Suffering the Schedule

Just like a fantasy player, I have my off weeks. This is going to be one of them, and unfortunately, next week may be as well. Just a little too busy to get my fantasy thoughts in right now!

I will say my key observation for this week already is that the Giants are possibly the team that is most likely to turn an unknown into a real fantasy commodity. They've done it now in three successive seasons at wide receiver with Mario Manningham, then Victor Cruz, and now possibly Ramses Barden. I think it's safe to say whoever locks down that third wideout spot in New York is a safe weekly start for the rest of the season, and Barden for now has a decent edge on Dominic Hixon and Reuble Randle. Buy now, believe later.

It's probably too late to buy Martellus Bennett, but there's another question mark that has morphed into an exclamation point. If you can get him on the cheap (for Fred Davis, or Robert Meachem, or Kevin Smith), I think it's a no-brainer. I'm not ready to move him ahead of Jermichael Finley, but he's headed rapidly in that direction.

I have no idea what's going to happen with Andre Brown after Thursday Night's performance, but whatever it is is more bad news for Ahmad Bradshaw, who is almost certain to be demoted into at best a timeshare similar to what he had last year, and still looking at David Wilson on the horizon. Bradshaw was always a playable RB2 and I think it will continue that way for now, but Brown looks the part of a more sprite version of what Brandon Jacobs was last year, a weekly RB3. Coughlin defers to veterans, but he also plays the guys who earn it, and Brown earned it. As a Bradshaw owner, I hate to say it, but Brown looks like the better powerback, goalline option, and clock killer, likely a regular need for this strong offense. I don't think he outsnaps or outtouches Bradshaw, but I would not be at all surprised if he outproduces him going forward. Then again, it WAS Carolina. But with Bradshaw's injury history, there is nothing but upside here.