Bengals vs. Colts inactives: Cedric Ogbuehi a healthy scratch The Bengals and Colts have announced their inactives for Week
1
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while Cincinnati has everyone healthy enough to play sans Cody Core.Here is a
look at the Bengals inactives for the first game of the 2018 season:WR Cody
CoreOL Cedric OgbuehiWR Auden TateDT Josh Tupou LB Malik JeffersonOL Christian
WestermanRB Mark WaltonIt’s a bit surprising to see Cedric Ogbuehi is inactive,
but then again, he’s easily one of the 4-5 worst players on this roster. The
Bengals are better off seeing what Bobby Hart can do at right tackle. The only
injured player was Cody Core, who was doubtful to play due to a back injury. He
did return to practice last week, but with the Bengals having a quick turnaround
before facing Baltimore on Thursday, Core is probably going to be inactive for
at least the first two games of 2018. Auden Tate was the most interesting name
to watch for. The rookie receiver has a lot of talent and is a nice red-zone
target, but because he doesn’t offer much on special teams, he’s going to be
inactive a lot as a rookie, including today. You’ll notice Vontaze Burfict isn’t
on here. He’s currently serving a four-game suspension and doesn’t count toward
the 53-man roster, thus he doesn’t count as one of he seven inactives the
Bengals must declare. Here is a look at the Colts inactives:OT Anthony Castonzo
RB Marlon MackOT Denzelle Good WR Marcus JohnsonTE Ryan HewittDT Hassan Ridgeway
OT Le’Raven Clark The big name for the Colts was Anthony Castonzo. He’s still
recovering from a hamstring injury suffered in the preseason and was highly
questionable for Week 1 after being limited throughout the practice week. This
is a major loss for the Colts’ offensive line. Making matters worse is backup
lineman Denzelle Good has already been ruled out with a knee/wrist injury. This
is shaping up to be a game the Bengals’ front seven should dominate, and they’ll
need to for Cincinnati to come out of Indy with a 1-0 record.Another player who
was listed as questionable was running back Marlon Mack. He’s easily the best
back on this
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Cincinnati struggles to defend.NFL Week 6 Bengals vs. Steelers: Fantasy starts
and sits The Bengals and Steelers are set to have a very important divisional
matchup, but even more importantly is your fantasy team. Luckily, both of these
teams love giving up fantasy points to opposing teams. Here are the players to
start when the Bengals host the Steelers:Must startA.J. Green (Bengals WR):
Green had his first 100-yard receiving game of the season last week against the
Dolphins. He has five touchdowns on the season, and he was targeted in the red
zone again last week. The Steelers also give up the fourth most points to
opposing receivers, according to Fantasy Pros. Don’t think twice, keep Green in
your lineup.Antonio Brown (Steelers WR): William Jackson smothered Brown last
year, but the Steelers should find plenty of opportunities to find Brown on Dre
Kirkpatrick. It is a matter of Ben Roethlisberger hitting him. It still just
isn’t smart to not start Brown.Favorable MatchupsTyler Boyd (Bengals WR):
Following the trend of the Steelers giving up a ton of points to opposing
receivers, Boyd should be in line for a pretty productive PPR game. This is
assuming John Ross is active as well. Boyd has proven to be a talented asset to
this team either way, but if the opposing defense has to worry about Green and
Ross as well, Boyd becomes pretty much unstoppable.James Conner (Steelers RB):
Surprisingly Conner has been a pretty big boom or bust player so far this
season. Twice he has managed to get over 100 yards rushing and two touchdowns in
a game, but he has also failed to rush for at least 20 yards twice as well. The
Bengals have allowed just over 20 fantasy points per game to opposing running
backs, which has them allowing the 10th most. Joe Mixon (Bengals RB): I toyed
with putting Mixon in good but not
great
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comfortably. He will be facing a Steelers’ defense that allows the fifth fewest
fantasy points to opposing running backs, so there is reason to be cautious.
Regardless, he was on track for two big games against the Steelers last year
before Cincinnati stopped giving him the ball in the first game and he suffered
a concussion in the second.Andy Dalton (Bengals QB): Dalton should be pretty
much owned in every league at this point, but he may have been dropped after a
disappointing game last week against the Dolphins going into a game against
Pittsburgh. Outside of last week he has thrown at least two touchdowns in every
game so far this season, and the Steelers have allowed the second most points to
opposing quarterbacks so far this season.Good but not greatSteelers tight ends:
Whether it is Jesse James or Vance McDonald, one or both of these guys should be
heavily involved against the Bengals. James has only caught four passes the past
three weeks though, and McDonald has caught six passes in the past two weeks
since his huge game against the Bucs. It isn’t ideal to rely on either of these
guys, but the position is in a terrible place as far as fantasy goes.C.J. Uzomah
(Bengals TE): With there being no Tylers at tight end this week with Tyler Kroft
in a walking boot, Uzomah should be in line for all the work he can handle at
tight end. Unfortunately, the same could’ve been said about last week’s game
since he played a majority of the snaps, but he only came away with two
catches.Ben Roethlisberger (Steelers QB): Roethlisberger’s been known to
struggle on the road, but we all know he’s almost always won in Cincinnati. This
year he had a three-touchdown game against the
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the Browns he only had on touchdown in Week 1, but weather was a huge issue as
well. In any case, I’d be willing to say he doesn’t have a two touchdown game
against the Bengals, which is what you are looking for from a starter, but there
are worse bets to make.JuJu Smith-Schuster (Steelers WR): At this point it looks
like Smith-Schuster burns bad defenses. He had 22 catches for 237 and a
touchdown against the Bucs and Chiefs. However, he only has eight catches for 94
yards and a touchdown the past two weeks. He is very capable of ending up with a
touchdown in any game, but I have a hard time viewing him as more than a flex
this week.Just sit themThe defenses: Both defenses are likely to get burned
fairly bad one way or the other. Neither offense is especially prone to
committing turnovers either. There should be better options on your waiver wire,
but if you put a gun to my head I’d take the Bengals defense just because they
have shown that knack for coming up with sacks and turnovers in key
situations.
