Every week I will visit who the best performers from the week were in Fantasy Football, as well as the five players you may want to drop and the best five pickups available in most leagues.
There were some big numbers put up in the league this week. Surprisingly one of them was the old(ish) Terrell Owens who looked like the Owens of old, or maybe even better. The wide receiver went for 222 yards on 10 catches with a touchdown. His passing partner, who has struggled most of the year, Carson Palmer, went for a big 371 yards and 2 touchdowns with no interceptions. The Chargers were another team with multiple fantasy stars after the 41-10 ousting of the Cardinals. Phillip Rivers had 241 yards and 2 touchdowns with no interception and didn't even play the whole game. Antonio Gates had 7 catches on 7 targets for 144 yards and 2 touchdowns. Plus, the defense produced 9 sacks and 3 turnovers. I own the Chargers defense and they had been struggling so I played the Bengals defense this week and got burned for it. Hopefully, this is a sign of things to come for the Chargers. Arian Foster once again looked like a Pro Bowl back for the Texans rushing for 131 yards with a TD and also receiving 56 yards with a touchdown. Last but not least LT aka LaDainian Tomlinson was back all the way to his old form as a Jet rushing for 133 yards and 2 touchdowns and 22 yards receiving.
5 Players you may want to drop/trade:
1. Percy Harvin- Outside of one great touchdown catch against the Lion this WR has not done much this season with the sputtering Vikings offense. Only worth an average of 18 points through 3 games and probably won't get much better this week vs the Jets.
2. Michael Turner- Depending on your league type, Turner may be someone you want to trade to some sucker who thinks they are getting a deal. Although he may improve, Turner has only one touchdown and 280 rushing yards averaging just 38 points in 4 games in most leagues. Not enough out of a top ten ranked player preseason.
3. Steve Smith- Smith is still a great player, but has been bothered by injuries often and also has a rookie quarterback that is very questionable. Plus, he is on a last place team that doesn't score much. He has just 21 points in 4 games.
4. Michael Crabtree- Someone who was a top 100 (56 in my leagues) ranked player preseason and was supposed to have a breakout year or at least be good consistently has flopped. Just 13 points in 4 games with no TD's.
5. CJ Spiller- A promising rookie who does not have the players around him to really succeed at this point. They could just hand him the ball 25 times a game but it would probably cause long lasting effects on his body. Had a great return TD but has not been useful in the running game, just 21 points total for the season and around 14 rush yards/game.
5 Players you may want to pick up that are available in most leagues:
1. Shaun Hill- Only owned by about 10 percent of players in Yahoo and Espn leagues and would only be a temporary replacement until Matt Stafford returns, but Hill has thrown 991 yards and 5 TD's in less than four full games. He does have 7 interceptions, but he broke a big run against the Packers and has around 24 rushing yards per game.
2. Sam Bradford- The super rookie QB surprisingly is owned by only owned in about 35-40% of leagues. He is worth on average 54 points through 4 games and has almost reached 1000 yards with 5 touchdown passes.
3. Brandon Lloyd- Still available in almost 50% of leagues, this guy has had a great start to the season and is second in the NFL in receiving yards. Only downside is he does not get in the endzone very often.
4. BenJarvus Green-Ellis- Has worked his way into the starting tailback position for the Pats and has played well. Only owned in 40-43% of leagues and has gone for over 13 points in the last two outings after just 3-4 in the first two games combined. He has 215 yards and 2 touchdowns in basically 2 1/2 games. Beware the Patriots throw the ball a lot and relying on a running back coming from their team is always questionable.
5. Davone Bess- Owned in just 15-20% of leagues, Bess is a consistent performer and had a great night vs. the Patriots. He has 242 receiving yards, but just one touchdown and has had problems getting to the end zone in his career as a whole. If Henne keeps passing a lot and Marshall gets double teamed consistently expect 8-10 points out of him weekly.
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