Sit/Start Week 13

Pick 2.

Julio Jones @ Hou.
Stevie J. vs Ten
Antonio Brown vs, Cin.

Johnson and Brown

Julio Jones @ Hou.
Stevie J. vs Ten
Antonio Brown vs, Cin.
I'm pretty high on Julio, but that goose egg last week was concerning (not to mention he missed practice yesterday). In that you have two very solid options I'd sit Julio this week.

QB's

Flacco @ Browns
or
Fitzpatrick Vs Titans

RB's (pick two)

S. Jackson @ 49'ers
Mendenhall Vs Bengals
Helu Vs Jets

I'm leaning towards Fitzpatrick for the simple reason that they lost F. Jackson, so they'll have to depend on the passing game a little more.

Regarding my RB's, I'm thinking of starting S. Jackson despite the very solid run defense of the 9'ers and Helu. Mendenhall has crapped the bed too many times for me this season and the Steelers are now becoming more of a pass friendly team.

Flame on boys ;)

Flame on boys ;)
Flacco's thrown for more than 1 TD one time in the last eight weeks. I'd go Fitzpatrick. While I'm still not completely sold on the Niners, the fact remains, no one's been able to run the ball on them. I think as disappointing as Mendenhall has been you still gotta roll the dice with him over SJax.

I need to pick 2 of Mario Manningham, Torrey Smith, or Nate Washington this week?

I need to pick 2 of Mario Manningham, Torrey Smith, or Nate Washington this week?
Manningham might be done for the year, so that makes this one real easy. ;)

Damian Williams vs Buf
or
Plax @ Was?

I have Knox vs KC and Wayne @ NE as well, but I don't feel very comfortable starting either.

While I'm still not completely sold on the Niners, the fact remains, no one's been able to run the ball on them.
You're not sold on their defense, or a team as a whole?

Malcom Floyd(He's probable) or Greg Little?

Damian Williams vs Buf
or
Plax @ Was?
I think you gotta go with Plax. The guy's just been a TD machine. Knox has looked real good lately, but I agree it's a roll of the dice.

You're not sold on their defense, or a team as a whole?
Just the team as a whole. I think their offense (Smith in particular) will eventually cost them. No question their run D has been spectacular, so I can't question that. I would just still give the Packers, Saints, Cowboys, and maybe even Falcons all a better chance of coming out of the NFC.

Malcom Floyd(He's probable) or Greg Little?
I think you gotta go Little. He doesn't score much, but at least he's always heavily involved.

Kevin Smith(if he plays) or Helu?

I'm probably going with Helu unless Smith is deemed playing by Sunday morning. With Smith being on Sunday Night. If its announced Smith is playing before hand who would ya'll go with.

No Peterson for me again for this week.

I'm already planning on starting Stewart. Pick one RB from this group for my RB2 spot (PPR league).

Mendenhall (vs. Cincinnati)
Tolbert (@ Jacksonville
Gerhart (vs. Denver)
Hunter (vs. St. Louis)

BenJarvis Green-Ellis vs Ind (gets the ball a lot when in scoring position)
Chris Johnson @ Buf (complete bust for me, but is still good against weak rush D's such as the Bills)

Dustin Keller @ Was (Sanchez sucks but the Skins are pretty bad)
Aaron Hernandez vs Ind (#2 TE, Gronk will get most throws)

Kevin Smith(if he plays) or Helu?

I'm probably going with Helu unless Smith is deemed playing by Sunday morning. With Smith being on Sunday Night. If its announced Smith is playing before hand who would ya'll go with.

If Smith is good to go, you go Smith. NO plays an optional defense kind of style. Smith could produce some numbers for sure. With Helu you get Shanahanigans, plus a pretty solid Run D in the Jets.

No Peterson for me again for this week.

I'm already planning on starting Stewart. Pick one RB from this group for my RB2 spot (PPR league).

