This will likely be the last thing I'll post in awhile because of my test (Dec. 5th), so here goes:
Shonn Greene: With Leon Washington on IR, the skilled Greene takes over in a semi RB2/committee. The Jets won't get 50 carries a week or whatever, but 8-15 touches per week depending on opponent isn't unrealistic at all. Scoop him up if you can.
Mike Hart: With Donald Brown out 2-3 weeks, Hart may be in line for some touches, because I feel like the Colts staff doesn't want to lean on Addai fully and have him wear out like he has in past seasons. Worth a look 'til Brown is back.
Fred Davis: With Cooley out anywhere from 4 weeks to the season, Davis makes a nice TE2 or TE1 in deep leagues. He receives really well and Campbell looked his way often on Monday. He actually dropped another TD and still had an 8/80/1 line.
Alex Smith: Still got Delhomme, Shaun Hill or Trent Edwards as your QB2? Take a QB with alot more upside in Smith. Maybe this coaching regime will finally bring about what was expected of him.
Jamaal Charles: LJ is in a major doghouse in KC, and Charles is both a decent runner and pass catcher with fumbling problems. That said, since Kolby Smith is on IR, he'd take over as featured back in KC if/when LJ sits out.
Sam Aiken/Brandon Tate: Aiken for shorter term prospects, Tate for longer term with return yardage. The Pats have a seriously tough schedule ahead of them, but they'll still pass and pass often. I suspect if Tate shows more as he gets healthier, he make take over more WR3 snaps as the season progresses.
Sammie Stroughter: Regardless of Freeman or Johnson at QB, things won't look good in TB. That said, Stroughter has been on the field more and more, and is worth a speculative play in deeper leagues.
Brian Hartline/Davone Bess/Greg Camarillo: It remains to be seen who will benefit most from Ginn's decreased snap counts, but all make better plays now, especially Bess in PPR formats. I don't have any insight as to who will benefit the most since it's so random in Miami at WR, so watch how they play NYJ and see (also don't discredit whoever Revis covers).
Malcolm Floyd: He should overtake Chris Chambers at WR real soon in SD. Bigger, faster, younger, better than Chambers.
Dammy Amendola: Desperate in a deep league with points for return yardage? He's your man, and Keenan Burton sure isn't anything special in STL. (Not saying Amendola is either, but those return yards...!)
Jason Snelling: Worth a look in deeper leagues with Norwood still out. A better pass catcher than Turner, and he's actually a decent talent, he might see 5-10 touches a game here and there.
Arizona D: Playing Carolina and Jake DeLOLhomme this week.
Matt Moore: Speaking of Jake Delhomme, this guy could be worth a stash in deep dynasties or something. When the notoriously loyal John Fox starts souring on you, you're in trouble.
That's all for now, good luck all...see you in awhile!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Week 7: Waiver Wire Wonders
I'll try to get this segment out by Wednesday each week, but as we get closer and closer to December, I may be skipping a week here and there because of a test I'm taking. But for now, onwards to some WW considerations.
Laurence Maroney: Of course it's because of injuries, but if he's available, worth a snag because of who he's playing. We know Taylor is out awhile, and if Morris's injury is serious, he could very well see 20+ touches a game.
BenJarvus Green-Ellis: For you deeper league people, this is a pretty speculative play. LoMo hasn't been the most healthy guy in the world, and even in Week 7, The Law Firm could see 8-12 touches if there's garbage time like last week, and potentially some GL carries. Someone to consider in desperation.
Justin Fargas: Will carry the majority of the load this week since Mcfadden is out and Bush hurt his noggin. NYJ's run D weakens considerably with the loss of Kris Jenkins, and he did see 23 carries last week.
Indianapolis D/Carolina D/New England D: Indy plays STL, Carolina plays BUF with Ryan Fitzpatrick starting, NE plays TB in an 'away game' in London in which I bet the Pats get more fans than the Bucs. 3 solid matchups.
James Jones: Jordy Nelson is hurt, so he's the sole #3 in Green Bay. Worth a look against softer matchups, including this week.
Sidney Rice: Likely gone in any decent league, but Favre has been heaping praise on him all year, and he's a big target. I was able to snag him in a 12 teamer, which surprised me.
Kevin Faulk: PPR only, but if he's not snagged, definitely worth a look. The Pats don't really have a 3rd WR right now, so he could see an increase in checkdowns in the interim.
Mohamed Massaquoi: He'll be inconsistent as heck, but if an impatient owner (like me) dropped him after a terrible Week 5, now's the chance for another flier.
Andre Caldwell: Again, another inconsistent performer, but in a pure numbers point of view, he's the #2 in Cincy right now.
Jermichael Finley: Nab him if he's available and you don't have a solid TE. Like now.
Chaz Schilens: And thus, on October 25th, 2009, the Schilens Era was born. And all ye Jamarcus Russel's be free! (Speculative play)
Justin Forsett: Mommmm?!!! Julius Jones is becoming Julius Jones again! (Speculative play)
Sam Aiken/Brandon Tate/Terrence Nunn: This might be the most speculative I get all year. Watch this week and see who looks the best. Nunn/Tate may not even play, but if they do, consider them in super deep leagues (ie, my 20 teamer). Aiken isn't a great WR, but he may get the #3 spot by default because the other two haven't had time with Brady yet. Either way, one of the three could make for a decent pickup for the cheapest you can find someone.
Chris Brown: Apparently he's still the closer til he breaks something.
