2011 Fantasy football discussion thread

[Sylvanfan]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

Victor Cruz can go #$&@ himself!

Oh, and Saints, would it hurt to settle for a field goal once in awhile?

In my 16 team I made the playoffs on a tie breaker. It's two week aggregate totals, I was down 26 points with Cruz left to play....I am now up a point. I have a chance to pull the upset now next week.

[Cheerio]

Thanks Drew =D

[Hockey]

Tough loss for me as that puts me down to 3rd place

However I pretty much have 1st place locked up in my other league and 1st place gets $100 for being regular season champion. I can still finish 2nd but it will take a complete meltdown on my part and the other guy would have to put up huge #'s

[Hockeyguy15]

I was up 9 points with Eli and Cruz left, he had Brees and Meachem. I was ready to lose it up until the 3rd quarter, and then I caught a break. I believe I was down about 14 points until Eli threw that 70+ yard TD to Cruz and I never looked back. 8-4 after starting the year 0-3, and now I have a shot at a bye round one.

[Cheerio]

Torrey Smith @ Cleveland, Dwayne Bowe @ Chicago, DeSean Jackson @ Seattle, or Pierre Garcon @ New England

[Sylvanfan]

Torrey Smith might be okay, Cleveland is tough against number one wide outs, but I think Joe Haden might be on Boldin most of that game. I'd say Jackson, but with a short week and a long trip for the Eagles, it could be a pretty sloppy game. Garcon could rack up some garbage time yards, problem is that he has Orlovsky throwing the ball.

I'd certainly sit Bowe this week. Tyler Palko isn't going to get him the ball against the Bears defence, and Orton won't have any chemistry yet.

Really the two best QB's are Flacco, and Vince Young, so Jackson and Smith would seem your best bets.

[Otsy]

DJax benched last week, clearly not happy about not having the contract is causes for concern on how he'll respond this week. He only has two games over 100 yards this year and only 2 TD's on the season as well. Could still be the best option out of the bunch because I agree with everything Sylvanfan said as well.

[Hockey]

Yep...I had Marshawn Lynch on my bench this week.

[Montana Moe]

I did, as well. He's had a TD in 8 straight games and I still didn't trust him for some reason.

[Hockey]

So in the C league if both Cheerio and Fear Boners both end up losing and I end up winning we would all be 9-4. I'm guessing the first tiebreaker is total points and I'll finish with the most points this year.

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by Hockey

So in the C league if both Cheerio and Fear Boners both end up losing and I end up winning we would all be 9-4. I'm guessing the first tiebreaker is total points and I'll finish with the most points this year.

1st Tie breaker is total points. I don't think Sainters (Fear Boners) is going to lose this week. Ugh I have both Pierre Garcon and the Pittsburgh D on my bench this week, of course Indianapolis chose this week to put up offence against the New England D.

[Hockey]

Matt Forte goes for 12 yards and gets hurt and of course Lynch was on my bench.

FUUUUU!!!

[Sainters7]

Ya things are looking interesting for this bye here. I don't really care about finishing 1st, I just want the bye, & a win solidifies that. CofR's catching up quick but I still got Stafford & Megatron tonight. These are the times when fantasy is bad, hate having to secretly hope for certain players to blow up when they're playing my team. Looking like I should pull it out though.

I was wondering what the tiebreaker was, points for makes sense. Would've been confusing if it was head to head, as Cheerio swept me, I swept Hockey, and he swept Cheerio. Gonna be a battle in the playoffs, get yo popcorn ready.

[Hockey]

I'm gonna lose my matchup this week so it looks like Fear Boners and Cheerio are getting the byes. 2 total points from my RB weren't very good.

[DropIt]

I find it depressing that I am down by 5 going into the Monday Nighter with VJax still to play, yet I'm starting to cope with the less already.

Any Vincent Jackson owners know what I'm talking about

[rubecube]

Big playoff week for me. I've got an open flex spot and my options are Kevin Smith, Steve Smith, and Dez Bryant. Who should I start?

[Kidder]

My season is defined by a waiver wire blunder before week 8.

McFadden went down and I had to choose between Montario Hardesty and Marshawn Lynch. With Hillis already on my roster (and injured) I decided to take his handcuff in Hardesty, who went down that same game. Meanwhile Marshawn Lynch has gone off since then, and he would still be on my roster.

I ended up missing winning my division by the narrowest of margins, and now don't get the bye. And with McFadden still not scheduled back til next week I'm left with Reggie Bush and... a whole bunch of bums.

If I take Lynch back then I'd have my bye and go into the semis with McFadden, Bush, and Lynch to take up my two RB spots, maybe even fill a flex. Now I won't survive this weekend even though I have Brady and a slew of good WRs.

Bah humbug!

[Otsy]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Big playoff week for me. I've got an open flex spot and my options are Kevin Smith, Steve Smith, and Dez Bryant. Who should I start?

Kevin Smith cannot be trusted, two straight weeks leaves with an injury. Dez vs NYG or Smith vs Atl. I like Dez and hope for a shootout between Eli and Romo

[Machiavelli]

I must have lost by less than 2 points 4 or 5 times now. A few of those times, big MNF performances sunk me.

[Jiggy_12]

Looking for some advice, here's my situation.

My receivers are Dez Bryant, Miles Austin, Laurent Robinson and Antonio Brown. I picked up Robinson when Austin went down a few weeks ago and he has been solid. Now that Austin is back, my inclination is to sit Robinson and go with Brown.

But Brown plays Cleveland who defends well against the pass. The cowboys play the Giants who do not. I hate putting all eggs in to one basket, 2 receivers on one team was already enough...but 3? Would I be crazy to start all 3?