Fantasy Football: Week 11 Pick Ups

• Robert Kelly, RB, Washington Redskins (owned in 45.4% of ESPN leagues)
• C.J. Prosise, RB, Seattle Seahawks (30.8%)
• Eli Rogers, WR, Pittsburgh Steelers (20.9%)
• Giants D/ST (36.6%) vs. Chicago Bears
• Ka'Deem Carey, RB, Chicago Beara (2.2%) (If Howard is out)

Fantasy Football Week 7 Pick Ups

Not including names I've already mentioned earlier in the year such as James White, Cameron Meredith, Jay Ajayi, etc.  

Kendall Wright, WR, Tennessee Titans - 8 receptions, 133 yards, TD last week

Ty Montgomery, WR, Green Bay Packers - 10 receptions, 98 yards, 3 rushes, 6 yards (2 fumbles)

Knile Davis, RB, Green Bay Packers - Just traded by Chiefs to Green Bay

Pierre Garcon, WR, Washington Redskins - 11 receptions/ 18 targets last 2 weeks

Marcus Mariota, QB, Tennessee Titans - 6 TD passes last 2 weeks, #8 Fantasy QB

Giants D/ST - vs. Rams... London game

Fantasy Football Week 6 Pick Ups

• Jeremy Kerley, WR, San Francisco 49ers (14 catches, 190 yards, 2 TDs over last 2 games)  
• Sammie Coates, WR, Pittsburgh Steelers (6-139-2TDs last week, 19 targets over last 2 games) 
• Cameron Meredith, WR, Chicago Bears (9-130-1TD in 1st game without Kevin White) 
• Kenny Britt, WR, Los Angeles Rams (at least 4 catches in all 5 games, 67+ yards in 4/5, no TDs yet)  
• James White, RB, New England Patriots (owned in 38.5% of leagues, Brady's back)

Fantasy Football Week 4 Pick Ups

Players owned in less than 50% of ESPN.com leagues.

Jordan Howard, RB, Chicago Bears (15.9%) Langford is out 4-6 weeks.

Terrelle Pryor, WR, Cleveland Browns (28%) Doing everything right now.

Cameron Artis-Payne, RB, Carolina Panthers (21.9%) While Stewart is out.

Kyle Rudolph, TE, Minnesota Vikings (40.7%) Currently #2 TE in fantasy.

Kenneth Dixon, RB, Baltimore Ravens (14%) Could make debut Week 4.

Fantasy Football Week 3 Pick Ups

Kenyan Drake, RB, Miami Dolphins (1.6% owned)
Arian Foster is "day-to-day" and he probably will be for the rest of the season or until he is finally ruled out.  Drake is a 3rd round pick who seems to be viewed in a higher light than Jay Ajayi.  The former Alabama back had 2 carries last week vs. NE but one went for a TD.  He should see much more action in Week 3 vs. Cleveland.

Jerick McKinnon, RB, Minnesota Vikings (24.4%)
If AP is out this week or longer, McKinnon should be the next man up and any potential lead RB is worth at least owning in Fantasy.

Jacob Tamme, TE, Atlanta Falcons (10.9%)
11 catches for 126 yards and a TD thru the first 2 weeks of the season is nothing to sneeze at.  Matt Ryan is going to chuck the ball a lot, their D is going to give up a lot of points, so Tamme is in a good spot.  Throw in a Week 3 match up against the Saints and you got something there.

Quincy Enunwa, WR, New York Jets (5.6%)
Who has the most catches for the Jets thru 2 weeks?  Nope not Marshall.  Not Decker.  It's this guy.  Throw in the fact that Marshall is banged up and jump on Enunwa.

Victor Cruz, WR, New York Giants (42.3%)
So far so good in the return of Victor Cruz.  4 receptions in each of the first 2 games with 100+ totals yards and a score.  This is another offense that will chuck it all over the place.  There's enough for Beckham, Shepard, and Cruz to all put up solid numbers.

Week 9 Fantasy Football Picks Ups

• RB DeAngelo Williams, Pittsburgh Steelers
• RB Jeremy Langford, Chicago Bears
• QB Jameis Winston, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• WR Malcom Floyd, San Diego Chargers
• WR Kamar Aiken, Baltimore Ravens

Week 7 Fantasy Football Pick Ups

RB James Starks, Green Bay Packers (22.5% owned)
Packers are on the bye so you may be able to grab him off the waiver wire.  Eddie Lacy has not been good, at all, maybe he's hurt, and Starks just ripped off 100+ yards and his 1st TD of the season last week.

