Saturday Edition
October 5th, 2013
David’s Daily Digest
Week 5: Fantasy “Starts” Here
As I check
all of my 13 or 14 lineups for Sunday Week 5, it occurs to me that tomorrow is
going to be the longest day in Fantasy Football. With games kicking off at 10am
local time, I am anticipating that the Sunday finale in Oakland could possibly
conclude somewhere in the neighborhood of 11:30pm to midnight; that’s a 14 hour
day of football. I am not complaining, but that’s a whole lot of football!
So with a long
day of football planned for tomorrow, I have plenty of fantasy “man-crushes” to
share….
My Sunday “Man-Crushes”
I am no
San Diego Charger fan, but after watching tight end Antonio Gates recapture some of his youth in recent weeks (25 rec,
364 yds receiving, 2 tds), I am all in with him. He faces the Raiders (ranked
14th in fantasy points allowed to opposing tight ends) and will be
one of quarterback Philip Rivers
main go-to receivers (31 targets this season) Sunday night.
I have
always liked running back Reggie Bush
and now that he is in Detroit and lighting it up, I am a big believer in him as
a number one fantasy back. Thus far this season Bush ranks among the best running
backs with 433 total yards of offense. His 254 yards rushing (ranks 15th),
179 yards receving (ranks 4th among RBs), 11 receptions (tied for 12th
for RBs), and two scores make him a solid fantasy play week in and week out.
This Sunday facing the Packers defense (12th in fantasy points
allowed to RBs) Bush is an attractive start.
After four
weeks of watching I am convinced that even if he is dinged up, you don’t sit
wide receiver Andre Johnson (especially
PPR). I really should have known this already, since Johnson has always been a
gamer. Regardless of who lines up on the other side, quarterback Matt Schaub has all the trust in AJ,
why, because he’s from the ‘U’ (University of Miami). Johnson has lost nothing
this season with 34 receptions and 368 yards receiving (on pace for 136 rec/1,472
yds), but once again fantasy owners are perplexed at why he does not get into
the end zoen more (0 touchdowns). A tough matchup on Sunday against the 49ers,
but against Seattle last week he delivered (9 receptions for 110 yards), so
fantasy owners can expect the same.
That’s my
take.
~David
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