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Having only one QB, is this a bad idea ?


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I've been kicking around the idea of just having one quaterback in Flacco. I'm not trying to be tricky or anything but in a 12 team league and with certain injuries that have happened this year to the QB position namely for me losing my back up in Stafford (which seems to be an almost absolute at this point). I've replaced him with Hill for the time being. I just started to consider that I don't see myself starting him over Flacco with Hill's injury history as of late and all the uncertainty surrounding the LIONS quaterbacks. There is absolutly nothing and I mean nothing on the Waiver Wire (McCoy, Collins, Troy Smith Anderson and Henne. Do I risk it.

 

12 team league non PPR h2h scoring.

 

my question is

 

Do any of you huddlers think this is a good or bad idea.

 

And does anyone every roll with just one QB.

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I find it too risky of a proposition. Depending on the savviess of your opponents, they may see you doing this and go ahead and roster the remaining viable Qbs in case Flacco goes down. I'd be certain to carry a backup on the roster just in case. It doesn't matter that you'd never start the guy so long as Flacco is healthy, it;s having the guy there in case a time comes where Flacco isn't going to play.

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I've been kicking around the idea of just having one quaterback in Flacco. I'm not trying to be tricky or anything but in a 12 team league and with certain injuries that have happened this year to the QB position namely for me losing my back up in Stafford (which seems to be an almost absolute at this point). I've replaced him with Hill for the time being. I just started to consider that I don't see myself starting him over Flacco with Hill's injury history as of late and all the uncertainty surrounding the LIONS quaterbacks. There is absolutly nothing and I mean nothing on the Waiver Wire (McCoy, Collins, Troy Smith Anderson and Henne. Do I risk it.

 

12 team league non PPR h2h scoring.

 

my question is

 

Do any of you huddlers think this is a good or bad idea.

 

And does anyone every roll with just one QB.

 

Well, if there's any position that you could get away with it, it'd probably be QB, with all the rules in place to protect them now, but at the same time, you see with Stafford how quickly you can have problems by rolling with no backup and crap on the WW.

 

But just like any droppable player, you also have to evaluate if there are better prospects that you could use more on the wire. If picking one of them up isn't as desirable as having backup QB insurance, then you keep Hill; But if there's a better prospect and/or a greater position-of-need, then it'd probably be worth rolling the dice...

 

Can't really go any deeper than that without turning this into a specific advice thread.

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Yeah, don't do it. I was riding the Romo train in two leagues, and have had to scramble in the 12-teamer just to field a viable starter (Kitna, Fitzpatrick, and Anderson). Unless you're decimated at other positions (as I was, losing Grant, Finley, Portis, etc...) and having to play musical chairs, I'd be sure to keep a viable backup on my roster.

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I think rolling with one QB is fine, provided you're really indifferent to the WW options out there and if you have a feeling about a player at some other position that could really help you out.

 

This is delving almost into an advice thread, but I assume you're considering picking up some depth at WR where you could really use it.

 

How about this though....keep Hill, he could be good (I'm keeping Hill as my backupto Eli)......I definitely see WRs on your roster that just shouldn't be on anybody's roster (read: Justin Gage)

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As long as WW & or trading stays through out the playoffs ,,, if not I wouldn't risk it

 

 

This.

 

A hugh mistake that we have all probably made once is to forget to have a backup PK on board at a roster freeze. Same thing applies to a QB.

 

Depending on the QB and the date of your playoffs, you could run into a situation of a team resting its starting QB.

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Does your WW run through the entire playoffs? If not, you better have +1 in all positions, even DEF.

 

 

Disagree about needing a backup Team Def. No issues if you carry two and try play matchups, but far from a neccessity. All of the individual positions can get hurt, a team defense can not (yes, can lose individual players, but no matter what a team defense will play)

 

in WCOFF, we are planning for who we want to drop to roster a 2nd kicker for the playoffs, and also discussing the merits of dropping another position player to carry a 2nd defense for committe/matchup purposes. Kicker is by far the higher priority to be sure to address prior to roster freeze.

