RB Montell Owens (Jacksonville) Percent owned (ESPN): 8.8% Montell Owens rushed for 91 yards and a touchdown on 14 attempts in his first career start and added an 11 yard reception. I can’t guarantee you he’ll get another start, but there are 3 backs injured on the depth chart ahead of him, Maurice Jones-Drew, Rashad [...]
TE Brandon Myers (Oakland) Percent owned (ESPN): 22.7% Brandon Myers had the most 5th fantasy points among tight ends this year. I’m telling you, he’s good. Pick him up! After catching 14 passes for 130 yards and a touchdown against the Browns, Myers now has 69 catches for 721 yards and 4 touchdowns through 12 [...]
RB Knowshon Moreno (Denver) Percent owned (ESPN): 4.2% John Fox hates rookies. After everyone thought all week that 3rd round rookie Ronnie Hillman would become the lead back for the Broncos, Knowshon Moreno, who was inactive the week before, randomly got the start ahead of both Hillman and veteran Lance Bell. He did a decent [...]
RB Ronnie Hillman (Denver) Percent owned (ESPN): 0.9% Willis McGahee is going to be out an extended period of time and possibly the season with a broken leg and torn MCL. Ronnie Hillman and Lance Ball will split carries in his absence, but Hillman has by far the most upside of the bunch. He led [...]
RB Marcel Reece (Oakland) Percent owned (ESPN): 11.3% With Darren McFadden and Mike Goodson both out with high ankle sprains, it was Marcel Reece, not Taiwan Jones, who carried the load. In fact, Jones saw just 2 carries behind some guy named Jeremy Stewart, who was 2nd on the team with 7. Reece rushed for [...]
RB Marcel Reece (Oakland) Percent owned (ESPN): 0.2% Darren McFadden and Mike Goodson both have high ankle sprains and will likely miss at least one game, if not several. In their absence, Marcel Reece, the fullback, carried the load at running back. Taiwan Jones is the 3rd string running back, but the Raiders trust Reece [...]
RB Daryl Richardson (St. Louis) Percent owned (ESPN): 12.0% Richardson continues to split carries with Steven Jackson and out-produce him. He had 263 total yards in his last 4 games. That doesn’t make him startable, but Jackson could get traded this week and even if he doesn’t, Richardson is clearly the future and may be [...]
RB LaRod Stephens-Howling (Arizona) Percent owned (ESPN): 10.5% William Powell appeared to break out as Arizona’s new lead back week 6 against Buffalo, but he fumbled a kickoff return early against Minnesota and barely saw any action, very unfortunate for anyone who picked him up and started him this week. LaRod Stephens-Howling took over as [...]
RB William Powell (Arizona) Percent owned (ESPN): 2.4% In his first extended action since leading the league in rushing during the preseason, William Powell looked great as Arizona’s new lead back with Beanie Wells and Ryan Williams out, rushing for 70 yards on 13 carries. I have no idea why he is owned in so [...]
WR Devery Henderson (New Orleans) Percent owned (ESPN): 1.6% With Lance Moore out and Jimmy Graham playing hurt, Devery Henderson stepped up big time for the Saints, catching 8 passes for 123 yards and a touchdown. Unless the injury situation improves, he might be their #2 option going forward, which would make him startable. At [...]
TE Greg Olsen (Carolina) Percent owned (ESPN): 16.5% I was surprised to see the Olsen was owned in less than 25% of all leagues. Through 4 games, he has 20 catches for 256 yards and a score and has surpassed 5 fantasy points (standard) in 3 of 4 games, including 23 total in his last [...]
RB Tashard Choice (Buffalo) Percent owned (ESPN): 0.3% Fred Jackson is hurt and now so is CJ Spiller. Tashard Choice looked good in their absence this week, rushing for 91 yards on 20 carries. He should continue to get the bulk of the carries until one of them returns. He should be owned in all [...]
WR Danny Amendola (St. Louis) Percent owned (ESPN): 15.7% Danny Amendola is by far Sam Bradford’s favorite target and with Bradford looking improved early in the season, expect Amendola to put up good numbers the rest of the way, until further notice. In 2 games, he’s caught 20 passes for 230 yards and a score [...]
QB Jake Locker (Tennessee) Percent owned (ESPN): 18.0% Locker left with injury, but it sounds like he’ll be fine for week 2. I was really high on Locker and the Tennessee offense before the season started, particularly in fantasy, and Locker certainly didn’t do anything to prove me wrong, completing 23 of 32 for 229 [...]