Keep Amari Cooper or Zach Ertz?

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5th ppr keeper??

Amari Cooper
13
48%
Zach Ertz
14
52%
 
Total votes: 27

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Keep Amari Cooper or Zach Ertz?

Postby KING » Sat May 05, 2018 8:31 am

Who would you keep as your 5th keeper?
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5 Player Keeper League 12 Team PPR (No Penalties or Restrictions on Keepers)
Start 1QB 2RB 3WR 1TE 1K 1DST
All TD's 6pts, 1pt/25yds pass, 1pt/10yds rush/rec, -2pt fumble/int

Taylor/Bijan/Gibbs
Tyreek/DK/Flowers/Pickens/Reed
2024 pick 1.01

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Re: Keep Amari Cooper or Zach Ertz?

Postby Slackalacker » Sat May 05, 2018 8:50 am

Honestly I like Ertz more but I don’t see how you can let Cooper go.

Are you able to make keeper trades and offer them both to someone for another stud?
TEAM 1 - 10 team SF 1PPR | 2017 & 2019 League Champ
1QB/1SF/2RB/2WR/1TE/2FLEX
QB: Dak - Hurts - DangeRuss - Tua - Z Wilson - Mills
RB: Barkley - Zeke - Sanders - Pollard - Patterson - D’Ernest - Jermar - Evans - Jones
WR: Hill - JJeff - Higgins - Hollywood - MThom(IR) - Godwin(IR) - E Moore - Marshall Jr - Calloway - Palmer - D Brown
TE: Hock - Moreau

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Re: Keep Amari Cooper or Zach Ertz?

Postby Fantasy>>>Reality » Sat May 05, 2018 9:00 am

love ertz but cooper for me
25 Man Roster
12 team Superflex
.5ppr
Start 1QB, 1SF, 2RB, 2WR, 1Flex, 1TE
QB: Murray, Burrow, Cousins, Willis
RB: Najee, Gibson, Ken Walker, Miles Sanders, Darrel Williams
WR: Chase, CeeDee, Godwin, Mooney, Osborne, Eli Moore, Hardman, Ty Johnson
TE: Goedert, Trautman, Conklin, B Jordan
2023-1st x 2
2023- 3rd x 3

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Re: Keep Amari Cooper or Zach Ertz?

Postby smallxl » Sat May 05, 2018 9:19 am

Same as everyone. Love Ertz but must keep Cooper
22-man, 12-team, 1 pt-PPR; Start 1-2RB; 3-4 WR; 1-2 TE

TEAM 1
QB: Prescott, Foles
RB: Barkley, P Barber, Duke, Gio Bernard, Gus, C Thompson, Breida, Ekeler
WR: A Cooper, Cooks, Lockett, C. Davis, Crowder, Chark, Stills
TE: OJ Howard

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Re: Keep Amari Cooper or Zach Ertz?

Postby Generic Username » Sat May 05, 2018 9:24 am

Ertz...positional scarcity for top end TEs wins out over the WR2 of Cooper

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Re: Keep Amari Cooper or Zach Ertz?

Postby jessup45 » Sat May 05, 2018 1:51 pm

Based on your team, Ertz. I like him more based on respective positional value
Team 1
12 Teams - .5 pt. PPR
QB: Newton, A. Dalton, Foles
RB: Connor, Fournette, Freeman , McCoy, G. Edwards, Clement, C. Warren
WR: A. Brown, K. Allen, Hilton, Crabtree, R. Foster, M. Harris, C. Patterson, C. Conley
TE: Kelce , C. Herndon, D. Walker

Team 2
16 Teams - PPR
QB: Ryan, Roethlisberger, Foles
RB: Connor, Bell , Lindsay, McCoy, Lynch, Smallwood, P. Barber, I. Smith, Bibbs
WR: Thielen, Juju, D. Adams, Jeffrey, S. Roberts, T. Sharpe, A. Callaway, M. Harris
TE: Ebron, Cook, Eifert, Dickson

Team 3
12 Teams - TE Premium PPR (limited roster 16/20)
QB: Rogers
RB: J. Howard, Chubb, C. Thompson, RoJo, P. Barber
WR: Hilton, Edelman, R. Anderson M. Gallup, C. Kirk, J. Crowder, M. Harris
TE: Njoku

Team 4
12 Team - PPR (1QB, 2RB, 3WR, 1TE, 3Flex)
QB: Watson,
RB: Zeke, Guice, Michel, P. Barber, Ballage, C.J. Anderson
WR: Hopkins, Golladay, Fitzy, Z. Jones, T. Benjamin, C. Coleman, C. Conley, B. Perriman, S. Roberts
TE: Engram, Eifert

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Re: Keep Amari Cooper or Zach Ertz?

Postby Goddard » Sat May 05, 2018 6:21 pm

Very close, but since you already have the two best WRs in dynasty, I'd rather have a stud TE to go along with them. Can you trade Cooper for a pick or package him with Kamara and go after Zeke or Bell?

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Re: Keep Amari Cooper or Zach Ertz?

