Week 5: who to start?

[Style]

I've got tough decisions at every position except the two least important: K and TE. Please help me decide:

QB: 1 of Delhomme @ Bal, Gradkowski vs Cin, Huard @ Pit
RB: 1 of Turner @ SF, Dunn vs NYG, Norwood vs NYG, Barlow vs Mia
WR: 2 of T.O. vs Hou, A. Johnson @ Dal, S Smith @ Bal
DEF: 1 of Bills @ Det, Steelers vs KC

 

[Mac]

Id take Grad vs Cinci

W Dunn vs NYG

TO and Steve Smith

Steelers.

 

[Style]

Id take Grad vs Cinci

W Dunn vs NYG

TO and Steve Smith

Steelers.

I'm actually thinking Gradkowski too. He looked really good against the Saints. And you can't really go wrong with a Rocket!

T.O. seems like a must start going against the Texans. Both Smith and Johnson are studs going against brutal defenses. I'm not sure it makes much difference which one you pair with T.O.

I'd take a healthy Bills @ Det over the Steelers vs KC, but man is the Bill's defense banged up! They have a ton of injuries on that side of the ball. I think I'm going Steelers there.

At running back I'm actually leaning toward Turner. The Giants are Jekyl and Hyde. Which one will show up? I don't know. I do know that the SD is going to rock the niners. That means Turner will likely get some good burn. He's averaging 8.9 a game. That's not much behind Dunn's 9.6, and when you consider the favorable matchup... Still, he's a backup RB. It's hard to start a backup when you have a solid starter. I've got time to think about it anyway.

Anyone else want to weigh in?

 

[Mac]

I take Dunn just because I know he would get carries and it's hit and miss with what Turner will get as far as carries and touches.

 

[Slim Sheedy]

I'm not in your leagues but i got a league and i need to know who i should start..

Delhome against Baltimore or Rivers against San Fransisco.. i put rivers in the starting role along with Pennington against Miami...

Help me out!

 

[Smooth]

Huard

Dunn

TO and Smith

Bills

 

[Style]

I've got tough decisions at every position except the two least important: K and TE. Please help me decide:

QB: 1 of Delhomme @ Bal, Gradkowski vs Cin, Huard @ Pit
RB: 1 of Turner @ SF, Dunn vs NYG, Norwood vs NYG, Barlow vs Mia
WR: 2 of T.O. vs Hou, A. Johnson @ Dal, S Smith @ Bal
DEF: 1 of Bills @ Det, Steelers vs KC

Just looking at what the "experts" have to say. Here's how each are ranked at their position:

http://www.fftoolbox.com/2006/weeklycheatsheets.cfm
1. McNabb @NO (Never in question, but had to include my boy in there :chuckles: )
14. Delhomme @Bal
22. Huard @ Pit
26. Gradkowski vs Cin (no rocket love here. )

1. LT @SF (see McNabb above :chuckles: )
17. Dunn vs NYG
26. Turner @ SF
27. Buckhalter @NO (who I just picked up)
29. Barlow @Mia
42. Norwood vs NYG

2. TO @Hou
5. Smith @Bal
7. AJ @Dal

2. Phi @NO (again, never in question)
11. Pit @KC
15. Bills @Det

http://www.profantasysports.com/easycite/football.php?PID=3709&spid=1
3. McNabb @NO (3? :thumbdown )
18. Delhomme @Bal
19. Gradkowski vs Cin
23. Huard @Pit

1. LT @SF
16. Dunn vs NYG (Man, maybe I should start Dunn.)
26. Barlow vs Mia
30. Turner @SF
32. Buckholter @NO
34. Norwood vs NYG

6. Smith @Bal
8. AJ @Dal
10. TO vs Hou (they do realise the Texans are last in the league in pass defense, right?)

1. Pit vs KC (Whoa, #1?!?!)
12. Phi @NO
18. Buf @Det


Add them together and they're saying Delhomme, Dunn, Smith & TO, and Pit. Right now, I'm leaning toward Gradkowski, Turner, AJ & TO, and Pit. It looks like I only agree with the experts on TO and Pit, but I'm still not 100% (hence this thread), so I may change my mind yet.

 

[LyXo]

I would start Gradkowski at QB against the Bengals... it should be a shootout, and their defense is hurt, while Delhomme and Huard are going against the Ravens (looking to bounce back) and the Steelers (looking for a first Roethlisberger win).

If you have LT on your team, I would plug in Turner because you know for a fact that the running game will be sick against the 49ers.

For the WR's, you have to go with TO, and it's a tossup between AJ and Smith.

