Official Week 7 Fantasy Football Thread

[capone0]

A couple of good teams on byes this week for most of us.

Chicago
Tennessee
St. Louis
New Orleans
San Francisco
Baltimore

I have Chicago D and Gould. I've picked up Scobee (vs Houston) and New England D (vs Buffalo)

Available options:

K:

Feely vs @Dal
Vanderjagt vs NYG
Lindell vs NE

Def:

NYJ vs Det
Det vs NYJ
NYG vs Dal
Ind vs Was
TB vs Phi

None of the options look that great.

My other options for my team are:

RB (pick 2):

Bell vs @Cle
C. Williams vs Phi
Green vs @Mia

I'm thinking Bell and Cadillac.

WR (pick 3):

Roy W vs @ NYJ
Walker vs @ Cle
Stallworth vs@ TB
Evans vs NE
Edwards vs Den

I'm thinking Stallworth if healthy, Walker and Roy W. Next is Evans last is Edwards.

Annoyance of having a kicker and def with bye same week is I had to drop 2 players (Plummer, sucks and Droughns, sucks so far). I guess I'll try differently next year but Gould and Chicago are so good.
Edwards

[toohigh]

I asked about this in the FF Trade thread, but didn't get too much feedback, and I need to make a decision by tonight.

I currently have three trade offers on the table, all involving Travis Henry. I offered him up to my entire league after his great Week 6 performance, looking for another RB in return so I can take care of bye-week issues for this week (I'm extremely thin at RB2 this week).

Which offer is the best for my situation? My main purpose of trading is to solidify an RB2 for Week 7, but one of these offers is really good for me long term.

Offer #1:
Corey Dillon for Travis Henry

Offer #2:
Marion Barber for Travis Henry

Offer #3:
Reggie Bush and Michael Turner for Travis Henry

Here is my team (12-team, H2H, standard CBS SportsLine scoring league, start 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 K, 1 DST):
Carson Palmer
Ron Dayne
Deuce McAllister (BYE)
LaDainian Tomlinson
Jerious Norwood
Travis Henry (BYE)
Musa Smith (BYE)
Donald Driver
Joey Galloway
Lee Evans
Marvin Harrison
Jason Witten
Nate Kaeding
DST Broncos

Team #1:
Peyton Manning
Vince Young
Brett Favre
Cedric Benson
Warrick Dunn
Corey Dillon
Santana Moss
Roy Williams
T.J. Houshmandzadeh
Chris Baker
Heath Miller
Lawrence Tynes
DST Rams
DST Saints

Team #2:
Rex Grossman
Michael Vick
Reuben Droughns
Rudi Johnson
Marion Barber
Clinton Portis
Darrell Jackson
Derrick Mason
Anquan Boldin
Alex Smith
Dallas Clark
Matt Stover
DST Bills
DST Vikings

Team #3:
Philip Rivers
Byron Leftwich
Maurice Jones-Drew
Edgerrin James
Reggie Bush
Michael Turner
Reggie Williams
Terry Glenn
Jerricho Cotchery
Kellen Winslow
Jeremy Shockey
Mike Vanderjagt
DST Steelers
DST Seahawks

In offer #1, I get an RB for a good team, but his role is diminishing and he doesn't have much upside.

In offer #2, I get a RB who doesn't even have the starting role for his team, but he puts up consistent numbers and usually gets action.

In offer #3, I get handcuffs for my #1 and #2 RBs, however, I would have to start Michael Turner along with LaDainian Tomlinson for Week 7, as Reggie Bush is on a bye.

Thoughts on each offer? Since I'm playing the best team in the league this week, should I try to maximize the trade value for this week only, or for down the road?

Thanks.

[MacGuyV]

Capone,
I think you have everything figured out already
Toohigh,
I'd take Bush&Turner

[MacGuyV]

QB: Vick or Roethlisburger to fill in this week and backup Brees for the rest of the year?

RB: Starting Bell @Cleveland.
McGahee vs. NE or Jordan vs. Arizona in the #2 slot?

WR: Starting Harrison & R.Williams.
Evans vs. NE or R. Moss vs. Arizona in the #3 slot?

Leaning towards Jordan & Moss (shiver) I hope last night was a mirage for the Cards D.

[capone0]

The options are keep Henry or #3. I don't like #3 that much although Bush has gotten a lot of catches. It seems that Henry is on the UP UP due to Young being on the field. They have run very well their last 2 weeks.

