OakvilleTim
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Post subject: Help me understand this "handcuff" thing...
Posted: 04 Nov 2009 22:20 pm
OK, if I own Steven Jackson, why on earth would I want to also own Samkon Gado?
I read here and there how, "If you own Frank Gore, because he's injury prone you want to handcuff that by also grabbing Glenn Coffee."
Why does that make sense?
The elite RB's backup is a backup because, well, he's nowhere near "elite." The backup is occasionally pretty good -- e.g., Jarious Norwood or Correll Buckhalter -- but just as often he's Just A Guy.
I suppose that if you have a really deep roster in your league -- 17 or 18 or however many players -- then you can go for both Norwood and Michael Turner, or Buckhalter and Knoshown Moreno. But otherwise, why take up roster spaces with non-starters??
Help me understand!
luvmywammies
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Post subject: Re: Help me understand this "handcuff" thing...
Posted: 04 Nov 2009 22:34 pm
The only handcuff worth having is Chester Taylor because of Minny's o-line and the ability of Chester catching passes in a ppr. Other than him, there aren't any others worth wasting a roster spot on. Now, RBBC's are a different animal. I like Donald Brown, Pierre Thomas and Marshawn Lynch to name a few.
OakvilleTim
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Post subject: Trying to gauge the Patriots' RBs is the worst!
Posted: 04 Nov 2009 22:59 pm
Maroney ran for something like a combined 200 yards and three TDs in his last two starts. So for as eagerly as I went and grabbed Laurence, Hoody probably will sit him on the bench the rest of the season! 
Do you want Maroney? Or Sammy Morris? Or Fred Taylor? Maybe BenJarvus Green-Ellis?
stlfan20
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Post subject: Re: Help me understand this "handcuff" thing...
Posted: 05 Nov 2009 11:45 am
The handcuff thing is not to have players that you will play.
Its 1. To have a guys backup so that if he goes down you have another starter on your roster thats going to get 20-25 touches a game. No one is saying glen coffee is better than frank gore BUT if you have gore and he goes down Coffee getting 25 carries is prob better than having a guy who shares duties and gets 10 touches a game.
2. I have a ton of backups on my bench McCoy (who is a backup worth having), Chester Taylor, Jamaal Charles, Felix Jones etc. I have these because 1. they are one injury away from being a starter and they are sitting on my bench causing no harm. 2. If one of the starters goes down and these guys move into a starting role they become valuable in a trade ESPECIALLY to a guy who owns Westbrook, M. Barber, etc
Thats the idea behind owning the backups of RB's. no one is saying they are gonna score 25 pts every week while the elite runningback is healthy and playing
luvmywammies
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Post subject: Re: Help me understand this "handcuff" thing...
Posted: 05 Nov 2009 14:02 pm
stlfan20 wrote
The handcuff thing is not to have players that you will play.
Its 1. To have a guys backup so that if he goes down you have another starter on your roster thats going to get 20-25 touches a game. No one is saying glen coffee is better than frank gore BUT if you have gore and he goes down Coffee getting 25 carries is prob better than having a guy who shares duties and gets 10 touches a game.
2. I have a ton of backups on my bench McCoy (who is a backup worth having), Chester Taylor, Jamaal Charles, Felix Jones etc. I have these because 1. they are one injury away from being a starter and they are sitting on my bench causing no harm. 2. If one of the starters goes down and these guys move into a starting role they become valuable in a trade ESPECIALLY to a guy who owns Westbrook, M. Barber, etc
Thats the idea behind owning the backups of RB's. no one is saying they are gonna score 25 pts every week while the elite runningback is healthy and playing
Backups and handcuffs are two different things. A handcuff is for your player only.
stlfan20
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Post subject: Re: Help me understand this "handcuff" thing...
Posted: 05 Nov 2009 14:12 pm
luvmywammies wrote
stlfan20 wrote
The handcuff thing is not to have players that you will play.
Its 1. To have a guys backup so that if he goes down you have another starter on your roster thats going to get 20-25 touches a game. No one is saying glen coffee is better than frank gore BUT if you have gore and he goes down Coffee getting 25 carries is prob better than having a guy who shares duties and gets 10 touches a game.
2. I have a ton of backups on my bench McCoy (who is a backup worth having), Chester Taylor, Jamaal Charles, Felix Jones etc. I have these because 1. they are one injury away from being a starter and they are sitting on my bench causing no harm. 2. If one of the starters goes down and these guys move into a starting role they become valuable in a trade ESPECIALLY to a guy who owns Westbrook, M. Barber, etc
Thats the idea behind owning the backups of RB's. no one is saying they are gonna score 25 pts every week while the elite runningback is healthy and playing
Backups and handcuffs are two different things. A handcuff is for your player only.
UMM a handcuff is a BACK UP to an starting RB so no they arent two diff things.
luvmywammies
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Post subject: Re: Help me understand this "handcuff" thing...
Posted: 05 Nov 2009 14:35 pm
stlfan20 wrote
luvmywammies wrote
stlfan20 wrote
The handcuff thing is not to have players that you will play.
Its 1. To have a guys backup so that if he goes down you have another starter on your roster thats going to get 20-25 touches a game. No one is saying glen coffee is better than frank gore BUT if you have gore and he goes down Coffee getting 25 carries is prob better than having a guy who shares duties and gets 10 touches a game.
2. I have a ton of backups on my bench McCoy (who is a backup worth having), Chester Taylor, Jamaal Charles, Felix Jones etc. I have these because 1. they are one injury away from being a starter and they are sitting on my bench causing no harm. 2. If one of the starters goes down and these guys move into a starting role they become valuable in a trade ESPECIALLY to a guy who owns Westbrook, M. Barber, etc
Thats the idea behind owning the backups of RB's. no one is saying they are gonna score 25 pts every week while the elite runningback is healthy and playing
Backups and handcuffs are two different things. A handcuff is for your player only.
UMM a handcuff is a BACK UP to an starting RB so no they arent two diff things.
If you own a backup for somebody else's RB, that isn't considered a handcuff. A handcuff is for YOUR rb. That's the definition of a handcuff.
luvmywammies
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Post subject: Re: Help me understand this "handcuff" thing...
Posted: 05 Nov 2009 14:44 pm
From fantasy football cafe regarding handcuffing.
Grabbing one of your starting running back’s backup, or handcuffing as it is commonly called, has become a very popular drafting strategy over the past few seasons. Last year, owners of Priest Holmes got a first hand lesson on just how important handcuffing can be. If they had picked up Larry Johnson in the fifth or sixth round, they were rewarded handsomely when Priest went down in the second half of the season. Priest owners who didn’t pick Larry were left to ask themselves why in the world they didn’t. In certain situations handcuffing can be very beneficial, but in many cases this year, I don’t really think it’s a good idea. The main considerations in handcuffing, are value of the backup, and the situation that the running backs are in.
http://www.fantasyfootballcafe.com/2006/tips_handcuffing.php
