The fantasy football week is coming to a close with Monday night football between the Miami Dolphins and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and two of the top players to use for fantasy owners in the matchup includes two Bucs in Timothy Wright at tight end and Mike James at running back.
Both players are sleeper options for Week 10 and they are good options to start for Monday night football, as each should play a big factor in the offense against the Dolphins as Tampa Bay looks for its first win of the season. James is coming into the matchup as an injury replacement for Doug Martin and last week he came up big in the overtime loss to the Seattle Seahawks, rushing for 158 yards on the day and that could mean another big opportunity in Week 10. James has been a very solid replacement for Martin, who was the biggest part of the offense for the Buccaneers stretching back to last season and with Mike Glennon a rookie, a consistent rushing attack has been very important and James has provided that the past couple games.
Wright has been very steady and solid over the past five games and he has had a boost in production since Mike Williams went down with an injury and that makes him a nice starting option on Monday night football as well. Wright had four catches last week against the Seahawks with a touchdown and that mas two in the past two games for him and he also had five targets last week and 13 in the past two games, making him a productive option for Glennon and someone that Greg Schiano clearly likes and that could mean another solid game against a Dolphins defense that has not been very strong this season.
James is a lock to keep the starting job for the rest of the season with Martin out for the year and while Doug was having another good season, the Buccaneers have been terrible and the team does not want to risk their star running back the rest of the season without a win, making James a good start the rest of the year for fantasy owners. James had only 64 yards total against the Panthers in his first start and that came after he came in for Martin against the Falcons with 45 rushing yards and now he has been a factor in the passing game as well, catching nine balls over the last three games.
James had over 250 yards rushing this season and he is averaging a very good 4.6 yards per carry and last week against the Seahawks he broke off a number of nice runs and averaged over five yards per carry and he will be looking to do that again on Monday night. Wright had five catches and eight targets the previous week with a touchdown and over the past three weeks he has had 11 catches and now he could be a primary option for the team against the Dolphins. Wright's best game came against the Eagles with seven catches for 91 yards and nine targets and before that he had another solid game and he should get some consistent looks on MNF.
