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Julian Love Jersey Draft , the Philadelphia Eagles rebounded with a dominant performance on the road against a division rival and dismissed talk of a Super Bowl hangover.Carson Wentz and Co. aren’t going anywhere. They proved it in a 34-13 victory over the New York Giants on Thursday night. The Eagles (3-3) are still frontrunners in the NFC East, and they’re determined to make another long run.“Having let a couple games slip through our hands, and this is what I love about the team, the players don’t panic,” coach Doug Pederson said Friday. “The players are resilient. The players know. Players are smart. You guys are around them. They understand what’s going on. They see it. They hear it. They read about it. They see it on television. And then as coaches, we point stuff out.”Several of the team’s weaknesses were exposed during the first five weeks, especially in consecutive close losses to Tennessee (26-23 in overtime) and Minnesota (23-21). The offensive line had trouble protecting Wentz. The defensive line couldn’t get enough pressure on quarterbacks. The secondary gave up a lot of yards passing.But they put it all together against the struggling Giants and showed flashes of the team that dominated the NFC on its way to winning the Super Bowl last season.“When I talk about ownership, the guys have to take it upon themselves to make the necessary changes to fix,” Pederson said. “Our behavior has to change, right? Our standards have to change just a little bit. They have to elevate just a little bit. And I can stand up here and talk to the team until I’m blue in the face, but until they realize it, until they take ownership of it, until they sort of embrace it, it probably won’t change.“And what I saw the last couple of weeks is they’re saying and doing the right things. They’re showing up to practice every day. They’re not complaining about a short week. They’re not making excuses for injury. And that’s what our culture has established. That’s what a veteran sort of led team can establish, and they’ve embraced that, and they’ve risen to the challenge, and I think they’d had enough, and quite honestly, they rose to the occasion last night and played well in all three phases.”Now the Eagles have a few extra days of rest to prepare for a home game against Carolina in Week 7. It’ll give players more time to heal from injuries.Nine-time Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters left the game with a biceps injury. Pederson said the medical staff is still evaluating the extent of his injury but the early indication is positive.Cornerback Sidney Jones is week-to-week after he sustained a hamstring injury.Veteran running back Darren Sproles missed his fifth straight because of a hamstring injury and he could return next week. The Eagles lost Jay Ajayi for the remainder of the season after he tore an ACL against the Vikings.Wendell Smallwood (18 carries for 51 yards) and Corey Clement (11 carries for 43 yards, one touchdown) handled primary running duties. Personnel boss Howie Roseman could make a deal before the October 30 deadline.“Both these guys are determined runners. They run hard. They run aggressive. They’re really good backs for us
Julian Love NFL Jersey ,” Pederson said. “A lot of confidence in both of those guys, and what they do, very versatile. And it’s just two guys that really take their job serious and feel like they have to prove something every single day, and that’s what you want out of your players, that they’re out there proving themselves over and over because it just makes them better and it makes us better as an offense. I’ve been real encouraged by both those guys.” If you’ve gotten this far in your fantasy football season with your start/sits still mattering after reading this advice every week, good for you. As we roll into Week 10, we’re getting close to the fantasy playoffs, which will start in Week 14 in a number for leagues. Let’s push for those playoff spots together. Here’s this week’s start/sit:Running backStart: Duke Johnson, Cleveland Browns20 receptions, 29 targets, and 203 yards. Those were Duke Johnson’s receiving stats over the first eight weeks of the season. Then the head coach and offensive coordinator got fired and Johnson was freed. Nine catches on nine targets for 78 yards in one game. It just made sense to use him more as a receiver and new offensive coordinator Freddie Kitchens apparently believes that too. Now Johnson and the Browns will face the Atlanta Falcons, who allow the most receptions to running backs in the league and the