Kickers and defense.....who should I keep?

Question

I have Shayne Graham and Nick Folk for kickers and I have the Ravens and the Colts for defense. What are your suggestions?

Answer 1

Here are rankings from footballguys.com:

Folk - #3

Graham - #4

I don't see much of a difference in the two.  I typically choose the more inconsistent offense, with the thought that there will be more field goal attempts when drives stall in the red zone.  In that light, take Graham.

Ravens - #8

Colts - #12

I love the Ravens playmakers better, but with Flacco or Smith at QB, I would expect them to give up more points.

Indy has a consistent offense, plus Freeney and Sanders return healthy.  

Is there any reason you can't keep both defenses?  I always prefer to play the matchups, week to week, and it insulates you from injury and the bye weeks.

Answer 2

Don't dump anything,,,,,,,until you try some packages.

It's a simple strategy in improving your team; Offer a starter+a backup for someone elses better starter....

Your starters make,or brake your team.So you should use your bench to improve them,if you can.If you are worried about having solid players sitting on your bench,surprise fantasy studs pop up every year.Like last year I traded a bencher+a starter for Adrian Peterson(Min.).Then later picked up Wes Welker off of waivers (It works.)

~Good Luck!~

Answer 3

keep shayne graham and the colts defense. the ravens defense is not scary anymore and they're getting old. the colts defense have a great secondary led by bob sanders who will not allow many point. the defensive line will produce sacks. nick folk's team scores a lot of TDs so there's less opportunities for FGs. shayne graham plays for the bengals who have a weak running game which will not help them in the redzone. so i see graham attempting more FGs.

Answer 4

I'd keep two defenses long before I'd keep two kickers.  Kickers' good scoring games are much harder to predict.  So drop one of the two kickers... very little benefit in keeping two.

For defenses, I usually keep two, especially if they're both good D's.

Answer 5

Keep them all. Graham should be one of the best in the league, and the Ravens should be a good solid D, or even a sleeper pick.  Unless you have the top 1 or 2 Defense, it really doesn't matter.

Stay put.

Good luck