Again, remember some of these are speculative, some aren't, and it all depends on league size/competitiveness. Happy Week 7 all.
Laurence Maroney: Of course it's because of injuries, but if he's available, worth a snag because of who he's playing. We know Taylor is out awhile, and if Morris's injury is serious, he could very well see 20+ touches a game.
BenJarvus Green-Ellis: For you deeper league people, this is a pretty speculative play. LoMo hasn't been the most healthy guy in the world, and even in Week 7, The Law Firm could see 8-12 touches if there's garbage time like last week, and potentially some GL carries. Someone to consider in desperation.
Justin Fargas: Will carry the majority of the load this week since Mcfadden is out and Bush hurt his noggin. NYJ's run D weakens considerably with the loss of Kris Jenkins, and he did see 23 carries last week.
Indianapolis D/Carolina D/New England D: Indy plays STL, Carolina plays BUF with Ryan Fitzpatrick starting, NE plays TB in an 'away game' in London in which I bet the Pats get more fans than the Bucs. 3 solid matchups.
James Jones: Jordy Nelson is hurt, so he's the sole #3 in Green Bay. Worth a look against softer matchups, including this week.
Sidney Rice: Likely gone in any decent league, but Favre has been heaping praise on him all year, and he's a big target. I was able to snag him in a 12 teamer, which surprised me.
Kevin Faulk: PPR only, but if he's not snagged, definitely worth a look. The Pats don't really have a 3rd WR right now, so he could see an increase in checkdowns in the interim.
Mohamed Massaquoi: He'll be inconsistent as heck, but if an impatient owner (like me) dropped him after a terrible Week 5, now's the chance for another flier.
Andre Caldwell: Again, another inconsistent performer, but in a pure numbers point of view, he's the #2 in Cincy right now.
Jermichael Finley: Nab him if he's available and you don't have a solid TE. Like now.
Chaz Schilens: And thus, on October 25th, 2009, the Schilens Era was born. And all ye Jamarcus Russel's be free! (Speculative play)
Justin Forsett: Mommmm?!!! Julius Jones is becoming Julius Jones again! (Speculative play)
Sam Aiken/Brandon Tate/Terrence Nunn: This might be the most speculative I get all year. Watch this week and see who looks the best. Nunn/Tate may not even play, but if they do, consider them in super deep leagues (ie, my 20 teamer). Aiken isn't a great WR, but he may get the #3 spot by default because the other two haven't had time with Brady yet. Either way, one of the three could make for a decent pickup for the cheapest you can find someone.
Chris Brown: Apparently he's still the closer til he breaks something.
Again, remember some of these are speculative, some aren't, and it all depends on league size/competitiveness. Happy Week 7 all.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Week 6 Booms, Busts and WW Wonders
BOOMS:
Green Bay Packers players: I'll start off with a gimme. Detroit will be playing without Stafford and Calvin, meaning the starting skill players will include fearsome names such as Culpepper, Northcutt and Bryant Johnson. This means you start Rodgers, Grant, Jennings, Driver and the Packers D with confidence.
New England passing players: Brady, Moss, Welker are absolute 'duh's this week. I know you'd be batty to sit them on almost any given week, but I actually had 2 people ask me if they should bench Moss because of his performance this year. No. Tennessee will be without both starting CBs, and even with those CBs, Tennessee has allowed 13 TDs and 288 YPG through the air.
David Garrard: One, he plays St. Louis. Two, you'd think he'd be motivated after last week's disgraceful performance by all the Jags to come out and stick it to a team. Luckily for the Jags, that team happens to be the Rams.
Brian Westbrook/Lesean Mccoy: As most people know, Oakland has a serviceable pass D. As most people know, Oakland has a run D about as effective as a drunk Ryan Leaf at QB, so we may be able to expect Westy to get slightly more touches while the game is competitive, then Mccoy to get more as it starts to get away.
Donnie Avery: Jacksonville's pass D is bad bad bad, as you no doubt witnessed last week if you had a Seahawk. Keenan Burton isn't an NFL caliber WR in my opinion after watching him, so the passing game should feature Avery a ton.
Nate Burleson: This may be a close game, but the Cardinals have a pretty rancid pass D, and Hasselbeck seems to have nice rapport with him.
Knowshon Moreno: Buckhalter may play, but Moreno should be the feature back, and SD is banged up and playing pretty cruddy D. He's got RB2/flex status this week.
Thomas Jones: Reverse psychology baby. The Bills have an awful D, this should be a blowout, Jones is an awful runner with all the opportunties, you get the idea.
Cedric Benson: The NFL's leading rusher (man that feels weird to say) shouldn't have much trouble against a D that has given up 8 combined TDs to Thomas Jones, Chris Johnson, MJD and Hightower.
Santana Moss: I'd like to present you with stats of some WRs against KC this year: Miles Austin, 10 rec 250 yds 2 TD. Steve Smith, 11 rec 134 yds 2 TD. Desean Jackson, 6 rec 149 yds 1 TD. Mark Clayton, 5 rec 77 yds 1 TD. Of course, to their credit, KC played well against Oakland's stellar, vaunted, grade-A WR corps.
New York Jets D: Oh, they'll be angry. And oh, they'll be playing the Bills o-line. The same Bills team that scored 3 points against the Browns.
