# Fantasy football general discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 23, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955 "2009-07-23T02:54:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 36
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955/701 "2009-11-13T03:31:29Z")
Nice. I totally meant to start Cutler in the HHM league, but forgot all about it. I have to decide between Sanchez and Ryan, but it’s looking like a net gain at this point regardless. RNATB - I’d totally agree with you regarding the marginal WR/RB last year, but I can’t do it this year. I think we’re in the midst of a shift to WRs. And the flex spot is a great spot for a gamble. (Of course, Omni’s #3 and playing #2 Varlos today, so really - who cares? 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955/702 "2009-11-13T04:52:13Z")
If you’re going to gamble, then gamble. I can see starting, say, Robert Meachem in that spot, because any Saints receiver could go for 150 yards and 2 scores in any given week. Crabtree, on the other hand, is just… not. The 49ers don’t throw the ball downfield, and Gore hasn’t done enough this season to make defenses stack the box. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955/703 "2009-11-13T05:08:18Z")
Are you kidding me? Cutler threw 5 (!!!) interceptions tonight. At least the Chicago defense gave me some points. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955/704 "2009-11-13T17:37:51Z")
Maybe he’ll pull a Warner and throw 5 touchdowns next week. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955/705 "2009-11-13T18:34:24Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Yeah, but Maroney disappears on occasion and he’s playing the Colts. Crabtree seems to be Smiths favorite target against a Bears D that’s making a habit of getting toasted. The great Jason Hill experiment was quite a bust for me. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955/706 "2009-11-15T19:08:41Z")
Reggie Bush is competing with Ricky Williams for “bane of my existance” status. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955/707 "2009-11-15T20:12:17Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Reggie Bush is competing with Ricky Williams for “bane of my existance” status. Go Reggie Go! I’m gonna need all the points he’ll get me in the Dynasty League. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955/708 "2009-11-15T20:50:36Z")
Speaking of which, Hamlet is going to beat me in the Dynasty league more or less by a Brandon Marshall. Who I gave him for free. Along with Adrian Peterson. Oh, and both of my top-5-in-scoring-at-the-position running backs got hurt within five minutes of each other. Yay. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955/709 "2009-11-15T20:58:25Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Speaking of which, Hamlet is going to beat me in the Dynasty league more or less by a Brandon Marshall. Who I gave him for free. Along with Adrian Peterson. > > Oh, and both of my top-5-in-scoring-at-the-position running backs got hurt within five minutes of each other. > > Yay. Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955/710 "2009-11-16T00:28:25Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. He’s our Mini Matt Millen. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955/711 "2009-11-16T00:43:53Z")
Hey, lookee there, an actual LDT sighting. 'bout time. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955/712 "2009-11-16T01:28:23Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > Hey, lookee there, an actual LDT sighting. 'bout time. Of course. The guy I was playing started him. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955/713 "2009-11-16T01:29:32Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > He’s our Mini Matt Millen. Hey, I take exception to that. My teams are _good._ ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955/714 "2009-11-16T01:31:40Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Hey, I take exception to that. My teams are _good._ Sadface. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955/715 "2009-11-16T03:15:10Z")
What happened to Addai? They said something about his fingers. Wimp. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955/716 "2009-11-16T03:25:15Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > What happened to Addai? They said something about his fingers. Wimp. Got caught in another players gear as he was crossing the goal line. Visually, didn’t look like much, but he’s taped up and on the sidelines. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955/717 "2009-11-16T05:14:45Z")
Didn’t seem to bother him much in the second half. _exhales_ ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955/718 "2009-11-16T05:25:01Z")
Useless pieces of fucking shit New England. All they had to do was hold Manning to fewer than 4 touchdowns and i would have won my match-up this week. Then, in the last two minutes they fail to convert on 3rd and 2 and 4th and 2, give the ball up to the Colts, and let Manning fire a last-minute game-winner to sink both the Patriots and my fantasy week. Fucking assholes. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955/719 "2009-11-16T05:28:06Z")
Gah, I have Ronnie Brown in 3 leagues and he went out on crutches. Even if it’s not that bad, he’s playing Thursday so he doesn’t have time to recover for it. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955/720 "2009-11-16T05:35:44Z")
Time to trade for Sticky Ricky. At least you don’t have Michael Turner and Cedric Benson in the same goddamn league. My frantic attempts to handcuff both earlier this week now seem remarkably prescient. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-football-general-discussion/503955.md?page=37)