Postby M-Dub » Sat May 05, 2018 9:31 pm

Ertz. Not close. He’ll likely outscore Cooper in raw points at a position that is much more difficult to replace.
Both are 12-team 1QB PPR dynasties

🦬PRIME🦬
QB: Hurts, Howell
RB: Mixon, Jones, Sanders, Dobbins, Akers, Roschon, Dowdle, Kelley
WR: Nuk, Godwin, Cooper, Lockett, Flowers, Chark, Collins, Hollins, Tillman, Tolbert
TE: Hockenson, Chig, Trautman
Taxi: Willis, Z. White, M. Mims, T. Palmer

Hull Awaits
$450 cap, 60 contract years

QB: Lawrence $5/3, Richardson $5/5, Minshew $1/0, Jones $1/0, Heinicke $1/0, Tyrod $1/0
RB: Achane $4/4, Warren $2/4, Roschon $7/5, Dillon $4/1, Hubbard $2/1, Kelley $1/0
WR: Nuk $78/1, MT $25/1, M. Williams $1/0, JSN $21/5, Reed $4/5, Rice $4/5, M. Wilson $2/5
TE: Thomas $1/0, Hill $1/0, Parham $1/0

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Re: Keep Amari Cooper or Zach Ertz?

Postby MMG » Sat May 05, 2018 9:46 pm

I vote Ertz as well....Cooper can be let go with your other WRs in line
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10 Team, TE Premium PPR
Gucci Gunners
QB: R Wilson, D Watson
RB: N Chubb, Ka Hunt, J Mixon, R Mostert, Lev Bell, A Peterson, Lat Murray, J Hill
WR: M Evans, L Fitzgerald, S Watkins, C Kirk, Ty Williams, Bre Perriman
TE: T Higbee, N Fant, I Smith, G Olsen
K: W Lutz
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Re: Keep Amari Cooper or Zach Ertz?

Postby Trevormortis » Sat May 05, 2018 9:49 pm

Cooper or trade. Too much value there imho.
Team 1. 12 team. 1 PPR. 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 FLEX 2017 2nd, 2018 2nd, 2019 1st, 2020 1st, 2021 2nd, 2022 1st
QB - Watson, G. Smith
RB - Henry, Ekeler, Kamara, D. Pierce, AJ Dillon, J. McLaughlin, Gainwell
WR - J. Jefferson, Diggs, AJ Brown, T. Higgins, M. Thomas, Cooks, Bateman, R. Moore, C. Tillman, J. Hyatt, D. Parker
TE - Kelce, J. Ferguson
2024 - 1,2,3,4,5
2025 - 1,2,3,4,5

Team 2. 12 team. .5 PPR. 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 FLEX 2019 1st, 2020 1st, 2021 2nd, 2023 Full rebuild mode
QB - Tua
RB - T. Spears, Z. Charbonnet, C. Hubbard, R. Rivers, D. Vaughn, J. Kelly, Chubb (IR)
WR - London, J. Downs, R. Rice, Burks, J. Jeudy, A. Pierce, C. Tillman, R. Bell, D. Parker, D. Slayton, Cooks
TE - J. Ferguson
2024 - 1,1,1,2,2,2
2025 - 1,1,2,2,5

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Re: Keep Amari Cooper or Zach Ertz?

Postby thebeast » Sun May 06, 2018 6:27 am

Cooper. It’s like people forget he had two 1000 yard seasons... I remember when people were down on Gurley last year too....

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Re: Keep Amari Cooper or Zach Ertz?

Postby jcc6fd » Sun May 06, 2018 6:36 am

With only 5 keepers I’m assuming there’s plenty of talent in your draft. I’d be comfortable keeping Ertz over Cooper in this format
10 Team Half PPR Scoring SF
QB: Mahomes, Hurts, Minshew
RB: Kamara, K. Hunt, Warren, Bigsby, D. Cook, Jamaal Williams, J. Wilson, McLaughlin, McKinnon, J. Kelley
WR: A.J. Brown, Diggs, K. Allen, C. Watson, Cooks, Pickens, W. Robinson
TE: Kelce, J. Smith, Musgrave

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Re: Keep Amari Cooper or Zach Ertz?

Postby jwb32 » Sun May 06, 2018 6:56 am

Ertz
TEAM 1: 12 team league. 1.0 PPR WR/TE 0.5 PPR RB
Start 1QB, 2RBs, 3WRs, 2Flex, 1TE, 1DST
QBs- Lamar, Wentz
RBs- Javonte,Sanders, Michel,Howard,JJackson,JWilson
WRs- DJM,McLaurin,Higgins,DeVonta Smith,Jeudy, OBJ,Bateman,Treadwell,Crowder
TEs- Fant, Muth,Irv Smith
1.07,1.11,3.09

TEAM 2: 12 team league. 0.1 ppc 0.5 ppr. TE 1 ppr
Start 1QB, 2RBs, 3WRs, 2Flex, 1TE,
QBs-Watson, Davis, Huntley
RBs- Javonte,Akers, ETN,Gore,Dallas
WRs- McClaurin,DJM,Godwin,Diontae,MarquiseBr, Mooney,Van Jefferson,Collins,Atwell
TEs- Hock, Kmet,Trautman,AlbertO
1.04, 2.04, 4.04

TEAM 3: 12 team league. 0.5 ppr, 0.5/fd
Start 1QB, 2RBs, 2WRs, 2Flex, 1TE,
QBs- Lamar,Stafford
RBs- JT, Fournette, DHarris,Chuba,Collins,Gaskin,DHarris,Penny,Murray, Snell
WRs- Chase, DJM, Allen, Bateman, Julio, ElijahM, Mims, Crowder
TEs- Waller, Morneau,Njoku
2022 1st, 2nd (2), 3rd (2)

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Re: Keep Amari Cooper or Zach Ertz?

Postby turcorox911 » Wed May 09, 2018 5:46 pm

Go with Ertz. A top-end TE over a guy like Cooper for sure.


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