Fantasy Football Lineup for 9/27
I’m 1-1 in my fantasy football league. In week 1, my team was awesome. In week 2, my team was absolutely atrocious. My big mistake was totally overthinking everything and making really stupid moves. I benched Dwayne Bowe because I was worried about how well Matt Cassel would throw the ball. I picked up and played Antwaan Randle El. Why? I have no idea. I can’t even blame being drunk for that one. I kept Jason Elam after his craptacular performance in week 1 and he rewarded me with FOUR points.
This week, I grabbed two solid or soon-to-be solid WRs of waivers: Mario Manningham and Johnny Knox. I’m not sure if I’m a Johnny Knox believer yet, but I think he might be big. Devin Hester still isn’t doing much and Jay Cutler really likes Johnny Knox (and if there’s one thing I know about Jay Culter, other than that he has diabetes, it’s that he loves to throw the ball to the dude he really likes). I also dumped Elam for Lawrence Tynes.
So, here is what I’m doing this week:
Active
QB: Eli Manning
RB: DeAngelo Williams
RB: Willis McGahee
RB/WR: Felix Jones
WR: Dwayne Bowe
WR: Mario Manningham
TE: Tony Gonzalez
D/ST: Titans (holy questionable, but the only D I have and I’m not ready to drop them)
K: Lawrence Tynes
Bench
QB: Tom Brady (don’t trust him yet)
RB: Darren McFadden (not a bad option but there are better; Broncos run defense is not bad)
RB: Ray Rice (McGahee is the better option)
RB: Shonn Greene (bench until something big happens)
WR: Anquan Boldin (not ready)
WR: Antonio Bryant (broken)
WR: Johnny Knox (projected to outscore Bowe but I’m not sure about him yet — I think he might do better than Bowe but also might do a lot worse; also, last week I said that, as long as Bowe is playing with a QB who has arms and legs, I’m leaving him in)
If you think I’m doing anything really stupid here, let me know. Seriously. I was really, really bad last week.
Update: The second I posted this I found out that Bowe is now listed as questionable instead of probable. I’m keeping him in for now, but if he doesn’t play, I’ll put Knox in his place.
Not that I think you’re doing anything stupid, but I might consider putting Boldin in Bowe’s spot. Love the Manningham and Knox pickups, and I think both will be productive for you in the weeks ahead, but I think Boldin will be ready to be a big part of the Cards offense by Sunday night.
Good luck.
Paul
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peoplespigskin
25 Sep 09 at 4:05 pm
Thanks! I did put Boldin in Bowe’s spot, which ended up being the right call.
Tracy
1 Oct 09 at 3:46 pm
Tracy,
This is a weird comment, but I am trying to find the Chicago radio station that would do that birthday throwdown you mention way back in a post about Carlos Zambrono. That’s how I ended up here, i googled the lyrics! Where is that from? “Is today your birthday, yes it is…” etc.
My girlfriend used to live in Chi, and she’s obseesed with the memory of that song. Any thoughts?
Thanks!
Pete
22 Oct 09 at 3:36 pm
They did it on 107.5 WGCI. They might still do it — I’m not sure. It was on in the evening (I remember Mike Love and the Diz doing it, but who knows if they’re still around).
Tracy
22 Oct 09 at 6:55 pm