Welcome back to our second edition of Boom Fantasy’s NFL question breakdown! HERE is our contest link #FANation

QB’s

Question one starts off with the quarterbacks and who between Dak Prescott and Carson Palmer will in fact throw more TD’s on Monday Night Football? It’s tough envisioning Prescott throwing the ball 50 times again because it’s unlikely Dallas trails for much of this game. Expect a heavy dose of Zeke Elliott in this one. Palmer, likely being the QB that will be trailing for most of the game, will be airing it out. He’s always a high volume guy to begin with, which is a huge reason why he’s the big favorite here.

 

RB's

This next question is almost too easy, but, it’s sports and they can be so random at times. We’re asked who between Ezekiel Elliott, Chris Johnson, Kerwynn Williams and Dak Prescott will accrue the most rushing yards? We have two starters in Elliott in Johnson, a backup in Williams who will play sparingly since CJ2K is now the featured back and Andre Ellington is their 3rd down back, and Dak Prescott..a QB. After a 0 yard performance last week, the Dallas offense is most likely going to run and run and run some more versus Arizona tonight. Dallas did, by the way, rank first against the run in 2016 and although they were torched by C.J. Anderson last week, they’re still a very respectable front seven.

 

Receptions

Jaron Brown heads the field for question three when we’re asked who will have the most receiving yards for tonight’s game. Brown saw 11 targets in Week 2 with John Brown sidelined. Brown’s hurt and last week’s star, J.J. Nelson, is also considered a game-time decision. If Nelson can’t go, Brown will be a focal point of the Cards passing attack. Brown is followed by Cole Beasley, Terrance Williams and Jermaine Gresham in that order. Beasley has been targeted 13 times this season while Williams had 12 passes thrown his way. The latter has picked up more yards, but Beasley coming out of the slot on Monday smells like a big night. Williams will likely get matched up against Patrick Patterson at times and we’d like to avoid that at all costs.

Sticking with the pass catchers, we chug along from receiving yards to receptions. The ageless wonder of the world in Jason Witten is favorited here and is being chased by J.J. Nelson, Ezekiel Elliott and Andre Ellington. Witten and Prescott have a fantastic rapport and if Prescott needs to move the chains, Witten’s his guy. The other’s are definitely interesting as well. I would have never thought Zeke would have 10 targets through two games, but here we are. They’re looking to get the ball in his hands as much as possible, but I see the volume coming on the ground in this one, not so much in the air. Nelson is injured as we touched on for question three, so who knows if he’ll even play. He practiced on a limited basis Thursday-Saturday so if he goes, he’ll likely be Carson Palmer’s go-to WR like he was in Week 2. Ellington is also intriguing due to the simple fact that he’s the Cardinals third-down and primary pass catching RB. If the Cardinals are playing catchup in this one, we’ll see a lot more Ellington than Chris Johnson in all likelihood. 

 

Touchdowns

Both Jason Witten and J.J. Nelson have two receiving touchdowns this year while Jaron Brown and Cole Beasley have a big old zero. Witten has already seen four red zone targets this year, so it’s almost shocking not to see him as the favorite here. It’s hard to trust someone like Beasley in this spot with the 10 targets Dez Bryant and Jason Witten have combined for in the RZ while they have a monster in the backfield that could potentially score multiple TD’s himself.

 

NFL/MLB Hybrid

This week’s hybrid question incorporates the kickers and made fields and two players at Coors Field and their total bases. It’s really, really hard to pick against Giancarlo Stanton or Nolan Arenado in this matchup. Both have great matchups against their opponents and are almost homer locks. Bailey is definitely the safest play on the board.

 

Recieving Yards

The final two questions are single player questions, a Boom Fantasy staple! Larry Fitzgerald’s receiving yard total is set at just 47 and I think the over is strongly in play here. If J.J. Nelson can’t go, Fitzgerald get a big bump. I’ve said it at nausea this whole article that the expectation is that the Cardinals will be playing from behind a lot in this matchup. Des Bryant’s total of 51 yards isn’t much higher, and we think the over in this one is also strongly in play. He’s going to see a lot of Patrick Peterson, which is obviously one of the reasons we’re seeing such a low total, but Bryant is an elite talent that could notch 51 yards on one play alone.