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Experts: Who should fantasy teams buy low on?

ASK THE EXPERTS appears weekly from training camp through the Super Bowl with answers to a new question being posted Thursday morning. How the guest experts responded when we asked them: What underachiever thus far will turn things around the rest of the way?

JUSTIN ELEFF

Odell Beckham Jr. seems like the obvious choice to me. He's physically healthy (granted: emotionally he seems like kind of a wreck at the moment), his two bad games have come against one great cornerback and one good-to-great defense, and his slow start does still have him on pace for 1,200 receiving yards. Add all of that to the reminder Julio Jones just gave us that great players get their great numbers eventually, and OBJ makes for a smart trade target right now.

Eleff hosts the Fantasy Index Podcast, available in the iTunes Store now. He has worked for Fantasy Index off and on all century.

IAN ALLAN

I’m not giving up on DeSean Jackson. I think he’s in shape, healthy and still really fast. I believe he’ll be delivering some long touchdowns before this season is over. Not particularly excited about him this week at Baltimore, but I believe Jackson will come around.

Allan is the senior writer for Fantasy Football Index. He's been in that role since 1987, generating most of the player rankings and analysis for that publication. His work can be seen in Fantasy Football Index magazine, and also at www.fantasyindex.com.

ALAN SATTERLEE

Todd Gurley would have to qualify as a slow starter, and I think we will see better days. Gurley is not going to come close to performing up to his first round ADP, but I do think his best weeks of the season are coming. Los Angeles simply wasn't ready in week one but have turned things around, somehow winning three games in a row. That will help to keep their morale up and not give up on the season. Gurley finally got mixed into the passing game last week with a career-best five receptions, so that was very encouraging. Gurley will get the work and with his talent he will eventually bust some longer runs against a softer schedule than he started the season with (San Francisco and Seattle are top 6 against the run).

Satterlee is a co-owner and senior writer for Dynasty Football Warehouse. DFW is comprehensive site covering dynasty, redraft, IDP and Daily formats. DFW has a large writing crew with many people from the DFW community contributing to the insights and discussion. Alan is also the Fantasy Football Insider for the Charlotte Observer and is syndicated in a few other newspapers in the southeast.

SAM HENDRICKS

Jamaal Charles. The guy has no where to go but up after his slow recovery from an ACL tear. He gets week 5 off with a bye and can step into the lead back role now that Spencer Ware has fumbled in each of the last three games. Time for Charles to shine!

Hendricks is the author of Fantasy Football Guidebook, Fantasy Football Tips and Fantasy Football Basics, all available at ExtraPointPress.com, at all major bookstores, and at Amazon and BN.com. He is a 25 year fantasy football veteran who participates in the National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC) and finished 7th and 16th overall in the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC). He is drafting live in the FFPC in Vegas this year. He won the Fantasy Index Open in 2013. Follow him at his web site, www.ffguidebook.com.

ANDY RICHARDSON

You can get Randall Cobb for a song right now, and I think things will get better. Giants, Cowboys, Bears, Falcons and Colts in the next five, plus his bye is out of the way. Jeremy Hill has really had a brutal opening schedule, but three of the next four look solid (Dallas, and then home against Cleveland and Washington).

Richardson has been a contributing writer and editor to the Fantasy Football Index magazine and www.fantasyindex.com since 2002. His responsibilities include team defense and IDP projections and various site features, and he has run the magazine's annual experts draft and auction leagues since their inception. He previews all the NFL games on Saturdays and writes a wrap-up column on Mondays during the NFL season.

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