PLAYERS:
Alfred Morris,
Aaron Rodgers,
Drew Brees,
Pierre Garcon
TEAMS: Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers, New Orleans Saints
TEAMS: Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers, New Orleans Saints
The great game that is fantasy football is rarely dull. By that I mean, it’s hard as snit to predict what you’re gonna get from week to week, even when you have the studliest of studs in your lineup. Just ask any person who drafted Aaron Rodgers how the first few weeks of the season felt or a Drew Brees owner if they missed the playoffs when he dropped a 5 INT, 0 TD pass for the first time in 54 games last week. No matter how much you want to say ‘I’ve got this in the bag, look at this team’, every week is a re-evaluation of what you have and what your guys are gonna do based on the natural ebb and flow of the game. For that reason, I have annointed Alfred Morris in my top 5 for the week. Brazen, you say? Possibly, but ever since Pierre Garcon has come back healthy, Washington has been able to run the ball – and run it effectively – in the 4th quarter. The team is hitting a very good stride over the last few weeks and have stayed close enough in games that it’s feasible to ha...
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