Topic: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 - page 182. (Read 58743 times)

Golladay is on the giants now he was their big threat and Jones is on another squad as well I think.  The lions are gonna stink it up for sure.  Goff doesn't have anyone to throw to.

Also here is a tip that will serve you well in fantasy.

Take Revenge games into account!

I like Goff, he's a local boy (he and I are from the same home-town,) so I root for him just because of that.  The Rams are obviously a good team, but I doubt that Stafford is going to make as big of an impact as that blowhard Stephen Smith is predicting.  Stafford does have a bigger arm than Goff, but other than that, they're playing style isn't so different.  They're both primarily pocket passers, but Goff is more mobile, and his roll-out passes are always executed well in my opinion.  I would love to see him to take the Lions to 10 consecutive super bowl victories just so I can see Sean McVey's grimace grow into a permanent scowl.


Yep, that's how it works.  The productivity of the players in your "Starting Lineup" will result in fantasy points.  It's a good idea to look at the projected points, but don't treat them as gospel as they can often be wrong.  Try to consider the opponent and how they may try to minimize the impact of your top-flight receiver, for example. 

An anecdotal story, for you:  Jerry Rice's last game as a 49er came against the Bears (I was there!)  The Bears double-teamed Rice all day, expecting him to be targeted regularly and put up big numbers.  That day, a relatively unknown Terrell Owens caught 20 passes for a million yards, and 100 touchdowns.  I think that's what happened, anyway.  I wasn't the designated driver that day. 

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Yeah, NO!

In all reality, there's always a sleeper who goes disregarded this time of year.  Goff had a tough time last year, and the Lions have had a rough... existence, but stranger things have happened.

Yup, they are right up there with that Moron Mathew Berry.

I'll never understand how these idiots can make a living off of being wrong all the time?

Actually I think Goff has a great arm and pocket presence but the lions line is pure garbage so he could be a threat if they nail that down (and the D is atrocious) also Kupp and Woods are massively more talented than Jones and Golladay.

Still available, you should definitely dump your bench warmer Rodgers for Goff

He is listed as a FA in our league, we may have some newbies, myself included, and even I could see Goff is probably going to underperform.

And speaking of newbie questions I am happy with my lineup, however there is nothing else to do? I mean just by virtue of being on my starting squad that is enough for those players to begin to accumulate fantasy points?

Who drafted Jared Goff?

 

I'm not sure I would call Stephen A. Smith an expert at anything other than being a loud mouth obnoxious ass commentator.  I have never found him or his old buddy Skip Bayless to be anything more than a clown show.  However I do pretty much agree with him.  He does have better players around him but not much better.  I'm not sure Cooper Kupp or Robert Woods are better players than Kenny Golladay and I'm not sure if they are much better than Marvin Jones Jr.  He also had TJ Hockenson who's a stud Tight End.  That said the Rams are a better team and organization and he SHOULD certainly have more success there than he really ever had in Detroit.

Get a grip on yourself man!    ( boy am I really going to feel stupid if by some miracle the Giants end up pulling off this division).  I guess there is some good news for you Giants fans, word is Barkley may be starting week 1, which obviously makes them an entirely different team with him in the lineup.  Yet and still...I'm taking the Cowboys and WFT in that division.  If you do win on those bets however, are you willing to share a little with me...all this moral support I'm providing and all?!

Haha, I'm busting your balls kiddo!

He should be fine.

But I don't expect them in the Superbowl, thats for sure.

As a nearly full-time Rams fan I'm pretty disappointed with this outcome, and they are pretty damn lacking in the 2nd and 3rd string positions as well. Gonna try to go with as many KC players as possible in my second league and perhaps adopt them as my team to root for this year. If the Chargers or Raiders show sparks of being interesting, I'll be following them as well.

According the NFL expert Stephen A. Smith, he said that Stafford will be good with the Rams and he also said that Stafford has better players around him than what he had in Detroit. His words and enthusiasm made it appear that he is a must have.

