Thursday Edition
September 12th, 2013
David’s Daily Digest
Thursday Night Notes
With
gametime just 30 minutes away, I am not going to go out on a limb and make
several bold predictions for tonight’s game. The Jets are in bad shape, but
coming off a miraculous last second wind and the Patriots are searching for
healthy bodies to play tonight. With Danny
Amendola, Zack Sudfeld, and Shane Vereen OUT for the Pats,
quarterback Tom Brady is looking more
like Old Mother Hubbard with his cupboard bare. Fortunately for Tom Terrifc he’s
still got a few bones left.
Last week
Brady looked for wide receiver Kenbrell
Thompkins early and often and with limited options, the rookie could pay
huge dividends for fantasy owners. He may face the Jets corner Antonio
Cromartie from time to time, but Brady and Thompkins should get plenty of
chances to hook up.
Another
favorable option for Brady will be the smallest of targets, wide receiver Julian Edelman. The Patriots
mini-Welker version turned in a nice week one performance and could follow up
with a nice week two encore. The Jets will have their hands full trying to jump
from Edelman to Thompkins.
Despite
his early game fumble last week, expect to see Ridley play a role in tonight’s
game, maybe even in the passing game. It’s hard to measure what his impact might
be, but as one of the higher drafted running backs in fantasy (RB2-RB3), he
should probably be in your lineup tonight.
One last
mention for the Patriots tonight is running back LeGarette Blount. He ran well at times in the preseason and could benefit
from his inside bruising style running. He’s a big back and could get a few
calls in goal line situation.
The Jets
offense is a mystery until pieces start to fall into place. Rookie quarterback Geno Smith could be a diamond in the
rough, but does he break out tonight? The offense lacks consistency at the
receiver position and Kellen Winslow Jr
is going to be hard-pressed to put up strong fantasy numbers week in and week
out. Having said that, he may fair well against the Pats but there are plenty
of better options to play.
There are
too many questions around the Jets offense for me to trust anyone. I will pass.
I like the
Patriots offense tonight (led by Brady). I will also take New England over the
Jets (but in a close one).
That’s my
take.
~David
Ortega
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