Week 7 Fantasy Football Gold Mine: Greg Salas & The Rotating Rams' Receivers
Greg Salas, WR, St. Louis: 8 catches, 77 yards
Greg who? You know, Greg Salas from Chino High in California, the same power(less)house that produced Saints DT Sedrick Ellis, former White Sox utility man Geoff Blum, and the head of the MIT physics department. Pretty impressive, no? All obscure and semi-obscure references aside, Salas is a guy not many people know about that could be a great sleeper pickup. Salas played his college football at Hawaii in the post-June Jones years. In 2010, he dropped a Rafi Bomb on the college football world and snatched up 119 passes for 1889 yards. No receiver in the country topped his yardage total. He was a semifinalist for the Biletnikoff Award, given to the best receiver in the country.
Projection
Sure, sure, he looks like another Amendola. However, Salas is a few inches taller and beefier and posted 8 receptions last game. Amendola posted more than 8 catches only once last year. Salas is a bigger target than Amendola. Mike Sims-Walker is out of town. The freeway to fantasy sub-superstardom is paved free and clear for Salas. Looks like he and Danario Alexander will see their fair share of receptions in the coming weeks against mediocre defenses. Salas' value isn't the kind of stock that will revolutionize your season, but he could be a sneaky flex play for the rest of the season. Also, his 15 PPR points last week could've been used by owners who prayed for production from Harry Douglas.
Written by James Duren exclusively for www.thefantasyfix.com.
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