Week 1 is already in the books, but that doesn't mean you get a break as a fantasy owner. Oh no, the end of Monday Night Football just means that it's Tuesday waiver wire day. The important thing to remember with waiver wire pickups is that you actually have to believe the player will be good enough to contribute on a week-to-week basis. Honestly, with questions board, Rodgers seems to have a good connection with Cobb. It certainly showed on Sunday with a second-on-the-team nine targets. But while those targets are nice, the main reason I would pick up Cobb is what he does with them: a perfect nine for nine catching balls thrown his way on Sunday. That's not out of the ordinary for Cobb; last year he was 24 for 30, an 80% (!?!?!) catch rate where the league average for receivers hangs around 60%. If he's going to be getting more targets to try and convert successfully, I'm picking him up on my team every time.
Dennis Pitta - Baltimore Ravens
Week 1 Fantasy Points: 13
Leagues Owned: 2.5%
No. 37 in Week 2 TE Projections
There are a ton of solid options to pick up at TE this week, from Heath Miller to Coby Fleener to Martellus Bennett. But for my hypothetical money, I'm taking the true breakout star of Monday Night Football this week: Dennis Pitta. Anybody else notice just how much the Ravens look to be throwing the ball this season? Ray Rice only had ten carries on the game, and the Ravens weren't exactly playing from behind: they took the lead in the first 2:07 of the game. Joe Flacco, meanwhile, was throwing with incredible efficiency at 10.3 yards per attempt, and the majority of those throws went to his big tight end target up the middle. Pitta had nine targets last night, while nobody else on the Ravens team had more than five (Anquan Boldin). Pitta only converted those nine targets into five receptions for a 56% catch rate, but I wouldn't be too worried about that right now - Pitta had a solid 71% catch rate on 40 receptions last season. Even better, the next two weeks, the Ravens face the Eagles (where only DeMeco Ryans has above three years experience at starting LB or safety) and the Patriots (31st in passing defense in 2011).