NFL 2014 Season - Page 45

On August 05 2014 09:49 xDaunt wrote:
Anyone from the US/Canada have experience purchasing NFL Game Pass using a VPN? DirecTV can go fuck itself, so I'm looking for alternatives.

On August 10 2014 11:06 AgentW wrote:
I'm doing my research for FFB right now and I forgot how much I missed this stuff. I either need to win my FBB title quickly or fall out of the race because I'm tunnel visioning on football now.

Can't watch the game, what makes you say that about Manziel?

On August 10 2014 11:40 xDaunt wrote:

He threw some really good balls, made good decisions, and had some nice runs. If his O-line, running backs, and receivers didn't shit the bed so much, he'd have a much better stat line.

On August 10 2014 11:53 AgentW wrote:

I assume he was playing with the second team, but what makes us thing that Cleveland's O-line, running backs, and receivers aren't going to shit the bed this season? It seems like that's going to be the norm.

On August 10 2014 22:40 AgentW wrote:
Interesting thing I came across in doing my FFB research: the Seattle defense might be worth the ridicule of your league-mates when you "overdraft" them. In my 14 team league, I had them as the 14th most valuable "player" last year, behind the likes of Knowshon Moreno and Josh Gordon, who are unlikely to repeat this year. Just an interesting note.

On August 11 2014 04:35 Eufouria wrote:

In fantasy you should only be comparing players to those in the same position, the value of a player is how many more points they'll score you than a player in the same position you can get in a later round, or off the waiver wire.

The reason the elite RBs, Calvin Johnson and Jimmy Graham are generally top picks is because they are on average going to score so many more points than the 10th best player at their position. The difference between the top defences and the 10th best defences is much smaller, last year the Chiefs scored 216, the most of any defence, the Buccaneers the 10th best defence scored 140. That's a smaller difference between 1st and 10th than every position except K.

TLDR: The average fantasy player is going to way overvalue getting a good defence, you can pick up a decent one in the 2nd last round.

On August 11 2014 08:52 xDaunt wrote:
I'm not sure that I'd take the Niners D in fantasy football. There are a lot of question marks in both the front seven and the secondary. The D line is pretty banged up. None of our starters from last year even played in the first preseason game because of injuries that they're nursing. Word is that most of them (other than Dorsey who tore his biceps) should be good to go come week 1, but one wonders. I think that the news guys are going to have to step up and fill in some holes. Dial and Carradine have looked very good so far, so the D line may be better than thought. The linebacking corps is a different matter. Bowman will be out most of the season. Aldon Smith is probably going to be suspended several games. The rookie and backup linebackers looked VERY green against the Ravens. They'll probably get better, but I'm not expecting the Niners D to shut down the middle of the field like they have in previous seasons. Lastly, there's the secondary, which could be a big problem. While the safeties are very good, the corners are suspect. With the injuries up front, I wouldn't expect the pass rush to be as good, which means that the corners are more likely to get exposed.

Long story short, I do not expect the Niners to win games with defense like they have before. Their offense is going to have to be much better. Fortunately, I think it will be given how loaded the Niners receiving corps is now and how good Carlos Hyde is looking. My only worry about offense is how thin the O-line is starting to look with various injuries and the Boone holdout.