


Fantasy Football
To start or not to start? Tough call
You just made a big purchase. You're driving home from the store and should feel great about your selection.
Instead, a sinking feeling in the depths of your core won't go away. It's buyer's remorse.
Fantasy football owners don't need to buy anything to relate to that sentiment. All we have to do is bench the wrong player.
Starter's remorse — I'm coining this now, by the way — is a state of psychological discomfort when an owner elects to bench a player who proceeds to go bananas.
If you've played long enough, you've been there. Side effects include pouting, whimpering, excessive profanities, and in some cases, even crying. So let's take a look at a couple of backfields sparking this epidemic across the country.
I benched Kansas City running back Spencer Ware last week thinking Jamaal Charles was ready to carry the workload.
Not quite.
All signs pointed to Charles dominating the snap count — the Chiefs were coming off a bye and Charles is now claiming to be 100 percent healthy — but it was Ware running wild in Oakland, posting a career-high 131 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries. Charles finished with 11 touches.
It's a tricky situation because Charles, a future Hall of Famer, is likely to get the lion's share of work at some point. Until then, Ware belongs in your lineup.
Ware is averaging the seventh-most fantasy points among running backs, ahead of Lamar Miller, C.J. Anderson, Mark Ingram and Todd Gurley. Ware is a must-start against New Orleans in Week 7, and even if a full-blown time-share develops, Ware could still be a worthy start thanks to Kansas City's reliance on the ground game.
Eddie Lacy and James Starks are slated to miss an extended period with injuries. That makes Ty Montgomery, a wideout who caught 10 passes and rushed three times last week, a must-add.
It's looking like Montgomery will see plenty of action against the Bears on Thursday night. He should be considered in starting lineups.
Green Bay also traded for Knile Davis, who was stuck on the Chiefs' depth chart behind, guess who, Ware and Charles. Davis is a combine freak, clocking a 4.37 40-yard dash and 31 bench reps of 225 pounds. He's worth a trip to the waiver wire.
If someone scoops Doyle, Hunter Henry and Dennis Pitta are available in one-third of ESPN leagues. Pitta ranks second behind Greg Olsen in targets among tight ends.