Fantasy football 2015

Meh. Coleman's been back two weeks and has a total of six rushes and a fumble.

 

As great as Julio is, he spends so much time playing dinged up that he's perpetually questionable. It's a shame, too, because he's unstoppable when healthy.

 

This. Freeman is carrying me in both my leagues, but I would never trade Julio Jones for him. Ever.

 

Jones isn't half the receiver he was the first few weeks. Ride the hot hand. I have Jones in two leagues. I'd rather have Freeman.

If the season lasts five years, sure, Jones is your guy. But every year someone no one expects becomes a fantasy star. I wouldn't trade Freeman straight up for anyone not named Brady, Bell or Rodgers.

 

Disagree, but fair enough. Jones is a proven commodity, and like I said I drafted Freeman in both my leagues, but I'm not quite sold. It does help that Coleman has not come back to do much, but Jones is one of the best WRs in the league. I would think hard about it, I guess, but I can't imagine I would pull the trigger on that deal.

 

I'm still bitter I traded Kurt Warner away after three weeks in 1999.

"There's no way he keeps this up. Guy's a fluke."

 

I think Freeman this year is 2012 Doug Martin; a lot of flash, but it won't last more than the season. But I'm 2-4 and 1-5, so what do I know? (also, my view only really matters if you're in a keeper league)

 

These are re-draft leagues, so I'm trying to make something happen. I don't like my chances at a championship with my teams as currently constituted.

 

For sure. I think what I'm learning this year in a big way is that you have to have a good roster balance of stud and hot hand. I usually only build my roster around studs and will maybe take a couple fliers -- and be happy as hell if I hit big (CJ Anderson last year, for example). This year, with all the injuries to players on my rosters, I've had to troll the waiver wire a lot more than usual. And with the RB position changing so much, everyone is going after the same people. Much more competitive than it was.

 

Plus, the Falcons have got to have the weakest schedule in the league. Their 5-1 start has come by plowing through the god-awful NFC East (multiplied by having the good fortune of catching the Giants in an early-season slump and the Cowboys without Romo and Dez). The only opponents left on the schedule that have a winning record through six weeks are Carolina (twice) and Minnesota (3-2), plus a .500 Indy team.
The Falcons are an above-average fraud, but there's no reason they can't keep rolling against that schedule. Which means there's no reason Freeman can't keep producing unless he gets hurt or they take carries away.

 

I went the opposite way on Warner. I drafted Vinny Testaverde, who blew out his Achilles in the first quarter of Week 1. Scrounging the wire for a replacement, I figured, "Well, at least Warner's a starter."
Sixteen weeks later I was collecting a nice envelope full of cash.
Amazingly, I'd pulled off the same feat the year before with Randall Cunningham. Picked him off the wire around Week 5 and, combined with a shrewd sixth-round draft choice of Randy Moss, crushed everyone in the league. I can still remember the Thanksgiving Day game against the Cowboys when they hooked up for three long touchdown passes (which gave bonus points in that league) and Cunningham threw another 50-yarder to Cris Carter. I had a 102-0 lead on my SE before the turkey was even cold.

Those were the first two years I was in our work league. I never won again before it folded in 2013. By 2003 or 2004 the internet had really exploded and most people had some idea of what they were doing. Finding sleepers and waiver wire gems became more a game of luck than skill once everybody had the same information. Those two years I won, 1998 and 1999, it felt like I was a physicist competing in a science fair against grade schoolers.

 

He may not keep it up, but that is not a good comparison. Freeman already has shown more explosiveness than Martin ever did. He is averaging over 9 yards a carry which is insane obviously and no one can keep that up. Martin had 11 tds his rookie season with 4 coming against a garbage Raiders team and he also ran for over 250 in that game. Freeman hasn't played half a season yet, but he is a different rb than Martin. Of course he can fade, but his ceiling is way higher than Martin's ever was.