Game-by-Game Notes for Week 10
posted November 9
I HOPE ALL THESE GOOD NOTES ARE HELPING YOUR TEAM GET CLOSER TO THE PLAYOFFS!!
BENGALS AT RAVENS
BOTH THESE TEAMS ARE REELING…AND THEY ARE BANGED UP. STARTING WITH THE BENGALS WHO SAW W-R CHAD JOHNSON CARTED OFF THE FIELD LAST WEEK..OCHO CINCO MISSED SIGNIFICANT PRACTICE THIS WEEK, BUT IT APPEARS HE WILL PLAY AGAINST BALTIMORE. I WOULD GIVE CHAD THE NOD, BECAUSE OF THAT BANGED UP B-MORE SECOONDARY AND 85 NORMALLY HAS SOLID OUTINGS AGAINST THE RAVENS. CONSIDERING WHAT BEN ROETHLISBERGER DID TO BALTIMORE MONDAY NIGHT, THAT MAKES CARSON PALMER A MUST START as WELL AS T-J HOUSHMANZADAH.
CHRIS HENRY—DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM ..
DESPITE LAST WEEKS STEELERS ROMP, THERE WAS NO GROUND ATTACK AND THERE WILL BE NONE FROM CINCY IN THIS GAME..THAT SAID, DEFINITELY SIT RB’S KENNY WATSON AND RUDI JOHNSON. LIKE SHAYNE GRAHAM A LOT IN THIS MATCH-UP..CANNOT GIVE A SOLID ENDORSEMENT TO THE BENGALS DEFENSE, BUT THEY ARE WORTH A CASUAL GLANCE CONSIDERING HOW BAD THE RAVENS OFFENSE IS AND THEIR QUARTERBACKS ARE.
UPON FURTHER REVIEW…AND SPEAKING OF THE RAVENS QUARTERBACKS….STEVE MCNAIR WILL REMAIN UNDER CENTER AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HE COULD BE A DECENT PLAY IF YOU ARE IN A 2 QB LEAGUE OR HAVE A GUY ON BYE. THE BENGAL PASS D HAS ALLOWED 20 TD PASSES AND HAVE ACCUMULATED JUST 12 SACKS. MCNAIR SHOULD HAVE THE TIME TO THROW FOR TWO TD’S, BUT NOT A LOT OF YARDS.
DERRICK MASON IS A NICE PLAY DESPITE A VERY LOW YARDAGE PER CATCH…BUT HE HAS GRABBED 62 BALLS, NOT TOO BAD. I PREDICT HE WILL CATCH ONE TOUCHDOWN. ….NO NEED TO LOOK AT RAVENS TIGHTENDS UNLESS TODD HEAP FINALLY STARTS..EVEN THEN BE VERY WARY OF THAT SITUATUATION. WILLIS MAGAHEE WILL REBOUND VERY NICELY WITH A GREAT GAME AGAINST THE BENGALS RUN D THAT ALLOWS 144 YARDS A GAME…WILLIS WILL ROLL INTO THE ENDZONE TWICE. MATT STOVER IS NOT A GREAT PLAY IN MY OPINION BECAUSE I THINK THE RAVENS WILL SCORE TD’S IN THIS GAME, NOT FIELD GOALS.
COLTS AT CHARGERS
IT’S THE DEFENDING CHAMPS AGAINST THE PRE-SEASON CHAMPS. THE CHARGERS ARE IN A NEAR MELT-DOWN AFTER LAST WEEKS PASTING BY THE VIKINGS. THE SEE-SAW PERFORMANCES BY PHILIP RIVERS CONTINUE AND THIS SHOULD BE AN UP WEEK. I HAVE TO BELIEVE PHIL THROWS TWO SCORES IN THIS GAME. SUPER T-E ANTONIO GATES WILL BE HUGE..HE’LL GET A SCORE, AND NEAR 90 YARDS RECEIVING . ..THE COLTS HAVE THE 3RD BEST PASS D IN THE NFL, BUT I JUST DON’T THINK THEY CAN STOP GATES. THEY WILL STOP ALL THE REST OF THE BOLTS RECEIVERS, SO I WOULD AVOID CHRIS CHAMBERS, VINCENT JACKSON AND ANYONE ELSE LINING UP AS A RECEIVER.
LADAINIAN TOMLINSON IS EVERYBODYS NUMBER 1 AND YOU WILL ALL PLAY HIM AND THAT IS A GOOD THING….L-T OWNS THE COLTS AND I THINK HE WILL RUN FOR ONE AND CATCH THAT OTHER RIVERS TD PASS ON A SCREEN OR SOMETHING. THE CHARGERS DEFENSE IS BANGED UP TERRIBLY AND THEIR SPINE HAS BEEN QUESTIONED AFTER WHAT ADRIAN PETERSON DID TO THEM LAST WEEK. I THINK THEY WILL BE SOLID THIS EVENING. THE CHARGERS D GETS TO PEYTON MANNING TWICE , PICKS HIM AT LEAST ONCE AND HOLDS THE COLTS DOWN JUST A TAD.. NATE KAEDING THE BLTS KICKER WAS AWESOME THE LAST 2 YEARS..NOT SO MUCH IN 07. I STILL THINK HE IS A GOOD PLAY AND WILL HAVE 2 FG’S AND A FEW XP’S
THE COLTS ARE STILL AWAITING WORD ON THE STATUS OF WIDE RECEIVER MARVIN HARRISON, AND HE IS A GOOD PLAY IF HE SUITS UP. KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON ALL THE PRE-GAME SHOWS AND FANTASY FOOTBALL ADVICE RIGHT BEFORE KICK-OFF. THE San Diego PASS D IS 24TH IN THE LEAGUE GIVING UP 11 SCORES, WHILE COLLECTING 11 INTERCEPTIONS…JUST AVERAGE AND THEIR CORNERBACKS ARE ALL OR NOTHING. REGGIE WAYNE WILL HAVE HIS NORMALLY BIG DAY AND A QUESTIONALBLE T-E DALLAS CLARK WILL BE A SOLID START IF HE PLAYS.
IT USED TO BE NO ONE COULD EVER RUN AGAINST THE CHARGERS, BUT COMING INTO THIS GAME THEY ARE 22ND IN THE LEAGUE IN RUN DEFENSE, GIVING UP 125 YARDS PER GAME( PETERSON)….THAT MEANS JOEY ADDAI WILL BE PRETTY GOOD..BUT NOT GREAT. SAN DIEGO TENDS TO REALLY GEAR UP TO STOP THE RUN AT HOME AND I THINK ADDAI WILL STRUGGLE TO ACUMULATE 75 TOTAL YARDS AND A SCORE IN THIS GAME. I WOULD THINK ABOUT ANOTHER DEFENSIVE OPTION OTHER THAN INDY EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE THE 5TH BEST DEFENSE STATISTICALLY IN THE NFL.
BEARS AT RAIDERS
A PAIR OF 4TH PLACE TEAMS HOOKING UP IN OAK-TOWN, BUT THE DIFFERENCE IN TALENT IS BIGGER THAN JOHNNY K’S EGO!! THE NEARS HAVE TONS….THE RAIDERS HAVE NONE. WELL, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE AND YOU NEED TO EXPLOIT THAT. THE BEARS ONCE IMPENATRABLE DEFENSE IS NOW 27TH IN THE LEAGUE GIVING UP ALMOST 360 YARDS A GAME..WOW. LOOK FOR THE RAIDERS TO FINALLY TOP THE 20 POINT MARK AFTER MORE THAN A MONTH. THEY WILL BARELY TOP THAT THOUGH…. RUNNINGBACK JUSTIN FARGAS WILL GET THE BULK OF THE CARRIES AND I HOPE YOU PICKED HIM UP AFTER LAST WEEKS GREAT GAME…CHICAGO GIVES UP MORE THAN 130 YARDS RUSHING A GAME AND FARGAS WILL TOP 100 AND SCORE AT LEAST ONCE, MAYBE TWICE. ..RAIDERS FANS ARE CHANTING FOR DEMARCUS RUSSELL THE #1 OVERALL PICK TO PLAY Q-B, BUT THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN, JOSH McCOWN STAYS IN TO EMBARRASS HIMSELF (3 INT’S LAST WEEK VS, TEXANS) HE IS NOT A GOOD START, BECAUSE THE BEARS ARE GONNA BEAT HIM UP, AND HE MAY NOT STAY IN THE GAME THE ENTIRE TIME. I THINK RONALD CURRY MIGHT CATCH A TD PASS, BUT NOT SUPER CONFIDENT…HE IS A 3RD W-R AT BEST. I HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE IN T-E ZACH MILLER THAN I DO IN W-R JERRY PORTER FOR FANTASY POINTS IN THIS GAME. SABASTIAEN JANIKOWSKI ALMOST MADE A 64 YARDER LAST WEEK TO SET THE NFL RECORD…MUCH LIKE THE RAIDERS SEASON, IT DOINKED OFF THE UPRIGHT AND WAS NO GOOD. LONG WAY TO GO TO TELL YOU NOT TO START THE PORTLY POLISH KICKER.
THE BEARS ROLL INTO OAKLAND WITH A DECENT SHOT TO STILL MAKE THE PLAYOFFS AND A BYE WEEK UNDER THEIR BELT. THEY ARE FRESH, HEALTHY AND READY TO GO. THE RAIDERS PASS DEFENSE IS STILL TOP 5…BUT THEY ARE SLIPPING A LITTLE…THAT MEANS BRIAN GRIESE IS A PRETTY DECENT START AT QUARTERBACK. ..HE’LL THROW THE PICKS..BUT HE ALSO THROWS TOUCHDOWNS..( 9 IN JUST 5 GAMES) YA GOTTA PENCIL HIM IN FOR 2 IN THIS MATCH-UP. BERNARD BERRIAN IS AN OKAY PLAY..MAYBE 60 YARDS AND A SCORE….AT TIGHTEND FOR CHICAGO IT’S KIND OF A PLATOON SITUATION WITH DESMOND CLARK AND ROOKIE GREG OLSON, BUT I THINK OLSON IS THE PLAY HERE AND I SAY HE GETS A TOUCHDOWN..OAKLAND HAS STRUGGLED STOPPING T-E’S THIS SEASON. ..CEDRIC BENSON WILL LOOK LIKE AN ALL-PRO AGAINST THE OAKLAND DEFENSE THAT ALLOWS 153 RUSH YARDS A GAME (SEE RON DAYNE) BENSON WILL BLAST HIS WAY FOR 135 YARDS AND 2 SCORES…CRAZY!! I ALSO REALLY THINK YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THE POOR MAN’S ADRIAN PETERSON…THE ONE THE BEARS HAVE. PENCIL HIM IN FOR A SCORE AS HE SPELLS BIG CED. NOT TOTALLY NUTS ABOUT THE BEARS DEFENSE, BUT THEY ARE 2ND IN THE NFL IN SACKS AND AFTER A WEEK OFF, THEY WILL BE RARING TO GO AND GET AT LEAST 4 IN THIS GAME.
BILLS AT DOLPHINS
IF YOU KNEW BUFFALO WAS 4-4 AND BACK IN THE PLAYOFF PICTURE , YOU MY FRIEND COULD HAVE AN NFL ADDICTION..BUT WHO DOESN’T!!
THE BILLS ARE LOOKING FOR 4 STRAIGHT AND J-P LOSMAN WILL LEAD THE WAY. JUST A SHADE UNDER 300 YARDS PASSING LAST WEEK AND A SCORE…J-P WILL NOT GET THE SAME YARDS TODAY, BUT HE WILL HAVE 2 TD THROWS…CRAZY STAT…THE DOLPHINS PASS D IS 6TH IN THE NFL, BUT HAVE ALLOWED 15 TD PASSED THRU THE AIR…VERY WEIRD. LEE EVANS WILL GET ANOTHER TD AS HE IS STARTING TO COME ALIVE…..LIKE J-P, WON’T HAVE NEAR THE YARDS, BUT WILL DEFINITLEY SCORE. I AM STILL LIKING THE LOOKS W-R JOSH REED IS GETTING AND HE WILL BE OKAY…50 MAYBE 65 YARDS AND POSSIBLY A SCORE. JUST A THOUGHT IF YOU HAVE A GUY ON BYE. ON THE TOPIC OF BYE’S RONALD ROYAL AT TIGHTEND IS SOMEONE TO TAKE A LOOK AT. MIAMI GIVES UP SHORT YARDAGE TOUCHDOWNS AND ROYAL MIGHT BE GRABBING ONE OF THOSE. BILLS DEFENSE IS GETTING A LITTLE BETTER, BUT STILL NOT THERE..THEY CAN’T GET TO THE QUARTERBACK..JUST 8 SACKS AND ALL THEIR LINEBACKERS ARE BEAT UP. KICKER RIAN LINDELL IS A GOOD OPTION AT KICKER, BUT KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE WEATHER BEFORE KICK-OFF TO MAKE THAT CALL. I DON’T SEE LINDELL REPEATING LAST WEEKS 4 FOR 4 PERFORMANCE.
THE DOLPHINS HAVE LOST 11 STRAIGHT DATING BACK TO LAST SEASON AND THEY ARE JUST AWFUL…THE GOOD NEWS FOR FANTASY OWNERS IS THEY FACE A BRUTAL BILLS DEFENSE AND THEY ARE AT HOME AND THEYARE COMING OFF A BYE…..THE BAD NEWS…THEY ARE STILL THE DOLPHINS. CLEO LEMON REMAINS UNDER CENTER AND THAT MIGHT NOT BE A BAD PLAY, CONSIDERING THE BUFFALO DEFENSE ALLOWS 371 TOTAL YARDS A GAME. CLEO WILL ACCUMULATE 230 YARDS AND AT LEAST 1 SCORE…MIGHT EVEN RUN ONE IN TOO. MARTY BOOKER IS THE VETERAN IN THE WIDE RECEIVER CORPS…BUT I LIKE THE ROOKIE TED GUINN JR. MUCH BETTER. I’LL GIVE THE ROOK, 75 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN. T-E DAVID MARTIN AHS ONLY 7 CATCHES ON THE SEASON, AND I DON’T SEEM HIM GETTING MUCH…IF YOU PICK A MIAMI T-E JUSTIN PELLE IS THE WAY TO GO 2TD’S NOT TOO BAD, (JUST ASK TOOD HEAP)…
RUNNINGBACK JESSE CHATMAN MIGHT BE YOUR SAVIOR IF YO PICKED HIM UP A FEW WEEKS AGO….THE BILLS ARE THE 19TH RANKED RUN DEFENSE IN THE NFL AND JESSE SHOULD GET 22 TOUCHES AND SCORE AT LEAST ONCE.
BRONCOS AT CHIEFS
LOOK WHO IS BACK IN RED AND WHITE…PRIEST, WHERE YA BEEN BROTHER?? PRIEST HOLMES WILL BE RUNNING THE BALL BECAUSE LARRY JOHNSON IS OUT. TALK ABOUT A GREAT GAME TO COME BACK
TOO…THE BRONCOS HAVE THE WORST RUN D IN THE NFL GIVING UP ALMOST 162 YARDS A GAME. PRIEST USED TO GET THAT AMOUNT IN HIS SLEEP BEFORE THE CHARGERS SHAWNE MERRIMAN PUT HIM TO SLEEP WITH THAT BIG HIT 2 YEARS AGO. TODAY PRIEST WILL OPEN EYES AGAIN WITH 15 CARRIES FOR 85 YARDS AND A SCORE. KOLBY HOLMES WILL ALSO CARRY THE BALL FOR THE CHIEFS, BUT PRIEST WILL BE THE FANTASY POINT GETTER. I THINK THE CHIEFS WILL TRY TO THROW SOME IN THIS GAME TOO AND THAT MEANS DAMON HUARD COULD BE A SOLID BY WEEK OR NUMBER 2 QUARTERBACK FOR YOUR SQUAD. I THINK HE MIGHT TOSS FOR TWO SCORES…THE DENVER PASS D DOESN’T GIVE UP A LOT OF YARDS, BUT THEY DO GIVE UP A LOT OF SCORES. PENCIL T-E TONY GONZALEZ FOR ONE….AND I WILL GO OUT ON THAT ROOKIE LIMB YET AGAIN AND SAT W-R DWAYNE BOWE GETS A TOUCHDOWN..NOT A TON OF CATCHES BUT A SCORE FOR BOWE. I REALLY LIKED THE CHIEFS DEFENSE LAST WEEK AND THEY WERE GREAT FOR THE FIRST HALF BEFORE THEY TOTALLY UNRAVELLED…I AM GONNA SAY THEY WILL BE VERY GOOD FOR 4 QUARTERS AGAINST A BANGED UP BRONCOS OFFENSE.
A LOT OF FANTASY OWNERS PANICKED LAST WEEK WHEN Q-B JAY CUTLER LEFT THE GAME IN THE 1ST QUARTER WITH THAT INJURED LEG, BUT HE PRACTICED ALL WEEK AND WILL START. K-C JUST 19TH IN PASS DEFENSE AND UNLIKE DENVER, THEY GIVE UP YARDS, BUT NOT TOUCHDOWNS. CUTLER MIGHT SCROUNGE OUT 1 TD TOSS. I THINK THE GUY THAT WILL CATCH IT IS BRANDON MARSHALL WHO HAS REALLY STEPPED UP IN THE ABSENCE OF JAVON WALKER. MARSHAL WILL BE THE TOP POINT GETTER FOR BRONCOS RECEIVERS AND THE ONLY W-R I WOULD CONSIDER STARTING THIS WEEK. TRAVIS HENRY GOT BANGED UP AGAINST DETROIT LAST WEEK AND MISSED A LOT OF PRACTICE WITH A MESSED UP LEG AND UNFORTUANTELY THOSE ARE WHAT YOU NEED WHEN YOU ARE A RUNNINGBACK. I WOULD PROBABLY SIT HENRY REGARDLESS. THE DENVER DEFENSE IS NO GOOD, ESPECAILLY ON THE ROAD, BUT KICKER JASON ELAM IS ALWAYS MUST START AND I CAN SEE HIM GETTING THREE FIELD GOALS IN THIS GAME.
JAGUARS AT TITANS
IS IT ME, OR DOES IT SEEM LIKE THESE TEAMS PLAY EVERY WEEK??
THE TITANS LOOK TO KEEP PACE WITH THE COLTS AND THEY ARE WINNING WITH THE 24TH RANKED OFFENSE IN FOOTBALL. VINVE YOUNG IS STILL NOT A SOLID Q-B START. 32 NFL QUARTERBACKS HAVE A BETTER RATING THAN VINNY. HIS COMPLETION PERCENTAGE IS WAY UP, BUT ALL THE PERTINENT NUMBERS WAY DOWN. 2ND YEAR R-B LENDALE WHITE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPRESS….JAGS ALLOW 108 RUSH YARDS PER GAME AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WHITE WILL ACCUMULATE. PENCIL HIM IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN TOO. WHITE MIGHT RUN FOR MORE WITH JACKSONVILLE ALL-PRO D-T MARCUS STROUD OUT OF THIS GAME WITH AN INJURY. SINCE ABOUT WEEK 4 I HAVE NOT BEEN A FAN OF ANY TITAN RECEIVER AND THAT ATTITUDE CONTINUES IN THIS MATCH-UP. GOTTA START THE TITAN DEFENSE, ONE OF THE TOP SACK GETTERS IN THE LEAGUE AND WITH QUINN GRAY MOST LIKELY TO START THE TENN DEFENSE IS A MUST START. ROB BIRONAS IS MY TEAM, HE SHOULD BE ON YOURS TOO….GREAT YEAR AND PERFECT FOR THE TITANS OFFENSE.
