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Austin Ekeler is available. Should I?
Posted on 9/16/20 at 10:15 am
Posted on 9/16/20 at 10:15 am
I noticed that Austin Ekeler was available in my league. My current 4 RBs are:
Zeke
Kenyan Drake
Melvin Gordon
Leonard Fournette
I obviously wouldn't drop Zeke and Drake is also not a consideration. Thoughts on picking up Ekeler for either Gordon or Fournette?
Zeke
Kenyan Drake
Melvin Gordon
Leonard Fournette
I obviously wouldn't drop Zeke and Drake is also not a consideration. Thoughts on picking up Ekeler for either Gordon or Fournette?
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Posted on 9/16/20 at 10:16 am to MUMFORD
Fournette
Posted on 9/16/20 at 10:17 am to MUMFORD
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Posted on 9/16/20 at 10:18 am to MUMFORD
quote:
I noticed that Austin Ekeler was available in my league.
If no one drafted him, the league should be shut down. If someone dropped him after one week, that person should be kicked out of the league.
Posted on 9/16/20 at 10:20 am to MUMFORD
Seriously that's idiotic. Spend a 1-3 round draft pick on him and drop him after one week? Jesus.
Anyway who else is on your roster? Out of those 4 RBs, obviously drop Fournette, but maybe you have someone else on your team worth dropping.
The guy in your league who dropped him had to have downvoted me.
This post was edited on 9/16/20 at 10:39 am
Posted on 9/16/20 at 10:20 am to TigerLunatik
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If no one drafted him, the league should be shut down. If someone dropped him after one week, that person should be kicked out of the league.
He was drafted but the guy apparently was pissed about Ekeler's week 1 performance and dropped him.
This is not my primary league and the managers are sometimes prone to this type of behavior. Thx!
Posted on 9/16/20 at 10:21 am to MUMFORD
I thought ekeler was being over drafted but dropping him is just dumb
Posted on 9/16/20 at 10:21 am to MUMFORD
Did the other guy in your 2-team league drop him or did Ekeler just not get drafted?
Posted on 9/16/20 at 10:25 am to MUMFORD
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Anyway who else is on your roster? Out of those 4 RBs, obviously drop Fournette, but maybe you have someone else on your team worth dropping.
Unfortunately, I can only roster 4 RBs in this league. I suspect that Fournette will eventually overtake Jones as the RB1, but the consensus move at this point looks to be dropping him for Ekeler.
Posted on 9/16/20 at 10:27 am to Thias2685
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Did the other guy in your 2-team league drop him or did Ekeler just not get drafted?
Actually it's a 10-team league and Ekeler was drafted.
Posted on 9/16/20 at 10:28 am to MUMFORD
quote:
Unfortunately, I can only roster 4 RBs in this league.
I figured that. You may be right about Fournette overtaking Jones, but it isn't a definite and if he does, who knows when that would be. Definitely drop him for Ekeler though. He will be fine.
Posted on 9/16/20 at 10:30 am to MUMFORD
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Actually it's a 10-team league and Ekeler was drafted.
I'd say that's an insane drop even for an 8-teamer.
Posted on 9/16/20 at 10:31 am to A Menace to Sobriety
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I figured that. You may be right about Fournette overtaking Jones, but it isn't a definite and if he does, who knows when that would be. Definitely drop him for Ekeler though. He will be fine.
Well said. Thx!
Posted on 9/16/20 at 1:20 pm to MUMFORD
How is this even a question? This is maybe the most insane thread I’ve ever seen on here.
Posted on 9/16/20 at 4:13 pm to MUMFORD
I’m going to play devil’s advocate and say to leave him in free agency. This is with the thought that there is a 4 rb max on your league.
Ekeler has the worst offense of any of your other 4 rbs. He didn’t even break 100 yards against a hammer defense like the bengals. He ceded goal line carries to Kelley. Worst of all he only received one target and Tyrod is not known for passing to running backs. He also is behind a horrendous offensive line.
If Fournette beats out Ronald Jones he can be a league winner in that offense. Just look at what LF did last year on a shitty offense. LF played very limited snaps but he hasn’t had an opportunity to learn the offense yet so it will take a little time. As for Melvin gordon, phillip Lindsay is nursing a turf toe injury. These injuries tend to linger. Both of these players are on better offenses with better olines.
Ekeler was over drafted based off his production the last couple years and the loss of Melvin Gordon. However, Tyrod is not Rivers. Look at what Hines did last week with Rivers. He makes studs out of passing backs. Don’t let Ekeler’s draft value blind you from his actual value.
Ekeler has the worst offense of any of your other 4 rbs. He didn’t even break 100 yards against a hammer defense like the bengals. He ceded goal line carries to Kelley. Worst of all he only received one target and Tyrod is not known for passing to running backs. He also is behind a horrendous offensive line.
If Fournette beats out Ronald Jones he can be a league winner in that offense. Just look at what LF did last year on a shitty offense. LF played very limited snaps but he hasn’t had an opportunity to learn the offense yet so it will take a little time. As for Melvin gordon, phillip Lindsay is nursing a turf toe injury. These injuries tend to linger. Both of these players are on better offenses with better olines.
Ekeler was over drafted based off his production the last couple years and the loss of Melvin Gordon. However, Tyrod is not Rivers. Look at what Hines did last week with Rivers. He makes studs out of passing backs. Don’t let Ekeler’s draft value blind you from his actual value.
This post was edited on 9/16/20 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 9/16/20 at 4:32 pm to Mpd31
Stop it. Leonard Fournette got 5 carries.
Ekeler still has 20 touches. There’s no devil’s advocate here. In a clearly shallow league, go for the upside. Ekeler still has that.
Ekeler still has 20 touches. There’s no devil’s advocate here. In a clearly shallow league, go for the upside. Ekeler still has that.
Posted on 9/16/20 at 4:41 pm to Mpd31
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If Fournette
Oh.
Posted on 9/16/20 at 4:48 pm to Vicks Kennel Club
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Stop it. Leonard Fournette got 5 carries.
Ekeler still has 20 touches. There’s no devil’s advocate here. In a clearly shallow league, go for the upside. Ekeler still has that.
LF has only been on the team a week. It takes time to learn a new offense. He has a much higher upside than ekeler. He already has 3 solid backs. What do you want as your fourth? High floor? Or risk reward?
Every year there are running backs that are drafted in the first and second rounds that are on bad offenses and bust Bc of it. This year that Is Ekeler.
This post was edited on 9/16/20 at 4:55 pm
Posted on 9/16/20 at 4:56 pm to Mpd31
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He ceded goal line carries to Kelley. Worst of all he only received one target and Tyrod is not known for passing to running backs. He also is behind a horrendous offensive line.
Those were some of the very questions I considered when posting this thread. Also, I failed to mention that this is a Standard league. But I can definitely understand why Vick's Kennel Club believed that raising the very question of whether to take Ekeler was absurd.
Posted on 9/16/20 at 5:18 pm to MUMFORD
A lot of people can’t look past the value. You are basically get a running back that was drafted in the first two rounds by dropping a guy that was picked in the middle rounds and I’m not saying that it is a bad move. However, The game is not played on paper and that is not always the best move. There is some serious concerns about ekeler in that offense. You are not going to get the same production from the last few years. On the other hand, LF ran for 1500 total yards last year and is now on a capable offense. Ever year talent always seems to rise in crowded backfields. And if it doesn’t he is still only your rb 4.
This post was edited on 9/16/20 at 5:22 pm
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