Yeah. you blocked me on a few guys!

nice job.

I still think we need another flex spot.

I would normally merit a gamble like this but i think your pissing in the wind my friend.
But we wont know till the opener!

ohh wtf. merit for balls!

Does not really surprise me, Cam has not been a football player which also happens to be an influencer for a long time, he is an influencer that also plays football, he is not committed to the sport and this is problematic not only because he does not study as he should but also because the guy could get seriously injured by someone which actually takes the sport seriously. But anyway the guy is out of NE and that is what matters.

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I was once again looking at the draft and it is incredible how things can change in a single round, round 11 was the one that really forced me to change my plan, before the draft I was thinking on picking a defense and a kicker a round earlier and with my last pick I would pick Fitzpatrick, but then nutildah picked a defense, then others did the same and wheelz picked TJ and then in that round I picked Kareem Hunt which I never picked during the mock drafts as in most of them I had Chubb.

I mention this as I saw the waiver and I saw you trying to pick Fitzpatrick and this reminded me of my failed strategy, and BTW it seems that we were targeting many of the same players as I think I blocked you from picking Gronk and Wilson.

Did it again.  Was down in the casinos last night and couldn't resist.  Threw some more dough on the giants to win the division. At 4.5-1 odds it was too much for me not to.  Looks like Zach Martin, cowboys best online man is out so that is going to be a super tough game against the Bucs.  Easy 0-1 to start the season.

He fractured his index finger on his throwing hand, so he's listed as out for the opener.  Not to mention that Garoppolo is listed as the starter, and rightly so.  When Garoppolo is healthy the 9ers win games, and unless he goes down I don't think Shanahan will make Lance the starter this year.  I hope that's the way it plays out, anyway.  I have a lot of hope for Lance's future with the team, but I do believe he'll be better off taking a year to learn the offence.  Shanahan's playbook is intricate and extensive, so at this point Garoppolo's knowledge of the offence is the only thing I see standing in the way of Lance becoming the starter.  I believe Lance is smart enough to get a grasp of it soon enough to play this year, but I'm guessing a healthy Garoppolo will keep the job.  If you have an open bench spot, it might be a gamble worth taking.  I certainly would have considered taking him later in the season depending on how Garoppolo plays.

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Why does that not surprise me?  Cam has always been a natural athletic scrambler, but that only takes you so far in the NFL.  And at his age, it's obvious he can't rely on his athletic ability anymore.  I don't know if he's incapable or just unwilling to put in the effort in to learn how to lead an offense.  Obviously that's not going to fly with Belichick, or many other coaches.  I predict he's seen his last snap in the NFL.

With just 4 days left before the start of the NFL-2021 season,
Still I can remember that 5th turnover in last year's Steelers vs Browns match. First, I assumed Browns would lose, but Steelers weren't paying attention to the Browns and Cleveland Browns was trying to get that win and was playing like that. then I didn't think the Steelers would lose so badly. Steelers could have scored a few more points, but it turned out that the game was over before the 2nd half, and the Browns won that match by a huge margin of 48-37.

I'm finding the same issue, I can't believe I'm going to have Thielen ride the bench! Amazing having Zek ride the bench when he's healthy but I see your logic. Also it may very well take a few weeks for the cowgirls to get their act together this year. Gus won't have much in the way of competition and should get a ton of work on a team that loves to pound the ball.

I have a feeling Gronk is going to come out like gangbusters after his superbowl success.
I bet he really misses those accolades from years past.
The only question is is his body up to it?


So looks like That Moron Cam couldn't even learn the playbook and the rookie was trying to help him!
The exact opposite of what was supposed to be happening. I can't believe how many Cam lovers out there have no clue what a worthless piece of garbage that guy is.

Rob Ninkovich: Mac Jones was helping Cam Newton learn the playbook
https://sports.yahoo.com/rob-ninkovich-mac-jones-helping-210616840.html