WR Stefon Diggs, Minnesota Vikings (3.2%)
Diggs has 13 catches (19 targets) for 216 yards in 2 games played this year.  He had a rib injury early on and also had a bye week mixed but he looks to be on the same page with Bridgewater, and more involved than Charles Johnson.

WR Lance Moore, Detroit Lions (0.3%)
Targeted 28 times this season but 14 in the last 2 games with a TD in each.  Worth a shot in deeper leagues.

WR Marvin Jones, Cincinnati Bengals (29.1%)
3 touchdowns in 6 games for Jones, and if Andy Dalton is going to be the #1 player in fantasy football, he needs more than Green and Eifert.  The targets are closer than you'd think.  AJ Green (50), Tyler Eifert (40), JONES (37).

WR Brandon LaFell, New England Patriots (20.5%)
LaFell is eligible to come off the PUP list this week.  He's part of a crowded passing attack (Gronk, Edelman, Lewis, Amendola...)

Week 6 Fantasy Football Pick Ups

Blake Bortles, QB, Jacksonville Jaguars (owned 27.5%)

Gary Barnidge, TE, Cleveland Browns (37.7%)

Marquess Wilson, WR, Chicago Bears (5.2%)

Willie Snead, WR, New Orleans Saints (29.2%)

Knile Davis, RB, Kansas City Chiefs (23.7%)

Charcandrick West, RB, Kansas City Chiefs (1.2%)

Week 5 Fantasy Football Picks Ups

4 weeks in the books and even you poor bastards who are (0-4) still have a chance to turn things around and make a playoff push.  Here are five (likely available) dudes to add this week...

Ronnie Hillman, RB, Denver Broncos
Last game: 11 carries, 103 yards, 1 TD.  Hillman > C.J. Anderson

Leonard Hankerson, WR, Atlanta Falcons
Last game: 6-103-TD, 2/4 games with double digit points in standard scoring leagues.

Allen Hurns, WR, Jacksonville Jaguars
Last game: 11 catches, 15 targets, 116 yards and a TD

Tavon Austin, WR, St. Louis Rams
Last game: 6-96-2 TD

Owen Daniels, TE, Denver Broncos
For this match up vs. Oakland.  Raiders have allowed the most points to opposing TEs this season.

Week 4 Fantasy Pick Ups

*Victor Cruz, WR, New York Giants (expected to make his season debut this Sunday after dealing with a calf injury)

*Rishard Matthews, WR, Miami Dolphins (back to back 100+ yard receiving games, clearly the next option outside of Jarvis Landry, and more of a TD threat)

*Chris Johnson, RB, Arizona Cardinals (I'm still a David Johnson guy, but CJ2K is getting 20+ carries a game with Ellington out and is doing something with them.  Zona offense is on fire.)

*Thomas Rawls, RB, Seattle Seahawks (Lynch was very limited on Sunday, Fred Jackson still got carries but it was Rawls who ripped off 104 yards on 16 carries.  He's more of a handcuff now to Lynch but if Beastmode remains banged up, Rawls could be decent here and there.)

*Antonio Andrews, RB, Tennessee Titans (In his season debut, Andrew rushed 12 times for 49 yards and a TD, he also had a catch for 12 yards.  Most importantly it was more carries than Bishop Sankey and Dexter McCluster.  Not expecting big things from Andrew, but all "lead" backs are worth owning.

Week 3 Fantasy Pick Ups

• Travis Benjamin, WR, Cleveland Browns (He only has 6 catches on the season, but 3 are for touchdowns and he clearly has a nice re pore with Johnny Manziel.  He's also (as seen Sunday) a threat in the return game.  His TDs will dry up, but he's a big play guy who could serve as a Flex play or a Bye week fill-in.)
• Matt Jones, RB, Washington Redskins (19 carries, 123 yards, 2 touchdowns.  Nice little Sunday.  Jones finished with 1 more carry than Alfred Morris.  I don't think he's overtaken him yet, but that could happen soon.  Bad news for Morris owners.)
• Michael Crabtree, WR, Oakland Raiders (I have a hard time trusting Crabtree, but 9 receptions for 111 yards and a score is strong to quite strong.  On top of that he had 16 targets, which was 5 more than Amari Cooper, who should get the attention of Joe Haden next week and top corners throughout the season.  Derek Carr isn't horrible, so Crabtree may have some value after all.)
• Devonta Freeman, RB, Atlanta Falcons (Sounds like rookie Tevin Coleman may miss time with a rib injury, Freeman isn't great, but for a couple weeks could see an increased workload and maybe fall in the endzone.)
• James Starks, RB, Green Bay Packers (Eddie Lacy sprained his ankle paving the way for a lot of James Starks on Sunday.  Packers play next Monday, giving Lacy another day to recover.  Lacy owners need to add Starks and even those who are looking for a back should do so, if even only for 1 weeks worth of help.) 

