Dream Football Today: #AskFFT Mailbag, Trusting Bijan Robinson, DeAndre Hopkins’ disparity and more

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I couldn’t get to everybody who composed in, however I’ll shot to before Saturday, and we’ll be live on our YouTube Channel Sunday earlymorning at 11 a.m. ET to response any other concerns you may have heading into your playoff matches.

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• Dave Richard’s Lineup Decisions
• Week 16 Position Previews: QB | RB | WR | TE
• Jamey, Dave, Heath’s Rankings
• My Week 16 Rankings: QB | RB | WR | TE
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#AskFFT Mailbag

Kevin: Ordinarily I wear’t thinkabout challengers’ gamers in making my lineup choices. But, in my semifinal in Week 16 I will be dealingwith a group with Tyreek, Waddle and Achane. I have Tua. I haveactually been holding Geno Smith for this week as the Dolphins have a hard match versus my Cowboys, however now do I thinkabout that my challenger has so lotsof Dolphins pass catchers in my QB choice? This is a six-point non-PPR league; if any of his Dolphins go off with death TDs, I would be matching that with Tua. So, do I roll with Tua to aid nullify his Dolphins or Geno Smith in a muchbetter match inspiteof not playing last Monday night?

We’ll start with this one, since I constantly believe the “Should I thinkabout my challenger’s lineup when setting my own” concerns are fascinating. As a basic guideline, you oughtto simply start your finest gamers, and in this case, I do believe that’s Tua, so the point here is kind of moot; you’re beginning Tua since I believe he is mostlikely to outscore Smith, who is ranked 9 areas lower in my QB rankings this week.

But what if it were closer? What if it were, state, Tagovailoa vs. Goff, who is ranked one area lower than Tagovailoa? That concern must practically neverever be utilized as anything more than a tiebreaker, however I do believe QB9 vs. QB10 is efficiently a tie, so it can come up there. And, the issue is, with Tua in especially, we have an example of him doing inadequately in a hard matches while his colleagues did well otherwise: In Week 12 versus the Jets, Tagovailoa had simply 9.82 points in six-point-per-pass-TD leagues, while Raheem Mostert had 21.4, Hill had 25.4, Waddle had 19.4, and even Jeff Wilson outscored him with 10.3. 

Of course, the opposite is possible, with Tua doing well while his main weapons puton’t, however it’s less mostlikely for a group like Miami that funnels so much of its offense through 3 or 4 guys. Your challenger has 3 of those 4 guys, and Tua tends to go as Hill and the rest of those guys do in a method that is less real for, state, Dak Prescott. Sixteen of Tagovailoa’s 25 passing goals haveactually gone to Hill or Waddle, while just 3 other gamers have several getting goals; Prescott’s top 2 accounting for 13 of 28 goals, with 7 overall gamers scoring numerous times. 

I still believe you needto simply start the guy you have ranked greater, and in my case, that’s Tagovailoa. That videogame with the Cowboys needto turn into a shootout, and the Dolphins are at home, which needto aid their cause. But the Cowboys standout at pushing the QB and requiring turnovers, and a coupleof unfavorable plays might actually turn Tagovailoa’s Fantasy videogame sideways. I’m beginning him ahead of Smith, however it may be a harder choice with somebody ranked greater. 

Jeremy: Can any of us Bijan Robinson supervisors trust him in a excellent match versus the Colts? I’ve got James Conner revved up and gettingready to go on my bench. He’s been going at a quite steady rate recently. Who needto make it into my flex area?

At the threat of oversimplifying, I’ll state this: Your objective is to win this week, not to avoid losing. Conner is the avoid losing play; he appears like a moresecure wager, with at least 14 brings in 5 of 6 videogames giventhat coming back from injury in mid-November. He’s a safe bet for, state, 12-plus points – though I will point out he’s just hit that mark twotimes in that exactsame five-game stretch, duetothefactthat his passing videogame function has mainly vanished this season, and he has 9 captures over that 5 videogame period. He’s got a strong flooring, and if he discovers the end zone, you’ll be pleased you began him.

Robinson’s variety of results is a lot larger, duetothefactthat the Falcons are strange and they do odd things. Week 15 certainly left a bad taste in your mouth, as Robinson ended up with simply 8 touches and 0.4 points in full-PPR, however it’s not the just time Robinson has dissatisfied. That being stated, it hadactually been a while – Robinson hadn’t been in single digits in complete PPR giventhat Week