Vacarro

I read your article suggesting Swearinger as a pickup.

I lost Cyprien to Concussion and vacarro didn't really produce.

I was very high on both guys in pre-season Should I drop Vacarro for Swearinger

Scoring

All tackles = 1 Pt
FF, FR, INT = 5
Turnover Return yardage - 1 pt every 10 yards
Pass Defensed 1
Sack 3
Tackle for Loss 1.

Hmm..tough call. I think both players are in a similar tier. Not sure how good the matchup was for Vacarro so that could be playing into his down performance in Week 1. I'd personally stick with him as his ceiling is slightly higher than Swearingers.

I am in the same situation as you (except Tyvon Branch is my other starter). I'm convinced Swearinger is going to break out this year and after that first game it seems more certain. He played 100% of the snaps, he is lining up at LB alongside Cushing in Nickel and doesn't have much competition for tackles. Vaccaro missed SIX tackles in this game (he also played 100% of the snaps) after missing only THREE the entirety of last season so consider it an aberration. His box score would have looked a lot better had he only missed 1 or 2 of those. With all that said, I will be dropping Vaccaro this week for Swearinger as I think Swearinger's role in the Nickel where he can blitz occasionally pushes him slightly above Vaccaro. You can't go wrong either way though.