THE JAGUARS LET QUARTERBACK DAVID GARRARD PRACTICE A LITTLE THIS WEEK, BUT JACK DEL RIO IS A LITTLE WORRIED TO THROW HIM OUT THERE AGAINST A SACK MACHINE DEFENSE LIKE TENNESEE. EVEN IF GARRARD DOESS UIT UP, I WOULD NOT START HIM. THE TITANS PASS D GIVES UP JUST A LITTLE MORE THAN 200 YARDS A GAME AND THEY HAVE 13 INT’S…STAY AWAY FROM ANY JAGS Q-B. IT’S REALLY TOUGH TO PICK ANY JAX RUNNINGBACK IN THIS GAME, TENN. THE #1 RUSH D IN THE NFL GIVING UP A MEASLY 66 YARDS A GAME ON THE GROUND….MAURICE JONE DREW WILL GET MOST OF THE CARRIES, BUT STRUGGLE TO TOP 50 YARDS. IF A JAGS RUNNINGBACK SCORES A T-D, I THINK IT WILL BE FRED TAYLOR OR MAYBE THE SHORT YARDAGE GUY LABRANDON TOEFIELD.
I THINK I LIKE THE JAGS DEFENSE, BECAUSE LIKE TENN, THEY ARE SACK MONSTERS AND MAKE THINGS HAPPEN…COULD GET YOU SOME SOLID POINTS. THERE ARE MUCH BETTER KICKERS OUT THERE THAN JOHN CARNEY..BUT BACK IN THE DAY…YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HIM..
BROWNS AT STEELERS
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LIKE 10 YEARS, THIS IS ACTUALLY AN INTERESTING GAME, NOW A BATTLE OF 1ST AND 2ND PLACE.
THE STEELERS WON’T LOSE, BUT THEY WILL BE CHALLENGED.
LOOK FOR BIG BEN TO HAVE ANOTHER KICK-BUTT DAY AGAINST A CLEVELAND DEFENSE THAT ALLOWS 31 POINTS A GAME AND ALMOST 400 YARDS…HARD TO FIGURE OUT HOW CLEVELAND CAN HAVE A WINNING RECORD WITH SUCH A PUTRID DEFENSE. LOOK FOR ROEHTLISBERGER TO THROW FOR AT LEAST 280 YARDS WITH THREE SCORES … HINES WARD GETS ONE, AS DOES SANTONIO HOLMES WHO WILL BE THE LEADING RECEIVER IN THIS GAME… GOTTA ALSO LOVE T-E HEATH MILLER …I SEE LOTS OF TD’S BUT NOT A LOT OF FIELD GOALS SO STAY AWAY FROM KICKER JEFF REED,… GOTTA PLAY WILLIE PARKER WHO WILL REBOUND NICELY AFTER BEING SHUT-DOWN BY BALTIMORE MONDAY NIGHT..THE BROWNS GIVE UP 135 RUSH YARDS A GAME AND THE STEELERS LOVE TO RUN IT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. ..STEELERS DEFENSE WILL BE TESTED AND IF POSSIBLE, LOOK FOR A BETTER MATCH-UP. THE BROWNS RACK UP YARDS AND SCORES WITH THAT HIGH POWERED OFFENSE.
DERRICK ANDERSON IS THE KEY TO THAT CLEVELAND HIGH POWERED OFFENSE, BUT I THINK HE WILL GET SMACKED IN THE MOUTH IN THIS BACKYARD BRAWL…DON’T GET ME WRONG, HE IS A DECENT START, BUT HIS STAT LINE WILL BE A BOATLOAD OF YARDS AND MAYBE ONE SCORE..JUST LIKE LAST WEEK. JAMAL LEWIS ALMOST NEVER RUNS WELL IN PITTSBURGH AND TODAY WILL BE NO EXCEPTION, THE STEEL CURTAIN IS BACK ALLOWING JUST 76 RUSH YARDS A GAME. I DO LIKE THE BROWNS BALL CATCHERS THOUGH…BRAYLON EDWARDS WILL TOP 90 YARDS AND CATCH A TOUGHDOWN…KELLEN WINSLOW WILL GET ROUGHED UP, BUT CATCH 7-8 BALLS FOR 70-80 YARDS. DEFEINTELY NO TO THE BROWNS DEFENSE…BUT A BIG YES TO KICKER PHIL DAWSON WHO MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST KICKER OF THE DAY…..
Game-by-Game Notes for Week 9
posted November 2
Here is a closer look at the games I covered this week. Study these notes and you will be a champion. At least you will be a better reader.
REDSKINS AT JETS
IT’S A NEW QUARTERBACK FOR THE JETS, BUT THAT IS THE LEAST OF THEIR WORRIES…THEY ARE AWFUL JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE. KELLEN CLEMENS TAKES OVER FOR CHAD PENNINGTON AND THE NEW YORK FAITHFUL ARE JOYOUS. TEMPER THAT ENTHUSIASM JETS FANS CLEMENS HAS ONE TD THROW AND 4 INTERCEPTIONS THIS YEAR. IT’S A TOUGH START FOR CLEMENS AGAINST WASH. WHO AVE HT E12 BEST DEFESNE IN THE NFL AND HAVE ALLOWED JUST 8 SCORES THRU THE AIR. I WOULD AVOID CLEMENS. NOT REALLY A LOT TO LIKE ABOUT THE JETS IN THIS GAME, BUT THOMAS JONES COULD BE A GOOD CALL BECAUSE HE WILL DEFINITLEY GET MORE CARRIES WITH THE NEW QUARTERBACK IN THERE.
CAN’T SAY JONES WILL REACH THE ENDZONE (HASN’T YET) BUT I WILL SAY HE TOPS 100 TOTAL YARDS.
W-R LAVERNEOUS COLES IS DOUBTFUL WITH A CONCUSSION AND HE IS A RISKY PLAY REGARDLESS. JERRICO COTCHERY IS THE BEST PLAY IN GREEN AND WHITE. HE WILL CATCH HIS 2ND TD OF THE YEAR AND TOTAL 85 YARDS. MIKE NUGENT HAS BEEN UP AND DOWN AS A KICKER…I THINK THIS WILL BE AN UP WEEK. I WOULD DEFINITELY PLAY HIM. Don’t WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THE JETS DEFENSE.
TIGHTEND CHRIS BAKER MIGHT BE A SOLID PICK IF YOU HAVE YOUR REGULAR TIGHTEND ON BYE. HE IS GETTING HEALTHIER AND A YOUNG Q-B IN TROUBLE ALWAYS LOOKS FOR HIS TIGHTEND.
THE REDSKINS WERE WHOOPED UP ON LAST WEEK BY NEW ENGLAND AND THEY ARE GONNA TRY AND TAKE IT OUT ON THE JETS. TOUGH TO REALLY LAY THE WOOD ON NEW YORK WITH THE 28TH RANKED OFFENSE
BUT THERE ARE SOME GOOD PLAYS ON THE REDSKINS SIDE. CLINTON PORTIS WILL BE BIG. THE JETS RUSH D GIVES UP 135 YARDS A GAME AND HAS ALLOWED 9 SCORES. NO POINT IN PLAYING LADELL BETTS WHO HAS BEEN A MAJOR DISSAPOINTMENT AND IS JUST NOT GETTING THE CARRIES. SANTANA MOSS HAS BEEN A BUST THIS YR. BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY A GREAT MATCH-UP FOR HIS FANTASY OWNERS. HE WANTS TO BURN HIS OLD TEAM AND THAT SHOULOD BE EASY TO DO AGAINST THE 26TH RANKED PASS DEFESNE. PLAY MOSS AND YOU WILL GET 115 YARDS AND A SCORE. ANTWANN RANDLE EL IS ALSO A DECENT PLAY AS A 3RD WIDE RECEIVER IN THIS GAME.
JASON CAMPELL IS NOT AN IDEAL STARTER AT QUARTERBACK, BUT HE COULD BE A NICE BYE-GUY FOR YOU. I DON’T THINK HE’LL LIGHT IT UP, BUT HE COULD THROW FOR 2 SCORES. CHRIS COOLEY SHOULD ALWAYS GET A START AT TIGHTEND..HE’S ONE OF THE BEST.
I REALLY LIKE REDSKINS DEFENSE IN THIS GAME, AS CLEMENS IS LIABLE TO THROW 4 INTERCEPTIONS KICKER SUISMAN IS A JUST AN AVERAGE START.
PACKERS AT CHIEFS
BRETT FAVRE I LOVE YOU..YET I CURSE YOU. KILLED ME LAST WEEK AS BRETT-BOY THREW THAT OVERTIME TOUCHDOWN TO KNOCK MY FANTASY TEAM OFF. OH WELL. BRETT FACES A TOUGHER DEFENSE IN KANSAS CITY THIS WEEK AND THE CHIEFS ALLOW ONLY 197 YARDS THRU THE AIR PER GAME. (10TH RANKED PASS D) I THINK TODAY WOULD BE A GOOD DAY TO SIT FAVRE IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER OPTION. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE JUMPED ON NEW RUNNINGBACK RYAN GRANT OF THE PACKERS AFTER HE TOPPED 100 YARDS MONDAY NIGHT IN DENVER, BUT REMEMBER THAT WAS AGAINST ONE OF THE WORST RUN DEFENSES IN FOOTBALL.
GRANT WILL STRUGGLE IN K-C, BUT HE WILL GET THE BALL, SO IF YOU CAN LIVE WITH 60 YARDS AND NO SCORE. CHIEFS HAVE ALLOWED JUST 3 RUSHING SCORES ALL YEAR. GREG JENNINGS IS A GREAT DEEP THREAT, BUT HE’S AN ALL OR NOTHING KINDA GUY. I THINK HE IS PRETTY GOOD THIS MORNING AT ARROWHEAD. PLAY HIM. I THINK JENNINGS IS A BETTER PLAY THAN DONALD DRIVER, WHO LOOKS TO BE LOST IN THE SHUFFLE WITH ALL THE WEAPONS FAVRE HAS NOW. DONALD LEE IS DEFINITLEY THE PACKERS MAIN GUY AT TIGHT-END, BUT I DON’T REALLY LIKE HIM AS A STARTER THIS WEEK. THE PACK ATTACK DEFENSE IS KINDA MIDDLE OF THE PACK (PUN) AT 14TH IN THE NFL, BUT WITH A FAVORABLE MATCH-UP AGAINST A PRETTY WEEK CHIEFS OFFENSE (ranked 27th), I WOULD PLAY THEM. KICKER MASON CROSBY IS ALSO A GREAT PLAY. HECK, HE’S 12 FOR 15 IN FG ATTEMPTS AND I AM GONNA SAY HE GETS THREE SHOTS AT THE UPRIGHTS.
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE CHIEFS ARE 4-3 WITH THAT OFFENSE. EVEN WITH LARRY JOHNSON CARRYING THE BALL THEIR RUSHING OFFENSE IS 28TH IN THE LEAGUE AVERAGING JUST 82 YARDS A GAME. THIS WILL BE ONE OF THOSE GAMES WHERE KANSAS CITY EXCEEDS THAT TOTAL, BUT JUST BARELY JOHNSON TOPS 90 YARDS, BUT DO NOT EXPECT A SCORE, G-B HAS ALLOWED 2 STINKING RUSH TD’S ALL YEAR. THE PASS DEFESNE IS SOMETHING KANSAS CITY WILL TRY TO EXPLOIT. PACK IS JUST 22ND IN THE LEAGUE AND DAMON HUARD WHO PLAYS PRETTY GOOD AT HOME…WILL PLAY.. PRETTY GOOD. NOT A BAD FILL-IN FOR YOU. I SAY 2 TD THROWS FOR HUARD. T-E TONY WILL CATCH ONE OF THOSE SCORE AND SO WILL ROOKIE W-R DWAYNE BOWE WHO HAS SLOWED A BIT LATELY, HE’S KINDA HIT THAT ROOKIE WALL. I THINK HE WILL BOUNCE BACK NICELY IN THIS GAME. MY STANDING RULE IS YOU ALWAYS TAKE A DEFENSE AT HOME THAT FACES BRETT FAVRE THE NFL’L ALL-TIME INTERCEPTION LEADER. THE CHIEFS ARE A SOLID DEFENSE AT ARROWHEAD. PLAY THEM.
TEXANS AT RAIDERS
IS THIS GAME REALLY HAPPENING?? MY GOODNESS THESE TEAMS ARE OFFENSIVE…AN NOT JUST ON OFFENSE. BUT THAT IS WHERE WE WILL START. HOUSTON WILL START SAGE ROSENFELS AT Q-B WITH MATT SHAUB OUT WITH A CONCUSSION THANKS TO THAT CHEAP SHOT BY CHARGERS CORNERBACK DRAYTON FLORENCE. SOME SAGE ADVICE WOULD BE TO NOT TO START SAGE ROSENFELS. RAIDERS PASS DEFENSE STILL TOP 5 AND THEY WILL HARRASS ROSENFELS ALL DAY. I THINK SAGE MIGHT TOSS FOR 150-165 YARDS AND A SCORE, BUT NOT TOO MUCH MORE. I REALLY LIKE WIDE RECEIVER KEVIN WALTER, HE MAY NOT SCORE, BUT HE DEFINITELY RACKS UP CATCHES AND YARDS AND HE WILL DO SO AGAINST A STINGY OAKLAND DEFENSE. AHMAN GREEN IS A GREAT PLAY AT RUNNINGBACK IF HE PLAYS. HE MISSED JUST ABOUT ALL PRACTICES THIS WEEK WITH THAT BALKY KNEE, SO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON ALL WEBSITES AND TV SHOWS AND CHECK IN WITH JOHNNY K BEFORE KICKOFF, BECAUSE YOU WANT HIM IN THERE IF HE;S AVAILABLE.
RAIDERS RUN D JUST AWFUL. 30TH IN THE LEAGUE. I REALLY THINK ONE OF THE TEXANS WILL SCORE A RUSHING TOUCHDOWN IN THIS GAME, BUT WHICH ONE…MIGHT BE RON DAYNE IF GREEN CAN’T PLAY.
THE TEXANS DEFESNE IS REALLY A SOLID FANTASY PLAY WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT. THIS IS A REALLY GOOD WEEK FOR THE TEXANS CONSIDERING THE RAIDERS SCORE LESS THAN 20 POINTS A GAME.
KRIS BROWN IS A VERY NICE PLAY AS A KICKER IN THIS GAME.
NOT CRAZY ABOUT T-E OWEN DANIELS THIS WEEK. THAT TOUGH OAKLAND PASS DEFENSE SCARES ME, BUT I WOULD NOT BE SHOCKED IF HE HAS ONE SCORE.
OAKLANDS OFFENSE JUST ROTS…THEIR LAST 3 GAMES, 14 POINTS, 10 POINTS, 9 POINTS…DEFINITELY GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. DANTE CULPEPPER IS NOT A GOOD PLAY IN THIS ONE. LAMONT JORDAN IS ACTUALLY A SOLID START IN THIS GAME BECAUSE THE TEXANS RUN D IS 20TH IN THE NFL AND ALLOWS 121 YARDS PER GAME. JORDAN GETS OFF THE MAT AFTER SOME STINKY WEEKS AND RUNS FOR 95 YARDS AND A SCORE. IF YOU ARE DESPARATE FOR A W-R, AND WHO ISN’T JERRY PORTER IS THE GUY…RONALD CURRY IS BANGED UP AND MISSED A BOATLOAD OF PRACTICE THIS WEEK. KICKER SABASTIAN JANIKOWSKI IS JUST ABOUT IT FOR THE RAIDERS OFFENSE AND HE IS A REALLY GOOD START FOR YOU. I THINK THE RAIDERS DEFESNE WILL BE VERY GOOD, AS THEY USUALLY ARE AT HOME AND I WOULD START THEM.
BENGALS AT BILLS
TWO VERY BAD DEFENSES IN THIS GAME SHOULD ME A LOT OF POINTS RIGHT?? WELL I THOUGHT THE SAME THINK WHEN THE JETS-BILLS MET UP AND THERE WAS LESS SCORING GOING ON THERE THAN AT A COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS CONVENTION. EYYYY-OHH!!
THE 5TH RANKED BENGALS OFFENSE WILL PUT SOME POINTS UP THIS WEEK. THEY AVERAGE 361 OFFENSIVE YARDS A GAME AND THE BILLS PASS D IS 29TH IN THE LEAGUE. CARSON PALMER WILL FINALLY LOOK LIKE THE STUD EVERYONE PREDICTED HIM TO BE. 3 MAYBE 4 TOUCHDOWNS FOR PALMER. GOTTA FINALLY LIKE CHAD JOHNSON EVEN THOUGH NO ONE IN CINCINNATTI DOES. HIS ANKLE IS SMARTING A LITTLE, BUT HE WILL PLAY AND SCORE AT LEAST ONE TD. T-J HOUHMANZADAH SHOULD NEVER BE BENCHED…HE MIGHT HAVE 2 TD’S.
THE BILLS RUN DEFENSE NOT MUCH BETTER THAN THEIR PASS DEFENSE, AND LOOK WHO IS BACK…RUDI JOHNSON. FULL PRACTICES THIS WEEK FOR THE DISSAPOINTING RUDI, WHO IS LISTED AS PROBABLE. THEY WILL PROBABLY EASE HIM BACK INTO THE ROTATION, SO GIVE KENNY WATSON THE NOD. HE’LL GET THE BULK OF THE CARRIES AND SCORE AT LEAST ONCE. KICKER SHAYNE GRAHAM IS ALWAYS MUST PLAY. 2 FIELD GOALS AND 4 EXTRA POINTS.
THE BILLS ARE BACK TO GETTING PRODUCTION FROM GUYS THAT MANY HAD GIVEN UP ON. Q-B JP LOSMAN IS BACK AND I WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND STARTING HIM THIS WEEK. HOPEFULLY BY NOW YOU KNOW THE BENGALS PASS DEFENSE IS ONE OF THE WORST ALLOWING 18 SCORES THRU THE AIR. LOSMAN WON’T GO NUTS, BUT I BET HE THROWS FOR 2 MAYBE 3. LEE EVANS WAS DEAD TO ME AND MANY FANTASY OWNERS SINCE THE STARTOF THE SEASON, BUT LIKE A TYPICAL BADWAGONER WE ARE BACK. START EVANS AND HE WILL BE BETTER THAN EVEN LAST WEEK WHEN HE TOPPED 100 YARDS AND SCORES. LEE MIGHT GRAB TWO AGAINST CINCY. NEED A 3RD W-R OR DECENT FLEX PLAYER?/ JOSH REED MIGHT BE A GOOD CALL. THINK ABOUT IT..YOU DON’T GET A CHANCE TO PLAY THE BENGALS DEFENSE EVERY WEEK.
MARSHAWN LYNCH WILL REALLY SHINE IN THIS GAME..THE CINCY RUN D ALLOWS NEARLY 140 YARDS A GAME. LYNCH TOP THE CENTRUY MARK AND SCORE.
KICKER RIAN LINDELL WILL HAVE A FEW MORE CHANCES THAN USUAL, SO I WOULD DEFINITELY GIVE HIM A START.
PANTHERS AT TITANS
THE NUMBER 21 AND 22 OFFENSES SQUARE OFF AND THERE IS NOT A LOT OF FANTASY GOLD TO BE MINED IN THIS ONE. IT LOOKS LIKE DAVID CARR WILL BE THE GUY UNDER CENTER FOR THE PANTHERS AND THAT DOES NOT MEAN MUCH BECAUSE HE STINKS AND THE TENN. PASS DEFENSE DOES NOT GIVING UP JUST 217 PASS YARDS PER GAME.
