The NFL schedule is now moving along into Week 8 after the Monday night game and with Thursday night football coming with the Carolina Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, it's time to look at some deep league sleepers and adds and some good names includes Andrew Quarless, Kris Durham, Andre Ellington, Benjamin Watson, Lance Dunbar and Jarrett Boykin.
The Green Bay Packers are coming off of a win on Sunday against the Cleveland Browns, but they are at a crisis mode with injuries on offense, as Randall Cobb and James Jones are banged up and now Jermichael Finley is injured as well after suffering a scary neck injury in the game against Cleveland, forcing him to spend the night in the ICU in the hospital. According to ESPN.com, his injury is still being determined, but the neck problem likely will keep him out of the lineup for Week 8, making Jarrett Boykin and Andrew Quarless two players that are must adds moving forward, especially for Finley owners.
Finley has been having a solid season and now Andrew Quarless will get the chance to step up. Finley had five catches for 72 yards and a touchdown before leaving the game on Sunday and he was coming off of a 75-yard day the previous week and now his future is uncertain. Finley was held in the hospital and now his return has no timetable and it could be quite some time after he was hit hard in the head on a 10-yard catch against the Browns and while doctors say that he will be able to play in the future, neck injuries can be hard to figure out.
The Packers may put him on injured reserve and that would make Quarless a huge add, as the Packers like to use the tight end position. Quarless didn't have any targets or receptions after coming in for Finley, but that could change with the Packers dealing with so many injuries. This season he has just four targets for 28 yards, but his size could make him valuable down the stretch for fantasy owners and he has been targeted eight times over his past two games when he played significant time and he should be getting that now that Finley is out.
Boykin has already made the most of his opportunity, making eight catches for 103 yards and a TD and Rodgers could be going back to him quite a bit moving forward. Over the past two weeks he has had nine catches and 16 targets and owners should expect more with the injuries. The Lions have a new solid sleeper receiver in Durham, who has over 20 targets the past two weeks and has 12 catches for over 120 yards and he is coming off of another solid game against the Bengals. He had 83 yards two weeks ago and Matthew Stafford now has another good receiver to use alongside Calvin Johnson.
Benjamin Watson was solid last game against the Patriots in relief for Jimmy Graham and if he can't go again on Sunday, Watson will be a solid option after making three catches for 61 yards last week. Lance Dunbar could get some carries with DeMarco Murray out, while Andre Ellington has been moving up the depth chart all season for the Cardinals.
