It’s Saturday, so we know a lot of you who engage in fantasy football are currently shifting your week 8 lineups around. As the NFL season progresses, more and more injuries become prevalent. It’s imperative to stay updated throughout the week and set lineups after injury updates surface from Friday’s practices.
Final Fantasy Football Advice: Garcon, Lynch Solid Week 8 Sleepers
Three players who we like as sleepers to start in your fantasy football lineup this weekend.
From us to you, here are three sleeper picks for your viewing pleasure:
(All statistics courtesy of ESPN Fantasy Football)
It’s safe to say Marshawn Lynch is happy to be out of Buffalo. The change of environment is already doing wonders for him.
Coming off his first 20+ carry game since December 2008, Lynch carried the ball 24 times for 89 yards last week and is due to bust a big run as his focus has returned. We think it comes on Sunday against a weak Oakland defensive front which ranks No. 28 against the run giving up 138.9 yards per game this year.
Pete Carroll seems to be high on Lynch and is giving him plenty of touches. We like Lynch as a flex option on Sunday.
Rams D/ST
The Carolina Panthers are a team in turmoil right now, especially on offense. This team is really suffering some "growing pains" as they look to rebuild and bring in young talent on the offensive end.
Maybe that’s why they rank dead-last in the NFL in giveaways per game.
They also rank dead-last in two other offensive categories: yards per play (4.4) as well as points per game (12.5) .
Start the Rams’ defense this week and play-against a Panthers’ offense that cannot score points but also turns the football over often - a fantasy football owner’s dream.
Garcon is coming off a bye week and is the healthiest he has been all season, and he couldn’t have picked better timing.
With WR Austin Collie and TE Dallas Clark now out of action on Monday night, it's clear Garcon will receive plenty of targets from QB Peyton Manning against the Texans and their atrocious secondary which ranks dead-last in NFL and is giving up 306.2 yards per game through the air.
With the Colts suffering some injuries in their backfield, we look for a very pass-heavy offense with Manning hitting Garcon for some big gains on Monday night.
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