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Game-by-Game Notes for Week 10
TV Todd, 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.
Desperation
Chicago Jim, 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.
