Alright,

My keeper deadline is coming up in the Fantasy Football league I am in and I have a tough choice to make. I have one keeper spot still open, and it has to go to either Michael Bennett or Lee Suggs. Who should I keep?

Suggs

neither is great but Bennett is a walking injury.

What are your other options? Any?

I've heard that Bennett is not really even being seriously considered for the starting spot, and in any case is far less likely to be a starting running back than Suggs.

Ouch, that is a tough decision. Both will be platooned at best in a corp of RB's. Cleveland has 5 RB's on the roster including Droughns, W.Green. Rkmsuf is right about the injuries to Bennett though, he is Mr. Glass. Who else are you cutting?

Basically, my team stands at:

QB: Pennington, Roethlisberger
RB: Bennett, Suggs, Thomas Jones, C. Brown, M. Moore
WR: Chambers, A. Davis, Lloyd, Pinkston
TE: Gonzalez, T. Jones
K: Akers, Cundiff
Def: Giants, Miami

From this team, I can keep 3 players, and one more player between Thomas Jones and Chris Brown. This is a 16 team league, so talent is at a premium.

Right now, my thoughts were to keep Roethlisberger, Brown, Gonzalez, and either Suggs or Bennett.

umm..

hmm..

wow..

Do you HAVE to keep someone? All your RB's have question marks.. injury or playing time.

I'd be more prone to keep Pennington over Roethlisberger.. both are mid-range QBs IMO.. probably Pennington, Brown, Gonzalez and ahh.. hmm...

Help, anyone? :)

I don't have to keep anyone, but not keeping anyone doesn't provide me any benefit. So, I figure I might as well hold on to someone, and come draft time if I can pick up a better player, so be it.

Yah, I know. I inherited the team and have had a hell of a time trying to rebuild it.

Pennington, Brown, Gonzales, and Chambers would be my suggestion.

Yah, I know. I inherited the team and have had a hell of a time trying to rebuild it.

Whew.. good.

In a FF league where you get a draft-related benefit for not keeping anyone, I'm not keeping anyone on this team.

If you get no benefit from keeping no one, however, here are some suggestions:

WR A. Davis - if that's Andre Davis from the Texans, I'd keep him in this scenario. He's the Texans #1, put up good numbers last year, and if they ever figure out the O-Line he & Carr could be quite productive. He's pretty durable, too.

TE Gonzalez - Normally one wouldn't care, but since you're not being penalized, you might as well keep a guy who consistently produces at the TE position.

K Akers - Solves your K needs right away.

In a FF league where you get a draft-related benefit for not keeping anyone, I'm not keeping anyone on this team.

If you get no benefit from keeping no one, however, here are some suggestions:

WR A. Davis - if that's Andre Davis from the Texans, I'd keep him in this scenario. He's the Texans #1, put up good numbers last year, and if they ever figure out the O-Line he & Carr could be quite productive. He's pretty durable, too.

TE Gonzalez - Normally one wouldn't care, but since you're not being penalized, you might as well keep a guy who consistently produces at the TE position.

K Akers - Solves your K needs right away.

I'm a big fan of the Texans Andre Davis. He's so fast you can't even see him out there.

Just to clarify on Blades post (I'm in the same league). It's a 16 team league where you can keep 3 players from your end of season roster, then an additional player acquired in the off season via trade (to encourage owners to interact). If you keep less than the maximum amount, you get supplemental picks (I think starting in the 4th round).

That said, and with bearing to the advice given here, my general assumption is that each team will keep a QB, 2 RB and a WR or TE in most cases. Some teams may keep 2 QB, others 2 WR, some 3 RB, but I figure it'll average out to 15-20 QB's, 30-35 RB's, 15-20 WR's and 2-3 TE's off the board before the first pick in this year's draft.

Last year was the first year we went with 16 teams (used to be a split, one 10 team league, one 8 team league, so we merged, each team got 2 keepers, then we did a very long draft).

