The Indianapolis Colts are rolling on offense right now. They had their latest success come in Week 7 during an easy 27-0 win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
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They are one of the hottest teams in the AFC with a five-game winning streak and have scored an average of 33 points per game in that span. Basically, the folks in Canton, Ohio are working on a bust for quarterback Andrew Luck.
Andrew Luck: He tied Peyton Manning’s record for consecutive 300-yard games with his fifth, finishing with 344 passing yards, two scores and no interceptions. Luck put the ball in the air 42 times and completed 27 of them while adding four rushes for 5 yards on the ground.
He is arguably the top fantasy quarterback the rest of the way. His fantasy owners should not be selling high.
Trent Richardson: He suffered a hamstring injury in the win and could not return. Richardson does have a few injuries in his career and he did have a hamstring problem near the beginning of training camp.
Before going down, Richardson had 77 rushing yards on 14 carries to go with four catches for 41 yards. This was one of his best games of the season and he’s actually put up decent lines in his past two.
Stay tuned for his hamstring issue, but he’s not more than an RB3 anyway.
Ahmad Bradshaw: He continues to put up awesome numbers, rushing for 52 yards on 10 carries to go with three catches for 36 yards and two total scores. It was his first rushing touchdown on the year, but he does have six receiving touchdowns.
Obviously the big news here is how Bradshaw would be featured with Richardson out of the lineup. The Colts have one of the best offenses in the league, so Bradshaw would basically be a top-five back while in a featured role.
Even if T-Rich is back, Bradshaw is still a nice RB2 in all leagues, especially in PPR formats.
T.Y. Hilton: He's on fire right now. Hilton went over 100 yards for the third time in four games. In this easy win, he finished with seven catches for 107 yards.
It’s pretty simple with Hilton: Get him in your lineup and consider him a WR1 the rest of the way.
Reggie Wayne: He's fallen way behind Hilton and had just 15 receiving yards on four catches and eight targets. He did have just 35 receiving yards in Week 6 and 77 yards in Week 5, so the numbers haven't been there for three straight considering he hasn't scored in any of them.
On the bright side, Wayne is being heavily targeted with at least eight targets in each of his last four games. We can probably rule him out as a WR2 the rest of the way, but he should be a WR3.
Dwayne Allen/Coby Fleener: With offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton calling tons and tons of passes, it's led to some major output from the tight end spots. Fleener came up with 64 receiving yards on four catches while Allen scored on his way to 52 receiving yards on three catches.
Allen has five scores on the season, has been a fantastic red zone threat and is capable of being a low-end TE1. Fleener is more of a TE2.
