Fantasy Scouting Report: Buffalo Bills

Buffalo Rumblings goes in-depth with all you need to know about Bills players for week three.

Trent Edwards – Edwards has a juicy matchup this week with New Orleans’ 29th-ranked passing defense. Normally, I’m not one who would ever consider starting Edwards in a non-bye week or non-injury fill-in, but if I owned him I’d probably be getting ready to move him into the starting lineup. If the Bills get down early or get down big, Edwards will be throwing to make the game closer. If they control the clock and sustain drives, there should be plenty of opportunities to put a couple balls in the end zone. The Saints will bend all day and aren’t an intimidating defense. After seeing the way our RB has chewed up chunks of yards this season, I’m guessing the Saints will be daring Edwards to beat them. He should do a good job of that and is in line for some gaudy stats this week. Whether that will be good enough for a Bills victory, who knows, but that’s irrelevant for this discussion. Donovan McNabb owners should be happy to have Trent as their backup this week. The only thing that should hold owners back from starting Edwards this week are the matchups the top QBs face this week. Of those normally ranked ahead of him, only Kurt Warner (vs Ind), Tony Romo (vs Car) and Matt Ryan (@NE) face defenses ranked in the top half of the league in defending the pass. Warner might be the only one I’d consider benching for sure, but even then, that game is likely to be a shootout. Edwards may not get many starts simply because of the other matchups around the league. Verdict: Start ’Em in deep leagues and two-QB leagues.

Terrell Owens – After spending more time dropping passes than making plays, T.O. was able to get into the end zone in the fourth quarter last week. Hopefully, that’s the play that really gets him going. His targets aren’t where he wants them to be, and not where we want them to be either. At some point, Alex Van Pelt and Edwards need to find ways to get Owens the ball more. The reverse last week was a good start, but now the underneath looks need to start coming. Derek Schouman has done a good job controlling the underneath passing game for Edwards thus far, but now that he’s out for the season, Owens and company need to step up their games. That means stop dropping touchdowns! One of these games, T.O. is going to have a monster game. This week is a good opportunity. Verdict: Start ’Em

Lee Evans – Like Owens, Evans needs more looks, but he also needs to step up his game. He dropped a touchdown last week as well, though it wasn’t as easy of a ball that Owens dropped. Edwards started looking downfield more last week, and I expect that to continue as the offense gets more comfortable. Evans will get his chances to make some big plays this week, but the rest of his fantasy game is always so questionable. I think he’ll have a nice game this week, and this is probably one of the last times I suggest starting him all year. I’m going against what I’d normally do with Evans, and would start him this week. Verdict: Start ‘Em
Rian Lindell – The Bills have done a good job of putting points on the board, and that should continue this week. Normally, I wouldn’t consider Lindell a starting kicker for fantasy teams, but this week he looks like a good bet. Verdict: Start ’Em
Defense/Special Team
Buffalo Defense - Against the Saints? Are you crazy? Verdict: Sit ’Em

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