...beacuse LeSean McCoy and Frank Gore are on their bye weeks. And Felix Jones is hurt.

/go go Ryan Torain and Felix's rookie backup

Rule #1 of fantasy football in our league is "Mike Shannahan Hates You."

grinding_journalist: ...beacuse LeSean McCoy and Frank Gore are on their bye weeks. And Felix Jones is hurt.

/go go Ryan Torain and Felix's rookie backup

Almost my situation exactly...I have Torain and Hightower until we figure out which one is actually going to play. In the meantime...EARNEST GRAHAM!

\I'm joking, it's Mike Shanahan, we're never going to figure out which one is going to get more PT. Until they both get hurt. Crap.

BenJarvus Green-Ellis would like a word with you.

kstofer: Almost my situation exactly...I have Torain and Hightower until we figure out which one is actually going to play.

Everything I've read indicates Torain will get the majority of carries against Carolina this weekend, since Helu is more of a 3DRB/Goal line guy and Hightower is still dealing with a shoulder injury. I'm hoping for a big game against a soft run D (the Eagles game notwithstanding), since my "horrible death bye week" is against the only team in the league WITHOUT a win thus far, and I don't wanna be the one guy to lose.

/starting Eric Decker, Jordy Nelson, and Brandon Marshall at WR, sigh

Add Saints WR's to that list.

grinding_journalist: Everything I've read indicates Torain will get the majority of carries against Carolina this weekend, since Helu is more of a 3DRB/Goal line guy and Hightower is still dealing with a shoulder injury. I'm hoping for a big game against a soft run D (the Eagles game notwithstanding), since my "horrible death bye week" is against the only team in the league WITHOUT a win thus far, and I don't wanna be the one guy to lose.

Hightower wasn't producing that great anyway, IMHO. He was having major issues finding the lane and hitting it. He'd rather run sideways for 5 yards than make a decision and actually hit a hole. The reason Torrain is so much more effective is because he has better decision making skills. He sees a lane and hits it without thinking twice.

I think Helu is the back of the future though, once he learns the system, if Shanny is here that long. I'm hoping the lack of run production was more due to losing 2 OL early and shifting Montgomery to G as a result. We'll see what happens this week, but as a Redskins fan, I don't exactly have my hopes up. I know better than that.

Time Traveling Bunnies: Ahem, it was decided that Dungeons and Dragons football was the preferred nomenclature.

Oddly appropriate. My first non FF season in 6 years. I'm enjoying it.

Quiefenburger: The Homer Tax: Rule #1 of fantasy football in our league is "Mike Shannahan Hates You."

Rule #2: If you start Deangelo Williams at RB, he will do nothing, and Jonathan Stewart will go off for 100 yards. And vice versa.

Rule #3: No Bears QB's. Ever.

muck4doo: Add Saints WR's to that list.

very, very true. I learned my lesson last year. Although colston had a decent year last year, Moore and Meachem really played well for a few weeks and colston took a back seat.

muck4doo: Add Saints WR's to that list.

Drew Brees is a jerk.

Time Traveling Bunnies: Ahem, it was decided that Dungeons and Dragons football was the preferred nomenclature.

THIS. Also:



Except in this thread, I guess.

Boehner aide?

Time Traveling Bunnies: Ahem, it was decided that Dungeons and Dragons football was the preferred nomenclature.

As long as it's 3.5 Fantasy Football and not Tabletop WoW Fantasy Football.

/commissioner AND DM

meddleRPI: BenJarvus Green-Ellis would like a word with you.

He charges $100 an hour just to talk to you, too.

Time Traveling Bunnies: Since we finally have a D&DF thread, let me complain about my Week 8 Byes.

I'll lose: Rodgers, Run DMC, Blount (injured anyway), Heyward-Bay, and Rowdy Roddy (not like he's been doing anything anyway).

Can I complain about my Week 7 byes, too? Brady, Green-Ellis, Hernandez, Gostkowski, McCourty, Stevie Johnson, LeSean McCoy and Jason Babin

/Yeah, I got 5 Patriots
//I also got a shiat-ton of points

Time Traveling Bunnies: Since we finally have a D&DF thread, let me complain about my Week 8 Byes.

I'll lose: Rodgers, Run DMC, Blount (injured anyway), Heyward-Bay, and Rowdy Roddy (not like he's been doing anything anyway).

In one league I'm in this week I had Felix Jones(inj), Cedric Benson(bye), Fred Jackson(bye), Blount(inj), Andre Johnson(inj), Julio Jones(inj), Vernon Davis(bye), David Nelson(bye).

I ended up dropping Jones and Nelson along with my back up QB just to be able to field a team this week(picked up Murray, Graham, and Doucet)

muck4doo: Add Saints WR's to that list.

Colston and Lance Moore are both quality starts in just about any league. I always stay away from Browns WRs, as a rule.

Is it too much to hope that this guy can get something proposed so we can write off D&DF losses off as gambling losses? Then these leagues would get interesting.

Hey, I've got Green-Ellis starting, and I'm 5-1. I should note that my league is 16 teams, and my opponents have sucked against me.

