2017 FFL Week 01

I live up here in Brady town, but I'm not a Pats fan... you have no idea what its like waking up to find that the Chiefs beat them at home last night. no .87 large shit coffee for anyone... no more undeated talk.. f'ing love it!

I believe they still clinched the division title. The regular season is like watching a cat play with a mouse.

Wake me in January when the real season begins.

I was looking to draft Spencer Ware that Friday when they played Seattle in Week 3 of the preseason, but I decided to hold off until I saw him that evening (figured I could draft him on the flip side), but when he went down with the injury I obviously held off. The first reports coming out though were that he might only miss 2-8 weeks, so I didn't pull the trigger on Hunt, but I was looking at him hard. I think by the time the draft got back to you, it was pretty clear Ware was going to miss the season. Kudos to you for pulling the trigger. If he had lasted until my next pick (and getting past Rich would not have been likely) I would have snatched him up.

I wonder how Rich feels right now. He is a Chiefs fan, so he has to be happy... but he was also facing you and got a full facial of Hunt's 44 point game. And on top of that, he got -4 points from the Pats D/ST. 48 point hole before Sunday even starts. Yowzers.

BTW - His computer generated team icon totally looks just like him. It's uncanny.

Yeah that's a big loss. I just heard about it this morning on the Around the NFL podcast. I went to an opening night showing of "It" last night so I missed the game, but I was checking regularly on my phone to get scoring updates.

When I drafted him Ware was still int he 2-8 weeks range.  Just needed a RB that would get carries and hopefully keep the job when Ware came back.  Now that I'm talking about him he'll go down in week 2!

on our way to 1-0!

Zeke baby

Moving up in the world with internet access. Nice.

Hey Jason,

Just a belated thank you for taking David Johnson first overall and leaving me Bell.

In Hilton's defense, Scott Tolzien isn't exactly on the same level of passer as Andrew Luck. Wouldn't it be something if the Colts just held Luck out all season and went 1-15 or something and got the #1 pick again in the race to get Darnold? Trading that pick to Cleveland or the Jets or some other franchise could load them up on picks. It could save the Colts.

Commish Joe v. Nasty Nate

I was originally going to start Paul Perkins over Chris Hogan in my Flex spot, but after checking and seeing that Dallas was one of the best run prevention defenses last year I changed my mind. I knew Hogan would have a tough matchup against that Chiefs’ Secondary but I thought it would be a close game and Brady would be airing it out to try to secure the win. He did, just not to Hogan. I hate that Patriots offense. It’s like every week they pick a different offense weapon to utilize. Makes fantasy tough. The person I should’ve started as my Flex though was J-Stew, but I wanted to see how the division of carries worked in Carolina, plus I know the Niners were focusing on improving their defense. I guess you can criticize my use of Reed over Witten as well, but even making both of those switches wouldn’t have made a difference. Lev Bell not getting many points doomed me. When the #2 overall pick only gets 7 points you’re put in a tough situation from the start. Nate probably should’ve started Diggs over Ginn for the defensive matchups. I know Matthew Barry was big on Ginn having a good season, and Snead is suspended, but the Vikings had like a Top 5 defense last year and the Saints typically have one of the worst. I would have gone with Diggs. Lucky for him, it didn’t make a difference in the end.

Philly Mike v. Dave

Dave is probably second guessing himself for starting Eifert over Hooper, because the difference of 19 points between the two would have won him the game, but I don’t think you can fault him that much. Sure Baltimore is a much tougher defense than Chicago, but Hooper only had 19 receptions last season and a healthy Eifert is likely a Top 5 fantasy Tight End. Dave was equally hurt by his lack of quality RB depth. Burkhead only getting 2 points hurt him badly. Patriot RBs are more of a crapshoot than their WRs. On any given week you don’t know who is going to get 15 carries and who is going to get 2. James White? Rex Burkhead? Mike Gilislee? Dion Lewis? And his bench isn’t much better with CJ Prosise (a 3rd down back) and Jeremy Hill who is in a worse timeshare than a Florida landowner who only gets the Hurricane Months. I could see Mike dropping the always reliable Vinatieri soon in favor of another kicker. I just don’t think that Colts offense is going to be in a position to give him many opportunities.

Jimmy v. Hayes

If you had asked me last Wednesday who would have the highest scoring bench in Week 1 and the two options were “Jim” or “The Field” I would have put a significant amount of money on Jim and I would’ve won. I don’t blame him for starting Wilson over Rivers though. But as a Bronco-hating Seattle fan living in Denver, I also know that Rivers does pretty well against that good Denver Defense. And I also know that Wilson is not going to have much time to throw this season. That offensive line looks like it may actually be worse than last year. So even though Green Bay had one of the worst Passing Defenses last season, I would’ve contemplated starting Rivers. Not starting Cobb against the L.O.B is understandable, as is starting Gronk over Fleener. If you take a guy in Round 2, he should be starting for you every week. But starting Fat Rob as your Flex was an obvious mistake. If you believe in Thielan enough to draft him (and I was going to take him if you didn’t, Jimmy) then you gotta start him against the porous Saints D. Can’t fault Hayes for not starting Galladay since it was the 3rd round rookie’s first game. You have to see what you got. And starting Graham over Clay was understandable as well. Although I know Graham can disappear in that Seattle offense at time, and I don’t think Tyrod has many targets left in Buffalo, so Clay may be a good start over Graham when Clay has good matchups like he had in Week 1. Hard to tell what Hayes has in Mixon after just one week since that Bungles team got shutout, but 9 yards on 8 carries in a timeshare isn’t a promising start.

I've never won any league with 2 RBs in the first 3 rounds.    David Johnson wasn't where I would want to select, but in PPR...  and the projection I had to.  Look at Gore last year, with a shit O Line,  Frank Gore just does his thing.  I'd take him again at RB 2.   until something emerges.