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The time to add Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen in fantasy footbal
in Fragen 01.03.2019 02:24von panxing18 • 144 Beiträge
l is now Buffalo Bills rookie quarterback Josh Allen was impressive on Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings. He completed 15-of-22 passes (68%) for 196 yards and 1 touchdown. He added 10 rushing attempts for 39 yards and 2 touchdowns. The Bills went to Minnesota and dismantled a team that has Super Bowl aspirations.With all of the positives http://www.buffalobillsteamonline.com/jeremy-kerley-jersey , it’s clear that Allen’s future is bright in Buffalo. Does that mean you should buy in and add him to your fantasy football roster?In short, yes. Yes you should.Allen scored 27.74 fantasy points last week in a game where his offense had essentially shut it down after halftime. He has proven that he will be able to earn points with his arm as well as his legs. His total last week was good for fifth among all quarterbacks in Week three. He is also the Bills’ leading fantasy point scorer on the year, totaling 48.3 points so far. That leaves him twentieth among quarterbacks in fantasy scoring.While being twentieth isn’t much to brag about, the percentage of leagues with Allen on the roster doesn’t match his overall performance. Allen is available in 97% of Yahoo! fantasy leagues. Here is a list of quarterbacks who are current starters for their team, have fewer points than Allen, and are rostered at a higher percentage than Allen is:Andrew Luck (47.68 points; 86% rostered)Tom Brady (47.16 points; 100% rostered)Case Keenum (44.3 points; 27% rostered)Eli Manning (41.5 points; 18% rostered)Derek Carr (40.34 points; 38% rostered)Mitchell Trubisky (37.04 points; 15% rostered)Sam Darnold (35.04 points; 10% rostered)Dak Prescott (34.42 points; 45% rostered)Note that I’ve intentionally left off two quarterbacks who have missed time due to injury (Marcus Mariota and Carson Wentz) who both appear on a greater percentages of rosters than Allen currently does. Also note that all of those quarterbacks have played three whole games, whereas Allen did not play for the first 40 minutes of the season opener against the Baltimore Ravens.Should you drop Tom Brady and pick up Allen? Absolutely not. Is Allen going to finish the year as a top-five quarterback in fantasy scoring? Probably not. Is Allen a better option than quite a few players who are on more fantasy roster than he is currently? Absolutely.There are three teams changing quarterbacks right now, so the waiver wire will be hot for quarterbacks this week. The Arizona Cardinals are moving on from Sam Bradford, electing to start their own first-round draft choice, Josh Rosen. The Cleveland Browns are benching Tyrod Taylor for Baker Mayfield, the number one overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. The San Francisco 49ers just lost Jimmy Garoppolo to an ACL tear http://www.buffalobillsteamonline.com/jerry-hughes-jersey , meaning that C.J. Beathard will start for the foreseeable future.The fourth week of the season also means that bye weeks are coming. Only two teams (the Washington Redskins and the Carolina Panthers) are off this week, but that means that Cam Newton and Alex Smith need to be replaced, if only temporarily. As far as bye week replacements go, Allen’s ceiling is definitely worth the risk.There will be growing pains with Allen, just as there will be with any rookie quarterback. After all, Allen was considered to be one of the most raw of the quarterback prospects coming out of college this year. There may be a dud here or there, especially given the dearth of solid receiving weapons on Buffalo’s roster. He did just put up a 28-point performance, however, with a supporting cast of Chris Ivory, Zay Jones, Kelvin Benjamin (who has just been dreadful so far) Womens Matt Milano Jersey , Andre Holmes, Charles Clay, and Jason Croom. On Sunday, Allen elevated his supporting cast. There’s no reason why he can’t do it again.If your league is a two-quarterback league or one in which a superflex position is used, then Allen is not only a must-add, but a must-start. If your league is more traditional, there is still no need to wait. The time is now to add Buffalo’s rookie quarterback.Opponent preview: Minnesota Vikings tackle Riley Reiff The Buffalo Bills’ defense allowed a couple more points than was desired during the first two weeks of the 2018 season. Despite the final scores being tilted a bit in favor of their opponents, a solid second half in Week 2 has fans once again crossing their fingers. To limit the Minnesota Vikings, a resurgent pass rush would go a long way. We take a look at Vikings left tackle Riley Reiff. Jerry Hughes will see plenty of Reiff on Sunday. Is there an opportunity to do some damage?Play 1Technically speaking, Riley Reiff prevents his man from getting to Kirk Cousins. However, the swim move beats him cleanly. Reiff recovers well enough to prevent the sack Authentic Tre'Davious White Jersey , but not well enough to prevent pressure. Reiff’s own trajectory takes him nearly into Cousins, who is flushed from the pocket by his teammate. A trend you’ll see here is that Reiff struggles against finesse moves and speed rushers. Play 2While there’s no finesse techniques on display, the speed of this stunt confuses Reiff and left guard Tom Compton. As a result, the entire left side of the pocket vanishes. Cousins is running for his life and lucky to throw the pass away. Play 3Against power moves, Riley Reiff generally buys Cousins more than enough time. Cassius Marsh may not be an All Pro-level defensive end, but at 245 lbs and a small amount of steam built up, this is a solid block from Reiff. Actually, three solid blocks from Reiff. By trying to play through Reiff, Marsh doesn’t even end up in the same zip code as Kirk Cousins. Play 4Physics favors the 280-lb Solomon Thomas even more than Cassius Marsh, yet he doesn’t have much better luck trying to power through Reiff. Thomas tries a rip at the back end of the rush but he’s too slow to completely free himself from Reiff. Play 5Let’s take a look at a bend around on Reiff from a smaller and faster player. Josh Jackson is a diminutive 196 lbs but his speed pays off. Cousins goes down because Reiff struggles to contain the shiftier defender. Play 6Nick Perry tries to bull-rush Riley Reiff. It goes about as well as it did for Marsh and Thomas above. Trying to plow through Reiff has been mostly harmless in 2018. While Jerry Hughes has good power moves for his size, they shouldn’t be expected to bring him success against Reiff. This isn’t to say he shouldn’t use more power-based techniques Womens Rafael Bush Jersey , but they should be used to set up a finesse move later. Play 7We’ll end on a great microcosm of Riley Reiff as Dean Lowry gets a chance to try out several different techniques on one play. As Lowry initially engages Reiff, he’s pretty well controlled by the tackle. A swim move gains significant ground very quickly—enough to prevent Cousins from stepping up if he needs. Reiff recovers alright, but Lowry sets up a spin move and ends up right in Cousins’s face. When Hughes squares up with Reiff, he should have opportunities to rip, bend, and make his way to the quarterback. A big day from Hughes (or anyone on the defensive line for that matter) could go a long way to helping the Bills pull off an upset in Minnesota.
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