Postby ninotoreS » Sat Sep 15, 2018 8:48 am
60 yards and a TD by Pettis. Torched 1st-rounder Hughes on one route, and Rhodes on another but Garoppolo wasn't accurate. He'll be starting this week, and if Garcon primarily draws Slay's coverage, Lawson on the other side is very beatable.
Ant Miller was getting open. Got plenty of snaps, confirmed he's the offense's WR3 ahead of White, and even registered a tackle on special-teams. He wasn't targeted more because Trub missed seeing him open over and over again. Five hitch/screen targets wasted on Gabriel because his run-after-catch ability works better downfield, not at the LoS. Nagy will figure it out. Trub, I don't know about.
Tre'Quan Smith is still buried on his depth-chart, and this isn't a surprise for people that were objectively paying attention in preseason; he was getting too many minutes in the 4th quarter of those games, and played a lot Week 4. Can't blame him for not doing anything when he isn't getting snaps yet. He needs Ginn out of the picture before he can matter, since the WR3 in NO (and Smith isn't even that yet) doesn't matter since Kamara is the de facto WR2, making the nominal WR3 really the de facto WR4.
Carson was easily the better runner than Penny Week 1, and I'm not just talking about the box-score. Everyone see what Carson did to Roby? Penny truthers should be sweating bullets. Carson has had trouble staying healthy since high-school, and that might be Penny's only hope.
Royce Freeman did just fine Week 1.
Jones' value is in freefall if he's inactive again Week 2.
Main problem for Ridley is that Matt Ryan was legitimately throwing ducks out there Week 1, so he just blanketed his most trusted target (i.e. Julio). I don't know what's going on, but his arm looked shot. Disturbing. Hopefully it's nothing long term...
We told y'all Moore is too raw to do much immediately in the league. The only three routes he ran in college at a success rate notably above the NCAA average were slants, screens, and hitches. Two of those don't require any route-craft. Moore has all the athletic tools to eventually be good in the pros, but if you drafted him counting on immediate usability, you done goofed. The traditional Year 3 breakout is what I'm looking at with him. He's very young, so, you can rationally justify patience.
I don't think Christian Kirk can matter in Arizona until they let him play every snap in the slot, where he belongs. Gotta wait for Fitz to retire.
Regarding Gallup, there were plenty of indicators in advance of Week 1 that Cole Beasley would be the real #1 WR in Dallas this year. Gallup is the WR3/4 in a run-based offense with a QB that may just not be a reliable passer for fantasy purposes. Like Dez before him, Gallup isn't so great at actually separating from coverage, and Dak prefers to play it safer and throw to a guy that gets more completely open looks, i.e. Beasley.
Sutton looked good to me. Not counting on an '18 impact with him, but odds are solid he's starting in '19. So basically, Week 1 updated nothing regarding my expectations.
I'm legit disappointed Goedert didn't get more than one target. But how much of that is to blame on Foles? I'm guessing a lot.
Michel and sketchy health has been a red flag in his profile since square one. This was a gamble his drafters chose to make. He'll be active Week 2, I think.
Gesicki will be developing fine if he can just get 30 receptions as a rookie. I'm circling '19 with him. The quiet Week 1 didn't surprise me.
3-5 carries for Chubb per week is a rational expectation for a third-string running-back.
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