New England Patriots – Fantasy Forecast – Week 14

December 8, 2013
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Cleveland Browns, Julian Edelman, New England Patriots, Quarterbacks, Rob Gronkowski, Running Backs, Shane Vereen, Tight Ends, Tom Brady, Wide Receivers
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New England Patriots vs Cleveland Browns

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Tom Brady

#8 Ranked QB

Well it took almost the entire regular fantasy season for Tom Brady to work his way back up to a starter, but there are few other QBs that you should feel better about or who have a better track record of producing than Brady. The Browns fall dead center in the defensive pack when it comes to keep QBs at bay, so it should be a good week for Brady.

Rob Gronkowski

#1 Ranked TE

This should be a no brainer. He is healthy and Brady is his QB. Always a must start. The fact that he was the highest scoring TE last week should prove that and the Browns are weak against TEs.

Gut Calls

Shane Vereen

#27 Ranked RB

We can’t in good faith name Vereen a must start only for the fact that Belichick is his coach and anyone other than Brady can be pulled at any moment. With that said, he could be a great look at an RB2 or flex. He was the 19^th highest scoring RB last week, which lands him exactly in that spot in your lineup. The Browns do a better job stopping the run than the Texans so maybe lean more so towards the flex.

Julian Edelman

#27 Ranked WR

Again, we don’t love any of the Patriots WRs for the fact that you never know which WR will produce that week but Edelman has had the hot hand the last two weeks so if you were going to roll the dice he would be the one to take the gamble on. The Browns give up the ninth fewest points to WRs so perhaps look at another team.

Bench Warmers

There is no obvious bench players this week but you might consider putting the Patriots DEF on the bench, Josh Gordon did blow up last week and has been solid all year at sucking points away from defenses.

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New England Patriots – Fantasy Forecast – Week 12

November 24, 2013
Defenses Denver Broncos New England Patriots Quarterbacks Rankings Running Backs Tight Ends Wide Receivers
Aaron Dobson, Danny Amendola, Defenses, Denver Broncos, Kenbrell Thompkins, LeGarrette Blount, New England Patriots, Patriots Defense, Quarterbacks, Rob Gronkowski, Running Backs, Shane Vereen, Steven Ridley, Tight Ends, Tom Brady, Wide Receivers
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New England Patriots vs Denver Broncos

Play ‘Em If You Got ‘Em

Rob Gronkowski

#2 Ranked TE

The big man scored the 7^th most fantasy points last week and would have tied for the most points by a TE last week if he had caught that TD in the last seconds of the game (that was nowhere near him). Gronk is a beast and you should always start him. The Broncos DEF was really bad the first part of the season but they have been really good the second half so don’t look at the statistics and think this will be an easy scoring game for the Patriots.

Gut Calls

Tom Brady

#4 Ranked QB

Technically he should be on the bench as he was only the 18^th highest scoring QB last week which means no one should have been playing him. This week is no different. The Broncos do allow points to opposing QBs so he won’t get shut down but there will still be other QBs who will score more points and are a safer bet.

Steven Ridley, Shane Vereen and LeGarrette Blount

#16 Ranked RB, #22 Ranked RB and #39 Ranked RB

It is not pretty, guys. Ridley should be the RB in New England, but he fumbled so Belichick sidelined him and he only got to play 6 snaps after the mishap. Belichick does this so now you truly have no idea what kind of production you will get out of him. Vereen got a total of 34 snaps in comparison to Ridley’s 16 snaps and Blount was in for 19 snaps. You have a committee now, which means you can’t be sure about any of them. Who cares that the Broncos give up more than average points to RBs, you aren’t sure which of them will have a break out game or if all of them will have about 6 points like last week.

Danny Amendola, Kenbrell Thompkins and Aaron Dobson

#20 Ranked WR, #63 Ranked WR and #25 Ranked WR

Same thing goes for the Patriots WRs. You have no idea who will actually score the most, as Brady likes to spread the wealth. Great from a team perspective, but terrible from a fantasy perspective. Before Gronk was back, your WRs had a bit more value. Amendola is the best option if you are in a PPR league but Thompkins actually had the most point last week; you can’t really count on any of these guys to produce for you week in and week out at this point.

Bench Warmers

Patriots DEF

#23 Ranked DEF

Hopefully you have figured out by now that you should bench whichever DEF is playing against the Broncos this year. The Patriots DEF is no different. Have them on your bench.