/Catch a farking ball Mike Williams

I picked up Tebow on the off chance that he's a better start than Eli Manning during Brees' week 11 bye. This week I have Ahmad Bradshaw and Steve Johnson on byes, Andre Johnson of course still injured, and now it looks like Janikowski might sit one out. I'm first in my league (barely) but this week and last have been brutal. I've had to add/drop like crazy to get a passable team starting. I only play in one league every season. Feels more important that way I guess. /shrug

Everybody cares

Once the bye weeks wind down, my core roster is

Stafford
Rice
McFadden
Mathews
Wallace
Welker

I am the 1%.

I'm doing average: Andre Johnson(injured), Deion Branch(Bye), Aaron Hernandez(Bye), Bengals D/ST(Bye), Victor Cruz(Wasn't unable to unload him, bye) and Cedric Benson(He hardly counts since I picked him up from waivers this week, bye)

So my starting WRs are...Steve Breaston, Doug Baldwin and Santonio Holmes. Aside from Holmes, I actually feel good about those.

Also, MJD in a tough Ravens matchup, or if he plays Joseph Addai?

Time Traveling Bunnies: Ahem, it was decided that Dungeons and Dragons football was the preferred nomenclature.

I prefer Pokemon Football, or Football: The Gathering.

Dungeons and Dragons implies that it might be cool.

Pratty: Also, MJD in a tough Ravens matchup, or if he plays Joseph Addai?

My pay league(my work one) I have MJD too. Thinking of sitting him and Shonn Greene for Tolbert and Demarco Murray.

Doogled: /Catch a farking ball Mike Williams

Please, this. I already lost Britt to IR and traded Maclin, so I need some production out of my flex.

Oh and while I'm here, i'll take some expert fark ff advice off your hands. Who do I start/sit from this pool:
Micheal Bush, Pierre Garcon, Mike Williams, Devin Hester (ret TDs count, not yards). I have 1 flex and 1 WR slot open.

merkey88: Oh and while I'm here, i'll take some expert fark ff advice off your hands. Who do I start/sit from this pool:
Micheal Bush, Pierre Garcon, Mike Williams, Devin Hester (ret TDs count, not yards). I have 1 flex and 1 WR slot open.

Garcon and Bush. Raiders will run a ton this sunday, and Run DMC will need to rest at times.

merkey88: I have Hester and have researched using him this weekend.
The Bucs are the best in the NFL on special teams against returns so you just have to figure him as a regular WR.

muck4doo: Pratty: Also, MJD in a tough Ravens matchup, or if he plays Joseph Addai?

My pay league(my work one) I have MJD too. Thinking of sitting him and Shonn Greene for Tolbert and Demarco Murray.

Shonn Greene sucks, so Murray over him, but I dunno about Tolbert over MJD.

/I just plain cut Mike Williams
//Week 2
///Nobody has picked him up

Pratty: muck4doo: Pratty: Also, MJD in a tough Ravens matchup, or if he plays Joseph Addai?

My pay league(my work one) I have MJD too. Thinking of sitting him and Shonn Greene for Tolbert and Demarco Murray.

Shonn Greene sucks, so Murray over him, but I dunno about Tolbert over MJD.

/I just plain cut Mike Williams
//Week 2
///Nobody has picked him up

MJD has an extremely tough matchup with the Ravens. They are pretty damn solid against the run, and with the Jags passing game being what it it is, are going to stack the box. MJD has enough talent to not end up being a complete failure, but he won't have a very good day either. Tolbert has not only the goal line chances, but should be a big part of their passing game. Tolbert excels at being a pass catcher, and the Jets are pretty good at shutting down receivers. Chargers will be throwing a lot of underneath stuff, and Tolbert should play a big part in that. Will be interesting to see if Gates plays or not.

/My $0.02

muck4doo: MJD has an extremely tough matchup with the Ravens. They are pretty damn solid against the run, and with the Jags passing game being what it it is, are going to stack the box. MJD has enough talent to not end up being a complete failure, but he won't have a very good day either. Tolbert has not only the goal line chances, but should be a big part of their passing game. Tolbert excels at being a pass catcher, and the Jets are pretty good at shutting down receivers. Chargers will be throwing a lot of underneath stuff, and Tolbert should play a big part in that. Will be interesting to see if Gates plays or not.

/My $0.02

It looks like red-zone touches are becoming a 50/50 load between Mathews and Tolbert, but most of the stuff going to Tolbert is through the air. The Jets' run defense is terrible so I imagine anything in the red zone would be run in by Mathews.

Weigard: muck4doo: MJD has an extremely tough matchup with the Ravens. They are pretty damn solid against the run, and with the Jags passing game being what it it is, are going to stack the box. MJD has enough talent to not end up being a complete failure, but he won't have a very good day either. Tolbert has not only the goal line chances, but should be a big part of their passing game. Tolbert excels at being a pass catcher, and the Jets are pretty good at shutting down receivers. Chargers will be throwing a lot of underneath stuff, and Tolbert should play a big part in that. Will be interesting to see if Gates plays or not.

/My $0.02

It looks like red-zone touches are becoming a 50/50 load between Mathews and Tolbert, but most of the stuff going to Tolbert is through the air. The Jets' run defense is terrible so I imagine anything in the red zone would be run in by Mathews.

I figure he has more of a chance for TD's than MJD or Greene this week.

MJD will have 2 TD's this monday night. both will be receiving. 30 receiving yds and 40 rush.