Let's look at schedules:

Henry:

Bye
Houston-Great Matchup
Jack-Horrible Matchup
Balt-Horrible
@Phil-Decent Matchup
NYG-Decent Matchup
Indy-Great Matchup
Houston-Great
Jack-Horrible
Buffalo-Good Matchup
NE (not sure if you go here)-Bad Matchup

So you have 4 Good Great / 3 Horrible and 2 Decent

Bush-

Balt-Bad
TB-Decent/Bad (they are good against the pass bad against the run)
Pittsburgh-Bad
Cincy-Great
Atlanta-Decent
SF-Great
Dallas-Decent
Washington-Decent
NYG-Good
Carolina-Decent

So you have 3 bad, 2 great and 5 decent.

I'd honestly stick with Henry. I don't trust Turner and this year Henry is better than Bush atleast when healthy. He's lost weight and I regret not picking him up.

[toohigh]

Re: capone

Wow, great analysis, thanks. The thing that sucks is that I'm desperate for an RB2 this week and I really don't wanna have to choose between starting Ron Dayne and Jerious Norwood.

I really like Henry's future potential too, but some factors worry me. First, he plays for the Titans (obv.). Also, he isn't very durable and gets injured easily. Also, would I be starting him over Deuce McAllister enough to warrant hanging on to him?

At least with offer #3 I get handcuffs, so my #1 and #2 RB spots will be secure for the entire year, but this offer wasn't really what I was looking for as far as my current needs.

Should I be shopping Deuce McAllister instead? My gut says no, it's too much of a gamble to ride out Henry.

If offers #1 & 2 aren't good enough, what kind of RB could I get straight up for Henry?

Thanks.

[capone0]

Who is your opponent in week 7?

What do they have?

I don't like sacrificing good players for 1 week of winning unless your that desperate. Travis has good matchups in a couple of weeks. He should start over McAlister in week 8 (balt), week 10 (Pitts) although both matchups are terrible, week 13 (both are good matchups), week 14, week 16 (both not great but I'd rather go against buffalo then the Gaints).

[toohigh]

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Who is your opponent in week 7?

What do they have?

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LOL, you'll love this:

Donovan McNabb
Brad Johnson
Tiki Barber
LenDale White
Joesph Addai
Brian Westbrook
Hines Ward
Mike Furrey
Steve Smith
Muhsin Muhammad
Alge Crumpler
John Kasay
DST Eagles
DST Bears

This isn't a divisional game, so him winning doesn't negatively affect my team other than the fact I get a loss. However, I'm only 3-3 right now, and 1 game behind in a DEEP wild-card race.

Obviously I need all the points I can get this week, but maybe keeping Henry is the best idea if I think that I have ZERO chances of winning this week, but I just hate that attitude.

I actually offered this team Henry LAST week, offering Henry and Joey Galloway for Joesph Addai. He declined.

[capone0]

If your still dying for this week alone I guess you go with Dillon. I dont like it a lot though.

The worst run D's not on bye this week are the following:

Indy
Oakland
Houston
Jets
Cleveland
Tampa

I can't see you getting Jordan but I guess you can try. An owner might be that desperate.

You could go after either of the Indy backs or go after Washington who is probally the #1 runner for the Jets now.

Tatum is going to be a hard pull right now, so I doubt you can get him. You probally in the same boat with getting Westbrook against Tampa.

[toohigh]

Well I just noticed that my opponent has Chicago DST (averaging 22 FPTS a game) and Muhsin Muhammad on a bye this week, so that certainly helps my cause.

I actually thought I was OVERvaluing Henry, but your first response really got me, especially considering his future matchups. Unfortunately, it is doubtful that any other owner will recognize Henry's true value while trading.

Let's assume I don't trade.

I'd probably go with Jerious Norwood vs PIT. It's pretty much hit or miss with Norwood, so I'd cross my fingers that he gets some action.

Also, Brandon Jacobs and Noah Herron are available on waivers, but I highly doubt either of them would fall to me (I'm 9th out of 12 on the waiver wire).

So worst case scenario, I'm starting Norwood as my RB2. If you had to put a line on my game this week (assuming I start Norwood), how big of an underdog do you think I'd be?

FWIW, there are five 3-3 teams (including mine), one 4-2 team, and two 2-4 teams in the wildcard race. A loss would really put me in a bad spot. Also, the 4-2 team is playing one of the other 3-3 teams, and IME, he's a definite favorite (the other team has a legitimate shot at winning though, it is FF after all).