So Dion Lewis should be cut?

[Julio think u are?]

The draft was fantastically timed so that the Dion Lewis news would come out about 12 hours after I picked him. Luckily he fell a little and that's why I took him, so it could have been worse (Picked middle of round 6; 65th overall)

It's not a huge loss for my team, but should he be cut?
Still available:
James White
Deandre Washington
Darren Mcfadden
Alfred Morris
James Starks
DGB
Boldin
Boyd

I obviously don't want to cut him and have someone pick him up immediately, have Dion come back relatively soon and play super well. I am okay with holding him, how long is he supposed to be out (8-10 weeks)?

[theirish]

He probably starts on pup list which is min. 6 weeks I believe. If so I would go James white. He's going to basically do what Lewis was going to do

Edited August 22, 2016 by theirish

[anismith]

You could hold Lewis, but who knows how BB uses him once he's back. I don't really trust patriots RB's and now I think it's just going to be a mess. I'd grab D. Washington if you want a stash. He could have the starting gig in Oakland by midseason.

[robotpimp]

If you need White for flex or early bye I would grab him, waiting on rookies to carve into RB1's workload could be a pain.

You're pretty stacked at RB and WR, why not save Lewis and see if someone emerges to grab them after weeks 1-3?

Then if everything is still vanilla on the waiver wire you can hold Lewis until you really need someone or see an upgrade.

I do like D.Wash and Boyd for stash and see guys especially because you have options but having a bye week TE or depth at TE with Gates could be a good idea. Something like a Vance McDonald - could be a complete bust or the only viable receiver in SFO with that Chip offense. Jared Cook's situation got a lot better going to GBP

 

mentioned above whether Lewis or White, there is Blount and BB never is consistent with any one guy over the course of a game or few games, Lewis could be very dynamic though but is he worth holding for 8-10 weeks? probably not. If you dump him for White you probably will want Lewis when he comes back.

[FastSteve]

Without any huge need right now, I would hold onto him for now & keep an eye on how things are playing out with him.

[Julio think u are?]

Thank you for all the input. I realized I have an IR spot, and being on the PUP fits the requirement for it. So it works out well. I did pick up James White and would love to trade the 2 of them for someone just because I hate the NE backfield. Never should have picked Lewis in the first place lol.

Without that IR spot I don't know what I would have done. I thought exactly what you guys thought, I have pretty good cover for now, and could just stash him for later. But because of my frustration I probably would have just cut a player that I have no feelings toward, that's on a team I dislike, that has one of the worst fantasy RB coaches.

Thanks guys!