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It depends on the QB that you have. Would I consider Flacco a sure-fire every week starter? Probably not. A better case could be made if you had a top five QB.

 

It also depends on what type of player that is typically available on the waiver wire. If it's possible to pick up a decent starting QB on waivers at any point in time, then that would also be another reason you could pull it off.

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I've been kicking around the idea of just having one quaterback in Flacco. I'm not trying to be tricky or anything but in a 12 team league and with certain injuries that have happened this year to the QB position namely for me losing my back up in Stafford (which seems to be an almost absolute at this point). I've replaced him with Hill for the time being. I just started to consider that I don't see myself starting him over Flacco with Hill's injury history as of late and all the uncertainty surrounding the LIONS quaterbacks. There is absolutly nothing and I mean nothing on the Waiver Wire (McCoy, Collins, Troy Smith Anderson and Henne. Do I risk it.

 

12 team league non PPR h2h scoring.

 

my question is

 

Do any of you huddlers think this is a good or bad idea.

 

And does anyone every roll with just one QB.

I learned my lesson on that a couple of years ago when Brady went out in the first quarter of the first game. This year I burned a 3rd round pick on Schaub and luckily picked up Orton late. That year was a nightmare for me at QB. I had Garcia, then Griese, ect. ect. Always have plan B in fantasy football.

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This.

 

A hugh mistake that we have all probably made once is to forget to have a backup PK on board at a roster freeze. Same thing applies to a QB.

 

Depending on the QB and the date of your playoffs, you could run into a situation of a team resting its starting QB.

 

I have gone with one PK for many years after the WW deadline, because injuries or replacement of kickers that late in the year are really rare. This year, however, I may be forced to be safe.

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One thing nobody has mentioned is to get your 1 QB's backup. Still risk involved but at least you still have a starter. Sometimes the system will make him a viable starter.

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I'm riding Peyton solo on my WCOFF team at the moment. My RBs have been so decimated I have been filling every available roster spot with any RB I can find. At this point if something happens to Peyton then I am toast anyway. I am down to $1 of my bidding budget. I'll probably spend that on Painter before next week when Free Agency is closed for the rest of the season.

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I'm riding Peyton solo on my WCOFF team at the moment. My RBs have been so decimated I have been filling every available roster spot with any RB I can find. At this point if something happens to Peyton then I am toast anyway. I am down to $1 of my bidding budget. I'll probably spend that on Painter before next week when Free Agency is closed for the rest of the season.

 

 

P. "Ironman" Manning is the one guy I would roll with, with my only real concern being an early seat for him to rest for the playoffs. Given that the Clots are in a dogfight in the division, this may not happen this year.

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I almost always roll with one QB. I make it a point to have a good QB, and most of the really good ones never get hurt. Also, there are always a handful on the WW that end up being as good or better than whatever backup QB you would draft anyways. The one exception is if there is a QB available in the draft that you are high on that is just falling and falling. This year I took Cutler in the 15th round. He's paid off the 3 weeks I chose to start him.

 

At this point in the season, most of the available WW QB's are about the same. No need to use a roster spot to hold a bad backup QB if there are other bad QB's that can be had if you need them. If you think Hill is going to have a big second half, roll with him, but if you don't, there is no need to keep him on your roster JUST to have a backup QB, as long as there are a handful of guys on the WW that you could start for a week or 2 in a pinch.

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Was he rostered BEFORE Romo went down? I think that's what Al was suggesting.

 

If you're in a 12-team league and you're going to draft two QBs, then you're better off with Romo and another quality starter than Romo + Kitna.

 

That's true, if you're talking about Draft Day. He's talking about right now where a qualified backup to a stud QB might be a better roster option than the crappy "starters" available on the waiver wire.

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