Pittsburgh D all the way.

 

[Style]

Norwood is questionable with a shoulder injury. I'll have to keep an eye on that. If he doesn't play, Dunn could get several more carries, and could do a good bit better than his average. Plus, you never know what you're going to get against the Giants. After last week, I wouldn't be suprised to see them go to Atlanta and lay an egg. I'm going to keep Turner in there for now, but if Norwood isn't playing I may have to go Dunn.

 

[Dungong]

I've got tough decisions at every position except the two least important: K and TE. Please help me decide:

QB: 1 of Delhomme @ Bal, Gradkowski vs Cin, Huard @ Pit
RB: 1 of Turner @ SF, Dunn vs NYG, Norwood vs NYG, Barlow vs Mia
WR: 2 of T.O. vs Hou, A. Johnson @ Dal, S Smith @ Bal
DEF: 1 of Bills @ Det, Steelers vs KC

QB I'd go Gradkowski. Delhomme is going to get eaten alive against Baltimore, and being from Miami, I've seen what Huard can do and its not going to be pretty.

RB I'd go with Dunn. Norwood and Turner have thus far only got significant carries is blow outs. Barlow is just ugh.
WR gotta go with TO and Steve Smith. I could see a case for Andre Johnson, but if those 2 other guys are on your team you gotta play em

DEF play Pittsburg. Detroit is bad, but KC is worse as far as yards per game, and keep in mind that KC has played Arizona and SF to "inflate" their stats. The Lions have been able to put up some points, and should be able to against the Bills

 

[Style]

I've got tough decisions at every position except the two least important: K and TE. Please help me decide:

QB: 1 of Delhomme @ Bal, Gradkowski vs Cin, Huard @ Pit
RB: 1 of Turner @ SF, Dunn vs NYG, Norwood vs NYG, Barlow vs Mia
WR: 2 of T.O. vs Hou, A. Johnson @ Dal, S Smith @ Bal
DEF: 1 of Bills @ Det, Steelers vs KC

The results are in. Players with an asterics are who I chose to start. Players in bold would be the correct choice. All players are listed in order of points scored by position:

QB
18.8 Delhomme
* 17.4 Gradkowski
2.5 Huard

RB
* 20.6 Dunn
4.5 Barlow
0.9 Norwood
0.0 Turner

WR
29.5 Steve Smith
* 23.5 Terrel Owens
* 9.0 Andre Johnson

DEF
* 33.6 Pit
12.2 Buf


The only mistake that cost me anything was starting AJ over Steve Smith. I could of had 53 points from my WRs alone! Speaking of which, it looks like Steve Smith and T.O. have returned to "start regardless of matchup" status. Yeah for me!

How about that rocket Gradkowski? That was nice to see. Meanwhile, how did Omar Jacobs fair this weekend? HPD, I'm waiting?

Concerning the defenses, the one I had as a lock, Phi vs NO, was the one I should of benched. Buffalo outscored them by 10 points! I guess the saints are officially "for real".

Funny, I waited till the last minute to make some changes. It went like this:

* At 12:41 pm sunday (and most of last week), I had Turner and AJ starting over Smith and Dunn.
* At 12:42, I had Smith and Dunn starting over Turner and AJ. This is a +41.1 point swing!
* At 12:43, I flopped back AJ over Smith. A -20.5 swing. :thumbdown

Oh well, it didn't matter in the end. I got over 70 points from LT and Pit, and the final score is currently listed at 198.4, just 6 points off of the record (which I set last year). It would of been nice to smash the record, and make it a bit more untouchable, but I'll settle for doubling up my opponant's score. :chuckles:

Dungong and Mac had the best advice, and thus get rep. Thanks everyone for your help!

 

[PIP]

Ahem...... Style...

As someone who is repped challenged like myself, I think you should rep me for not giving you any advice, thus, not compromising your team...

Thank you in advance

-PIPalicious (AKA) Fantasy trader extraordinaire..

 

[Mac]

Should have listened to me.

 

[Style]

This week I have to decide between Favre @ Miami and Delhomme @Cinci. What do you think?

On a neutral playing field, a healthy Steve Smith makes Delhomme the better fantasy QB. Miami has better overall defensive stats than the Bengals; however, Miami's secondary is banged up, and they've giving up twice the passing TDs that Cinci has, so I'm not sure who has the better matchup.

 

[Smooth]

I'd start Delhomme personally... He's been on a role lately and Cincys' defense hasn't been able to stop anybody lately..

I have Farve this week starting, but my backups are Frye and, hopefully, Gradkowski, so...