STEVE SMITH HAS EVEN BEEN A BUST THIS YEAR, BUT I AM NOT READY TO SIT STEVIE BOY JUST YET. HAVE YOU NOTICED HIS WEEK ON..WEEK OFF PERFORNAMCES?? HE IS DUE FOR A WEEK ON. NOT A LOT TO LIKE ABOUT THE CAROLINA RUNNERS EITHER. THE TITANS ARE THE #1 RUSH DEFENSE IN THE NFL. DO NOT PLAY EITHER D-ANGELO WILLIAMS OR DESHAWN FOSTER. THEY WILL BREAK YOUR HEART. THE PANTHER DEFENSE IS A REAL SOLID PLAY IN THIS GAME. I LIKE THEM A LOT.
JOHN CASEY WILL ALWAYS SCORE YOU SOME POINTS AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD GAME TO START HIM.
THE TITANS SCORE ABOUT 20 POINTS A GAME, BUT THEY ARE GETTING GREAT PRODUCTION FROM THEIR BEVY OF RUNNINGBACKS WITH THE TOP OF THE HEAP BEING LENDALE WHITE. 133 YARDS LAST WEEK AGAINST THE RAIDERS, BUT NO TOUCHDOWN. I THINK HE WILL SCORE THIS WEEK AGAINST AN AVERAGE CAROLINA RUN D. CHRIS BROWN MISSED TOO MUCH PRACTICE TO PLAY THIS WEEK, BUT ROOKIE CHRIS HENRY WILL PICK UP THE SLACK, HE SCORED FOR THE 2ND STRAIGHT WEEK, MAKE IT 3 IN A ROW AS HE FINDS THE ENDZONE. JUST LIKE LAST WEEK THOUGH, I DO NOT SEE A LOT OF YARDS.
UNFORTUNATELY, Q-B VINCE YOUNG IS FANTASY POISON. HE WINS GAMES, BUT PUTS UP NO NUMBERS. A 66 QUARTERBACK RATING…DREADFUL. HE IS NOT A GOOD START AGAINST CAROLINA IN THIS GAME…NEITHER ARE ANY OF THE TITAN WIDE RECEIVERS. JEFF FISHER KNOWS IF HIS CAN WIN IT WILL BE DOING SO WITH THE 3RD BEST RUSHING OFFENSE IN THE NFL. THEY ALSO DO IT WITH DEFENSE AND KICKING..SO START THE TITAN DEFENSE AND RECORD HOLDING KICKER ROB BIRONAS.
SEAHAWKS AT BROWNS
COUPLE OF 4-3 TEAMS, BUT THEY ARE KINDA DISSAPOINTED IN SEATTLE, BUT JUMPING FOR JOY IN CLEVELAND. THE BROWNS AND ALL FANTASY OWNERS ARE ESPECIALLY GOING NUTS OVER QB DERICK ANDERSON WHO HAS 17 TD THROWS. ANDERSON SHOULD BE SOLID IN THIS GAME, JUST NOT GREAT. I AM VERY LUKE WARM ABOUT HIM IN THIS MATCHUP. THE SEATTLE PASS DEFENSE HAD GIVEN UP JUST 5 PASSING TD’S THIS SEASON AND THEY HAVE 23 SACKS. IF ANDERSON GETS 1 OR 2 TD THROWS IT WON’T COME EASY. I CAN SEE ANDERSON THROWING A FEW PICK TOO. BRAYLON EDWARDS IS NOW AN ELITE RECEIVER, AS IS KELLEN WINSLOW AS A TIGHTEND. START THEM BOTH, BUT THEY MIGHT SCUFFLE A TAD. I WOULD ONLY GIVE JOE JUREVICIOUS A START AT W-R IF YOU NEED A THIRD ONE IN YOUR LEAGUE. I SAY JUST ABOUT START EVERY KICKER AND THE SAME GOES FOR PHIL DAWSON AT HOME.
I REALLY THINK THIS WILL BE A NICE GAME FOR RUNNINGBACK JAMAL LEWIS WHO APPEARS TO BE BACK AT 100%. HE SHOULD GET ALMOST ALL THE CARRIES AND TOTAL 100 YARDS AND A SCORE AGAINST A SEAHAWKS RUN DEFENSE THAT IS AVERAGE. THEY ALLOW ABOUT 108 RUSH YARDS PER GAME. STAY AWAY FROM THE AWFUL CLEVELAND DEFENSE.
EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH SHAUN ALEXANDER WHO HASN’T HAD A T-D SINCE WEEK TWO. GOOD NEWS IS THAT HE HAD A FULL WEEK OF PRACTICE AND HIS BAD WRIST LOOKS TO BE ALL GOOD. AND CONSIDERING THE CLEVELAND RN D ALLOWS ALMOST 140 YARDS A GAME, ALEXANDER WILL GET FAT ON THEM TO THE TUNE OF 120 YARDS AND A SCORE.
MATT HASSELBECK HAD AN OBLIQUE STRAIN BUT SAYS HE WILL BE READY THIS AFTERNOON AND HE WILL BE AWESOME JUST BECAUSE THE BROWNS PASS D IS SO BAD. RANKED 31ST IN THE LEAGUE ALLOWING 270 PASSING YARDS A GAME. GIVE HASSELBECK 275 YARDS AND 3 SCORES. DEION BRANCH STILL NOT BACK , BUT NATE BURLESON AND BOBBY ENGRAM ARE SERVICEABLE AND SHOULD EACH GRAB A SCORE. ENGRAM, I THINK WILL BE BETTER THOUGH…
THE SEATTLE T-E WILL HELLER MIGHT BE A SOLID BYE WEEK REPLACEMENT. HE ALREADY HAS 2 TD’S THIS SEASON AND AGAINST CLEVELAND..NOT AN AWFUL PLAY. JOSH BROWN IS A TOP TIER KICKER, BUT I MIGHT LOOK ELSEWHERE FOR DEFENSE.
RAVENS AT STEELERS
TWO GREAT DEFENSES, AND JUST WATCH, THE OFFENSES WILL DOMINATE. PROBABLY NOT, IT’S #1 VS. #2 IN DEFENSE. IT’S A REALLY TOUGH MATCH-UP FOR THE RAVENS, BUT THEY DO GET HEALTHY. Q-B STEVE MCNAIR IS BACK, ALL-PRO J. OGDEN IS BACK, T-E TODD HEAP IS BACK. WHILE I WOULD STAY AWAY FROM MCNAIR, ESPECIALLY ON THE ROAD, I WOULD START TODD HEAP. IF BALTIMORE IS GOING TO SCORE ON THE ROAD, HEAP MUST BE A PART OF IT. PITTS. HAS GIVEN UP 7 TD’S THRU THE AIR, SO THEY CAN BE BEATEN ONCE IN AWHILE. WILLIS MAGAHEE IS HAVING A GREAT YEAR, BUT HE IS NOT A NUMBER ONE OPTION AGAINST THE #4 RANKED STEELER RUSH D. STILL JUST ONE TD HAS BEEN RUN AGAINST THESE GUYS AND I DON’T THINK MAGAHEE WILL GET ONE. THE BEST OPTION FOR BALT-MORE OFFENSE IS THEIR KICKER MATT STOVER WHO WILL HAVE HIS NORMALLY FABULOUS SUNDAY.
THE RAVEN DEFENSE IS ALWAYS A MUST PLAY, AND THEY GET TREVOR PRYCE BACK, THIS COULD BE A 9-6 GAME. I SAY FIND OTHER WIDE RECEIVERS OTHER THAN THE ONES THE RAVENS TOSS OUT THERE WEEK TO WEEK.
THE STEELERS HAVE ALLOWED ONE RUSH TD..THE RAVENS JUST 2. THAT DOES NOT MEAN A GREAT DAY FOR WILLIE PARKER…SEE IF YOU CAN START SOMEONE ELSE, ANOTHER FRIGHTENING REASON TO DO THAT. B-MORE ALLOWS 2.9 YARDS PER CARRY. I HAVE TO SAY I AM JUST LUKE-WARM ABOUT Q-B BEN ROETHLISBERGER. HE IS USUALLY PRETTY AWFUL AGAINST THE RAVENS, JUJST 1 TD AND 4 INTS LAST SEASON. HE MIGHT GET ONE IN MONDAYS GAME, BUT NOT MUCH ELSE. I SAY HINES WARD IS GONNA BE THE GUY WHO GETS IT. HINES IS NORMALLY REALLY GOOD AGAINST THE RAVENS, BUT I DON’T THINK HE WILL GET A LOT OF YARDS, NEITHER WILL SANTONIO HOLMES OR T-E HEATH MILLER,
NOT REAL STOKED ABOUT KICKER JEFF REED IN THIS GAME EITHER.
OF COURSE YOU WILL START THE STEELERS DEFESNE THAT HAS 19 SACKS AND THEY WILL ADD AT LEAST 4 MORE.
DESPITE ALL THE NEGATIVITY FROM A FANTASY PERSPECTIVE..THIS SHOULD BE A GREAT AND CLOSE GAME.
Game-by-Game Notes for Week 8
posted October 26
Here is lots of good information from my weekly notes for your fantasy perusal.
REDSKINS AT PATRIOTS
THE REDSKINS FACE A PATRIOTS TEAM THAT IS 7-0 AGAINST THE SPREAD THIS YEAR AND WASHINGTON GETS 17 POINTS FROM BOOK-MAKERS.
THAT MEANS NEW ENGLAND WILL SCORE A TON OF POINTS, BUT YOU KNEW THAT. THE NUMBERS JUST MIND BOGGLING FOR THE PATRIOTS OFFENSE, SO EVERYONE GETS A STARTS, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING VEGAS SAYS THEY WILL OUTPOINT WASHINGTON BY AT LEAST 17 POINTS. MIGHT BE TOUGH FOR PATRIOT POINTS THOUGH BECAUSE THE WASHINGTON DEFENSE IS 5TH IN THE LEAGUE GIVING UP JUST A LITTLE MORE THAN 14 POINTS A GAME. I DON'T SEE ALL THE PATRIOT WIDE RECEIVERS HAVING TOUCHDOWNS LIKE WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, SO I WOULD GO WITH MOSS AND DAUNTE STALLWORTH. THIS IS A WEEK TO GIVE WES WELKER A REST BECAUSE THE REDSKINS PASS D HAS ALLOWED ONLY 5 TD'S THRU THE AIR ALL SEASON, AND I THINK WELKER WON'T SLIP THRU THE CRACKS. ON THE GROUND, THINGS JUST AS TOUGH FOR WASH. OPPONENTS ALLOWING JUST 80 YARDS RUSHING A GAME..THAT MEANS STAY AWAY FROM LAWRENCE MARONEY. TIGHTEND KYLE BRADY IS A TOUCHDOWN GEM. I WILL SAY THE BRADY BUNCH HOOKS UP AGAIN.
I LIKE THE PATRIOTS DEFENSE TO BE A NICE PICK TOO. I THINK THEY CAN AGITATE JASON CAMPBELL INTO A FUMBLE AND A PICK AND ONE MIGHT GO FOR A SCORE.
FOR THE REDSKINS, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME HAY AGAINST THE NEW ENGLAND RUN DEFENSE. THEY ALLOW ALMOST 93 YARDS A GAME AND MIAMI RAN WELL AGAINST THEM LAST WEEK. PORTIS IS A GRINDER AND IF WASHINGTON CAN KEEP IT CLOSE HE WILL GET IT 25 TIMES AND RUSH FOR 85 AND SCORE AT LEAST ONCE.
CAMPBELL WAS PRETTY AWFUL AT Q-B LAST WEEK AND IT WON'T GET MUCH BETTER AGAINST HE 4TH RANKED PATRIOTS PASS DEFENSE. IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD MATCH-UP...GO SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR YOUR QUARTERBACK NEEDS. CHRIS COOLEY IS A MUST START TIGHT-END AND I WOULD NOT BE SHOCKED IF HE SCORES. W-R'S RANDAL EL AND SANTANA MOSS ARE BAD PLAYS YOU SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM. KICKER SHAUN SUISMAN IS A VERY NICE PLAY. IF THE REDSKINS HAVE RED-ZONE OPPORTUNITIES, HE WILL BOOT A FEW THRU THE UPRIGHTS. REDSKINS DEFENSE IS VERY GOOD, BUT I JUST DON'T LIKE THEM AGAINST THIS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL PATRIOTS OFFENSE.
PACKERS AT BRONCOS
THE PACKERS FINALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO WORK ON THEIR RUNNING GAME AS THEY VISIT THE NFL'S WORST RUSHING DEFENSE. THAT IS GREAT NEWS FOR DESHAWN WINN OWNERS AS HE HAS BEEN GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO BE THE MAIN MAN IN THE PACKERS BACKFIELD. START HIM AND GIVE DESHAWN 95 YARDS AND A SCORE. THAT IS SPECTACULAR CONSIDERING GREEN BAY HAS BEEN AVERAGING ONLY 65 YARDS ON THE GROUND A GAME. BRETT FAVRE 9 TD'S AND 6 INT'S, BUT A TON OF YARDS THRU THE AIR. DENVER THE 2ND RANKED PASS DEFENSE, BUT IF ROETHLISBERGER CAN THROW FOR 4 I THINK BRETT CAN GET AT LEAST TWO IN THIS GAME, EVEN THOUGH HE USUALLY SCUFFLES IN DENVER. DONALD DRIVER WILL CATCH ONE OF THOSE FAVRE SCORES AND TALLY AT LEAST 75 YARDS IN THIS GAME. T-E DONALD LEE MIGHT BE A NICE OPTION IF YOUR REGULAR TIGHTEND IS ON BYE. I CAN'T PREDICT A SCORE, BUT I THINK HE WILL HAVE A NICE GAME WITH SOME CATCHES AND YARDS.
SINCE A HOT START THE PACKERS KICKER MASON CROSBY HAS BEEN AVERAGE AT BEST, SO FIND ANOTHER BOOTER. FOR DEFENSE THE PACKERS ARE DECENT ALL AROUND, BUT I DON'T LIKE THEM IN THIS GAME ON THE ROAD.
THE BRONCOS FINALLY SAW WHAT JAY CUTLER COULD BE AT QUARTERBACK. 3 TD TOSSES AND 75% COMPLETION RATE AGAINST THE STEELERS LAST WEEK. HE WON'T REPEAT THAT BUT HE WILL THROW FOR AT LEAST 2 SCORES AGAINST THE 22ND RANKED PACKERS PASS D. JAVON WALKER IS STILL OUT, SO THE MAIN GUY IS BRANDON MARSHALL AND HE IS A VERY GOOD OPTION. I THINK HE'LL TOP 85 YARDS AND SCORE. T-E TONY SCHEFFLER IS BACK HEALTHY AND HE'S A HEALTHY TARGET FOR JAY CUTLER.
I DON'T THINK HE SCORES LIKE LAST WEEK, BUT I CAN SEE AT LEAST 4 CATCHES FOR 45 YARDS. LAST WEEK BRANDON STOKLEY CAUGHT LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE. CAN'T SEE HIM DOING IT 2 WEEKS IN A ROW. I WOULD SIT STOKELY. I WOULD STAY FAR AWAY FROM BRONCOS RUNNINGBACKS. TRAVIS HENRY HAS THOSE SORE RIBS AND MIGHT NOT PLAY ,
PLUS GREEN BAY HAS GIVEN UP JUST 2 RUSHING SCORES ALL YEAR. I LIKE THE BRONCOS DEFENSE QUITE A BIT, BRETT FAVRE WILL THROW 2 MAYBE THREE INTERCEPTIONS AND ONE COULD BE RETURNED FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
TEXANS AT CHARGERS
IT WAS A TOUGH WEEK FOR THE CHARGERS WHO WERE EVCUATED FROM SAN DIEGO BECAUSE OF WILDFIRES. THEY PRACTICED IN PHOENIX ALL WEEK AND THEY ARE READY TO GO AFTER THE DEVASTATION AND A BYE WEEK. IN 2003 WHEN THERE WERE WILDFIRES AND THE CHARGERS HAD TO PLAY A HOME GAME IN PHOENIX, THEY SLEEP WALKED THRU IT AND GOT BLASTED. THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN TODAY. Q-B PHILIP RIVERS IS DUE FOR ONE OF HIS GOOD GAMES, SO DEFINITLEY START HIM. I CAN SEE AT LEAST 2 TD TOSSES FOR PHILIP. GOTTA GIVE ONE OF THOSE TOUCHDOWNS TO CHRIS CHAMBERS WHO MAKES HIS WIDE RECEIVER DEBUT FOR SAN DIEGO. I THINK CHAMBERS MAKES A BIG SPLASH AND GOES OVER 100 YARDS RECEIVING. TOMLINSON AND GATES ARE TOO OBVIOUS TO MENTION, BUT HOW ABOUT GIVING A SOLID LOOK AT WIDE RECEIVER VINCENT JACKSON....HE WILL BE MORE FREED UP THANKS TO THE ADDITION OF CHAMBERS AND HOUSTON HAS THE 20TH RANKED PASS DEFENSE...I THINK JACKSON SCORES A TOUCHDOWN. CHARGERS DEFENSE ALWAYS A GOOD PLAY AS IS KICKER NATE KEADING.
THE TEXANS ARE LOOKING TO REBOUND AFTER SOME CLOSE LOSSES AND THEY WILL HAVE A TOUGH TIME AGAINST THE CHARGERS. LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE A NEW QUARTERBACK STARTER SAGE ROSENFELS WILL HAVE A ROUGH DAY AFTER THE BYE WEEK AND THE MOTIVATED CHARGERS. ROSENFELS WAS GREAT IN RELIEF LAST WEEK, BUT GIVE HIM ONLY ONE TD THROW THIS AFTERNOON...BUT HE WILL THRO FOR ALOT OF YARDS. THE MOST OBVIOUS TARGET IS WIDE RECEIVER KEVIN WALTERS WHO COULD BE THE MID-SEASON PICK-UP OF THE YEAR.
I LIKE WALTERS TO ACCUMULATE 80 YARDS AGAINST A FAIRLY WEAK CHARGERS SECONDARY. TIGHTEND OWEN DANIELS WILL HAVE A NICE BOUNCE BACK AFTER A LAME WEEK 7...IT'S BACK TO 70 TO 75 YARDS FOR WALTERS. NOBODY RUNS ON THE CHARGERS DEFENSE ESPECIALLY AT HOME, SO SKIP AHMAN GREEN AND RON DAYNE. JUST 2 RUSH TD'S ALL SEASON AGAINST SAN DIEGO
KRIS BROWN WILL HAVE HIS NORMAL VERY GOOD DAY AS KICKER, BOOTING AT LEAST 2 THRU THE UPRIGHTS. I THINK IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA TO START THE TEXANS DEFENSE..I THINK THE CHARGERS OFFENSE WILL ROLL UP ALOT OF POINTS.
BILLS AT JETS
CHAD, CHAD, HE'S OUR MAN.....PENNINGTON WILL REMAIN UNDER CENTER FOR THE JETS DESPITE THE VITRIOL FROM NEW YORK FANS. HE WAS A GREAT PLAY LAST WEEK WITH 3 TD TOSSES, THIS WEEK MIGHT BE EVEN BETTER FROM A FANTASY PERSPECTIVE. THE BILLS PASS DEFENSE IS 31ST IN THE LEAGUE AND ALLOW 270 YARDS THRU THE AIR A GAME. GIVE PENNINGTON ANOTHER BIG GAME WITH 255 YARDS AND 2 MAYBE THREE TD'S. HE'S FIGHTING FOR HIS NFL LIFE!
