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First Question

Rishard Matthews WR (TEN) vs. (OAK DEF) or

Emmanuel Sanders WR (DEN) vs (LAC DEF)?

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I have these guys.

Branden Marshall

Marvin Jones

Jarvis Landry

Dez Bryant

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I want to add one more to play for match ups, when good match-ups are there for the taking.

Tough call.

Matthews had a very good year last year, but TN brought in Decker and drafted Corey Davis, so he'll get fewer targets this year.

Sanders has a qb who isn't very good throwing him the ball, but Thomas is questionable this week.

Last year, the Chargers gave up 249.2 passing yards per game, while Oakland surrendered 252.2. That's pretty close.

FYI: I just looked up their value on Daily Fantasy this week:

Matthews is at $6,100 and Sanders is at $6,600.

Based off of all that information, Sanders is probably the better pick this week.

thanks for the advice. I was really on the fence about this one.

ok ima give a go with Sanders. Waivers clear Friday so hope I get him.

You're welcome. It is a pretty tough call.

I read that Khalil Mack is banged up. Might be worth monitoring his status.

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I drafted Martavis Bryant, and I've already got a bunch of trade interest for him. Do I try to trade him while interest is high, or do you guys think he's worth hanging on to.

I think I could get Travis Kelce for him (I'm hurting a little at TE, and I think I'm ok on WR as I have Odell, Tyreek Hill, and Golden Tate).


Also, I'm going to be hurting for the first couple weeks anyway (Odell and Ezekiel Elliot are my 2 blue-chippers).

Zeke is playing this week.

I think Bryant will have a big year, but Kelce almost certainly will have a huge year. Are you sure you can get him?

If you can get Kelce for Bryant by all means do it.

Just something to consider....J. Jenkins has owned Bryant in the past. And I also think there is data that Bryant struggles mightily, and consistently, against above average CBs.

Good luck.

if you are happy with your WR's then yes Kelce if you can.

yea I am not too happy with my WR's, which is why I am trying upgrade that unit.

thanks for advice on Jenkins. I try to play matchups every week against softer Defences. will keep that in mind.

Since losing Greg Olsen, I'm hurting at TE. I'm considering picking up either Ben Watson, Charles Clay, or Evan Engram. Its a PPR league. Any thoughts?

I think Clay and Engram are in for tough game this week imo.

I would go with Watson or Njoku (if available). Njoku has a TD is each of his last two games.

Some our guys might end up being safe bets in the way some of the Jaguars receivers were safe bets the past several years. Garbage time points count the same in fantasy.

I think Charles Clay is the second most targeted player outside of McCoy in BUF. If you're in a PPR that seems like a pretty safe bet on some points. And they're playing the Falcons. If ATL gets up early, there should be tons of passing from the BUF side of things. Vegas total is close to 48.5; BUF @ 20.5 on the road.

Haven't looked up the other guys but Engram gets a ton of targets too. Although those targets might go down after a monster OBJ game last week.

Thanks for the replies guys - I picked up Clay. We'll see how he does.

Anybody else considering the Bengals D/ST for this week? Sorry to say, but I am, especially after getting -6 from the Ravens D vs Jax.

It's obvious what you do for your TE.

You stream whoever is playing against the Browns...

Yup. Opposing TEs have been doing very well against us the past couple of years.

Except the one time I tried it - I used Jack Doyle from Indy the week after Olsen got hurt, because Browns, and he had 1 catch for 4 yards.

I played him too.

I picked up Josh McCown today...sad to say

This weeks TE debate: Jason Witten (vs GB) or Kyle Rudolph (vs CHI). Seems pretty much like "six of one, half-dozen of the other", but I'm leaning toward Witten because Case Keenum doesn't seem to realize that he's allowed to throw to the TE. If Bradford wasn't hurt, different story. In my other league, I chose Charles Clay over Cameron Brate, and Brate put up 17 Thursday night. Maybe I should do the opposite of what I think I should do?

At Flex in my PPR league this weekend I'm choosing between Tevin Coleman vs Miami and Danny Amendola vs NY Jets. What do you all think?

OBJ just went down for the season, and it looks like Zeke will see his suspension enforced this year... and I have both of them.

So the question is, do I just mail it in now?

Who's on your bench? Can't mail it in, wouldn't be fair to the other guys in your league still competing if you give your opponent a freebie.

I would roll with Amendola...Tom likes him.

