Official Week 8 BP.net Bowl Fantasy Football Thread

[Neal]

So this week seems to be an interesting one. A lot of peoples top QB are on bye, and some don't have a good QB to even start.

[Emilio]

Yeah I have some big guys on bye but I picked up some players today, hopefully I can keep my streak going.

[Jerhart]

Haha...

I remember a few weeks ago I put Carson Palmer up for trade who had 29 points last week and has 110 points on the season...now he just rides my bench (although he has a bye this week).

Too bad nobody snatched him up for cheap at that point. It'll cost ya a solid RB if anyone is looking for a new QB.

[Neal]

Haha...

I remember a few weeks ago I put Carson Palmer up for trade who had 29 points last week and has 110 points on the season...now he just rides my bench (although he has a bye this week).

Too bad nobody snatched him up for cheap at that point. It'll cost ya a solid RB if anyone is looking for a new QB.

LOL I'm looking for a RB for Kyle Orton aswell. Being that he is consistent, and has been doing what he has to do. I'm not asking nowhere near what you're asking but then again i'm only holding orton so nobody else can pickup him up. I figure somewhere at some point somebody will need a QB, so I will continue to hold him. You on the other hand, should start him over Matt Ryan, atleast I would. He will have a good challenge vs the Saints D/ST which are among the hardest D/ST he will have to play, then it's a monday night game and it's at the dome.

Colin needs a QB, he dropped Cassel(good choice in my book) and he has Stafford, I don't think Stafford will start this week, and even so, I honestly don't predict him too much even being vs the Rams. I tried to get one of his decent RB's and he wouldn't do it. The only other person that needs a QB is Dillan(which I don't think plays). I'm almost sure that Dillan doesn't play anymore. If he doesn't play this week I would see about kicking him from the league.

[Colin Vestrand]

stafford is starting.... and my backup isn't shabby either... not orton quality but i cannot afford to give up any of my backs... sorry!

[Neal]

LOL, i'm not asking for much for Orton. Gerrard is to flip floppy. Stafford hasn't really proved anything this year. I'm willing to take Mendenhall or Bradshaw. What a lot of people fail to realize, and me and it was either mxrider or emilius talked about was how the NFL is revolutionizing. Meaning that a lot of teams aren't 1 RB only anymore, several teams out there utilize 2 backs. They still have teams like Vikings, Jaguars, Bengals, Titans, and a few other teams, but other then that they switch between 2-3 backs. The primary reason the teams listed don't switch is due to having a back which can produce. White can do good, but I fear that he was over-rated in the draft. A lot of people do awesome in college, then they come to the pros and they don't put up nowheres near the numbers expected. In college not everybody is fast, in the pros everybody runs a 4.4(not exactly a 4.4 but you get my drift). You lacking a good QB will continue to net you losses Colin.

For instance look at the top 4 fantasy pt leaders. They are all QB's then Peterson, then 5 more QB's then 3 RB's, then 2 QB's. Then if you click average, the first 7 are QB's. So you not wanting to part with a running back for a consistant QB will make you lack the pts. Especially with how easy it is for a QB to snap over 20 pts. If you don't believe me look for yourself, your 2 best RB's average 10.0 & 10.5, Orton averages 15.2. Then the only game he didn't put up 13+ was vs Oakland when they had over 200 yards rushing. The numbers he has consistantly put up were versus some good teams also. Bengals have a pretty good D/ST, he put up 13 pts vs them. Oakland has done a good job defending their home turf, versus what they do when away, look at what they did to Eagles, and Eagles have a high powered offense, he put up 10 pts vs Oakland. 17 pts vs Dallas, 19 vs Patriots, 18 vs Chargers.

It's up to you but honestly if you plan on having a better shot at winning you need to pickup a reliable QB. You can tell a reliable QB like for instance i'll use Brees.

Last week Brees had 3 interceptions & a fumble, yet he still got me 19 pts. -6 for INT & -2 for fumble. Gerrard which is your starting QB had 2 inteceptions & 0 TD's versus the Rams, which is among one of the worst passing Defenses. Granted his only huge game was versus the Titans and that was a home game, Titans are now going to start Young over Collins, and they're going to be eating the clock and I bet you they will be more productive then the previous meeting, meaning I don't think Gerrard will go off like he did before.

I'm sure anybody else with any carnal knowledge on football will back me up on this. So you decide.

[Emilio]

Running back by commitee is spreading more and more in the NFL. You gotta have a solid QB.

[Jerhart]

Colin, I have Carson Palmer if you want him. Just let me know what you have to offer. I won't throw a bunch of numbers at ya about him...he's good that's all you need to know.

[MarkieJ]

I offered Matt Schaub for Greg Jennings to Colin a while back, but he didn't bite. Kinda glad he didn't. I'm gonna hold on to him and alternate starting him with Philip Rivers. Although I'm favored heavily against Jerhart this week, I know those projections mean diddley squat. A couple of big games by anyone can turn the tide in an opponents favor. Matt Forte is kinda wearing thin on me, he better have a good week... Good luck this week everyone!

[Neal]

Jerhart if I were you I would give up Matt Ryan before Carson Palmer.

Colin has the best chance to do the deal with me, because i'm not asking for Jackson or Smith. I'm asking for Bradshaw or Mendenhall which aren't as good as the others fantasy wise.