SB Nation Kansas City - NFL Fantasy Football: Chiefs Vs. Dolphins Provides Stage For Encore Performance For Jon Baldwinhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48935/kc-fave.png2011-11-05T08:00:29-05:00http://kansascity.sbnation.com/rss/stream/22980132011-11-05T08:00:29-05:002011-11-05T08:00:29-05:00Fantasy Football Sleeper: Matt Cassel Makes Great Quarterback Sub Against Dolphins
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<p>Fabiano believes that the key is facing the Dolphins depleted secondary this week that makes Cassel a potentially valuable play.</p> <p>In his latest <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nfl.com/fantasy/story/09000d5d823b1d87/article/manning-has-giant-appeal-for-fantasy-owners-in-week-9?module=Fantasy_CP">fantasy football column over at NFL.com</a>, Michael Fabiano makes his latest list of starters to sit, bench players to start and rookies to watch for. One name that stands out locally is the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.arrowheadpride.com/">Kansas City Chiefs</a> starting quarterback <span>Matt Cassel</span> who often isn't mentioned in fantasy football due to the Chiefs winning with a great defense and last year's stellar running game. Yet Fabiano believes that the key is facing the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.thephinsider.com/">Dolphins</a> depleted secondary this week that makes Cassel a potentially valuable play.</p>
<p>"If you're in need of a quarterback this week, Cassel could be a great option off the waiver wire," says Fabiano. "The Southern California product has a spectacular matchup against the Dolphins, who have surrendered the second-most fantasy points to opposing signal-callers. Cassel is still a free agent in around 40 percent of NFL.com leagues."</p>
<p>For the year, Cassel has 9 touchdowns and 9 interceptions to go with his 1,367 passing yards in 7 starts.</p>
https://kansascity.sbnation.com/kansas-city-chiefs/2011/11/5/2539364/fantasy-football-sleeper-matt-cassel-makes-great-quarterback-subMatt Conner2011-11-02T07:01:30-05:002011-11-02T07:01:30-05:00NFL Fantasy Football: Chiefs Vs. Dolphins Provides Stage For Encore Performance For Jon Baldwin
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<p>The Kansas City Chiefs have three possible starting fantasy football wide receivers for the deeper leagues out there.</p> <p>It doesn't happen very often that a rookie wide receiver can miss the first five games of the season and then come into a situation and be effective from the start. But that's exactly what's happened with the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.arrowheadpride.com/">Kansas City Chiefs</a> and Jon Baldwin. The former University of Pittsburgh star had been sidelined with a cracked thumb injury suffered in a locker room altercation with veteran running back <span>Thomas Jones</span>. </p>
<p>Baldwin displayed his talents for the entire country on Monday night against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/san-diego-chargers">Chargers</a> and finished with 82 yards on five catches and one spectacular 39-yard touchdown catch. Baldwin was lined up all over the place for the Chiefs on offense and was effective everywhere. He was targeted eight times on the night, which was second on the team behind <span>Dwayne Bowe's</span> 11 targets. Bowe's emergence as a true No. 1 receiver and <span>Steve Breaston's</span> recent success paves the way for Baldwin to light up the stats board for the rest of the season. At 6'4 230lbs he is a perfect red-zone target and quarterback <span>Matt Cassel</span> is already looking his way often just two games into his professional career. </p>
<p>Baldwin should get picked up in all deep leagues and is a safe start in those same leagues. The Chiefs are going to continue to throw the ball and Bowe, Breaston and Baldwin will get the majority of targets. With defenses keying on Bowe, that leaves Baldwin an opportunity to get some 1-on-1's and that proved successful against the Chargers. </p>
<p>It's also a safe start for the Chiefs defense this week against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.thephinsider.com/">Miami Dolphins</a>. The Chiefs forced <span>Philip Rivers</span> into four turnovers and Dolphins quarterback Matt Moore has seven turnovers to just one touchdown pass this season. </p>
<p>I'd back-off from <span>Jackie Battle</span> this week as the Dolphins have a top-half of the league run defense. It's a perfect setup for a let-down game for the Chiefs but I still think Baldwin gets a few big plays on the day. </p>
https://kansascity.sbnation.com/kansas-city-chiefs/2011/11/2/2531858/nfl-fantasy-football-chiefs-vs-dolphins-jon-baldwinBJ Kissel