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Live Chat Q&A Transcript - September 25th
Don’t forget you can always head over to our fantasy football chatroom, anytime, and for a “free for all” banter about fantasy football. Enjoy!
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Hey guys - Jason and I will be answering questions starting at 10! Feel free to start sending them in |
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Watkins or Doug Martin at flex? |
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Rosa - Sammy Watkins |
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Rosalinda: Watkins in PPR. |
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better stash on my bench.. standard league... ronnie hillman, bilal powell, or lance dunbar |
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Quinton - Hillman looks like the best option right now |
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Quinton: I also think Hillman right now. |
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Even when he had a mediocre game vs NE? That late 4th quarter TD salvaged his outing. |
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Yeah. They are forcing him the ball. |
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what about between powell and dunbar |
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Rosa - Yeah. Late TD looked nice, and I'm starting to gain a bit of confidence in Tyrod Taylor. Watkins should get it going |
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Dunbar |
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Quinton - Dunbar between those two |
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if you had to pick one of these guys to trade away who would you pick? frank gore, chris ivory, jarvis landry, allen robinson, larry fitzgerald, mike evans? |
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Isaias: Ivory. |
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Isaias - I would trade Gore out of that group. |
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If Alshon Jeffery is out then ill plug him in. Thanks! |
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you like ivory the most? |
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Isaias - Out of that group, I like Evans the most |
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I'd trade Ivory while he is hot. Not Gore while cold. I like Evans the most. |
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out of the group |
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isnt ivory value down with injury and disappointing last game? |
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Not really. People are still high on Ivory as far as I'm aware. |
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what do you think in terms of this week? which 2 guys are best start from that group and jonathan stewart? |
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At RB - Stew and Ivory (If he plays) Overall - Landry and Evans |
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Landry and Evans. |
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wow, so you think landry and evans will do better than all the RB i mentioned? |
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having trouble trusting evans with him not showing anything so far |
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standard scoring btw |
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Evans was on a snap count last week and only saw 3 targets. That isn't going to continue to happen. |
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I may use JStew over Landry in in standard |
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im starting jstew for RB2 |
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need to decide on flex |
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landry, ivory, gore, fitz, allen robinson, evans |
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On flex? Who are you starting? |
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Chances that Alshon plays? |
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90 percent chance he sits |
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starting julio jones and donte moncrief at WR and marshawn lynch jstew at rb |
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Why would you start Moncrief over Landry or Evans? |
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you would go evans for flex from those 6 , or ivory if he plays? |
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I would start Evans Landry and Julio |
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you think landry will actually catch some TD this year? seems like he is a possession wr |
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He will definitely score this season, haha. |
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When you catch 8 balls a game, you score eventually. |
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hope so |
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RB seem just seem like a better bet for at least 1 TD |
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so i usually think of starting rb at flex |
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I don't think they're straight up a better bet for a TD. Receivers seem to have a bit more upside. |
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cool, thanks for your help. quick question, how do you rank melvin gordon rest of season because he is being offered to me for landry |
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I really like Gordon. He's about as explosive as it gets for a RB. I still think he has good upside for the rest of the season. |
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danny woodhead is concerning but i do agree about his talent |
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problem is in my league we have really short benches and unless I make a 2 for 1 trade even if i deal landry for gordon i need to drop someone to pick up a kicker this week |
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ok to drop allen robinson? |
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I wouldn't drop Allen Robinson. He has a lot of upside and showed a bit of what he can do last week |
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Agreed. I wouldn't drop ARob. |
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Can't you just drop a kicker for a kicker? |
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its crazy with this short bench.....i have a good team i guess but i need to drop robinson, evans, landry( accepted trade for gordon), gore, ivory, jstew |
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i dropped my kicker to have an extra spot for waivers hoping to swing a trade 2 for 1 but hasnt worked out |
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That's rough. |
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who would you drop given that though? its hard to drop anyone where im almost considering going without kicker this week lol |
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I'd drop Gore out of those guys. He just hasn't shown as much potential as the rest. |
