NFL Week 2 Fantasy Football Studs and Duds: Eddie Royal Catches Three TDs, Reggie Bush Hurt Again
Studs:
Eddie Royal, WR, San Diego Chargers – Bag on Philip Rivers all you want, but dude has an uncanny knack for turning nobodies into relative somebodies. Denario Alexander. Seyi Ajirotutu (who paid me to mention his name here). Legedu Naanee. Malcolm Floyd is banged up (and thankfully not seriously injured… phew). Antonio Gates won’t play the Eagles twin turd safeties every week. Vincent Brown is only a fantasy star in the preseason. Ryan Mathews fumbles. Danny Whitehead is very, very Caucasian. You get the point.
DeSean Jackson, WR, Philadelphia Eagles – Nine catches for 191 yards and a TD. He had a TD called back and was overthrown on at least one other one. Part of me wants to sell high on him, but I’d actually advise people to buy low. Do we know that Michael Vick is 100% going to get hurt? Do we know Jackson is going to get hurt, too? No. It’s always good to be prepared for those likelihoods, but you should never operate out of fear of injuries. Unless you own Reggie Bush. Jackson is the fastest thing in perhaps the fastest offense (running and playcalling) we’ve ever seen. Additionally, the Eagles defense is atrocious. Somewhere, Robert De Niro is screaming about them losing their juju. My point: the Eagles high-octane offense will be in plenty of shootouts and maybe… just maybe… Jackson and Vick miraculously stay healthy. He’s a WR1 who you can still likely trade for at a WR2 price.
Martellus Bennett, TE, Chicago Bears – Martellus! He tried to tell us! Lame jokes aside, Bennett has never been shy when it comes to talking about his talents. Just a little shy when it comes to displaying them. Fortunately, now that he is in the Chi, he’s stopped being so shy. Perhaps the Windy City blew him some confidence… or stick ’em… or a quarterback with a man crush? That’s right. Sorry, Kristin Cavallari , but Jay Cutler has a thing for his new neck-tatted tight end. Bennett is averaging eight targets and 1.5 TDs per week. Jared Cook was a flavor of the week. “Orange” Julius Thomas still could be a flash in the pan (though I doubt it). Bennett is here to stay. Scoop him up for a bargain-basement price instead of splurging on a Jordan Cameron.