NFL Fantasy Week 5

[MikeVic]

Who to start (not a PPR league):

Santonio Holmes
Eddie Royal
DeSean Jackson

Holmes finally got a TD, but I don't expect much vs the Jags. I'd go with Jackson, except I think maybe the Skins can stop him... so that defaults to Royal. Smart choice?

[Travis]

Royal is going to be a roller coaster being the #2 guy and the Eagles really seem to find ways to get the ball to Jackson. To me it's a gut call type situation but I do like Royal in a game where the Bronco's should be coming out a bit mad.

On my front, in one league I have to decide on Turner (@ GB) or Portis (@ Phi) for my 2nd RB spot (leaning towards Portis after he got the job done against Dallas) while in another league I've got to choose between Turner (@ GB), Jones-Drew (vs Pit), Royal (vs TB) or Bowe (@ Car) for a RB/WR flex spot. Any suggestions on those two (both are non ppr leagues)?

[MikeVic]

I hate going with the same player in two leagues if I have a choice... which is why Jackson for me might be an option, since Royal is my only choice in another league.

So saying that, if I went with Portis for your first choice, I think Turner is good for the second. Jones-Drew might not do well for Pit... I don't trust Bowe much... but Royal is also an option. And I think I'd choose RB over WR, but that's just my opinion.

[Samdari]

Look at Turner's home/road splits. Starting him on the road is iffy.

[Racer]

League settings: 1 point per 20 yards receiving/rushing (fractional scoring), 6 points for all touchdowns, .5 points per reception and -2 points for fumbles lost.

I can start two of the following five running backs.

Joseph Addai (@Houston)
Reggie Bush (Minnesota)
Matt Forte (@Detroit)
Chris Johnson(@Baltimore)
Steve Slaton (Indianapolis)

Who do I start?

[MikeVic]

Forte and (Bush or Addai).

[Fighter of Foo]

Originally Posted by Samdari

Look at Turner's home/road opponents. Starting him against Green Bay is iffy.

Fixed that for ya

[johnnyshaka]

Originally Posted by Travis

Royal is going to be a roller coaster being the #2 guy and the Eagles really seem to find ways to get the ball to Jackson. To me it's a gut call type situation but I do like Royal in a game where the Bronco's should be coming out a bit mad.

On my front, in one league I have to decide on Turner (@ GB) or Portis (@ Phi) for my 2nd RB spot (leaning towards Portis after he got the job done against Dallas) while in another league I've got to choose between Turner (@ GB), Jones-Drew (vs Pit), Royal (vs TB) or Bowe (@ Car) for a RB/WR flex spot. Any suggestions on those two (both are non ppr leagues)?

Yes, I'm an Eagles' fan...but the Eagles have the best run defense in the league right now...shut down Jackson, Parker, and Forte. Barber had a big game...but so did every other offensive player on both teams.

The Packers are the exact opposite...they shut down Detroit's run game...big whoop. ADP, Barber, and Graham all had great games.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say Turner's home/road splits (after a whole 4 games) should be tossed out the window this week.

[johnnyshaka]

Originally Posted by Samdari

Look at Turner's home/road splits. Starting him on the road is iffy.

Green Bay is giving up 160 yards/game on the ground and even better, that goes up to over 200 yards/game at home.

With Rogders banged up and quite possibly riding the pine, or leaving early, there could be a lot of 3-and-outs for GB which puts the ball in Turner's hands a lot more.

I'll be starting Turner with confidence this week.

[samifan24]

I posted this in an older thread but thought it might get more attention here.

Which QB would you rather own from now till the end of the season, David Garrard or Matt Schaub? My starter is Philip Rivers and I have Garrard as my backup.

[TLK]

Any thoughts on Santana Moss/Jason Campbell for Philip Rivers/Dwayne Bowe?

[MikeVic]

Originally Posted by samifan24

I posted this in an older thread but thought it might get more attention here.

Which QB would you rather own from now till the end of the season, David Garrard or Matt Schaub? My starter is Philip Rivers and I have Garrard as my backup.

Garrard I don't think can ever get a crazy game. But Schaub hasn't really done anything either. I'd probably just stick with what you have.

[jeheinz72]

I'm facing the same Portis/Turner dilemma and I also went with Turner.

[Ragone]

Which wr would be the better choice to trade for..

