Who in the Hell is Bryce Brown?
- Bryce Yourself
Bryce Brown has made NFL analysts and fantasy gamers like you and me stand up and take notice with two standout fantasy performances the last two weeks. Gamers with their ears to the ground would have likely scooped him up during halftime of last Monday night’s game featuring two crappy clubs that saw him set an Eagles rookie record with 178 yards rushing with two scores to boot. Brown followed that up with 169 yards and two touchdowns against Dallas yesterday. Waiver wire fantasy gold, once again, delivering big points at fantasy playoff time; to me, this is the most exciting thing in fantasy sports.
A top recruit out of high school, Brown, you may recall, decided to attend the University of Tennessee then transferred to Kansas State. He had to sit all of 2010; then due to injuries carried the ball just three times as a Wildcat. He was drafted by the Eagles in the seventh round, and has revitalized the Eagles offense, to a point. The Eagles can’t end the season soon enough, fire their coach, and some other key players, but Brown is definitely a keeper. Is he a keeper in your league? Well All-Pro Shady McCoy, isn’t going anywhere. But for now he’s a surefire RB1 even heading into the matchup with the top-ranked run defense of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 14. The Bengals in Week 15 and the Redskins in Week 16 are all tough against the run but Bryce Brown is averaging 6.5 and has a powerful, explosive style, attack the whole with a lot of want-to. He’s got to eliminate the fumbles but two back-to-back 150 yard games don’t grow on trees. You can’t trade for him at this point but I would definitely consider him a league keeper as the Eagles are known to make big trades.
- J. Stewart May Bear Watching
Who is J. Stewart for the Oakland Raiders? Jeremy Stewart, a backup fullback, had 9 carries for 46 yards in the 20-17 defeat to the Browns yesterday. The recently serviceable Marcel Reece started the game, as Darren McFadden was held out, but it was Stewart who ended up with more carries. Coach Dennis Allen said after the game that McFadden is expected back for Week 14, but its December and we’re talking McFadden who has, to put it nicely, consistently worrisome injury concerns. Stay tuned. Broncos are up next, and are stout against the run.
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
Don’t look now, but Rams wideout Chris Givens is starting to heat up. When anyone has 11 catches against the 49ers in a single game, fantasy owners had best take notice. He didn’t score on 92 yards worth of catches, but put that next to 5 catches for 115 yards and a touchdown at Arizona in Week 12 and you clearly can see the 20 targets mean Sam Bradford has Givens on his radar early in the progressions. No Danny Amendola either, makes matchups against the Bills next week quite tempting.
Seattle Seahawk Golden Tate is starting to be useful fantasy wideout in 12-team deeper leagues. Sidney Rice gets more targets overall, but in the last four games they both have 15 catches apiece. Tate has converted 75% of his targets and has scored 4 times. Seattle has three of its final fours games at home where Tate has scored 5 of his 7 touchdowns.
Don’t know if folks back east are paying attention but Russell Wilson could be a real option to pickup off waivers for keeper purposes if you play in those types of leagues. Also keep in mind a lot of guys like Willis McGahee, Danny Amendola, etc. may have been dropped to make room. If you have room on your roster it may behoove to make a waiver move.
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