For most of you, your annual draft is complete.Now, the title quest officially begins. Even if you don’t come in first, you must stave off this year’s embarrassing last-place punishment. There’s absolutely no way you’re going to spend a random Saturday next spring racking your brain over the ACT. All questions about literary analogies and long-forgotten geometrical equations can rot in eternal obscurity.With shovel in hand, this deep thinker digs down on players largely riding the pine in 12-team leagues who, if employed, could vault willing backers to a fast start.RB: Kenny Gainwell, TB
Matchup: at CIN
11% started in Yahoo leagues
YARRR!! Looking to score some opening week booty? This Buccaneer could prove to be a statistical treasure.Gainwell is firmly immersed in a full-blown RBBC with Bucky Irving, but even if he generates 50% or less of the team’s opportunity share, he should churn out considerable standalone value. Last season with Pittsburgh, he became the apple of Aaron Rodgers’ eye in the short field. The established safety valve caught a sensational 85.9% of his targets while slotting No. 4 overall in yards created per touch.With the addition of Dexter Lawrence and other key bodies, Cincinnati’s defense should be greatly improved. However, last fall, the Bengals surrendered the fourth-most receiving yards to RBs. In a contest with an expected total above 50, Cincy’s friendliness in the flat could resurface.According to SūmerSports, Baker Mayfield only targeted his RBs 14.7% of the time last season, ranking No. 23 in the category. However, he didn’t have a shifty, sticky-fingered weapon at the position quite like Kenny G.Employ Gainwell at the Flex or RB2 slots in deeper formats and he shouldn’t do you dirty like game officials did Western Michigan last Saturday in Ann Arbor. Start him with confidence in 12-team and deeper formats.Fearless forecast (PPR): 7 carries, 27 rush yards, 4 receptions, 31 receiving yards, 1 touchdown, 15.8 fantasy pointsRB: Mike Washington, LV
