After a week of injury questions, Cleveland Browns wide receiver Travis Benjamin will be active Sunday despite his shoulder injury. Benjamin will team up with quarterback Johnny Manziel to host the San Francisco 49ers in Sunday's game.
Travis Benjamin expected to play; will be big risk/reward option for fantasy
The Cleveland receiver has been a question mark all week after getting hurt early in Week 13. We break down the fantasy implications.
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Benjamin injured his shoulder early in the team’s Week 13 game and missed practice early this week. He didn’t get back on the practice field until Thursday, but practiced the rest of the week, leading to optimism about his status for Sunday.
Fantasy impact: Benjamin has three different 100-yard games this year, with two of those coming with Manziel at quarterback. He has five receiving touchdowns as well. He has also had some rough games, with 26 and 22 receiving yards in Weeks 8 and 9, and zero yards in Week 13, when he was targeted only twice before leaving with his injury.
Still, Benjamin has high upside, with extreme big-play ability and six different games with double-digit targets. With Andrew Hawkins out for the Browns, and Taylor Gabriel, Brian Hartline, Marlon Moore and Dwayne Bowe all varying degrees of injured (not to mention tight end Gary Barnidge nursing an ankle injury), the Browns will likely lean heavily on Benjamin for Sunday. He's a WR3 with high-end upside.
