Well we can now probably call week 2 of the NFL season the week of the upset. The Rams falling to the Redskins, the Ravens to the Raiders, and the Colts to the Jets just to name a few. I certainly didn't see those coming but I've learned from my mistakes. No longer will I only pick favorites to win from this moment onward I will pick upsets! For the most part however on my player picks I think I was pretty spot on. Yeah Mariota didn't have quite the week I thought he would, nor did the Eagles, but Flacco put up some great numbers as did Big Ben so I think I'm about 50/50 on good picks versus bad picks. That's not good enough so lets get down to it and improve that percentage with my opinion on who's going to explode this week.
Quarterbacks:
Tom Brady. This guy has had a fantastic start to his season putting up some huge fantasy numbers and going into week 3 playing the Jaguars yeah I'm going to pay big for this guy because he's going to come up big.
Tyrod Taylor. Who is this guy? Coming out of nowhere on the Bills and putting up some great fantasy numbers I'm picking Tyrod this week for his low buy cost and high upside if he decides to run the ball. Mobile quarterbacks = big fantasy production and if he can get running against Miami he's gonna pay out big.
Andy Dalton. The ravens just got torched by the raiders last week to the tune of 351 passing yards from Derek Carr. A.J. Green has started off this year slow but I think week 3 is the time to buy and he's going to run all over this ravens secondary. Dalton should put up some good numbers but if you're gonna get him make sure you grab A.J.
Wide Receivers:
A.J. Green. While Green has started off his 2015 campaign a little slow a week 3 match-up versus the ravens who just let Amari Cooper and Michael Crabtree have 100+ yards receiving each spells out a breakout performance for Green.
DeAndre Hopkins. Hopkins had a big week in week 1 but fell a bit in production week 2. Going into week 3 playing Tampa Bay at home is a promising matchup for the Texans number one receiver and I don't think another performance similar to his week one debut is out of the cards.
Brandon Marshall. While Marshall's fantasy stock took a huge hit when he left the bears for the jets he's going up against an Eagles secondary that allowed Julio Jones to rack up 140+ yards and two touchdowns in week 1. Marshall has got the talent to put up big numbers but it all relies on how Fitzpatrick plays. Still the Eagles have been looking pretty bad as of late and he could have a great game.
Running Backs:
Wow I got Darren Sproles wrong last week. Sure he was the best running back on an abysmal running game in Philadelphia but that performance is not going to cut it, stay clear of him and all Eagles backs going forward until they find some traction and get going but I don't think that's going to be week 3 versus a stout jets defense.
Latavius Murray. This guy has been putting up some good numbers and as an added bonus he's going up week 3 against the Browns with the worst run defense in the NFL. Given that he also catches passes a bunch Murray has an added bonus in PPR leagues and should be available pretty cheap.
Adrian Peterson. Well Peterson did exactly what I thought he would last week and played like Adrian Peterson. I fully expect that to continue and you should pay the high price for him this week against a mediocre chargers defense.
Justin Forsett. Forsett hasn't done much this year and I'm not really sure why I'm picking him this week but I've just got a gut feeling he's gonna put up some big numbers. Sure my gut is wrong a bunch but I feel good about Forsett this week.
Well those are some guys I think should put up some big numbers but who knows. I'm going to skip out on picking games this week due to my less than stellar performance last week but I'll be back to that soon. Good luck and may you score 100s of points in your fantasy endeavors.
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