Husker Richard

Husker Richard...we share a similar dilemma. Here's my take: there's only a couple weeks left in the regular season, so this week has playoff seeding and critical record implications. Gates being 50/50 on Monday Night is kick-to-the-balls. If he starts, he'll get 80 yds and a td. If you wait for him to start and he doesn't, grab Randy Mac because he had 2 td's in his absence... Let me know what you think...

It's such a tough call. If Gates starts, who's to say he plays the whole game, and effectively at that? Shiancoe put up an egg for me last week, and San Diego's offense is excellent so I'm leaning towards handcuffing Gates and McMichael. Seems like SD just plugs and chugs at the TE spot. I have to make my decision to drop Shiancoe for McMichael by Sat night at the latest. What would you do?

In my league the TE position is flexed out as WR/TE. I'm honestly considering James Jones this weekend instead of Gates because he gets a ton of targets when Driver is out. If I were you, though, I would drop that Shiancoe because Randy Mac may end up being a better value if Gates ends up being hurt for an extended period of time. But I hear your sentiments about him playing and then getting hurt right away. Scares the hell out-of-me...