Wide Receivers With Favorable Fantasy Matchups in Week One

Marcus Mariota, Quarterback, Tennessee Titans: We wouldn’t blame you for drafting Mariota – as 65 percent of owners did in FOXSports.com leagues – but his Week 1 matchup against a stingy Minnesota Vikings defense doesn’t inspire much confidence. Unless you have also have Aaron Rodgers for some reason, I say start Luck with confidence. So, as is often the case when dealing with a contest involving the Browns, a lot of this has to do with the opposition. Carolina can choose to shut down the Broncos’ run game; they allowed only 88.4 rushing yards per game last season and recorded 33 sacks. One of my favorite plays from previous year was Stefon Diggs before he got popular.

Elliott gets to run behind one of the best offensive lines in the NFL. The choices come weekly, when owners have to pick the best running backs, receivers, and quarterbacks every week. Only on the rarest occasions (by rarest I mean today) will I tell you to bench a fantasy stud. Wallace was also catching passes over the middle and that adds to his value.

No matter how much research and analysis was required for your draft, there’s still the matter of taking advantage of that knowledge. These traits should again shine through when the Bucs head to Atlanta on Sunday. While Hilton will undoubtedly get the deep targets this year, I think Moncrief has every opportunity to lead the team in total targets. Jones is a bigger-bodied target and likely to be on receiving end of heavy red-zone targets, especially given the lack of size at the starting running back position and tight end Eric Ebron not fully healthy. The Jaguars ranked struggled to defend the tight end last season, allowing the 6th most fantasy points to opposing tight ends. Look for Carr to start his 2016 campaign with a bang. He’s a QB2. He’s a guy maybe you use when the matchup is favorable in DFS or maybe standard scoring leagues but Bradford doesn’t move the needle for me. This isn’t a knock on Maclin as a season-long commodity.

Also, the draft time was changed because I am bad with time zones, our draft will start at 8pm EST/5pm PST. He should have 60-70 catches this season.

What’s more, Challenger, Gray & Christmas also found that fantasy football’s net effect on the economy is actually positive: Because each player spends an average of a little over $550 a year in various league dues and membership fees, research costs and the like, the hobby pumps nearly $32 billion into the economy – almost twice the amount lost to workday fantasy football distractions. The Chargers were strangely competent at controlling the clock for a 4-12 team. Really, the main issue was their propensity for turnovers and their dead-last ranking in starting field position. No I don’t think you should bench Todd Gurley or David Johnson. Even with Jamaal Charles’ impact up in the air, Kansas City will still be leaning heavily on the running game. Hilton has six games with 25-plus points the last two years and reached 30-plus three times. Currently, that number is -7. This year, he’s got the keys to the backfield and is expected to get even more carries. With the preseason behind us and the dreaded NFL cuts, there has been a bit of an uproar when it comes to fantasy football and the Week 1 lineup.