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Startem sitem 2016 week2 Thursday

By Brad Kruse
Brad Kruse
In this Start Em / Sit Em column each week, I'm looking to find some fringe players that you might consider starting each week and comment based on their matchups. Early on, I'll base my selection of candidates on where they were with respect to ADP. I'm not going to try to pad my stats by suggesting your start Drew Brees each week, but instead trying to dig deep and find some nuggets for players to avoid or to go after. These are coin flip guys and if I can finish the year at better than 60% I'll consider it a success. My metrics to get the start decision are: QB 20 pts or more, RB, WR or TE need to score 12 pts or more for a successful endorsement. Defense/Special Teams should put in 8 points or more to get those picks right. I'll look at ~3-6 players on each Thursday night's game and ~ 6 players for the rest of the week to get you going. This year I'm going to be looking at different ways to integrate daily fantasy pricing and Vegas odds into my decision making process. Good Luck this year!


Sammy Watkins WR BUF NYJ SIT
Watkins was having issues with the foot he had surgery on this offseason. There was talk of shutting him down for a handful of weeks, but he seems to want to give it a go and see if he can tolerate the pain. On top of this, he'll attract the attention of Revis - who AJ Green didn't seem to have a problem with in week 1. But, if you have other options, I'd use them.

Matt Forte RB NYJ BUF START
Forte was drafted as an RB2, but he put to rest all fears of his hamstring issues in week 1. At this point you need to play Forte as a weekly start unless you drafted RB heavy the three or four rounds before you drafted Forte

Tyrod Taylor QB BUF NYJ SIT
Tyrod did not have an impressive opening game. Baltimore spie dhim to contain him and with Watkins less than healthy, he didn't have the weapons to exploit the extra atttention on his rushing ability. Until we see that change, I'd recommend looking elsewhere for a streaming tight end.