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Fantasy Football Flex - Week 3 Tight Ends at Flex

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:54

When considering the flex position in fantasy football you do not often hear about tight ends. This is largely because until the very recent past, tight ends simply have not scored that much. While there has been stand out studs at the position for a long time, the drop off is usually pretty huge. For a comparison, in 2007 the top tight end was Jason Witten with 156.5 total fantasy points. All but six tight ends failed to score more than 100 fantasy points that year. The idea you could find a tight end on the waiver wire that you could successfully start at flex was laughable at best. However, in 2011, the fantasy points leader at tight end was Rob Gronkowsk,i with 240.9 points, and 11 tight ends broke the century mark. That’s remarkable, to say the least. It’s worth mentioning that tight ends’ numbers dipped in 2012, but that was largely due to injury and does not follow the upwards trend in the numbers we’ve seen for the last 6 years.

The start of the 2013 season indicates that this could be a crazy year for fantasy tight ends. After week two the #1 tight end, Jimmy Graham, is the #12 flex player overall. There are three tight ends in the top 20, while eleven are averaging in the double digits. Lucky for us, most of these tight ends were drafted very low or not at all. This offers the unique opportunity to snag one of them and see if they can compete with some running backs or wide receivers you are considering at flex.

Jordan Cameron

Jordan Cameron is owned in 69% of ESPN leagues, but he’s the #6 overall tight end. Through the first two weeks of football Cameron seems to be the only person that can catch these errant balls Brandon Weeden keeps slinging around, and that is going to be even more important now that Trent Richardson has been shipped off to Indianapolis. Of the 47 completions Weeden has managed, 14 of them have gone to Cameron. He leads the team in receptions and is second in targets. There are going to be a few more to go around, too. It’s unclear who the Browns are planning to replace Richardson with at the moment, but it’s doubtful that he will absorb all of Richardson’s 11 targets. He also caught Weeden’s only touchdown thus far. Cameron has the most receiving yards on the team with 203. #2 is Davone Bess with 85. Things will get even better when Josh Gordon comes back and brings with him another legitimate receiving threat. Cameron’s role in this offense is huge, and it’s not getting smaller any time soon.

Charles Clay

Fantasy Stock Watch - Week 3

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 September 2013 15:10

Another week has passed and more players continue to surpass and disappoint their expectations. By now I’m sure some of you are ready to jump ship on a number of players and are wondering which others are on the rise. Boy, are you in luck, that is exactly why this article is written! Sure Drake’s new album is out, another tragedy has struck Washington DC, and I hear Miley and Liam broke up (wait really, they couldn’t get through the whole VMA twerking thing, weird) but let’s take a break from the madness that is the world around us and check our NFL stock prices.

^ ^ ^ STOCK RISING ^ ^ ^

Michael Vick - He is at it again folks. Michael Vick is making the NFL look like a video game. He is thriving in Chip Kelly’s offense and is on the verge of turning the majority of Americans into “cat people”. Well, I don’t know about that second part, but you can’t argue with the numbers Vick has put up through out the first two weeks of his 2013 campaign. 38-61 631 yards, 4 TD’s, 0 INT, 77 yards rushing with 2 TD’s. That ranks him in at 3rd overall QB in most fantasy football formats. MUST START until further notice...

James Starks - Let’s be honest, as long as Mr. Rodgers is in town, Green bay RB’s aren’t exactly going to be flying off the shelves. With that said, it is hard to pass up a potential RB 1 if he is available, especially when that RB 1 took advantage of an early injury to Eddie Lacy to the tune of 132 yards on 20 carries. The status of Lacy and his concussion is unclear, but plan for Starks to be the lead back in Green Bay at least for next week against Cincinnati. Solid waiver wire acquisition heading into week 3, but I expect Lacy to reclaim his job once healthy.

Eddie Royal - It makes absolutely no sense that a 5’10” San Diego WR is leading the league in red zone receiving TD’s, but folks, it is reality. Eddie Royal is once again surprising the fantasy football world and making a splash through 2 weeks. After the scary injury to Malcolm Floyd, Royal should theoretically gain more fantasy value (Extra points: check out Vincent Brown!!). Not sure how long this fairy tale can last, but ride it while you can!!

Case of the Mondays: Waiver Wire Adds Week 3 and Fantasy Recap

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 September 2013 15:47

First thing is first... GO HAWKS!

Ok, now that that is out of the way we can get started.

Week two is typically the collective breath week. Perhaps that collective gust added to some of the storms we experienced across the country. Lightning delays in two separate cities, and could not get much further away from each other being in Tampa and Seattle. Teams across the league are accusing others of faking injuries to slow down these offenses, maybe someone hired mother nature to achieve the task.

Is it just me or does anyone find the whole Russell-Kaepernick eyebrow thing stupid? Kaepernick’s smile is super corny in some fake video, recorded months ago probably, with completely different hair length and facial hair design. I watched Kaepernick in last night and the last thing he will be doing for awhile is smiling around Russell Wilson. He didn’t even want to shake hands after the game, much less shave his eyebrow off. Great idea Madden, but in my opinion, poorly executed.

At least my guy won. Did I say go Hawks yet??

Let’s get to some week 2 notes....

Note 1: Welcome back RBs

-  Week 1 saw two running backs break the century marks and while neither of those two did it again this week, a much healthier number decided to step up like Channing Tatem.    Six runnings backs hit or went over the 100 yard barrier with multiple more just missing it in the 90s. A sign that the football apocalypse is not quite upon us. Running backs are hard to find, but the fact that James Starks and Knowshon Moreno find themselves in the top 5 reveal there are exceptions from week to week. Funny what happens when you play for your job, ahem James Starks, ahem.

Note 2: The QB carousel continues

-  Michael Vick, Philip Rivers, Sam Bradford, Alex Smith, Matt Schaub, and Jay Cutler. None of them with an ADP higher than 8ish and yet they all fell in the top 10 this week in standard scoring. Giving even greater defense to arguing how deep QB is as another three threw for 400+ yards, 10 throwing for 300+ and another four with at least 290. It might be a match ups year for most teams this entire year.

Note 3: Seahawks Defense