The Fantasy Football Week 1 schedule ends on Monday and some start or sit players for the Monday night football matchup on ESPN for the Detroit Lions and the Giants include Reggie Bush, Joique Bell, Eric Ebron, Calvin Johnson, Brandon Pettigrew, Golden Tate and Matthew Stafford, as the Giants come in looking to pull off a big win to start the season and fantasy football owners now have some big choices to make.
This game has some very good potential starters for the Lions and Reggie Bush and Bell are at the top of the list along with Johnson. Megatron is a start in every league always, but this game is definitely one to start him and in PPR leagues, Bell and Bush could be MVPs. Eric Ebron is a rookie and he could be in the mix for things as well with Stafford on Monday night. The Lions have the chance to be one of the highest scoring teams in the league and it could start here.
Stafford is the leader on offense and he had 4650 yards and 29 touchdowns last season and while that wasn't the year he had a couple years ago, he has the chance to be great again. Johnson had 84 catches for 1492 yards and 12 touchdowns last season and he could be the top player on the team again. Bush is another strong PPR option and he comes in after having 54 catches for 506 yards last season to go with 1006 yards. Bell should be a solid number two and a good handcuff option, as he had 650 yards on the ground last season and also added 53 catches for 547 yards. That was the second straight year of him going for 50 plus catches and 480 plus yards and that is a good sign for what he could do this season.
Bush and Bell have the potential to be starters in fantasy leagues this season and in PPR leagues they should have tons of value, as Bell has been the third down back over the past couple years and has performed well in that role. Bush has been a solid rusher as well and he is coming in after his second 1000 yard season in three years and let's be honest, it's three, he rushed for 986 yards in Miami.
The tight end position is one to watch this year with the Lions, as they have Brandon Pettigrew and Joseph Fauria, aka the big man, but with Ebron coming in, expect those two to have their numbers decrease in the 2014 season. Pettigrew has been solid for his career with the Lions and he has missed just four games in the past two seasons, but Ebron is so athletic and so good, chances are he will eat into the 41 catches he had last season. Ebron comes in after making 62 catches for 973 yards last year and he could be in line for more.
