Week 9 Start Em Sit Em: Julio Jones and Other WRs to Start

Julio Jones, Falcons

There is always a touch of risk when a receiver is coming back from a hamstring injury. Will the explosiveness be there? Could he re-injure the hamstring? Both are legitimate questions.

But consider the upside here with Jones. The Colts have been gashed by big receivers (see Week 7) and they lack a cornerback who can physically match Jones or Roddy White.

Jones wasn't exactly a slouch before his injury, either. He put together back-to-back 100-yard games before hurting the hamstring against the Packers.  

Jonathan Baldwin, Chiefs

Here's a question we didn't think we'd be asking this season: Are there enough footballs to go around from Matt Cassel to keep all three of their fantasy receivers relevant?

Dwayne Bowe is fine moving forward, but both Baldwin and Steve Breaston have impressed in recent weeks.

Against the Dolphins this week, look for Cassel to spread the ball around to his big three. I think Baldwin continues his hot start since returning from injury.   

Pierre Garcon, Colts

The confidence in Garcon comes from the amount of targets he continues to see since Curtis Painter took over as quarterback.

In the five weeks with Painter under center, Garcon has been targeted 48 times. The overall production has waned since catching two touchdowns in back-to-back games, but expect the targets to continue to pile up.

Anquan Boldin, Ravens

Quarterback Joe Flacco has struggled, but no receiver has been targeted as many times as Boldin in the past three weeks. He's responded with two 100-yard games during that stretch.

The Steelers certainly represent a tough matchup on paper this weekend, but don't forget that he caught a score and had over 70 yards in the Ravens' Week 1 win over Pittsburgh. 

Michael Crabtree, 49ers

Is Crabtree finally putting it together? He's led the 49ers in targets the past two weeks and caught his first touchdown of the season against the Browns.

If you're in need of help at the position and want to roll the dice, Crabtree isn't the worst guy you could pick off the pile.