Week 6 Reflections

Howdy Fantasy Lovers, Fantasy Novices, and Fantasy Creatures! Welcome to Fantasy Football 101, where I, Kyle Bazin, will be sharing my opinions, experiences, and advice on Fantasy Football to you all.

Nothing is better than a clean sweep... But nothing is worse than losing by only a few points after you had over 140 points. I don't talk about it a lot (and I guess it is actually something I could address in a Friday blog) but I am a HUGE dolphins fan. For anyone that actually knows me, knows that it's unhealthy the way I base my life solely off of their play on Sundays. But this week, the Dolphins had a standout week and looked very impressive compared to their first few games. I won in both my $1 FanDuel submissions this week. I crushed in my free league against my roommate, I crushed in my $25 league, and yet when it all comes down to it I will probably lose in my big money league against my dad (I write these blogs on Monday and am winning by only 8.5 points and he has Josh Brown, NYG kicker, so I assume I am going to lose because the fantasy gods hate me.). I scored 143 points this week and the winner of this matchup is going to win the week, which means one of us is going to get an extra $50. I am a college student, I need that money. Nothing is set in stone yet, but with the way my luck generally goes in fantasy I would say there is not a very good chance for me. Anyways, so that was my normal, general outburst for my Reflections blog, let's get on to the good stuff.

Devonta Freeman is actually starting to get annoying. I feel like no one else on the Atlanta offense wants to score touchdowns besides him anymore. Matt Ryan, you have a guy named Julio Jones and he happens to be one of the best WRs in the game right now! Oh and did I mention he is taller than everyone corner or safety in the league!!! Throw it up and let the big man make a play. Eight touchdowns in three games is ridiculous! Even with Tevin Coleman back (and running hard I might add), it doesn't look like they are going to slow him down at all in the red zone.

Two guys that came back from injury this week who really showed that they should be back for the entirety of the season (barring another injury setback) are LeSean McCoy and Delanie Walker. If you were smart enough to store them on your bench up until this week, go ahead and activate them for the rest of the year (unless you have much better options like Gronk or a couple of super stud RBs). Shady bursted off a 33-yard carry on his first touch of the game and Delanie solidly had almost 100 yards in his 2nd debut this year.

Guys to stream this week:

There aren't going to be a ton of studs that emerge for the rest of the season off of the waiver wire, so generally from here on out this is going to be a list of people that are guys you may need because of bye weeks or injuries that would go in your lineup for a single week.

Anquan Boldin of the 49ers is a very interesting play this week against Seattle. Now I know what you're thinking. Why would you ever start someone against the big bad SEA Defense. Well, the Legion of Boom isn't what it used to be and especially isn't amazing away from home. The 49ers generally play SEA very tight at home and Greg Olsen (CAR, TE) just lit up that defense last week. The best thing Kaepernick has to a TE is Boldin. He should get enough catches in a PPR to do you well.

If you need a Defense this week, some that you may want to look at would include (I am basing this off of who is available in a few of my leagues): Pittsburgh D/ST vs KC, Giants D/ST vs DAL, CAR D/ST vs PHI. Somehow all of these defenses (all in the top 10 of standard ESPN scoring) are available to be picked up in both my ESPN leagues. Kansas City was a decent offensive power with Jamaal Charles, but without that solid production from the backfield the team struggled to do anything against MIN last week. Expect some heavy blitzing from the Steelers. The Giants have quietly been the best team against the run this year and because Romo and Dez will be both out of this game, they will need to rely on Randle, McFadden and company to do most of the work. Expect low scores from Dallas. Carolina is the 5th best defense in the league. They do it all. They get defensive touchdowns, they don't let you score or get yards, they pressure the QB. This is a defense you want to keep long-term if you're struggling in this category. Philly has been reckless with the ball, at times, with Bradford at QB. Expect at least one turnover and some QB pressure.

Thanks for reading everyone. Again these are all MY OPINIONS! Do not take them as a Bible scripture and do not use my word as the only word. It is OK to make opinions for yourself! I promise! My next blog will be the Rundown that I did last week in my college fantasy league!