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Week 2 Fantasy Pick Ups

Quarterbacks:
Marcus Mariota, Tennessee Titans
Tyrod Taylor, Buffalo Bills

Runningbacks:
Benny Cunningham, St. Louis Rams 
David Johnson, Arizona Cardinals
Karlos Williams, Buffalo Bills

Wide Receivers:
James Jones, Green Bay Packers (4 rec. 51 yds 2 TD, 4 targets)
Stevie Johnson, San Diego Chargers (6-82-1, 6)
Rashad Greene, Jacksonville Jaguars (watch back injury) (7-28-1, 13)
Cole Beasley, Dallas Cowboys (4-49-0, 6)

Tight Ends:
Tyler Eifert, Cincinnati Bengals (9 rec. 104 yds. 2 TD 12 targets)
Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-110-2, 7 targets)
Darren Fells, Arizona Cardinals (4-82-1, 5 targets)

Week 11 Fantasy Football Pick Ups

Firs off make sure that RB Montee Ball and RB Ryan Mathews are owned.  These guys have been out for awhile with injury, maybe their original owner gave up due to multiple injuries/ bye weeks.  These guys should be owned in all leagues.

RB C.J. Anderson, Denver Broncos
Ball is on his way back but now Ronnie Hillman is down (2 weeks).  Anderson was great last week with 90 rushing yards and 73 receiving yards with a touchdown.

WR Jordan Matthews, Philadelphia Eagles
The rookie was probably drafted in most league (I did... and then dumped him), but could be available.  He has had a TD in Week 9 and then a great night (7-138-2TD) on Monday Night with Mark Sanchez throwing him the ball.  Eagles have a bunch of weapons but Matthews should continue to be in the mix.

TE Mychal Rivera, Oakland Raiders
Need a TE?  You could do a lot worse than Rivera.  3 touchdowns in the last 2 weeks, and 21 catches over the last 3 games.  Not too shabby.

D/ST Cleveland Browns
They've been better as of late and are sneaky a playoff team right now.  But the reason for this pick up is their game (at home) against the Houston Texans this week and new starter Ryan Mallett.  Gotta assume he is going to suck.

Week 10 Fantasy Football Pick Ups

RB Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings
No jail time.  80 hours of community service.  $4,000 fine.  And your top priority on the waiver wire.  A lot of teams held on to their 1st round pick, but after sitting out for almost 2 months some teams sent him packing.  Well, pick him back up.  No official word on when he will return, but Minnesota has their BYE week this weekend, and there is no real reason Goodell won't activate him.  Will the Vikings?  I'd say yes.

RB Terrence West, Cleveland Browns
Drafted, dropped, picked back up.  That has been West's fantasy season.  The rookie was very intriguing back in August, had some good games, had a healthy scratch and never really capitalized on the Ben Tate injury.  Last week however?  More touches that Tate & Crowell combined.  It's a tricky situation, but West needs to be owned and against Cincy this week, started.

QB Mark Sanchez, Philadelphia Eagles
I know, I know.  Mark Sanchez?  He did throw 2 touchdowns in relief last week and actually looked good in the preseason (I only reference preseason if it serves my point.)  Fact is, Nick Foles is out for awhile and that Chip Kelly offense can probably run (relatively smooth) with anyone under center.  McCoy, Maclin, Matthews, Sproles, Ertz, etc.  Sanchez is at the very least a solid bye week fill-in.

D/ST Dallas Cowboys
Playing Jacksonville (in London) this week.  There you go.

Week 9 Fantasy Football Pick Ups

WR Martavis Bryant, Pittsburgh Steelers 
2 games, 3 TDs?  Tall, rookie wideout already looks better than Markus Wheaton.

WR Kenny Britt, St. Louis Rams
Brian Quick is out for the year.  Next man up?  More prototype WR compared to Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey.

RB Charles Sims, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The 3rd round pick out of West Virginia can come off the IR this week.  Doug Martin sucks, Bobby Rainey blows, take a shot with Sims!

WR Donte Moncrief, Indianapolis Colts
Maybe he had a good game because Reggie Wayne didn't play, but in deeper leagues he's worth a shot.  Luck will throw for 5,000 and he found Moncrief last week.

