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Snatch ‘Em Up Now
If they weren’t already drafted in your league, these guys will be hot commodities on the wire this week.
Quarterbacks:
Kaidon Salter, Liberty – Tell us where the roadblocks are on Salter’s schedule, who had a four-touchdown performance against New Mexico State on Saturday. Won’t be Buffalo, who just gave up 40 points to Fordham. Florida International is terrible. Those are the next two opponents. Maybe Sam Houston State, who stifled the Air Force offense this past week. But there isn’t a single P5 opponent remaining on the schedule for the dual-threat quarterback.
Tyler Van Dyke, Miami – Seems as though the transition to Shannon Dawson’s offensive scheme is going well, as TVD tossed five touchdowns with 374 yards passing in the win. Bethune-Cookman this week before heading into ACC play. I’ll be curious to see the projection, though, because TVD only scored 14 fantasy points in a blowout win in Week 1. Will Miami lean on the run game against an FCS opponent this week? Still, the outlook is promising for later in the year.
Running Backs:
Corey Kiner, Cincinnati – Some bias here as we were on Kiner last year, hoping that he’d become the bell-cow in the Bearcats backfield. Looks like that projection was just a year too early, as the former LSU transfer has now hit 100-yards in consecutive games. We know the track record of RB1s under Scott Satterfield with six 1,000-yard rushers in the last nine years. Favorable matchup again for Kiner this week with Miami (Ohio) before Big 12 play begins.
Emani Bailey, TCU – Doesn’t appear that Trey Sanders was injured at all against Nicholls, so I’m observing the 20-5 rushing attempt disparity between he and Emani Bailey as notable. Bailey would have been one of the top fantasy producers in Week 1 had the coaching staff not given all of the red-zone work to Sanders against Colorado. Fairly evident that, at least between the 20s right now, that Bailey is the preferred option.
Wide Receivers:
Gage Larvadain, Miami (Ohio) Jack Sorenson, Mac Hippenhammer…Gage Larvadain. We’re seeing a lineage developing of WR1s at Miami (Ohio) and Lavadain is next in line, now with eight receptions on 12 targets in EACH of the last two games. 265 yards and three scores against UMass, which is essentially a MAC level defense. Just one more P5 opponent next week in Cincinnati before its smooth sailing the rest of the way.
Colbie Young, Miami – Initially wasn’t even going to look up Young on Fantrax as I thought there was no way he would be under the 30% ownership threshold. 70+ receiving yards and a touchdown in each of the first two games as Miami’s established WR1. And we know the history of WR1s under Shannon Dawson during his days at Houston.
Kobe Paysour, North Carolina – The unfortunate news came down this week that the NCAA denied Tez Walker’s appeal which makes him ineligible for the 2023 season. That situation aside, it does boost the stock of Kobe Paysour who has been targeted nine times in each of the first two games. Most valuable in full-point PPR formats only with a YPC average under 10.
Jared Brown, Coastal Carolina – Working in favor of Brown and the rest of the Coastal receivers is that the Chants haven’t gotten anything done on the ground through two games, averaging just 2.37 yards per attempt. Brown has 17 targets and 13 receptions through two weeks.
Sam Brown, Houston – Matthew Golden did find the end-zone twice on 14 targets, but it’s very evident that Sam Brown is either the WR1, or at very least WR1B. 100+ receiving yards each of the first two games on 17 targets.
Lincoln Victor, Washington State – Not a flash in the pan performance last week as Victor saw double-digit targets again vs. Wisconsin, while also finding the end-zone. We were concerned that perhaps DT Sheffield would factor into the game plan more as the season progresses, but he was on the field just 38% of the time on Saturday, even less than last week.
Tight Ends:
Harold Fannin, Bowling Green – We already know Fannin has talent. It’s a matter of if his quarterback can be competent or not, which is rarely the case with Connor Bazelak. For at least a week, Bazelak was on target with his passes and Fannin was the main beneficiary with seven receptions on eight targets. We also know this staff will hand Fannin the football in the red-zone at times with four rushing touchdowns in 2022.