There should be roughly 5 weeks left of your fantasy regular season. Are any of you truly out of the hunt? Maybe if you’re 1-7, but other than that it’s not panic time. Panic time can come next week. Next week we will talk about booting people from your league if they tank. This is the week to make big trades, take big chances and make a move.
Here are some potential targets to go after to make a big splash:
Todd Gurley
Carson Wentz
Russell Wilson
Doug Baldwin
Jerick McKinnon
Maybe take a chance on:
Alvin Kamara
Matthew Stafford
Joe Mixon
Marlon Mack
Devin Funchess
Marquise Goodwin
Think about trading away:
C.J. Anderson
DeAndre Hopkins (will never be as valuable as he is right now)
Amari Cooper
Christian McCaffrey
Derek Carr
Now is the time to make a move...any trade questions, hit me up on Twitter.
Each week I stream a DST. A team that’s owned in less than 50% of ESPN leagues. I have picked a top 10 DST in every week except for one. This week I am going with 49ers. This is the team I have the least confidence in. Does anyone have confidence in Drew Stanton or possibly Blaine Gabbert? Does anyone think AP will go off again and have 100+ and 2 TD’s? This pick is more about Arizona’s offense being very bad. Look for San Francisco try to play ball control, run Hyde and Brieda and don’t let their QB make mistakes. This could be one of the 49ers chances to win.
Keep on keepin on...with the rankings
QB
Tier 1
Drew Brees
Russell Wilson
Cam Newton
Matthew Stafford
Tier 2
Dak Prescott
Kirk Cousins
Alex Smith
Derek Carr
Tier 3
Carson Wentz
Marcus Mariota
Matt Ryan
Jared Goff
Jay Cutler
Tier 4
Eli Manning
Blake Bortles
Andy Dalton
Joe Flacco
Wild Card: Brock Osweiler. I may be the only believer on the planet. When Brock played for the Broncos, he had arguably a worse team around him and went 5-2 including a huge win over New England. He helped Denver to the #1 seed and without him they wouldn’t have won the Super Bowl. Nevermind what he has done since then, I am a believer that Brock will come in and immediately be an upgrade over Trevor Siemian.
RB
Tier 1
Todd Gurley
Ezekiel Elliott
Leonard Fournette
Mark Ingram
Tier 2
Kareem Hunt
Devonta Freeman
Alvin Kamara
Carlos Hyde
Tier 3
Lamar Miller
Demarco Murray
Christina McCaffrey
Chris Thompson
Tier 4
Adrian Peterson
Joe Mixon
C.J. Anderson
Alex Collins
Aaron Jones
Tier 5
Doug Martin
Theo Riddick
Ameer Abdullah
Marshawn Lynch
Frank Gore
Buck Allen
Tier 6
Tevin Coleman
Marlon Mack
Eddie Lacy
Legarrette Blount
Kenyan Drake
Tier 7
Orleans Darkwa
Jonathan Stewart
Damian Stewart
Jay Ajayi
Matt Brieda
D’Onta Foreman
Wild Card: Gio Bernard
This week will be crazy for RB’s. Injuries and trades have made new opportunities for a lot of guys. Some players have new homes and we don’t know their workload yet and other players have been promoted to starter. Will they share carries? Crazy week to rank RB’s
WR
Tier 1
Mike Evans
Julie Jones
Dez Bryant
Michael Thomas
Doug Baldwin(I am now a believer!!!!!!!!!)
Tier 2
A.J. Green
DeAndre Hopkins
Tyreek Hill
Jarvis Landry
Michael Crabtree
Tier 3
Devin Funchess
Jordy Nelson
Demaryius Thomas
Golden Tate
Larry Fitzgerald
Amari Cooper
Tier 4
Alshon Jeffery
Emmanuel Sanders
Desean Jackson
Devante Parker
Sterling Shepard
Mohamed Sanu
Tier 5
Will Fuller
Jeremy Maclin
T.Y. Hilton
Davante Adams
Marvin Jones
Yier 6
Rishard Matthews
Tyler Lockett
Josh Doctson
Cooper Kupp
Paul Richardson
Marqise Lee
Tier 7
Tedd Ginn
Nelson Agholor
Sammy Watkins
Corey Davis
Kenny Stills
Wild Card: Ryan Grant
As with RBs….. injuries, bye weeks and people on new teams make it really difficult to rank people this week. Doug Baldwin and Devin Funchess have won me over. Can we believe Demaryius Thomas has 0 TD's this season???? 13 game drought.
TE
Tier 1
Zach Ertz(TE’s kill the Broncos. Ertz will be a top 10 player this week.)
Travis Kelce
Jimmy Graham
Tier 2
Cameron Brate
Jack Doyle
Delanie Walker
Vernon Davis
Tier 3
Jared Cook
Evan Engram
Tyler Kroft
Ed Dickson
Tier 4
Jason Witten
Austin Hooper
Coby Fleener
Julius Thomas
Wild Card: AJ Derby(Security blanket dump offs from Oz)
K
Tier 1
Ryan Succop
Harrison Butker
Wil Lutz
Matt Prater
Tier 2
Matt Bryant
Ka’imi Fairbairn
Blair Walsh
Greg Zuerlein
Tier 3
Justin Tucker
Jake Elliott
Josh Lambo
Mike Nugent
Tier 4
Patrick Murray
Graham Gano
Robbie Gould
Adam Vinatieri
Mason Crosby
Wild Card: Nick Rose
DST
Tier 1
Jacksonville Jaguars
Houston Texans
LA Rams
Seattle Seahawks
Tier 2
Detroit Lions
Cincinnati Bengals
Carolina Panthers
Philadelphia Eagles
Tier 3
Arizona Cardinals
Denver Broncos
Tennessee Titans
Baltimore Ravens
Tier 4
San Francisco 49ers
Kansas City Chiefs
New Orleans Saints
Oakland Raiders
Wild Card: Miami Dolphins
Bye week: Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers, LA Chargers