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Sit’em
QB
Colin Kaepernick @AZ (36%, 17) – It looks like the same Kaepernick to me with flashes of brilliance followed by dumb mistakes. He turned the ball over 4 times against the Bears last week and I’m not sure he can be trusted this week on the road against an aggressive Cardinals defense.
Andy Dalton @TEN (21%, 16) – The Titans pass defense has been excellent in two games so far (KC, DAL) and Dalton could be without his three top receivers from last season (Green, Jones, Eifert). The Titans are susceptible to the running game and I think that’s where the Bengals will focus their efforts on Sunday.
RB
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Toby Gerhart IND (46%, 14) -25 carries for 50 yards. Those are T-Rich numbers! You already wasted a decent draft pick / dollar amount on Gerhart, don’t compound your mistake by keeping him in your lineup every week. Hopefully you grabbed one of the decent waiver wire options this week (Davis, Brown, Robinson). The Jags O-line is a mess and they won’t have a lead long enough in this one to establish a ground game.
Doug Martin @ATL (41%, 12) – Don’t worry about the questionable label, Martin has been practicing all week and should be good to go against a weak Falcons defense. What you should worry about is the fact that Bobby Rainey may get the start even though Martin is healthy. It sounds like Lovie Smith is leaning towards a platoon for the Thursday night game and I have a feeling Martin will get the short end of that deal. I’m holding off one more week on Martin until I see what the carry distribution is this week. I traded for Martin in two leagues recently because his value has never been lower, so I hope I’m wrong.
Stephen Jackson TB (20%, 11) – Old, slow, playing a decent run defense (3rd fewest fantasy points to RBs) and is averaging only 11.5 carries per game so far. If you don’t have a better option this early in the season, your team is in trouble.
Trent Richardson @MIN (24%, 11) – Sit every week, forever.