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ost leagues. What are you waiting for? Matthews has developed great chemistry with Marcus Mariota, and this week, he will take on
Mike Zimmer made the right call, starting Sam Bradford over Shaun Hill. Mike McCarthy made a costly decision, giving up a field goal to go on fourth down.Bradford outplayed Aaron Rodgers in an impressive debut for the Vikings, and Minnesota celebrated the opening of its new $1.1 billion stadium by defeating the Green Bay Packers 17-14.Bradford, acquired from the Philadelphia Eagles on Sept. 3 for a first-round pick and a conditional fourth-round choice, watched Hill lead the Vikings (2-0) to a season-opening win. He continued his crash course in a new offense, but Zimmer didnt reveal who would start against the Packers until Bradford came out with the first unit in warmups.Minnesota didnt trade two picks for Bradford to sit on the bench. Still, there was some thought Hill deserved another start while Bradford got more time to learn a new system.I was impressed with pretty much everything he did, Zimmer said of Bradford. I thought he had great composure. I thought he had good control of things.The result couldve been different if McCarthy let Mason Crosby kick a tying 31-yard field goal late in the third quarter. Instead, the Packers went for a fourth-and-2 and James Starks was stopped 1 yard short.Bradford tossed his second TD pass on the ensuing drive to give Minnesota a 17-7 lead.I felt the advantage was to the offense in that particular situation. We all saw the play call, and its my decision, McCarthy said. I definitely felt we were playing the way we needed to play.Heres a closer look behind other important calls in Week 2:WHAT IS A CATCH?: Fans, coaches and players are still perplexed by the NFLs catch rule. In the second quarter at Houston, Kansas Citys Demetrius Harris appeared to make a catch and take about three steps before he was stripped and lost the ball. But the play was reviewed and changed to an incomplete pass.Later in the quarter, a no-catch against DeAndre Hopkins cost the Texans a TD and they settled for a field goal. Despite the calls, Houston beat the Chiefs 19-12.I dont know anything about the catch rule, Texans coach Bill OBrien said. Somebody is going to have to really sit down with me and explain to me the catch rule.GUTSY TOSS: On fourth-and-5 with the game on the line, Marcus Mariota threw a perfect 9-yard TD pass to a well-covered Andre Johnson with 1:13 left to lift the Titans to a 16-15 win over Detroit. Mariota lofted the pass over one defender and into Johnsons arms just out of the reach of a second defender and right before a third defender could bat it away.We had a matchup with Andre on a linebacker, Mariota said. We felt that we could kind of exploit that a little bit, and he made a great play. I just tried to give him a chance.ITS TRICKY: The Cowboys tried an onside kick after taking a 20-17 lead in the third quarter at Washington. The football traveled less than the required 10 yards, so the Redskins got the ball at Dallas 38 and drove for a tying field goal. Dak Prescott eventually led the Cowboys to the winning score after Kirk Cousins threw an end-zone interception .FLIPPED: A taunting call on Clevelands Terrelle Pryor for flipping the ball at a defender with 27 seconds remaining negated a 20-yard catch to the Ravens 10. Josh McCown was intercepted on the next play and the Browns lost 25-20.Im sure the officials are looking for certain things and sometimes those things will get called, Browns coach Hue Jackson said.CLOCK MISMANAGEMENT: Broncos coach Gary Kubiak decided to kick a field goal on fourth-and-1 from the Colts 17 with 1:54 left to extend Denvers lead to 26-20. 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Week 11 injuries to monitor heading into Sunday:TE Rob Gronkowski -- chestWR Larry Fitzgerald -- kneeNews and notes:WR Alshon Jeffery is out on a four game suspension.RB Thomas Rawls is expected back this week for Seattle.QB Jared Goff is expected to start this week for the Rams.BYE WEEK 11 = Falcons, Broncos, Jets and Chargers players are all on vacation this week.Waiver Wire Tuesday has arrived, and this is who you need to target.QBTyrod Taylor @ Cincinnati (owned 55.1%)Taylor was able to heal his groin injury during the Bills bye week. This season, he leads all quarterbacks in rushing yards and has scored a rushing touchdown the last three games. Tyrod faces a Bengals defense thats allowing over 375 yards per game and has given up the fourth most fantasy points to gunslingers this season.(Others to target = Blake Bortles @ Detroit)RBC.J. Prosise vs. Philadelphia (owned 30.8%)Prosise was very impressive in his first start for the Seahawks on Sunday night. He went 17 for 66 yards on the ground and had 7 for 87 yards in the air. Thomas Rawls is expected back after suffering a fibula injury in Week 2, but Seattle plans to work Rawls back in slowly. The Eagles arent a favorable matchup, but I still like Prosise as a solid flex play Sunday.dddddddddddd(Others to target = Robert Kelley vs. Green Bay, Kenneth Dixon @ Dallas, James Starks @ Washington)WRRishard Matthews @ Indianapolis (owned 35.2%)Matthews has become a touchdown machine for the Titans this season. Its amazing that hes only owned in 35.2% of most leagues. What are you waiting for? Matthews has developed great chemistry with Marcus Mariota, and this week, he will take on a Colts secondary thats last in pass coverage. Indy ranks 31st in receiving defense and 23rd in passing touchdowns allowed. Go grab this cat... like NOW!(Others to target = Cameron Meredith @ New York Giants, Kenny Britt vs. Miami, J.J. Nelson @ Minnesota, Tyreek Hill vs. Tampa Bay)TELadarius Green @ Cleveland (owned 7.8%)Green made his season debut Sunday and got his feet wet against the Cowboys. Its now time for him to unleash in Week 11 against a Browns defense that is allowing over 75 yards per game and the most fantasy points to tight ends this season.(Others to target = Eric Ebron vs. Jacksonville, Cameron Brate @ Kansas City)#RunDontWalk ' ' '