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Startem sitem 2016 week3 Sunday

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!



Matt Ryan QB ATL vsNO Start
Ryan, not drafted in many teams has opened the season on fire. He gets the Saints defense in week 3, trust him. Ride him while he's hot and see if he can continue the hot streak before he gets the Panthers, Broncos and Seahawks defenses in weeks 4-6.

Michael Thomas WR NO vs ATL Start
Saints at home are a high volume offense typically. Let's give the rookie another look this week. He's been involved just hasn't gotten a TD.

Andy Dalton QB CIN vsDEN SIT
Dalton has averaged 22.5 ppg through 2 games and currently sits as QB11. Denver will be a much bigger challenge. Look elsewhere for options in week 3.

Ryan Tannehill QB MIA vsCLE Start
This is a good matchup for Tannehill and he's likely to continue to pass a lot. He's averaging 37 attempts after the first two games and with Foster out this week, they'll likely focus on their pass catchers again.

Isaiah Crowell RB CLE vsMIA Start
Cleveland will try to slow this game down with Cody Kessler starting. That should mean a steady diet of Isaiah Crowell.

Tyrell Williams WR SD vsIND Start
Last week, Williams turned 6 targets into 3 rec for 61 yds and a TD. Look for him to stay involved vs a suspect Colt defense in week 3.