Monday Edition
October 15th, 2012
David’s Daily Digest
MNF Quick Notes
Monday Night Football Fantasy Takes
Tonight the Broncos will showcase on Monday Night Football their biggest prize from the offseason, quarterback Peyton Manning. Through five games this season Manning has not let his new team down, playing at a high level and leading one of the league’s best offenses; 6th rank passing and 8th in the league in scoring. Manning’s number speak for themselves; 66% passes completed, 1,499 yards passing, and 11 touchdowns; tonight could be a lot more of Manning against the leagues 22nd ranked pass defense.
With Manning spreading the ball all-around the field tonight, the focus will undoubtedly be on his big target DeMaryrius Thomas; enter wide receiver Eric Decker. Decker is second on the team with 44 targets, just two less than Thomas. He can be expected to be just as involved and productive in the pass game. With Thomas pre-occupying the defense the team’s second leading receiver Eric Decker (28 catches, 343 yards, 2 touchdowns) should see plenty of opportunity tonight to post solid fantasy numbers for owners.
Running back Ryan Matthews saw plenty of work last week in the Chargers Sunday night loss to the Saints. Now that Matthews is healthy (18 touches last week), he’ll quickly become a staple in the Chargers run game and tonight could be a very good start against a questionable run defense. The Broncos run defense was sliced and diced a week ago by the Patriots for over 200 yards on the ground, tonight Matthews will try and do the same. Matthews rushed for 80 yards on 12 carries last week and facing the Broncos r21st ranked run defense he looks to improve on those numbers.
IDP Special
On the other side of the ball, another Bronco that should make plenty of noise is linebacker Von Miller. The speed rushing linebacker leads the team with five sacks in five games. Miller has also become one of the league’s most menacing and disruptive pass rushers in the game today and is equally effective in the run game with 23 total tackles this season. He’s an IDP favorite for tonight.
By David Ortega
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