Kyle Orton (QB, BUF) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Start in 2-QB leagues and deep 1-QB leagues in Week 8

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ANALYSIS: Kyle Orton has been nothing but consistent since he took over the role of starting QB for the Bills in week five. In all three games, he has thrown for around 300 yards, at least one touchdown, and one INT. With Fred Jackson and CJ Spiller out this week, I expect the Bills to turn to the arm of Orton more than the last three weeks. In both games that Orton threw over 40 times, the Bills have come out on top.

The main reason to give Orton a look this week, however, is because he is facing one of the worst passing defenses in the NFL in the New York Jets. The Jets have slowly turned into my team to pick on when streaming quarterbacks. This secondary has given up an average of 257.29 passing yards per game (ranked 17th), 2.57 passing touchdowns per game (ranked 32nd), and also the most fantasy points of any defense to opposing quarterbacks according to FleaFlicker. Orton could have his first game with more than two TDs this week, and with rookie talent Sammy Watkins continuing to play at a high level, Orton definitely has the edge in this matchup.