Can you ever Bench Ray Rice?

[joheshy55]

heres the scoop, if there is ever a chance to bench Number 1 RB would this week be the week. SF has not allowed a rushing TD all year. Im in a 12 man auction Dynasty league and we start 5 key players.. 1-3 rb, 0-4 wr, 0-4 te .5 ppr 1 point per 20 rush/recieve yards.
heres my list of players to choose from and can i afford to bench rice?

Rice
Foster
Blount
K. Smith
Maclin
Plax
Decker
M. Williams-TB
Laurent Robinson
Jason Witten
Vernon Davis

Thanks for the input.

[VickFan]

Not entirely sure how the league works. So basically you pick the five best players? In that case assuming Maclin doesn't play I would go with:

Foster
Rice
Witten
Blount
Robinson

With the players you have to choose from I don't think you can afford to bench Rice. Thanks for the help with mine.

[joheshy55]

we start 5 key players.. 1-3 rb, 0-4 wr, 0-4 te .5 ppr 1 point per 20 rush/recieve yards.
If you read the long paragraph

[curtk]

Thanks for the help with mine.

I'm not sure how your league works, either, but I wouldn't bench Ray Rice. Yeah, SF is #1 against the rush, but they've had the softest schedule in the league when it comes to rushers. See the "Defense Analyzer - Week 12" for details: viewtopic.php?t=509107

The last chart (Rushing) shows SF (SDF) as #1 against the rush, but the number in the far right is the toughness of their schedule so far: 32.

SF will not go all year without allowing a rushing TD. Ray Rice is a stud. You gotta start him, regardless of format.