Mendenhall (vs. Cincinnati)
Tolbert (@ Jacksonville
Gerhart (vs. Denver)
Hunter (vs. St. Louis)

Hunter is playing the weakest D and I think you seem SF start to ease off the amount of touches Gore sees with the division wrapped up(virtually). Gerhart will see a ton of touches, but Denver has been fantastic defensively as of late. Cincy's D is also stingy, but Pit offers Mendenhall a chance to bust out some points. Tolbert is always a threat out of the backfield for catches, but Jags have been very solid against RBs all year.

It's down to Mendenhall or Hunter to me, and I always go with the #1 back, so Mendenhall would be my pick.

BenJarvis Green-Ellis vs Ind (gets the ball a lot when in scoring position)
Chris Johnson @ Buf (complete bust for me, but is still good against weak rush D's such as the Bills)

Dustin Keller @ Was (Sanchez sucks but the Skins are pretty bad)
Aaron Hernandez vs Ind (#2 TE, Gronk will get most throws)

If I have a projection that shows my team is gonna win by a decent margin, I put Johnson in. Buffalo has given up 5th most points to RB's and it's a great matchup. He's gone off in 2 of the last 3 weeks, but you also have that stinker in between to worry about. Law Firm is the safer call though.

I like Hernandez here. Keller grabbed his first TD since week 2 last week, and Sanchez is just bad lately. Brady is in love with his TE's, Hernandez will see his fair share of looks, and despite Gronkowski's TD machinery as of late, Hernandez is always going to be more consistent and probably a bigger threat than Keller.



Big Ben vs Cincy
or
Alex Smith vs St Louis?

Cincy's D has been damn good this year, plus Big Ben still has that nagging thumb. St Louis is awful, but Smith(despite his consistency) doesn't exactly inspire confidence in my team.

Kevin Smith(if he plays) or Helu?
I'd definitely go Helu. The guy's gonna get a ton of touches, and even if Smith is deemed healthy enough to play, who knows if he gets a full workload, or if he doesn't tweak it again. Helu's the much safer play here.

Mendenhall (vs. Cincinnati)
Tolbert (@ Jacksonville
Gerhart (vs. Denver)
Hunter (vs. St. Louis)
Gerhart and Mendenhall are the clear starters, so I'm always going to go with a guy who will get 20 touches over a guy you have to hope is productive in limited action. At the end of the day Gerhart just isn't that good, so even though it's not a great matchup I'd go with Mendenhall.

BenJarvis Green-Ellis vs Ind (gets the ball a lot when in scoring position)
Chris Johnson @ Buf (complete bust for me, but is still good against weak rush D's such as the Bills)
I'd still go Chris Johnson here. I know Green-Ellis has a dream matchup, but CJ has been a beast 2 of the past 3 weeks. He should be able to run all over Buffalo. With Green-Ellis you're just hoping he gets a TD or two. Riskier IMO.

Dustin Keller @ Was (Sanchez sucks but the Skins are pretty bad)
Aaron Hernandez vs Ind (#2 TE, Gronk will get most throws)
Hernandez is the safer play here. He's clearly the number two TE there, and his production has been very mediocre after his first two weeks, but he still at least gets consistent looks.

Big Ben vs Cincy
or
Alex Smith vs St Louis?
I have absolutely no confidence in Smith. Even with the better matchup I'd still definitely go with Ben.

Colston or Dez Bryant for my 3rd WR today?

Choose 2 (has to be at least 1 RB):
Beanie Wells
Jonathan Stewart
Thomas Jones
Miles Austin (assuming he plays)
Steve Breaston

Choose 2 (has to be at least 1 RB):
Beanie Wells
Jonathan Stewart
Thomas Jones
Miles Austin (assuming he plays)
Steve Breaston
If Austin is definitely playing I'd go with him and Stewart. SF has just been too good against the run to start Beanie. I definitely wouldn't go with Jones or Breaston.