Tim Hasselbeck expects a strong 2010 season from Atlant...

Jul 19, 2010

Tim Hasselbeck expects a strong 2010 season from Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan.

There were a lot of factors that went into a down year last season, and the Atlanta coaches were pleased with Ryan’s overall play. A toe injury to Ryan hurt his numbers a bit and so did injuries to running back Michael Turner.

Ryan also didn’t get much support beyond starting receivers Roddy White and Michael Jenkins. With Harry Douglas coming back after missing last season with an injury, the Falcons should have a quality No. 3 receiver.

Hasselbeck says he thinks Ryan can throw for about 3,500 yards and 25 touchdowns this season.

Fantasy Impact:

Hasselbeck must be checking out 4for4.com's rankings... We've predicted very similar numbers for Ryan for weeks now. Ryan is still considered a backup, but a high-tier backup you may want to go after early if you don't get a top-7 guy you know you can depend on week-in and week-out.

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Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson officially Out for Week 12

Adam Schefter

yesterday · 4:12 PM EST

Cowboys list TE Jake Ferguson as out for Sunday’s game vs. Washington due to his concussion.

Related Players: Luke Schoonmaker

Fantasy Impact:

This puts Schoonmaker more or less in TE streaming consideration, but there are far better options this week, which puts him low on the totem pole.

Eagles WR DeVonta Smith officially Out for Week 12

Mike Garafolo

yesterday · 4:04 PM EST

Eagles ruled out WR DeVonta Smith (hamstring) for Sunday against the Rams.

Related Players: A.J. Brown, Jahan Dotson, Johnny Wilson, Dallas Goedert

Fantasy Impact:

It's a bit of a crapshoot as to who the "WR2" on the offense will be, but now that he's ruled out, Brown and Goedert should get a nice boost to their bottom line. That would lock Goedert into a no-doubt TE1 role in Week 12.