WR Guru

I just had to make a call between dropping Crowder and Devante Parker and I dumped Crowder. So that means Crowder will catch 10 balls this week. But yeah, with the addition of Thomas, Herndon returning, and if the Jets ever figure out that they've got maybe the best pass catching back in the league in Bell, some of those short and intermediate targets that Crowder was hogging may dry up.

You're right, it is disputed as to why Pipp left the Yankees lineup. There are several different versions of the story. I think though that "Wally Pipped" has come to describe a starter who sits out for any reason at all and then never gets his job back because his replacement is too good.

Gordon will play better at some point, but the real problem right now is that he may have Wally Pipped himself. Ekeler has been so effective, it's hard to imagine that this won't be something close to a 50/50 timeshare for the rest of the season. Ekeler is their leading receiver- #3 in the entire league.

Same here. Hoping for the best, but no big expectations. Kerryon himself was pretty disappointing so far in that offense before he went down. Hopefully Ty can shine in week 8 and use that as a springboard into the rest of the season. If he can't exploit a tasty matchup against the Giants, that doesn't bode well for tougher matchups on the horizon. Might even be a good sell-high candidate if he shows this week.

I don't care if the other team has Superman and Batman in the secondary, not getting the ball in the hands of your top playmaker even a single time in an entire game is a failure of gameplan and play calling. Period

Still believe that Baltimore is going to be a low volume passing offense over the long haul (with week 1 being a massive outlier), which will limit Andrews. But, hey, they've proven me wrong thus far.

Going back to last season, Diggs is under 50 yards in 6 straight games and 7 of 8. That's bad for a guy being viewed as a WR2 or low-end WR1. He looks like a clear 2nd fiddle on a run-heavy team. He's already had two games this season with target totals worse than any game he had all of last year. I know it's bad form to trade guys at the low end of their value, but at this point I'd move him while he still has some name value. Or wait and pray that he has a pop-off game in the next couple of weeks and move him then.

6.8 yards per touch vs 3.9 yards per touch. How long do you suppose it takes the Tampa coaches to figure that one out? Barber is a career 3.8 guy, so this is who he is.

Emerging lead dog? or Just another committee guy getting 5-10 touches ROS? I really have no read on this Philly RB mess at all.

MVS has a TD or 100 yds receiving in 4 straight games. The sample size on Harris is too small to recommend him over a guy who has produced for a month.

Fantastic streaming option this week as one of the few healthy skill players on a team facing the dumpster fire Tampa defense. Beyond that, who knows. Have to see how his usage changes when Crowder returns.

I agree that it's likely to remain a 3 way or even 4 way mess with Sproles returning. But given that Smallwood and Clement are mediocre talents at best, and Sproles is old and banged up, it doesn't seem like it would take much for a superior runner to just take the bull by the horns and make it his job.

It's an interesting move by the Saints, for sure. But how much impact is a guy going to have coming in off the street in week 10 having to learn an entirely new offense? It smells a little bit like a desperation move since the Saints have not been able to establish a secondary receiver since Ginn went down.

Right. Indy tight ends have almost 100 targets already this year. Philly with Ertz has more and I think the Chiefs are the only other team that's even close. Doyle will be just a notch below those top few guys at tight end, but not far behind.

Crowell's last 4 games: 50 carries, 143 yards (2.86 avg). And he's barely a factor as a receiver. In fact, if you take away his one outlier game against Denver where he racked up over 200 yards, he's averaging less than 40 rushing yards per game. The path is wide open for McGuire to become the lead back here.

Sounds moronic if it's true. So they send him out there in an inconsequential role to get a few token carries on the eve of a bye week and he blows the hammy again, junking the rest of his season. Brilliant.

Well, with Crowell banged up and struggling and Powell down for the year, you could do a lot worse as a speculative add than McGuire. Opportunity knocks. And the matchup with the Dolphins this week is juicy. Though the risk of starting a guy in his first week back from a prolonged injury is obvious.

I believe Brees is sporting some crazy completion percentage, like 77%. So yeah, Thomas over 90% seems plausible.

Considering that he has returned to practice at times and then gone back on the shelf again, it's obvious that he has re-aggravated the hammy multiple times already. And here we sit in week 8. Yeah, it's an open question as to whether he'll be healthy at any point this season.

Clement looked pretty good to me. He's a tougher between-the-tackles runner than Smallwood, who looks like more of a scatback. I'd be surprised if the touch share between the two doesn't flip the next time out, now that Clement is healthy and has a game under his belt.

Titans are one of the 3 or 4 weakest offenses in the entire league. That spells doom for a RB who's not heavily involved as a receiver. Henry is for sure droppable unless you are in a league with large rosters where you can afford to stash him for a while and see if the Titans offense comes around. Bitter pill for people who had him as their RB2.

Just look at the skyrocketing contracts these QBs are getting. $33.5 million annual average for Aaron Rodgers. And each QB who signs a new deal raises the bar higher. With those numbers, QBs are just too valuable now to the franchises, who are not going to allow their prized assets to be driven into the dirt by 260 lb cement heads. Like it or not, that's business.

Wasn't the final betting line on that game something like Vikings -16.5? And then not only do they not cover or even win, but they get blown out? That game right there is why I don't bet on sports.

I know it's deceptive to project season long numbers after only 3 weeks, but Cole's pace is 80 catches, 1,120 yards, 5 TDs. I think you'll take that line from a WR3 all day long. Of course the big games and the quiet games that average out of the course of a season are just the nature of the receiver position. That goes for everyone except your stud level guys.

That's fair. But Gordon on the Pats is a potential league-winner, versus whatever other roster filler you would have in your WR4 or WR5 slot. It's a dice roll that's worth it. I mean, the echoes of a washed-up, useless, done-with-football Randy Moss going from the Raiders to Brady/Belichick land is unmistakable.