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Andre Johnson, @CLE (57%, 15) – In 9 games this year, Johnson has just 1 TD and zero 100 yard receiving games. With Ryan Mallet making his first NFL start this weekend I have no idea what Johnson’s numbers will look like but at best I’m expecting his usual 5-6 catches for 60-70 yards. Boring.
Michael Crabtree @NYG (52%, 13) – I recommended dropping Crabtree last week and my feelings haven’t changed at all after another mediocre day in week 10 (3 catches, 62 yards).
Mohammed Sanu, @NO (53%, 12) – The return of A.J. Green and a terrible game from Andy Dalton made a serious dent in Sanu’s production last week (2 catches, 20 yards). I’m not expecting a huge improvement this week and 12 points seems like a stretch to me unless the Bengals plan on replacing Dalton at QB with Sanu (2 career TD passes).
Michael Floyd, DET (32%, 9) – Not only should you not start Floyd, but you probably shouldn’t have him on your roster. Floyd is averaging 2.1 catches per game over the last 6 weeks and just lost his starting QB for the season. I am one of the biggest Floyd fans out there and owned him in over half my leagues, but I have cut my losses in all of them.
Marques Colston CIN (34%, 11) – Old, slow and being fazed out of the offense with an average of only 4 targets per game over the last three weeks. If any of the promising rookies WRs are still on your waiver wire (Landry, Matthews, Moncrief), they would be an improvement over Colston.
James Jones, @OAK (21%, 15) – The good news is that Jones has 11 catches over the last two weeks. The bad news is that he’s somehow averaging just 3.4 yards per reception. Jones has only topped 50 receiving yards once in the last four weeks and has no TDs over that span. He’s an acceptable flex in full point PPR leagues, but that’s it.
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Larry Donnell, SF (49%, 11) – Since Donnell’s 3 TD game in week 4, he is averaging just over 3 catches a game for 29.4 yards and has only 1 TD in the last 6 weeks.
Vernon Davis, @NYG (45%, 8) – Averaging roughly 2 catches per game for 24.1 yards and hasn’t scored a TD since week 1. He shouldn’t be on your roster much less in 45% of starting lineups.
Zach Ertz @GB (35%, 8) – Another breakout pick that I was clearly wrong on. Ertz only has 1 catch in each of the last two games and hasn’t had over 50 receiving yards since week 2.