by Ray Kuhn

Here are 3 players that I think will have a big Week 1 performance:

Matthew Stafford – 350 passing yards, 4 touchdowns:  I am expecting Stafford to pick up where he left off last season.  In his last 3 games, his worst performance was 373 yards and 3 touchdowns.  That is a pretty good worst case scenario.  The fact that Stafford opens this season against the Rams and their 7^th worse defense as far as points scored last season gives me even some more optimism.  Granted the Rams did sign Cortland Finnegan in the offseason and they imported new coach Jeff Fisher, but the starter opposite Finnegan is rookie Janoris Jenkins who is a question mark to say the least.

Stafford will be throwing to the best receiver in the game, Calvin Johnson, and he has 3 other pretty good targets in Titus Young, Nate Buerleson, and Brandon Pettigrew.  The Lions defense is not the greatest so they will be giving up some yards as well which will open the game up for Stafford as well.  With all of Stafford’s weapons along with the lackluster defense of the Rams, Chris Long is the only other notable player, I can see Stafford having a top day. Read more

by Ray Kuhn

Let’s continue our positional projections with a look at running backs. Remember, the order here may be slightly different then the site’s rankings, as these were prepared by Ray Kuhn.

The points column, the scoring used was 1 point per reception, 1 point per 10 rushing/receiving yards and 6 points per TD

Let’s continue our positional projections with a look at tight end’s.  Remember, the order here may be slightly different then the site’s rankings, as these were prepared by Ray Kuhn.

The points column, the scoring used was 1 point per reception, 1 point per 10 receiving yards and 6 points per TD

by Ray Kuhn

(Please note that these projections come courtesy of Ray Kuhn and the order may differ slightly than that of the Rotoprofessor rankings.  Keep that in mind when comparing these to the rankings.)