BUSTS:
Marques Colston: And now I'd like to present you some stats of #1 WRs against NYG. Santana Moss, 2 rec 6 yds. Roy Williams, 1 rec 18 yds. Antonio Bryant, 1 rec 6 yds. Dwayne Bowe, 1 rec 11 yds. Oakland WRs, typical Oakland WR stats. You get the idea...tough to bench, but expect less than usual.
Eli Manning: The Saints have allowed pass TDs in exactly 1 game this year. 1. Eli Manning will be the best QB they've faced, but this may actually be less of a shootout than people think.
Kevin Smith: I hate putting my own players as busts, but the Detroit offense looks absolutely 1 dimensional this week. The Packers contain Smith and they absolutely coast.
Willis Mcgahee: Ray Rice seems to be becoming the clearcut #1, and he plays Minnesota. Scary stuff.
Jamal Lewis: The Browns will be down early. He can't catch the ball. This should be an amusing game.
Terrell Owens: He'll be playing a pissed off Revis (he's overrated, but he's for sure a top 5 CB) who got smoked by the Dolphins. And let's face it...he sucks in Buffalo.
Jeremy Maclin: I THINK Nnamdi is covering his side of the field. I wish I could get verification from somewhere, but regardless, last week was probably his best week all year.
Waiver Wire Wonders:
This is my favorite part of this writeup now btw.
Dennis Northcutt: With Calvin Johnson out, he'll see targets, as Culpepper looked his way alot last week. A decent PPR plugin for desperate owners.
Jake Delhomme: It's scary starting a guy like Jake, but they should win the game, and Tampa Bay is pretty cruddy against the pass.
Chaz Schilens: This isn't a play for now, but rather a more speculative play in deeper leagues. There's an outside chance he plays this week, and he's got the talent to succeed in the league. His main problem is obviously Jamarcus, so look and see how Jamarcus looks at Schilens the first week or 2 that he's back, and that will dictate his rosterability as the season goes on.
Todd Heap: You'll be HEAPING the praise on Todd when he gets you a nice bye week fillin, specially in PPR leagues. (I'm sorry, I had to.)
Washington D: Cassel doesn't throw many INTs, but KC fumbles here and there, and their o-line is definitely crappy. Washington had better come out and play motivated, otherwise some jobs are absolutely gone.
Keenan Burton: I mentioned Keenan Burton isn't an NFL caliber WR, and I stand by what I said. That said, he's still the #2 WR in STL, and assuming they're playing from down, having a crappy skillset doesn't mean you can't catch 4-6 passes given enough targets. Deep leaguers, take consideration.
Josh Freeman: Again, a completely speculative add for deep leaguers only. Josh Johnson actually put up decent fantasy stats last week, and assuming Tampa Bay goes into their bye winless, the coaching regime has stated they might make the change to Freeman.
Chad Henne: He's likely gone in your league by now, but in case he isn't, this guy looked like a legit NFL QB against a really good D. You could do worse in a deeper league for a backup QB.
Carolina D: 2 solid plays in Week 6 and 7 facing TB and BUF.
Mushin Muhammad: If he's available, he's usually good in PPR leagues for 8-12 points. Tampa's pass D, as aforementioned, is pretty cruddy.
Hakeem Nicks: He's still rotating at WR right now, but he's got the skills to succeed. More of a longer term play than a Week 6 play.
Vince Young: Again, a similar situation to TB. With TEN's season all but over, they need to either see what they have with VY or 'showcase' him in case they can get a cheap trade. Won't happen this week, but wouldn't be surprised if it happened in a few weeks.
Good luck this week.
Green Bay Packers players: I'll start off with a gimme. Detroit will be playing without Stafford and Calvin, meaning the starting skill players will include fearsome names such as Culpepper, Northcutt and Bryant Johnson. This means you start Rodgers, Grant, Jennings, Driver and the Packers D with confidence.
New England passing players: Brady, Moss, Welker are absolute 'duh's this week. I know you'd be batty to sit them on almost any given week, but I actually had 2 people ask me if they should bench Moss because of his performance this year. No. Tennessee will be without both starting CBs, and even with those CBs, Tennessee has allowed 13 TDs and 288 YPG through the air.
David Garrard: One, he plays St. Louis. Two, you'd think he'd be motivated after last week's disgraceful performance by all the Jags to come out and stick it to a team. Luckily for the Jags, that team happens to be the Rams.
Brian Westbrook/Lesean Mccoy: As most people know, Oakland has a serviceable pass D. As most people know, Oakland has a run D about as effective as a drunk Ryan Leaf at QB, so we may be able to expect Westy to get slightly more touches while the game is competitive, then Mccoy to get more as it starts to get away.
Donnie Avery: Jacksonville's pass D is bad bad bad, as you no doubt witnessed last week if you had a Seahawk. Keenan Burton isn't an NFL caliber WR in my opinion after watching him, so the passing game should feature Avery a ton.
Nate Burleson: This may be a close game, but the Cardinals have a pretty rancid pass D, and Hasselbeck seems to have nice rapport with him.
Knowshon Moreno: Buckhalter may play, but Moreno should be the feature back, and SD is banged up and playing pretty cruddy D. He's got RB2/flex status this week.
Thomas Jones: Reverse psychology baby. The Bills have an awful D, this should be a blowout, Jones is an awful runner with all the opportunties, you get the idea.
Cedric Benson: The NFL's leading rusher (man that feels weird to say) shouldn't have much trouble against a D that has given up 8 combined TDs to Thomas Jones, Chris Johnson, MJD and Hightower.
