Playoffs Round 1: WSIS at flex?

Steve · Joined: 04 Dec 2007 Posts: 1

1st round game for the Pitbulls, ESPN league. I'm set at starters for
RB and WR (RB- A. Peterson (MIN) and Ryan Grant; WR - Andre Johnson
and M. Colston) but have a lot of choices for the RB/WR flex slot.
I have Willie Parker available; should I give up on the old thinking
that you shouldn't start anyone vs. NE after those last 2 games?
Parker, however, has been slowing down for the past month (even on dry
turf) and just doesn't get TDs. Other options are:

Thomas Jones vs. CLE
Dwayne Bowe vs. DEN
Brandon Marshall vs. KC
Lee Evans vs. MIA
Calvin Johnson vs. DAL

Will Calvin benefit from the Roy Williams (DET) injury? Or does the
continued implosion of the Lions mean I should keep him on the bench?
Calvin only got 1 point last week. Lee Evans last 4 scores were
6,4,1,5 - and the 6 was vs. the Dolphins.

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Sir Creep · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 40

On Dec 4, 3:43 pm, Steve wrote:
> 1st round game for the Pitbulls, ESPN league. I'm set at starters for
> RB and WR (RB- A. Peterson (MIN) and Ryan Grant; WR - Andre Johnson
> and M. Colston) but have a lot of choices for the RB/WR flex slot.
> I have Willie Parker available; should I give up on the old thinking
> that you shouldn't start anyone vs. NE after those last 2 games?
> Parker, however, has been slowing down for the past month (even on dry
> turf) and just doesn't get TDs. Other options are:
>
> Thomas Jones vs. CLE
> Dwayne Bowe vs. DEN
> Brandon Marshall vs. KC
> Lee Evans vs. MIA
> Calvin Johnson vs. DAL
>
> Will Calvin benefit from the Roy Williams (DET) injury? Or does the
> continued implosion of the Lions mean I should keep him on the bench?
> Calvin only got 1 point last week. Lee Evans last 4 scores were
> 6,4,1,5 - and the 6 was vs. the Dolphins.

Playoff Round 1? In week 14? Quit that rinky-dink league.

Alai · Joined: 27 Aug 2007 Posts: 9

"Steve" wrote in message @j20g2000hsi.googlegroups.com...
> 1st round game for the Pitbulls, ESPN league. I'm set at starters for
> RB and WR (RB- A. Peterson (MIN) and Ryan Grant; WR - Andre Johnson
> and M. Colston) but have a lot of choices for the RB/WR flex slot.
> I have Willie Parker available; should I give up on the old thinking
> that you shouldn't start anyone vs. NE after those last 2 games?
> Parker, however, has been slowing down for the past month (even on dry
> turf) and just doesn't get TDs. Other options are:
>
> Thomas Jones vs. CLE
> Dwayne Bowe vs. DEN
> Brandon Marshall vs. KC
> Lee Evans vs. MIA
> Calvin Johnson vs. DAL

Go with Parker. Davenport is hurt, so Parker should get the goal-line
touches.

giantforever · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 37

On Dec 4, 1:43 pm, Steve wrote:
> 1st round game for the Pitbulls, ESPN league. I'm set at starters for
> RB and WR (RB- A. Peterson (MIN) and Ryan Grant; WR - Andre Johnson
> and M. Colston) but have a lot of choices for the RB/WR flex slot.
> I have Willie Parker available; should I give up on the old thinking
> that you shouldn't start anyone vs. NE after those last 2 games?
> Parker, however, has been slowing down for the past month (even on dry
> turf) and just doesn't get TDs. Other options are:
>
> Thomas Jones vs. CLE
> Dwayne Bowe vs. DEN
> Brandon Marshall vs. KC
> Lee Evans vs. MIA
> Calvin Johnson vs. DAL
>
> Will Calvin benefit from the Roy Williams (DET) injury? Or does the
> continued implosion of the Lions mean I should keep him on the bench?
> Calvin only got 1 point last week. Lee Evans last 4 scores were
> 6,4,1,5 - and the 6 was vs. the Dolphins.

Parker, look what McGahee did against NE without Colvin.

tbehne · Joined: 15 Nov 2007 Posts: 22

>
> > 1st round game for the Pitbulls, ESPN league. I'm set at starters for
> > RB and WR (RB- A. Peterson (MIN) and Ryan Grant; WR - Andre Johnson
> > and M. Colston) but have a lot of choices for the RB/WR flex slot.
> > I have Willie Parker available; should I give up on the old thinking
> > that you shouldn't start anyone vs. NE after those last 2 games?
> > Parker, however, has been slowing down for the past month (even on dry
> > turf) and just doesn't get TDs. Other options are:
>
> > Thomas Jones vs. CLE
> > Dwayne Bowe vs. DEN
> > Brandon Marshall vs. KC
> > Lee Evans vs. MIA
> > Calvin Johnson vs. DAL
>
> > Will Calvin benefit from the Roy Williams (DET) injury? Or does the
> > continued implosion of the Lions mean I should keep him on the bench?
> > Calvin only got 1 point last week. Lee Evans last 4 scores were
> > 6,4,1,5 - and the 6 was vs. the Dolphins.

Let me be the contrarian and say go with Thomas Jones. I think
Cleveland's run defense has proven itself to be consistently poor, and
New England's problems last week only represent 1 game. Davenport
only has 3 TDs, so its not like he's been stealing too many from
Willie anyway. Parker seems to be slowing down over the past five
games (I wrote more about it here:
http://www.fantasyfootballviews.com/2007/12/03/fast-willie-slowing-down/),
and no, I don't think it is all about the turf in Pittsburgh.

