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For Weeks 14 through 16 (playoffs), Beanie Wells or Johnathan Stewart?

Is 'neither' an option? If I had to make a choice though, Wells, Stewart has a bad schedule to compound all the other issues.

SpeedyG wrote:For Weeks 14 through 16 (playoffs), Beanie Wells or Johnathan Stewart?

Im assuming hes gone, but is westbrook available?

Ideally, I wouldn't need either one so I'll have the "neither" option, but my #2 RB is Joseph Addai, and with questions on whether he'll be back for the playoffs. I need some kind of contingency plan. There's really not a lot of options out there.

Wells and Stewart are probably the "top" backs left, unless I want to roll the dice on injury fill ins such as Chris Ivory or even Anthony Dixon (if he gets goal line carries).

Can you make a decision for this week only? If Pierre Thomas doesn't go on Sunday, then I'd be more comfortable going with Ivory than Wells or Stewart.

If not, I think I'd go Stewart. Wells might have a better schedule but even in sweet matchups he's been just awful (I know, I own him). He can't hang on to the ball, and I just can't see him doing enough to keep Hightower at bay. At least Stewart looked good last week (and Cleveland actually has a decent run defense, and was probably actually trying to defend the run considering Clausen's overall awfulness).

Maritimer wrote:Can you make a decision for this week only? If Pierre Thomas doesn't go on Sunday, then I'd be more comfortable going with Ivory than Wells or Stewart.

If not, I think I'd go Stewart. Wells might have a better schedule but even in sweet matchups he's been just awful (I know, I own him). He can't hang on to the ball, and I just can't see him doing enough to keep Hightower at bay. At least Stewart looked good last week (and Cleveland actually has a decent run defense, and was probably actually trying to defend the run considering Clausen's overall awfulness).

I don't actually need help this week (already got my playoff spot secured), so really mainly looking for long-term insurance in case Addai can't get back for the league's playoffs (so just weeks 14-16).

What do u guys think for week 13 in PPR league:

Darren McFadden Vs SD
or
Fred Jackson Vs Min

Total Season Points could be riding on this week. I started DMC over FJax last week, and it didn't work out. Seems like a coin flip, but if someone could make an argument for one or the other it may help.

Fred Jackson has the hot hand and just came off of a very good performance against the Steelers, where as McFadden has been terrible the past two weeks. I would go Jackson.

Ended up dropping Wells for Stewart. Hope I made the right call.

First and probably only problem is you have two offensive players from the Arizona Cardinals and Carolina Panthers. Change this.

Stewart, Ivory, or Westbrook this week? PPR.

Ivory easy.

Now in the Finals and need some more help. I was hoping that Addai would be back by now, but he still seems banged up and who knows if he's going to play against Oakland this Sunday. I basically need 2 RB spots, and the guys I have now are Foster, J. Stewart @ Pitt, and Rashad Jennings at home vs. Washington.

This is pretty much standard scoring cat, except we get .5 PPR. Do I roll the dice on Stewart against Pittsburgh's defense? Or risk going with Jennings against a suspect WAS defense (Jennings has 3 TDs in the last 4 weeks, plus 7 receptions plus yardage last week, good enough to get him over 10 points).

Only other available guys out there are the two Colt backups (Hart/Rhodes/James), Anthony Dixon, Maurice Morris @ Miami, Wells (meh), and the P/T guys like Kuhn, Snelling, etc.