Posted by Obiwan Kenblomi on Sep 17, 2010; 9:12am
URL: https://forum.idpguru.com/DL-playing-LB-advice-and-a-few-other-questions-tp1516399.html

Hello,

First off - I play in a league that gives tackles and assists each one point.  Sacks & Int are 3 and ff & fr are as well.  Passes Def are 1.

I'm in a keeper leauge that is VERY experienced and was around long before I got in 3 years ago.  These guys (with the exception of 2) all know what the heck they are doing.  We have 16 teams and keep 6 on O and D each year.

To my questions:

Grabbing DL who play some LB is pretty hard to do in my leauge as everyone's usually on to it as well.  I managed to get one (as far as I can tell) this week though.  Since Tckls are such a premium in my league it's a good p/u for me.  Your opinion on Chris Ellis for the Bills?  Am I correct in my analysis of him being a hybrid DL/LB?  What do you think about him?  In such a deep leauge it's hard to get good DL (we require 2 DL) and I hope he's going to stay active at LB.

Second question - your thoughts on Sean Weatherspoon?  I didn't get to see the game (or Ellis' game for that matter).  I read your write-up on him but I noticed it was before his Week 1 performance.  A little higher on him now?  About the same?  I think he had a great performance for his first game and he seemed to active around the ball.  He's on my bench now but I'm hoping he's a stud-to-be for the future.  Dansby is my starter along with Bradie James.  I'm hoping to move Weatherspoon into James' spot sometime this year.  Wishful thinking?

Third question - I've had a good feeling about Nate Allen - the DB in Philly since early in the preseason.  I picked him about a month ago (our draft is before the preseason starts) and stashed him based on stuff I was hearing out of Philly.  Week 1 he netted me 10 points via 5 tk, 1 Pd and an Int (plus 1pt for 10 Int yds).  Has my hunch paid off?  Do I have a young starting DB?  His low tcks worry me a bit, but like I said, it's a deep and well played keeper league.  Your thoughts?

Sorry for the long post and I appreciate your time,

Obi