I don't think there is a huge difference between the two, but I would
lean Jones.

William

dnbreaks · Joined: 28 Sep 2007 Posts: 15

Davenport may miss the game with a foot injury sustained while riding
an stationary bike. Not a joke. So I would play Parker as NE's run
defense is far from invincible. Thomas Jones is a good choice too,
but he just scored his first TD of the season, I think it might be too
much to ask for him to do it again in back to back weeks.

What's wrong with having the first round of the playoffs in week 14?

tbehne · Joined: 15 Nov 2007 Posts: 22

On Dec 5, 11:56 am, dnbreaks wrote:
> Davenport may miss the game with a foot injury sustained while riding
> an stationary bike. Not a joke. So I would play Parker as NE's run
> defense is far from invincible. Thomas Jones is a good choice too,
> but he just scored his first TD of the season, I think it might be too
> much to ask for him to do it again in back to back weeks.
>
> What's wrong with having the first round of the playoffs in week 14?

Davenport actually confessed to hurting his foot while getting
acupuncture. The Steelers have now said he is healthy enough to
play. Pats run defense may be far from invincible, but the Browns
defense just plain blows.

wood · Joined: 06 Dec 2007 Posts: 13

On Dec 4, 9:33 pm, Sir Creep wrote:
>
> Playoff Round 1? In week 14? Quit that rinky-dink league.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I'll just point out:
In a 10-team league with 2 divisions, 13 weeks of regular season
allows you to play each out-of-division team once and each in-division
team twice. No screwy unbalanced schedules. Besides, if given the
choice between (a) playing a balanced schedule and having playoffs in
Weeks 14-15 or (b) playing an unbalanced schedule and dealing with the
occasional partial-game performances of elite teams in Week 16, I'll
take Option A every time.

That being said, I enjoy larger leagues (12+) anyway. But a 13-game
regular season is the way to do it in a 10-team league.

2 cents.
--
wood

giantforever · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 37

On Dec 6, 7:25 am, wood wrote:
> On Dec 4, 9:33 pm, Sir Creep wrote:
>
>
>
> > Playoff Round 1? In week 14? Quit that rinky-dink league.- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> I'll just point out:
> In a 10-team league with 2 divisions, 13 weeks of regular season
> allows you to play each out-of-division team once and each in-division
> team twice. No screwy unbalanced schedules. Besides, if given the
> choice between (a) playing a balanced schedule and having playoffs in
> Weeks 14-15 or (b) playing an unbalanced schedule and dealing with the
> occasional partial-game performances of elite teams in Week 16, I'll
> take Option A every time.
>
> That being said, I enjoy larger leagues (12+) anyway. But a 13-game
> regular season is the way to do it in a 10-team league.
>
> 2 cents.
> --
> wood

14 team leagues sometimes play 13 week regular seasons also, one
against all teams, with 3-4 weeks of playoffs.

giantforever · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 37

On Dec 5, 8:41 am, tbe...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > 1st round game for the Pitbulls, ESPN league. I'm set at starters for
> > > RB and WR (RB- A. Peterson (MIN) and Ryan Grant; WR - Andre Johnson
> > > and M. Colston) but have a lot of choices for the RB/WR flex slot.
> > > I have Willie Parker available; should I give up on the old thinking
> > > that you shouldn't start anyone vs. NE after those last 2 games?
> > > Parker, however, has been slowing down for the past month (even on dry
> > > turf) and just doesn't get TDs. Other options are:
>
> > > Thomas Jones vs. CLE
> > > Dwayne Bowe vs. DEN
> > > Brandon Marshall vs. KC
> > > Lee Evans vs. MIA
> > > Calvin Johnson vs. DAL
>
> > > Will Calvin benefit from the Roy Williams (DET) injury? Or does the
> > > continued implosion of the Lions mean I should keep him on the bench?
> > > Calvin only got 1 point last week. Lee Evans last 4 scores were
> > > 6,4,1,5 - and the 6 was vs. the Dolphins.
>
> Let me be the contrarian and say go with Thomas Jones. I think
> Cleveland's run defense has proven itself to be consistently poor, and
> New England's problems last week only represent 1 game.

They lost one of their best linebackers for the season, so of course
it only represents 1 game.

Judah · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 6

wood wrote in@y5g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

> On Dec 4, 9:33 pm, Sir Creep wrote:
>>
>> Playoff Round 1? In week 14? Quit that rinky-dink league.- Hide
>> quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> I'll just point out:
> In a 10-team league with 2 divisions, 13 weeks of regular season
> allows you to play each out-of-division team once and each in-division
> team twice. No screwy unbalanced schedules. Besides, if given the
> choice between (a) playing a balanced schedule and having playoffs in
> Weeks 14-15 or (b) playing an unbalanced schedule and dealing with the
> occasional partial-game performances of elite teams in Week 16, I'll
> take Option A every time.
>
> That being said, I enjoy larger leagues (12+) anyway. But a 13-game
> regular season is the way to do it in a 10-team league.
>
> 2 cents.
> --
> wood

FYI - my league is the same way... And I agree with you.

tbehne · Joined: 15 Nov 2007 Posts: 22

On Dec 6, 8:57 am, giantforever wrote:
> On Dec 5, 8:41 am, tbe...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
> > Let me be the contrarian and say go with Thomas Jones. I think
> > Cleveland's run defense has proven itself to be consistently poor, and
> > New England's problems last week only represent 1 game.
>
> They lost one of their best linebackers for the season, so of course
> it only represents 1 game.

124 rushing yards for Parker. Well, now its 2 games, now it IS fair
to say their run defense is struggling. lol. Oh well, T Jones had
over a 100 yards with no scores as well, so there didn't turn out to
be too big of a difference.

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