Okay, I'm messing with the format of these updates again. Gonna be previewing the games now as opposed to individual teams, because that's probably a bit more valuable than re-hashing what's already happened the previous week.
NY Giants vs. Washington Redskins Thurs. 8:25
DeSean Jackson's reps are being limited, coming off a shoulder injury in Week 2, but he should be good to go Thursday night and a suitable high-end WR2 given the Giants defense. On the Redskins defensive side of the ball, DeAngelo Hall is out after tearing his achilles, making an already awful defense even worse. Giants receivers like Victor Cruz and Rueben Randle receive a slight boost in fantasy value. The real payoff on the Giants offense is RB Rashad Jennings, who had a beast of a game against an all right Houston defense last week. RB's always tend to do well on Thursday nights too.
NY Giants vs. Washington Redskins Thurs. 8:25
DeSean Jackson's reps are being limited, coming off a shoulder injury in Week 2, but he should be good to go Thursday night and a suitable high-end WR2 given the Giants defense. On the Redskins defensive side of the ball, DeAngelo Hall is out after tearing his achilles, making an already awful defense even worse. Giants receivers like Victor Cruz and Rueben Randle receive a slight boost in fantasy value. The real payoff on the Giants offense is RB Rashad Jennings, who had a beast of a game against an all right Houston defense last week. RB's always tend to do well on Thursday nights too.
Buffalo Bills vs. Houston Texans 1:00
Arian Foster is currently day to day after missing last week due to a hamstring. He'll most likely play on Sunday, but Alfred Blue needs to be owned in all leagues, preferably if you're a Foster owner too. QB Ryan Fitzpatrick posted decent stats, but topped it off with 3 interceptions. We're still avoiding him unless you're in a 24 team league. The Bills receivers all looked absolutely awful against the Chargers last week. Tread lightly, as E.J. Manuel is responsible for a lot of that poor production. Fred Jackson had another good game and resumed being a better option than Spiller last week. Both should be good starts though, going against the same Texans D with no Clowney that allowed 176 yards and a TD for Rashad Jennings last week.
Carolina Panthers vs. Baltimore Ravens 1:00
For any of you fantasy players out there that like headaches and actually decided to draft a Panthers RB, hopefully you got DeAngelo Williams because he's the guy in Charlotte for the foreseeable future. Jonathan Stewart is week-to-week and Mike Tolbert will be out 10 more weeks. Kelvin Benjamin had a hell of a game Sunday night, going for 8-115-1 on 11 targets in the loss. He's a must start going forward, as is TE Greg Olsen, but you knew that. Philly Brown caught 7 passes for 66 yards, but his fumble on special teams assured him he'll be irrelevant again when Cotchery returns. The Ravens are an interesting team from a fantasy standpoint. Lorenzo Taliaferro came out of nowhere to lead the team in rushing for 91 yards and a TD on 18 carries. He's a trendy waiver wire pickup, but he'll still split time with Pierce and Forsett going forward. Also trendy on the wire is TE Owen Daniels, since he's already looked good this year and started Dennis Pitta had a season ending hip injury last week. Torrey Smith continues to be irrelevant, as does almost every other receiver on the Ravens. Steve Smith Sr. is the only one worth starting this week.
Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears 1:00
The Packers will hopefully be mad and ready to play after last week's uninspired loss to Detroit. Coach Mike McCarthy called out RB Eddie Lacy yesterday after his drab 36 yard performance. You can run on the Bears and Lacy's schedule has been rough to this point, but he was drafted top 5 in many leagues and you expect a guy like him to be match-up proof. I think he'll rebound though and this might be a good time to try to buy low on him if you need an RB. Matt Forte is also off to a slow start, but luckily he earns some point back in receiving yards. He'll turn it around soon, probably this week. Brandon Marshall re-injured his ankle last night, but stayed in the game. He's been a headache for fantasy owners, but you can't not start him. Alshon Jeffery looked good, a low-end WR1 going forward and Martellus Bennett seems to be the real-deal.