BILLS RUSH D, NOT MUCH BETTER EITHER AS THEY ARE RANKED 25TH, BUT THEY DON'T GIVE UP MANY TD'S, JUST YARDS, SO LOOK FOR THOMAS JONES TO RUN FOR A 100 BUCKS, BUT NO SCORE. ALWAYS LOVE BOTH NEW YORK WIDE RECEIVERS, BUT THAT LOVE IS GREATER FOR LAVERNEOUS COLES WHO IS HEATIN UP BIG -TIME. (113 YARDS 2 TDS) GIVE LAVERNE 95 YARDS, A TOUCHDOWN AND A MILK AND PEPSI. NOT SO HIGH ON COTCHERY FOR THIS GAME, BUT I CAN SEE HIM SCORING. KICKER MIKE NUGENT HAS REALLY TURNED IT ON LATELY AND HE IS MUST START. I THINK THERE WILL BE ALOT OF POINTS IN THIS GAME AND A DECENT AMOUNT OF THEM WILL COME FROM NUGENT. VERY LOUD NO TO A JETS DEFENSE THAT IS 28TH IN THE NFL.
FOR THE BILLS...TRENT EDWARDS STAYS UNDER CENTER AND IF YOU HAVE A Q-B ON A BYE WEEK, EDWARDS IS A NICE REPLACEMENT. THE JETS PASS DEFENSE 26TH IN THE LEAGUE GIVING UP 11 SCORES THRU THE AIR. JETS GIVING UP 27 POINTS A GAME AND THE BILLS WILL HAVE A BIG DAY OFFENSIVELY INCLUDING EVERYONES FAVORITE WHIPPING BOY...W-R LEE EVANS. ONLY 17 CATCHES ON THE YEAR, BUT HE WILL GET ALMOST HALF THAT IN THIS MATCH-UP. I SAY 6 CATCHES FOR 115 YARDS AND A SCORE...FINALLY.
MARSHAWN LYNCH RAN VERY NICELY AGAINST THE STUBBORN RAVENS LAST WEEK AND HE WILL BREEZE THRU A NEW YORK RUN DEFENSE THAT ALLOWS ALMOST 140 YARDS ON THE GROUND A GAME. NEED A SLEEPER WIDE RECEIVER?? THINK ABOUT JOSH REED. KIND OF A REACH, BUT I WILL SAY HE FINDS THE ENDZONE AGAINST A RIDICULOUSLY BAD JETS DEFENSE. SPEAKING OF DEFENSE, THE BILLS HAVE PLAYED WELL LATELY, ALLOWING JUST 14 POINTS IN 2 OF THEIR LAST 3...BUT DEFENSIVE END CHRIS KELSAY MAY HAVE TO SIT THIS ONE OUT WITH A BUM ANKLE, SO FIND ANOTHER DEFENSE. KICKER RIAN LINDELL IS NOT HAVING NEARLY THE YEAR HE HAD IN 2006 AND THERE ARE MUCH BETTER KICKERS TO BE HAD OUT THERE.
RAIDERS AT TITANS
BATTLE OF INEPT OFFENSES BASICALLY. 19TH AND 20TH RANKED. THE RAIDERS WERE BRUTAL AT HOME LAST WEEK, NOW THEY FACE THE 8TH RANKED DEFENSE IN FOOTBALL. THE TITANS GAVE UP ONLY 22 POINTS TO THE COLTS AT HOME, SO THEY WILL THROTTLE THE RAIDERS, SO THAT MEANS STAY AWAY FROM DAUNTE CULPEPPER AND ALL RAIDER RECEIVERS UNLESS YOU PLAY IN A 3 W-R LEAGUE. IF THAT IS THE CASE GO WITH CURRY INSTEAD OF PORTER, EVEN THOUGH JERRY HAD MORE YARDS LAST WEEK, BUT REMEBER THAT CAME ON ONE CATCH AND IT WAS RONALD CURRY WHO FOUND THE ENDZONE. TENNESSEE IS NUMBER ONE AGAINST THE RUN JUST A HAIR AHEAD OF BALTIMORE, SO STAY AWAY FROM LAMONT JORDAN AND DOMINIC RHODES. JANIKOWSKI GETS A FEEBLE THUMBS UP JUST BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS THE ONLY WAY OAKLAND WILL SCORE. RAIDERS DEFENSE ALSO GETS A LUKEWARM YES TO STARTING....
AFTER SITTING OUT LAST WEEK WITH THAT BRUISED THIGH VINCE YOUNG GETS BACK UNDER CENTER FOR THE TITANS, BUT NOT A REAL GOOD PLAY IN THIS MATCH-UP. THE RAIDERS ARE THE 12 RANKED PASS DEFENSE AND ARE ONE OF THE LEAGUE LEADERS IN INTERCEPTIONS. YOUNG HAS JUST 3 TD PASSES AND 6 INTERCEPTIONS AND THAT IS A BAD COMBINATION AGAINST A BALL HAWKING RAIDERS DEFENSE. GREAT PLAYS ARE BOTH TENNESSEE RUNNINGBACKS, LENDALE WHITE AND CHRIS BROWN. OAKLAND ALLOWS 5.2 YARDS A CARRY AND ARE THE 29TH RANKED RUN D. I SAY EACH GUY GETS A SCORE, WITH BROWN GETTING THE BULK OF THE YARDS AND CARRIES.
HOW CAN YOU NOT START KICKER ROB BIRONAS AFTER 8 FG'S LAST WEEK. I LIKED HIM SO MUCH I PICKED HIM UP IN MY LEAGUE AND HE GETS THE START.
TITANS DEFENSE DOESN'T HAVE ALOT OF SACKS, BUT THEY DO HAVE 10 INTERCEPTIONS. HAVE TO START THEM.
GIANTS AT DOLPHINS
THE MIAMI DEFENSE HAS ALLOWED 15 TOUCHDOWN PASSES THRU THE AIR THIS YEAR...ELI MANNING AND PLAXICO BURRESS AND EVEN THE OLD MAN, AMANI TOOMER SHOULD GET STARTS. MANNING WON'T GET A TON OF YARDS, BUT HE WILL GET at LEAST THREE T-D PASSES IN THIS GAME. ELI WILL PERFORM WELL IN FRONT OF THE JOLLY OLD ENGLISH. RUNNINGBACK BRANDON JACOBS WILL BE EVEN BETTER FACING A DOLPHINS DEFENSE THAT ALLOWS 156 RUSHING YARDS A GAME. GIVE JACOBS, 115 YARDS, 2 TD'S AND A SCONE. WITH DERRICK WARD QUESTIONABLE WITH A BAD WHEEL, JACOBS COULD GO FOR MORE.
THIS A A MATCH-UP WHERE YOU LOVE JUST ABOUT EVERYTHIG ABOUT THE GIANTS INCLUDING THEIR DEFENSE AND KICKER. THE MIAMI OFFENSIVE LINE HAS ONLY ALLOWED 13 SACKS SO FAR, BUT THE GIANTS WILL CRACK THE LINE FOR AT LEAST THREE AND THEY WILL INTERCEPT CLEO LEMON TWICE.
SPEAKING OF CLEO, MUCH LIKE LAST WEEK I WOULD STAY AWAY FROM HIM. I DON'T THINK HE'LL THROW FOR A SCORE AND HE WILL HAVE LESS THAN THE 236 GARBAGE YARDS HE PICKED UP LAST WEEK AGAINST NEW ENGLAND. THAT SAID, THERE IS NO NEED TO PLAY ANY OF THE MIAMI WIDE RECIEVER, BUT TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT T-E JUSTIN PEELE. 4 CATCHES FOR 42 YARDS LAST WEEK AND THAT NUMBER COULD INCREASE IN ENGLAND. RONNY BROWN IS OUT FOR THE SEASON...SO JESSE CHATMAN STEPS IN TO CARRY THE LOAD AND HE IS A LOAD. SCORED LAST WEEK AND I THINK HE'LL FIND PAYDIRT FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK. GIANTS RUN DEFENSE IS SOLID ALLOWING 97 YARDS A GAME, BUT I SAY JESSE GETS CLOSE TO THAT TOTAL. JAY FEELY ALWAYS GREAT WHEN HE GETS CHANCES, AND I THINK HE WILL HAVE AT LEAT 2 SHOTS AT FIELD GOALS IN THIS GAME.
STEELERS AT BENGALS
THE STEELERS ON THE ROAD FOR ANOTHER ONE, BUT THIS TIME IT'S AGAINST A CINCY TEAM THAT IS 29TH IN THE LEAGUE ON DEFENSE. THE JETS MANAGED 31 POINTS LAST WEEK IMAGINE WHAT THE STEELERS WILL DO. ROEHTLISBERGER HAS A 101 Q-B RATING AND HE MIGHT THROW FOR ANOTHER 4 MORE CONSIDERING THE BENGALS HAVE ALLOWED 16 SCORES THRU THE AIR ALREADY THIS SEASON. GOTTA START BOTH STEELER W-R'S HINES WARD AND SANTONIO HOLMS, THOUGH I LIKE HOLMES MORE BECAUSE I THINK HE'LL BURN THE CORNERS FOR A LONG TOUCHDOWN. TIGHT END HEATH MILLER IS A LOCK AND HE COULD FIND THE ENDZONE TOO...CERTAINLY HAD NO PROBLEM LAST SUNDAY NIGHT. WILLIE PARKER WAN'T AS GREAT LAST WEEK AS I EXPECTED, BUT HIS CAREER NUMBERS AGAINST THE BENGALS MEANS YOU HAVE TO START HIM AND I KNOW YOU WILL. FAST WILLIAM AVERAGES ALMOST 120 YARDS A GAME AND HAD PUNCHE DIT IN 5 TIMES IN 4 GAMES AGAINST THE BENGALS. KICKER JEFF REED IS SCUFFLING A BIT AND I WOULD AVOID HIM THIS MORNING. IT IS SUPPOSD TO BE NICE FOOTBALL WEATHER IN CINCY, BUT I DO NOT LIKE REED HERE.
HIGH PICK CARSON PALMER IS HAVING JUST A S0-SO YEAR 13 TD'S (6 IN ONE GAME) AND 9 PICKS. NOT FANTASY GOLD, AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO EXPLORE OTHER Q-B OPTIONS.
THE GAME PLAN WILL BE TO RUN THE BALL NOT PASS IT. I BET PALMER THROWS ONLY 24 TIMES IN THIS GAME AND HE WON'T RACK UP THE YARDS OR SCORES. IF HE DOES TOSS A T-D PASS IT WILL GO TO T-J HOUSHMANZADA. 8 TD CATCHES AND 51 RECEPTS ON THE SEASON. T-J WON'T BE SPECTACULAR, BUT HE'LL FIND THE ENDZONE SOMETIME INT HIS GAME. CHAD JOHNSON LIKE TO TALK BIG UNTIL THE STEELERS DEFENSE PUNCHES HIM IN THE MOUTH!! CHAD DIDN'T EVEN CATCH A TOUCHDOWN AGAINST PITTBURGH LAST YEAR OR COLLECT 100 YARDS IN 2 GAMES. SIT HIM IF YOU HAVE THE GUTS...DO IT...DO IT.
KENNY WATSON WAS A RUNNING STAR FOR THE BENGALS AGAINST THE JETS LAST WEEK, BUT WILL IT CONTINUE...UH NO. STEELERS HAVE ALLOWED ONE TD RUSHING IN 6 GAMES..BEST IN THE LEAGUE. SIT DOWN KENNY!! A QUESTIONABLE RUDY JOHNSON PROBABLY WON'T SEE ACTION, BUT I WOULD NOT PLAY HIM EVEN IF HE DID SUIT UP.
SHAYNE GRAHAM IS A GOOD BET TO BE THE BENGALS TOP POINT GETTER IN THIS GAME..START HIM AND HE WILL REWARD YOU.
Game-by-Game Notes for Week 7
posted October 19
OKAY BIG WINNERS!! HERE ARE THE NOTES FROM ALL THE GAMES I COVERED FOR WEEK 7...READ IT, LEARN IT, LIVE IT!!
RAVENS AT BILLS
THE TOP RATED (4TH ACTUALLY) RAVENS DEFENSE AGAINST THE 31ST RATED BILLS OFFENSE. SOUNDS LIKE THE MAKINGS OF ANOTHER BALTIMORE BEATDOWN. LAST WEEK THE RAVENS ALLOWED JUST 3 POINTS AT HOME TO ST. LOUIS..THIS WEEK THEY WON’T BE THAT GOOD.
THE BILLS ARE COMING OFF A BYE AND I THINK THEY WILL RESPOND DECENTLY, BUT I DON’T THINK THEIR GROUND GAME WILL DO MUCH AGAINST A B-MORE RUN D THAT HAS ALLOWED JUST ONE RUSH T-D ALL YEAR AND GIVES UP LESS THAN 3 YARDS A CARRY. THAT MEANS DO NOT PLAY ROOKIE R-B MARSHAWN LYNCH UNLESS ABSOLUTLEY NECESSARY. HE MIGHT PUNCH ONE IN, BUT I DOUBT IT. IF BUFFALO CAN GET ANYTHING DONE OFFENSIVELY IT WILL HAPPEN THRU THE AIR. A VIABLE
QUARTERBACK OPTION MIGHT BE TRENT EDWARDS. THE RAVENS PASS DEFENSE HAS ACTUALLY ALLOWED 8 TD’S THRU THE AIR AND WITH ALL-PRO CORNERBACK CHRIS MCCALLISTER OUT FOR 3 WEEKS, THAT MAKES THEM JUST A LITTLE WEAKER. I CAN SEE EDWARDS THROWING FOR AT LEAST 1 SCORE..MAYBE 2.
HELLO, MY NAME IS TODD AND I OWN LEE EVANS ON MY FANTASY FOOTBALL TEAM. LIKE A RECOVERING ALCOHOLIC, I AM TAKING THE STEPS TO ADMIT MY MISTAKE, BUT THIS WEEK LEE IS A GOOD PLAY…FINALLY!! LAST SEASON AGAINST BALTIMORE, EVANS HAD 145 YARDS AND A SCORE…SO SOME HISTORY THERE. HE WILL NOT REPEAT THAT THIS MORNING, BUT EVANS WILL FINALLY SEE THE ENDZONE. PLAY HIM. I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND BILLS KICKER RIAN LINDELL AND I ALSO THINK THE BILLS DEFENSE IS KINDA DECENT PLAY THIS WEEK.
THEY WERE SPECTACULAR AGAINST THE COWBOYS 2 WEEKS AGO AND WITH KYLE BOLLER BACK UNDER CENTER FOR BALTIMORE, I THINK THEY CAN GET SOME SACKS AND INTS.
THE RAVENS FACE THE 25TH RANKED RUN DEFENSE IN THE NFL SO THAT MEANS BIG THINGS FOR WILLIS MAGAHEE WHO RETURNS TO BUFFALO AND HE WILL MAKE THE BILLS REGRET TRADING HIM. 110 YARDS AND 2 SCORES FOR WILLIS. BUFFALO PASS DEFENSE ALLOWS ALMOST 290 YARDS A GAME AND THAT MEANS A SOLID DAY FOR KYLE BOLLER, WHO I THINK WILL TOSS 2 TD’S, BUT THROW SOME PICKS TOO. HE’S GONNA HAVE A BRIAN GRIESE TYPE OF DAY. DERRICK MASON IS QUES. FOR THIS GAME, BUT I THINK HE WILL PLAY AND WILL PLAY NICELY. GIVE MACE A SCORE AND CLOSE TO 100 YARDS. KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE ON T-E TODD HEAP. I KNOW I WILL, CUZ IF BIG TODD PLAYS, HE WILL SCORE 1, MAYBE 2 SCORES. MATT STOVER AS A KICKER IS ALWAYS A STONE COLD LOCK AND THE BALTIMORE DEFENSE WILL SCORE AT LEAST ONE TOUCHDOWN, AND RACK UP MAJOR POINTS WITH SACKS AND INT’S.
JETS AT BENGALS
CHAD PENNINGTON WILL STAY AS THE JETS STARTING Q-B AND HE FINALLY GETS A GREAT BREAK BECAUSE HE FACES A CINCY PASS DEFENSE THAT GIVES UP 275 YARDS A GAME AND THEY’VE ALLOWED 13 SCORES THRU THE AIR (2ND WORST IN NFL.) I LOVE PENNINGTON IN THIS GAME. I THINK HE CAN THROW FOR 3 TOUCHDOWNS. CRAZY, I KNOW.
LAVERNEOUS COLES AND JERRICHO COTHCERY ARE BOTH VERY GOOD PLAYS IN THIS MATCH-UP AND I THINK THEY WILL EACH SCORE. I ALSO REALLY LIKE THOMAS THE TRAIN. THOMAS JONES IS BACK ON TRACK AND THE BENGALS RUSH DEFENSE ALLOWS 145 YARDS A GAME…..I KNOW THE JETS ARE 23RD RUNNING THE BALL, BUT I THINK THEY GET VERY HEALTHY HERE. T-J GOES BUCK OH-5 AND SCORES. MIGHT EVEN CATCH ONE FOR A TOUCHDOWN. NO ON JETS DEFENSE…BUT A LUKE WARM YES TO KICKER MIKE NUGENT….HE WILL HAVE CAT SCRATCH FEVER AGAINST THE BENGALS AND PUT 2 THRU THE UPRIGHTS.
CINCINATTI, WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?? 1-4 WITH A COACH ON THE HOTSEAT AND A TEAM ON THE VERGE OF A MELT-DOWN. THE JETS PASS D WILL TAKE SOME PRESSURE OF THE CINCY OFFENSE. THEY ARE RANKED 27TH AND CARSON PALMER WILL TORCH THEM. PUT HIM DOWN FOR 3 TD’S. I ALSO LIKE BOTH THE BENGALS STARTING WIDE RECEIVERS. UNLIKE LAST WEEK THOUGH, I THINK CHAD JOHNSON WILL OUTPOINT HOUSCHMENZADA AT WIDE RECEIVER..BUT NOT BY MUCH. RUDY JOHNSON WAS A TOP 10 FANTASY PICK, BUT HE HAS BEEN A BUST SO FAR THIS YEAR. JUST 4 CARRIES LAST WEEK IN K-C AND RUDY EVEN ADMITS HE’S NOT COMPLETELY BACK FROM THAT BAD HAMMY. I WOULD AVOID ALL BENGAL RUNNERS IN THIS CONTEST. KICKER SHAYNE GRAHAM IS ALWAYS GOOD FOR 2 FIELD GOALS, BUT THERE ARE BETTER BOOTERS OUT THERE. MAN, I WISH THERE WAS BETTER NEWS TO REPORT ON THE DISSAPOINTING CINCINNATTI BENGALS.
CHIEFS AT RAIDERS
THIS USED TO BE AN NFL GLAMOR GAME..NOW IT’S BURIED ON THE BACK PAGE. ACTUALLY, WITH OAKLAND PAYING MUCH BETTER, THERE IS SOME VERY INTERESTING FANTASY TID-BITS WITH THIS MATCH-UP.
START WITH RAIDERS RUNNINGBACK LAMONT JORDAN WHO APPEAR TO BE BACK…AFTER A BAD BACK. LAMONT PLAYED VERY NICELY AGAINST SAN DIEGO LAST WEEK WITH 88 TOTAL YARDS AND THAT WILL ONLY INCREASE AGAINST THE 20TH RANKED CHIEFS RUN DEFENSE. I AM STARTING JORDAN THIS WEEK, YOU SHOULD TOO. 103 TOTAL YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN. DOMINIC RHODES IS BEHIND JUSTIN FARGAS ON THE RAIDERS DEPTH CHART, SO STAY AWAY FROM HIM UNTIL THERE IS A RUNNINGBACK INJURY. DAUNTE CULPEPPER THREW FOR 230 AND A SCORE LAST WEEK, BUT HE WON’T COME CLOSE TO THAT AGAINST THE KANSAS CITY 7TH RATED PASS DEFENSE. UNLESS YOU HAVE A STARTING QUARTERBACK ON A BYE, I WOULD AVOID CULPEPPER THIS WEEK.
