WildTurkey Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 based on his ridiculous road vs home splits, Julio should definitely be benched this week. I'm sure as hell not doing so, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I'm man enough to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteteacher2001 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I'm man enough to do it. +1 Until the trend changes, no way am I starting him at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I'm considering it. He'd be in my flex spot this week but we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can't Win Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Silly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Company of Heroes Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Not me. Others on your bench may be able to provide more stable numbers, but nothing that approaches Julio's upside. Those big weeks are usually what win games for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delusions of grandeur Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 If man equals arrogantly dumb, then yes i'd say those of you benching julio are very manly. The trend cannpt and will not continue forever. Falcons are making teams pick their poison, and they cant afford to just let roddy and tony G go off anymore..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dope man Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Don't know how you can bench his big play potential, you just don't know when he will take one to the house!!! He has only played one full season, go ahead and sit him....I hope he scores 3 times this week...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detlef Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I'm trying to imagine how stacked my roster would have to be for me to consider this. Nope, can't do it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcmast Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Considering R.Wayne over Jones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detlef Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Considering R.Wayne over Jones. Can you only start 1 WR? Or do you have some other mega-stud WR1 that requires you to have to choose between Wayne and Jones at WR2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMD Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I understand the temptation. I truly do and I admit I briefly considered it. One Caveat to the Jones/White rule - True, every 100 yard game has been away.and all his decent games last year were away until week 15 when he had 5-85-1 vs JAC and 4-76-2 vs TB at home week 17. Maybe we have to wait until week 14 again. It is one of the oddest trends I have ever seen but it is not perfectly aligned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tford Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Too small of a sample size with no great reasoning behind it for me to consider benching him. Now benching a guy like London Fletcher on the road because he doesn't have the luxury of a generous homer box-scorer? That is a trend I can get behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMD Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Plus he has only had two home games this year - albeit horrible - and if he went off for 2 TDs this week you would really feel bad about benching him based on two previous games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcmast Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 (edited) Can you only start 1 WR? Or do you have some other mega-stud WR1 that requires you to have to choose between Wayne and Jones at WR2. AJ Green, Julio Jones, Victor Cruz, and R Wayne. First year in neighbor's 12 team league and the guys are horrible drafters. I'm embarrassed to post my team. Start 3 WRs Edited October 10, 2012 by kcmast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt770 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I'd start that motherSNICKERSer every week if I had him. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddahj Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I'd start that motherSNICKERSer every week if I had him. This Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuckDuckGoose Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 History repeats itself however we are talking about a inconsistent stat line in an inconsistent position. Anything can happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Not me. Others on your bench may be able to provide more stable numbers, but nothing that approaches Julio's upside. Those big weeks are usually what win games for you. This, which is why if you own him you just have to ride him and his inconsistencies out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historymike Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I really like having the big play WRs on my team, and year in and year out I do well enough with them. In my main local I have both Julio Jones and Dwayne Bowe, both of whom are in this fluctuating up-and-down category. However, the ups are usually sky high, while the downs are usually around league average for the position. Anyway, it is rare that all my less-than-consistent WRs all put up dud weeks at the same time, and over the course of the season you just have to trust that a guy like Julio will win a few ball games for you. This year my top three WRs look like this through week five (PPR league): Julio Jones: 31, 5, 17, 4, 25 Dwayne Bowe: 8, 33, 14, 26, 12 Antonio Brown: 11, 14, 20, bye, 15 James Jones: BN, BN, BN, 22, BN So for weeks 1-5 my WR point total looked like this: 50, 52, 51, 52, 52. I think you should focus on maxing the aggregate for the position and not get too worked up about the occasional dud games. Sooner or later the stars will shine for you, and on average they tend to do so. While a few teams have beaten me on select weeks at the WR position (the guy with Hartline two weeks ago and the guy with Colston last week) no one in my league has consistently had better WR numbers for the first five weeks, and this group has outperformed the next best team by almost 20 points YTD (or 4 PPG). Moral of the story: ASYS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Agent Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Considering R.Wayne over Jones. Wow...you're really taking a chance there. On a side note, I might start Charles over Foster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 AJ Green, Julio Jones, Victor Cruz, and R Wayne. First year in neighbor's 12 team league and the guys are horrible drafters. I'm embarrassed to post my team. Start 3 WRs Who the hell were these guys drafting instead of these four? I assume you got a QB and at least one RB before your fourth WR and one of these was still there? :loco: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdub1988 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Considered starting Andre Roberts over Julio this week, (also starting A.J. Green and Antonio Brown) but then I slapped myself in the face. Studs over sneaky matchup play, almost every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delusions of grandeur Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Considered starting Andre Roberts over Julio this week, (also starting A.J. Green and Antonio Brown) but then I slapped myself in the face. Studs over sneaky matchup play, almost every time. And it's not even like Julio has a bad matchup either. So basically you're just relying on a trend against a guy that the Falcons traded a boatload of picks and have shown a desire to showcase (up until teams have started fixating on him, and Ryan has just made them pay elsewhere). With all due respect to DMD and Keggerz for bringing the trend to our attention (good stuff), but as DMD said above, it's just not something I'd rely on happening when it comes to a stud. Really my concern with Julio right now is he's still dropping some of the easy catches, while more often making difficult catches look easy. I cannot count the number of times that he and Ryan have been "this close" on the bombs to him, and if some of them had hit in the home games, we might not be having this conversation right now. I don't have a great answer for why Ryan hasn't connected with him at home as much, but as for how he shows up big on the road, it's not too hard to figure that you need to unleash your explosive playmaker more to win on the road; But even though they shouldn't need him that much in this home game, I think they'd like to help him regain his confidence after some rough outings recently (even in the good game last week, he just hasn't quite had the fire like he's had before). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thmanfan Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 As a Julio owner, the home and road splits by him are alarming at best. However, this year I've seen a consistent high volume of targets and big play opportunities for Julio in ALL games. Here's what I've seen: Game 1: FANTASTIC! Game 2: He dropped a relatively easy (For Julio standards) td pass on the very first Falcon drive as he dove into the endzone. This same game he dropped a few more easy passes in the first half. One of those games. Game 3: Solid Game 4: Now this game pissed me off, however, Julio again could have had himself a great game. Remember, at the end he caught a 40 yard bomb from Ryan in the second half but couldn't keep his clown feet in bounds after the catch..had he stayed in bounds he was getting 6 for about a 60+ yd TD, he had his man beat clearly and no safety in front of him. Saw it live, screamed at tv. Game 5: Very solid (Even though he dropped another deep pass to the redzone sidelines for what would have been a catch-turn-score) He also played game 4 with his hand injury which must've bothered him as it didn't look like his effort was all there..IMO he was a purpose decoy that game by the coaches due to injury. I'm not freaking out on the home/road splits...It's the Raiders guys, start the man! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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