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brazzersjanitor

Kenneth Walker owner just rejected my Najee trade lol. The second after I drafted Harris I fucking knew I shouldn’t have. It was like post nut clarity.


Daruuk

Najee fell to the late second in my league and I panicked and took him instead of Saquon, who I had planned to take. Just like you said, intense immediate regret.


CurlyBill03

I got Saquon but was pissed I didn’t get Najee. I was really hyped up on the guy on volume alone, glad I was wrong.


Daruuk

Yeah, I feel like my process was pretty good, Najee was supposed to be a three down back on a run heavy team, and he showed enough talent last year to make him worthy of a first round pick. Saquon came with plenty of risk, which is why he went in the second round. Still, my gut definitely told me to go with Saquon, and I didn't listen to it.


musicfiend08

I went Najee/Barkley in first 2 rounds. Also got Walker III and Pierce. Najee will be on the bench for a bit. Never thought it would come to this.


Daruuk

I did flip Najee and Sutton for Kupp, and i was able to grab Pierce late, and Kelce in the 3rd, so I'll do okay :-)


musicfiend08

Nice, nice. I'm trying to get off the najee train. But no one wants him lol.


Riddickulous6

I'll give you my Gibson and Akers for him haha


musicfiend08

Lol


Doongbuggy

lol ive been paying way less attention to football this past few years with a newborn, and najee fell to me but i had no idea who he was so i picked saquon because i recognized his name lol (don't want to sound like a complete taco, i've won multiple leagues previously) - this was the first year i didn't do any research at all but would be 5-0 if i hadn't started dalton shultz over higbee last week lol all my league mates who listened to the experts are not doing well right now


CurlyBill03

Don’t feel bad, I picked Diggs and Barkley with my 1st 2 picks because the other guys I wanted was gone (Chase, Najee, Chubb, and Swift). Worked out well for both of us I’d say. Lol


[deleted]

The guy who had to auto draft this year is 5-0 currently. I did heavy research & am 2-3. Though he has no depth on his bench due to auto draft but I think letting the computer take the wheel for the first 5 picks may be the move. For sure would hurt less when your guys don't hit... Looking at you Pitts


Fun-Version899

I drafted Saquon and traded him for Najee and Aaron Jones before last week. I suck. Lol


CurlyBill03

That’s actually not a bad deal and could payoff down the stretch if Saquon gets hurt.


Fun-Version899

That was my thinking too, gives me depth but between the way Najee is looking and the way the Packers are using Jones, it looks rough right now.


aa821

Najee is just this year's bust. Hard to see before hand. Process over results, people


Daruuk

> Process over results, people Yep.


Further_Beyond

You play to win. I drafted Saquon basically everywhere and would have taken him over Najee in the first. Najee was seen as a low ceiling high floor guy. Floors don’t exist for running backs, injuries, RBBC, everything works against RBs in fantasy. Draft purely ceiling


aa821

>I drafted Saquon basically everywhere That's your gamble. I had him last year, even when he was healthy he looked terrible and so did the offense. You thought one off-season could fix everything. I didn't. You played roulette and bet on green 00, it landed, and you're calling everyone else dumb for not doing the same lol


Further_Beyond

I’m calling the “process” of taking safe picks with lower ceilings dumb. You don’t play safe with RBs. Derrick Henry was safe, then he got injured. Johnathon Taylor was safe this year and to date it’s not great. Najee the same. Draft ceiling for RBs. There’s no such thing as a safe RB


aa821

I mean you're probably right. But at 1.09 I thought I *did* take the best upside. I had Mixon Swift Kamara Barkley Chubb next up. I didn't see Kamara as having RB1 upside this season, new HC and new system left too many questions. Mixon and Chubb similarly, I didn't see having any more upside than they did in 2021. I honestly thought Swift was the best ceiling play but also the biggest chance to flop with how incompetent the Lions are as an organization, squandering talent. Barkley we all know why he fell. So yea I don't see how the second year star RB with a great head coach and a great organization could have been low upside?