Detroit Lions vs. New York Jets 1:00
Reggie Bush had the only good game out of all the Lions last week. That Packers game was a weird one though and Calvin, Golden and receiving RB's like Joique should be able to get back on track against the Jets awful secondary. I still think Joique Bell is a better RB option than Reggie Bush, but would happily start either of them. Stafford would be an amazing fantasy QB if he would just stop ruining his stats with interceptions. The Jets are still the Jets, hope you aren't relying on any of them. Decker should be back running at full speed for this though, which the Jets will most likely be losing and needing to throw in.
Tennessee Titans vs. Indianapolis Colts 1:00
Heads up if you were gonna start Jake Locker because you have a QB on bye week this week, he's questionable with a strained wrist. Check back here throughout the week for updates. Can't really take much away from the Titans loss to the Bengals last week. They got wrecked and no player looked good. Shonn Greene got a junk time TD but that's about all. Andrew Luck is the #1 fantasy QB so far this season and should have a monster game against a faulty Titans defense. Start your Colts. TY Hilton should play despite missing the second half of the last game with an ankle injury. The Colts were already way far ahead and just playing it safe. Ahmad Bradshaw is a safer start than Trent Richardson, having out performed him all season now and stealing all the goal line carries.
Miami Dolphins vs. Oakland Raiders 1:00 (London)
The Dolphins are a mess right now. Talks of benching Ryan Tannehill are floating around. It was confirmed today that it won't be this week though. WR Mike Wallace will have a good game and RB Lamar Miller as well. I was just over in London though and the jet lag truly is a bitch so expect weird things to happen in this game. Raiders WR James Jones is still worth a start at your WR3 slot and now that Streater broke his foot is the clear target in Oakland. MJD should be back this game, but hopefully you don't have to start any Raiders running backs.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers 1:00
Hopefully the Bucs can get their sh*t together with the long 10 day rest, after losing 56-14 to Atlanta on Thursday. Mike Glennon should get the start at QB with McCown battling a thumb injury. Doug Martin could very well return at RB in this game and the Pittsburgh defense is overrated and stretched thin with injuries. Vincent Jackson continues to be boom or bust in terms of fantasy value. Owners will most likely need to start him this week though, given all the bye weeks. Antonio Brown may be the best WR in the league for fantasy value, at least in terms of consistency this year. I still expect big things from fellow wide-out Markus Wheaton, especially if Brown starts drawing double coverage. Le'Veon Bell looked great as always, though Blount's carries jumped a bit last game. This should be an interesting game with Tampa's dinged up offense vs. Pittsburgh's dinged up defense.
-Ben Lebo
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Arian Foster is currently day to day after missing last week due to a hamstring. He'll most likely play on Sunday, but Alfred Blue needs to be owned in all leagues, preferably if you're a Foster owner too. QB Ryan Fitzpatrick posted decent stats, but topped it off with 3 interceptions. We're still avoiding him unless you're in a 24 team league. The Bills receivers all looked absolutely awful against the Chargers last week. Tread lightly, as E.J. Manuel is responsible for a lot of that poor production. Fred Jackson had another good game and resumed being a better option than Spiller last week. Both should be good starts though, going against the same Texans D with no Clowney that allowed 176 yards and a TD for Rashad Jennings last week.
Carolina Panthers vs. Baltimore Ravens 1:00
For any of you fantasy players out there that like headaches and actually decided to draft a Panthers RB, hopefully you got DeAngelo Williams because he's the guy in Charlotte for the foreseeable future. Jonathan Stewart is week-to-week and Mike Tolbert will be out 10 more weeks. Kelvin Benjamin had a hell of a game Sunday night, going for 8-115-1 on 11 targets in the loss. He's a must start going forward, as is TE Greg Olsen, but you knew that. Philly Brown caught 7 passes for 66 yards, but his fumble on special teams assured him he'll be irrelevant again when Cotchery returns. The Ravens are an interesting team from a fantasy standpoint. Lorenzo Taliaferro came out of nowhere to lead the team in rushing for 91 yards and a TD on 18 carries. He's a trendy waiver wire pickup, but he'll still split time with Pierce and Forsett going forward. Also trendy on the wire is TE Owen Daniels, since he's already looked good this year and started Dennis Pitta had a season ending hip injury last week. Torrey Smith continues to be irrelevant, as does almost every other receiver on the Ravens. Steve Smith Sr. is the only one worth starting this week.
Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears 1:00
The Packers will hopefully be mad and ready to play after last week's uninspired loss to Detroit. Coach Mike McCarthy called out RB Eddie Lacy yesterday after his drab 36 yard performance. You can run on the Bears and Lacy's schedule has been rough to this point, but he was drafted top 5 in many leagues and you expect a guy like him to be match-up proof. I think he'll rebound though and this might be a good time to try to buy low on him if you need an RB. Matt Forte is also off to a slow start, but luckily he earns some point back in receiving yards. He'll turn it around soon, probably this week. Brandon Marshall re-injured his ankle last night, but stayed in the game. He's been a headache for fantasy owners, but you can't not start him. Alshon Jeffery looked good, a low-end WR1 going forward and Martellus Bennett seems to be the real-deal.
Detroit Lions vs. New York Jets 1:00
Reggie Bush had the only good game out of all the Lions last week. That Packers game was a weird one though and Calvin, Golden and receiving RB's like Joique should be able to get back on track against the Jets awful secondary. I still think Joique Bell is a better RB option than Reggie Bush, but would happily start either of them. Stafford would be an amazing fantasy QB if he would just stop ruining his stats with interceptions. The Jets are still the Jets, hope you aren't relying on any of them. Decker should be back running at full speed for this though, which the Jets will most likely be losing and needing to throw in.
Tennessee Titans vs. Indianapolis Colts 1:00
Heads up if you were gonna start Jake Locker because you have a QB on bye week this week, he's questionable with a strained wrist. Check back here throughout the week for updates. Can't really take much away from the Titans loss to the Bengals last week. They got wrecked and no player looked good. Shonn Greene got a junk time TD but that's about all. Andrew Luck is the #1 fantasy QB so far this season and should have a monster game against a faulty Titans defense. Start your Colts. TY Hilton should play despite missing the second half of the last game with an ankle injury. The Colts were already way far ahead and just playing it safe. Ahmad Bradshaw is a safer start than Trent Richardson, having out performed him all season now and stealing all the goal line carries.
Miami Dolphins vs. Oakland Raiders 1:00 (London)
The Dolphins are a mess right now. Talks of benching Ryan Tannehill are floating around. It was confirmed today that it won't be this week though. WR Mike Wallace will have a good game and RB Lamar Miller as well. I was just over in London though and the jet lag truly is a bitch so expect weird things to happen in this game. Raiders WR James Jones is still worth a start at your WR3 slot and now that Streater broke his foot is the clear target in Oakland. MJD should be back this game, but hopefully you don't have to start any Raiders running backs.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers 1:00
Hopefully the Bucs can get their sh*t together with the long 10 day rest, after losing 56-14 to Atlanta on Thursday. Mike Glennon should get the start at QB with McCown battling a thumb injury. Doug Martin could very well return at RB in this game and the Pittsburgh defense is overrated and stretched thin with injuries. Vincent Jackson continues to be boom or bust in terms of fantasy value. Owners will most likely need to start him this week though, given all the bye weeks. Antonio Brown may be the best WR in the league for fantasy value, at least in terms of consistency this year. I still expect big things from fellow wide-out Markus Wheaton, especially if Brown starts drawing double coverage. Le'Veon Bell looked great as always, though Blount's carries jumped a bit last game. This should be an interesting game with Tampa's dinged up offense vs. Pittsburgh's dinged up defense.
-Ben Lebo
Follow us on Twitter: @BroadStBeat
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