Friday
Edition
November
15th, 2013
David's Daily Digest
WEEK 11: Fantasy Favorites
This fantasy
season has been a little topsy-turvy at times, but for the most part through 10
weeks it’s been pretty smooth sailing. My fantasy teams have
been fortunate enough to avoid any major injuries and bad luck that can
sometimes come along with playing fantasy football.
There is
no real science to good fortune and luck in fantasy football other than paying
attention, playing the odds, and catching a few breaks here, there, and in
between. With that said, as I look at my matchups for week 11, I have a couple
of favorites that I will be riding on Sunday (Week 11).
I play
in seven head-to-head leagues this season and at the tight end position, I have
both Jordan Reed and Antonio Gates in more than one. Reed
has been a man that has been heating up of late scoring at least 9 fantasy
points in three of his last four starts. Reed is the clear number one TE in
Washington and has been targeted 37 times in his last four games; volume and
production seem to be his trend and with a healthy matchup against the Eagles (49
receptions allowed are tied for the 7th most) this week.
Like
Reed, Gates has been seeing plenty of chances (52 targets in last six games),
just hasn’t been seeing the numbers of late, but Sunday could
be different. Gates, who has 52 receptions and 612 yards receiving this season,
matches up with the Dolphins defense that allows the 8th most
fantasy points to opposing tight ends, including six touchdowns. Gates has been
dry without a score his past five games, but that could all change on Sunday.
On the
outside a pair of wideouts that I am liking very much this week are Redskins
wide receiver Pierre Garcon and the
Broncos Demaryius Thomas. For Garcon
owners, week 11 is a sweet matchup against the Eagles defense that allows the
most fantasy points to opposing wide receivers. Garcon has been on fire in
recent weeks with 21 receptions for 337 yards in his past three games while averaging
more than 10 targets per; the Eagles have allowed the most receptions (173) to
wide receivers and the second most touchdowns (14). Garcon is set to have a big
game this Sunday.
Thomas
has emerged as the Broncos go-to and most consistent receiver. Thomas is
averaging 10 targets per game in his last three games and over that span has
collected 18 balls for 265 yards with 5 touchdowns. The Chiefs do a nice job of
slowing down opposing wide receivers (13th fewest fantasy points
allowed), but the Broncos have so many weapons and quarterback Peyton Manning
is very good at spreading the ball around. You can count on Thomas seeing his
share of chances on Sunday and odds are he will produce.
This is my
take for Week 11.
~David
Ortega
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