Week 8 Thoughts and Observations

[TR]

And anyone who regrets starting Big Ben this week: Unless you had Kap and Big Ben, you can't possibly argue that Big Ben was a starter over your primary QB.

Ben was starter over Stafford.

[Rog]

I sat Ben for Foles (Arizona horrible against the pass and philly not running ball well)

I sat Ben for Brees
The colts were number 2 against the pass and had held teams to a 4 and 41 on 3rd down conversion over their last 4 games.(from what I heard)
the Steelers are dead last going into that game in red zone scoring percentage.
I will back my decision all day by the numbers (I also had Brady on my bench and started Rodgers)
Ben was on the bench in all my leaguse except 2 one the guys qb was Glennon and the other was kaep who was on bye.
for the record my son told me to start Ben

[Sandman62]

Speaking of quick falls, I think Doug Martin is the new Steve Slaton. Anyone remember Slaton?

Yes, I remember him. A few years ago, in the Magazine League, I drafted him and Ben Tate. They both got hurt and Ralph found gold with his last round pick of some guy named Arian.

[Tom Kessenich]

Is there a QB who gets more passes batted down than Tannehill?

He's painful to watch. Just not all good. Never understood all the hype about him.

[Tom Kessenich]

Extremely intelligent decision by the Cowboys to phase Dez out of their game plan in the last quarter or so and overtime despite his favorable matchup against a rookie CB. It's hard to believe they lost employing such a brilliant strategy.

[Tom Kessenich]

I sat Ben for Foles (Arizona horrible against the pass and philly not running ball well)

I sat Ben for Brees

You always start Brees so I wouldn't kick yourself for that. Foles also put up a lot of points so it's not like you started a bum like Tannehill over Ben. You started a superstar which you should have and a high-upside QB in a high-scoring offense with a great matchup. To me, those are the ones I can move on from quickly. Both of the QBs you started had big games. Just no way of seeing Ben's game coming.

[wiljiro]

Here's the bigger question -

What are you doing with Ben this week and going forward?

I'd HATE to be in a Brees or Ben conversation for the rest of the season - I know he dropped 60+ - but that's Drew Brees -

W

[Coach JP]

Extremely intelligent decision by the Cowboys to phase Dez out of their game plan in the last quarter or so and overtime despite his favorable matchup against a rookie CB. It's hard to believe they lost employing such a brilliant strategy.

Not sure how Murray only got 12 carries after the first quarter, either. He only got 101 yards on those 12.

[TR]

Extremely intelligent decision by the Cowboys to phase Dez out of their game plan in the last quarter or so and overtime despite his favorable matchup against a rookie CB. It's hard to believe they lost employing such a brilliant strategy.

That rookie corner did an impressive job on Dez...including knocking away that final pass on island with Dez. Not running Demarco Murray even once when it was 2nd and 2 after he had been gashing the skins all nite was much more puzzling...along with keeping Witten back in pass protection on last play of the game...smh

[bald is beautiful]

Is there a QB who gets more passes batted down than Tannehill?

He's painful to watch. Just not all good. Never understood all the hype about him.

We are talking about the same QB who has averaged 25.43 points over his last 4 games, right? Unfortunately, those were against bad defenses, but he produced nonetheless. His schedule gets harder over the next few weeks.

When a team scores two defensive TDs in a half like Miami did last week, his opportunities to get on the field and put up points in that half are severely limited. Not only is he not on the field, but Miami can get more conservative against a bad team.

As long as he keeps piling up running yards, his stats add up in a hurry. That he has certainly done with 180 yards rushing over the last 4 games. Is he good? No. Is he serviceable as a fantasy QB? Maybe. The last four weeks at least show glimpses of him being able to put fantasy points on the board.