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i drafted gore in 3rd round |
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Tis the world of FF, haha. |
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guess gotta do what you gotta do...espn leagues dont allow to add roster spots after the draft |
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Do you have an extra TE or QB on your team? |
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nope its 2qb league and i have russell wilson / carson palmer |
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and only TE is travis kelce |
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Well whoever made the league needs to open some more roster spots, haha. |
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yea we wanted to but its not possible post draft... |
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i have cards...could drop them for a kicker LMAO |
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I wouldn't leave a position open haha. Just losing points there |
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Yeah, I agree. Plus Cards have been solid |
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Is chris ivory going to play this week, the ultimate question |
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or do I play james starks or woodhead instead |
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I'm leaning toward Ivory sitting out. |
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So would you say starks will get enough touches to get double digits, usually woodhead is reliable for at least 10 |
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I'm against the best player in our league and his lineup is terrifying rofl |
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If Eddie Lacy is out, I'd roll Starks over Woodhead. |
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He looked great last game and Seattle has a tough D. |
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is devonta freeman a good pickup? |
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Freeman is definitely a good pickup with Tevin Coleman out. |
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Freeman is a great pick up right now |
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If lacy is just limited roll woodhead then, agreed im a packers fan so I was impressed |
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and crying as their whole team slowly died on the field |
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Justin is a Packers fan as well, haha. |
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If Lacy plays at all, roll Woodhead. |
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Chances are if he suits up, he will be primary RB. |
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Huzzah, for the love of good cheese! |
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Sounds good! |
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GB for life! |
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Let's hope shady makes some moves this week as well, hes been taking a poo on my lineup each week. |
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I've got RB troubles |
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Do what everyone else is doing and pick up Matt Jones, haha. |
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Already got him, was smart enough not to play him yet tho |
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He is going to be great down the road. |
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Agreed! |
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i was telling people yesterday to get off the matt jones hype train before it crashes |
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by down the road you mean this year? |
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You better hop on the train before it takes off, Harvey, haha. |
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This year. |
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You can already see Gruden leaning toward him. |
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He didn't have a problem benching Robert Griffin and he won't have a problem benching Alfred Morris. |
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yesterday jones did not look good |
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I'm 0-2 In my league, I'm currently the sacko lol |
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Oh heres a real brain buster question for you, I have Jets and Broncos D (Both were on the waiver in my league lol) which to start this week, I'm leaning towards Jets due to the matchup. |
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The Jets D has looked awesome, but I'm a bit worried the Eagles come out to play. Still, I'd probably start them |
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It is a home game, so that should help a bit. Considering how passionate New Yorkers are, hahah. Wish VT had a team, Vermont Maplesuckers. |
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ok maybe sill question but is brandon mcmanus the kicker to own this year in fantasy or it doesnt matter? |
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McManus is nice to have, but I'm not all about the kicker. |
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Terrance williams, player to watch or player to drop? |
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gordon or latavius murray ROS? |
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kicker could save you some weeks lol |
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Marcel - Williams is nice. Definitely don't drop him |
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Jacob - Murray |
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Marcel, do not drop Williams. |
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He will be Brandon Weeden's go to. |
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So then next question, Michael Crabtree, Moncrief, Williams for flex? I'm guessing Moncrief is probably the best bet this week. |
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I personally like Crabtree. |
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but carlos hyde over murray? |
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Hyde over Murray, yeah. |
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Marcel - I like Williams |
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Hmm interesting, I like his big play potential more then Moncrief, and he does have a good matchup. Moncrief just seems more reliable. |
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If that is Terrence Williams, I like him too. |
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for flex? |
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Terrence is the most reliable even with Weeden at the helm. |
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Hmm, maybe I'll go with your gut....since mine is usually full of Junk. |
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That concludes our chat for today! If you want to talk throughout the week, follow us on Twitter (@BalesSJustin and @thedominatordfs). Good luck everyone! |
