The NFL season is getting started in earnest for Week 1 after the Denver Broncos and the Baltimore Ravens played on Thursday and with Peyton Manning carving up the defense for a ton of fantasy points, owners are looking for the players that can help them the most on Sunday and some names for Week 1 include Josh Gordon, Zach Sudfeld, Danny Woodhead, Jordan Cameron and DeAndre Hopkins are sleepers, while Arian Foster and Marques Colston could be busts.
The first games of the day include the Patriots and Bills and Zach Sudfeld could put up some good numbers on the day with Tom Brady after Rob Gronkowski is officially out of the matchup. Sudfeld should be considered a prime tight end option now that Gronk and Aaron Hernandez are gone and after the team cut Jake Ballard and Daniel Fells, he is the top option. Sudfeld put up solid numbers in college and he has shown that he can get in the end zone and that makes him prime for fantasy owners.
The Patriots are bringing along a number of new players in the offense and Sudfeld could end up with huge numbers early in the season since the team uses the tight ends so much. He should be considered a sleeper start option until Gronk returns. The Bills defense won't scare Tom Brady and Sudfeld along with Kenbrell Thompkins showed in the preseason that they can play in this league. The Patriots want to win their first divisional matchup and if they lose it will set up quite the interesting game next week against the Jets.
Brady is playing without Wes Welker for the first time in a number of years and now he will have Danny Amendola and Thompkins in the fold after Welker left and rookie Aaron Dobson was ruled out. Brady has always been able to work with new receivers and this time it should be no different for the future Hall of Fame quarterback and it remains to be seen whether he will be able to match the record Manning put up with seven touchdowns on Thursday.
For the Browns Cameron Jordan could be a huge sleeper pick with the way that the Browns are going to run the offense this season with Norv Turner and he could be a prime target for Brandon Weeden. Cameron has athletic ability and now he will have the chance to be the starting tight end and he could be a top 10 tight end by the end of the season as long as he remains healthy and with Josh Gordon out of the lineup for week 1, it should be a great chance for him to shine.
Danny Woodhead is a great RB option that is still available in many leagues, but Arian Foster could be a bust while dealing with an injury and Colston could be a bust against a new look Atlanta defense. Hopkins is a prime rookie sleeper against the Texans and he could be excellent this season as an option alongside Andre Johnson for the Texans. Many players should step up and now teams will get the first chance to see who will be the best this season and fantasy owners will be paying close attention.