OnlyFantasy: Week 3 The Pregame
- natiweldai
- Sep 24, 2020
- 5 min read
We starting off with a new leading candidate for the blog title: OnlyFantasy.
Probably gotta stick with it at this point. This is a pretty massive weekend of football both in fantasy and real life; Dallas at Seattle, Green Bay at New Orleans, and then potentially the game of the year Chiefs at Ravens Monday Night. There's going to be a ton of y'all who are going into Monday Night down 30+ and depending on who's left you might be feeling good. Lets look into some players who should be viewed better or worse based on FantasyPros.com Consensus Rankings.
Polling around for potential names for the Start or Sit segments... so ill just use them all for now 🤷🏾♂️. Again please send any suggestions/recommendations!
QBs
Plugs 📈: -- Cam Newton Pats QB7 (vs LV) -- Gardner Minshew Jags (vs Miami) QB12, -- Ryan Tannehill Titans (vs Min) QB17
Deep League Option: -- Mitchell Trubisky Bears (vs Atl) Available in 92% of leagues
Cam the Scam Man Newton is back. Currently the 3rd best QB in fantasy, I don't think the Raiders slow him down. Minshew, currently QB9 on the year, playing against a Miami team giving up the 3rd most points on the year to QBs, without Byron Jones on TNF?.... ya. Minnesota is sinking and they have a top 10 fantasy QB coming into town in Ryan Tannehill, who without his top WR last week put up 4 TDs. If you are desperate, or have a tough matchup and can afford a one week streamer I like Mitch this week. Why? He's playing Atlanta.
Duds 📉: -- Deshaun Watson Texans QB11 (vs Pit), -- Drew Brees Saints QB13 (vs GB)
I just don't think Deshaun has his normal ceiling this week either. While I dont think the matchup is as tough as last week, I believe he is not the Set it and Forget it Watson you are used to vs a tough Pittsburgh pass rush. Drew Brees is not throwing the ball downfield much at all. According to ESPN Stats & Info he is averaging 4.82 air yards per pass attempt this season which is the lowest since Brett Favre in 09... Not great for fake football.
RBs
Got the Heat 🔥: -- Kenyan Drake Cards RB11 (vs Det), -- James Robinson Jags RB19 (vs Mia), -- Melvin Gordon Broncos RB21 (vs TB)
Deep League Options -- Mike Davis Panthers RB30 (vs LAC) Available in 56% of leagues, -- Myles Gaskin Dolphins RB38 (vs Jax) Available in 68% of leagues
If you drafted Kenyan Drake, you probably aren't upset but are looking for something a bit more. Cant complain with 40 touches over two weeks. The boom games are coming soon. Just look at the carnage Aaron Jones put on Detroit... James Robinson had the volume week 1... week 2 he got the production to go with the same volume. 16 carries in back to back weeks with 100+ yards in week 2. He makes his primetime debut tonight. Melvin Gordon follows up an impressive performance against the vaunted Steelers defense with a trip to Tampa Bay which has been the 5th worst vs RBs. Mike Davis will help you win some games while Christian McCaffrey is out based on sheer volume. He came in last week and caught 8(!) passes. A real PPR asset... Which brings me to my next player... Myles Gaskin is currently 3rd in Receptions among RBs and also leads the team in carries.
For the Streets 🚮: -- Clyde Edwards-Helaire Chiefs RB10 (vs Bal), -- Leonard Fournette Bucs RB24 / Ronald Jones Bucs RB31 (vs Den)
The Fresh Prince of Helaire is in for a rough time. Baltimore has given up 21pts to Nick Chubb, Kareem Hunt, and David Johnson... Combined... You probably are not benching him, but do not expect the monster ceiling from the talented rook. Fournette looked great last week largely in part to a massive TD run in clock kill mode, so you might be wondering why he is on this list... because you just don't know what will happen between him and Jones touches. They like both players enough to use both, and both got some red zone action last week. The backs for Tampa have high risk high reward written all over them.
WRs/TEs
Nice 😇: -- Cowboys WRs Cooper/Lamb/Gallup WR9/WR25/WR26 (vs Sea), -- DJ Chark Jaguars WR15 (vs Mia), -- Diontae Johnson Steelers WR22 (vs Hou), -- Julian Edelman Pats WR24(vs LV)
-- Mike Gesicki Dolphins TE11 (vs Jax), -- Noah Fant TE13 (vs TB)
Deep League Options -- Laviska Shenault Jaguars WR (vs LAC) Available in 79% of leagues, -- TreQuan Smith Dolphins RB38 (vs Jax) Available in 82% of leagues, -- Logan Thomas Football Team TE15 (vs Cle) Available in 70% of leagues
The Cowboys WRs look to have a great day vs Seattle which is dead last vs WRs thus far this year. They have played TEs great, so I believe Dak looks for his wideouts. DJ Chark: Read above explanation for Gardner Minshew. The leading WR for the Steelers is always a great option when Big Ben is playing QB, thats not shocking... what might be is that line is attributed to Diontae Johnson and not Juju. Julian Edelman set a career high in rec yards in only his 2nd game with Cam. (potential trivia answer) Look for him to continue that against Las Vegas young corners. Mike Gesicki has been on a tear since late last season, putting up 6 TDs in his past 8 games. Jacksonville is currently allowing the 3rd most to TEs. Noah Fant is lowkey having a monstrous year so far (3rd in points). It may seem like he has a tough matchup but Jared Cook had 80 yards in week 1 and in week 2 Chris Manhertz (🤔) had 1 catch for 8 yards skewing the results. Start the stud. Laviska Shenault has been pretty active for a rookie with Jay Gruden finding creative ways to use his skills as a runner especially in the redzone (7 rushes and 6 catches). TreQuan Smith, not Emmanuel Sanders, seems to be the beneficiary of Michael Thomas being hobbled (7 targets in week 2). Look for him to continue that, even if Thomas is back. Logan Thomas is currently tied for 3rd in the NFL in TE targets at 17, and thats as good of a reason as any for Tight End streaming.
Na***ti 👿: -- Juju Smith-Schuster Steelers WR12 (vs Hou), -- Kenny Golladay Lions WR49 (vs Ari), -- TJ Hockenson Lions TE10 (vs Ari)
Juju is being ranked as a low end 1 this week and I just dont see it. His yards per reception are below 10 this year, signaling alot of short yardage usage. Add that in with soso targets and you get more low end 2/high end 3 WR with TD upside. Good news - Kenny Golladay is likely back... Bad news: Arizona is currently allowing the least amount of points to WRs. Terry McLaurin did have a great day against them, however you add in a potentially limited return to action for Babytron and the risk is just to high.
Again appreciate all of you for reading and providing great criticism. I look forward to a great week of football & hope I made some of your decisions easier.
Peace, Love, & a Dub,
-Nati
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