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Was I the only owner who thought highly of Holmes last season only to watch him be mediocre most of the time until the play-offs?Holmes then came alive in the post season, but it seems like Holmes is inconsistent at best during the regular season. I wonder how and if his stats improve under the "Lights" or primetime matchups? If Wallace is the real deal and continues to improve, the Steelers would have a nice 4 wide set if Sweed does mature to a point where Ben can have confidence in him. I happened to catch a 3rd down play where Ben hit Wallace for the 1st down and though to myself that Ben must be gaining confidence in the rookie.Wallace was the 2nd fastest WR in the NFL draft and looks like hes bringing it to the field. He has the wheels!!!

How about Jerome Harrison? How much does Jamal Lewis have in the tank? Harrison was productive when given the carries / receptions. Even a little talk Mangini may involve him in the return game. Alot of upside in PPR leagues that reward kick return yardage. Thats a player I would take a flyer on late in every league Im in

Rolling with the Chargers and Eagles across the board. Just took a look and at a quick glance only 2 other entrants went with the same combination with the exception that one of them picked a different RB3 in Bradshaw. Not a bad idea lokking back. If the 2 teams that surprised many with play-off berths do happen to meet in the Super Bowl that Bradshaw move might be key. I figure the chances of a Chargers/Eagles Super Bowl at roughly 10-15 percent, while an Eagles / the eventual loser chances at about 60 percent

I took the week off and now I cant find the pinned topic. Did I miis the cut-off? I thought they started next week. If I am missing something, let me know, Thanks FLY EAGLES FLY!!!!!!!!!

Sign me up. Need a chance to redeem a poor Super Bowl showing!! Both contests , Thanks

Playing Romo in my championship, but I just have to wonder why Roy Williams didn't contest that throw? Sure appeared to me that if Roy cuts in and jumps for that ball he atleast makes that a tough catch for Ed Reed. Very weak effort by Williams.

CBS and NFL.com changed the play by play to no fumble. It was adjusted after the 4 oclock games. Thats when I went to NFL .com to verify and indeed there was no mention of possesion or a fumble on the onside. Just that it was recovered by Osgood

Well, I won my game and advanced to the Super Bowl. James pulled thorugh with a decent game with that sack. 5 point's right there. Funny that Beason still pulled through with a 10 point game. So glad to have that guy on my IDP squad. Between him and Gibril Wilson, I appear to be set up nicely to lead the league in IDP points with the help from mid-season adds like Morrison. Tell ya what though. Seymour is cut as soon as I can . I gave him 3 weeks and I picked him up just for week 15 's match-up with high hopes, and he let me down again!!! Want to add one thing though. After reading that " worthless " thread I want to say that a guy must be one ignorant s.o.b. to come on a board and insult all the guys that put in the time and try to make accurate predictions. Most of the members here at the Huddle would never lay blame on anything else then themselves. I'll say it time and again. These boards are the best I've encountered and really help even hardcore owners like myself that spend alot of time on fantasy. It doesn't take long to learn what authors are great sources and others who bring up to date information to people in different parts of the country. It's priceless. Not kissing arse, just showing some respect.

I don't have a clear cut answer Grits. CBS sets it up with the FLEX a designated position. On our line-up page, FLEX is one of the 13 spots we start each week. We have a defensive Flex too. I don't think I saw an option to set it up with 2-3 RB, or 3-4 WR's from what I remember. I could be wrong about that, but the league has been run the same way all season. I understand that there will be some disagreement on this subject. What I do know is that this entire argument could have been avoided had the owner managed his line-up accordingly, right? Should commisioners fix an owners mistake when he doesnt manage his line-up?

The league is what is is. We have the entire season started 1 QB, 2 RB's, 3 WR's, 1 TE and 1 FLEX. For the argument, the IDP's and kicker are not really relevant. So, this owner played all season knowing that he had to manage his line-up accordingly. The FLEX is a designated spot an owner can choose between any rb/wr/te available. He should have noticed Jacobs was questionable, and in all likelyhood going to miss the game or play at a limited capacity. Jacobs knee injury just didnt come up , it's been ongoing. The rest of the league has managed to not leave themselves in a position to ask the commisioner to move a player all season. Why would it be OK week 15? Grits mentioned it being Ludicrous to have to designate a player a FLEX. CBS leagues are like that. I dont ever remember seeing an option to make it 2-3 RB's or 3-4 WR's when we all made the rules together, in fact it never came up. The rules were designed with help from polls and the entire league participated in every aspect of the league rules/rosters/scoring. It's a great league, good owners. No slackers, but this week one guy made a mistake. He didnt use his tool the "FLEX" to manage his line-up as best as he could have in my opinion and in my league mates opinion. Another reader here mentioned I might be biased. Cant remember who, but to be honest, the first thing I did was consult with other owners, and even questioned owners in my 2 player keeper league. There is no Bias here. I am a fair commisioner. Then on top of that requested the input from many owner/commisioners here at the Huddle for a clear answer before proceeding. I really need to be careful with what I do as I don't want to have another situation in the future and have my decision this time haunt me or the league

