Week 2 Bold Fantasy Predictions: Mike Gillislee repeats Published: Sep 15, 2017 at 07:15 AM All your favorite NFL analysts (and the other ones, too) spend all week pouring over data, slugging through hours of game film and debating amongst each to give you the best advice on what to do with your fake football squads. In this space, however, as the work week comes to an end we'll crank up the heat a bit more than usual and go off the map. Every week, our analysts will drop their boldest predictions and inevitably dance around their desks with idiotic grins if they ever happen to come true. If said predictions go belly up, we shall never speak of them again. : finishes with more fantasy points than Julio Jones This one is quite the hot take, considering decimated the in the NFC Championship game with 180 yards and two touchdowns. However, I think the will try to slow Jones down in this one which will open the Nickeil Alexander-Walker Jersey door for Sanu to roam free. When these teams faced off in the regular season, Sanu posted a 9-84-1 stat line on 10 targets, though Jones was nursing an injury. : finishes in the top four of fantasy Stay away from the , Rank! I'm still recovering from your call from last week. Yeah, same. I mean he converts that one red zone target into a touchdown and we're all living on Easy Street! So back off. And play this week. I'm not sure if you caught the Monday night action, but abused the out of the slot. And so it stands to reason Hogan is going to step up for the who are beset by injury to take this game over. And I'm not saying isn't going to get his share of beignets, either. But Hogan is going to take over. And (well, since you've been waiting for it) WHATCHA GOING DO, BROTHER, WHEN HOGAN RUNS WILD OVER YOU! : will finish with Jahlil Okafor Jersey fewer than 10 PPR points This one hurts, because I love Dez and the (as you probably know), but I can't be biased. He's put up just two touchdowns in his last eight road games and 100-plus yards just twice in his last 11 away from Dallas. Couple that with a matchup against cornerback and the , who allowed just 13.9 fantasy points per game to wideouts at home last season, and I don't have a whole lot of faith in the superstar as a fantasy starter this week. : is a top-10 fantasy running back this week. The versus game is sure to be a high-scoring affair in New Orleans. Based on what we saw last week, may not see much playing time if the game is close or if the fall behind. Ingram has collected at least 45 receptions in each of the last two seasons and will likely dominate backfield snaps here. Plus, New England was destroyed by in Week 1 and gave up the second-most receiving yards to running backs in 2016. : goes HAM again to the tune of 100-plus yards and two touchdowns Derrick Favors Jersey The defense is clearly in transition right now. It would surprise me ZERO percent if Bill Belichick protects his defense by cramming the ball down the throats of the defenders. Not only is the matchup favorable, running the rock would chew up tons of clock, limiting the exposure of the New England defense. Gillislee only averaged 3.0 yards per carry on his 15 totes but looked like the real deal as a potential feature back. Versus the ? Sign me up. : will top 150 receiving yards with two scores The couldn't find a way to slow down rookie last week in their embarra sing lo s to the . You're telling me that they're going to figure out how to stop the agele s wonder known as ? Fitz was already going to get pummeled with targets but that number is likely to skyrocket with out of action for awhile and 's health being le s than optimal. The are going to see more of than they ever wanted. And it's not going to be pretty. : ends up in the top-15 WRs for this week and is the top receiver Bradford's 84.4 percent completion rate against the last week set a record. A big part of his succe s was how much time in the pocket he was afforded. When the used three wide recievers, one tight end and one running back they averaged 9.6 yards per play. The average in this personnel is 6.5 yards per play. I say play because that blends rushing and pa sing game. What's my point? They were able to balance the run and pa s plays, benefitted from great offensive line play, and had time to allow deep pa ses to develop. Bradford, when targeting Diggs had almost a perfect pa ser rating. Enter the defense and their pa s rush. It's unlikely that Bradford will have the time in the pocket to allow these deep plays to Diggs to develop, so the opportunity for Thielen and Rudolph increases. I'm not saying Diggs should be benched or anything nutty like that, but in this likely high-scoring game, I think it's Thielen that earns the fantasy points. Julius Randle Jersey : finishes as a WR2 or better I have no idea how you could deploy him confidently, but I was told these are supposed to be bold predictions. The intend to start newcomer on Sunday as they welcome a depleted team mi sing and their starting left tackle. We should know by now to avoid declarations of "it can't po sibly be worse," it can always be worse when it comes to backup quarterbacks. However, Bri sett has at least showed more fortitude and offered up good throws than has in the last two calendar years. One of Bri sett's pa ses, when he came in for Tolzien in Week 1, was a 50-yard bomb to that traveled 46.4 yards in the air that the receiver brought down in a contested situation. Moncrief could be in position to make more plays on Sunday when the inevitably find themselves in negative game script. Should shadow top receiver (only 23 percent of plays in the slot Week 1) than Moncrief would draw in coverage. The No. 2 outside corner gave up 110 Eric Bledsoe Jersey yards and two touchdowns in coverage against the in Week 1. There's at least some factual basis that this is a viable play and I'll personally be (stuck) playing Moncrief in at least one lineup along with you should you follow me down this dark rabbit hole. This article has been reproduced in a new format and may be mi sing content or contain faulty links. Please use the Contact Us link in our site footer to report an i sue.
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