Fantasy football Week 2 went underway Thursday night when the New
York Jets visited the New England Patriots in the rain. Here are some
of the storylines coming out of the outing.
-Things
are not looking good at all in the short-term for Patriots QB Tom Brady
who was beside himself with frustration at his very raw receiving corps
throughout Thursday's game. With both Danny Amendola and Rob Gronkowski
out, in addition to seeing Aaron Hernandez land in jail and Wes Welker
defect to Denver, Brady is left with a ragtag batch of wideouts led by a
former college QB in Julian Edelman. With rookies Kenbrell Thompkins
and Aaron Dobson stuggling badly for the second week in a row, Brady
forced the ball all night to Edelman to the tune of 18 targets and 13
completions. Overall Brady finished a woeful 13-of-39 for only 185
yards with 1 TD. With Amendola now possibly out until as long as Week 6
and no word yet on how soon Gronkowski will get back, these are bad
times for Brady and his fantasy football owners. It was the concerns
about Brady's receiving corps that had me dropping Brady down in the QB
rankings heading into this season, putting him squarely behind Matt
Ryan, Andrew Luck, and Cam Newton who he easily would have been ahead
with even decent weapons. Right now with the very good Tampa Bay
Buccaneers secondary on tap next week, Brady could be argued as guy who
shoukd be benched. Seriously.
-Speaking of Edelman, he
was the prize of the waiver wire this week as it was expected he would
see a ton of work playing the Welker role and serving as the only
experienced receiver on the team who is active. The 13 catches were a
huge tally for those in PPR formats but in standard leagues not so much
as Edelman got only 78 yards out of those catches with zero touchdowns.
In other words an almost useless night in standard leagues. However
with no end in sight with Amendola's return, Edelman needs to be
continally put into the lineup no matter the format due to the high
volume of attention he will get.
As far as Dobson and Thompkins, well both guys clearly are not ready for
this yet. Sure Dobson caught the TD pass but he also was screamed at
by Brady on a number of occasions for running the wrong route and he
also had the dropsies. Thompkins was a non-factor once again himself.
Both guys should be benched in all leagues nad I can't voice opposition
if you want to cut them outright. We have reached the point where that
is all right.
-Stevan Ridley is absolutely killing his
fantasy football owners now off his Week 1 benching in Buffalo for
fumbling. With Shane Vereen out until Week 9 after wrist surgery,
Ridley was given another prime opportunity to remind us all of his
1,200-plus 2012 campaign. Instead Ridley churned out all of 40 yards on
16 carries which was horrific on a night the Pats needed help with the
run game since the weather was rough. In PPR leagues you need to plant
Ridley on the bench and standard formats could give him one more shot.
Ugly all around though.
-Nothing doing at all with the
Jets offense. Geno Smith threw 13 interceptions in a brutal night.
Chris Ivory was all right with 52 rushing yards on 12 carries but unless
he scored he is pretty worthless. Stephen Hill caught 4 passes for 86
yards but that is the extent of the offense.
There you have it. As always let us hear what you think.
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