Week 8: Bargain Hunter
Consider using these players in weekly salary cap leagues. This week's picks include Brady Quinn, Jonathan Dwyer, Rashad Jennings, Ryan Broyles, and Randall Cobb.
by
George Bissell,
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 3:03:00 PM CDT
FFToolbox.com
I have to give some credit to my collegue Ben Standig (you can follow him on Twitter: @BenStandig) for opening my eyes up to rookie Chris Givens, who is quitely becoming an impact wide receiver for the St. Louis Rams. While he had only three catches this past week, they went for 73 yards and the Wake Forest product has reeled in at least one 50-yard catch in each of the past four games for the Rams.
Givens will be the beneficiary of a tasty Week 8 matchup against the New England Patriots' atrocious secondary, which is ranked 29th against the pass, giving up over 290 yards per game through the air, and has surrendered the most plays of over 20 yards (39) in the NFL this season. This truly is a dream matchup for a big-play threat like Givens, who will cost his prospective salary cap owners a paltry $6.64 figure to acquire his services as a one-week matchup sleeper.
Josh "Flash" Gordon is a very talented, but raw receiver, that has stepped up and assumed the role of chief big-play threat in the Cleveland offense, developing into the vertical threat the Browns have lacked for years. After four long-distance touchdowns in the last three weeks, Gordon is a must-own and must-start option in fantasy and salary cap leagues until he cools off. Valued at $9.39 in Yahoo! Salary Cap leagues, Gordon is no longer the bargain he was a couple of weeks ago, but he is still much cheaper than the elite options at the position and represents a great value as a complementary receiver in salary cap leagues.
Remember to read all our columns for this week and use our Who To Start Rankings
George Bissell
Newport, RI
FFToolbox Fantasy Football Writer since 2007
George Bissell has been a fantasy football and baseball analyst for FFToolbox since 2007. He took over as FFToolbox.com's senior fantasy baseball analyst in 2013.
As the site's senior fantasy baseball analyst, he is responsible for planning and producing all fantasy baseball related content. He writes the Starting Pitcher Daily Notes, which rank the days starting pitchers and provide insight on the days pitching matchups.
He also writes the Long Relief column, which looks at bullpens around the league every Friday, an Injury Report every Sunday and a Wavier Wire/Stock Watch column which comes out on Monday's during the baseball season.
Each week during the fantasy football season he writes the Bargain Hunter column for the site. From 2007-2011, George wrote the Player Upgrades column for FFToolbox.com.
He is also a co-host of the FFToolbox.com Podcast, which airs on Tuesday and Thursday nights during the fantasy season. The podcast is also available on ITunes.
Additionally, he manages the FFToolbox.com Fantasy Football team in the Bum Phillips Texas BBQ Fantasy Expert League; which won the Championship in 2008 and 2010. FFToolbox is the only repeat champion in the four year history of the league.
George has also represented FFToolbox.com in the 2010, 2011 and 2012 USA Today Sports Weekly Fantasy Football Special Edition magazine experts mock draft. He is weekly fantasy football contributor for USA Today, writing the Sizzler/Fizzler article, which runs in conjunction with the publications weekly rankings.
