Fantasy Football roster moves, in no
particular order...trying to stay away from the
obvious:
-- If all Montario Hardesty can
do against Seattle is 2.9 yards per carry on 33
carries, with no TDs...then we continue to not
be impressed with Hardesty. We have said for
weeks, that he looks terrible on tape. I haven't
watched the Week-7 tape yet, but from what I saw
live...terrible. Trade him if you can, before he
gets stomped by San Fran next week.
-- Bernard Scott is a play this
week versus Seattle with Cedric Benson
missing the game. We have rated Scott with
potential elite NFL RB ratings coming out of
college...here's his chance. Andy Dalton
vs. Seattle is a nice Aaron Rodgers
fill-in this week.
-- Below-the-radar...watch out for
Greg Little. He again led the Browns in
targets, and has had several near-miss TDs.
Little won't be a superstar with Colt McCoy,
but could be useful for a PPR/Flex league.
Little has 5.3 catches per game in his past 3
games, on 9.0 targets per game.
-- We keep banging the drum for the
Houston Texans-Defense, and you may have
missed any chance to cash in on them after they
held the Titans to 7 points and with 2 picks of
Hasselbeck. JAC-CLE-TB-BYE-JAC-CIN upcoming.
-- Eric Decker is now virtually
useless for Fantasy Football with Tim Tebow
at the helm. We have dealt him everywhere we
could in the past two weeks, now all that's left
is to cut him. Not his fault, but he's not going
to get the pass looks he's had before...and he's
not a #1 WR, he's a nice #2...but not going to
beat the top CBs in the NFL on his own.
-- Mark Sanchez now has 5 of 7 games
this season with 2+ passing TDs. Still very low
yardage output, 5 of last 6 games with 201 yards
passing or fewer.
-- We don't care if Kregg Lumpkin
is named a starter Week-9, not interested
-- Tampa Bay is forced to pass more and
more with their dinged up running game, so
Mike Williams is a depressed value WR that
we have been trying to acquire on the cheap. We
are not huge Williams fans, but are fans of the
fact that he is consistent a double-digit target
and frequent red-zone target. In 2011, that has
meant little...but a lot of near-miss Fantasy
Football scoring.
-- We have no idea what Mike
Shanahan will do for a RB in Week-8, whether
Tim Hightower is hurt or not. We would
want to bet on Roy Helu, but likely
Shanahan will bring John Riggins out of
retirement...or some other unforeseen scenario.
Ryan Torain ran for 100+ yards in the
Redskins prior game, which got him exactly 2
carries in this game.
-- We are not Darrius Heyward-Bey
fans, but he is on a tear. We can't fault anyone
for playing him, we're just not interested. You
can have Michael Crabtree too.
-- I knew Todd Haley would not
break his affinity for watching Thomas Jones
get less than 3 yards per carry. Despite
Jackie Battle being a work horse, Jones got
the first carries of the game, Le'Ron McClain
the first goal-line chance, and a CB also got a
TD run...no sniff for Battle. Battle should have
a couple more weeks of usefulness.
-- Antonio Brown goes back on
the radar screen after some lost faith the last
two weeks. Brown continues to show he is a
favorite target of Roethlisberger, after Mike
Wallace. Wallace now has 51 targets this
season, Brown 48.
-- The Rams will start a mini-run of
Fantasy Football respectability, facing
NO-ARI-CLE-ARI. A healthy Sam Bradford,
Brandon Lloyd and Danario Alexander
should prosper more than they have to date.
-- You may have missed your window to
deal Jordy Nelson. we love Jordy, but
Aaron Rodgers is spreading the ball all
over...no consistency of Fantasy Football
results for Jordy, trade him while he has value.
-- If you're RB is facing the Rams, you
are going to get huge Fantasy Football
productivity. DeMarco Murray is the
latest RB to absolutely shred the Rams in 2011.
-- Jermichael Finley scored a TD
this week, you have to deal him if he is your
TE-2. Finley only had two targets in this game.
Not sure what is going on with Finley, but it is
weird...and not consistent/productive for
Fantasy Football.
-- I'll concede on Percy Harvin.
I keep hearing how they need to protect him/keep
him healthy, as to why they are not using him as
much in the offense. Why is he returning kicks
then? As the Vikings season comes apart, and his
lack of use...we expect the Harvin mystery
injuries to increase.
-- I wouldn't rush after Delone
Carter this week. We like him, but it's a
crowded scene at RB and the Colts face TEN-ATL
coming up...and they have been decent against
the run. Carter with a solid game in a blow-out
against a weaker run-defense Saints team is not
a huge feather in Carter's cap.
-- I would be dealing Fred Jackson
if I could get the right value.
WAS-NYJ-DAL-MIA-NYJ upcoming. Jackson will dip,
and Ryan Fitzpatrick may really tail off.
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