Andre Johnson or Randy Moss?

[Travis]

Originally Posted by Ragone

Which wr would be the better choice to trade for..

Andre Johnson or Randy Moss?

Keeper league I'd go Johnson for sure, in a single season league it'd depend on what you'd have to give up to get either, but with Houston's schedule easing up going forward I'd still be inclined to go after Johnson (and his asking price may not be quite as steep, but that's all dependent on the owners).

[Ragone]

Originally Posted by Travis

Keeper league I'd go Johnson for sure, in a single season league it'd depend on what you'd have to give up to get either, but with Houston's schedule easing up going forward I'd still be inclined to go after Johnson (and his asking price may not be quite as steep, but that's all dependent on the owners).

Well, this is basically the offers he's made me

Micheal Turner Or Steve Slaton/Santonio Holmes for Andre Johnson or Randy Moss/Edgerrin James

I have a embarassment of riches at rb.. Micheal Turner/Chris Johnson/Steve Slaton/Mjd/Ryan Grant

I'm honestly leaning towards turner just because their schedule gets kinda crappy and how long before teams load up on the line of scrimmage against atlanta?

[MikeVic]

Would you do this trade (non PPR):

Selvin Young and DeSean Jackson for Le'Ron McClain and Marvin Harrison.

I have Young/Jackson. I also have Wayne and Addai... I'd say based on the fact that I have Wayne and Addai, this is a no? I could try for Randy Moss or Hank Baskett instead...

[MikeVic]

No opinions? My other RBs (other than the ones listed) are Chris Johnson and Fred Taylor. At WR I also have Eddie Royal and Santonio Holmes.

[Apathetic Lurker]

Anderson, Derek CLE QB
Edwards, Trent BUF QB
Losman, J.P. BUF QB
Benson, Cedric CIN RB
Dunn, Warrick TBB RB
Hester, Jacob SDC RB (R)
Johnson, Rudi DET RB
Rhodes, Dominic IND RB
Smith, Kolby KCC RB
Williams, Ricky MIA RB
Colston, Marques NOS WR
Hester, Devin CHI WR
Hurd, Sam DAL WR
Jenkins, Michael ATL WR
Jones, Matt JAC WR
Moss, Santana WAS WR
Parrish, Roscoe BUF WR
Urban, Jerheme ARI WR
Baker, Chris NYJ TE
Boss, Kevin NYG TE
McMichael, Randy STL TE
Miller, Billy NOS TE
Folk, Nick DAL PK
Janikowski, Sebastian OAK PK
Scobee, Josh JAC PK
Avril, Cliff DET DE (R)
Denney, Ryan BUF DE
Ellis, Shaun NYJ DE
Kirschke, Travis PIT DE
Merling, Phillip MIA DE (R)
White, Greg TBB DE
Bailey, Boss DEN LB (P)
Dansby, Karlos ARI LB
Diles, Zach HOU LB
Fowler, Ryan TEN LB
Johnson, Jarret BAL LB
Poppinga, Brady GBP LB
Posluszny, Paul BUF LB
Rivers, Keith CIN LB (R)
Finnegan, Cortland TEN CB
Jones, Adam DAL CB
Woodson, Charles GBP CB
Youboty, Ashton BUF CB
Brown, Mike CHI S
Phillips, Jermaine TBB S
45 Total Players
Injured Reserve
Smith, Robaire CLE DE (I)
Brown, C.C. HOU S (I)
2 Total Players
Taxi Squad
Woodson, Andre' FA QB (R)
Hillis, Peyton DEN RB (R)
Burton, Keenan STL WR (R)
Gholston, Vernon NYJ LB (R)

Ok who would you start from this mess..1 qb, 1-2 rb,3-4 wr, 1-2 te, 1pk, 3-4 dl, 3-4 lb, 3-4 db my strength is LBs

[Racer]

Originally Posted by Ronnie Dobbs2

Boldin being up in the air has muddled my WR situation.

My 3 (all set to start):
Muhsin Muhammed
Bobby Engram
Roddy White

Do I drop Engram for Antonio Bryant? I could also start a TE instead, and Sheffler, Cooley, and Heath Miller are available.

6 for TD, .5 PPR

I wouldn't drop Engram for Antonio Bryant since it's PPR.

