40Spiners Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Took him at 4.09, the 19th back off the boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rd and schlong Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Any homers have any insight to Mathews playing week one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White lightning Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Any homers have any insight to Mathews playing week one? I'm not a homer, but I'm an owner and I've heard that he's out week 1 and probably week 2. I would rather him miss an extra game then rush back to early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MnLefty Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 I can see all of us who drafted him posting in a future thread about how stupid we were because he missed at least 8 games with injuries. I can see that... but I can also see a bunch of us posting in a future thread about who were the "keys to your season" talking about getting 12-14 games of top 5 RB production from a guy drafted in the 3rd,4th,5th,6th round. I took him at 4.04 + 1 rd of keepers, so theoretically 44th overall, 16th RB off the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsosi Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 I broke my own rule about injury-prone players and drafted him in 3 of 3 pools so far (with 1 more draft tonight). I think the pre-season injury actually helped, in the sense that it lowered his ADP enough that the risk/reward became worth it. I would never have drafted him at the top 5 RB ADP that he was commanding in the summer, but as a 15-20 RB ADP the upside is too much to overlook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grits and Shins Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 I broke my own rule about injury-prone players and drafted him in 3 of 3 pools so far (with 1 more draft tonight). I think the pre-season injury actually helped, in the sense that it lowered his ADP enough that the risk/reward became worth it. I would never have drafted him at the top 5 RB ADP that he was commanding in the summer, but as a 15-20 RB ADP the upside is too much to overlook. Its funny ... in my local league I've set a bad trend in the last several years ... I get off to a slow start and finish strong but not strong enough to make the playoffs. So this year I said to myself that I wasn't going to draft anybody that might have problems that would prevent me from starting them in the first 3 weeks or that I think might get off to a slow start (for whatever reason). But when pick 5.02 rolled around with Graham, Gronk, Gates, Hernandez, Davis and Finley already off the board I just couldn't pass on Witten. Then at 6.11 how could I pass on Ryan Mathews? I managed to get Gresham to back up for Witten and thought I had a solid backup for Mathews in Jennings but MJD ended his hold out too soon. Now I need to pick a Mathews backup from (Ronnie Brown, Dwyer and Ryan Williams ... presuming that I don't still roll with Jennings, at least for week 1). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsosi Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Yeah, I 'backed up' Mathews with Rashad Jennings in one pool, thinking that would work out perfectly -- start Jennings for a few weeks until Mathews is back. Then MJD had to go and screw it all up. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPIchamp Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 I just traded for Mathews - gave up Reggie Bush, Malcolm Floyd and Mario Williams (10 team PPR with 1 mandatory DL slot). I still have Julio, Harvin, Dez, Wayne and K Wright at WR. Sproles and Ahmad are my two main RB's (D Wilson, Tate and Jaquizz on the bench), we start 3WR/2RB/2 flex. There are still very decent DL's in the FA pool (Watt, Sheard, Dumervil, Tuck, Wake) I'll be pretty comfortable rolling with for a chance to have Mathews go boom on my team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh B Tool Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 I just traded for Mathews - gave up Reggie Bush, Malcolm Floyd and Mario Williams (10 team PPR with 1 mandatory DL slot). I still have Julio, Harvin, Dez, Wayne and K Wright at WR. Sproles and Ahmad are my two main RB's (D Wilson, Tate and Jaquizz on the bench), we start 3WR/2RB/2 flex. There are still very decent DL's in the FA pool (Watt, Sheard, Dumervil, Tuck, Wake) I'll be pretty comfortable rolling with for a chance to have Mathews go boom on my team. New huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPIchamp Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 ^^^Got veto'ed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJV Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 (edited) I think I was one of the lucky ones. He fell to me in the 7th in a 10 team ppr league. Edited September 6, 2012 by RJV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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