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Historically, Thursday night has been low scoring. That said, there is support for a Big Ben bounceback since he's had 6 road games, and 3 home games against 3 of the top pass defenses. It's possible he plays his best game of the season tonight, but the short week might work against him, and therefore Juju. Also, that one Tenn CB is a ballhawk.
Maybe Evans. Don't know what kinda target share he'll get with his new QB. Hopkins though? Never...
Arizona employs the shadow coverage and he’ll be shadowed by Patrick. Peterson has shut everyone down that he’s faced. A. Jeffery has been the most successful with 2 catches on 2 targets for 26 yds in week 1 he allowed Marvin Jones Jr. to catch his only target for 6yds and a TD meanwhile he’s shutdown Hilton, Dez, Evans, Garçon, Goodwin and Watson.
Tbf, none of those guys have been as consistent as Nuk on the season (and with a subpar QB no less). I expect Nuk to be showered with targets regardless (especially with Fuller injured now). He may not even pass 50 yards but dude is money in PPR and will have double-digit targets and has the kinda hands that vacuum the ball. I'm expecting a floor of 12 in PPR and I'll be okay with that.
Evans had 4 targets with zero catches with Patrick on him. I’m just giving you information not trying to convince you are anyone else to sit Hopkins. I’m sitting him based on the information I have today, he’ll be shadow by Patrick and he’s a shutdown machine.
This is correct!Evans caught the TD while PP was on the sidelines (I actually lost my game that week due to that play). To that point Evans had done nothing.
Yes Peterson has shut down everyone he's faced, but teams have only thrown his way 32 times all season. Hopkins could get targeted 16 times in this game alone and has what it takes to win at least a few of those battles. I expect a lot of penalty flags.
Why would teams not throw at Peterson? Because he’s a hawk. If Hopkins gets 16 targets which I just don’t see happening PP will have at least one pick six and another Int to go along with it.
The Texans last faced the Cards in 2013. Hopkins was a rookie. And PP was covering Andre Johnson and he caught 2 TDs.
You called it. Juju was still looked at a fair amount, but he definitely a focus of the defense. They ended up letting AB get loose more as a result. Wouldn't be surprised if next week flip flopped, and the D focuses a lot on AB letting Juju and Leveon get free more.BigTex said:
Steelers play the Packers next week. Both Brown and Juju should go bananas. Green Bay pass defense is truly horrible again this season.
Not concerned at all, I just knew this had all the makings of a down-game for Juju. Still happy to have him in my flex.
AB had Sims lined up against him last night. Sims has allowed 24 catches on 30 targets, with two touchdowns going into last nights game. AB blowing up on this kid was a given.
It's weird I though the same thing this morning that Bryan didn't even hi-five any one
That makes three of us but I don’t remember him being part of any celebrations. I was him a few weeks ago congratulating someone on their TD but I don’t remember who it was. But it seems as if they are going out of their way to tell MB they they’ll be fine without him.It's weird I though the same thing this morning that Bryan didn't even hi-five any one
Feeling the same, and maybe I'm reading too much in between the lines. The entire team, especially AB, really seems to like this kid. I hope that plays out with more targets and such.
I mentioned this in one of the WW threads earlier in the year but I noticed that when Funchess was scoring TDs, KB wasn't celebrating - hell he looked bummed out. Lo and behold he was traded a month later. I guess TD celebrations will be factored in my analyses moving forward.
As my only weekend option not named Devonta Freeman, I'll probably end up having to bench Juju for Dez or Alfred Morris, so as not risk leaving a big fat goose egg in my flex if neither Freeman or Juju can go.
Depends entirely on Big Ben and what the Steelers do with the QB position. If he's got Landry Jones throwing him the ball, I'm going to fade him hard.
he's right, he will be picked well before i will be comfortable taking him in most leagues
