Here we go again! Week 3, man it seems like this season is flying by! It has already been an interesting enough season, and we have plenty more to go. So let’s get our lessons learn for this week going.
This is turning out to be the year of the back up quarterback. We now have back up QBs playing on multiple teams and for the most part they each did well. It started with Jacoby Brissett taking over the starting role after the surprise retirement of Andrew Luck. Then week one, Gardner Minshew took over for Nick Foles after Foles broke his collarbone in the first quarter. Now we have Mason Rudolph, Kyle Allen, Teddy Bridgwater, and the man of the weekend “Danny Dimes”! Each had their faults, but each also had their highlights. But the question you are probably asking yourself is can I trust one of these quarterbacks to start? While as you may have seen each of these QBs have their upside. Mason Rudolph had a 76 yard TD to Juju Smith-Schuster. However, on the day Rudolph was 14/27, 174 yards, 2 TDs and 1 INT. Which doesn’t sound terrible until again you remember he had a 76 yard pass TD. I do think Rudolph has potential, he will still need more time to settle into the starting QB role, and also a running game would help. But we’ll talk a little more about the Steelers run game next. Kyle Allen went 19/27 and threw 4 TDs against the struggling Cardinals. He showed that he definitely capable of handling the starting role. But more difficult match ups will come and we may see Allen struggle mmore. There is the issue of whether or not he keeps the starting role once Cam gets healthy and returns. Teddy Bridgewater looked good against Seattle going 19/27, 177 yards, 2 TDs, and zero interceptions. These numbers aren’t exciting, but Teddy B. proved to Saints fans and fantasy managers he’s able to hold the QB spot while Drew Brees recovers, and is able to hand the ball of to Kamara and throw to Michael Thomas effectively. I was also really excited for Teddy to get his first win as a starter since 2015. Probably the only QB previously mentioned in this segment I am actively trying to pick up and possibly play this coming week is the Giants 6th overall pick Daniel Jones. Who had his ups and downs by fumbling the ball twice, but his playmaking abilities and rushing potential were also on full display. Not only did he throw for 336 yards and 2 TDs, but also added 28 rushing yards and 2 rushing TDs. However, Danny Dimes has an enticing match up against the Redskins who just had a tough night againt the Bears on both sides of the ball. Each of these QBs had an effect on the fantasy world this weekend and for the most part it was promising. I would temper expectations against tougher defenses. One thing that I needed t see from each of these QBs is how they were affecting the high value players. After watching their games I feel confident in sticking with my shares of my studs. I will continue to start all of my studs such as Kamara, CMC, Thomas, and Juju.
Something that I am learning is that in all but one of my leagues in which drafted towards the back end of the 1st round is that there is a significant drop off in production and safe floor outside of the top tier RBs. Since I thought I could draft safe floor RBs in the 3rd and 4th rounds I decided to take WRs in the 1st and 2nd rounds to ensure a solid WRs corps. However, leagues that I used this draft strategy on are much more difficult to manage than my teams which I drafted a RB first. Guys that I expected to at least be a safe play for their potential workload and floor are proving to be very difficult to predict. RBs such as James Conner, Sony Michel, Chris Carson and Devonta Freeman. Each of whom are dealing with their own individual issues. Sony is simply no getting a relevant amount of touches, not to mention his yards after 1st contact has been rough. James Conner though he has been getting at least 10 carries and 4 targets but has faild to gain more than 65 scrimmage yards and only have one TD on the season. Carson, continued his ball security issues. Had Rashad Penny not injured his hamstring in a walk through at practice on Friday, probably would have been a day for Carson to take the bench. As for the Devonta Freeman, it’s kind of mix of everything going wrong for him. The offensive line doesn’t help, and he is struggling to find his rhythm. He was able to break off a couple of 20 yards run, so hopefully this is a sign for good things to come. Unfortunately, right now the return value for any of these RBs is low. So you can’t really get a good value for them, and they’re too good to drop to the waiver wire so we’re forced to hold onto them. Just know I’m with you hoping for better days in the near future as I have at least one share of each of these players if not more.
Relating to our last topic, I hope you all stayed patient in waiting for certain players to finally have the games we knew they were capable of. We finally got to see the real Mike Evans and Phillip Lindsay. And for those who were th most patient will finally reap the fruits of drafting Melvin Gordon and waiting for any word as to his return. We have to remember that tough games, season starts, and cold spells happen. Stay patient. Don’t be so eager to trade away studs at a discount that could hurt your team in the long run. I understand we are all super eager to win every league that we are a part of, but remember this is a marathon not a sprint and the point is not strictly to go undefeated, but get to the playoffs in a decent position with a roster with some depth to carry you through. So for some of the RBs mentioned before, and a fwe other players that are having slow starts,stay patient. I have been tempted to trade away some these struggling RBs. I’ve had to talk myself away from trades of players such as Davante Adams who has under performed for his 1st round ADP. It’s not easy sometimes to not take a trade of a player that is not meeting exectations not realizing that trade could hurt the depth and potential of my team. Make sure that if you’re trading your goal is to improve your team, not take the easy way out and potentially giving a rival an asset that my work out later in the season.
I think that’s enough lessons for this week. Appreciate your time, and I’ll be back next week with more lessons from week 4, good luck this week.
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