Dynasty League Football Forum

Factory of Sadness wrote: ↑Mon Aug 26, 2019 11:36 pm Cuffing your own guys insulates you from disaster and keeps you alive. Cuffing other people's guys gives you a shot at being a dominant team. If my RB1 goes down and I have his back-up, I likely maintain about 80-90% of his production. So if I have a good team, I remain in contention. If my RB1 stays up though, and my handcuff to someone else's top guy steps in, well then I'm really cooking. Both cuffs may score the same points, but except in truly distorted leagues you need things to break right for you to win it all.
You will also tend to pay less because your subjective 'need' for the handcuff to your guy often distorts how both you and a seller may value him.

ArrylT wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 4:52 pm For me it depends on the backup & the starter. If it is a backup with the right skillset then I agree with Factory of Sadness, and you can luck out and get a large percentage of the production. However if it is the backup to a borderline RB2/3 thats not really useful. Whereas if is a guy you feel is underappreciated on an offence that can use him correctly ...

At one point technically David Johnson was the backup to Andre Ellington, James Conner to Bell ... that does not mean it always happens, just that it happens enough that we hope it can happen again with the backup we're stashing.

Basically you want a backup that you feel good about their chances on a team where the offence is good. Which is why plenty of people are excited about Henderson. Or owners about Ito Smith. I do not blame owners for feeling the same way about Rodney Anderson.

ArrylT wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 4:52 pm For me it depends on the backup & the starter. If it is a backup with the right skillset then I agree with Factory of Sadness, and you can luck out and get a large percentage of the production. However if it is the backup to a borderline RB2/3 thats not really useful. Whereas if is a guy you feel is underappreciated on an offence that can use him correctly ...

At one point technically David Johnson was the backup to Andre Ellington, James Conner to Bell ... that does not mean it always happens, just that it happens enough that we hope it can happen again with the backup we're stashing.

Basically you want a backup that you feel good about their chances on a team where the offence is good. Which is why plenty of people are excited about Henderson. Or owners about Ito Smith. I do not blame owners for feeling the same way about Rodney Anderson.

djeternal2 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 5:36 pm

ArrylT wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 4:52 pm For me it depends on the backup & the starter. If it is a backup with the right skillset then I agree with Factory of Sadness, and you can luck out and get a large percentage of the production. However if it is the backup to a borderline RB2/3 thats not really useful. Whereas if is a guy you feel is underappreciated on an offence that can use him correctly ...

At one point technically David Johnson was the backup to Andre Ellington, James Conner to Bell ... that does not mean it always happens, just that it happens enough that we hope it can happen again with the backup we're stashing.

Basically you want a backup that you feel good about their chances on a team where the offence is good. Which is why plenty of people are excited about Henderson. Or owners about Ito Smith. I do not blame owners for feeling the same way about Rodney Anderson.

You are correct DJ was the backup in his rookie year. It wasn't to Ellington tho. That was the last year for Chris Johnson and it took a CJ injury for DJ to come in. It was the second half of that year where DJ blew up on the field and in FF.

djeternal2 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 5:36 pm

ArrylT wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 4:52 pm For me it depends on the backup & the starter. If it is a backup with the right skillset then I agree with Factory of Sadness, and you can luck out and get a large percentage of the production. However if it is the backup to a borderline RB2/3 thats not really useful. Whereas if is a guy you feel is underappreciated on an offence that can use him correctly ...

At one point technically David Johnson was the backup to Andre Ellington, James Conner to Bell ... that does not mean it always happens, just that it happens enough that we hope it can happen again with the backup we're stashing.

Basically you want a backup that you feel good about their chances on a team where the offence is good. Which is why plenty of people are excited about Henderson. Or owners about Ito Smith. I do not blame owners for feeling the same way about Rodney Anderson.

You are correct DJ was the backup in his rookie year. It wasn't to Ellington tho. That was the last year for Chris Johnson and it took a CJ injury for DJ to come in. It was the second half of that year where DJ blew up on the field and in FF.

ericanadian wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 8:27 pm

djeternal2 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 5:36 pm

ArrylT wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 4:52 pm For me it depends on the backup & the starter. If it is a backup with the right skillset then I agree with Factory of Sadness, and you can luck out and get a large percentage of the production. However if it is the backup to a borderline RB2/3 thats not really useful. Whereas if is a guy you feel is underappreciated on an offence that can use him correctly ...

At one point technically David Johnson was the backup to Andre Ellington, James Conner to Bell ... that does not mean it always happens, just that it happens enough that we hope it can happen again with the backup we're stashing.

Basically you want a backup that you feel good about their chances on a team where the offence is good. Which is why plenty of people are excited about Henderson. Or owners about Ito Smith. I do not blame owners for feeling the same way about Rodney Anderson.

You are correct DJ was the backup in his rookie year. It wasn't to Ellington tho. That was the last year for Chris Johnson and it took a CJ injury for DJ to come in. It was the second half of that year where DJ blew up on the field and in FF.

Actually, if I recall correctly, CJ2K had been shot that offseason, so Ellington did end up getting the official start (and led the team in carries) the first game over Johnson & DJ. CJ2K promptly took over in the second game until falling to injury and handing the lead back duties to DJ.

drobes wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2019 8:56 pm That play was so pretty I had to watch it 4 times.

https://twitter.com/NFL/status/11647032 ... -action%2F

I hope he can do that against starters.

sugbear65 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 24, 2019 6:59 am

ghetto pimp wrote: ↑Fri Aug 23, 2019 10:51 am Must have for any mixon owner

I find the handcuff game is a value losing proposition in dynasty.