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Week one fantasy matchups for Washington Redskins vs. Arizona Cardinals

#WASvsAZ It’s fantasy season again and two similarly matched teams will be at it again.Which players should you start and which should you sit?Let’s find out:Start of the Week: David Johnson http://www.authenticsarizonacardinals.com/cheap-antoine-bethea-jersey , RB, Arizona CardinalsThe Cardinals have been one of the top defenses against the run the last few years in the NFL, rarely letting running backs go off for 100 yards or more.The Redskins...aren’t.In fact they were the 4th worst in the NFL last year and are facing a healthy and retooled offensive line in Arizona, a run-heavy game under Steve Wilks and Mike McCoy that Bruce Arians never stuck to and a healthy, rejuvenated and recently paid David Johnson.That’s a lot to handle, even with a good defensive line.Expect Johnson to make a mark on the ground and passing game and even though you’ll already be starting him every week, he’s got a chance to eat in this game.Washington Start: Paul Richardson, WRWhy Richardson?Well despite the fact that AZ has Patrick Peterson playing more zone, it’s almost a rule that you start the #2 wide receiver against Arizona’s #2 corner.It won’t be the case where Peterson is trailing the top receiver like Josh Doctson now, sure Black Gabe Holmes Jersey , but with Crowder seeing a lot of Budda Baker and a rangy safety in Tre Boston, I’d guess that Richardson could beat Jamar Taylor on a deep ball given that Alex Smith improved so much in that aspect.Arizona Start: Ricky Seals-Jones, TEThe Skins gave up a ton of points to tight ends in fantasy last year, and Bradford will be looking his way often if the preseason is any indication.Even with Jermaine Gresham a game-time decision he’s still coming off of an injury.Start Seals-Jones and hope for 4-5 catches and potentially a touchdown.Washington Sit: Chris Thompson, RBI’d expect that Adrian Peterson will get a lot of carries but even coming off of injury Thompson might not get a lot on 3rd down in the passing game against Arizona’s deep safeties and athletic linebackers in Bucannon and Reddick.Wait a week to play him at this point.Arizona Sit: Chad Williams, WRWhile Williams is listed as the #2 wide receiver, he’ll rotate in and out with J.J. Nelson and Christian Kirk.Kirk will be returning punts behind Arizona’s newly upgraded special teams unit and with Larry Fitzgerald manning the slot, that means that Williams might see Josh Norman line up on him.Which isn’t good considering that the Redskins in 2017 didn’t allow a ton of points to WR’s.Sit Williams this week until he can prove himself in the offense on a regular basis.Sleeper Pick: Both DefensesThe Cardinals looked outstanding on defense in taking the ball away and getting pressure with Chandler Jones and Robert Nkemdiche in the preseason.The ‘Skins also looked to have a dominant defensive line.Both teams are a bit unstable in protection on the offensive line, meaning there’s potential for a field day for one or either team.I’d lean Washington over Arizona given the mobility of Alex Smith vs. Sam Bradford for right now but if the Arizona defense can keep up the turnover pace they showed in the preseason it’s going to have potential to get a ton of points there as well.Tweet your fantasy questions to @blakemurphy7 on Twitter. The Arizona Cardinals sit at 0-3 after their 16-14 defeat to the Chicago Bears.It was a completely predictable result based on what Sam Bradford and the offense had shown through two games.Despite jumping out to an early 14-0 lead in the first quarter over the Bears, the Cardinals offense was mostly stagnant.It seemed like the time was ripe after the first half to make the move to Josh Rosen Youth David Johnson Jersey , but it was the first signs of any offensive success, the 14 points, for the Cardinals in 2018, so not making the move was fine.Well, the offense continued to put the defense in bad positions and eventually, it caught up to them.After the third Sam Bradford turnover, the Bears held a 16-14 lead.It seemed hopeless.And, maybe that’s because with this coaching staff of the Arizona Cardinals, it is.This is not to say Steve Wilks and Al Holcomb cannot grow into their respective positions. We saw massive improvements defensively today, with Robert Nkemdiche continuing to grow into the player they drafted in the first round.However Larry Fitzgerald Jersey , with the defense, the continued play of Gerald Hodges and Tre Boston over their young linebackers in Haason Reddick and Deone Bucannon, brings to surface their decision making. It also brings up whether or not this is the staff to coach up young players at linebacker such as Bucannon and Reddick, or whether or not the Cardinals will be drafting another linebacker prospect early.The other question you have for Wilks is... why then and there for Josh Rosen?Sure Sam Bradford is not going to win you that game, but putting Rosen in at that juncture seems like an impossible situation for a rookie to get his first live NFL action. Of course, Wilks, like the rest of us had seen enough of Bradford at that point, but with four minutes to go, it just didn’t make much sense.The one indefensible coaching decision and person who doesn’t need to be in this coaching staff any longer is Mike McCoy.McCoy’s lack of ability as a play caller has been discussed more than anything non-Sam Bradford related on this site, and it reared its ugly head again in the Cardinals loss to the Bears.However Authentic Patrick Peterson Jersey , it was his decision to leave David Johnson on the sidelines, and go with running back Chase Edmonds on the pivotal third and two play coming off the two minute warning.It went for a three yard loss and of course Rosen would throw an interception on the next play and it was academic after that.The call to Edmonds is what it is, the execution was poor from the offensive line. However, not having Johnson on the field, to be something the Bears have to think about, is what is completely inexcusable and in the end should be one of the last decisions McCoy gets to make in Arizona.Call it an overreaction, but McCoy should not have much to do with Rosen’s development and he should be gone moving forward.I’m not ready to call it on Steve Wilks, but the longer McCoy is on the staff, the harder it will be to defend him.



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