DNA do you need 2 kickers or 2 TE? I like MJD and Portis, but I don't like Benson or Hightower. And I guess Benson has not had a good camp. Also your right you don't have a Stud WR. Something to work on.

One of my 3 teams. And this team needs some help. Any feedback is appreciated. Its a 10 team league, standard H2H scoring.

QB Peyton Manning
RB Adrian Peterson
RB Willis McGahee
RB Pierre Thomas
WR Terrell Owens
WR Wes Welker
TE Owen Daniels
D Ravens
K Stephen Gostkowski

Bench
Jay Cutler
Santonio Holmes
Ted Ginn Jr.
Jeremy Maclin
Donnie Avery
Chester Taylor
Ricky Williams

McGahee is at best in a timeshare with Rice and it sounds like Mike Bell will steal goal line carries from Thomas who also has the short term problem of sprained MCL.

You have decent WR depth so a WR for RB trade for some RBs with upside would be in your best interest

Here's my team.. had to auto-draft because of my boy's birthday party.. obv need WRs.. but anyone else see any big flaws? Is my team terrible?

Starters

QB- Kurt Warner
RB- Matt Forte
RB- Kevin Smith
RB/WR- Darren McFadden (or Reggie Bush? What do you guys think?)
WR- Muhsin Muhammad
WR- Justin Gage
TE- Jayson Witten
D/ST- Philly
K- Stephen Gostkowski

Bench

QB's- McNabb and Delhomme
WR's- Michael Crabtree(Is he even worth holding onto?)
RB's- Reggie Bush(or McFadden?), Maurice Morris, Fred Taylor(who I've offered in a trade for Donald Driver, straight up to a team that is very thin at RB and stocked at WR)
TE- Visanthe Shiancoe


If Taylor for Driver gets accepted, then I'll probably drop Delhomme and pick up the best available RB, but I'm kinda confused about what to do with Crabtree.. is he gonna sign? Even if he does, is he worth having?

If it doesn't go through, I'll probably try a similar trade with McNabb or some such for a 2nd/3rd tier WR. I just need to get some depth there, I think. I'm not real experienced at FF so any help's appreciated, obv.

Warner is a huge injury risk so you need McNabb (I wouldn't trade him).

I'd drop Crabtree unless you're in a dynasty/keeper league. He won't be worth much this year

Depending on matchups, you could go either Bush or McFadden.

What backs and receivers are available in your league? You're right as you really need help at the WR spot. I have to believe there are better choices out there than Gage or Muhsin.

My first draft - twelve team league - standard scoring with 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 Flex, 1 D, 1 K and 1 DB, LB DB/LB. We can keep up to three players for the next year with the rule that it will cost you a draft pick in next year's draft (+1 from this year's draft slot). So if I want to keep my 2nd round pick from this year's draft, it would cost me my first round pick next year.

I had the Seventh slot in the draft.

1. Steve Slaton RB
2. Chris Johnson RB
3. Aaron Rodgers QB
4. Brandon Marshall WR
5. Braylan Edwards WR
6. Anthony Gonzalez WR
7. Ben Roethlisberger QB
8. Rashard Mendenhall RB
9. Donnie Avery WR
10. Zach Miller TE
11. Julius Jones RB
12. Dallas D
13. Michael Crabtree WR
14. Jamaal Charles RB
15. Matt Stafford QB
16. Karlos Dansby LB
17. Kerry Rhodes DB
18. Davis Harris LB
19. Jerome Harrison RB
20. Adam Vinatieri K

The top 3 FA WR's available are Isaac Bruce, Mark Clayton and Devery Henderson.

The top 5 FA RB's available are Dominic Rhodes, Mewelde Moore, Warrick Dunn, Deuce McCallister and Peyton Hillis. I also see Edgerrin James' name up there, too.

I'm pretty tempted to drop Delhomme and pick up Clayton or Henderson. The youth movement is well under way in SF or I'd pick Bruce, I think.

That'd leave me with Matt Forte, Kevin Smith, McFadden, Reggie Bush, Mewelde Moore at RB, assuming I trade Taylor.

And that'd leave me with Muhammad, Gage, Henderson/Clayton, Crabtree and Donald Driver if the trade goes through. Or would I be better off dropping Crabtree altogether and taking Henderson *and* Clayton..? Or should I just look to trade for a WR?

I'd take Bruce & Clayton. Henderson is behind Colston/Moore and probably Meacham now. Crabtree will probably sign before the first game but it'll take him awhile to catch up. Not worth much this year.

