Fantasy Sleeper of the Week: Jake Ballard

The reason why I’d say move away from Jacobs is because after his antics last week I think we may see a lot more Bradshaw/Ware than Bradshaw/Jacobs.

Tate could be risky seeing as I’m expecting the Houston running game to be shut-down because they don’t have anyone to throw the ball.

You could replace him with Thomas and have half of the Saints backfield on your roster. You could win big there.

Barber/Battle – eh…maybe

i was offline yesterday….I would definitely drop Jacobs and pick up Thomas if that is still an option. I think the Saints might score over 40 points again tonight, so starting two guys on the same team is not the worst option possible.

anyway, you definitely start BGE against Indy. I like Helu even against the Jets (especially in PPR league) but only if Shanahan doesn’t get stupid with his RB rotation as usual. That’s a big If. I might start Ingram over Thomas then if only because of the TD potential. Hope that helps. You are welcome to e-mail me anytime if you need input quicker: mike@michaeljmedia.com. Not that I profess to be a fantasy expert but I have been playing a long time with multiple teams every year

pass covering LB’s and Safetys has gone up, and will continue to go up as we see more and more of these basketball type TE’s being recruited for, and playing, TE.

I have seen over the last decade the defense somewhat catch up to the wide open passing teams who made big plays on the outsides of the field with WR’s. Corners were recruited, developed, picked high in the draft, and played well in the NFL to the point where there are less high powered WR based offenses exploiting the edges over the last few years.

So as defenses adjusted at the college and pro level, they caught up. Now the offenses shifted focus to the middle of the field. The result? More of the TE’s like the kids from NO, GB, DET, NE, CIN, etc. Now defenses are going to have to shift their focus to the LB’s and Safetys who can cover the seams.

That and the Safety/LB hybrid will have to (and has) emerged to cover the TE’s who are beating teams in the middle.

It’s always interesting to watch the league play catch up with whatever units or positions are dominating play at the time.

to my friend last week that maybe as the games are getting more important, that his ass is getting a little bit tighter.

Hopefully this is not the case, or if it is, that he gets more comfortable in higher pressure situations.

That would be the fantasy comatose player of the millennium.

slim to none. I’m expecting to see a dramatically fatter Packers team. You gotta drink a lot of Mountain Dew and eat a ton of Doritos for the “double XP” time. Rodger’s fingers are going to be stained orange.