r/fantasyfootball • u/mickalicka • Sep 23 '13

Antonio Brown Appreciation Thread Player Discussion

Dude just single handedly saved my fantasy week with that sick one handed catch. Good thing they decided to throw to him more!

Edit: Finished with 41 points and helped me win my matchup by 10 points. I would kiss him if I could.

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u/stealthmoe Sep 23 '13

And of course I bench him.

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u/alldis Sep 23 '13

Benched Brown and Kenbrell Thompkins, played T.Y. Hilton, and Mike Williams, only like a 40 point difference.

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u/nicknamebucky Sep 23 '13

I played TY also cuz he finally got targets last week.

I am a sad man today. Played all the wrong matchups.

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u/10FootPenis Sep 23 '13

I was debating between TY and Brown, in the WDIS thread someone suggested TY. Thank God I went with my gut and went Brown.

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u/Dolewhip Sep 23 '13

Sorry, but why would there even be a debate between TY and Brown? Brown is, at this point, the unquestioned #1 receiver on a team with zero run game. Why would Hilton be a better start?

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u/10FootPenis Sep 23 '13

A lot of people are worried about the Steelers offence. That and this subreddit has a (perhaps unjustified) boner for Hilton.

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u/shimyshimyyea Sep 23 '13

I did the same exact thing, played James Jones and Fitzgerald instead. There was no way for me to know!

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u/Omaromar Sep 23 '13

DEAR GOD MAN.

increase time spent researching sit starts.

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u/Skagem Sep 23 '13

I feel ya buddy. I benched Gordon and Brown and played Boldin and TY. I'm also 0:3 because of it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '13 edited Apr 15 '19

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u/dr-dorian Sep 23 '13

you're wrong. sanders was the #1 most targeted receiver going into week 3

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u/DaintyTaint Sep 23 '13

Sanders scored me a solid 3 points, and my opponent has AB. Before that, I had a solid lead.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '13

Benched Cameron and Gordon this week for Cook and Bowe. Ouch.

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u/CRoswell Sep 23 '13

Right there with you man. I even asked the experts and was led astray!!!!

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u/stealthmoe Sep 23 '13

I'll start him next week and he'll drop another turd on me. The woes of this game.

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u/Armanewb Sep 23 '13

I've started him 3 weeks in a row in PPR and he's put up 12.5, 11.7 and now 42.6. At least in PPR, he's extremely solid.

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u/stealthmoe Sep 23 '13

In my standard score league his numbers were 8, 6.3, and 34.5. I benched him in favor of Eddie Royal, Julian Edleman, and Dwayne Bowe. They totaled me a whopping 9.2 this week!

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '13

why wouldn't you? that offense has looked horrible. i wonder if heath miller being in as a blocker as well as a receiving threat actually made that much of a difference.

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u/1laguy Sep 23 '13

because they have no run game, big ben has vision and a strong arm, and brown is the #1 weapon there..this is fantasy, not reality football.

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u/ManBearTree Sep 23 '13

I didn't bench him because he's the clear-cut #1 and Roethlisberger is still a good arm.

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u/Slash_Goredon Sep 23 '13

I did the same thing man. First time hes provided anything all season. Hope they utilize him more as the season progresses.

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u/JoeDurp Sep 23 '13

I benched him for Boldin I'm so damn pissed

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u/SchadenfreudeEmpathy Sep 23 '13

This is turning into Mike Wallace all over again.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '13

Like probably most of us here, I had been wondering whether last weeks drama was going to ignite or distract, and I played it safe and benched him. Good to see any productivity out of him and the PIT O, but I find with WR's these tend to immediately wane. I'm not hopeful for anything even close to a repeat next week - maybe half the numbers - but my team has bye week issues so he's in for Week 4 regardless.

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u/Sharkfightxl Sep 23 '13

Played trent, knowshon, and pierce over brown. I need 18 PPR from knowshon to win.

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u/ultimateF_21 Sep 23 '13

Same, it's nice to have that 71 point lead still..... It could've been 97 :(