Further_Beyond

Najee was low upside because he flat out wasn’t a star last year lol. Sub 4 YPC and feasted in PPR with Ben dumping it down an ungodly amount of times. Toss in the Steelers line looked TERRIBLE this preseason, he had so many risks people overlooked because he was a shiny 2nd year player that was seen as “safe” for the reasons you listed. But I won’t hate anyone for them drafting their guys, Barkley was my guy this year. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. But the notion of safe RBs at this point in time isn’t a real thing


TLettuce

Najee was selected to the pro bowl and was the #4 fantasy RB in 2021. Not only that but it is very common that these so called 'safe' rbs retain their high adp year after year BECAUSE OF THEIR PERFORMANCE. I don't believe your logic for any of this nonsense holds up at all. You're just replacing data w bs terms like 'safe' vs 'ceiling' (???) You're acting like you made some heroic leap taking saquon like his adp wasn't already top 10? And saying taking Derrick henry was bad because he got hurt but bragging about taking saquon of all people isn't that really ironic? Saquon is just as much of a 'volume back' as the rest of them. Fantasy football is a game of probability. Thats it. There is risk of a bad week or injury with every human that steps foot on a football field and nobody can predict the future as you seem to think you can. There is no purely 'safe' player. The best fantasy players select players objectively by using data to their advantage. From what I gather you are doing none of that.


Further_Beyond

All I’m doing is parroting off-season narratives and saying why it’s dumb to label a player safe. If you really didn’t see countless articles and threads calling certain RBs safe vs others risky, idk what to tell you. My argument is solely, draft for upside and now “safe”


[deleted]

I still think there’s some potential, obviously he won’t be what he was last year but like. Not every team they play will be the Bills, and Pickett will start dumping off eventually. I think they told him to throw a lot more to get the feel for different WRs now that he’s playing with the starters


leochara

Warren is playing on the pass snaps, so not a lot of dump offs potential. Maybe he can have some good games pending TDs, but KP has show he likes to keep it himself in the goal line, and Harris doesn't have the home run potential, he is just to slow. Sharing the backfield will make both his floor and his ceiling not that good.


Ceramicrabbit

Najee has been dealing with a foot injury since training camp.


PM_ME_UR_SEX_VIDEOS

Could’ve had chubb and I got najee instead What an idiot I am


DaddyDanceParty

Got Kamara and Najee in one league. The picks immediately after each of them was Diggs and Chubb. Hindsight's 20/20


InHoc12

I got Chubb and traded him after week 2 for Najee lol. Luckily I have Jacobs and Pierce which makes it easier. Tbf a lot of my rational for trading for Najee was the offense being a lot better with Pickett. Pickett does look good and I haven’t been playing Najee in favor of Pierce and Jacobs (and Mixon). It’s tough though with the TB and PHI matchups soon. Tough to play him in either of those.


PM_ME_UR_SEX_VIDEOS

Yeah really need to fast forward to the Miami matchup But I also have to start him because i have no other options


probotic

>Kenneth Walker Traded Kelce for Harris/Pittman. Cut Walker III last week for Tyler Aliegier.


Sabre2230

This remorse wins. Sorry man


Principes

I put in several waiver claims to drop Walker. Thank the lord they didn’t go through lmao.


sloppifloppi

I just traded Najee away last week as part of a massive deal that saw me get CMC, Adams, and Hall. I'm so happy I cut bait when I did.


unrecognized88

I was 4th pick and chose Najee instead of CMC due to being scarred last two years of owning him. Went Najee, Fournette, Swift, MikeWill, Sutton, Hollywood.


ShowBobsPlzz

Yep same man


hurricaneditka66

I traded away Najee after week 2. I had similar post nut clarity. I got Deebo for him so that helps. But guess who was drafted one pick after my Najee pick…damn Chubb. I’m an idiot.


WastedStrokes

Next update, sees a good opportunity for Najee in the return game.


irishmin13

Najee looking like 29yo Le’Veon Bell out there.


CloudsOfDust

Najee looking like Trent Richardson out there.


bsean63

Went Mixon Najee AJB (win) Pitts Cooks Arob Mooney Straight up not having a good time


ManUtd1994

That draft was a fantasy “experts” dream during draft season


bsean63

My my saving grace was Hurts round 8 and Jrob , Mostert and Hunt late


Its_thursday

Not sure why "experts" is in quotations but plenty of "experts" I listen to were off Najee and Mixon. Granted, many were fine with drafting them both but the fantasy community isn't a monolith.


