Calvin Pace, Jets

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Teams on the Bye Week: Bengals, Chiefs, Patriots, Steelers, Bucs and Redskins.

 

Defensive Linemen

 

Last Week’s Top Performers

 

 

Strange week for the defensive linemen, as Robaire Smith, Anthony Hargrove and Daniel Muir are not guys that are on anybody’s radar and likely won’t be anytime soon. Justin Smith is a quality lineman and Andre Carter is having a nice bounce-back season… he’s already matched last season’s production.

 

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Linebackers

 

Last Week’s Top Performers

 

 

Talk about a huge debut! Newly-acquired Will Witherspoon certainly paid immediate dividends for the Eagles, who may have acquired the key component to get them over the hump in the NFC East. The Steelers are always a good bet to place an LB amongst the Top Performers; James Farrior isn’t a surprise, but Keyaron Fox’s pick for a TD certainly was. Tim Dobbins’ performance was an eye-opener, but he’s not a starter and his game against the Chiefs represented over one-third of his production year-to-date. Calvin Pace’s return from a league-imposed suspension bodes well for the Jets’ defense, which now has its playmaker back.

 

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Defensive Backs

 

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Tracy Porter is a sophomore DB that has some potential as an IDP backup, but he still needs to improve a bit before entering the DB1/DB2 tier; Leon Hall, however, is already in that tier and on his way to becoming a solid DB1. On pace to post his third consecutive season of improving fantasy stats, Hall is a corner who has delivered both the tackles and INTs. Despite his fluky-looking stat line last week, safety  Brandon Meriweather is someone I’d consider a solid bye week or injury fill-in. Also a sophomore, Meriweather needs to up his tackle numbers before becoming an IDP starter—a must for a safety. Look, I don’t know who Jacob Lacey is, which means you shouldn’t either. I do know who Darren Sharper is, however; so does everyone else in fantasy football and the NFL. The veteran big-play safety is a must-start every week that he’s healthy: he’s averaging an INT per game, and a TD every other game. Think about that: Sharper has more TDs than Steven Jackson, Brandon Jacobs, Clinton Portis and Brian Westbrook. That’s impressive for Sharper, embarrassing for those runners.

 

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