Week 5 RB selection

wow, you drafted with ijits.

NEVER start jones over portis, EVER. he'll cost you games an come up short time and time again :/

LT and portis are locks. jones is for bye weeks or your W/R flex (if you have one) and nothing else. I mean, even with bad matchups, CP and LT are still good for 100 and a TD.

Jones and Portis have the same BYE week, unfortunately.

Trade Jones away for another RB then. Even consider a "lower-tier" RB and another WR. You could also upgrade your D or TE with him and come out in good shape since Jones will be on the bench for you every week with LY and CP starting. Jones is overrated and people keep giving him chances. He's not helping your team at all on your bench, he's good trade value for you.

You'll need a RB for your Portis bye. Since you have LT, anyone who can score ANY points for you will do fine.

i'd just like to throw yet another voice into the KJ sucks pile. he ruined me in 2 leagues last year. phuck'em.

Why is there even a doubt in your head?
You never take LT or CP out of your lineup.

i'd just like to throw yet another voice into the KJ sucks pile. he ruined me in 2 leagues last year. phuck'em.

I figured as much. Our league rewards points for receptions. If anybody who is looking at "last year's Kevin Jones" hasn't noticed he has 22 receptions this year. Going off of what a player does last year or even just looking at his rookie year is often a big mistake. I like KJ and I think with Martz' system he could easily be a top 10 fantasy back this year (he is #3 currently).

And by the way, I'm obviously playing Portis and LT the vast majority of the time. I did draft Portis ahead of Jones, after all, indicating I feel he is a better fantasy value. But some matchups can be interesting. I could have played Jones last week and got more points out of him.

I figured as much. Our league rewards points for receptions. If anybody who is looking at "last year's Kevin Jones" hasn't noticed he has 22 receptions this year. Going off of what a player does last year or even just looking at his rookie year is often a big mistake. I like KJ and I think with Martz' system he could easily be a top 10 fantasy back this year (he is #3 currently).

And by the way, I'm obviously playing Portis and LT the vast majority of the time. I did draft Portis ahead of Jones, after all, indicating I feel he is a better fantasy value. But some matchups can be interesting. I could have played Jones last week and got more points out of him.

I understand that, but he's not as good as LT or CP, and he's not nearly as safe a bet for 100 yards. he'd be a good flex player, but anytime you replace LT or CP with him, that's a huge gamble. I mean, how likely is mike furrey to outscore LT? yeah he did it last week, but i'd NEVER replace LT with him for any reason besides injury.

Good points. Not sure that Furrey versus LT is a good comparison between KJ and CP.

Two things with Portis that concerns me as far as season productivity goes are: shoulder and late game touches. I love Portis. If I didn't have the #2 selection overall and instead had #4 or greater, I would have grabbed him. I just got lucky he got injured in the pre-season and Saunders offense looked like crap. Too much doubt in early September which will always linger (just a teensy weensy bit) in my mind.

Thanks for the input.