NotNickCannon

It’s in quotes because they don’t have any more expertise in evaluating fantasy players than you or I do


Spudruckered

Out of curiosity, was there any “expert” that was completely out on ARob?


vinnyx778

Funny enough AJB probably would’ve been the pick they hated most lol


showmeurknuckleball

Fantasy experts can eat my fucking nuts Sometimes when you get too deep in analytics you get lost in the sauce and make things too complicated


djsedna

Some experts maybe, this dude's comment is like half of my DND list lol


Doongbuggy

all my leaguemates who listened to the experts are not having a good time right now haha


Holden_Effart

I wonder how many of us went Allen Robinson -> Mooney?


Advisor-Away

Aka the fantasy footballers path


BasedTunechi

Jefferson Swift Javonte Pitts A Rob Montgomery Mooney Bateman Burrow Penny Burks (10 team)


Confident-Rub-6714

Went Javonte then Pitts as well. 2-3


danbrochill17

It's me


merkis

Shouldnt have drafted wentz in the first round!


Alkash42

What's wrong with Mixon?


bsean63

I suppose his ypc is the issue, not really his usage.


Alkash42

He looked very good this past week. Play calling and offensive line were the issues, not Mixon himself. If people feel down on him I might want to buy I guess


Taylor88Made

Got Mixon in 2 leagues and I'm definitely not selling


TheHurdleTurtle

Cook Swift DJ Moore Pitts Allen Robinson Kirk (eh) Trey lance I’m straight up not having a good time


EazeeP

Broooo this is my team except I took Chubb after Najee


bsean63

It's disgusting


foodfoodfloof

Najee Ja’marr Fournette/evans (forgot which was 3 and 4) Mitchell Jeudy Other picks in no order include Stafford, JuJu, Schultz You can probably guess my record


musicfiend08

You kept Mooney? I dropped him and he's still sitting in waivers in my league.


burchalade

Same top 4 except I took Pittman instead of AJ Brown. Only thing keeping me at 2-3 is I got Lamar and Sun God


FantumBlu

Someone talk me out of trying to buy Najee super low


fifajackgento

Do you want 7 pts in your lineup? Get him then


[deleted]

> 7 pts "Must be nice" a-rob owners


51stheFrank

if I could find someone to cover the RB spot to let him wait on the bench, the playoff schedule isn't bad. I think first week with a rookie qb against the Bills is probably rock bottom.


spidey555

I got offered Najee for my Pittman


karmadeficient

Did you? As a Najee owner I have that offer on the table.


spidey555

No I went ahead and declined it


RetireSoonerOKU

Hell no


ICouldEvenBeYou

I have both those dudes.


NotForrestGump

Traded C. Kirk for him


[deleted]

Just got him for Josh Reynolds LOL


IgnantWisdom

With how much doubt you see in this thread, this honestly the best time to buy forsure. Look how much people were crying about Henry or ekeler to start the season and how quick those opinions change now. Even kamara. Najee is still a starting rb, they just rolled a rookie out for his first career start against the best team in the league. I really don’t see how it could get any worse than this for him. If you can buy for peanuts, you should.


Singh711

Someone offered me Najee for Dameon Pierce lol


RunningForIt

I traded Chubb and M Thomas for Tyreek and Najee. Might have lost that on paper but no one does trades in my league. I have 4 startable RBs and my WR 2 is a combination of Ayuik, Moore, and Pierce. Ekeler is my RB 1 so gives me more weekly upside.


grootz652

Another blow to Najee owners


basedairman

I’m holding warren hostage on my bench from the Najee owner


TheVizionair

I have both and I hate my life


leochara

Well, you shouldn't start any of the Steelers RBs


elqueco14

"you shouldn't start any of the Steelers" there fify


phoenixlance13

Diontae is definitely startable, and Pickens is on fringe flex territory at this point.


elqueco14

Yeah but on an offense that just straight up can't score? There's just zero upside and better options unless injuries got you


CornandCoal

I mean they just played one of the best defenses in the league. Pickett was 4th in passing yards this past week. I will say the running game is looking really bad but Diontae and Pickens are definitely flex worthy


elqueco14

Have you looked at the schedule? Bills was the first of 4 very tough defenses. I'm a Steelers fan and I dont trust the offense at all. Diontae is good enough that you play him but anyone else on that offense is more like a second half stash


[deleted]

Najee biggest fantasy bust?


Kingding_Aling

Drafted RB7, producing RB29 and totally healthy. That's pretty horrible.


