Falcons vs. Panthers Fantasy Sleeper of the Week

by Jaxon on Dec 10, 2011 10:42 AM EST

For many fantasy leagues the playoffs start this week and so picking your line-up becomes critical. If you have a bad match-up for a position player and you are looking for a player to put in then I might have an option. The Falcons are very good against the run but not such much against RBs catching balls out of the backfield. Though I'm not going to pick RB Jonathan Stewart this week he is a good option if you are looking for a RB.

The Falcons are weak against the pass, in particular #1 WRs as it turns out. Given WR Steve Smith is an automatic play every week I could hardly call him a sleeper. If you have him on your roster the Falcons are a great play as Smitty is due for a big game.

Looking at the TE position the Panthers have 2 good ones yet surprisingly the Falcons do a good job against TEs. Given both Jeremy Shockey and Greg Olsen have been slumping fantasy wise so to speak I'm not confident either will have a big game.

That leaves the WR position where I think we have a good candidate. Last week Brandon LaFell got his first start of the season and he put up 3 receptions for 64 yards. I see an even bigger day for LaFell given the Falcons are prone to giving up the deep ball. LaFell has a knack for the 3rd down catch of 20 to 30 yards and I see the Panthers being in a number of 3rd down and long situation on Sunday. Hence I'm going to call LaFell my sleeper.

Vicks Fantasy Sleeper of the Week: WR Brandon LaFell 6 receptions for 110 yards and a TD!

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Get the Falcons out the dome

and they are beatable…. they play much tougher at ATL. so we might be able to win this one!

by TheWhite Mamba on Dec 10, 2011 11:25 AM EST reply actions

It appears the person I am up against in the nfl league I am in quit on his team.

He has 2 players starting that are on ir, 1 dnp by the name, & 1 o by a name, he is 2-11. So, I have Stewart in that league and I am going to start him this week. I figure I can’t lose this 1 so why not see if he can put up some points for me. I haven’t played him all season because I never know how he will do since we have 2 greats. When I drafted him, I was expecting the Panthers to let Williams go and he would have been a stud fantasy rb this year. Okay Stewart, this is the week you can prove to me your worth on my team!

STICK THE KNIFE IN AND TURN IT!!!!!

by MrBernz on Dec 10, 2011 11:26 AM EST reply actions