Waking You Up From Your Reverie: The Week in Fantasy Football
It’s Week 3 of the NFL season, Week 3 of Fantasy Season, and I’m just now getting around to writing a fantasy column. Do you want to sit around talking about my inadequacies, or do you want fantasy football advice? Yeah, that’s what I thought. Week 3 recap after the skip-hop.
First, my Week 3 Lineup:
QB: Donovan McNabb (13 points)
RB’s: Arian Foster (10 points), Ahmad Bradshaw (15 points)
WR’s: Randy Moss (16 points), Malcom Floyd (15 points), Mark Clayton (8 points)
TE: Antonio Gates (16 points)
K: Sebastian Janikowski (13 points)
D/ST: Bears (15 points)
The Good:
This week was a good week for me. Double-digit production out of every position (except my 3rd WR), the Bears D blocked a FG, returned a punt, and didn’t let Aaron Rodgers (who I was up against) go crazy. McNabb, thankfully, didn’t completely suck in a loss to the Rams, and Sebastian Janikowski might be my MVP (He’s consistently getting me 5+ more points than the other teams’ kicker).
My MVP through Week 3? (Photo Courtesy of Exposay.com)
The Bad:
Both of my running backs fumbled, leaving 4 points on the board (and I learned last week how much EVERY point matters). In college, Arian Foster had problems with fumbles, so I am hoping this does not become a trend (but it IS something for the Foster owners to look out for).
The Ugly:
I left TWO 20+ point WR’s on my bench this week (Mike Wallace and Jeremy Maclin). I shouldn’t complain about an embarrassment of riches, but I took Maclin out for Clayton at approximately 10 a.m. Sunday morning and kicked myself in the head all day for it. Maclin’s got 4 TD’s in 3 weeks, Vick seems to love him, WHY bench him? It’s a mistake I won’t be making again, that’s for sure. (In unrelated news, I REALLY wish I could start Arian Foster and 4 WR’s every week.)
If only I could start Maclin and 3 other Wideouts... (Photo Courtesy of the AP)
The Week Ahead:
Week 4 is the first bye week of the season, so if you own any Cowboys, Chiefs, Vikings, or Buccaneers, sit them this week. Also, I’d start any Saints you own (Home against Carolina), any Texans (At Oakland), and any Colts not named Pierre Garcon (at Jacksonville).
52-Card Pickup:
Here are some avaliable, useful names out there on waivers for you, followed by their percent owned in ESPN leagues.
Jabar Gaffney (Owned in 20% of ESPN leagues), Kevin Walter (73%), Louis Murphy (50%), Peyton Hillis (70%), BenJarvus Green-Ellis (1.9%, a freaking STEAL if you act fast), Josh Freeman (16%), John Carlson (26%, leads the Seahawks in targets), Brandon Pettigrew (2.6%), Kyle Orton (58%), Max Hall (.5%… wait two weeks until Derek Anderson isn’t the starter in Arizona), Tony Moeaki (1.8%), Rashaad Jennings (23%), Devin Hester (21%), Mario Manningham (60%)
Let the stampede begin... (Photo Courtesy of Boston.com)
Free…. Free Fallin’:
Here are some guys you should be dropping to acquire some of the above names:
Robert Meachem, Brandon Jacobs, Jacoby Jones, Carson Palmer, Shonn Greene, Fred Taylor, Felix Jones, Micheal Crabtree, Darren Sproles, Kevin Boss, Any Carolina WR NOT named Steve Smith, Kevin Kolb (he’s not getting his job back anytime soon, by the look of it), Kenny Britt, Alex Smith, Bernard Berrian, Brent Celek.
See you back here next week.
Lazarus Jackson is a writer and connoisseur of pro and college sports, especially Detroit-area pro teams. You can contact him at lazchancemsu@gmail.com or on Twitter at twitter.com/lazchance.
