Week 2 Who to Start Questions

Think I'd lean to Cutler or Grossman.
I expect the Saints D to be better this week at home and a couple Cutler turnovers wouldn't shock me. Guess I kind of lean to Grossman. The Cardinals were shredded by Cam Newton and travel across country for an early game. But I'd still be scared to start Rex F'n Grossman.
Like Fitz but can see the Bills getting it done on the ground.

Go Charles, Hightower, & Tolbert for your RBs and flex.
Make Blount prove something first and Reggie Bush's value decreases considerably in non PPR leagues. He can't run between the tackles and won't be getting any short TD runs.

White & Austin.

Tight end is tough. I'm a very similar situation. Have Winslow as well. Picked up Olsen who was available. Pettigrew is also available. If you figure out what the hell to do then let me know.

 

Congrats on a good first week Stuart..!

Please choose 3 of these Rbs

Felix Jones(@SF) Tim Hightower(AZ) Ahmad Bshaw(STL) Mike Tolbert(@NE) Deangelo Williams(GB) Ben Tate(@MIA)

thats how i have em in my lineup with Bshaw as my flex... do you agree or would you swap Tolbert with someone...

I wanna keep Jones in there, Hightower playing his old team, I like that.. and Bshaw playing on MNF, also like that... Hard to not put in Tolbert after last week.. SD on the road playing a tougher D in NE, but itching to get him in..

Give me your thoughts on which 3 you like this week ... thanks man, love to hear outsider thoughts on my team, and i respect your opinion, keep up the good work..!

I dont think Deangelo is going to do much this year, Stewart looked better but the moneys comminted to Williams. Im not sure Tolbert is 100%, and if he is I expect the Patriots to focus on stopping him

 

ok stuart , going to hold on to bradford

can i start him this week over big ben ? the giants defense stinks , don't see it getting better for coughlin , the boo birds will be out and the crowd can work against the giants if they get down early

 

I got a question about my team too. High end side betting in the league, so trying to get a W but also players with higher upside are important to me. We play 14 teams deep and 18 players per roster, so not much at all in free agents to helpout.

My QBs: Brady (12th pick overall, happy with that) Bench: Sanchez

WRS: Henderson (signed off free agents mid-game, liked that loophole) Mike Thomas (traded Santana Moss for him and Bernard Scott) Percy Harvin. Bench: Eric Decker (signed him this week and dropped Jerome Simpson) Sidney Rice (hoping he plays)

RBs: Shonn Greene (2nd round pick, stunk so far) Cedric Benson (4th round pick, I loved him in that spot) BJGE (keeper 18th round) Cadillac Williams (drafted late, might be worthwhile now with SJax hurt) Jonathon Stewart (also drafted late)

TES: Finley (3rd round) and Hernandez (late pick)

Kicker: Hanson

Defense: Jets, Lions

 

For each week we start a QB, 3 WRs, 2 RBS, a Flex (TE, RB, or WR), a kicker and a defense

 

My main uncertainty is the Flex spot. I am starting Benson and Greene, so the flex play becomes BJGE (lost carries to Woodhead, even goal line late) Hernandez (combos with Brady, and Im leaning towards)  and Cadillac Williams (may start, MNF, late game of the week so I enjoy having a player in that game)

For Flex I need to decide between BJGE, Cadillac, and Hernandez. Leaning Cadillac because I feel he will definitely get a lot of touces, but not really sure. Anyone with any input plmk!

Felix Jones no doubt and I thought Tolbert looked great. Toss up with Bradshaw and HIghtower. Lean HIghtower as they will control the ball more and I have a feeling the Giants play from behind and throw more

At QB should I start Eli Manning or Cam Newton? 

Ok I am kinda in a bind here. Colston went down and Maclin looked piss poor. Almost like Vick didnt even look to throw to him. I also pick up Cadillac more to keep him from others in my league than myself but I like his match up this week and I thought he looked really good last week. This is what I have (No PPR league)

Got 1 WR and 1 flex spot to fill

Man, that's tough.
Definitely Jones & Hightower because they'll get all the work.

