Beckham had a tumultuous off season after being taken with the 12th overall pick in this years draft. Friction within the organization and a hamstring injury had left his value at nearly nothing. But in week 5, Beckham is back at practice, and ready to fill out your bench as a super secret sleeper for fantasy football.
The Giants have a new offensive coordinator this year in Ben McAdoo. Previously with the Green Bay Packers, McAdoo has installed a new offense for the Giants. After a bumpy week 1, Eli Manning has looked fantastic throwing 8 touchdowns and only 3 interceptions in his last 3 games. The McAdoo offense features lots of passing from Manning which will benefit Beckham once he hits the field.A key to Beckham's success will be the ability to stay healthy. If he is on the field, you can expect production in what could be a high powered offense styled after the highly effective Packers. Standing 5'11 and weighing 198 at the combine, Beckham is not a huge receiver, but he is certainly fast running a 4.43 40 yard dash. His senior season he caught 57 passes for 1117 yards and 8 touchdowns. add to that the possibility he may see some jet sweep and end around plays to gain you some rushing yards, and the possibility that he will be used on return plays, and Beckham has some additional opportunities to score for you in fantasy.
The upcoming schedule for Beckham and the Giants looks rather enticing. For the rest of the season the Giants only play 3 top 10 pass defenses. Two games against the Eagles (257.5y/g) and the Cowboys (271.2 y/g) are some juicy match ups. The only difficult match ups as I see them are at Seattle in week 10, and home against San Francisco in week 11.
I would call Beckham a definite speculative add. Cutting a starter is not warranted here, but if you are carrying a second QB and your main guy went through his bye already, or if you have a player that is sitting on your bench and you don't know when you would play him, drop that zero and add our new hero.
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