Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Feeling Foolish?

Lots of owners were Sunday night when Jonas Gray went off for 199 yards and 4 TDs. He was started in 2% of MFS leagues and those were by desperate owners, at the time. As a matter of fact, many owners actually dumped Gray after watching Shane Vereen get most of the work against Denver. This was reminiscent of actions by Ben Roethlisberger owners prior to his first 6-TD game. The streak of 6-TD passing weeks came to an end this past week, though Aaron Rodgers could have repeated if his defense and special teams quit scoring. I guess the new streak is 5-INT games. There is a good chance that we could see The Elite One repeat that effort again this coming week.

Other Notes from Week 11:
  • Speaking of Jonas Gray, he had half of Sunday's overall rushing TDs. Those would be some extremely long odds.
  • Arizona keeps on winning. You have to admire the script that they are writing – much more than the script for Interstellar which I saw over the weekend. Horrible, just horrible. I give it as many stars as the Giants have on their team; one (Odell Beckham Jr.)
  • I see where AP is now suspended for the remainder of the year. The way the NFL makes up the rules regarding personal conduct penalties is a joke. I have a bad feeling that this will lead to some ugly sessions during the next Collective Bargaining Agreement sessions.
  • Starting a Cleveland running back is definitely a crapshoot. I suppose the smartest thing to do is to find out who is listed as the number 3 back for the week and start him.
With a new spate of injuries, the waiver wire will be busy again this week, Jonas Gray aside.

QB: Ryan Mallett (Hou) – RGIII owners have to be looking elsewhere for a QB. Houston will rely heavily on their ground game, but, with DeAndre Hopkins and Andre Johnson as wideouts, it is not hard to envision Mallett being a good starter in the right matchups, like this weekend, especially if you overlooked our recommendations on Drew Stanton and Josh McCown from last week and they are gone.

RB: Bryce Brown (BUF) – with Fred Jackson struggling to get healthy, Brown is seeing the bulk of the workload. He does have a tough matchup versus the Jets this weekend but he does catch enough passes to be useful if you need a starter.

RB: C.J. Anderson (DEN) – Anderson makes a repeat visit here from last week. Many thought that he could be a one-week fill-in with Montee Ball returning, but Ball re-injured his groin last weekend and is reportedly out another 2-3 weeks. Anderson didn't get much ground work last week, but he factored heavily into the passing game.


RB: Dan Herron (IND) – Ahmad Bradshaw might be done for the regular season so Herron’s outlook looks a little brighter. The Colts keep trying to salvage their wasted pick on Trent Richardson by continuing to give him the ball, but, for a team with Super Bowl aspirations, they really need a better running game. Wisdom sez to get Herron into the gameplan. Pick him up in case they see the light.

WR: Kenny Britt (STL) – the Rams have been decimated by injuries under center and at wideout the past few years. After a long bout of injuries himself, Britt seems to be healthy. With strong-armed Shaun Hill under center, Britt becomes more of a deep-ball threat. He may not rack up loads of catches but he is considered the Rams’ number 1 receiver right now.

WR: Wes Welker (Den) – sure, Welker has been a bust this year and is a head-shake away from another concussion, but it is doubtful that Emmanuel Sanders can count the number of fingers on his right hand yet after that shot he took from Rodney McLeod in St. Louis last week. With Julius Thomas banged up and Welker’s original team in town, he becomes a sneaky play this week and he is found on the majority of waiver wires.

TE: Coby Fleener (Ind) – Fleener turned back the clock last weekend and reminded Andrew Luck of the success that they had together in college at Stanford. It helped that TE Dwayne Allen sprained his ankle, but Fleener becomes a must-add for Allen or Thomas owners. His 7/144/0 day shows what he can do on a pass-first team.

TE Jacob Tamme (Den) – it is the week for QB-TE relationships. If Thomas is out this week, Tamme steps into his place and has long-term familiarity with Manning going back a to their Colts years.

No comments: