I have been decimated by injuries and byes this week, especially at the WR position. My first 2 picks of the draft (keeper startup / ppr) in my main league are out this week, Calvin and Fitz, both my stud WRs. We start 3 WRs in this league, as so what's left is not much. I have Crabtree who i am starting with confidence, but then it gets slim with Bowe, Golden Tate, Armstrong/Nate Washington (both available on the wires), or who i have decided to go with this week: Brandon Stokely. This is my sleeper WR pick for the week.
Here is the situation, Stokely was just signed by the Seahawks and word around Hawks' camp is that big Mike Williams is playing the 1st WR position out wide, Dean Butler is starting at the other Flanker position, and Stokely is 1st up for the slot in 3 WR sets (which the Seahawks will play plenty). Last week was Stokely's 1st chance to get on the field and he played very well, despite only being on the team for a few days. He scored 7 points in my league with 4 receptions for 62 yards. This is all while BARELY playing. You could see that Hasselbeck and Stokely had INSTANT chemistry. Despite playing so few plays, Stokely did pretty well.
Now Dean Branch has been traded and Stokely is the 1st option at the slot position. The Seahawks were on a bye last week, and thus Stokely has had 2 weeks to learn the system, what is expected of him, and to build more chemistry with Hasselbeck. Barely playing and having only a limited # of plays, he did very well 2 weeks ago. Now with MUCH MUCH more playing time, a few weeks to learn the system, I think this old timer is going to be Hasselbeck's #1 option going forward.
Sometimes you can just see the chemistry a QB and a WR have, and i saw it 2 weeks ago. I think this is the main reason that the Hawks had no problem letting go of Dean Branch, and I think Stokely is going to go off this week. Remember that the Bears have an EXCELLENT run defense, but their pass defense is actually pretty bad. The Seahawks will look to take advantage of that pourous pass defense, and Stokely will be the #1 option.
My projection is that Stokely scores 15 points in a PPR league. I'm looking for 7-10 receptions for 80-90 yards. I don't expect a TD, but that would be icing on the cake.
Now let's see what happens!
Here is the situation, Stokely was just signed by the Seahawks and word around Hawks' camp is that big Mike Williams is playing the 1st WR position out wide, Dean Butler is starting at the other Flanker position, and Stokely is 1st up for the slot in 3 WR sets (which the Seahawks will play plenty). Last week was Stokely's 1st chance to get on the field and he played very well, despite only being on the team for a few days. He scored 7 points in my league with 4 receptions for 62 yards. This is all while BARELY playing. You could see that Hasselbeck and Stokely had INSTANT chemistry. Despite playing so few plays, Stokely did pretty well.
Now Dean Branch has been traded and Stokely is the 1st option at the slot position. The Seahawks were on a bye last week, and thus Stokely has had 2 weeks to learn the system, what is expected of him, and to build more chemistry with Hasselbeck. Barely playing and having only a limited # of plays, he did very well 2 weeks ago. Now with MUCH MUCH more playing time, a few weeks to learn the system, I think this old timer is going to be Hasselbeck's #1 option going forward.
Sometimes you can just see the chemistry a QB and a WR have, and i saw it 2 weeks ago. I think this is the main reason that the Hawks had no problem letting go of Dean Branch, and I think Stokely is going to go off this week. Remember that the Bears have an EXCELLENT run defense, but their pass defense is actually pretty bad. The Seahawks will look to take advantage of that pourous pass defense, and Stokely will be the #1 option.
My projection is that Stokely scores 15 points in a PPR league. I'm looking for 7-10 receptions for 80-90 yards. I don't expect a TD, but that would be icing on the cake.
Now let's see what happens!
Well thought out post Plyka. 
