Hey guys, 12 team PPR league with only 3 bench spots. Two part question here: I just picked up Josh Gordon. Do you thing that is a smart play? Probably can't roster him for 8 weeks because my commissioner in his infinite dumbness downgraded us from 5 bench spots to 3 this year without telling anyone. But I grabbed him in hopes he might return sooner. Your thoughts? Also, I have Charles Clay as TE, but someone in my league dropped Jordan Reed today. I'm thinking Reed has better overall value than Clay. What are your thoughts? I can wait until Reed clears waivers and grab him after the weekend if no one else puts a bid in, or I can try to grab Reed and use a waiver wire priority on him. My only fear is that with my league moving from 5 to 3 bench spots, that I want to conserve my waiver priority until some other team is forced to drop a mid to high caliber player and I can then grab them.
I would pick Reed up and play him this week. Surprised someone dropped him. 3 bench spots? That's ridiculous. You'll be using your wire every week. Not sure when Gordon will return, if at all. The talks between the NFLPA and the NFL could take weeks, but hold onto him for now. Eventually, you'll have to let him go if he doesn't play once bye weeks hit. You won't have enough space to occupy a guy not playing at all. Especially with only 3 bench spots.
I've dropped him in all my leagues. I'm not going to count on the NFL and NFLPA to decide if they will reinstate him. He announced this morning he will not be filing a lawsuit. Maybe keep an ear out if they decided to overturn the suspension, but don't hold your breath
I picked him up yesterday to. We get 4 bench spots, so there is plenty of guys I can pick back up. I might hold him for 1-2 weeks to see if talks progress. But if nothing is going on by the week before Week 3, I'm dropping him.
