The fantasy football week is now over and heading into Week 15 on the schedule, fantasy owners in the playoffs will be looking for some of the top names to pick up as sleeper for the playoffs and names like Cordarrelle Patterson, Josh McCown, Joique Bell, Toby Gerhart, Dennis Pitta and Da'Rick Rogers are ones to look at as sleepers.
This weekend saw some crazy finishes in the NFL and Patterson and Gerhart were part of one with the Ravens and Vikings, as each had a touchdown during the final two minutes as the lead went back and forth, with Baltimore eventually winning it. Patterson showed some great flashes, while Gerhart came in for Adrian Peterson after he was injured in the matchup. Josh McCown had another great game on Monday night for the Bears and he is looking like a solid option as long as he remains the starter, while Bell and Roger stepped up on Sunday for injured players and could be a factor over the final three weeks of the season.
Patterson ended up having a great game and it was punctuated by his 79-yard touchdown with less than a minute left with 45 seconds to go and he ended up with five catches for 141 yards on the day and a TD on seven targets and he now has shown some real explosiveness this season. Patterson was one of the fastest players in the draft and he has 35 catches this season for nearly 400 yards as a rookie and he has a nice matchup on Sunday against the Eagles and with the Vikings low on play makers, he should be targeted quite a bit on Sunday no matter what happens and if AP misses time, Gerhart is an excellent pickup as well, as he had a nice 40 yard run at the end of the game for a score as well.
McCown has been nothing short of brilliant in place of Cutler this season and on Monday night he was fantastic, tossing another four touchdowns with no picks and now he has just one still for the whole season and he has 13 touchdowns and even if Cutler comes back, Marc Trestman has some choices to make. McCown has been great with Alshon Jeffery and he had another amazing catch on Monday and McCown finishes with his third straight game of at least two scores and 348 yards and he has been over 300 yards in three straight games. He has over 1,800 yards this season since coming in and as a starter he is now 2-2, but his numbers are great.
Joique Bell and Da'Rick Rogers are solid options as well, especially if Reggie Bush's issues continue for the Lions next week. Bell is a great pass catcher and he had 27 touches on Sunday with four catches and 69 yards rushing with a touchdown after having 94 yards last week and now he has three rushing TDs in the last four games. Roger stepped up with Reggie Wayne out and he had six catches for 107 yards for two scores on Sunday and this came after playing in just one other game and he could be a big sleeper going forward.