IF THE RAIDERS GET POINTS, IT WILL COME FROM THEIR RUSHING ATTACK. I ALSO THINK THERE ARE A LOT BETTER WIDE RECEIVER OPTIONS OUT THERE THAN DONALD CURRY AND JERRY PORTER..BUT IF YOU NEED A 3RD W-R OR FLEX PLAYER, GO WITH CURRY. HE IS THE BIGGER THREAT. KEEP AN EYE ON T-E ZACH MILLER…NOT READY FOR A START, BUT 3 CATCHES AND A TOUCHDOWN IN SAN DIEGO LAST WEEK WARRANTS FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS. SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI HAS BEEN KICKING A LOT BETTER AT HOME AND WITH MY THEORY THAT THE RAIDERS ARE GONNA POUND THE BALL NON-STOP, SOMETHING TELLS ME THEY MIGHT GET STOPPED ON A FEW 3RD DOWN RUNS THAT WILL LEAD TO CHANCES FOR JANIKOWSKI. I ALSO THINK THE RAIDERS DEFENSE IS A SOLID PLAY THIS WEEK….THEY HAVE 9 INTERCEPTIONS THIS YEAR AND OAKLAND WILL GRAB A FEW MORE AGAINST EITHER DAMON HUARD, BRODIE CROYLE OR LEN DAWSON…OR WHOEVER THE CHIEFS LINEUP UNDER CENTER. ….WITH THAT LITTLE JOKE, PLEASE DON’T BOTHER WITH CHIEFS QUARTERBACK DAMON HUARD. HE’S NO GOOD.
NOT TOO MUCH TO LIKE ABOUT ANYTHING ON THE CHIEFS ESPECIALLY ON OFFENSE WHERE THEY ARE AVERAGING JUST 15 POINTS A GAME.
LAST YEAR K-C SWEPT OAKLAND WITH LARRY JOHNSON RUSHING FOR ALMOST 300 YARDS AND 3 TD’S IN THOSE 2 GAMES, BUT DON’T EXPECT THAT FROM L-J TODAY. CALL IT BACK TO BACK GREAT GAMES FOR JOHNSON…I’LL SAY 120 YARDS AND 2 SCORES.
TONY GONAZALEZ HAS BEEN SENSATIONAL LATELY, BUT I THINK THAT STOPS AGAINST THE TOUGH RAIDER PASS D. TONY TERRIFIC MIGHT CATCH 6-7 BALLS, BUT HE WON’T SCORE. SAME GOES FOR W-R DWAYNE BOWE. HE IS ONLY A FANTASTY OPTION IF YOU START 3 WIDE RECEIVERS, OR NEED A FLEX PLAYER….I CAN SEE SOME NICE YARDAGE FOR BOWE..BUT NOT MUCH ELSE. NO TO THE KICKER JUSTIN MEDLOCK WHO HAS ONLY 2 ATTEMPTS ON THE SEASON… AND I CANNOT RECOMMEND THE CHIEFS DEFENSE.
PATRIOTS AT DOLPHINS
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE A GENIUS BY PICKING UP RUNNINGBACK SAMMY MORRIS, THE DUDE GOES DOWN HARD WITH A CHEST INJURY THAT MAY SIDELINE HIM FOR A MONTH. NO PROBLEM LAWRENCE MARONEY IS BACK RIGHT?? NOT SO FAST, EVEN THOUGH LARRY MO PRACTICED WEDNESDAY, BUT HE MAY NOT PLAY EITHER, WHICH MEANS KEVIN FAULK GETS THE BULK OF THE CARRIES FOR NEW ENGLAND. IF YOU HAVE FAULK CONSIDER IT YOUR LUCKY DAY CUZ THE DOLPHINS ARE 31ST IN THE NFL IN RUN DEFENSE AND HAVE ALLOWED 10 RUSHING TD’S..THE MOST IN THE NFL. GOTTA START FAULK.
T-E BEN WATSON WHO WAS HAVING A GREAT YEAR (5 TD’S) IS OUT TOO…SO LOOK TO KYLE BRADY WHO HAD A SCORE LAST WEEK IN DALLAS AND HE IS A SOLID VET..PLUS THE LAST 2 WEEKS, MIAMI HAS ALLOWED TIGHTENDS TO ACCUMULATE 186 YARDS THRU THE AIR. BRADY DUSTS OFF THE PADS AND DUST THE FISH FOR 75 YARDS AND A SCORE. GOOD BET TO START ALL PATRIOTS RECEIVERS CONSIDERING THE BANGED R-B’S FOR TOMMY’S BOYS….STALLWORTH AND WELKER ARE GOOD PLAYS AS WESLEY EXACTS SOME REVENGE ON HIS OLD TEAM WITH AT LEAST ONE SCORE. MIAMI ACTUALLY HAS THE 6TH HIGHEST RATED PASS DEFENSE, BUT I THINK THAT IS KIND OF AN ILLUSION..THEY’VE ALLOWED 9 SCORES THU THE AIR THIS SEASON TO SOME STINKO Q-B’S. BRADY WILL SLICE AND DICE THEM FOR FOUR.
BY NOW YOU KNOW KICKER STEVEN GUSTOWSKI AND THE PATRIOTS DEFENSE ARE MUST PLAYS ESPECAILLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER NEW ENGLAND HAS 16 SACKS ON THE YEAR..….WHICH BRINGS ME TO MIAMI QUARTERBACK CLEO LEMON WHO WAS JUST DYNAMITE FOR FANTASY OWNERS LAST WEEK 2 TD THROWS AND A RUSHING SCORE…SWEET!! THIS WEEK, THOUGH, I THINK LEMON WILL BE SOUR AGAINST THE NUMBER 2 RANKED PATS DEFENSE. THEY HAVE 9 INT’S ON THE SEASON AND THEY MIGHT SWIPE THREE FROM CLEO TODAY. ….PLUS LEMON IS WITHOUT THE BEST DOLPHINS WIDE RECEIVER, CHRIS CHAMBERS WHO WAS TRADED TO THE CHARGERS THIS WEEK. THAT MEANS MORE VALUE FOR W-R’S MART BOOKER AND ROOKIE TED GINN. I THINK BOOKER IS A GOOD PLAY IN THIS MATCH-UP AND HE WILL CATCH 7 BALLS AND SCORE AT LEAST ONCE. I WOULD WAIT ON STARTING TED GINN... HE’S BEEN A DISSAPOINTMENT SO FAR, SO WHY NOT WAIT ANOTHER WEEK ON TEDDY BOY. RONNIE BROWN NEVER RUNS WELL AGAINST THE PATS AND EVEN THOUGH HE HAS BEEN SUPER LATELY, YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE AT RUNNINGBACK….HE HAS AVERAGED ONLY 3 YARDS A CARRY IN HIS CAREER AGAINST NEW ENGLAND. JAY FEELEY HASN’T MISSED A FIELD GOAL YET..12 FOR 12….A MUST START FOR FEELEY OWNERS..YOU FEELING ME???
TITANS AT TEXANS
A DEEP THIGH BRUISE HAS Q-B VINCE YOUNG ON THE SIDELINES AT PRACTICE THIS WEEK, BUT VINNY SHOULD BE UNDER CENTER THIS MORNING, HE NEVER MISSES A CHANCE TO RUB THE TEXANS NOSE IN IT FOR NOT DRAFTING HIM 2 YEARS AGO. THE BRUISE WILL LIMIT HIS RUNNING A TAD, AND THAT’S TOO BAD BECAUSE THE TEXANS RUN D IS PRETTY WEAK. YOUNG HAD THAT NICE SWEEP AGAINST HOUSTON LAST YEAR AND HE THREW WELL, SO LOOK FOR A 170 YARDS AND 2 SCORES FROM THE NFLS 26TH RATED QUARTERBACK. RUNNINGBACKS LENDALE WHITE AND CHRIS BROWN ARE BOTH MUST STARTS. BROWN GETS THE YARDS AND WHITE GETS THE SCORES. I THINK BROWN (WHO HAS A 5.3 PER CARRY) WILL RUN FOR SOME BIG YARDAGE AND SCORE. LENDALE WHITE WON’T ROCK THE YARDAGE TOTAL, BUT HE WILL SCORE.
I LIKE W-R RECIEVER BRANDON JONES JUST A LITTLE IN THIS MATCH-UP. THE TEXANS D HAS ALLOWED 16 CATCHES OF 20 OR MORE YARDS…I THINK JONES WILL CATCH A FEW BALLS THAT DEEP AND SCORE ONE TOUCHDOWN. I DON’T LIKE T-E BO SCAIFE IN THIS GAME, EVEN THOUGH LIKE VINCE YOUNG, HE RETURNS TO HOUSTON. I LIKE KICKER ROB BIRONAS A LOT IN THIS GAME. HE’S INDOORS AND COULD POP THREE THRU THE GOALPOSTS. THE TITANS ARE 6TH IN OVERALL DEFENSE IN THE LEAGUE AND THEY HAVE 7 INTERCEPTIONS…GOTTA PLAY THEM BASED ON THAT ALONE.
FOR HOUSTON, STILL NO GOOD WORD ON WIDE RECEIVER ANDRE JOHNSON WHO MISSED PRACTICE THIS WEEK, SO KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE ON JOHNSON TO SEE IF HE IS IN THE LINE-UP. IF HE IS YOU HAVE TO START HIM BASED ON THE FACT THAT TENN. HAS THE 18TH RANKED PASS DEFENSE AND ALMOST 220 YARDS THRU THE AIR PER GAME. THEY ARE STINGY IN ALLOWING TD’S THOUGH JUST 3 ALLOWED IN 2007. THAT MEANS STAY AWAY FROM W-R ANDRE DAVIS, WHO HAS SLOWED DOWN A LOT AFTER SOME GOOD WEEK (JUST 30 YARDS IN WEEK 6) ..KEVIN WALTER WAS AWESOME IN WEEK 6 (12 /160) AND HE IS A SOLID START IF ANDRE JOHNSON IS OUT. I CAN SEE WALTER PICKING IT FOR 7 CATCHES AND 80 YARDS.
Q-B MATT SCHAUB HASN’T THROWN A T-D IN 3 WEEKS, THAT WILL CHANGE IN THIS GAME. GIVE MATT AT LEAT ONE TD TOSS, BUT NOT A TON OF YARDS THIS TIME.
T-E OWEN DANIELS IS MY NEW BEST FRIEND AND I THINK HE WILL HAVE AN EVEN BETTER DAY THAN LAST WEEK, BECAUSE HE WILL FINALLY SCORE IN A SHORT YARDAGE SITUATION. DANIELS WILL DELIVER. KICKER KRIS BROWN HAS BEEN DINGED UP WITH A TENDER LEFT FOOT, BUT HE STILL HAD A FIELD GOAL LAST WEEK. PENCIL HIM IN FOR 2 IN THIS GAME.
I HAVE BEEN BURNED BY THE TEXANS DEFENSE ALL YEAR, BUT TENNESSEE IS –3 IN THE TURNOVER DEPARTMENT, SO I SEE THE TEXANS GETTING SOME GOOD SHOTS TO RETURN SOME PICKS AND GRAB SOME SACKS ON A GIMPY VINCE YOUNG.
STEELERS AT BRONCOS
I AM IN MOURNING EVEN MORE THAN BRONCOS FANS, BECAUSE I OWN JAVON WALKER AND THAT TRICK KNEE IS GONNA NEED SURGURY AND HE HILL BE OUT INDEFINITLEY. BUM..MER. THAT MEANS MORE CHANCES FOR W-R BRANDON MARSHALL WHO IS TURNING INTO A STAR. 2 TD’S AND ALMOST 14 YARDS A CATCH. NOW THE BAD NEWS…PITTSBUGH PASS D IS FEROCIOUS!! 2ND IN THE LEAGUE WITH 17 SACKS. I WOULD AVOID ALL BRONCO PASS CATCHERS. NOT A GOOD PLAY FOR JAY CUTLER OWNERS, BUT I WILL GIVE A LITTLE HOPE BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE BRONCOS HAD A BYE WEEK AND TRIED TO GET SOME THINGS RIGHT. I CAN SEE CUTLER TOPPING 230 YARDS PASSING AND ONE TD PASS. I THINK STOKELY OR ONE OF THE RUNNINGBACKS WILL RUN IN A SWING PASS. YOU HAVE GOT TO FIND ANOTHER RUNNINGBACK OTHER THAN TRAVIS HENRY. THE STEELERS HAVE ALLOWED ONE SINGLE TOUCHDOWN IN 2007. JUST ONE. HENRY IS IN FOR A LONG DAY.
I REALLY ONLY LIKE KICKER JASON ELAM ACTUALLY. IF DENVER PUTS POINTS ON THE BOARD, IT WILL COME CORTESY OF HIS FOOT. GIVE HIM THREE BOOTS IN THIS GAME. JUST SAY NO TO THE DENVER DEFENSE, BUT THEY WILL BE MUCH BETTER THAN THAT GARBAGE THAT TOOK THE FIELD AGAINST THE CHARGERS 2 WEEKS AGO.
THE STEELERS USED THEIR BYE WEEK TO GET HEALTHY AND THAT MEANS HINES WARD AND SANTONIO HOLMES RETURN TO ANCHOR THE WIDE RECIEVER POSITIONS. FUNNY THING ABOUT DENVER THOUGH,..THEY ARE 1ST IN PASS DEFENSE AND LAST IN RUSH DEFENSE.
DESPITE THIS, I THINK ROETHLISBERGER CAN TOSS AT LEAST 2 IN THIS GAME, AND ONE OF THOSE WILL DEFINITLEY GO TO HINES WARD…HE’LL GET THE SCORE, BUT HOLMES WILL GET THE YARDS.
WILLIE PARKER WILL RUN WILD. STEELERS ARE THE 2ND BEST RUSHING OFFENSE IN THE NFL AND I TOLD YOU ABOUT DENVERS PROBLEMS STOPPING THE RUN. PARKER GOES FOR 140 AND 2 SCORES. NAJAH DAVENPORT MIGHT EVEN FIND THE ENDZONE ON THE GROUND, SO THINK ABOUT NAJEAH IF YOU ARE IN A 3 R-B LEAGUE OR START A FLEX PLAYER.
DON’T REALLY LIKE T-E HEATH MILLER IN THIS GAME AND AS STATED EARLIER, LOVE THAT PITTSBURGH DEFENSE. OH YEAH…JOSH REED THE KICKER IS MUST PLAY EVERY WEEK.
COLTS AT JAGUARS
WHOOOOOO WHAT A MATCH-UP. COMBINED THESE TEAMS 9-1.
UNFORTUNATELY THE JAGS HAVE WON ALL THEIR GAMES AGAINST TEAMS WITH LOSING RECORDS. LUCKILY JACKSONVILLE IS AT HOME AND THEY HAVE MAURICE JONES DREW LEADING THEIR 4TH RANKED RUSHING ATTACK. MJD ALMOST 6 YARDS A CARRY, HE IS A NO BRAINER START, FRED TAYLOR IS A RUSH MACHINE TOO..ALMOST 5 YARDS A CARRY. THE COLTS GIVE UP 105 YARDS A GAME, AND JAX WILL GET THAT AND MORE…..MJD 110 TOTAL YARDS AND A SCORE. TAYLOR 75 TOTAL YARDS AND A SCORE. Q-B DAVID GARRARD HAS YET TO THROW AN INTERCEPTION AND I CONTINUE TO PRAISE HIM….BUT THIS MIGHT BE THE WEEK THE 4TH RATED Q-B IS KNOCKED DOWN A PEG. INDY IS THE 3RD BEST PASS D IN THE NFL AND ALLOW JUST 170 YARDS THRU THE AIR PER GAME. D-G IS JUST OKAY IN THIS GAME….SAY 155 YARDS AND A SCORE, AND THAT MIGHT COME FROM HIS SCRAMBLING ABILITY.
WITH THAT TOUGH COLTS PASS DEFENSE I SAY AVOID W-R DENNIS NORTHCUTT THIS WEEK AND SAME GOES FOR T-E MARCEDES LEWIS.
JOHN CARNEY IS NOT WHAT HE USED TO BE, MISSED ONE OF HIS 2 TRYS LAST WEEK. LOT’S OF BETTER KICKERS OUT THERE. JACKSONVILLE IS THE OVERALL 8TH BEST DEFESNE IN THE NFL AND THEY WILL BE PUMPED UP AT HOME..PLUS THEY HAVE 15 SACKS, DON’T EXPECT PEYTON MANNING TO GO DOWN MUCH MONDAY NIGHT, BUT I BET THEY GET HIM AT LEAST TWICE….
JOESPH ADDAI APPEARS TO BE HEALTHY AGAIN AND READY TO START FOR THE COLTS..HE WOULDN’T MISS A MONDAY NIGHT..WOULD YOU??
IF JOEY IS SLOW OUT OF THE GATE EXPECT KENTON KEITH TO GET SOME SPOTLIGHT CARRIES. BOTH GUYS WILL HAVE A TOUGH ROAD THOUGH AS THE JAGS ALLOW LESS THAN 100 YARDS RUSHING PER GAME…BUT REMEMBER, THEY HAVE PLAYED A WEAK SCHEDULE. I SAY ADDAI HAS A SOLID RETURN WITH 90 TOTAL YARDS AND A SCORE. ..JACKSONVILLE HOLDS TEAMS TO 208 YARDS A GAME THRU THE AIR AND THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT IN THIS MATCH-UP. MANNING WON’T BE HUGE, BUT HE WILL BE GOOD. REGGIE WAYNE IS MUST START AT WIDE RECEIVER AND I THINK HE WILL OUTPOINT MARVIN HARRISON IN THIS CONTEST. MARVIN IS STILL BOTHERED BY A TENDER KNEE AND WAS LIMITED IN PRACTICE THIS WEEK.
GIVE REGGIE 90 YARDS AND A SCORE. DALLAS CLARK IS ALWAYS A T-E MUST START, BUT HE WILL SCUFFLE IN JACKSONVILLE.
COLTS DEFENSE WILL BE A VERY NICE PLAY.
Game-by-Game Notes for Week 6
posted October 11
Alright Team Owners...here are my weekly notes. Enjoy and good luck!:
RAMS AT RAVENS
THE L-A RAMS AT THE BALTIMORE COLTS…LOVE THE MATCHUP. ACTUALLY, THERE ARE PROBABLY PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO PROBABLY DON’T EVEN REMEMBER THOSE TEAMS USED TO PLAY IN DIFFERENT CITIES. ANYHOO, THE BALTIMORE RAVENS ARE STILL GREAT DEFENSIVELY AND WEEK ON THE O. B-MORE WILL GET IT DONE ON THE GROUND THIS MORNING THOUGH AND THAT MEANS WILLIS MAGAHEE.
HE HIS REALLY COMING INTO HIS OWN IN RAVEN PURPLE AND WITH THE RAMS OWNING THE 28TH RATED RUN D AND GIVING UP 8 RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS, WILLIS WILL BOLT FOR 130 AND 2 SCORES. BIG DAY.
T-E TODD HEAP STARTED LIMITED PRACTICE AFTER SITTING OUT LAST WEEK AND JUST KILLING ME, BUT HE APPEARS READY TO GET BACK IN THERE. I WOULD BE CAUTIOUS WITH BIG TODD. THE RAMS HAVE THE 14TH RATED PASS DEFENSE AND THE RAVENS HAVE ONLY THROWN 4 TD’S ALL YEAR..NOT A REAL GOOD COMBO. I KNOW IT’S A BIG BYE WEEK, BUT STEVE MCNAIR AT Q-B SHOULD PROBABLY BE A LAST RESORT.
…THE RAVES HAVE SCORED 1 TD IN THE LAST 10 QUARTERS. MCNAIR MIGHT THROW FOR ONE, BUT NOT TOO MANY MORE. KICKER MATT STOVER IS A GREAT PLAY IN THIS GAME AND COULD GO FOR 5 FIELD GOALS. RAVENS DEFENSE ALWAYS A NO-BRAINER…ESPECIALLY AGAINST ST. LOUIS WHICH IS A LEAGUE LEADER IN TURNOVERS.
