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Weeks Waiver Wire Wonders
With the injury to Maurice Jones-Drew,
running back Rashad Jennings is one
of the hot pickups this week off the waiver wire. Jennings will take over the
starting duties while MJD is sidelined and could see quite the workload, but if
you are not an MJD owner don’t expect him to be a permanent fix to fill any big
holes in your lineup. Jennings is averaging just 2.6 yards per carry this season
and the Jaguars don’t exactly have the easiest schedule with the Packers (17th
against the run) and Lions (16th against the run) up next on the schedule.
The Steelers backfield is a jumbled
mess with running back Rashard Mendenhall and Issac Redman still sidelined
after missing practice on Wednesday. After his strong 122-yard showing in week
7 running back, Jonathan Dwyer looks
like the hot commodity off the wire this week, if both Mendenhall and Redman
miss action in week 8, but at the moment that still remains an sticky
situation.
The Rams seem to have found themselves
a new deep threat and playmaker in wide receiver Chris Givens. If the bye weeks are playing havoc with your lineup
and you’re looking for help, the speedy receiver could offer some temporary
relief this week when the Rams play host to the Patriots (ranked 29th
against the pass) in London. Givens has posted better than 50 yards receiving
in four straight games and has gradually become more and more a part of the
team’s passing attack. He’s nothing more than a flex option at best, but
through the bye weeks he could be a nice fill and big surprise.
The Jets offense has been in a
quagmire all season, but one bright spot for quarterback Mark Sanchez has been
the emergence of wide receiver Jeremy
Kerley. The second year wideout has hardly lit the world on fire, but he’s
slowly making his way up the fantasy ranks; at least some of us know who he is.
Better than that, Kerley has turned in some nice efforts on Sunday and Sanchez
appears to be looking his way more often; 26 targets over the past three weeks.
Kerley won’t offer any big prizes just yet, but he could work his way in as a
flex option for some owners.
Trending This Week
The Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown has not scored a touchdown in his past three starts, but he’s still a favorite in the passing game with 28 targets over the same span. The Steelers host the Redskins (ranked 32nd against the pass) on Sunday and Brown could finally breakout of his scoring slump.
The Cardinals passing game has not had much to speak about this season other than Larry Fitzgerald, but with opposing teams really focusing on taking Fitz out third year receiving Andre Roberts is starting to make noise. This past Sunday Roberts turned in his second 100-yard receiving game this season. His numbers have not been consistent this season, but in his past three games he has been targeted 25 times. With the quarterbacks continuing to look his direction, better numbers seem likely in the future.
With Mohamed Massaquoi sidelined, rookie wide receiver Josh Gordon is suddenly emerging as the Browns leading scoring threat in the pass game. Gordon has scored at least one touchdown in his last three games and has been targeted 22 times. Gordon’s quickly showing his ability to produce and if rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden continues to look in his direction, he looks like a promising candidate to sustain his level of fantasy production.
By David Ortega
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