Santana Moss: I'd like to present you with stats of some WRs against KC this year: Miles Austin, 10 rec 250 yds 2 TD. Steve Smith, 11 rec 134 yds 2 TD. Desean Jackson, 6 rec 149 yds 1 TD. Mark Clayton, 5 rec 77 yds 1 TD. Of course, to their credit, KC played well against Oakland's stellar, vaunted, grade-A WR corps.
New York Jets D: Oh, they'll be angry. And oh, they'll be playing the Bills o-line. The same Bills team that scored 3 points against the Browns.
BUSTS:
Marques Colston: And now I'd like to present you some stats of #1 WRs against NYG. Santana Moss, 2 rec 6 yds. Roy Williams, 1 rec 18 yds. Antonio Bryant, 1 rec 6 yds. Dwayne Bowe, 1 rec 11 yds. Oakland WRs, typical Oakland WR stats. You get the idea...tough to bench, but expect less than usual.
Eli Manning: The Saints have allowed pass TDs in exactly 1 game this year. 1. Eli Manning will be the best QB they've faced, but this may actually be less of a shootout than people think.
Kevin Smith: I hate putting my own players as busts, but the Detroit offense looks absolutely 1 dimensional this week. The Packers contain Smith and they absolutely coast.
Willis Mcgahee: Ray Rice seems to be becoming the clearcut #1, and he plays Minnesota. Scary stuff.
Jamal Lewis: The Browns will be down early. He can't catch the ball. This should be an amusing game.
Terrell Owens: He'll be playing a pissed off Revis (he's overrated, but he's for sure a top 5 CB) who got smoked by the Dolphins. And let's face it...he sucks in Buffalo.
Jeremy Maclin: I THINK Nnamdi is covering his side of the field. I wish I could get verification from somewhere, but regardless, last week was probably his best week all year.
Waiver Wire Wonders:
This is my favorite part of this writeup now btw.
Dennis Northcutt: With Calvin Johnson out, he'll see targets, as Culpepper looked his way alot last week. A decent PPR plugin for desperate owners.
Jake Delhomme: It's scary starting a guy like Jake, but they should win the game, and Tampa Bay is pretty cruddy against the pass.
Chaz Schilens: This isn't a play for now, but rather a more speculative play in deeper leagues. There's an outside chance he plays this week, and he's got the talent to succeed in the league. His main problem is obviously Jamarcus, so look and see how Jamarcus looks at Schilens the first week or 2 that he's back, and that will dictate his rosterability as the season goes on.
Todd Heap: You'll be HEAPING the praise on Todd when he gets you a nice bye week fillin, specially in PPR leagues. (I'm sorry, I had to.)
Washington D: Cassel doesn't throw many INTs, but KC fumbles here and there, and their o-line is definitely crappy. Washington had better come out and play motivated, otherwise some jobs are absolutely gone.
Keenan Burton: I mentioned Keenan Burton isn't an NFL caliber WR, and I stand by what I said. That said, he's still the #2 WR in STL, and assuming they're playing from down, having a crappy skillset doesn't mean you can't catch 4-6 passes given enough targets. Deep leaguers, take consideration.
Josh Freeman: Again, a completely speculative add for deep leaguers only. Josh Johnson actually put up decent fantasy stats last week, and assuming Tampa Bay goes into their bye winless, the coaching regime has stated they might make the change to Freeman.
Chad Henne: He's likely gone in your league by now, but in case he isn't, this guy looked like a legit NFL QB against a really good D. You could do worse in a deeper league for a backup QB.
Carolina D: 2 solid plays in Week 6 and 7 facing TB and BUF.
Mushin Muhammad: If he's available, he's usually good in PPR leagues for 8-12 points. Tampa's pass D, as aforementioned, is pretty cruddy.
Hakeem Nicks: He's still rotating at WR right now, but he's got the skills to succeed. More of a longer term play than a Week 6 play.
Vince Young: Again, a similar situation to TB. With TEN's season all but over, they need to either see what they have with VY or 'showcase' him in case they can get a cheap trade. Won't happen this week, but wouldn't be surprised if it happened in a few weeks.
Good luck this week.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Week 5 Booms and Busts
BOOMS:
David Garrard: Jacksonville really got their passing game going last week, and it propelled them to an easy win. Seattle's pass D isn't that great, so I'd expect solid #s here. Not the 323/3 from last week, but unless MJD takes all the scores (which I'm absolutely fine with), he'll put in a decent line for those who need him to come through in a bye week or people using a QB rotation.
Colts receivers: I won't tell you to start Wayne or Clark, because if you have them, you already are. That said, Garcon and Collie could make serviceable WR3/4's or flex players, simply because as seen last week, the Titans pass D is absolutely putrid right npw, and Peyton Manning is playing better than any QB in the league right now (sorry Brees owners, that's not debatable).
Jerome Harrison: Harrison did serviceable against the Bengals, and this time, goes against a much worse D in the Bills. However, as with some of my picks, this relies on Lewis sitting. If Lewis starts, don't expect 30 touches for Jerome like last week, and his value declines a bit. He'll still get his though, unless Mangini is a TOTAL idiot (which he could be based off the Braylon robbery)
Clinton Portis: That's right, the bum I avoided in all my drafts might have his best week to date. Carolina is coming off a bye, but they're really bad against the run, and Zorn finally fed Portis the ball a decent # of times last week. If Washington can stay in this game, look for another 20+ touches (and then quiver in fear as he breaks down after week 8 again)
Beanie Wells: Houston is a bad run D against pure runners, and Wells is a better pure runner than Hightower. I don't expect Beanie to see anything more than 12 touches depending how the game goes, but if the cards fall in his favor (look at that pun baby.), he could see a serviceable 50-60 yard, 1 score game, and at this point, you're certainly not using him as an RB1 or RB2. All that said, go Hightower, rah rah rah.