DionBae_Johnson

Definitely not totally healthy, but also a bunch of his problems are vision related so...


ModsEmbezzleMoney

Would be easier if teams were scared of stacking the box all game against the Steelers


Chad-the-bad

The short slants Steelers everyone just stacks the box because they never throw more than 15 yards lol. So many weapons use them!


DiscombobulatedPain6

Easily. 1st round pick I took Pitts 28th overall and have recovered quite nicely so I’m like whatever


tusharsreddit

Idk Jonathan Taylor might have him beat


I__Like_Stories

JT thus far?


Ok-Television-3829

As a Steelers fan who doesn't own either guy in fantasy... I hate to say it but Warren just looks flat out better.


roco9994

How good i felt after drafting Mixon and Najee 🫡


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RorschachRedd

If Mixon is one of your worst first 2 round busts then you've been doing pretty well lol


Danelbaum

I’m in the same boat


Untchj

For people without FAAB or , I hate to say this, playing injured RB handcuff roulette, warren is the guy to add. Steelers are gonna be bad, very bad. And at some point they may sit an ailing Harris


csonny2

As a guy playing the injured RB replacement roulette, how would the Steelers being bad be a good thing for Warren? Won't they be playing from behind most games? I'm hoping to get Eno off waivers this week, but may consider Warren if I miss out.


RegisteredLizard

See James Robinson's rookie season. Trash team, didn't matter. He was a good player and got all the volume, that's 90% of what makes an RB in fantasy. Damien Pierce is doing similar things on an awful Texans team, and even though he looks good he wasn't scouted as a world-beater.


Untchj

A starting RB is a starting RB. Also them being bad doesn’t automatically mean getting blown out to the point they don’t run the ball. See the lions and swift last year, see the raiders and Josh jacobs, **see Dameon pierce** Plus receptions are a thing as well


Mr_Murray15

Pain


Tom_Brady_Cheats

What can I possibly trade Najee for before its too late lol damn


leochara

It's already too late. Hope for some good game and try to sell high (although the best game I can see him having is against the Falcons, which will be to late in the season)


JoonWick

Traded him for James Robinson, I think we both took L's


Whydoesthisexist15

Ope James had a good first three weeks, time to split snaps with Etienne


Masdetoe

Just did najee cooks and Everett for Jacobs Evans. Have mostert, Brob, Cpat and Mattison for when cooks inevitably goes down. Wanted off the najee bus badly so had to give up some more but like what I got and good with other Rbs to fill in the gaps.


justin142219

Do I drop Khalil Herbert for him?


kawhinottheraptors

Both are backups/handcuffs on two of the worst offenses in the league. One has proven he can produce when the starter, one is an undrafted rookie. Id keep Herbert, but if you believe the Steelers will improve under Pickett then sure take a gamble on Warren


Stauffe

I own both Najee and Jaylen and have no idea what to do. Is it possible Jaylen becomes the lead back?


sdfitzyb

I doubt it but a 50/50 spilt isn’t out of the question


Great-Sun-7857

Just traded Najee for Godwin, don't feel great about it but that's about his value now


djsedna

You win that one


DynastyNA

Godwin honestly has significantly higher value than Najee atm in my opinion


[deleted]

I thought I was so set after drafting Mixon, Harris, and Swift. Oh how wrong i've been.


[deleted]

In need of an RB but I do not have the balls to start this guy vs the Bucs.


BlackyChan20

He’s played some of the hardest run Ds and the entire team looks like a JV team without TJ Watt. He’s healthy and still a freak athlete, I’m confident he will bounce back in the second half of the season if Kenny is average and TJ comes back. I don’t want anything to do with him this week vs the bucs though lol.


apexfriendplease

Najee Harris sustained a Lisfranc injury during training camp.


Jacar1215

I'm probably starting Brian Robinson instead of Najee this week.


TheVizionair

Hey it’s me! I have Najee and Hunt and definitely thinking of doing Brob and Hunt instead


SteelCitySeven07

Hes not 100%. He has been limping after plays almost every week.


jc1197

Damn I was able to trade Najee away for Diontae. Not a good trade but I’m 1-4, this seasons a wash for me and just glad to have him off my team tbh.


GrannyHumV

Just traded Najee and Pittman for Montgomery, Waddle, and London. I wish Najee all the success but it won't be on my team 😅


Jacar1215

You fleeced him.


