Tevin Coleman @ Denver

[SoShady]

What's everyone doing with him this week? I have a couple of good alternatives for him so I think i'm going to bench him in both my leagues. But anyone ballsy enough to start him in Denver with the sickle cell trait issues looming over him?

 

[TKOSpikes]

absolutely benching

 

[TREFF]

man I don't know. .that's some serious shit. Plenty of athletes sit out contests in Denver altogether . it would probably be in his best interests, medically speaking, to do the same. I wouldn't play him

 

[SmokingMonkey]

dont care what any of the coaches say about his availability, I'm benching Coleman in 100% of the games he would be scheduled to play in high altitude his entire career.

like the others said, this is one that the juice is definitely NOT worth the squeeze.

Even if he plays and scores a TD this weekend, I'd still bench him if he were to play in Denver next year somehow.

 

[beardown07]

I have to start him this week.

 

[SmokingMonkey]

I have to start him this week.

chris thompson
bobby rainey
jalen richard/deandre wash

options might suck, but there are options.
watch the news to make sure he is on the plane today and with the team.
def check back 20-30min before kickoff as well if you are rolling with him

 

[beardown07]

chris thompson
bobby rainey
jalen richard/deandre wash

options might suck, but there are options.
watch the news to make sure he is on the plane today and with the team.
def check back 20-30min before kickoff as well if you are rolling with him

I didn't even know anything was wrong with him?

 

[Draft Crazy]

Without a question bench him.

The last player who played in Denver with sickle cell (Ryan Clark) nearly lost his life.

 

[SmokingMonkey]

I didn't even know anything was wrong with him?

he has sickle cell trait - nothing wrong with him overall, he just has a disease that could kill him if he went skiing up in the mountains, or played football at high altitudes

 

[SmokingMonkey]

i will correct myself - it is the lower oxygen levels at high altitude that cause complications with the hereditary trait

For Athletes - Educational Initiative on Sickle Cell Trait for the Athletic Population - USF Health - Tampa, Florida

 

[beardown07]

he has sickle cell trait - nothing wrong with him overall, he just has a disease that could kill him if he went skiing up in the mountains, or played football at high altitudes

I did not know that.

 

[beardown07]

benched him and picked up NE's James White.

 

[Robotech]

Bench him, and I hope the Falcons make him inactive in real life, unless doctors agree that there is absolutely no risk.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

This would be more interesting if we ignored the Sickle cell trait... I would still be benching him this week...

I am not going to trust a teams RB 2 who doesn't even get 50% snaps, vs the best defense in football...

 

[TREFF]

i will correct myself - it is the lower oxygen levels at high altitude that cause complications with the hereditary trait

For Athletes - Educational Initiative on Sickle Cell Trait for the Athletic Population - USF Health - Tampa, Florida

Well you weren't excactly wrong, just a slight exaggeration

 

[TREFF]

This would be more interesting if we ignored the Sickle cell trait... I would still be benching him this week...

I am not going to trust a teams RB 2 who doesn't even get 50% snaps, vs the best defense in football...

If we're ignoring the medical issues. .Denver allowed 22 to Colts RB's and 26 to Cincy RB's, JSTEW and Charles Sims simply suck or they would've been decent also..that defense can be run on

 

[SmokingMonkey]

Hill had 1 good run, rest were mostly ran into piles of linemen around the line of scrimmage.
JStew 1st half was really only RB to find room vs them so far. even after losing a couple guys from last yr, that D is legit. Take a game over in a hurry legit.

 

[richig07]

I did not know that.

Just diagnosed early this week.