[Racer]

Originally Posted by Apathetic Lurker

Anderson, Derek CLE QB
Ok who would you start from this mess..1 qb, 1-2 rb,3-4 wr, 1-2 te, 1pk, 3-4 dl, 3-4 lb, 3-4 db my strength is LBs

Trent Edwards, Ricky Williams, Rudi Johnson, Matt Jones, Santana Moss, Roscoe Parrish, and Chris Baker.

I'm not in any IDP leagues so I can't really offer any sort of opinion on that.

[Racer]

Originally Posted by MikeVic

Would you do this trade (non PPR):

Selvin Young and DeSean Jackson for Le'Ron McClain and Marvin Harrison.

I have Young/Jackson. I also have Wayne and Addai... I'd say based on the fact that I have Wayne and Addai, this is a no? I could try for Randy Moss or Hank Baskett instead...

I like DeSean Jackson the best out of the guys involved in the trade so I personally wouldn't do the trade because I feel that Selving Young and Le'Ron McClain are mediocre starters at best. I would not try to get Hank Baskett.

[Racer]

Originally Posted by samifan24

I posted this in an older thread but thought it might get more attention here.

Which QB would you rather own from now till the end of the season, David Garrard or Matt Schaub? My starter is Philip Rivers and I have Garrard as my backup.

If you haven't seen both of them play, I would go with which ever guy you ranked higher pre-season because so far neither one has separated themselves from the other from a fantasy stand point.

Originally Posted by TLK

Any thoughts on Santana Moss/Jason Campbell for Philip Rivers/Dwayne Bowe?

I think the difference between Rivers and Campbell is greater then the difference between Moss and Bowe so I like the Rivers/Bowe side better.

[AlexB]

I have a week of tough matchups this week, what do people reckon:

The league scores pretty much eveything: yards, 1st downs, receptions, big plays, scores obviously, bonuses for 100yds+ rush/rec, big negatives for QB sacks (lose 1 point for a sack, which is the same as a passing TD - I really don't like this rule, but that's another story)

QB: Carson Plamer, Trent Edwards
RB: Ryan Grant, Chris Johnson, LenDale White, Willie Parker(out), LeRon McClain
WR: Anquan Boldin (out), Hines Ward, Santana Moss, Matt Jones, Eddie Royal, Wes Welker

I can play 2 RB + 3 WR or 1 RB and 4 WR - normally I'd go for the 2 RB but I don't like my BAL/TEN guys playing against each others defenses, and Fast Willie is out...

So I'm thinking Trent Edwards at QB as Palmer gets sacked too much at them moment, and is up against Ware et al
Ryan Grant (must be due a game soon!)
Welker, Royal, Moss and Ward

The alternative is maybe to swap Ward (I don't like Pittburghs passing game at the moment) for Matt Jones, who is solid with points for 1st downs, or one of the BAL/TEN RB's.

Thoughts?

[Suburban Rhythm]

Originally Posted by Ronnie Dobbs2

Boldin being up in the air has muddled my WR situation.

My 3 (all set to start):
Muhsin Muhammed
Bobby Engram
Roddy White

Do I drop Engram for Antonio Bryant? I could also start a TE instead, and Sheffler, Cooley, and Heath Miller are available.

6 for TD, .5 PPR

You are already starting one of those TE's I assume, and can start another as a flex?

It would be hard to bench White who is the best of those 3 WR, but I don't know if ATL will need to throw very often vs. GB. Any of those 3 TE's might see more chances than him.

Maybe it's my black and gold glasses, but Miller is intriguing. A team down to it's 3rd RB and a QB who gets hit alot taking deep drops vs. a team missing 2 guys in their secondary (Florence and Reggie Nelson).

[Suburban Rhythm]

I can start 4 of the following-

M Lynch
A Boldin
S Holmes
C Chambers
Ronnie Brown
B Berrian
S Rice
Bryant Johnson

Lynch is a given. Boldin is out.

Holmes and Chambers are pretty close to must start.

I have Ronnie Brown in there now in the final spot. Berrian being questionable made that easier, but is that the right start, vs. SD?

Also, not much of a decision, but Fasano vs Bo Scaife at TE. It's an odd numbered week, so Fasano should be good.