QB Kyle Orton, Buffalo Bills
He is on the BYE this week, but if you have a QB who has a bye later on or your QB just sucks, Orton might be a play.  His next 4 games.  vs. KC, @ MIA, vs. NYJ, vs. CLE.  Think about it.  

Week 6 Fantasy Football Pick Ups

Kansas City Chiefs and New Orleans Saints are on the BYE you might be looking for replacements.  Who to pick up this week?

Couple weeks back I mentioned Chargers RB Brandon Oliver.  Hopefully you got him off waivers.  Here are some guys to target this week.

RB Andre Williams, New York Giants
The rookie out of BC should get a shot at the lead guy in the Giants backfield for the next couple of games with Rashad Jennings banged up, and maybe it leads to more of a role in the second half of the season.

RB Ronnie Hillman, Denver Broncos
Montee Ball is out a few weeks in Denver.  They obviously pass first, and second out there, but Hillman should be the starting back.  They also have C.J. Anderson and rookie Juwon Thompson.

TE Tim Wright, New England Patriots
5 receptions for 85 yards and a TD last week.  Is it a mirage or could this be legit?  Maybe it's somewhere in between, but worth a shot, especially if you need a TE.

RB Antone Smith, Atlanta Falcons
Limited touches, Jackson, Rodgers, and Freeman all ahead of him on the depth chart and yet Smith has scored 4 touchdowns (2 rush, 2 rec.).  Not saying you play him right away, but he does have 3 double-digit performances in 5 games (and another with 9) in standard scoring leagues.  In deeper league definitely worth owning.


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Week 5 Fantasy Football Pick Ups

Quarterbacks:
Shaun Hill, St. Louis Rams
Should be back this week and is facing a terrible Eagles pass defense.

Alex Smith, Kansas City Chiefs
Tough match up against his former team in the 49ers this week, but he has 3 TD passes in each of the past two weeks and looks like a solid bye week replacement.

Runningbacks:
Jerick McKinnon, Minnesota Vikings
Mentioned him a few times in past week after AP was put on double secret probation by the Vikings.  Asiata is the guy, but McKinnon should be a big part of Minnesota's offense.

Darrin Reaves, Carolina Panthers
RBs are dropping like flies in Carolina, I'm not saying he's good, just that he's currently healthy.

Wide Receivers:
Brandon LaFell, New England Patriots
He's not great.  But he did have 6 catches for 119 yards and a TD on Monday Night.  Maybe some was in garbage time but the team won't play Aaron Dobson or Kenbrell Thompkins.  LaFell was on the field for ALL 50 offensive snaps.  I'm not going to play him, but own him in deep leagues.

Jarius Wright, Minnesota Vikings
How about this guy?  8 catches for 132 yards on Sunday?  Sure, why not?  He could be a dude Teddy Bridgewater likes throwing to, so grab him and see what happens.

Week 4 Fantasy Football Picks Ups

QB Kirk Cousins, Washington Redskins

You should have picked him up last week. But if you're league is slow grab him now and start him Thursday against the Giants. 

RB Lorenzo Taliaferro, Baltimore Ravens

Can I pronounce it?  Nope. But I can click "add player."  He was great last week, but Bernard Pierce did not play.  See what happens.  

RB Branden Oliver, San Diego Chargers

Danny Woodhead is done for the year, Ryan Mathews is out a month and Donald Brown is Donald Brown. In steps Oliver?  Why not. 

WR Josh Brown, Arizona Cardinals

He's a quick little guy who gets in the end zone. So much attention on Fitzgerald and Floyd he's getting a chance to make plays.  He's on the bye this week, so a nice sneaky pick up. 

Defenses!!!

Miami Dolphins

Vs. Oakland in London!  London game sucks, it's my new theory to stream the best of the two London D's.  Miami isn't great but that Oakland O stinks. 

San Diego Chargers

Home against Jacksonville. Enough said. 

Washington Redskins

Let's try that Thursday night D thing again, home vs the Giants. 

Week 3 Fantasy Football Pick Ups

RB:
Knile Davis, Chiefs
Khiry Robinson, Saints
Donald Brown, Chargers
Bobby Rainey, Buccaneers

WR:
Mohamed Sanu, Bengals
Brian Quick, Rams
James Jones, Raiders

TE:
Delanie Walker, Titans
Larry Donnell, Giants
Niles Paul, Redskins

QB:
Kirk Cousins, Redskins