During the preseason, I promised to deliver updated projections each quarter in an effort to help fantasy owners plan for the immediate and near future. Because I’m covering all 32 teams this week and there is a lot to cover, I’m going to get right to it.

At least this time around, I’ve chosen to identify a “buy” or “sell” candidate as well as a potential breakout player for each team over the next month. Depending on the feedback I receive on this piece, I may do the same when I attempt to project the third and fourth quarters of the season following Weeks 8 and 12.

Here’s a quick refresher of what each of the colors mean in each team’s projection chart below:

Red – A very difficult matchup. For lower-level players, a red matchup means they should not be used in fantasy that week. For a second- or third-tier player, drop your expectations for them at least one grade that week (i.e. from WR2 to WR3). For elite players, expect them to perform one level lower than their usual status (i.e. RB1 performs like a RB2).

Yellow – Keep expectations fairly low in this matchup. For lower-level players, a yellow matchup is a borderline start at best. For a second- or third-tier player, they can probably overcome the matchup if things fall right. For the elite players, expect slightly better than average production.

White – Basically, this is a neutral matchup. In some cases, I just don’t feel like I have a good feel yet for the defense. Generally speaking, these matchups are winnable matchups for all levels of players.

Green – It doesn’t get much better than this. For non-elite players, the stage is basically set for said player to exploit the matchup. For the elite player, this matchup should produce special numbers.

One final note: The gray highlight in each team’s schedule reflects a road game and the numbers above them correspond to the weeks of the season. The age you see by each player will be that player’s age as of September 1, 2015.

Key to the table below:

Sell: Harvin. This is about as prolonged of a period as Harvin goes without getting injured. He’s the WR35 in PPR as we speak, ahead of players such as Kendall Wright and Brandin Cooks – players I’d much rather have.

Breakout player: Williams. I understand the rookie has already made plenty of noise and I think he’ll have value all season. Having said that, I think he’s more of a second-quarter standout only, assuming his concussion doesn’t keep him off field while McCoy is out.

Sell: Matthews. This is a tough call, because Matthews probably should take the role most assumed Stills was going to have before the season and Miami uses enough three-wide formations that he should still see plenty of playing time. Having said that, Tannehill has eyes for Landry and it is a pretty good bet that Parker will be fast-tracked by Campbell as well.

Breakout player: Parker. Miami can’t stop hyping its rookie and for good reason. If Campbell really practices what he preaches about competition and “earning your spot”, Parker may not need any more time than the bye week to work his way into the lineup for good. He may not be anything more than a WR3 this season, but I’m quite certain he’ll be a weekly starter at some point in 2015.

Sell: Lewis. This one pains me a bit because I watched Lewis play at Pittsburgh and have always believed in his talent. With that said, durability has been the main reason he’s been unable to stick anywhere for very long during his NFL career. Furthermore, it’s dangerous to assume that we know what HC Bill Belichick is thinking in regards to his running backs at any point during any season.

Breakout player: LaFell. For all the reasons I provided above, I think it’s safe to stash LaFell and expect WR3 production shortly after his return.

Sell: Ivory. Sometimes we have to be able to separate reality from fantasy in this hobby of ours. In reality, every team needs a back like Ivory to be a tone-setter. In fantasy, it seems almost for certain he’s going to have a career year – assuming he can stay healthy. And there within lies the rub. He is already not getting much action in the passing game and dealing with a lower-body injury, so when we combine that with this ferocious running style, we have an early-down back that is likely to miss some time later in the season.

Breakout player: Stevan Ridley. Much like LaFell above, Ridley (ACL) was stashed on the PUP list before the start of the season. As long as Ivory remains healthy and keeps running like he is right now, he’s locked in as the early-down back in this offense. However, if Ivory is forced to miss some action about the time Week 8 rolls around, New York could easily opt to plug Ridley into his role and perhaps even force an early-down committee. I’m not saying that a committee will happen, but as owners we have to be prepared for such an occurrence.

NFC East

Sell: Randle. It seems logical with the loss of all the playmakers in Dallas that Randle stands to benefit the most, but McFadden is better in most aspects of the passing game and the loss of his supporting cast figures to put a lot of pressure on him to carry the offense each week. With so few players remaining to strike fear in the defense, expect Randle’s rushing numbers to start declining.

Breakout player: Beasley. Assuming Bryant is out until Week 8, I don’t see any way in which a player like Beasley doesn’t get more involved - especially in the wake of Lance Dunbar’s season-ending injury. The Cowboys are short on players that consistently catch the ball beyond Witten, so I expect Beasley to assume a lot of the value that Dunbar had over the first quarter of the season.

Sell: Randle. The Giants’ second receiver has found the end zone in back-to-back weeks, which suggests to me now is as good a time of any part ways with the inconsistent playmaker. Perhaps his 13 total targets over the last two weeks is the new normal for him, but at some point Cruz will return and probably chip away at that total.

Breakout player: Harris. I was tempted not to list a player here, but I am encouraged by how much action Harris saw in the slot last week. It is entirely possible that he’ll continue to perform at the level that I expect Cruz to when he returns, which would be as a WR4 or WR5.

Sell: Murray. Selling Murray now would be a mistake, but it is entirely possible that he performs well this week against New Orleans. If he does, it may be in your best interests to convince other potential owners that he is “figuring things out”. The fact of the matter is that Mathews fits this current team better than Murray does. The distribution of the workload doesn’t figure to change anytime soon either, clearly leaving Murray in low-end RB2 territory.

Breakout player: Mathews. The ex-Charger probably isn’t anything more than a flex consideration as long as Murray is healthy, but should be in the RB2 discussion anytime last year’s rushing champion is sidelined. Mathews has a bit more elusiveness than Murray, which allows him to produce on a somewhat more consistent basis when the blocking doesn’t hold up.

Sell: Morris. I was firmly against drafting Morris in the first place and owners can see why that is the case now. What was supposed to be at worst a Morris-Jones timeshare has become a bit of a three-headed monster, with Thompson stealing the passing-down role that Jones was supposed to have. It’s complete and utter chaos in Washington - should we be surprised?

Breakout player: Crowder. This is more for the dynasty crowd with a lot of roster space. Crowder is a rookie with the kind of quickness and explosiveness to turn any play into a big one. I sincerely doubt he’ll become a consistent fantasy performer at any point in 2015, but he’s a player to keep in mind should a player like Garçon go down for multiple weeks.