League a: Jamaal Charles or Rashard Mendenhaal
League B: Jamaal Charles, Knowshon Moreno, Pierre Thomas- start 2.
I am leaning toward Charles in both, with he and Thomas being the choices in league B.
Wow, you’re in a tough spot in both leagues.
In league A, with Charles, this will be his first start and although his stats look good on paper, it’s difficult to say how he’ll actually perform when he starts. If you choose to start him, you’re basically rolling the dice, since there are no previous games where he has started to gauge his performance on.
With Mendenhall, you know what he’s capable of based on his performance so far, and you know he’s at least averaging a TD per game. In his last couple of games, he’s had some fumble problems, but hopefully, coming off the bye, he’s had some time to work on that. So, given the choice, I’d go with the sure thing and start Mendenhall.
In league B, you have the same predicament with Charles. Moreno, I would sit. Pittsburgh has the best run defense in the league, not to mention they’ve had two weeks to prepare for this game. They’ve only given up, what, one? Maybe two rushing TDs the entire season.
Then, you have Thomas. The problem here is that NO doesn’t have a clearly defined starting RB. They like to split the load between Bush and Bell as well, and each week, one of the three has a better game than the others. This works out good for the team, but horrible for fantasy players. Still though, if you have to go with two, go with Charles and Thomas, since that Pittsburgh defense is a nightmare to get through for Moreno.
In a crazy 6 man league: Barber vs Philly or Benson vs Baltimore. Benson is facing a tougher defense, but doesn’t have Jones and Choice stealing carries.
An idea how crazy this league is - I picked Benson off of free agency, and my $1 bid on Welker got him.
Do I bench Warner after his miserable game last week, or expect him to come back against the Bears today? My other option is Hasselbeck against the Lions. While that seems like an enticing matchup, Seattle’s O-line is a mess right now.
Hassellbeck isn’t 100% physically either. That really is a toss-up. I’d probably flip a coin.
So, of course I went with Hasselbeck. He may wind up with a good game, but Warner has 4 TDs in the FIRST HALF.
Well, at least he only had one in the second.
I’m still up by 20 with only the Pitt D going against me tomorrow night, so I can survive it, but yeesh, I make bad decisions.
But I didn’t. Pitt D had a big game and I lost by 5. I would have won by 10 had I played Warner. Oh well.