Matt Schaub: Arizona has played respectably against the run this year (ask Frank Gore), so Schaub will need to do his thing for Houston to succeed.
Kevin Walter: Along the similar vein of above, Walter SHOULD be matched up against DRC. DRC has played really bad this year, and is prone to gambling too much, especially against bigger WRs like Walter. If he (DRC) keeps it up, Walter will do well.
Ben Roethlisberger/Rashard Mendenhall: They play Detroit. Ben will chuck the ball all over the place the first half, Mendenhall will run the ball all over the place after Pittsburgh is up by 500 since Detroit is likely starting Culpepper. Getcha roll on homeboy.
Nate Burleson: Derek Cox and the Jacksonville CBs have been playing like butt, and Burleson should get better thrown targets with Hasselbeck back. The o-line is totally banged up, but hopefully he'll still get his.
Brandon Jacobs: With Eli Manning likely out, David Carr is the QB. Therefore, if the Giants want to win, they'll stuff Jacobs like a turducken. Look for plenty of carries against a soft Oakland run D.
Fred Jackson: The Bills have to get the run game going if they want to win. As of now, Fred Jackson is their best runner, and Cleveland has given up 8 TDs on the ground in 4 games. You can take it from here Squanto.
Minnesota D: That front 4 against the Rams o-line and either Kyle Boller or Marc Bulger. I'm depressed thinking about this.
Knowshon Moreno: I'm almost scared to do this with Mayo (<3) potentially back, but with that weather and that QB, Denver needs to run it and get screen games going.
Dustin Keller: There are reports Cotchery might not play, and Miami hasn't been able to cover the TE for about 8 decades now. He'll definitely be Sanchez's safety outlet considering in this scenario, Cotchery would be out, Stuckey is gone, and Edwards is a new face.
BUSTS:
Steven Jackson: All Minnesota has to do is stack the box while Allen and the Williams wall terrorizes the passing game. Game over.
Thomas Jones: Every week I've predicted a bust, he's got awful numbers and a random score. THIS STOPS THIS WEEK. I feel like I hate this guy for no reason. Miami has allowed 1 RB score and 240 yards on the ground this year.
Michael Turner: He's coming off a bye, but he's put up pretty stale #s so far this year, and I expect that to continue. San Fran is pretty good on the ground D, and their crutch is allowing opposing RBs to catch the ball, and since Turner can't catch...
Jamarcus Russell: Haha....hahahaha....hahahahahahaha.
Tom Brady: What? Predicting my favorite player, the QB of my favorite team as a bust? The weather in Denver is frigid, and Denver's pass D is playing its head off. I'm not saying he's going to go for 100 and 3 INTs, but I wouldn't be surprised with a low 200s, 1 score type of line.
Steve Smith NYG: I'll assume Nnamdi covers him. If so, I'll also assume he doesn't go for 11 receptions, 134 yards and 2 TDs again. I know, bold. That's how I roll. Oh yeah, and David Carr, lol.
Ted Ginn Jr., of the Ted Ginn family: See above, replace Nnamdi with Revis. Oh, also Chad Henne is the QB against the Jets D with Calvin Pace back. I lol'd.
Donnie Avery: Antoine Winfield is playing his head off. Again, this ties into the whole Minnesota/StLouis/LOL theme. Stay away.
Derrick Ward: Until further notice, keep him on your bench. The coaching staff has officially announced they want to feature Caddy the most.
Joseph Addai: Tennesee's run D has been solid (and that's the only thing that's been solid there), and he's a bit banged up. I'd expect Brown to get the better #s of the 2.
NEW SEGMENT: WAIVER WIRE WONDERS:
Ok, they won't really be wonders, but it's been requested I add a section about potential bye week plugins who normally may not start on a team. You got it.
Randy Mcmichael: For whatever reason, Minnesota is atrocious against tight ends, at least up to this point.
Steve Heiden: See above. Minn is worst against the TE, the Bills are the second worst, and DA completed 5 passes to Heiden last week.
Kevin Curtis: Tampa Bay's pass D is plain bad, Mcnabb has liked Curtis over the years. If Curtis doesn't play for some reason, Maclin or even Avant in super-deep leagues can be considered.
Bryant Johnson: The rapport with Culpepper remains to be seen, but in all likelihood, Detroit will need to throw often in the 2nd half (my poor Kevin Smith), and since Calvin is snagged in every league, the 2nd WR here is worth a look.
Sam Hurd/Miles Austin: I'm not sure who will have the better day, but they make for okay WR3's in deep leagues since Roy Williams is sitting out and KC is bad against the WR.
Visanthe Shiancoe: Minnesota may be done throwing by the 3rd quarter, but in the meantime, he's Favre's 2nd best goal line target behind Rice.
Austin Collie: See way up there for my thoughts on the Colts receivers. Garcon is likely gone in your league, but Collie may not be.
Derek Anderson: Not the ideal situation, but you could do worse I guess. Incidentally, I found Hasselbeck on the wire in one of my money leagues with Cutler on bye for me. Make sure no one has done anything like that, because I'm starting Hass in a pinch despite his o-line.
