Tuesday
Evening Edition
September
9th, 2014
David’s
Daily Digest
Week 1 Recap
Sorting through the Debris
The fantasy football
roller-coaster is just starting to pick up speed and with one week in the
books, there’s so much to cover and talk about. We have to look at who did
what, who was a bust, which sleepers emerged, and which studs were on par this
past Sunday. Was there real concern in the Steelers backfield with Le’Veon Bell
and LeGarette Blount splitting carries, who is the real feature back in New
England, and with Wes Welker missing which Broncos receiver emerged to pick up
the slack?
With all of this to sort
through it can become real over-whelming for fantasy owners looking to rebound
from their week one debacle or continue their winning ways following a season
opening win. There’s never too much information when it comes to fantasy
football, just sometimes we need to take a minute to sort through the debris
and see a clear picture.
The refuse…
With Steelers running back
Le’Veon Bell seeing the bulk of work (27 touches) in week one, looks like
fantasy owners that drafted running back LeGarrette
Blount (4 touches) may have to rethink their strategy. He did sneak in a
score, but going forward if he is limited to few touches, owners can’t count on
consistent production.
There was a lot of hype
surrounding the Lions rookie tight end Eric
Ebron, but for now that’s all there is. Ebron was targeted just twice and
did not record a catch. He’s not worth owning at this time; at least not until
fantasy owners see something.
The Cardinals running back
Andre Ellington saw plenty of action
on Monday night; 18 touches. Back-up running back Jonathan Dwyer saw about the most action he might see all season; 9
touches for 28 yards. You can toss Dwyer back into the pile.
The Salvage….
The Ravens basically benched
running back Bernard Pierce after fumbling, which opened the door for running
back Justin Forsett. The journeyman
back finished with 16 touches, which included 6 targets. Going forward, in
light of the Ray Rice loss Forsett should continue to see plenty of action as
long as he responds as he did in week one; he had 84 total yards and a score.
The Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger likes his receiver Antonio Brown, but his second year
wideout Marcus Wheaton could quickly
become his second favorite. Wheaton has great speed and tremendous upside,
along with his seven targets (tied for most on team) on Sunday he looks to be
busy fantasy receiver as well. Wheaton is probably a low WR3 or flex at the moment,
but should be owned.
So much for the worry
surrounding Texans receiver Andre
Johnson; he was a bit quiet on Sunday, but still turned in a decent fantasy
day with six receptions for 93 yards. His nine targets should be a real
indicator he’s still a safe fantasy play on Sunday.
The Broncos just have too
many weapons and with Wes Welker out, quarterback Peyton Manning just dipped
into his receiving depth targeting wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders nine times. Sanders also added a carry for 11
yards. He’s a safe weekly play as a mid flex or high WR3.
Lastly, I heard about this
kid early last week, the Saints rookie receiver Brandin Cooks and what I saw on Sunday confirmed the deal. Cooks is
a special talent that we’ll continue to see lots of moving forward. On Sunday
he totaled 95 yards with one receiving touchdown on 8 touches. In the Saints
explosive pass game Cooks should be a gamer. Owners may want to temper their
expectations momentarily until we see a larger sample, but he should be a safe
flex for now.
These are just some of my
takes for the Week 1 recap.
~David Ortega
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