AND HOW ABOUT MY CONTINUOUS PRATTLE ABOUT W-R DERRICK MASON…HE LEADS ALL PASS CATCHERS WITH 44 BALLS….I SEE HIM GRABBING 8-9 IN THIS GAME.
THE RAMS WILL LEAD GUS FRERROTE BACK TO THE SLAUGHTER AND THAT IS WHAT THE RAVENS DEFENSE WILL DO TO HIM….STAY AWAY FROM ANY PLAYER NAMED GUS IN FOOTBALL UNLESS HE’S A MULE WHO CAN KICK 95 YARD FIELD GOALS..OYYY-AGE.
RUNNINGBACK BRIAN LEONARD WAS GREAT LAST WEEK(135 TOTAL YARDS) BUT HE WILL GET NOWHERE NEAR THAT AGAINST A RAVENS DEFENSE THAT IS 2ND IN THE NFL AGAINST THE RUSH. I KINDA LIKE TORRY HOLT SOME IN THIS MATCH-UP BECAUSE THE RAVENS HAVE GIVEN UP A FEW BIG GAMES TO BIG TIME RECEIVERS AND LET’S FACE IT TORRY IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST. THE ONLY OTHER RAM WORTH A HOOT IN THIS GAME IS KICKER JEFF WILKINS, BUT DON’T BE SHOCKED IF THE RAVENS PITCH A SHUTOUT.
EAGLES AT JETS
GREAT NEWS FOR BRIAN WESTBROOK OWNERS…HE PRACTICED ALL WEEK AND SHOULD BE READY TO GO AFTER THAT OBLIQUE/RIB PROBLEM. BETTER NEWS FOR WESTBROOK OWNERS IS THE JETS ARE RANKED 25TH AGAINST THE RUN. HE WILL BE HUGE. IRONICALLY THE JETS ARE 25TH AGAINST THE PASS TOO, SO THAT IS MUSIC TO DONOVAN MCNABBS EARS. PLAY HIM AND HIS WIDE RECEIVERS..KEVIN CURTIS AND REGGIE BROWN. I THINK THIS WILL BE A HIGH SCORING GAME AND LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL THE OFFENSIVE PLAYERS….I CAN SEE MCNABB HAVING A 300 YARD DAY WITH 3 TD’S AND CURTIS AND BROWN BOTH SEEING THE ENDZONE. NEED A T-E??….L-J SMITH RETURNS TO ACTION FOR PHILLY AND I LIKE HIS MATCH-UP AS WELL. THINK ABOUT L-J IF YOU ARE IN REAL NEED OF A TIGHT-END. KICKER DAVID AKERS IS ALWAYS A SOLID PLAY.
NO ONE HAS BEEN A BIGGER SUPPORTER OF CHAD PENNINGTON THAN ME, BUT IT’S TIME TO THINK ABOUT OTHER OPTIONS AT QUARTERBACK…HIS Q-B RATING IS DROPPING FASTER THAN JOHNNY K’S JAW AT THE MISS HAWAIIAN TROPIC PAGEANT. ..THE EAGLES DEFENSE GOT HEALTHIER DURING THE BYE WEEK AND IT LOOKS LIKE CORNERBACK LITO SHEPPARD WILL FINALLY PLAY, BAD NEWS FOR CHAD P. I WOULD AVOID HIM. IF IT’S POSSIBLE. TAKE A FLYER ON JERRICO COTCHERY….MIGHT NOT LIGHT UP THE WORLD, BUT HE IS THE MAIN MAN AS WIDE RECEIVER FOR THE JETS AVERAGING 14 YARDS A CATCH..BUT HE HAS NOT FOUND THE ENDZONE YET, BUT THAT WILL CHANGE TODAY. MIKE NUGENT THE KICKER IS OKAY..HE JUST HASN’T HAD A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES…I WOULD STAY AWAY FROM HIM IN THIS GAME..THE JETS ARE JUST A HUGE MESS.
DOLPHINS AT BROWNS
MISS CLEO PREDICTS A VERY NICE DAY FOR CLEO LEMON THE NEW MIAMI QUARTERBACK…WHO?? CLOE IS A VERY SOLID BACK-UP AND HE WILL BE FORCED TO BE CONSERVATIVE, BUT REMEMBER THE BROWNS PASS DEFENSE IS JUST AWFUL….31ST IN THE NFL WITH 15 TD PASSES ALLOWED THRU THE AIR. MY FANTASY FOOTBALL CRYSTAL BALL PREDICTS 170 YARDS PASSING AND 2 SCORES FOR CLEO. ..HEY, WHEN LIFE HANDS YOU LEMONS..MAKE LEMONADE. I COULDN’T RESIST.
CHRIS CHAMBERS HAS BEEN PRETTY LAME LATELY, BUT
THIS MATCH-UP BODES WELL….HOW ABOUT 6 CATCHES AND A SCORE.
HOW’S THIS FOR A REACH. T-E JUSTINE PELLE HAS A HISTORY WITH CLEO LEMON FROM THE CHARGERS. THIS IS A HUNCH BIGGER THAN SHAQUILLE O’NEAL, BUT I SAY PEELE WILL FEEL MIGHTY NICE AFTER CATCHING A TOUCHDOWN FROM CLEO.
THE DOLPHINS BEST THREAT ON OFFENSE HAS BEEN KICKER JAY FEELEY. 4 FOR 4 LAST WEEK AND 11 FOR 11 OVERALL. HE IS GONNA BE BIG AGAIN IN THIS GAME.
THE DOLPHINS PASS DEFENSE IS RANKED 3RD IN THE NFL AND I HAVE TO WONDER HOW IN THE HECK CAN THEY BE 0-5?? DESPITE THAT STARTLING STATISTIC, I KINDA LIKE DERREK ANDERSON IN THIS GAME. MAYBE BECAUSE I AM STARTING HIM FOR MY TEAM THIS WEEK. HEY, IF MATT SCHAUB CAN THROW FOR ALMOST 300 YARDS WITH BACKUP WIDE RECEIVERS, IMAGINE WHAT ANDERSON CAN DO WITH BRAYLON EDWARDS AND KELLEN WINSLOW . I WILL SAY 260 YARDS AND 2 TOUCHDOWNS. ONE EACH FOR EDWARDS AND WINSLOW..SO PLAY THEM BOTH. KICKER PHIL DAWSON IS A VIABLE KICKING OPTION.
RUNNINGBACK JAMAL LEWIS SPRAINED HIS ANKLE AGAINST THE PATRIOTS LAST WEEK AND WILL BE A GAMETIME DECISION… SO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON JAMAL AND START HIM IF HE SUITS UP. IF NOT YOU SHOULD REALLY THINK ABOUT GRABBING AND STARTING HIS BACK-UP
JASON WRIGHT…MIAMI’S RUSH DEFENSE IS PUTRID…GIVING UP 174 YARDS A GAME. SOMEBODY RUNNING THE BALL IN A BROWNS UNIFORM WILL RUSH FOR 100 YARDS TODAY.
BENGALS AT CHIEFS
THE CHIEFS WERE JUST DREADFUL RUNNING THE BALL LAST WEEK AND TOP PICK LARRY JOHNSON WAS USELESS….THANK GOODNESS THE 29TH RANKED BENGALS DEFENSE IS IN TOWN. L-J WILL BE A-OK….HE WILL TRAMPLE THE BENGALS FOR 115 YARDS AND A SCORE. BENGALS PASS DEFENSE ALMOST AS BAD….ALLOWING MORE THAN 250 YARDS THRU THE AIR AND 12 TD’S IN 2007. THAT SAID, PLAY DAMON HUARD DESPITE THAT BANGED UP SHOULDER, HE DID PRACTICE THIS WEEK AND WILL START.
REMEMBER, F-F IS ALL ABOUT THE MATCH-UPS AND THIS IS A GOOD ONE FOR HUARD. I WILL GO OUT ON A LINE AND GIVE HIM 215 YARDS AND A PAIR OF TOUCHDOWNS. W-R DWAYNE BOWE MIGHT BE THE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AND HE WILL BE SPECIAL IN THIS GAME AND I AM BACK ON THE TONY GONZALEZ BANDWAGON AND HE WILL SCORE HIS 2ND TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON. NO CHIEFS KICKER…NO CHIEFS DEFENSE…
FOR THE BENGALS: YOU HAVE ALL YOUR REGULARS, BUT BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THOSE CINCY WODE RECEIVERS. K-C HAS THE 5TH BEST PASS DEFESNE IN THE NFL AND HAS ONLY GIVEN UP 3 TOUCHDOWNS THRU THE AIR THIS SEASON. CARSON PALMER AND CHAD JOHNSON COULD BE IN FOR A LONG DAY. ..THE LAST TIME WE SAW THESE TWO THEY WERE ARGUING ON THE SIDELINES AND THAT MIGHT CONTINUE WITH A STINGY CHIEFS PASS D. I MIGHT AVOID CHAD JOHNSON IF IT IS AT ALL POSSIBLE. CARSON PALMER…YOU HAVE TO START, BUT DO NOT EXPECT A HUGE DAY. T-J HOUSMENZADA IS A MUST START
AND EXPECT AT LEAST ONE TOUCHDOWN FROM HIM. THE KANSAS CITY RUN DEFENSE IS A STINKER AND EVEN THOUGH THE BENGALS HAVE REALLY STRUGGLED TO FIND THEIR RUN GAME, I THINK THEY CAN DO IT HERE. RUDY JOHNSON IS STILL VERY QUESTIONABLE AND WILL BE RIGHT UNTIL KICK-OFF, SO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON ALL THE PRE-GAMESHOWS ON TELEVISION AND WEBSITE,,,,IF RUDY IS IN START HIM. IF HE IS OUT GIVE THE NOD TO KENNY WATSON. GREAT START HERE FOR KICKER SHAYNE GRAHAM. LOOK FOR 2 FG’S AND 3 PATS FOR THE SHANE-STER!
TEXANS @ JAGUARS
THE JAGS ARE 3-1 AND LOOKING TO TRY AND SOMEHOW KEEP UP WITH THE COLTS. THE TEXANS ARE THEIR MOBY DICK THOUGH AS HOUSTON SWEPT JACKSONVILLE IN 2006. NOT GONNA HAPPEN IN THIS GAME AS THE 9TH RANKED RUSHING TEAM IN THE NFL WILL POUND THE BALL WITH MAURICE JONE DREW AND FRED TAYLOR. THE TEXANS HAVE THE 9TH RNAKED RUSHING DEFENSE SO SOMETHING HAS GOT TO GIVE. I LIKE
M-J-D AGAIN THIS WEEK….FRED TAYLOR NOT SO MUCH. ONLY 9 CARRIES FOR JONES-DREW LAST WEEK..HE WILL DOUBLE THAT AGAINST THE TEXANS AND SCORE AT LEAST ONCE.
WITH A HOUSTON PASS DEFENSE THAT IS JUST MIDDLE OF THE PACK, I LIKE DAVID GARRARD AGAIN THIS WEEK. PAY ATTENTION..GARRARD IS THE 4TH HIGHEST RATED QUARTERBCAK IN THE NFL AND I CAN SEE A STAT LINE KINDA LIKE LAST WEEK 230 YARDS, BUT TWO TOUCHDOWN THROWS. DENNIS NOTHCUT IS QUICKLY RISING THE FANTASY CHARTS AND HE WILL BE SOLID AGAIN THIS WEEK. IF YOU HAVE ROOM GIVE HIM A START. THE JAGS DEFENSE IS A VERY GOOD START HERE….13 SACKS IN JUST 4 GAMES, NOT TOO BAD.
FOR HOUSTON, MIGHT BE A ROUGH MORNING FOR QB MATT SCHAUB.
I JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT ALL THOSE SACKS THE JAGS GET, SO HE WILL DEFEINITLEY BE HARRASSED. LAST WEEK, LOTS OF YARDS AND NO TOUCHDOWNS FOR SCHAUB. I THINK THE YARDS WILL BE DOWN, BUT HE WILL FIND THE ENDZONE AGAINST JACKSONVILLE, BUT THERE ARE BETTER QB MATCH-UPS OUT THERE. RUNNINGBACK AHMAN GREEN IS BACK FOR THE TEXANS AND HE DRAWS A FAILRY TOUGH RUN DEFENSE…BUT I THINK HE CAN CRACK 75 YARDS AND SCORE AND YOU SHOULD START GREEN. T-E OWEN DANIELS GETS BETTER AND BETTER EACH WEEK. (6 FOR 96) HE IS TURNING INTO A BEAST (TEAMS LEADING RECIEVER) AND I THINK HE WILL FINALLY FIND THE ENDZONE..HE HAS TO, DOESN’T HE?? ANDRE JOHNSON IS STILL OUT AT W-R, BUT HE SHOULD BE BACK FOR WEEK 7….THE OTHER ANDRE..DAVIS WILL START, BUT I WOULD AVOID HIM. KRIS BROWN HAD 6 FIELD GOALS AND KILLED ME LAST WEEK, BUT HE KICKED HIS RIGHT FOOT SO SILLY HE IS QUESTIONABLE FOR THIS GAME WITH AN INJURY TO THAT MAGICAL RIGHT DOG….WHY COULD HE HAVE BEEN HURT LAST WEEK?? LOOK FOR ANOTHER OPTION. JACOBY JONES MAY RETURN TO THE TEXANS SPECAIL TEAMS AND IF HE DOES, YOU SHOULD START THEIR DEFENSE.
RAIDERS AT CHARGERS
THERE ARE 3 THINGS IN LIFE YOU CAN COUNT ON…DEATH, TAXES AND LADAINIAN TOMLINSON RUNNING FOR BIG YARDS ON THE RAIDERS. IN HIS 12 CAREER GAMES AGAINST OAKLAND, L-T HAS AMMASSED 1, 455 YARDS AND 12 TOUCHDOWNS!! THAT’S A FANTASTIC SEASON FOR SOME GUYS…JUST BUSINESS FOR L-T. YOU KNOW HE IS GONNA GET HIS, BUT THE QUESTION IS…DO YOU START HIS BACK-UP MICHEAL TURNER IF L-T IS PULLED AFTER A BIG LEAD?? I WOULD SAY YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY THINK ABOUT IT (WR/RB) . THE RAIDERS ARE 26TH IN RUSHING DEFENSE AND TOMLINSON WILL GET 20-25 CARRIES, BUT TURNER WILL PICK UP THE SLACK AND GET 10-12 TOUCHES. I SAY THE BURNER FINDS THE ENDZONE…NOT A TON OF YARDS, BUT 45-55.
CHARGERS Q-B IS VERY PREDICTABLE..ONE WEEK UP, ONE WEEK DOWN…..
HE IS DUE FOR A DOWN WEEK, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE RAIDERS PASS DEFENSE HAS ALWAYS PLAYED WELL AGAINST THE CHARGERS.
PHIL, IS NOT A GREAT START HERE…BUT I DO THINK THROW AT LEAST ONE, MAYBE…MAYBE TWO. DON’T REALLY LIKE ANY OF THE BOLTS WIDE RECEIVERS..VINCENT JACKSON STILL DROPPING LOTS OF BALLS DESPITE GRABBING A TOUCHDOWN LAST WEEK. I REALLY LIKE NATE KEADING WHO IS FINDING HIS PRO BOWL FORM AFTER 2 STRAIGT REALLY GREAT WEEKS. I CAN SEE AT LEAST 3 FG’S AND 3 PAT’S ..REALLY LIKE THE CHARGERS DEFENSE TOO….DEFINITELY START THEM
FOR THE RAIDERS: GONNA BE A TOUGH DAY FOR RAIDER RUNNERS. THE CHARGERS ARE THE 10TH RANKED RUSH D IN THE NFL AND THE Y HAVE GIVEN UP JUST 2 RUSHING SCORES IN 5 GAMES. R-B LAMONT JORDAN HAS A BAD BACK AND WILL BE A GMETIME DECISION. THE RAIDERS ALSO HAVE DOMIQUE RHOADES BACK AND JUSTIN FARGAS TO RUN THE BALL…I WOULD NOT START ANY OF THEM. GIVE CULPEPPER A START BECAUSE OF HIS BODY OF WORK IN HIS LAST START 2 WEEKS AGO..JUST AMAZING. CHARGERS PASS D IS OPPOSITE OF THE RUN DEFENSE….CULPEPPER WILL FIND THE ENDZONE AT LEAST TWICE…
THE RAIDER WILL FALL BEHIND AND AIR IT OUT….CULPEPPER WILL FIND CURRY ONCE AND PORTER ONCE. HE WILL ALSO THROW 2 INTERCEPTIONS AND FINALLY THE CHARGERS WILL ADD TO THEIR MEASLY SACK TOTAL. BOLTS HAVE ONLY 3 THIS YEAR, BUT THEY WILL GET THAT AGAINST OAKLAND. I WOULD STAY THEY DOUBLE THAT TOTAL. JANIKOWSKI NEVER KICKS WELL IN SAN DIEGO…DO NOT PLAY HIM.
Game-by-Game Notes for Week 4!
posted September 28
Hey Gang. Here are some closer looks of great fantasy plays for your review:
RAVENS AT BROWNS
THE QUARTERBACK SITUATION FOR THE RAVENS APPEARS MUDDLED AS STEVE MCNAIR AND HIS ACTIVE GROIN HAD TO SIT ON THE SIDELINES AT THE END OF THE GAME LAST WEEK AS KYLE BOLLER LEAD BALTIMORE TO A LAST SECOND DRIVE CAPPED OFF BY A MATT STOVER FIELD GOAL. MCNAIR IS LISTED AS PROBABLE AND WILL START THIS MORNING IN CLEVELAND. I WOULD NOT WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT BIG MAC. HE WILL BE LISTED AS DOUBTFUL OR PROBALE FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON. NOW, FOR THIS MATCH-UP UP, YOU START HIM. MCNAIR WAS VERY SOLID LAST WEEK (20-27, 198, TD)
HE’LL BE BETTER AGAINST THE AWFUL BROWNS PASS DEFENSE WHICH IS 24TH IN THE NFL AND HAS ALLOWED 11 TOUCHDOWNS THRU THE AIR (WORST BY FAR) STEVIE M. WILL CRACK THE ENDZONE THREE TIMES, AND RACK UP 230 YARDS. Mcnair is ONE OF THE BETTER FANTASY QB STARTS OUT THERE THIS WEEK.
DERRICK MASON WILL CATCH ANOTHER TD, SO PLEASE START HIM. TODD HEAP WILL GRAB ONE TOO, EVEN THOUGH HE IS LISTED AS QUES., THE BALTIMORE SUN REPORTED HE WILL PLAY.
I THINK WILLIS MAGAHEE WILL CATCH ONE AND RUN FOR ONE IN THIS GAME…HE IS A MUST PLAY AS ALWAYS…. MARK CLAYTON IS A WIDE RECEIVER OPTION FOR YOU IN THIS CONTEST IF YOU START 3 WR’S IN YOUR LEAGUE, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE A HIGH SCORING GAME FOR THE RAVENS AND CLAYTON COULD CATCH 6 OR 7 WITH A SCORE.
FOR CLEVELAND: THE CLOCK HAS STRUCK MIDNIGHT, AT LEAST FOR THIS WEEK ON QUARTERBACK DEREK ANDERSON. BALTIMORE WILL BLITZ HIM SILLY. NOT A GOOD START IN THIS GAME. I ALWAYS STAND BY BRAYLON EDWARDS AS A WIDE RECEIVER. HE HAS MOVED UP DRAMATICALLY ON MY DEPTH CHART AND HE IS NOW A SOLID NUMBER 2 W-R. START HIM AND YOU WILL ACCUMULATE 95 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN. KELLEN WINSLOW HAS A DINGED UP PARTIALLY SEPARATED SHOULDER, AND MAY NOT START….KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE ON PRE-GAME WEBSITES JUST BEFORE KICK-OFF TO CONFIRM HE WILL PLAY. IF HE DOES, KELLEN IS A KILLER TO BALTIMORE. MUST BE ALL THE FORMER MIAMI HURRICANES ON THE RAVENS ROSTER THAT INSPIRES HIM. LAST SEASON WINSLOW CAUGHT 12 BALLS IN 2 GAMES VS. B-MORE.