That's tough on your 3rd RB. Bradshaw should get more carries but Tolbert's the better bet for a TD.
I might lean towards Tolbert. Looks like he'll fill that Darren Sproles role so he should add plenty of yards receiving as well.

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I dont think Deangelo is going to do much this year, Stewart looked better but the moneys comminted to Williams. Im not sure Tolbert is 100%, and if he is I expect the Patriots to focus on stopping him

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Ryan Matthews will get more carries so I can't see them designing their defensive gameplan specifically to stop Tolbert.

Big Ben is a top 10 play this week. The Steelers should be out for blood against the Seahawks. And teams traveling west to east to play early games (10AM west coast start) have a history of getting slaughtered. Raiders and Cardinals are also in the same situation this week.

Do you guys have a starting TE spot? I'm guessing you do and just forgot to list it.

Steven Jackson says he hasnt ruled himself out yet, but I would be surprised if he plays. If he doesn't I like Caddy in your flex. Problem is, the Rams play Monday night. If Steven Jackson is a question mark then it's tough for you to wait and see if he plays. If he does, you could be in trouble. Definitely monitor his practice status on Friday.
Not a Law Firm fan at all but surprised he got such few touches week 1. Might lean towards Hernandez until I saw that Law Firm was getting more work.

I still don't trust Cam Newton enough to start him against the Packers. Their defense should pose a few more problems for him than the Cardinals did. He's going to have ups and downs and I'd think this is more likely to be a down. It's close though. And I did recommend to many people not even owning Newton going into last week lol.

I do think Steve Smith is worth starting though. I know a lot of people that had him blow up on their bench last week.

Can you start Reggie Bush? Can say WR/TE flex. If you can then I'd probably start him. Otherwise I'd go with your gut between Harvin and Hernandez. 

Alex Smith makes me afraid of Vernon Davis and he's one of the best TEs in the league.

I'm not sure Jacoby Ford is playing this week so you might have to start Maclin and Gaffney. If Ford does play then I go with him and Maclin.

Don't worry about Maclin. He had pretty much no training camp so it could take a couple games for him to get going. Actually, just traded for him in one of my leagues. Buy low.

Bradshaw and Dez if he plays. Jerry Jones says he will so it must be official lol. If Dez does end up not playing though, I'd go with Manningham since Nicks is hobbled.

hating my bowe pick

yea idk that vikes O scares me, still looking for answers

with sjax looking like he is out week 2 I need some flex help...
standard league
Moreno: although he looks like he is done this week also
M Bush
Karim
Burleson
Knox

I was thinking Karim, I know he isn't the starter there but he still had 14 carries last game and 3 receptions, but going against Jets
or
Bush who is going against a bad running D, and hope he can get 10-15 carries
or
Burleson who is on a pass happy offense and against a sec that struggled last game

Ole Jerry's backed off his comments about Dez being good to go. Sounds like he could be a gametime decision. You might have to play Manningham.

Moreno didn't practice today either so forget about him.

Bush just isn't an option with McFadden healthy. He just doesn't get enough work.

Knox could be a possibility depending on Roy Williams status.

I like Karim and added him in my deep league before last weekend, but I don't think I'd mess with him against the Jets.

Burleson seems like the best play to me. He's clearly a major target of Stafford and I can see some Detroit points against KC at home this week.

Sounds good to me... Thanks and GL this week!!!
So far started well, went 3-1... one league I won by .04 of a point.
The one I lost I got crushed...  my keeper team, have AP and Charles and they killed me

Half Pt. PPR

Start 1:
D. Bess
L. Moore: think he'll play
F. Davis

Standard League

Start 1:
Maclin: may need a couple games to get into the groove of things
Julio Jones: if Nnamdi shadows Roddy White then he could have a breakout game
Branch: quite a few looks week 1; somewhere between the 2nd-4th option in that offense

 

What do you think about Hakeem Nicks?  He has assured he will play monday but he only did light practices....