fourth-most fantasy points per game to the position.Start: David Johnson, Arizona CardinalsDon’t let a 16.5-point spread and a bad offense deter you from Johnson. This is still a “start your studs” scenario, but also way more than that. Johnson is another back freed by a change in offensive coordinator. Johnson was used on more outside runs and targets down the field. As much as Kansas City being ahead would instinctively make you think it would take away the opposing running back, the Chiefs have allowed the most fantasy points per game to backs this season. Sit: LeSean McCoy, Buffalo BillsOver the past three games, McCoy has 24 rushing attempts for 24 yards. He also has 10 receptions and 101 yards, but 6/82 of that came in one game. The Bills are a historically bad offense and 11th in DVOA against the run and seventh against running backs in the passing game. Just stay away from that offense if you can.Sit: Leonard Fournette, Jacksonville JaguarsLeonard Fournette will return in Week 10, but to what extent is unknown. Fournette hasn’t exactly been great when healthy
Julian Love NFL Draft , so adding an injury to that isn’t going to help. Jacksonville will not have a three-back rotation with Fournette. T.J. Yeldon, and Carlos Hyde. If you have another option, it’s going to be better to see how this trio plays out before committing to anyone in your lineup.Wide receiverStart: Kenny Golladay, Detroit LionsGolladay only got four targets after the trade of Golden Tate, which was supposed to open up more for him in the passing game. But he did play a season-high 97 percent of the offensive snaps, so the opportunity is going to be there. Chicago is the best defense in the league and have allowed the 12th-fewest fantasy points per game to opposing wide receivers. Still, if the Lions are down, there’s going to be a lot of volume in the passing game and Golladay should be the recipient on a good amount of it.Start: Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Green Bay PackersThis was the message on Valdes-Scantling during the waiver wire article earlier this week:Valdes-Scantling should get more opportunity against a Dolphins defense that has struggled against the pass, especially if cornerback Xavien Howard spends most of his time focused on Davante Adams.Sit: Randall Cobb, Green Bay PackersCobb had a huge game in Week 1, but hasn’t been a factor since — it doesn’t help he missed three weeks with a hamstring injury and is still feeling some effects. Against New England, he had five receptions but for only 24 yards. He hasn’t topped 40 yards receiving since that Week 1 game. Maybe he’ll be a bigger part of the passing game once he’s fully recovered from his injury, but that doesn’t look like it’s going to be in Week 10.Sit: Robby Anderson, New York JetsThe allure of Josh McCown returning to the lineup might spark some optimism for Robby Anderson after the chemistry the two had last season, but let’s hold up for a second. Read that last sentence again. If you’re really hoping Josh McCown is what’s going to help your fantasy wide receiver, you’re stretching a bit. For as bad as the Bills offense has been, the defense has been really good. Because the Jets don’t really have a No. 1 option. Anderson could see a healthy dose of Tre’Davious White, which would make a productive day even more difficult.[Sunday morning update: Anderson has already been ruled out for the game, so yea
Julian Love Buffalo Bills Jersey , don’t start him.]Tight endStart: David Njoku, Cleveland BrownsNjoku could be another player rescued by the coaching change in Cleveland. HIs Week 9 production — four catches on five targets for 53 yards — was in line with Week 7, but there’s still promise that the Browns offense will intigrate the athletic tight end into the offense more. Njoku is only being targeted at an average of 7.9 yards past the line of scrimmage when that number was 9.7 last year per Next Gen Stats. Last week, in Kitchens’s first week as OC, that went back up to 9.0, so more targets further down the field could be in Njoku’s future.Sit: Jared Cook, Oakland RaidersCook is either a monster or irrelevant. That’s how his fantasy season has gone. He had four catches for 74 yards in Week 8, but in Weeks 6, 7, and 9, he had eight catches for 50 yards combined. With Amari Cooper gone, Cook should be the top option in the passing game, but last week that only turned into two targets, two receptions, and 20 yards as the Raiders got blown out. They’re probably going to get blown out again against the Los Angeles Chargers, so play anyone on this Oakland offense at your own risk.