I believe Miami has one of the worst ratings to RBs receiving in the NFL so far this year, so it's a matchup + for someone like Coleman. The issue is the amount of snaps he plays. I'm utilzing Freeman for this reason but it might be a bit risky with Coleman who is ranging from 2-4 catch/gm. Not sure how many time he has been targeted, though. He has caught more than Freeman however, just not seeing the field as much.

I tend to lean on Amendola being the safer play. He'll play more snaps, get targeted quite a bit and even if yards don't amount to much, the amount of catches should make up for that.

@ RB, I have Chris Thompson (Wash) and Aaron Jones. Crowell is on my bench right now.

@WR, I have Martavis Bryant and Golden Tate. Tyreek Hill is my flex only because he tweaked a hammy this week.

@RB, I personally wouldn't play Crowell. Mostly because there is a decent chance we're behind and will need to pass to play catchup. And Hue has not shown any commitment to the run. I don't trust Thompson but Aaron Jones intrigues me.

@ WR I lean towards Tate. He's been playing a ton in the slot if I recall correctly, which is his bread n butter. Marvin Jones playing outside will allow a better matchup against a NO defense. Not to mention the NO defense is bad and Vegas has a high total on this game ( highest of all the Sunday games, FWIW). I expect a ton of passing, and in a dome environment, it should be a nice game for a bunch of players. As far as Bryant is concerned, Big Ben has terrible splits playing on the road and that clearly affects WRs. I'm starting to think Ben considering retirement is a real thing. Dude looks burnt out.

Rumor is that Bryant may not even be active this week .. i’d Check around noon on sunday if u can and plan on playing him ...

Jones is the play ... last week he got almost all the carries .. other dude saw less than 5 snaps i believe ... TY may or may not play this week, if he does he will be limited ...

Jones played really good last week .. if he plays well again this week and proves he can pas block and recognize and pick up blitzes .. TY may be in a time share when he does get back ...

Hi guys - I'm a little embarrassed to post that I have had Josh Gordon stashed on my roster for this entire season, and have finally decided to ditch him. I figure that a.) we have no QB to throw him the ball even if he were to return, and b.) even if we had a QB and even if he did come back, we have no left tackle to protect the QB's blindside. In other words, I think the Browns are totally effed when it comes to the passing game. So my choices to replace him on my roster are pretty weak, but better than a zero if I need them. Who would you select from this group, not for just this week, but for the rest of the season:

Mohamed Sanu
Ted Ginn
Kenny Stills
Eric Decker
Allan Hurns

Thanks in advance.

Kenny Stills

Ginn?

I'd lean Ginn as well with the dome being the tie breaker with Stills.

If Maclin is available in your league go with him. Otherwise flip a coin between Stills and Ginn. Ginn's value will be shot when Snead returns to full health and Stills will be shot when Cutler returns to the starting lineup.

I thought Snead was already back, but Ginn was still getting all the looks?

I picked up Maclin, but he still looks like he's dinged up, so I have him on my bench (with Ginn starting).

HA! I went back to compare Stills and Ginn and they were both gone, picked up by others. That'll teach me to wait. So I waived Gordon and picked up Sanu. Maybe Julio will tweak his turf toe, and Sanu will dominate. Hey, it could happen ...

Yeah he was supposed to return last week but ended up being inactive. Thomas is nursing a knee injury this week so Ginn might not be a bad start this week.

In my PPR league I need to choose between Jason Witten and Kyle Rudolph at TE. Not a very inspiring choice, in either case, but Rudolph is facing the 4th worst defense vs TE's (Redskins) while Witten is facing the 3rd best (Falcons), so I'm leaning towards Rudolph even though Witten averages a point more per game, because of Rudolph's matchup. But then the news came out about Zeke's suspension being on again, and now I'm wondering if with Zeke out and with Dez Bryant banged up, whether Witten might see some more targets from Prescott? I've only watched Dallas once this year, just this past weekend, and Dak appears to have a good connection going on with slot guy Cole Beasley in the red zone, but I'm wondering what any who may have watched more of the Cowboys think of going with Witten this weekend?

That is a very tough call. You gotta be careful w/those stats because I believe that a lot of Rudolph's numbers were w/Bradford and that Keenum doesn't utilize him as much as Bradford did. I will say that Keenum has thrown more to Rudolph in recent weeks, like against us for example. And I think Whitten only had one catch last week.

I am also a bit skeptical of the defensive rankings. I believe you quoted them correctly, but Washington's D is playing very well and Atlanta's isn't.



It's a very tough call. I was going to suggest Whitten, but now I am not so sure.

LOL..........sorry for wasting your time.