Blue has legitimate burst, good hands and enough wiggle to ditch defenders in coverage or slip past them in the open field. If the Cowboys want some juice from their ground game, he might be the only one capable of providing it.

There is no safe time to be an NFL player or a fantasy drafter. You are always one misstep from an injury that changes a player’s expected fortunes, and sometimes even those around him. There are a couple of relevant fantasy quarterbacks dealing with some ailments this week — one new and one not so new.

Other options out of the Houston backfield include Nick Chubb, Dameon Pierce, Dare Ogunbowale, and rookie fourth-rounder Woody Marks. Mueller, who focuses on the implications of injuries, warns fantasy football competitors to steer clear of Mixon.

There are a few subtle but important differences between the scoring system of a standard and PPR fantasy football league.

The Week 2 NFL preseason schedule for Saturday, August 16 is loaded with a massive 11-game slate, providing plenty of options for NFL DFS lineups. The slate gets underway with five games in the 1 p.m.