ATL_Tiger

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You do realize we lost 3 in-state five stars, right?

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You also realize we signed 2 of the top 10 recruits from Texas, the top recruit from Illinois and Oklahoma, and top 5 recruits from MS and FL right?

I'm sure you forgot about those...

I'd go Leshoure...think Det will be in catchup all game and go with Bell. Also Bell has been doing well recently and I think Det will look to get him the ball more frequently

His lineup goes from

Lynch, McGahee, McCoy, Garcon, and Dez

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Lynch, McGahee, Benson, White, Dez...

He basically has to ask himself - is the upgrade from Garcon to White worth the downgrade from McCoy to Benson? To me the answer is an emphatic no

Honestly no, not at this point. Benson should just get better now that he's acclamated to the offense and CJ2K IMO just sucks...particularly in non PPR

Very limited upside with that team. I'd try to trade Bowe and or D. Jackson for a low tier established back (Bradshaw? McGahee?)

Hypothetically, if the World Cup started today, and assume every US player in player pool is healthy (excluding Timmy Chandler) what's your best starting lineup (irrespective of who we match up against)

-------------Howard-------------
Dolo, Boca, Goodson, Fabian Johnson
----------Bradley, JJones ---------
Donovan------Dempsey-------Holden
-------------Gomez-------------

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so, hypothetically speaking, if you had pick 4, who would you go with?? brees? brady? manning? a different RB?

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I think Rodgers or Brees get the nod at 4. I don't typically like drafting QBs high, but it's hard to ignore a consistent 25 pts every week.

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Hell, If I was into name dropping I would tell everyone sbout how I got to know a certain Yankee b/c I stepped on his shoe tassel and broke it as he was getting off the bus to play against Grambling St. in an exhibition game.

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Which Yankee?? Who else do you know that is famous?

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but to me the characters just weren't that likeable or interesting. Maybe it was the fault of the movies, I don't know. But I just don't see them ever being a hit like the big boys (Batman, Spidey, X Men, Wolverine, Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, etc.)

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None of the Fantastic Four characters have a remotely interesting back story like any of those listed above, and therefore no one really has or will become interested or invested into the story / movie.

Overall, just generally surprised at how cheap QBs are going for. Though that yahoo auction draft price list is much different than the one i'm seeing on the draft analysis section. Where's that from?

Edit: That must be from your own draft...Yahoo has average auction draft prices that are much different in the draft analysis section

Likely take him that high because he's a true workhorse back and those are few and far between. You draft him based on volume and immense talent upside. No one is guaranteeing greatness, but if he can get 275 carries and 30-40 catches who cares if he average 3.5 yards per carry? assuming he averages 7-8 yards per catch, that's 1,300+ yards and if he can throw in TDs he'll be worth it. a mediocre 4.0 yards per carry would put him close to 1,500 based on those volume #s, and it's not a far stretch to think he can average 4 ypc

Remember Hillis was also a beast 2 years ago before he shat the bed with injuries / general unproductivity last year

I love how he forgets which lane he's in at the end and plows through the hurdles in the lane on his left

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I'd say he made a big leap forward in his last start. Gave up 3 in the 1st and had the bases loaded with one out then struck out the side and pitched a no-hitter the rest of the way through 6.

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Though to be fair, that's basically the story in most of his starts this season. one shitty inning followed or preceeded by several quality innings. Seems pretty mental IMO

What are his prospects for turning things around? I believe he's in the bottom 5 of the league among starters in terms of ERA and WHIP for starters that qualify. I've had him and he's caused nothing but pain and I'm pretty ready to sell low.

What do you guys think his rest of season stats are?

You're already set with a ton of young players wiht a lot of upside right now. I would go with Tex