I can't remember for sure, but I'm pretty sure Blade doesn't have a 1st rounder right now (dealt for Brown I think), but was looking to move back into the first in a pick package deal. So his current likelyhood of picking up one of this year's rookie crop or one of the rising stock (Lamont Jordan type) guys is currently low. Also, I'm relatively sure that it's Clevelands A. Davis, not the Texans.

I still personally think Bennett is the higher reward guy, going into a contract year, IF he manages to stay healthy, I think he could stranglehold the starters job. Suggs should be good, but I'd imagine that Droughns and Green will steal more carries than Moore, Williams and the rookie.

I've heard that Bennett is not really even being seriously considered for the starting spot, and in any case is far less likely to be a starting running back than Suggs.

Not sure where you heard this, but as long as he's healthy I'd be shocked if Bennett weren't the starter.

I also heard they were not real high on Bennett.

I'm a big fan of the Texans Andre Davis. He's so fast you can't even see him out there.

eh, I'm a bigger fan of Andre Johnson...

I'm a big fan of the Texans Andre Davis. He's so fast you can't even see him out there.

Bah! :o

I'm a big fan of the Texans Andre Davis. He's so fast you can't even see him out there.
If you can't see him out there, then what is the point of him being there....the QB would throw blindly into the secondary, but I guess in some cases, that is what I think some NFL Qb's do anyways.

If you can't see him out there, then what is the point of him being there....the QB would throw blindly into the secondary, but I guess in some cases, that is what I think some NFL Qb's do anyways.


It's all timing son.

It's all timing son.

Here he is working on his 40 time.

http://www.alvismaterials.com/images/football_field.jpg

That boy's good....he good.

Also, I'm relatively sure that it's Clevelands A. Davis, not the Texans.

Yep...Cleveland's A. Davis.

:(

Depending upon how important kickers are in your league, Akers is an ace.

Also, Pinkston might be a sleeper worth considering, what with T.O. possibly a hold-out and MotorMouth gone.

My feeling is that Bennett will not be the starter for more than 4 games this year. I really like Mewelde Moore and think he's going to win the starting job out of training camp. Fason could very well see some significant time as well if he plays well enough.

Is there something wrong with Chambers that I don't know about? I can't image more people not suggesting him. I would expect him to get 800-1100 yards this year and 6-10 TDs. Even the low ranges there, which would be less than his career averages, aren't bad. He would be a good keep to me, unless he broke both legs in the offseason and I don't know about it.

Bennett will be the starter this year, but once again he won't be a TD maker. So is he really worth it? It still smells like the dreaded RB by committee!!!

Consider keeping Pennington and Roeth? Then dealing one later on?

Consider keeping Pennington and Roeth? Then dealing one later on?
Yeah, but that's tough in an NFL league, to not have two RBs. This is why I'm strongly in favor of leagues that require both 2 starting QBs and 2 starting RBs. Otherwise, there's a huge premium on RBs and almost none on QBs since there are 30 starters of each in the NFL (fullbacks not really included, maybe Mike Alstott or another TD taker on a good year) but you need twice as many of one for the league.

SI

Bennett will be the starter this year, but once again he won't be a TD maker. So is he really worth it? It still smells like the dreaded RB by committee!!!

That's what will likely happen if he stays healthy. He was a 1200 yard back while healthy, and Kleinsasser is back which should help the run game out greatly. I don't think Moe Williams has what it takes to be a 20+ carry a game guy, though he'll still be effective, it's doubtful Fason will start as a rookie, and Moore has durability concerns. Bennett has been working with the first team so far I believe and the job is his to lose at this point.

Consider keeping Pennington and Roeth? Then dealing one later on?
I agree with Celeval. Keep these 2 and Gonzalez. There's nothing keeping you from redrafting Akers if he is unprotected so I would let him hang loose for the time being. I always try to draft the highest rated player at a position rather trying to draft the highest rated player left from a position that other teams are making a run on.