[samifan24]

Originally Posted by Suburban Rhythm

I can start 4 of the following-

M Lynch
A Boldin
S Holmes
C Chambers
Ronnie Brown
B Berrian
S Rice
Bryant Johnson

I'd start Lynch, Holmes, Brown and Chambers. If you had one more open spot, I'd say start Johnson.

[TazFTW]

Who to start?

Rivers @ Miami
Manning @ Houston

I also have Addai and Vincent Jackson on my team.

[PurdueBrad]

Originally Posted by TazFTW

Who to start?

Rivers @ Miami
Manning @ Houston

I also have Addai and Vincent Jackson on my team.

I would go Manning vs. Houston. They should dominate but they'll pass OR if Houston hangs with them, it could turn into a shoot-out. I think that the Chargers will try and grind it out in Miami.

[henry296]

Trent Edwards, Carson Palmer or Jon Kitna... remarkably CBS projects Kitna with the best numbers.

[MikeVic]

I thought Palmer might not even play?

[stevew]

Addai/Gore/Slaton/Bush-Pick 2 RB and 1 flex

I think Bush is the odd man out here for me this week. I do have a hard time trusting Slaton, even with Indy's shitty run defense.

WR-Jennings, Megatron, Hines Ward, Desean Jackson-Pick 2(or 3 and bench Slaton/Bush)

I'm probably going Jennings and Megatron, although I'd be interested in any kind of feedback.

McNabb's an obvious play this week, over Ben or O'Sullivan I would think?

[stevew]

Originally Posted by Apathetic Lurker

*snip*

Ok who would you start from this mess..1 qb, 1-2 rb,3-4 wr, 1-2 te, 1pk, 3-4 dl, 3-4 lb, 3-4 db my strength is LBs

I really wish I could find people this hardcore to play with in real life.
How many keepers, etc?

[MikeVic]

Who the hell is Megatron?

[Neuqua]

Calvin Johnson.

One of my more favorite nicknames out there btw.

[rowech]

I'm torn on a decision for the first time all season. I have to start one of the following...

Fred Taylor home against Pittsburgh
Le'Ron McClain home against Tennesssee
Patrick Crayton home against Cincinnati

I'm leaning towards McClain right now but I'm also debating Crayton. I think Taylor is going to have a rough day. Thoughts?

[rowech]

Originally Posted by henry296

Trent Edwards, Carson Palmer or Jon Kitna... remarkably CBS projects Kitna with the best numbers.

I'd probably go with Edwards. Kitna gets good projection because they're going to get killed so they'll be passing all the time.

[rowech]

Originally Posted by TazFTW

Who to start?

Rivers @ Miami
Manning @ Houston

I also have Addai and Vincent Jackson on my team.

Gotta go Manning

[Passacaglia]

Anyone know if Aaron Rodgers is starting?

[stevew]

Originally Posted by MikeVic

Who the hell is Megatron?

Easier than typing out Calvin Johnson every time. There's at least a few C Johnsons.

[Racer]

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

Anyone know if Aaron Rodgers is starting?

I read the Packers are going to make a decision on whether or not Rodgers will start about 90 minutes before kickoff.

[PurdueBrad]

Hey guys, really need some opinions on this one:

We are PPR and we do receive points for return yards. I've got Fitzgerald, Bowe, Reggie Brown (Philly), Muhammad, and Steve Breaston available for today.

I figure Fitzy and Bowe are must starts, that leaves me choosing one of Brown, Muhammad or Breaston (starting for Boldin). Do I corner the Arizona market or play Muhsin?

[Passacaglia]

Originally Posted by Racer

I read the Packers are going to make a decision on whether or not Rodgers will start about 90 minutes before kickoff.

Looks like Rodgers is starting.

[MikeVic]

No idea who Breaston is... I'd just say Muhammad.

[molson]

Originally Posted by henry296

Trent Edwards, Carson Palmer or Jon Kitna... remarkably CBS projects Kitna with the best numbers.

It depends what your team's TD/INT pt. ratio. If it doesn't penalize INTs too much, I'd go with Kitna.

[bigmike75]

Okay who do you choose between...

Antonio Bryant, Mushin Muhammad and Steve Breaston?

[rowech]

Originally Posted by bigmike75

Okay who do you choose between...

Antonio Bryant, Mushin Muhammad and Steve Breaston?

Breaston

[JonInMiddleGA]

Schaub not starting for Houston (viral infection).