Keeper league - Need a RB - PPR league

[Baseballnovice]

League format: 1 pt per 10 rush and rec, 1 ppr.
Keeper format: 1 RB, 2 WR, 1 QB or TE
Last year I put all my eggs in the basket of Steve Slaton - 'nuff said

So I am looking at teams who are set with RB #1 and also have #2's who can catch the ball.

Here are my options, I would be offering player for picks here.

Marion Barber or Turner - not sure who this guy is going to keep
LeSean McCoy
Matt Forte
Cedric Benson
Johnathan Stewart
Knowshon Moreno
Rashard Mendenhall
Ryan Grant

[Indibuck]

League format: 1 pt per 10 rush and rec, 1 ppr.
Keeper format: 1 RB, 2 WR, 1 QB or TE
Last year I put all my eggs in the basket of Steve Slaton - 'nuff said

So I am looking at teams who are set with RB #1 and also have #2's who can catch the ball.

Here are my options, I would be offering player for picks here.

Marion Barber or Turner - not sure who this guy is going to keep
LeSean McCoy
Matt Forte
Cedric Benson
Johnathan Stewart
Knowshon Moreno
Rashard Mendenhall
Ryan Grant

Turner
Benson
Mendenhall
Stewart
Grant
Moreno
Forte

McCoy



Barber

[Baseballnovice]

Turner, Benson and Mendenhall huh?

in a 1 ppr league? interesting.

I will tell you I am looking at McCoy as a guy to target but wanted to get the opinion of others.

[Hank_Scorpio]

I will tell you I am looking at McCoy as a guy to target but wanted to get the opinion of others.

I agree weith you completely. McCoy is the guy to target here. He's young, and he has only Leonard Weaver to beat out for carries. Should be great for a PPR league.

You could also consider Matt Forte as a buy-low candidate and roll the dice (although after Slaton last year you might be gun-shy). Forte had a nagging leg injury last year and even though Chester Taylor is with the Bears now, Taylor didn't really cut into AP's value in Minny, did he? With a Mike Martz offnse Forte will be a lock for 60-70 receptions if he's healthy. The problem will be goal-line carries, where Taylor could vulture the red-zone work from Forte.

Moreno's a decent option with #1 RB potential, but Denver might be rebuilding in 2010. I like Ryan Grant as well, but he's not a pure #1, more of a 1b...still he'll get you 1,400 total yards, 8 TD and 40 receptions,.,.as for the other guys none are solid PPR guys so I'd explore the four guys listed abocve beI'd stay away from Marion Barber - that Dallas RBBC is a headache, and I think Jerry wants to hand the job to Felix Jones...

[Baseballnovice]

Hank,

Great write up, I appreciate your input.

[Indibuck]

Turner, Benson and Mendenhall huh?

in a 1 ppr league? interesting.

I will tell you I am looking at McCoy as a guy to target but wanted to get the opinion of others.

You said in your original post that you put "all your eggs" into Steve Slaton... so I am assuming you need a RB1. It's my belief that once you get past the elite RBs (top-5), you need to have a solid, relatively safe guy that you can count on to plug into your lineup and forget about until bye week. Without that guy, it's tough to compete for a title.

Going into a season with McCoy as my #1 RB is a scary proposition, especially with no strong RB2 compliment.

I am not drinking the McCoy kool-aid just yet. He has a lot of upside, especially with a new starting QB -- I understand this. But he has question marks too. How many carries does Charles Scott get? Is Weaver likely to again take away TD carries again? Also, keep in mind -- the Eagles pass the ball more than anyone, so there is a low ceiling on the total number of carries to go around.

I'll take any of the guys in my first grouping over McCoy as my #1 RB in virtually all scoring formats.

If you were shopping for a 2nd RB, I have no issue with McCoy there. I am willing to take on more risk for the sake of upside as I add to my roster.... but I am risk-averse at that 1st RB spot.

[Baseballnovice]

Thanks Indibuck, good perspective.