Try to trade Delhomme to the owner who has Steve Smith and tout the double points he'll get when Delhomme throws TDs to Smith

I'd pick up James as he might end up on top over Julius Jones (you never know)

Cool. Thanks for all your input/help, Andre.

Someone mentioned the lack of RB depth this year and I agree plus it's been a trend for a while.

There are very few bell cow RB's that get tons of carries consistenly anymore since so many teams
specialize with 3rd down and goal line backs.

On the flip side now there are also very few stud WR's than there used to be. It used to be imperative
to get both RB's early and most would take them with their first two picks regardless.

I just don't see that as a valid tactic anymore. This year I pick tenth and knowing the top 5 RB's will be
gone I plan on being able to get one or two of the top WR's for my team and taking a shot at one of the middle
type running backs step up, like Slaton or Forte did last year. I also don't think there is alot of difference in QB's
unless you happen to get Brady or Manning on an exceptional year.


What is everyone's thoughts on Moss this year? TO?

TO is curious since Buffalo is going to alot of no-huddle and opposing teams will have to worry about
Evans speed on the opposite side.

For those that took Cedric Benson I am liking him for a sleeper pick. The Bengals are going to be commited
to the run this season. He's had a full training camp with the team and everyone agrees he looks a whole lot
faster than last season while hitting the hole with authority. He could end up finally showing why he was a
number 4 pick.

Have a trade question for one of my leagues.

Currently my RB's are: Matt Forte, Darren McFadden, Knowshon Moreno, Ray Rice, Cedric Benson, Larry Johnson, and Michael Bush.

My WR's are Wes Welker, Roddy White, Jeremy Maclin, Lee Evans

My question is Im trying to shop Wes Welker and one of my other RB's. I'm targeting Andre Johnson. Do you guys think giving Wes Welker and Ray Rice would be fair, not enough, or too much?

The other guys RB's are Ryan Grant, Willie Parker, Sammy Morris, and Julious Jones.

The trade depends on Rice's value this year. It sure looks like McGahee is going to play less but potentially be the goal line back. Especially if your league gives pts for receptions, Rice will be worth quite a bit. Rice could be your second best back after Forte depending on McFadden (Raiders look horrible) and Moreno (reported late and slightly injured delaying his progress plus Denver has a lot of other backs)

Welker is a top 20 Wideout so if you could package him with Benson, LJ or Bush - that 'd be much better.

I've done all the upgrades we spoke of previously.. I have Mewelde Moore instead of Maurice Morris. I have Isaac Bruce and Mark Clayton. Still have Muhsin Muhammad and Justin Gage as my WR's. I have Forte, Bush, McFadden and a few other decent/good RB's. I'm considering shopping Forte for a top end WR and/or Bush for a good/great WR. Dumb or no? Or should I just wait until a few weeks have passed to see what opens up ?

Does anyone have any interest in an auction league ( or is in an auction league with room) I would like to try out an auction league, I've never done one for cash..

Yeah, it's definitely fair, but i defintely see how/why AJ owner would deny. It's one of those impossible deals as AJ is a top 15 draft pick, you dont shop that guy for two guys that went rounds 4-6. Just doesn't happen. But if and when Rice blows up to start the season, now Rice/Welker is > AJ.

We could get one going on Espn.com

They have a great auction draft mode....very user friendly. Auction is the way to go.....much more strategy than a snake draft. Do you grab three studs and pick up a bunch of dollar sleepers? Do you stay patient and grab a ton of solid guys and pass on the stars?

I would be down for it. I did one once and it was interesting.

I'd probably do it. How much were you thinking?

12 team league. Snake draft but the order changes every two rounds.

Standard scoring except you can earn a max of up to 3 points for completions and receptions. Also, Defense scoring includes yards allowed.

1 QB
1 RB
2 WR
1 RB/WR
1 TE
1 DST
1 K


1. A.P
24. Greg Jennings
36. Wes Welker
37. Tony Romo
53. Bernard Berrian
68. Chris Cooley
76. Donald Brown
93. LeSean McCoy
108. Dominik Hixon
109. Jamal Lewis
121. Joe Flacco
144. Jerious Norwood
152. Josh Morgan
161. Fred Jackson
177. Seahawks
186. Olindo Mare


I might've made a mistake by waiting to take my Defense but other than that I'm pretty happy with this team.

I think only needing 1 RB is huge because if my other guys don't pan out it's not a big deal. Obviously all I got for sure is AP but I've got a few guys who might earn the starting position so I think it's worth that slight gamble. I think my top 3 wideouts are darn good too. Not as good as the guys who went WR, WR in their first two but strong nonetheless.

