Buy/Sell/Hold Report #2
BUY orders: These are players you could obtain through a reasonable trade given their relatively low perceived fantasy value.
BUY LeGarrette Blount, RB, Buccaneers
The Bucs hope to get Blount back from his MCL sprain in Week 9, after the bye. Current owners might be willing to sell though. Blount wasn’t exactly tearing it up before his injury. He sits just 24th in the league in rushing yards so far, immediately behind Mark Ingram, DeAngelo Williams, Rashard Mendenhall, and James Starks. That’s no quartet of 1st-half studs either. Blount’s usage stifled his early production, as the team ran him just 18 total times over the first 2 games. (He still managed a pair of TDs against Minnesota in Week 2.) After that, Blount drew 24 and 25 carries in his next 2 outings. He managed just 81 yards against an Atlanta D that’s giving only 3.9 yards per carry to RBs but broke out for 127 and a TD against Indy. Blount hurt his knee amid a tough matchup with the Niners. A Week 9 return would allow Blount to face a New Orleans D that yielded 109 rushing yards to Earnest Graham in Week 6. Then would come Houston, which is allowing 4.7 yards per RB rush this season. After that, it’s the Titans, who are still picking themselves out of the cleats of Arian Foster and Ben Tate. Anyone who holds Blount through that stretch is bound to love him in Week 13 and Week 16 matchups with the Panthers. Carolina has allowed more total RB TDs so far than any other team, plus 5.1 yards per attempt.
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