Dallas/Miami D: They play KC and BUF, respectively.
Good luck this week.
David Garrard: Jacksonville really got their passing game going last week, and it propelled them to an easy win. Seattle's pass D isn't that great, so I'd expect solid #s here. Not the 323/3 from last week, but unless MJD takes all the scores (which I'm absolutely fine with), he'll put in a decent line for those who need him to come through in a bye week or people using a QB rotation.
Colts receivers: I won't tell you to start Wayne or Clark, because if you have them, you already are. That said, Garcon and Collie could make serviceable WR3/4's or flex players, simply because as seen last week, the Titans pass D is absolutely putrid right npw, and Peyton Manning is playing better than any QB in the league right now (sorry Brees owners, that's not debatable).
Jerome Harrison: Harrison did serviceable against the Bengals, and this time, goes against a much worse D in the Bills. However, as with some of my picks, this relies on Lewis sitting. If Lewis starts, don't expect 30 touches for Jerome like last week, and his value declines a bit. He'll still get his though, unless Mangini is a TOTAL idiot (which he could be based off the Braylon robbery)
Clinton Portis: That's right, the bum I avoided in all my drafts might have his best week to date. Carolina is coming off a bye, but they're really bad against the run, and Zorn finally fed Portis the ball a decent # of times last week. If Washington can stay in this game, look for another 20+ touches (and then quiver in fear as he breaks down after week 8 again)
Beanie Wells: Houston is a bad run D against pure runners, and Wells is a better pure runner than Hightower. I don't expect Beanie to see anything more than 12 touches depending how the game goes, but if the cards fall in his favor (look at that pun baby.), he could see a serviceable 50-60 yard, 1 score game, and at this point, you're certainly not using him as an RB1 or RB2. All that said, go Hightower, rah rah rah.
Matt Schaub: Arizona has played respectably against the run this year (ask Frank Gore), so Schaub will need to do his thing for Houston to succeed.
Kevin Walter: Along the similar vein of above, Walter SHOULD be matched up against DRC. DRC has played really bad this year, and is prone to gambling too much, especially against bigger WRs like Walter. If he (DRC) keeps it up, Walter will do well.
Ben Roethlisberger/Rashard Mendenhall: They play Detroit. Ben will chuck the ball all over the place the first half, Mendenhall will run the ball all over the place after Pittsburgh is up by 500 since Detroit is likely starting Culpepper. Getcha roll on homeboy.
Nate Burleson: Derek Cox and the Jacksonville CBs have been playing like butt, and Burleson should get better thrown targets with Hasselbeck back. The o-line is totally banged up, but hopefully he'll still get his.
Brandon Jacobs: With Eli Manning likely out, David Carr is the QB. Therefore, if the Giants want to win, they'll stuff Jacobs like a turducken. Look for plenty of carries against a soft Oakland run D.
Fred Jackson: The Bills have to get the run game going if they want to win. As of now, Fred Jackson is their best runner, and Cleveland has given up 8 TDs on the ground in 4 games. You can take it from here Squanto.
Minnesota D: That front 4 against the Rams o-line and either Kyle Boller or Marc Bulger. I'm depressed thinking about this.
Knowshon Moreno: I'm almost scared to do this with Mayo (<3) potentially back, but with that weather and that QB, Denver needs to run it and get screen games going.
Dustin Keller: There are reports Cotchery might not play, and Miami hasn't been able to cover the TE for about 8 decades now. He'll definitely be Sanchez's safety outlet considering in this scenario, Cotchery would be out, Stuckey is gone, and Edwards is a new face.
BUSTS:
Steven Jackson: All Minnesota has to do is stack the box while Allen and the Williams wall terrorizes the passing game. Game over.
Thomas Jones: Every week I've predicted a bust, he's got awful numbers and a random score. THIS STOPS THIS WEEK. I feel like I hate this guy for no reason. Miami has allowed 1 RB score and 240 yards on the ground this year.
Michael Turner: He's coming off a bye, but he's put up pretty stale #s so far this year, and I expect that to continue. San Fran is pretty good on the ground D, and their crutch is allowing opposing RBs to catch the ball, and since Turner can't catch...
Jamarcus Russell: Haha....hahahaha....hahahahahahaha.
Tom Brady: What? Predicting my favorite player, the QB of my favorite team as a bust? The weather in Denver is frigid, and Denver's pass D is playing its head off. I'm not saying he's going to go for 100 and 3 INTs, but I wouldn't be surprised with a low 200s, 1 score type of line.
Steve Smith NYG: I'll assume Nnamdi covers him. If so, I'll also assume he doesn't go for 11 receptions, 134 yards and 2 TDs again. I know, bold. That's how I roll. Oh yeah, and David Carr, lol.
Ted Ginn Jr., of the Ted Ginn family: See above, replace Nnamdi with Revis. Oh, also Chad Henne is the QB against the Jets D with Calvin Pace back. I lol'd.
Donnie Avery: Antoine Winfield is playing his head off. Again, this ties into the whole Minnesota/StLouis/LOL theme. Stay away.
Derrick Ward: Until further notice, keep him on your bench. The coaching staff has officially announced they want to feature Caddy the most.
Joseph Addai: Tennesee's run D has been solid (and that's the only thing that's been solid there), and he's a bit banged up. I'd expect Brown to get the better #s of the 2.
