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Just saw on Twitter (via @TheBigLead) that the Chiefs have traded Tyler Thigpen to the Miami Dolphins. Twitterers are citing SportsCenter.
According the KCChiefs.com (via PFT’s post about the Thigpen trade), the Thigpen-to-Dolphins trade was made in exchange for undisclosed draft choices.
A couple weeks back I told you to be wary of Matt Cassel this year as you prepare for your fantasy football drafts. That he’s in a new city with only one true playmaker on the outside (Dwayne Bowe) and no longer has the dynamic duo of Randy Moss and Wes Welker to make things easy on him were a few of the reasons.
And now there is another reason: he’s injured.
According to ESPN.com this morning, Matt Cassel has a sprained MCL and will miss 2-4 weeks. This means he will most likely be out for Kansas City’s opener on September 13 against Baltimore, and could miss more time after that. Tyler Thigpen will start in Cassel’s place.
So, since signing a 6-year, $63 million deal (with $28 million guaranteed), Cassel has failed to dominate the incumbents Thigpen, and Brody Croyle, so much so that new coach Todd Haley was saying as recently as a few weeks ago that the starting job was in question. And now, though through no fault of his own, Cassel is injured and will miss valuable time building continuity with his new offensive teammates early in the season.
Not exactly the most auspicious of beginnings for the guy the Chiefs are obviously hoping to build around for the next half decade.
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* – Matt Cassel photo credit: AP via The Examiner
Over at the Fantasy Sports Blog, Kurt Fraschetti just chimed in with his weekly breakdown of fantasy football tips and sleepers.
We are transitioning all of our fantasy content over to the new blog, but I figured I’d post the sleeper predictions here since the Fantasy Sports Blog is still fairly new and I don’t want anyone to miss out on the prognosticating genius of Fraschetti.
Here are Fraschetti’s sleepers for Week 11 of the Fantasy Football season:
Tyler Thigpen, QB, Chiefs. Tyler Thigpen is #2 in fantasy football points at the quarterback position over the last three weeks. Thigpen is facing a Saints defense which does not strike fear into any offense. I am not calling Tyler Thigpen a fantasy QB god, but in a jam he is a good filler. I like consistency, and three weeks of good scoring fits my definition of consistency.
Ricky Williams, RB, Dolphins. Ricky William is coming off of a good fantasy performance, and is facing OAKLAND. Need I say more? Just remember, anyone vs Oakland is a good thing.
Terrell Owens, WR, Cowboys. This is the week that Terrell Owens gets off the schnied. Tony Romo and Terrell Owens = TD, period. Its hard to call T.O. a sleeper, but really, have you been starting him? Did you not want to trade him, or still trying to? Terrell Owens should have a bounce back week this week.
Follow the link to read the rest of Fraschetti’s weekly fantasy football sleeper focus column and post any last-minute lineup questions. You can post your questions here too.
We are also hosting a live chat on Sunday morning between 9:00 and 11:00 ET. Head over to the Week 11 Start Em, Sit Em Live Chat now and submit your question early. (If it’s past 9:00 already, then hurry the hell over now and get your question in before we’re done. What are you waiting for?)
To find out more about the injury status of running backs like Clinton Portis and Willie Parker, check out the Running Back Injury Report post.
Best of luck in Week 11! (Hopefully LT will actually show up this weekend!)
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