Who you going to put in that RB/WR flex spot?

Berrian/whoever steps up of the Brown/McCoy/Hixon/Lewis group

Finally had my draft Sunday night, had the 1st overall pick, 12 teams snake draft. We play 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR/TE, ! DEF, and 1 K. 0.5 point per reception.

1. A.Peterson RB MIN
2. S.Jackson RB STL
3. W. Welker WR NE (PPR makes him more valuable imo)
4. B. Edwards WR CLE (may have reached here but I think he's due for a bounceback)
5. L. Moore WR NO (another reach I think, I'm not thrilled with this pick)
6. M. Schaub QB HOU (I didn't like any of the options I had with RB/WR here except D. McFadden I would have taken if not for he has the same Bye week as AP and SJax)
7. J. Cutler QB CHI
8. D. McFadden RB OAK (wow got him 2 rounds later and couldn't pass him up even with the bye week issue-might be a steal right here.)
9. D. Ward RB TB
10. C. Chambers WR SD
11. N. Burleson WR SEA
12. F. Taylor RB NE
13. L. Maroney RB NE
14. TITANS
15. K. Brown K Hou


Anyone love/hate?

I've been offered Roddy White for Matt Forte.

My WR's are Muhsin Muhammad, Justin Gage, Isaac Bruce and Mark Clayton.

My RB's are Forte, Darren McFadden, Reggie Bush, Fred Taylor, Kevin Smith and Mewelde Moore.

I think about have to take it, right? My WR's are absolutely awful.

That's a tough one. Normally, I'd say no but since your WRs are so weak...hmmm. Maybe counter offer his choice of any other RB, but Forte was presumably your 1st pick, and White was probably his 2nd or 3rd.

I think if you made Forte available, you could get a better return from another team. Maybe Boldin, or R. Wayne, maybe even Calvin Johnson.

FWIW, He also has Randy Moss.. but Moss is ranked behind White in the couple of rankings I've seen.

If this is redraft I'd rather have Moss, but if it's dynasty I'd probably take White. I'd probably counter with Bush instead of Forte too.

You should get more for Forte than roddy white. Forte is a top 5 pick, trading him for white doesn't make sense, even if your wr's are weak.

I agree with D. You have to get more for Forte that Roddy.

IF you want to trade someone , it should be like kevin smith... that's a more fair trade. Not everyone agree's with me on smith's value, but he's not splitting carries with anyone. and he's closer to where Roddy white would be picked than forte is.

I suggested either Fred Taylor and Jason Witten(I have Shiancoe as a backup) for Roddy White or Fred Taylor and Reggie Bush for Roddy White.

Thoughts?

Two for one usually works in your favor - here, both those deals would be good for you. Talk up the fact that Pierre Thomas is hurt and Bush may get most of the carries.

There's no way I would trade Forte for Roddy straight up even though you need help at WR.

I don't know. The coaches have been talking up Morris a lot the last couple weeks. They seem to think him and Smith are a grear tandem that will establish a great run game. Personally I don't see it because of his comments last week where he said that he doesn't care, he will go in when told, he is not fighting for carries. I think that is a piss poor attitude and it provides no motivation for Smith to work harder to keep his carries up. But the coaches have been pushing for them splitting carries.

I'm in two keeper leagues one of which just started this year and the setup is dressing 2 qbs each week. Considering it's a keeper league i picked up on great younger and still in prime wr' such as fitz, and megatron. I also picked up chris johnson, the problem is while i was doing this everyone else was goin crazy on qb's in the first three rounds. I just kept with my game plan cuz it's ppr and there is some good qb's in next years draft and so i ended up with big ben, farve, and stafford as my qb's. So the question i'm posing is which two to dress for week 1? Stafford being named the starter intrigues me goin against NO considering they will be quite behind so should i sit farve? possibley sit ben??? any thoughts?

My FCP team (10 team league/standard scoring):

QB---Philip Rivers
WR---Calvin Johnson
WR---Reggie Wayne
WR---DeSean Jackson
RB---Maurice Jones-Drew
RB---Darren McFadden
TE---Tony Gonzalez
K---Jason Elam
D---San Diego

Bench:

Ray Rice
Cedric Benson
Jerricho Cotchery
Brett Favre
Chris Henry
Hakeem Nicks

I dont think I am going to keep McFadden in the starting lineup for week 1. Benson has the Broncos D, Rice has the Chiefs D. I am leaning towards Rice but some part of me likes anyone against the Broncos.

