I actually have the exact same dilemma in my fantasy league. The Jets D sucks and the Rams D sucks. Hasselbeck has several good targets to throw to, and has looked fairly good this preseason. Our o-line is actually pretty banged up as well, but I'm not sure if the Rams can garner any real pressure anyways. The thing about Jets though is that Rex Ryan, a supposed defensive genius is their new coach, so I figure that may count for something.
Can't go wrong either way though, but if you do start Jones, you may want to start Schaub just to spread out the risk (though having the RB and QB isn't nearly as risky as QB and WR which is what I'm doing with Hasselbeck and Housh) since one of the two is bound to get a TD.
Thanks again fellas. I ended up going with Hasselback and Jones. Proved a good decision, though the RBs were kind of a moot point. Sure wish I would've played Hightower instead of Slaton. Oh well. I've got a 22 point lead going into tonight. I've got Vincent Jackson and my opponent's got Phillip Rivers. As long as it's Jackson catching the TD passes, I'm fine.
Hasselback may end up having been a steal, once he totally knocks the rust off and the o-line seals up.
too bad you didn't have brady quinn.
some guy in my league beat his opponent with quinn and one RB, forgot who he was though.
Sagarin wrote:
Thanks again fellas. I ended up going with Hasselback and Jones. Proved a good decision, though the RBs were kind of a moot point. Sure wish I would've played Hightower instead of Slaton. Oh well. I've got a 22 point lead going into tonight. I've got Vincent Jackson and my opponent's got Phillip Rivers. As long as it's Jackson catching the TD passes, I'm fine.
Hasselback may end up having been a steal, once he totally knocks the rust off and the o-line seals up.
Schaub's game was very disappointing. Did not expect that against the Jets. Perhaps it was Rex Ryan, perhaps it was rust, I didn't watch the game.
If Hasselbeck hadn't been so cocky and off target, he wouldn't have had those two INTs (almost three). Too bad the first and last quarters were pretty much wastes for him, otherwise he would've had 5 tds (being, a bit greedy, but hey, the guy I'm playing against has Adrian Peterson).
As for Jones v. Hightower, Jones got a bit lucky with his 66 yard td run. I guess I didn't realize that Hightower was a good pass catching RB, though I think it may have been more of Warner struggling to find Fitz and Boldin open and then being forced to throw to Hightower more often.
SalukiAlum wrote:
As good as Oakland's secondary is, Rivers has a healthy, fresh VJackson, Gates, LT, and Chambers to throw to. Can you name any players that Flacco throws to? How can you even question starting Flacco over Rivers?
Easy there big fella - I was simply responding to the previous guys question about the Oakland secondary. They mentioned KC having a bad pass defense, but asked if Oakland's is any better. In fact, Oakland's is probably one of the more dynamic secondaries in the league. I don't follow them very closely so I am not sure if they have any injuries heading into the week. I was just answering the question with a "yes, Oakland's pass defense is better than KC's".
Besides, 307 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT is a pretty bad stat line, and depending on the scoring schedule, 18 yards rushing might get you a point or 2. I would have played Rivers over Flacco this week, but it isn't so cut and dry.
Oh, and to answer your question, Flacco has Derrick (sp?) Mason and the TE Todd Heap to throw to. Add to that Ray Rice and McGahee to possibly throw to underneath and in the flats and you get some yards and scores. Against an anemic KC defense, doesn't matter who Flacco has to throw to he can rack up fantasy points.
Lantermanc wrote:
Schaub's game was very disappointing. Did not expect that against the Jets. Perhaps it was Rex Ryan, perhaps it was rust, I didn't watch the game.
If Hasselbeck hadn't been so cocky and off target, he wouldn't have had those two INTs (almost three). Too bad the first and last quarters were pretty much wastes for him, otherwise he would've had 5 tds (being, a bit greedy, but hey, the guy I'm playing against has Adrian Peterson).
As for Jones v. Hightower, Jones got a bit lucky with his 66 yard td run. I guess I didn't realize that Hightower was a good pass catching RB, though I think it may have been more of Warner struggling to find Fitz and Boldin open and then being forced to throw to Hightower more often.
Houston's entire offense was out of sync. I'm going to need to reevaluate Slaton vs Hightower. I can also play LenDale White, who's trimmed down and in a contract year. But I have a feeling Jones gets some "traction" this year, as long as the passing game works. 5 TDs? Would've loved it.