Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Percy Harvin remains unlikely to suit up for this week's game against the Detroit Lions because of a sprained ankle, which is a shame. Harvin is the No. 5 wide receiver in standard scoring this season, and his loss will be felt in real life and fantasy. Quick, name the No. 2 wide receiver for Christian Ponder this season: It's Michael Jenkins.
If Harvin sits this week, or the injury lingers into December, who would step up? Jerome Simpson is the obvious answer, and while I've talked and written positively about him, he's got his own issues. Then there's veteran Devin Aromashodu and rookie Jarius Wright, the latter likely to debut this week. It's not a particularly deep crew, but here in the weekly Sneaky Pickups blog entry, we're definitely digging deep and looking not at this weekend but for future weeks. Jarius Wright, a fourth-round pick from Arkansas, is digging deep.
If Harvin sits, I'd certainly become interested in Simpson for Sunday, and I want to see how Wright performs, or if he's presented opportunity to do so. In the meantime, let's focus on other teams and their wide receiver depth behind noted fantasy stars, pointing out how top options might go away and aiming to find other deep-league choices that really could matter.
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Eric Karabell
Eric Karabell is an ESPN.com senior writer. He has worked at ESPN since 1997 and covered fantasy sports for ESPN since 2001, specializing in baseball and football. Eric appears several times per week on SportsCenter, NFL Live and other ESPN shows, contributes to ESPN Radio and ESPN The Magazine and is the host of the Baseball Today Podcast. He has been honored twice as fantasy sports writer of the year by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association, his blog was named best fantasy baseball series for 2007 and he was inducted into the inaugural FSWA Hall of Fame class in 2010.
Eric grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, and accordingly, favors Philly teams first, his fantasy teams second. He previously served as ESPN.com's lead NBA editor, and is a former Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer sports writer. Eric is also the author of "The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments," published by Source Books and available in bookstores and online.
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