After reacting a little too harshly to Brandon Marshall's comments I have finally got rid of him. In fact, I have never been a big fan of Marshall and having in my fantasy league was a bit of an annoyance. I managed to get Mark Ingram and I have a few receivers on the bench to help partner Mike Wallace and hopefully bring me success.
This will become a weekly thing. I will offer some advice and comments on different areas of Fantasy Football. For the first week I wanted to start off with a BANG. Today is all about Big-Play Sleepers. Now, before you ridicule me if it does not work I want to offer some advice. First off, these players I offer are either going to have huge games or not do a lot. It really is a coin flip. After all, they are the toughest players to pick. I am always up for comments and questioning so please feel free to leave them at any time.
Explode or Implode Week 5
QUARTERBACKS
Colt McCoy (CLE): Colt McCoy has been slowly improving in my opinion. He finally he has two big play options with Mohamed Massaqoui and Greg Little against an inexepereinced Raiders secondary who will focus a lot on TE Benjamin Watson. McCoy recently threw for 350 yards against a good Titan's defence. The Raiders have a weak secondary and McCoy should be able to have a couple of TDs with over 300 yards. Be wary though, the Browns might take their best player (Peyton Hillis) and run the ball all day long.
Andy Dalton (CIN): Any quarterback against the Colts D should be a considering to have a huge game. Dalton and AJ Green have been connecting very well and Dalton uses his soon to be start tight end, Jermaine Gresham, near to drop the ball off to. He has a similar upside to McCoy with the same problems. To beat the Colts you have the run the ball hard and Benson could have a big day. In saying that though, Matt Cassel just had a huge day against the Colts last week, just saying.
RUNNING BACKS
Daniel Thomas (MIA): Miami have a new quarterback. Thomas has done a great job of showing some talent in both week 2 and 3 against much better run defences than the Jets, who are strangely ranked 26th against the run. The Dolphins have a great offensive line and will make space for Thomas to show his speed. However, there are two reasons that make me nervous about this play. 1. The Jets defence might suddenly man up and focus on stopping the run because Matt Moore backed up an ineffective Chad Henne. 2. The Jets might go two touchdowns up very quick and Miami will have to abandon the run and throw the ball. I do not see this happening as of now but be wary.
Delone Carter (IND): I like this guy. He could have a huge game for two reasons. Carter will start because Donald Brown has not been good or lived up to his hype to constantly take over from Addai. The second reason is that the Colts offence will really have to mix up their plays so that Painter can throw the ball. The Bengals defence will be a challenge for Curtis Painter and they will need to run. Another issue you have to worry about is that the Colts' offensive line is very poor. Another problem is that Carter and Brown might possibly split carries for a bit. If one of them falters or the Colts start losing by a lot then good bye running the ball.
WIDE RECEIVERS
Greg Little (CLE): He has been been named the starter across from Massaqoui. The Raiders are 29th against the pass and will focus upon Massaqoui or B. Watson if they can stop the run. Either way, Greg Little will be open. Little is big and improving. The Colts will want to see what Little can do. Similar to McCoy, you have to worry about the Browns running the ball all day long.
Kevin Walter/ Jacoby Jones (HOU): One of these wide receivers has to have a big day. The Ravens will try to stop Foster and both of the Tight Ends that had huge games last week. Jones had 11 targets while Walter had the huge game. The Ravens have a great defence, especially against the run so expect Matt Schuab to have to pass the ball and one of these guys to have a huge game. If I had to choose I would say Jones will have a big day. I know he did nothing last week but 11 targets is a lot and if he could catch just half of those then he would have had a huge day.
TIGHT END
Delanie Walker (SF): Alex Smith needs to use both his tight ends again. Smith's wide receivers this week are probably the two most disappointting players in the current NFL. Crabtree has an opportunity to be the No. 1 receiver but Smith does need seem to trust him. Ted Ginn has incredible speed but struggles to catch so expect them to send him long a few times. Detroit ranked 21st against defending tight ends and will double coverage Vernon Davis as much as possible. You also have to think that play-action on a two tight-end set will be the best way to fake the run, hence Walker will be open quite often I believe. However, the only down side is that the 49ers lean on Frank Gore (as expected) and the run fakes might leave Crabtree or Ginn open. Be wary but also be excited if you really need a tight end.
Defence and Special Teams
Vikings (MIN): Think about it. Vikings defensive line is strong and the Bears are nearly as bad as the Seahawks in stopping their QB from being sacked. Their upside really comes from sacking Jay Cutler. However, they will need to prove that they can stop the Matt Forte which is not an easy job. This really is scrapping the barrel. I got burned earlier for using the Vikes a few weeks ago. But, they have confidence from last week and it will be low scoring (I hope) so take a second look.
Like I said before, these are explode or implode. If they get 0 points then I apologise. If you are in a small league then you probably wont look at any of these. If you are in deeper league (as I am) then you may want really consider playing Greg Little (even though I'm an Oakland fan and have Heyward-bey and Crabtree on the bench).
Good luck everybody
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