Official Niners Nation Fantasy Football advice and support thread

But Daniels has really fallen off this year.
I know he’s still “injured” but he barely sees any passes go his way.

I don’t like to tell people who to start though, I just give out info.

I have Daniels in another league and he’s been a huge disappointment thus far. I don’t think he breaks out this week either.

Lewis had too many targets last week, regression of the mean thing.
Conversely, Daniels is too good to keep having bad weeks. Play action against the Dallas 3-4 defense ought to buy him some catches unless Andre Johnson is continually torches the Boyz over the top so their is no need to ever checkdown.

I’m not starting Bush this week, but they seem to like him much better in pass protection, which means that he’ll probably get some of the passing game touches that DMac has been getting.

If it’s Santana Moss you just have to temper your expectations because Cooley seems to be ahead of him in terms of targets.
If it’s Randy then there is no reason for you to be mentioning him, he’s a must-start every week (except the BYE of course)

I know I said I don’t like to tell people what to do, but there is no chance in hell I would ever start a PIT WR with Charlie Batch at QB.
Unless they’re down by 3 scores, they’re not going to pass more than 20-25 times.
Hell they had like 65 passing yards last week.

If anyone’s going to score a TD for the Steelers this week on offense it will be Hines Ward. I’d put him over Crabtree, Williams and Clayton.

I have Moreno in a league as well. I added Buckhalter. Personally I’d say go with him over Sproles.

Denver also has Lawrence Moroney who will take away carries from Buckhalter

Should have picked up Tolbert.
He’s going to get the start and he’s much more effective than Sproles.

I think Denver has a good offensive line while Indy’s defensive line is bottom tier against the run. It’s possible Indy will just blow the Broncos out leaving no rushing attempts. However I don’t see Sproles as an effective RB against the Seahawks. Lofa has always been pretty good sniffing out those gimmick/gadget plays like screens.

Steve Smith
Dez Bryant
Michael Crabtree

Pery Harvin is buried on the depth chart in Minnesota. Figure in Favre’s piss-poor play and Harvin’s recent migraine and I wouldn’t expect him to get much action.

Demaryius Thomas just came off an injury and is somewhat in the same boat as Harvin.

Shipley will be lucky to see any action with T.O., Ochocinco, and Jermaine Gresham ahead of him on the receiving list.

Is Harvin going to play even though he missed practice with migraines again?

Your WRs are abysmal man.
Look for a trade or else you’re going to lose a lot of games waiting for these guys to break out.
(break out candidates should be stashed on the bench).

1. Percy Harvin – if he’s going to have a breakout week (he will at some point) it would be likely at home against the Lions
2. Dez Bryant – got his feet wet last week. Facing the Texans which means Dallas will have try for my points while the Texans defense is soft. He’ll get one TD.
3. Demaryius Thomas – Why not? A complete boom or bust pick. All my built up fantasy indicators say no but NE is a slow, thick headed defense that’s been painfully slow to adjust to opponents talent. Plus the rest of your options suck this week.
4. Steve Smith – not a player I’d ever like on my team because he either plays well in surprising moments or does a lot garbage collection at the end of games, either way a bit unpredictable. Still your other options kind of suck so maybe either of these scenarios will play out Sunday.
5. Michael Crabtree – What I don’t like about Crabtree this weekend is the 49ers can jump out to an early lead they may try to ride out conservative playing calling while the Chiefs offense gets shut down. If Crabtree doesn’t get stats early it’s possible he might not a pass in the 2nd half.
6. Jordan Shipley – Don’t know much about him but I’m guessing he’s a slot guy. Ya, I don’t play slot guys because most games their stats line suck with the exceptions of Wes and occasionally Gonzo.

Your big decision is between 3 & 4. If you think you need lots of points gamble with Thomas. If just need some mild production than Smith is the safest bet.

is a good option. He didn’t get anything thrown his way the first week, but last week he had 10 catches for 105 yards and a TD (he also fumbled the ball in that turnover happy game).

I really think that Moroney in Denver means less carries for Buckhalter.

Breaston has been limited in practice…i think he’s questionable…..it could be probable by today though…Sims-Walker had a wake up call last week, consistency is obviously the key.

On the RB situation, I personally think that Hillis will have a more productive day than Buckhalter, that’s not saying much considering that they’ll both be producing low this week.

It might be Sims-Walker.
He’s a bit of a feast/famine guy but considering your other options…..

Browns play the Ravens better than most teams because it’s one of those division familiarities. I don’t have a lot of experience using the flex position but I like Sims-Walker. The Jags look like a good home team so I"m sure he’ll put up some stats.

Probably a Friday fan post every week to get advice and then gripe about screwy matchups come Sunday

Miami has run over the Jets but the Jets are also aware Miami has run over the Jets. I’d expect the Jets to trot out an extremely conservative game plan to limit any turnovers. The 49ers will get some sacks and turnovers, probably the safest bet.

You haven’t heard of Jermichael Finley!!! He’s the greatest the TE ever according to the NFL Network who surprisingly hasn’t played like the greatest TE ever … ever. I dunno, TE are always about predicting TDs. Shiancoe is probably going to produce passing yards but both stand about an equal chance of getting into the end zone.

He will get you some guaranteed points…unlike WR’s, especially in a non PPR league. If you are in a PPR, I might consider S.Moss over Foster..

I totally missed that…

he’s playing against Detroit and even though I really like what they’ve done he should be able to put up good numbers against them.

Orton’s over 400 yards passing.

And they just got flagged for a false start when everybody on the o-line but the center and two guards moved.

losing by 40 in the yahoo league

and ahead by 15 in my money league.