I need to pick THREE of these guys to start, non-PPR:
Steven Jackson vs SEA (injury status?) Nate Burleson @STL Laurence Maroney @NO Jonathan Stewart @NYJ Bernard Scott vsCLE (will Benson play?) Beanie Wells @TEN
Obviously I've got to go with Jackson if he's playing (although he did have a bad game against SEA earlier this year), but after him it's up in the air. I already left Miles Austin on my bench this week, so I'm not off to a great start.
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Obviously have to go with Jackson even if he may be a little banged up. The dude's a horse; ride him. I'd also start Wells because I see Arizona running a lot more than usual this week. Warner isn't going to be at 100% and Tennessee's pass defense has played well as of late, so I think we're going to see the Cards forego the short slants and fades and pound it out in goal to go situations more often than they normally do. This bodes well for Beanie. The last spot goes to Scott if Benson doesn't play. If Benson does play, I like Stewart. Our idiotic coaching staff can't possibly justify another 40+ passing plays against a good pass defense this week (although that's what I thought against Miami, too...*sigh*), so I see Stewart getting 12+ touches and probably a few goal line carries since we'll be moving the ball on the ground and DWill will be tired once we get the ball into the red zone. That's more touches, IMO, than Maroney will get, and I just don't like Burleson that much--been burned too many times by him over the years to start him over a guy like JStew.
So, Jackson, Wells, and Scott (Stewart if Benson plays)
Getting mixed answers so far, still not completely decided... I've really been burned on setting my lineup this year, lost 3 matches that could have just as easily been wins on toss-ups like this.
then its between Scott and Beanie... if Benson is out, id go with Scott easy... so id just check the news at game time... i like Maroney too, but Monday is too late to wait for the Sammy Morris decision, so i'd sit Maroney in anticipation that Morris plays
If Morris played, how big of a hit would that be on Maroney's value? And why is Scott so hyped even if Benson is out? Take away a 61 yard run and he had 20 carries for 58 yards against the raiders, only 2.9 YPC and 2.5 the game before that when Benson first got hurt?