STAY AWAY FROM BROWNS R-B JAMAL LEWIS. HE IS ANGRY AT THE RAVENS FOR BEING RELEASED, BUT HE STILL WON’T RUN ON A RAVENS DEFENSE THAT IS #1 IN THE LEAGUE.
I WOULD FIND A BETTER KICKER THAN PHIL DAWSON TOO. HIS LONGEST FG OF THE YEAR IS JUST 39 YARDS AND I AM THINKING HE WILL NOT GET A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS GAME.
JETS AT BILLS
THE BATTLE OF THE SHORTEST TEAM NAMES IN THE NFL. SHORT ON QUALITY PLAYERS TOO I AM AFRAID….BUT I CAN FINALLY ENDORSE THE HIGHLY PICKED, YET TERRIBLY FRUSTRATING WIDE RECEIVER LEE EVANS. WHEWWWWW.
THE JETS PASS D IS GIVING UP 265 YARDS A GAME AND RANKED 28 TH IN THE LEAGUE…MANY OF THESE YARDS WILL GO TO LEE EVANS WHO WILL FINALLY TOP 100 YARDS AND SCORE. EVEN THOUGH ROOKIE Q-B TRENT EDWARDS WILL START FOR THE BILLS, I THINK HE’LL BE EFFECTIVE….HE’S HAD A FULL WEEK WITH THE FIRST TEAM AND THIS IS A BIG CONFIDENT KID. HE MIGHT EVEN WARRANT A START IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF A QUARTERBACK. LAST YEAR J-P LOSMAN THREW FOR OVER 300 YARDS ON THESE JETS AND EDWARDS COULD MATCH THAT. THE HORRA-BILLS ARE DUE FOR A HUGE BREAKOUT GAME ON OFFENSE AND THIS SHOULD BE IT…GOODNESS, THEY HAVE SCORED ONLY 24 POINTS THE ENTIRE SEASON, AND THEY SHOULD SURPASS THAT TODAY. THAT MEANS YOU SHOULD ALSO GIVE ROSCO PARRISH A START AS A FLEX PLAYER OR THIRD WIDE RECEIVER. RIAN LINDELL FINALLY HAS A GOOD GAME TOO….WOOO-HOO. OF COURSE YOU KNOW TO START ROOKIE RUNNUNGBACK MARCHAWN LYNCH WHO WILL TOP 85 TOTAL YARDS AND SCORE AT LEAST ONCE.
THE JETS ARE NOT NORMALLY BIG FANS OF PLAYING IN BUFFALO BUT I WOULD GIVE SERIOUS THOUGHT TO PLAYING CHAD PENNINGTON THIS WEEK. THE BILLS PASS D IS RANKED DEAD LAST AS THEY COUGH UP MORE THAN 280 PASS YARDS A GAME. CHAD WILL BE RAD TO THE TUNE OF 245 YARDS AND 2 SCORES. HE IS THE NFL’S 2ND RATED PASSER FOR GOODNESS SAKES! START HIM AND HIS THREE MAIN TARGETS…COLES, COTCHERY AND CHRIS BAKER, THE TOUCHDOWN MAKER.
CAN’T BELIEVE I SAID THAT..BUT HE DOES HAVE 2 SCORES IN ONLY 3 GAMES. NOT TOO BAD. I REALLY LIKE MIKE NUGENT THE KICKER TOO AND RUNNINGBACK THOMAS JONES IS STARTING TO GET INTO THE NEW YORK GROOVE …. HE WILL PUT UP SOLID NUMBERS AGAINST BUFFALO…85 TOTAL YARDS AND A SCORE..HIS FIRST OF THE SEASON.
CHIEFS AT CHARGERS
Will THIS BE THE WEEK LaDAINIAN TOMLINSO FINALLY GETS UNTRACKED?? YES, YES AND YES. THE CHIEFS HAVE GIVEN UP ONE RUSHING T-D THIS YEAR, BUT L-T WILL TRIPLE THAT. I REALLY LIKE QB PHILIP RIVERS IN THIS CONTEST TOO. HE HAD THREE TD TOSSES LAST WEEK IN GREEN BAY AND HE COULD COME CLOSE TO THAT THIS AFTERNOON. THE CHIEFS ARE STINGY AGAINST THE PASS, BUT BIG PHIL WILL TOSS THE PILL NICELY. THIS SHOULD BE TH ESAN DIEGO BLOWOUT GAME THAT WILL MAKE CHARGERS FANS THINK THEIR TEAM IS BACK ON TRACK. OTHER GUYS TO GIVE STARTS TO INCLUDE W-R VINCENT JACKSON WHO BROKE THE SEAL LAST WEEK…HE’LL CATCH A T-D AND BUSTER DAVIS IS A DECENT START IF YOU START 3 WIDE RECEIVERS IN YOUR LEAGUE. THE CHARGERS DEFENSE IS A DYNAMITE START IN THIS GAME…THEY ARE FIRED UP AND THEY WANT TO AVENGE THE LOSS DAMON HUARD HUNG ON THEM LAST YEAR…POOR, POOR DAMON. HE’LL BE SACKED AT LEAST 4 TIMES. NATE KEADING ALSO A BREAKOUT GAME IN THIS ONE….A FEW FG’S AND OOODLES OF EXTRA POINTS.
THE CHIEFS WILL CONTINUE TO POUND LARRY JOHNSON AND YOU SHOULD START HIM AS I KNOW WILL. IT WON’T BE EASY BUT L-J WILL FIND PAYDIRT FOR THE FIST TIME IN ’07 . I HAVE BEEN TOUTING ROOKIE W-R DWAYNE BOWE AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT…HE IS AVERAGING ALMOST 14 YARDS A CATCH AND THE CHARGERS PASS D HAS BEEN AWFUL…THE ROOK SHOULD TOP 90 YARDS RECEIVING AND SCORE.
THAT’S ABOUT IT FOR K-C….LOVE THE BAR B QUE, BUT THE OFFENSE IS WRETCHED. SCORING ONLY 8.7 POINTS A GAME….WON’T BE MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT IN SAN DIEGO I AM AFRAID.
RAIDERS AT DOLPHINS
THE RAIDERS ARE ON A WINNING STREAK….1 IN A ROW. WOW. NOW THEY TRY TO AD TO THE MISERY OF THE MIAMI DOLPHINS WHO ARE WINLESS, BUT L-B JOEY PORTER IS GUARANTEEING A MIAMI WIN….YEAH SURE. LAMONT JORDAN HAS BEEN THE FANTSY FIND OF THE YEAR AND THE BIG MAN IS 2ND IN THE NFL IN RUSHING….HE IS FACING A RUSH DEFENSE THAT IS 29TH IN THE LEAGUE. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO HERE. L-J GORES THE DOLPHINS WITH ANOTHER 100 YARD PERFORMANCE AND A SCORE. CONVERSLY THE MIAMI PASS D IS TOP TEN, SO PROBABLY NOT A GOOD IDEA TO START NEW RAIDERS Q-B DAUNTE CULPEPPER. YEAH HE’S BACK IN MIAMI, BUT HE’S NOT ALL THE WAY BACK, ONLY 8 FOR 14 IN RELIEF LAST WEEK. CULPEPPER WILL BE JUST OKAY, BUT DEFINITELY BETTER OPTIONS OUT THERE. SAME GOES FOR RAIDER RECEIVERS, BUT DONALD CURRY IS A SOLID BET TO GRAB 6-7 BALLS AND 75 YARDS…MAYBE A SCORE.
ZACH MILLER IS THE OAKLAND TIGHTEND, HE’S WORTH KEEPING ONE EYE ON, BUT NOT WORTH A START. MY APOLOGIES TO SABASTIAN JANIKOWSKI….I HAVE BEEN CRUSHING THIS TUBBY KICKER FOR YEARS AND NOW HE STEPS UP BIG….4 FIELD GOALS LAST WEEK!! THE POLISH PLACE KICKER CAN BE CONSIDERED RELIEABLE AGAIN. PENCIL HIM IN FOR 2 MAYBE 3 FG’S IN THIS MATCH-UP.
MIAMI HAD GREAT OFFENSE LAST WEEK, ESPECIALLY RONNIE BROWN AND EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING…THE RAIDERS HAVE BEEN SCUFFLING ON D RANKED 27TH OVERALL AND COUGHING UP 28 POINTS A GAME AND OVER 381 YARDS TO THEIR OPPONENTS. THE RUSH D HAS ONLY ALLOWED 3 GROUND SCORES SO FAR, BUT I THINK RONNIE WILL HIT PAYDIRT IN THIS GAME. HE WILL ALSO TOP 100 TOTAL YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE. THE OAKLAND PASS D PRETTY SHAKY TOO, BUT THEY HAVE MANAGED A LEAGUE BEST 6 INTERCEPTIONS AND THAT COULD MEAN TROUBLE FOR TRENT GREEN WHO HAS THROWN 5 PICKS IN JUST 3 GAMES. THAT SAID: START THE RAIDER DEFENSE AND STAY FAR AWAY FROM TRENT GREEN. CHRIS CHAMBERS IS STILL MONEY AND HE WILL GET PLENTY OF CATCHES, BUT HE MIGHT STRUGGLE TO CROSS THE END-ZONE…MIAMI BARELY AVERAING 20 POINTS A GAME AND THAT MEANS KICKER JAY FEELEY IS A GREAT START HERE. JAY IS FEELING THREE THIS WEEK AND HE HAS YET TO MISS IN 2007. I DON’T KNOW WHY, BUT I LIKE THE JOEY PORTER BRASHNESS AND THE PREDICTION FOR THE VICTORY. GIVE THE DOLPHINS DEFENSE A START AND THANK JOEY FOR HIS COCKINESS.
BRONCOS AT COLTS
THE QUARTERBACK SITUATION FOR THE RAVENS APPEARS MUDDLED AS STEVE MCNAIR AND HIS ACTIVE GROIN HAD TO SIT ON THE SIDELINES AT THE END OF THE GAME LAST WEEK AS KYLE BOLLER LEAD BALTIMORE TO A LAST SECOND DRIVE CAPPED OFF BY A MATT STOVER FIELD GOAL. MCNAIR IS LISTED AS PROBABLE AND WILL START THIS MORNING IN CLEVELAND. I WOULD NOT WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT BIG MAC. HE WILL BE LISTED AS DOUBTFUL OR PROBALE FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON. NOW, FOR THIS MATCH-UP UP, YOU START HIM. MCNAIR WAS VERY SOLID LAST WEEK (20-27, 198, TD)
HE’LL BE BETTER AGAINST THE AWFUL BROWNS PASS DEFENSE WHICH IS 24TH IN THE NFL AND HAS ALLOWED 11 TOUCHDOWNS THRU THE AIR (WORST BY FAR) STEVIE M. WILL CRACK THE ENDZONE THREE TIMES, AND RACK UP 230 YARDS. Mcnair is ONE OF THE BETTER FANTASY QB STARTS OUT THERE THIS WEEK.
DERRICK MASON WILL CATCH ANOTHER TD, SO PLEASE START HIM. TODD HEAP WILL GRAB ONE TOO, EVEN THOUGH HE IS LISTED AS QUES., THE BALTIMORE SUN REPORTED HE WILL PLAY.
I THINK WILLIS MAGAHEE WILL CATCH ONE AND RUN FOR ONE IN THIS GAME…HE IS A MUST PLAY AS ALWAYS…. MARK CLAYTON IS A WIDE RECEIVER OPTION FOR YOU IN THIS CONTEST IF YOU START 3 WR’S IN YOUR LEAGUE, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE A HIGH SCORING GAME FOR THE RAVENS AND CLAYTON COULD CATCH 6 OR 7 WITH A SCORE.
FOR CLEVELAND: THE CLOCK HAS STRUCK MIDNIGHT, AT LEAST FOR THIS WEEK ON QUARTERBACK DEREK ANDERSON. BALTIMORE WILL BLITZ HIM SILLY. NOT A GOOD START IN THIS GAME. I ALWAYS STAND BY BRAYLON EDWARDS AS A WIDE RECEIVER. HE HAS MOVED UP DRAMATICALLY ON MY DEPTH CHART AND HE IS NOW A SOLID NUMBER 2 W-R. START HIM AND YOU WILL ACCUMULATE 95 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN. KELLEN WINSLOW HAS A DINGED UP PARTIALLY SEPARATED SHOULDER, AND MAY NOT START….KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE ON PRE-GAME WEBSITES JUST BEFORE KICK-OFF TO CONFIRM HE WILL PLAY. IF HE DOES, KELLEN IS A KILLER TO BALTIMORE. MUST BE ALL THE FORMER MIAMI HURRICANES ON THE RAVENS ROSTER THAT INSPIRES HIM. LAST SEASON WINSLOW CAUGHT 12 BALLS IN 2 GAMES VS. B-MORE.
STAY AWAY FROM BROWNS R-B JAMAL LEWIS. HE IS ANGRY AT THE RAVENS FOR BEING RELEASED, BUT HE STILL WON’T RUN ON A RAVENS DEFENSE THAT IS #1 IN THE LEAGUE.
I WOULD FIND A BETTER KICKER THAN PHIL DAWSON TOO. HIS LONGEST FG OF THE YEAR IS JUST 39 YARDS AND I AM THINKING HE WILL NOT GET A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS GAME.
RAVENS AT BROWNS
TTHE BRONCOS A NEAR 10 POINT UNDER-DOG TO THE COLTS…JUST ONE LOSS TO JACKSONVILLE AND DENVER LOSES ALL RESPECT. CONSIDERING THEIR PUTRID RUN DEFENSE, I AM NOT TOO SURPRISED. JACKSONVILLE RAN FOR 186 YARDS OVER AROUND AND THRU THE BRONCO DEFENSE AND THE COLTS WILL DO THE SAME. MY APOLOGIES TO RB JOSEPH ADDAI…HE HAS BEEN GREAT AND I DOUBTED HIM LAST WEEK. NO MORE!! ADDAI TRAMPLES OVER THE BRONCOS FOR 120 YARDS AND AT LEAST ONE SCORE.
MY GUESS IS BACK-UP RUNNINGBACK KENTON KEITH WILL GET A DOZEN CARRIES TOO, BUT HE IS NOT WORTH A START…BUT KEEP ONE EYE ON HIM. THE COLTS ARE AVERAGING 31 POINTS A GAME, SO YOU KNOW THEY WILL SCORE…BUT I DON’T THINK IT WILL BE A TON OF SCORING IN THIS GAME.
REMEMBER TO KEEP STARTING T-E DALLAS CLARK , BUT YARDS WILL NOT COME EASY FOR PEYTON MANNING. THE BRONCOS HAVE THE #1 PASS DEFENSE IN THE NFL AND HAVE ALLOWED JUST 2 MEASLY TOUCHDOWNS THRU THE AIR. THAT SAID, I MIGHT THINK ABOUT AN ALTERNATIVE TO MARVIN HARRISON THIS MORNING.
COLTS DEFENSE IS A VERY SOLID PLAY IN THIS MATCH-UP.
FOR DENVER, A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT TRAVIS HENRY CAN DO AGAINST A COLTS DEFENSE ALLOWING LESS THAN 100 RUSHING YARDS A GAME. THIS IS A REALLY TOUGH CALL, BECAUSE HENRY AVERAGES MORE THAN 5 YARDS A CARRY…YOU HAVE TO START HIM, UNLESS YOU HAVE 2 OTHER STUD RUNNINGBACKS ON YOUR ROSTER. I SAY HENRY HUNKERS DOWN FOR 75 TOTAL YARDS AND A SCORE.
JAY CUTLER FACES THE 10TH BEST PASSING DEFENSE IN FOOTBALL AND HIS QB RATING IS WORSE THAN KYLE BOLLERS. SIT JAY DOWN.
KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE ON W-R JAVON WALKER WHO MAY NOT START BECAUSE OF SWELLING IN HIS SURGICALLY REPAIRED KNEE. (2 CATCH 10 YARDS LAST WEEK) HE MIGHT BE HELD OUT. I WOULD OPT FOR BRONCOS RECEIVER BRANDON MARSHALL WHO IS AVERAGING 16 YARDS A CATCH AND WILL TOP THE CENTURY MARK IN THIS GAME.
DENVER DEFENSE TOOK IT ON THE CHIN AT HOME LAST WEEK AND I WOULD PROBABLY AVOID THEM AGAINST THE COLTS IN INDY.
PATRIOTS AT BENGALS
ARE YOU READY FOR ABOUT 100 POINTS SCORED IN THIS GAME?? OFFENSIVELY THESE TWO TEAMS AVERAGE 34 POINTS A GAME AND NEW ENGLAND IS TOPS IN TOTAL OFFENSE WITH 441 OFFENSIVE YARDS PER GAME!!
START THEM ALL BABY…..TOM BRADY, RANDY MOSS, WELKER EVEN. I LIKE WES A LOT THIS WEEK AND SEE HIM CATCHING 7 BALLS FOR OVER A HUNDRED YARDS AND A SCORE. CONSIDERING THE BENGAL PASS DEFENSE IS 27TH IN THE LEAGUE..BRADY IS GONNA SHRED THEM. BEN WATSON IS A VERY SOLID PLAY AT TIGHT END AND I CAN SEE HIM CATCHING A TOUCHDOWN IN THIS GAME. HECK, EVEN JABBAR GAFFNEY MIGHT WARRANT A START IF YOU NEED A SOLID RECEIVER IF ONE OF YOUR STARTERS IS ON A BYE. ALONG THESE SAME LINES, THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT STARTING RUNNINGBACK SAMMY MORRIS. HE HAS 2 RUSHING SCORES FOR THE PATS AND IS AVERAGING 4.6 YARDS A CARRY. I WILL BET SAMMY -BABE GETS 10-12 CARRIES AND FINDS PAYDIRT FOR THE 3RD STRAIGHT WEEK. CONSIDERING THE WAY THE PATRIOTS SCORE KICKER STEVEN GOSTKOWSKI IS MUST START. I WOULD SHY AWAY FROM THE NEW ENGLAND DEFENSE EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE #1 RANKED IN THE LEAGUE….CINCY HAS JUST AS MANY SKILL PLAYERS ON OFFENSE AND THEY WILL RACK UP SERIOUS POINT TOO, THUS MAKING THE PATRIOTS DEFENSE NEARLY POINTLESS AS A START.
ON O….YOU KNOW THE USUAL SUSPECTS AND THEY ALL STEP INTO THE MONDAY NIGHT SPOTLIGHT…CHAD. T-J , RUDY…BUT ALSO GIVER SOLID SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO KENNY WATSON FOR CINCY. THE FORMER PENN STATE AND HARRISBURG HIGH RUNNINGBACK IS AVERAGING ALMOST 7 YARDS A CARRY AND I THINK HE’LL GET 10 TOUCHES AND SCORE IN THIS GAME. SHAYNE GRAHAM ALWAYS MUST START DESPITE HIS SOMEWHAT MODEST START TO THE SEASON.
