Get ‘em or Don’t Sweat ‘em Week 12
There were some unusual heroes on Sunday. There always are. Let’s take a look at them and see if they are worthy of your fantasy rosters.
QB
Joe Flacco - Flacco put up a decent fantasy number this week with 183 passing yards and 2 TDs without throwing and INT. He was just 12 of 26 passing though. I don’t see him as worthy of a roster spot though.
Ruling: Don’t Sweat ‘em.
RBs
Ahmad Hall & DeShaun Foster - They each scored on late TD passes. It’s great for them, but it meant nothing for fantasy teams. If I had to pick which one has more value, I’d take Foster.
Ruling: Don’t Sweat ‘em.
WRs
Josh Reed - In his first game since Week 8 Reed had five catches for 50 yards and a score. Even when they were up big the Bills kept passing. Their upcoming schedule is favorable and their Offense appears to be clicking. Reed is worth a spot on your roster, but you would have to be hurting to put him in your lineup.
Ruling: Get ‘em.
Mark Clayton - Clayton had 76 receiving yards an a score. While his yards per catch looks great with only two receptions, that’s not a number that catches my eye when I’m looking to add a player. He’s had just four catches twice this year with four games with one or fewer receptions. He had two games, this one and a 4 for 87 and a score in Week 9. He can’t be counted on.
Ruling: Don’t Sweat ‘em.
Ashley Lelie - Lelie had a nice game with 92 yards and a score on 4 catches. Despite the Win, I’m not ready to rely on a Raider WR. The fact that this game was against his former team may have served as motivation.
Ruling: Don’t Sweat ‘em.
TE
Heath Miller - Miller has been banged up of late, but his 4 catches for 44 yards and a score after three games off is encouraging. The fact that he has extra rest because of the Thursday game means he should be ready to go again next week.
Ruling: Get ‘em.
There you have it. I hope I provided you some good info while you make your fantasy team waiver wire adjustments.
David Funk
November 24th, 2008 at 10:05 am #
That was a shocker to see how the Raiders beatdown the Broncos with Lelie having that kind of game against his old team. But I agree, it’s hard to put much stock into one game like that.
Nice work.
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