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Have you ever sat one for a bench player you thought had a better matchup? I'm thinking of sitting McCoy for Ridley this week. My other RB is Peterson. I'm probably overthinking it but I'm curious if anyone else has sat their first rounder and what the result was.

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10 Team Standard League
QB: M. Ryan, R. Fitzpatrick
RB: L. McCoy, A. Peterson, S. Ridley, K. Moreno, J. Rodgers
WR: R. White, R. Wayne, D. Bryant
TE: J. Witten, K. Rudolph
K: S. Graham, B. Walsh
D/ST: Texans, Cardinals

I would not sit McCoy

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My 2012 $ league team:

QB - Matt Ryan, Jay Cutler
RB - Foster, S. Jax, D. Martin, Richardson
WR - J. Jones, Dez, Wayne, Boldin, Tate
TE - Hernandez
K - Blair
D - Dolphins

Based on your tittle you already know the answer to t this.

Always start your studs. If McCoy is breathing he starts.

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QB: Rivers,Cutler
WR:Welker,Malcolm Floyd, Hawkins, Andre Roberts
RB:Charles, Lawfirm, McGahee, Stewart
TE: Graham

1 20 passing
1 10 rushing/receiving
1 PPR, 12 man league.
All TDs 6 Points.

Go with the best matchups..That's all

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Could be better...Could be worse

Adp basically made this a proof statement with last week..ASYS!

Disagree. No way you start ridley over McCoy, regardless of matchup.

Who might get Carries our catches over McCoy? Who might get them over Ridley?

I generally agree that you ride your Studs but I can see why you would consider starting Ridley this week vs ARZ and McCoy is playing Balt especially if its standard scoring....it would be ALOT harder for me to bench McCoy in PPR this week as with Balt bringing alot of pressure he should get alot of receptions.....

I think Ridley has the potential to become a stud this year....

I'd stick with McCoy, not because ASYS, but because I don't think the Ravens are a bad matchup. BJGE just posted a very good game against Baltimore, and McCoy's capable of doing the same. Plus, he'll be more involved in the passing game than Green-Ellis is.

start whoever you want. it's your team.

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"If you can't spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker."
-Mike McD, Rounders

I have benched my studs before for better matchup plays, and sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't.

I do feel it is too early in the year to be doing that, however. I still think it's a little too soon to gauge just how good/bad the matchups are, and with a player like Ridley, I'd want him to prove he can sustain that level of production for a few weeks before rolling him out there.

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Mike Brown - terrorizing Cincinnati and Bengals fans everywhere since 1991!

the funny thing is you can say the patriots will be up by a lot and will run the ball...but nope, they are the patriots. they WILL be up a lot, but they could keep on passing and beat this team 70-0 if the hoodie wills it.

however with that said, I would still consider ridley over mccoy with these circumstances.

I agree with this which is why I'm thinking about it.

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10 Team Standard League
QB: M. Ryan, R. Fitzpatrick
RB: L. McCoy, A. Peterson, S. Ridley, K. Moreno, J. Rodgers
WR: R. White, R. Wayne, D. Bryant
TE: J. Witten, K. Rudolph
K: S. Graham, B. Walsh
D/ST: Texans, Cardinals

McCoy! Ridley has had 1 good game his whole life!

I always try to abide by the ASYS, but, man, Ridley looked good. Arizona is bad, too. I think Ridley has the potential to have a HUGE game. However, McCoy, as we have seen in the past, is always good.

The question is, is the risk worth the reward? If you are willing to take a risk, then start Ridley. If not, you know you will get good points with McCoy - you're safe play.

I think, in this instance, the risk may be worth the reward.

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12-team standard scoring; QB, RB, RB, WR, WR, TE, Flex, K, D

QB: Rivers, Big Ben
RB: MJD, T. Richardson, R. Mendenhall, J. Stewart, W. Powell (Ari)
WR:B. Marshall, H. Nicks, A. Brown, D. Bess
TE: A. Hernandez, M. Bennett
K: D. Akers
DEF: Houston

If matchups scare me off a player, I'm not drafting them at v the top.