Glad to see some extra input on this issue. My league mates agreed that he mismanaged his line-up this week. We are sorry it happened, and like I said before " I hate pissing in his cereal " but that's the breaks. It all could have been avoided with a simple adjustement to his line-up before the Thursday game. Like another reader posted, " I use my flex as my last position to fill, not as my first start of the week for these reasons " is exactly how owners who are on the ball and ahead of the game manage their line-ups. I am sure the owner with the line-up request will have his own argument, but as commisioner, we cannot open this issue up week 15. We can discuss it in the off-season and decide what to do. Even now a few owners are allready against changing anything. They like the flex against say a 2-3 RB, 3-4 WR set-up from what they have said so far. In the end, I hope it doesnt decide the game and then it won't be as painful a mistake. Thats all I'm hoping for at this moment

I contacted another owner in the league that I have played with for years and he thinks the rules are the rules and this owner failed to realize the tool he had at his disposal in this position, the flex spot. Why not make Jacobs your flex just incase he wasnt active? Then you can make the change if need be. It's a failure to manage your team and not the commish's job to help fix mishandling of line-ups for owners. I appreciate the responses from owners from MFL, but fact is, we played all season with our league rules the way they are, and have to agree with sticking to our league rules on this issue. Week 15 probably isnt the time to make a change . I would be alot more comfortable if the owner wasn't my opponent, but that 's the breaks. Initially, I wasn;t sure what to do. I think a poll would be 50/50 on this one. My eyes were opened to the idea of having options for 2-3 RB's or 3-4 WR's next season, as when I noticed that post it really made me think about it for a minute. I've always played CBS leagues, so I never had that option. I just think it comed down to finishing the season as is, and discussing the issue after the season. Besides Bradshaw could outplay Holt anyways, then maybe the owner will thank me when Bradshaw busts a 65 yard TD in the 3rd quarter!!! Hopefully, in the end it wont be a factor win or lose for either of us, as these situations could make an owner have to make a decision on returning. Its a dynasty and we all want our owners to continue on for many seasons. I have to go with my initial gut feeling when I read his post, it's too late to change it now, but I'm not happy it came down to pissing in his cereal either

Here's the deal. We start 2 RB's and a flex RB/WR/TE. Well this owner started Forte in his Flex position Thursday night. Jacobs and Lynch are his starting RB's at the start of Thursday Night games. Now the news is out that Jacobs has been ruled out and he requested that I change Forte to his RB position so he can insert Torry Holt into his Flex. Without making any changes he is stuck starting Ahmad Bradshaw or another back-up RB. I know me and other owners have been able to use our judgement in regards to a Flex position player incase a change needed to be made. I have never left myself without a viable options when I knew a player was questionable or had his status in doubt. Does anyone think he should have seen that Jacobs was questionable and has been dealing with a bum knee? If he knew this player had a chance to be inactive, wouldn't you prepare your line-up accordingly? Just wondering if I should make the change for him this week. It's the semi -finals and its my opponent. I am holding no type of feelings for the situation even if he was another teams opponent. Ahmad Bradshaw may have a better game than Torry Holt, so it's not a matter of me wanting to help myself. It's a matter of doing the right thing and not giving anyone else an excuse next season or next week if I make the change this week. Dont want to open a can of worms. What do you think I should do? Make the change and make him happy with his commisioner, OR state that his line-up locked in Forte at his Flex when league rules specified he was locked 5 minutes before kick-off? If I dont make the change, I risk being the Bad guy commisioner trying to help himself. Not sure what to do

Not many times that I go out offering advice, but I'd start Polamalu , counting on the outside LB's added pressure to force Flacco into an errant pass or maybe a lucky deflection into your safeties hands. The Brwons may not pass much outside of TE's and RB's, so I think even a tasty looking match-up like Dorsey will be dissapointing.

Damn, he must not be very good or I would think someone would have something to say. Though, I'd rather have no response over an uneducated response. Guess anyone holding Long in a dynasty will have to wait and see if the guy has any NFL caliber blood passed down from pop.