What QB to pick up in Fantasy Football?

JohnnyB · Sep 14, 2006

I know this probably belongs in the football section, but that gets less traffic at this time of night (morning?) so I'm gonna post it here. If the mods have a problem with that they can move it.

I'm going to drop Plummer as my backup QB for obvious reasons - who should I pick up instead? Most of the good QBs are already taken, here is who is left and is on my list for consideration:

Pennington
Leftwich
McNair
Cutler

Pennington seems like the obvious choice but he's not going to be playing Tennessee every game this year and I wonder if he can keep up his performance from last week...

Also, FWIW I have Brees as my starter right now (who is playing GB this week and thus I plan to leave him as my starter at least for this week).

RobFunk · Sep 14, 2006

Definatly Pennington. Even ESPN just said it.

JohnnyB · Sep 14, 2006

Thanks Rob, that's who I ended up adding.

JakeT. · Sep 14, 2006

You'd be crazy to do any of them and you'd be making a horrible fantasy move. You just dropped a top ten fantasy QB for a guy who gets injured every year on a team that won't pass much. Not a good move.

FairWarning · Sep 14, 2006

I wouldn't drop Plummer, but the best qb on that list is McNair. Of course ESPN would suggest the NY guy but he cannot stay healthy.

Railbird · Sep 14, 2006

Alex Smith nice sleeper

JohnnyB · Sep 14, 2006

Did you see Plummer play? 3 INTS and 0 TDs. Fans in Denver are already screaming for him to be benched, not that it will actually happen of course.

RobFunk · Sep 14, 2006

Personally, I thought Plummer was going to be much better. His first Denver games he looked so sharp. Then he just fizzled

barman · Sep 14, 2006

One solid edge for Pennington is that the Jets play a fourth place schedule and another is that the Jets NFC opponents are the NFC North schlubs.

I think the Jets can win six to eight games this year, though they might be in fact the "weakest team" in that win range.

They'll likely be behind a bit more often than not, which means Pennington WILL pass.

RobFunk · Sep 14, 2006

barman said:
They'll likely be behind a bit more often than not, which means Pennington WILL pass.

Great point.

parlayin · Sep 14, 2006

i think dropping plummer this early is a mistake. no need to make such a rash decision after one game. why not just drop a player at another position and pick up mcnair for this week, since he's playin oak? that way you can start mcnair and see how plummer does for a bit. it'll take more than a couple poor starts for shanahan to turn to cutler. pennington has done nothing other than this last game against a porous defense the past couple of years so i agree w/ jake...its a mistake to drop plummer, a proven top 10 fantasy qb because of one game. if ur qb situation is that shaky, keep 2 on your roster

Willie99 · Sep 14, 2006

I like Leftwich. I think he'll be more consistent over the course of the season and the Jaqs are contenders.

The Jets beat a very bad Titan team. I don't believe Chad & the Jets will be very good this year.

Then again, I've been wrong before & I'll be wrong again.

HarryCaray · Sep 14, 2006

Why do you have to make this decision now, he's your backup. Wait until the week before your starter's bye week and pick then. Let things play out; there's no rush here.

BTW, I would say McNair of those listed, Pennington a close second.

HarryCaray · Sep 14, 2006

parlayin said:
i think dropping plummer this early is a mistake. no need to make such a rash decision after one game. why not just drop a player at another position and pick up mcnair for this week, since he's playin oak? that way you can start mcnair and see how plummer does for a bit. it'll take more than a couple poor starts for shanahan to turn to cutler. pennington has done nothing other than this last game against a porous defense the past couple of years so i agree w/ jake...its a mistake to drop plummer, a proven top 10 fantasy qb because of one game. if ur qb situation is that shaky, keep 2 on your roster

Agree it is a mistake; he doesn't have to pick up ANYONE right now b/c Plummer is not even his starter. People's obsession with backup players in fantasy football has always been a mystery to me. Barring injury, you only need a backup ONCE a season. Unless your backup and starter are very close in talent (8 person leagues in particular), and you decide who to start based on matchup. If you have a clear cut starter do not worry about the backup until his bye week approaches.

HarryCaray · Sep 14, 2006

Railbird said:
Alex Smith nice sleeper

I feel the same way about Brad Johnson.

JohnnyB · Sep 14, 2006

HarryCaray said:
Unless your backup and starter are very close in talent (8 person leagues in particular)

It is an 8 person league.

parlayin said:
why not just drop a player at another position and pick up mcnair for this week, since he's playin oak?

Our league is formatted so that we must have 2 QBs, 4 RBs, 4 WRs, 2 TEs, 2 kickers and 2 defenses on our roster at all times. Thus if you want to pick up a QB you have to drop one. Otherwise yes, I would much rather have dropped my backup kicker for Pennington.

Maybe this was a mistake, we'll see, but I don't think anyone else in my league will pick him up, so I could always pick him back up later.

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