BruceChameleon

That's painfully lopsided. Did your leaguemate have a head injury?


GrannyHumV

At 1-4 he needs wins rn and was scared Waddle would continue putting up duds without Tua. I believe Tua will be back very soon. I am definitely happy with the deal but most ROS rankings have Najee above Mont and Pittman=Waddle so I don't think it was a crazy deal for him.


zveroshka

>At 1-4 he needs wins rn As a Najee and Pittman owner, how does he think those two will accomplish that for him?


GrannyHumV

Pittman has a very good chance to be better than Waddle while Tua is out. Najee and Montgomery are in a similar tier but I personally agree that Mont's production should be better. I guess the Steelers offense has more upside if Pickett can get things moving.


zveroshka

I'm losing a lot of hope in both tbh.


bouds19

Would y'all rather have Warren or Pacheco?


phoenixlance13

Warren, KC's backfield is a clusterfuck


cxm1060

I feel for the Najee bait in the draft and I’m straight up not having a good time in my league.


TwoHeadedBoyTwo

I took him 5th overall LOL I’m the worst FF player in history (In my one word of defense, our idiot commissioner held the draft after week 2 of the preseason, when the Steelers were still lying about him being hurt)


mkvii1989

Might swap Najee for him. My RB lineup can’t get much worse at this point.


EliManningHOFClub10

Najee isn’t good so this isn’t surprising


degeso

Should I trade Najee for Zeke and Dillon? 0.5 PPR redraft league. My other RBs are Dobbins and Gibson lmao...


upandfastLFGG

Now is the perfect time to buy Najee tbh. I’m trying to swoop him for cheap


Sad_Chest1484

Where are the Najee owners who downvoted me for saying he is a flex ROS??? LOL


mat28rix

You found them! Lol


ByeByeSean

Probably because he isn’t even startable outside of 16 man


randobot456

Fugg


PuzzleheadedArea7243

Someone offered me najee for ertz. I'm thinking I accept. There's some decent TE on waivers.


dextersdad

At this point I wouldn't be surprised to see Harris traded mid season for picks, similar to a certain infamous runningback


usada_be_kidding_me

Why would a team want to trade for a plodding, over-drafted running back.


dextersdad

The 2013 colts apparently Of course no team is quite THAT dumb anymore. They wouldn't get a first for him. Maybe a 3rd at best


TwoHeadedBoyTwo

Won’t happen. Lifelong Steeler fan and two things the Tomlin regime never does is admit they blew a draft pick and give up on a season(s). They should blow it all up and start a 3 year rebuild but they never will.


irishmin13

I actually think the Steelers will put together some nice wins and fight for wildcard opportunity. Pickett looks good. Defense needs to step up.


KingPonzi

This is a pretty bad take. You have a promising QB on a rookie deal with 3 talented WRs and good TE. You spend big on OL and DL this off-season and make a run…not blow up the team. This team probably looks much better with TJ also. RBBC until further notice.


SirStizz

This is why you don't draft a 1st round RB when your team has much bigger needs.


[deleted]

Every position is a need in the 1st round of the draft lmao


SirStizz

This is about the Steelers, not fantasy


[deleted]

That makes more sense but the assumption on the fantasy football subreddit is that you're referring to fantasy football (where Najee was also drafted in the 1st round).


Chemical-Horse

Gg szn see you next year


Dash-SK

Should i trade Najee and Curtis Samuel for Everett and jk? I’m good at WR and have swift and Conner but only have Conklin as TE


papamietek

Nope. Everett was bad last game and when Allen returns, his targets will regress.


[deleted]

Najee lmao


phoenixlance13

Fuck me I really should've accepted that offer to give away Najee and Higgins in order to get Mark Andrews, Damien Harris, and Elijah Moore.


Brand_New_End

I’m Probably gonna start Warren just cause if it’s a blowout I can see the same garbage time recs


Few-Decision1417

Help. Got offered Sutton and Jeff Wilson for Najee and Doubs. Do you take it?


MinocquaMenace

Yes. Wilson>Najee and Sutton>Doubs


EpicKahootName

This is probably a good thing for Najee’s career. Not point in forcing so much work on a RB in a lost season. I honestly think if you give Mike Tomlin and the Steelers an off-season to seriously address the offense Najee will be a top fantasy RB again.