NEW SEGMENT: WAIVER WIRE WONDERS:
Ok, they won't really be wonders, but it's been requested I add a section about potential bye week plugins who normally may not start on a team. You got it.
Randy Mcmichael: For whatever reason, Minnesota is atrocious against tight ends, at least up to this point.
Steve Heiden: See above. Minn is worst against the TE, the Bills are the second worst, and DA completed 5 passes to Heiden last week.
Kevin Curtis: Tampa Bay's pass D is plain bad, Mcnabb has liked Curtis over the years. If Curtis doesn't play for some reason, Maclin or even Avant in super-deep leagues can be considered.
Bryant Johnson: The rapport with Culpepper remains to be seen, but in all likelihood, Detroit will need to throw often in the 2nd half (my poor Kevin Smith), and since Calvin is snagged in every league, the 2nd WR here is worth a look.
Sam Hurd/Miles Austin: I'm not sure who will have the better day, but they make for okay WR3's in deep leagues since Roy Williams is sitting out and KC is bad against the WR.
Visanthe Shiancoe: Minnesota may be done throwing by the 3rd quarter, but in the meantime, he's Favre's 2nd best goal line target behind Rice.
Austin Collie: See way up there for my thoughts on the Colts receivers. Garcon is likely gone in your league, but Collie may not be.
Derek Anderson: Not the ideal situation, but you could do worse I guess. Incidentally, I found Hasselbeck on the wire in one of my money leagues with Cutler on bye for me. Make sure no one has done anything like that, because I'm starting Hass in a pinch despite his o-line.
Dallas/Miami D: They play KC and BUF, respectively.
Good luck this week.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
WINS:
Mike Sims-Walker: He's probably snatched in every league by now, but he's clearly the #2 option behind MJD in that offense now. Which is a good thing for you MJD owners btw. A very good week with almost 30 PPR points.
Brandon Marshall: One of the best TD scores you'll ever see. With Buckhalter hurt, he and Moreno are really the only 2 fantasy players you'll want to use consistently.
Jay Cutler: 3 TDs and 1 on the ground (which was an awesome Cutlercopter...bonus points!)
Jerome Harrison: Got plenty of yardage, and as expected, made for a nice, cheap flex option last week.
Cincy D: A solid showing that included a TD
San Francisco D: Holy cow, hope you listened on this one. Funny story...I was debating between Cincy and SF in one league, and I couldn't decide, so I flipped a coin. The coin landed on Cincy. I lost by single digit points. BAH.
Mewelde Moore: Yardage totals stunk, but he had 2 TDs, and all we care about is the points, not how he got them.
Ronnie Brown: Triple digit yards, multiple TDs. Easy peasy.
Steve Slaton: Hey, his first nice week! Multiple TDs, flashed the ability from last year.
Ladainian Tomlinson: Stick a fork in him, and maybe the SD run game as a whole if last week is any indication. The more San Diego stinks, the happier I am, so keep it up LT!
Marshawn Lynch: That pathetic o-line is going to severely limit his value, and the fact that Buffalo will be playing from behind alot limits it even more. Tread lightly.
Fred Taylor: I love the Pats RBs, but like I just said, don't expect any consistency at all on a week-to-week basis. A putrid fantasy showing this week.
Dwayne Bowe: 1 catch, 11 yards for your WR1. That, folks, is a bust on the week.
Marques Colston: I'm telling you...being matched up against Revis or Nnamdi is trouble. Both of Colston's 2 receptions came when Revis wasn't on him. Scary stuff.
TIES:
Cedric Benson: Didn't exactly boom, but he almost had 100 total yards or something.
Willis Mcgahee: Got the TD, but the yardage was a stinker. Keep in mind Wilfork didn't sit, which I specifically mentioned as a caveat.
Thomas Jones: This guy and his random TDs. He's a horrible back (12 carries for 33 yards without his 15 yard TD), but I guess if he gets opportunities, it is what it is.
LOSSES:
Darren Mcfadden: An injury and an o-line that let him get touched in the backfield every time he had the ball. This is gonna become ugly.
Keenan Burton: Well, apparently Kyle Boller played his best football in week 3.
Joe Flacco: Baltimore is totally comfy letting Flacco pass way more than they run, which is a good thing for his owners.
Matt Cassel: Hooray for 2 garbage time TDs.
Bernard Berrian: Couldn't watch the game, so can't comment on the performance, but this definitely could have been his best week we'll see all season.
14 wins, 3 ties, 5 losses. I'll take it. And starting this week, I'll also do a bye week plugin section with some slightly more obscure names to consider.
Mike Sims-Walker: He's probably snatched in every league by now, but he's clearly the #2 option behind MJD in that offense now. Which is a good thing for you MJD owners btw. A very good week with almost 30 PPR points.
Brandon Marshall: One of the best TD scores you'll ever see. With Buckhalter hurt, he and Moreno are really the only 2 fantasy players you'll want to use consistently.
Jay Cutler: 3 TDs and 1 on the ground (which was an awesome Cutlercopter...bonus points!)
Jerome Harrison: Got plenty of yardage, and as expected, made for a nice, cheap flex option last week.
Cincy D: A solid showing that included a TD
San Francisco D: Holy cow, hope you listened on this one. Funny story...I was debating between Cincy and SF in one league, and I couldn't decide, so I flipped a coin. The coin landed on Cincy. I lost by single digit points. BAH.
Mewelde Moore: Yardage totals stunk, but he had 2 TDs, and all we care about is the points, not how he got them.