STEELERS AT CARDINALS
THE STEELERS LOOKING TO STAY PERFECT AND THEY ARE IN THE PERFECT PLACE TO DO THAT…ARIZONA. SAME OLE, SAME OLE FOR THE CARDS WHO ARE 1-2 AND ALREADY HAVE AN ISSUE AT QUARTERBACK. Matt LEINART YANKED LAST WEEK IN FAVOR OF KURT WARNER WHO WAS SPECTACULAR BECAUSE OF HIS QUICK RELEASE, THROWING 2 TOUCHDOWNS AND LEADING THE CARDS WITHIN AN EYELASH OF UPSETTING …SO WHAT HAPPENS? ARIZONA COACH KEN WHISENHUT SAYS LEINART IS STILL HIS GUY DESPITE THE 62.6 QUARTERBACK RATING. WARNER WILL SEE SOME TIME, BUT IT MIGHT BE TO CLEAN UP MATT’S MESS AGAIN. IF YOU REALLY NEED A QUARTERBACK START WARNER. I AM BECAUSE I AM IN A 2 QB LEAGUE AND MY MAIN GUYS ARE ON BYES.
KURT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU AGAIN….BUT DO NOT EXPECT MIRACLES, THE STEELERS ARE GIVING UP ONLY 9 POINTS A GAME ON DEFENSE. LAST WEEK THE ADVICE WAS TO SIT EDGERRIN JAMES AND THAT MIGHT BE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA THIS AFTERNOON TOO CONSIDERING THE NEW STEEL CURTAIN HAS NOT GIVEN UP A SINGLE RUSHING T-D ALL SEASON. I DO NOT FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT THE EDGE HERE……BOLDIN WAS JUST AWESOME LAST WEEK AND HE DEFINITELY GETS A START, BUT HIS NUMBERS WILL ONLY BE PEDESTRIAN IF LEINART STARTS THE WHOLE GAME. NEIL RACKERS DRILLED 3 FG’S LAST WEEK AND HE COULD EXCEED THAT NUMBER THIS AFTERNOON.
THE STEELERS ARE ROLLING ON OFFENSE AS WELL AS ON DEFENSE. 3RD IN THE LEAGUE AVERAGING 32 POINTS A GAME. ROETHLISBERGER HAS 6 TD’S ON THE SEASON AND HE WILL AS AT LEAST 2 TO THAT AGAINST THE CARDINALS PASS DEFENSE WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY A MEDIOCRE RAVENS ATTACK LAST WEEK. HINES WARD IS BANGED UP WITH A BAD KNEE AND IT IS DOUBTFUL HE WILL PLAY, SO THAT MAKES SANTONIO HOLMES A GOLD STAR PICK AND A MUST PLAY. THE KID WILL BE GREAT…130 RECEIVING AND A TOUCHDOWN. HEATH MILLER THE T-E SHOULD START TOO…HE MIGHT NOT SCORE, BUT HE GRAB BALLS AND GRAB DECENT YARDAGE FOR YOU.
IF YOU NEED A BYE WEEK WIDE RECEIVER, NATE WASHINGTON IS AN OPTION BECAUSE HE’LL SEE A LOT MORE ACTION WITH HINES WARD OUT. THE BEST KICKER IN FOOTBALL IS 9 FOR 9 JEFF REED AND HE IS A GREAT PLAY IN THIS GAME AS IS THE STEELERS DEFENSE..BUT YO UKNEW THAT ALREADY.
Fantasy Football 2007: Receivers Rule!!
posted September 26
If you haven't noticed (and shame on you if you haven't), 2007 is looking alot like the year of the wide receiver in the NFL. Just check out some of the eye popping statistics that the ball catchers have accumulated in 3 weeks:
Chad Johnson--442 yards and 3 touchdowns.
Randy Moss--403 yards and 5 touchdowns.
Steve Smith--281 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Terrell Owens--329 yards and 3 touchdowns, and averaging 20.6 yards a catch!!
What the AFL is going on around the league??
It certainly makes a fantasy owner re-think his top picks, doesn't it? Almost everyone's number one, LaDainian Tomlinson has one stinking TD and is averaging 43 yards on the ground in three games. While last year was all about the ball carriers, L-T, Willie Parker, Larry Johnson, Steven Jackson...this year it's all about the skinny guys catching the passes. Football, much like fashion is cyclical. You never thought skinny ties would make their way back either did you?? Well the receivers are ruling and you need to jump on the pass catching bandwagon before it runs over you. There is still time to grab a W-R or trade for a potential star that could make a difference down the line. With so many decent wide receivers out there (Coles, S. Moss, Cotchery, Welker, Edwards) you might be able to make a solid trade with an owner that is top heavy with top talent. I can almost guarantee you that some very good pass catchers are sitting on benches throughout your league. Work a trade my friend...it will pay off.
Now, how about mining for some gold?? There are still a few guys still out there that can be picked up that nobody (well, hardly nobody) is paying attention to. My first nugget for you is Titans W-R Brandon Jones. Grab him quick, cuz after that solid Monday night performance the vultures will be flying around this kid. The same advice goes for Kevin Curtis of the Eagles. Take a close look at Roddy White of the Falcons. 15 catches in 3 games is not too shabby, and let's face it, Atlanta will be playing catch up all year. Derrick Mason of Baltimore doesn't get the yards, but he does get the catches. 23 balls in 3 games is nothing to sneeze at. Also, look at James Jones from the Packers. Almost 200 yards to start the year, and it would appear the only way the "Pack" can crack the win column is through the air. It's all about the "Big Air" my friends, and in 2007 that is where the pigskin is flying. The ground game has been grounded and the numbers prove that 2007 in Fantasy Football is all about the receivers.
The Art of Trash Talking–
posted August 20
So you've drafted your team, you are ready for the season, but you really want to make your mark on the league. The best way to make sure everyone takes notice of you and your oh so special team is to get on the league message board and make people take notice. If you jump on that message board, don't do it half-heartedly. Into the deep end of the pool kids. Start some trash talking and do it right. Here are some tips:
** The key is to be clever: Anyone can type..."I am going to beat you Mister". But a trash talking genius will use solid phrases and pop culture to make his point....like, "Your team is gonna go down like Rosie O'Donnell at a female prison"!! Or maybe: "Your team is uglier than a Michael Vick dog pageant".
** Never get too personal: Always stay away from trash talking that involves family, friends, work or appearance. The chubby guy in your league doesn't need to be reminded he should mix in a salad once in awhile. No one needs to be reminded that their wife/girlfriend can get a little loopy after a few drinks, or that their chosen profession would bore a Mormon to tears. Keep the insults to your rivals team and the players on that team. It's okay to make fun of NFL players...they are thick-skinned millionaires that can take it.
** Work in visual aids: If you've made it into a Fantasy Football league, then chances are you know how to work a computer. That being said, who doesn't like a great cartoon to hammer home a point on the message board?? Homer Simpson is great, South Park characters, even the Tasmanian Devil can work. On a side note, when you do add attachments and pictures, keep it clean. Nobody wants to see that video of that monkey peeing in his mouth on the league message board.
** If you dish it out, be prepared to take it: If you are going to do some all-world trash talking you need to know others will want to challenge you. The knife cuts both ways my friend...get used to it. If you want to take a ride on the trash talk train, you better be prepared to welcome on some passengers. The key is to not let it bother you and to keep going from week to week. Nothing worse than the guy who shoots out of the gate shooting off his mouth on the message board and then you never hear from him again cuz he's upset and some of the leagues owners shot right back at him. Just like the NFL season, it's a marathon. Not a sprint.
** Key Phases to assist you: As a bonus, I have supplied you with some words that just seem to work magic when you decide to dive into the trash talking pool. Beatdown, Smack in the mouth, whining, dominate, devastate, rip a new one, donkey punch to the skull, ride the pine, big uglies, blowhard, big mouth, gas bag, prison love, barnyard antics, ice capades, booze hound, punch drunk.
Feel free to use any and all and enjoy your time in the trash talk bin!!!
Drafting Without a Conscience–
posted August 12
Putting together a solid championship team in Fantasy Football is filled with many pitfalls.
One such draft day dilemma occurs when the team owner must take into account the player's background and for lack of a better word, his rapsheet. In the violent world of the NFL, many players exemplify that behavior off the field and many times it can get them into trouble with "Johnny Law". Not to be confused with "Johnny K" ...who is of no trouble to anyone. But I digress. The bottom line of this endless prattle is to remember who you are dealing with, what their personalities are ... and what possible trouble could be lurking down the road to knock your championship train off its tracks.
Case in point: Terrell Owens is a complete unbalanced whack-job!! Just a loon. Some F-F owners might shy away from T-O for those reasons...but remember, this kook T-O caught 13 touchdowns last year. Despite the craziness, the dude produces. He's always a risk and lots of owners will wait to select him, but with Owens, you need to ignore the warning signs.
On the flipside: Chris Henry of the Bengals is about as talented a young wide receiver there is in the NFL...but kid cannot stay off the police blotter. Henry will start the 2007 season suspended for the first 8 games and then will be eligible to play for Cincy. His track record indicates he is not worth taking a chance on. Keeping Henry away from police trouble is like keeping Ricky Williams away from weed....it's just not gonna happen. And speaking of Williams...he's the perfect example of a player not to take a chance on.
As an owner, you should try to have a little bit of a moral barometer. I, for one will never use a draft pick on Randy Moss. He is a punk and he will always be a punk. I don't care if he is with New England now. Moss will never produce at a top level again. Some Fantasy Football owners are like abused wives that always take their abusive husbands back..."He'll be good this time...I just know it". Don't fall into the trap, people. Leopards don't change their spots. When drafting, please have a conscience.
The Ten Commandments of Draft Day– posted August 6
10. Thou shalt not show up empty-handed.
Never head to a fantasy football draft party without something to contribute!! Nothing worse than the guy who barges thru the door looking for the beer and chicken wings with nothing in his hands than fingers. Just a little tip...adding something to the draft day party is always good karma.
9. Thou shalt not lay down time constraints to your fellow owners on draft day.
Never announce to your league that you need to wrap the draft up by 2-pm cuz you have a tee time or a dental appointment. Nobody cares about your schedule. Be prepared to be in the war room all day!
8. Thou shalt bring cash or check to pay league fees.
Never start looking into the distance and fumbling with your keys when your commissioner announces it's time to "Pay UP". You know the price to play in you league...have the money ready!!
7. Thou shalt turn your cell phone off during the draft.
Never take calls during the draft. We all know you are a pretty important guy, but when it comes to draft day, out of respect for your fellow owners, it's time to go into the "Cone of Silence".
An amendment to this rule is if you are a co-owner and you are communicating with your colleague throughout the draft.
6. Thou shalt deride your others owners every pick throughout the draft.
Never just sit there like a bump on a log and never utter a peep when someone makes a pick. Always have something to say about the player chosen. Make it fresh. Make it unique. Make it your own. It will show that you know something about football and set the tone for trash talk throughout the season.
5. Thou shalt keep your magazines, notes and depth charts in order.
Never spread out like you own the place on draft day. Keep it together Eugene!!
Nobody wants to see you have papers flying around like some dopey game show contestant in the dollar bill wind tunnel tube.
4. Thou shalt do your own research.
Never start asking questions on draft day that you should have known prior to your arrival. "Hey, what team does Tatum Bell play for"? Know thy players and the teams they play for.
3. Thou shalt not bring your wife, girlfriend, or kids to draft day.
Never bring a significant other to the draft party unless that person is your co-owner and helping with the decision making. There is nothing worse than hearing the plaintive sighs of someone who has to sit thru a fantasy football draft just hoping this will all end soon so we can keep our dinner reservations.
2. Thou shalt not try to change league rules on draft day.
Never start in on your grand plans to make your league higher scoring or a way to make transactions easier or a different website that is much better than the one you are using. Draft day is about the draft...make league rules changes prior to the draft. The quickest way to an argument with 12 different owners in one room is new proposals on ways to make the league better. You should lobby for changes well before draft day.
1. Thou shalt have fun.
Never complain, whine or kvetch on draft day. It's one day a year and it should be a celebration. Have the time of your life and speak of your new team like it is destined to win your leagues championship. Other than lifting that hardware and cashing that check at the end of the season, there is no better day than draft day for fantasy football.
READ IT. LEARN IT. LIVE IT.
Michael Irvin enters Bawl of Fame!– posted August 6
Did you have the chance to catch the NFL Hall of Fame inductions over the weekend? Some truly deserving and grateful gentlemen entering the hallowed halls of Canton. Classy guys like Thurman Thomas, Bruce Matthews and Charlie Sanders...and then there was Michael Irvin. The self promoting, loud and obnoxious former Cowboys receiver crying at the podium like he just took a hit from Lawrence Taylor. I guess crying and carrying on like a newborn comes naturally to Irvin, who put on a better performance in Canton than Tom Hanks did in Forrest Gump. You've heard of crocodile tears?? Well Irvin took it to the next level...Pterodactyl tears. As part of the false emotion and the act, Irvin even held onto a tissue as he bawled his eyes out over his career....with tears streaming down his face, why in the heck wouldn't he just use the tissue to wipe his own face?? Because he is so good. So calculated. Such a fine actor, that he knows those tears are money! And he knows the whole world will see them replayed over and over again. Imagine what Chuck Bednarik must have been thinking. The last two-way player in the NFL and the probably the toughest man to wear a uniform and also a Hall of Famer. I'm sure he had to be loving the Michael Irvin speech. "What a wuss", big Chuck must have been thinking. He wouldn't have been alone in those thoughts.
Irvin did what he needed to do...like he always does. Just like last year when he was pulled over by police and when searched a crack pipe was discovered in his possession. Irvin was suspended by ESPN for a few days and gave a heartfelt interview during that suspension saying the "pipe" was his friend’s and he was trying to help him. Sure, Mike, sure. I guess when Irvin was caught in that hotel room with multiple hookers, coke, and crack on his 30th birthday, he was just trying to keep drugs and prostitution off the streets of Dallas.
I do not diminish the career of Michael Irvin and the numbers he acquired during that all-pro career. I just think considering his off the field transgressions during his playing days and immediately following in his broadcasting career, maybe the NFL Hall Of Fame committee should have waited a few more years before inducting the always self promoting self-proclaimed "Playmaker". Those tears could have had a few more years to build up and then we all would have seen some real waterworks!!
A new sheriff in town- posted July 29
In Dallas, there may be a new coach in Big D, but it's owner Jerry Jones and his Double D sized ego that dominated Wade Phillips pre-season press conference this week. Jerry spoke about "nothing short of a Super Bowl" and "I have put the players in place to succeed".
Nothing like putting pressure on a brand new head coach. Talk about one extreme to the other...Wade Phillips goes from being the defensive coordinator in San Diego, where the most laid back and some say lazy (me) media in the country to Dallas...the hotbed of all things football.
Wade actually never had to face the media in Sunny S-D because former Chargers head coach Marty Schottenheimer forbade his coordinators to speak with reporters. Marty did all the talking...and all the losing...especially in the playoffs. So, after clamming up for three years, we will all get to hear what Wade Phillips has to say. If he's half as entertaining as his dear departed dad Bum....it will be a hoot. Let's hope Jerry Jones enjoys the southern stylings of Wade Phillips. I have to run. ESPN's "Who's Now" is on and this is the match-up I have been waiting for: J.P. Losman vs. A.J. Feeley. May the best surname win!
Dog Days of Summer- posted July 28
What are we gonna do with Michael Vick? Almost as confusing as what are we gonna do with Michael Jackson.
The pop star is generally accused of loving too much...the quarterback of loving his hobby too much....dog fighting! The accusations are absolutely heinous and the federal government didn't jump into the investigation because they thought it might be a nice way to spend their Summer vacation. The plan is to take Michael Vick down. He's in for a fight too. So much in fact, he hired one of the highest priced lawyers in America. Ironic isn't it....Vick will fight like a cornered dog to retain his freedom and avoid jail time. It's crazy when you read and hear some of the things that went on at "The Compound" at Vick's Virginia home. By the way...I thought Virginia was for lovers?? Remember that bumper sticker? Apparently Virginia is NOT for dog lovers. At any rate when you read about athletes getting arrested for crimes like selling drugs, selling cough medicine, shaving points, drunk driving, etc, you scratch your head and say, "Yeah, I kinda get it. Stuff happens." But when you hear about what the Vick case, the thought is why? What's the point?
There is some talk out there that this dog fighting stuff is cultural and that your average sports fans just don't understand. Well, getting a lip plate is cultural too...and I don't want any part of that either.
Desperation– posted September 28
If you can spot a desperate team you can create a fantasy advantage by playing one or more of the players on that team. In week 2 the Browns played like a desperate team. The Browns gave everything they had and it was just enough to hold off Carson Palmer and the rest of the defenseless Bengals. In that game Derek Anderson threw for 328 yards and 5 TD passes, Jamal Lewis rushed for 216 yards and 1 TD and Braylon Edwards caught 8 passes for 146 yards and 2 TDs. If you were able to take advantage of the Browns desperation you crushed your opponent.
Desperate teams play with a reckless abandon making the spectacular play and testing their opponents will for the full 60 minutes. Desperate teams are not always bad teams; often they are teams that have not lived up to expectations or have struggled because of injury, scheduling or just poor play.
For instance, last week the Eagles, Rams and Saints were all desperate teams. These teams were all 0-2 and trying to salvage their seasons. One caveat, not all desperate teams are created equal. Where as the Eagles (McNabb, Westbrook and Curtis) gave an inspired effort, the Rams layed an egg in Tampa and the Saints were absolutely horrible at home on Monday night.
If you saw and were able to take advantage of the Eagles desperation you probably won your game easily. Going forward, if you have to make a choice between two players give special consideration to the player on the desperate team.
The Donator– posted August 5
Every league has at least one. The donator wants to be part of a fantasy football league and for the most part we are glad to have them. The donator generally has absolutely no chance of winning yet their entry fee and transactions fees grow the pot.
There is a price to pay for the larger pot. The donator is never prepared for the draft. He’s the guy that walks in a few minutes late, hung over with a brand new fantasy football magazine that wasn’t opened until he sat down at the draft. He’s the guy that takes forever on just about every pick. He’s the guy that drafts guys who are hurt, retired, unsigned etc. Although there is some humor to these events they prolong the draft. Think of the donator as that guy on the ESPN commercial that is going to the championship but cannot pronounce T.J. Houshmandzadeh.
As Matt Damon says in Rounders, and I’m paraphrasing, “If you’ve been at the poker table for an hour and you don’t know who the sucker is….then you are the sucker.”
If you are the donator maybe you enjoy your role. Somehow losing a few hundred bucks every year doesn’t sound that appealing to me. If you are not a donator prepare for draft day and you’ll continue to enjoy benefits of your draft’s “Donator”.
The Shenanigan Factor– posted July 30
When Randy Moss was a rookie I convinced my co-owner to take him as our first receiver in the 3rd round. As you probably know Randy had already experienced some “issues” with those issues leading him to Marshall instead of FSU.
In the NFL draft those issues also forced many NFL teams to pass on Moss. Dennis Green, the Vikings head coach and no stranger to issues drafted Moss with the 21st pick and the rest, as they say, is history.
Nine years ago we could choose Moss without much risk of seeing the league suspend our number one receiver. As Bob Dylan once waxed, the times they are a changing…with new Commissioner Roger Goodell at the helm there is a new sheriff in town and guys like Moss, despite their wealth of talent, are walking a fine line.
As Commissioner Goodell actively manages the league’s reputation players like Pacman Jones, Chris Henry and of course Michael Vick are pariahs having been or soon to be exorcised from the league. Unlike the past ten years, Moss’ troubles, although newsworthy, never got him suspended. As fantasy owners our players now have a reputation to uphold season ticket holders to appease and corporate sponsors reviewing the police blotter.
So, when you’re drafting your team I believe you have to consider what I call the Shenanigan Factor. Is this guy talented enough to take in round x despite the fact he is suspended or has a history of off the field incidents that may lead to a suspension? Granted, some issues will surprise us because we don’t have access to all the information, but don’t lose that 3rd round pick in week 5 because he got his 2nd DUI and for a bonus had a loaded gun in his car….