We took a deep look into last night’s NFL action and came up
with some thoughts and feeling on the notable players.
-Jay Cutler will only go as far as his offensive line goes.
Cutler obviously has the talent around him in Marshall and Forte (before the
injury), but until he consistently gets time in the pocket, he can’t be the
fantasy player we want him to be. We would not want him on our season long
league, and we definitely wouldn’t play him in daily fantasy leagues until we
see a consistently strong offensive line.
-Matt Forte had a high ankle sprain in the third quarter of
last night, and for now looks to be out for at least two weeks. There are
reports that he might even need 4-6 weeks. Be aware that Chicago’s bye week is
in week 6, so they play it safe and wait till week 7.
-In his place, Michael Bush will be getting even more of
Forte’s carries. This could be a great play for many reasons. Last season he
showed his ability to step in for an injured stud running back (McFadden). It
took weeks for some fantasy sites to raise his price and for those that did
their research, they profited heavily because of it. The last reason why we
like Bush is he is a big running back who loves his goal line carries. The next
3 games for the Bears: Rams, at Cowboys, and at Jags.
-Aaron Rodgers owners should not expect ridiculous point
totals from week to week like last season and daily fantasy players should
NEVER pay for him because of the high risk it is to spend that much money on
one guy. Rodgers ‘ numbers look as follows: 52 for 76 for 522 yards with 3 TDs
and 2 INTs. His completion percentage is right on par for last season, so there
is no need to freak out, but with the addition of Benson (who we now love)
there seems to be less opportunities for Rodgers to go crazy.
-Now, let’s get to Cedric Benson. Benson followed an 18-yard
game with an 81-yard game including 4 catches for 35 yards. The Packers from
the very start looked to get him involved and that’s something we like to see.
We don’t expect Benson to become a #1 RB by any means, and honestly we see him
more as middle to late range #2 RB. It’s tough to grade a running back against
a team like San Francisco, and because
of that we don’t even look to that game in our evaluation of his talents.
-Randall Cobb might not be the guy we thought he’d be.
Before last night’s game, we loved Cobb on sites like Draftkings because of his
super low price ($2500). It ended up being a good move because he scored 5.8
fantasy points, but from now on we will stay away from him in most situations.
If you watched the game closely you saw that there were a ton of snaps where
Cobb wasn’t even on the field and this was with Jennings not playing due to an
injury. You also saw Benson as the main running back with Cobb lining up in the
backfield maybe 2-3 times. Cobb just doesn’t look like a guy that can
consistently put up solid points for those looking at him in season long
leagues.
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