Monday Maybes - Wk2

It’s Monday again so time for some Monday Maybes. What chance do you stand this week?

It’s Seattle @ Chicago and all the signs point toward the Bears dominating the game.

Seattle Seahawks
The Legion of boom is in pieces, in fact, every aspect of their defence seems to have been decimated. Bobby Wagner and KJ Wright are missing at LB and they were about all they had left to cling to.

Offensively with Doug Baldwin out for a while and on O-Line that’s still not good you have to wonder where the points are coming from.

Obviously, Russell Wilson is going to score but his outlets are falling left right and centre. It does mean his ground yards should increase so a 20-25 point day should be achievable. His air targets look to be Tyler Lockett, Brandon Marshall, Will Dissley and whoever else they drag in off the street. If you’re desperately behind Dissley or even Nick Vannett at a push are boom or bust candidates although the odds will be heavily against you.

In the ground game, outside of Wilson, Chris Carson will probably see an additional workload but since the Seahawks haven’t been able to sustain a run game since Beast mode left, don’t be expecting much. Penny will take some carries too but it only further hurts the theory of gaining fantasy points from the Seattle ground game.

Take these predictions with a pinch of salt as I’ve tried to go midway between floor and ceiling. I would post the Floor/Ceiling values but the range is so wide it’d be of very limited use to anyone.

Seattle Predictions:
Russel Wilson - 22pts
Chris Carson - 8pts
Rashaad Penny - 6pts
Tyler Lockett - 11pts
Brandon Marshall - 6.5pts
Jaron Brown - 3pts
Nick Vannett - 3pts
Will Dissley - 7pts
Seattle DST - 3pts

Chicago Bears:
The Bears defence looks for real and despite the late loss last week to the Packers, you have to respect its the Aaron Rodgers factor that prevented them from going 0-1.
That being said, the offence still needs a bit of work. Jordan Howard top scored last week on 15.7 and I expect he will lead the team this week as well. The interesting fact is he caught 5/5 targets which is what really boosted his number. If this is the Jordan Howard we’re going to see this season then owners have a right to be excited. Tarik Cohen had 3 catches and 5 carries last week, I’d expect those numbers to swap this week and potentially to see Cohen utilised more.

The passing game was maybe the biggest let down for the Bears in week 1. Trubisky went 23/35 for only 171yds but did rush for a TD. He can’t do that every week and he’s going to have to step up if they want to win games. His receivers likewise need to step up. Allen Robinson was the only receiver to get over 10 points and he only just managed that. Taylor Gabriel caught each of his targets and has to be a streaming option with his speed and TD upside, especially if you’re way behind. He’s pretty available too so could turn into one of those PPR darling type players. Trey Burton will struggle to be as ineffective as he was last week so he should get an uptick but he’s not going to set scoreboards alight just yet.

Scoring 13 against an Aaron Rodgers led Packers offence is a serious achievement and the acquisition of Khalil Mack really has pushed this defence over the edge. You would have to argue that would be their hardest matchup of the year and they bossed it until the final quarter. With Seattle’s offence being so depleted a desperate Russell Wilson might just hand a few balls to that defence so there is #1 DST of the week upside here, which currently is Dallas on 13.

Chicago Predictions:
Mitchell Trubisky - 15pts
Jordan Howard - 20pts
Tarik Cohen - 12pts
Allen Robinson - 12pts
Taylor Gabriel - 11pts
Anthony Miller - 5pts
Trey Burton - 6pts
Chicago DST - 18pts


After what happened 7 days ago, let’s see how wrong I can be this week!