Thoughts?

This is a second work league I'm in, with a fairly insane set of rules... WR's tend to be more important than RB's in this league because of the number you can start (up to 4) so getting depth at that position is pretty crucial. Instead of defense/st we play 4 defensive players (one lineman, 1 linebacker, and two secondary players) and there is an OP slot which is any offensive player usually making you run 2 QB's, and we even get a head coach who gets you point based on his teams wins/losses.

QB Donovan McNabb
RB Ryan Grant
RB Darren McFadden
RB/WR DeSean Jackson
WR Larry Fitzgerald
WR Calvin Johnson
WR/TE Anthony Gonzalez
TE Jason Witten
OP Carson Palmer
LB DeMarcus Ware
DL Mario Williams
DB Troy Polamalu
DB Adrian Wilson
K Mason Crosby
HC Steelers Coach, Pit HC

**** Bench ****

QB Matthew Stafford
QB Mark Sanchez
RB Felix Jones
RB Glen Coffee
RB Cadillac Williams
RB Edgerrin James
WR Josh Morgan
WR Jeremy Maclin
WR Hakeem Nicks
WR Chris Henry
TE Martellus Bennett
S Ed Reed
LB Bart Scott
K Joe Nedney

I picked up Edge and Cadillac really late in the draft and hoping they pan out, and if Gore goes down Coffee could end up being huge for me. Just having trouble deciding who to start week 1.

Get Rice in that lineup stat.

Yes I would put Rice in over Benson easily.

Roeth and Favre for me...give the rookie a week on the bench and see what he can do. If this is a start 2 QB league you definitely waited a bit too long to grab a QB I did a similar strategy in our startup dynasty draft (waiting on QB). But I still got Matt Ryan and Roeth in the late rounds as my 1/2 punch.

Not only should you put in Rice this week, I would posit that with Rice and Benson on the team, you should never start McFadden unless you land yourself with two BYEs at the same time or someone gets hurt.

Quick question, folks, I have a team in a league that's QB/3WR/TE/RB/RB-WR flex. Who do I start in the RB/WR flex spot: Addai or Mike Bell?

Yea I'll do that and ben worked out for me last night (thank god sacks don't count negative in this particular league). I know it's way early but i'm just curious as to which order do you place next year's crop out of Bradford, Mccoy, Tebow, and Snead. My main motivation for waiting was because they'll probably go next year and Brees and Brady were picked b4 my first pick.


I would go with bell cuz i'm sure NO will be up lots early and they'll be running out tha clock whilst perserving Bush, also tha jags always seem to play tha colts tough.

Also who do you people think has more upside Hakeem Nicks or Kenny Britt? I was thinking Nicks to take over tha Burress loss but after last night seeing Britt go for 85 (and what woulda been another 40 and score if it weren't for Polamau's pick), I'm kinda likin Britt cuz tha titan's seem to open up tha play action deep shot often enough. They sure seemed like they were targeting him. I've got Nicks in one of my leagues whom i picked up quite late and i picked up Britt with my second last pick on both leagues

I think McFadden should be a start at some point in the season, if he's getting a lot of carries. Not this week against SD, but I think by the end of the year, he'll be a start. Rice should get some yards against KC obv, but I think Benson is a good start against Denver, he's not splitting carries at all and denver's defense is terrible. I love palmer in that game, I'm starting him over romo.

I have a question for ya'll.. Tim Hightower or Mike Bell?

Mike Bell, I think; see the above poster's logic on Bell vs. Addai, plus, is Hightower even the every-down back for Arizona? I feel like no, and I also feel like that O is at least as pass-happy as New Orleans.

He is the starter, and goal line back. Wells has been banged up in the pre season.

Upon further review, you're right; that said, I still like Bell better. The Arizona running game doesn't really get me that excited. Not completely sure of it, though.

Devin Hester or Ronnie Brown this week for the flex spot? I think it's really close.

Brown. At least you know he will get 20-30 touches.

Do not agree with this. Dmac is going to break out this year. Providing he avoids the injury bug he should be a start over Benson on most weeks. It's a little closer this week cause Benson is facing a terrible rush D...but Benson is not a good NFL RB. In fact he sucks. It would never surprise me to see him lose his starting job cause of lack of talent alone. Only reason he has some value is because there is nobody else with proven talent to steal the carries. He will score points from volume alone.

It's the question of higher floor lower ceiling (Benson) vs lower floor higher ceiling (DMC). I go for the higher ceiling.

Brown...and it is not really close

It's not a PPR league though.