Rank's 11 sleepers Week 11: Colin Kaepernick is back Published: Nov 16, 2016 at 03:56 AM NFL.com Writer
Darius Garland Jersey Quarterbacks. They grow up so fast. Just look at . Earlier this season, we were spooked to play him at home (because numbers) and only wanted to play him in certain matchups. But right now, he's a must-start quarterback every week. Maybe the best quarterback in the league as nobody has more touchdowns than him since Week 5. That's right, nobody. I have used a solid stream of him and in my Second City League with great succe s. As a matter of fact, I kept Mariota on the bench in Week 10 and sulked for most of the morning as he torched the . (To be honest, part of me is a fraidy cat who didn't want to suffer the double-whammy of both the winning and me losing in fantasy because they shut down MM.) It was a pretty awful time at my house. The baby and wife retreated to the bedroom to go watch "Frozen" for the umpteenth time. (By the way, have you ever seen the movie "Frozen"? It's pretty dark, y'all. First . Sorry, I'll get back to the original point.) So I was bummed that Mariota was on my bench on Sunday as I fell behind by about 100 points. But then Dak scored more fantasy points than Mariota in my crazy league set up (we have yardage bonuses) and I ended up winning. It also helped that I had Dak, , , and going in the 1 p.m. game (I'm on the West Coast so I'm calling it the 1 p.m. game, deal with it). So basically every star from the and game. Which had to be rough on my man Steve, who I was going against. You know what I'm saying there? It's like if you're watching a game, say like Monday night's game. And you're going against Jr. You at least get a break when the aren't on the field. So that had to be excruciating for Steve (who also had going in the afternoon game) who got no such relief. He had jumped on a plane and had to sit there 35,000 feet in the air as I made up points seemingly every time the ball was snapped. I've got to say I love this league and love player performance bonuses (i.e. extra points for a player reaching
Brad Daugherty Jersey 100 yards, etc). Even though my man (and editor) Alex Gelhar would disagree. He makes a good point that a 99-yard game should not be five-to-seven points worse than a 101-yard game. And that is absolutely the truth. But I'm writing from the perspective right now where I won, so to the victor go the spoils. I could end up on the other side next time and completely change my tune. It's like the fantasy version of the Electoral College in that sense. But I'm big on bonuses (this week). And big on Mariota, too! (Yes, brought it back.) He's got a great matchup this week against the who have allowed the third-most points to fantasy quarterbacks over the past month. I know, it's a lazy stat. But it's not lazy to say the aren't good on defense. Plus, we've seen a
Andre Drummond Jersey lot of teams return from the bye week rather sluggish. Which is purely anecdotal right now. I'm going to really research that and get back to you soon on that. But I feel this is the case. Oh wait. Intrepid researcher Careen looked at the numbers and I'm full of (it). Some returns were good. Some bad. Nothing to be alarmed about, so start who is coming off his bye. I was jaded because and were so bad in their return from the bye. So forget I said anything about that. Other than the D isn't great. So I'm going to start Mariota over Dak. In fact, the only guys I would consider over Mariota right now would be , and . And even then, because Mariota is my guy, I'd happily take him over anybody. ANYBODY. Right now you've probably said to yourself, "This guy writes a lot of nonsense." Which is true. But you probably also feel like, "Hey, I want sleepers. Mariota ain't one. So hook me up." Which is also true. So let's do that right now. Rank's 11 Sleepers, Week 11 QB: , Buffalo BillsQB: , San Francisco 49ersQB: , Houston TexansRB: , Seattle SeahawksRB: , Detroit LionsWR: , Pittsburgh SteelersWR: , Tenne see TitansWR: Sr., Baltimore RavensTE: , Chicago BearsTE: , New York GiantsDEF: D/ST , QB, The quarterback streaming options are rather thin this week. The have allowed the most fantasy points to quarterbacks over the last two weeks, and really seemed to have some trouble solving the running ability of . As Bill Simmons pointed out to Cris Collinsworth during the game, the front seven isn't great, so there is an opportunity for Kaepernick here. I don't expect the to win, or even be competitive. But we could sneak out with a 15-point performance which is all I would ask from a QB stream. Basically, don't
Cedi Osman Jersey be . , RB, The have officially parted ways with . While that's probably better news for , I'm firmly behind Prosise this week. The defense is pretty good against the run, which is why I would expect to see more of Prosise because of what he can do on the field as a runner and a receiver. He had a nice breakout this past week against the and I
Rodney Hood Jersey would be confident he's going to build on that. , WR, Pittsburgh Steelers Rogers was a distant third in targets behind and , which is to be expected. But he did have to compete with who was on the field more than Rogers. But Eli really excelled from his slot position and has clearly moved ahead of . And really, I could spend some more time here writing words for you, but I'll just let you know the play the . , TE, The can't run the ball and the have been pretty great against the run this season, especially lately. I expect a heavy volume of pa sing from the this week. And Tye has received 15 targets over the last two weeks so I'm looking for another large share for him against Chicago as well. This article has been reproduced in a new format and may be mi sing content or contain faulty links. Please use the Contact Us link in our site footer to report an i sue.
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