Ronnie Brown: Triple digit yards, multiple TDs. Easy peasy.
Steve Slaton: Hey, his first nice week! Multiple TDs, flashed the ability from last year.
Ladainian Tomlinson: Stick a fork in him, and maybe the SD run game as a whole if last week is any indication. The more San Diego stinks, the happier I am, so keep it up LT!
Marshawn Lynch: That pathetic o-line is going to severely limit his value, and the fact that Buffalo will be playing from behind alot limits it even more. Tread lightly.
Fred Taylor: I love the Pats RBs, but like I just said, don't expect any consistency at all on a week-to-week basis. A putrid fantasy showing this week.
Dwayne Bowe: 1 catch, 11 yards for your WR1. That, folks, is a bust on the week.
Marques Colston: I'm telling you...being matched up against Revis or Nnamdi is trouble. Both of Colston's 2 receptions came when Revis wasn't on him. Scary stuff.
TIES:
Cedric Benson: Didn't exactly boom, but he almost had 100 total yards or something.
Willis Mcgahee: Got the TD, but the yardage was a stinker. Keep in mind Wilfork didn't sit, which I specifically mentioned as a caveat.
Thomas Jones: This guy and his random TDs. He's a horrible back (12 carries for 33 yards without his 15 yard TD), but I guess if he gets opportunities, it is what it is.
LOSSES:
Darren Mcfadden: An injury and an o-line that let him get touched in the backfield every time he had the ball. This is gonna become ugly.
Keenan Burton: Well, apparently Kyle Boller played his best football in week 3.
Joe Flacco: Baltimore is totally comfy letting Flacco pass way more than they run, which is a good thing for his owners.
Matt Cassel: Hooray for 2 garbage time TDs.
Bernard Berrian: Couldn't watch the game, so can't comment on the performance, but this definitely could have been his best week we'll see all season.
14 wins, 3 ties, 5 losses. I'll take it. And starting this week, I'll also do a bye week plugin section with some slightly more obscure names to consider.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Week 4 Booms and Busts
Hectic week last week, but I'm back with my shenanigans.
BOOMS:
Mike Sims-Walker: Tennessee's pass D as a whole has been playing pretty terribly, including the horribly overrated safety duo. Cortland Finnegan is doubtful this week, meaning Nick Harper is likely on Holt, leaving who-knows-who on Sims-Walker. Jacksonville may also be playing from behind at the end of it. I like him as a WR3/flex this week.
Brandon Marshall: I've seen Dallas play their last 2 games, and in each game, the pass D was beatable. It scares me to put a Broncos WR as a boom, but Marshall seems to be getting more confortable with the offense (while my boy Eddie Royal is apparently a 'decoy'.......). Anyways, I think the play-from-behind factor could figure in here too.
Jay Cutler: Detroit's pass D has allowed the 2nd most yards and 10 TDs in 3 games. And now they face a cannon-armed QB. Good luck.
Jerome Harrison: With Jamal Lewis likely out, Harrison makes for a nice flex play, especially for PPR peeps. James Davis hasn't shown squat in the regular season, so he'll probably see at least 20 touches, and even if Cleveland is getting trounced, he can still catch the ball.
San Francisco/Cincy D's: I'm a big fan of streaming D's, and this is why. I'm in 12 leagues, and in all 12, a D like one of these 2 was available. San Fran plays STL, Cincy plays CLE, and that's pretty much all you need to know. I'll play those percentages/matchups any week for my D.
Ladell Betts: Tampa Bay's run D has been awful, and there's a likelihood Portis sits out this week. If he does, Betts will see plenty of touches and numbers. But again, only if Portis sits.
Mewelde Moore: Parker is likely out Sunday Night, so most people are plugging in Mendenhall. I personally think Moore should see double digit touches and all the pass catching situations, making him a good PPR flex. Plus, I think Mendenhall is overrated and a bad runner.
Willis Mcgahee: Vince Wilfork may be sitting out for my Pats, and if he is, the middle will clear up a LOT for Baltimore RBs. It's kind of a crapshoot between Rice and Mcgahee, but McG has been seeing the redzone touches. And I really hope Myron Pryor steps up and proves me wrong since he's played admirably, but it's near impossible to play at a level like Big Vince does.
Ronnie Brown: Miami bringing in Henne should mean they want to bring him in slowly. And that means Ronnie should see plenty of Wildcat and touches.
Steve Slaton: Now is the time, sir Slaton. Oakland's run d is still nothing special, and he's got something to prove. Still waiting for Chris Brown to break himself btw.
Darren Mcfadden: On the flipside, Houston's run D is last in the league in yardage and has allowed the most TDs (8) on the ground. If Tom Cable is smart, he feeds Bush and Mcfadden like they're Gerber Babies.
Cedric Benson: He actually looks like a good runner. Cincy looks like a good team. Wat? Anyways, Cleveland's run D sucks, Cincy will play from ahead, etc.
Keenan Burton: Boller's gotta throw to someone when the Rams are down by 70, and most people will think Avery, which is why I'm mentioning Burton. Laurent Robinson went to IR (#@$^%$), and Burton immediately stepped in and caught 3/37 in about a half when Robinson went down last week. Consider him in deeper leagues.
BUSTS:
Ladainian Tomlinson: He's rusty, plays Pitt's run D, and I think SD realizes they need to involve Sproles more frequently to not bend Old Man LT. A flex play at BEST, simply because he's always a threat for a random goal line scamper, but I think his overall #s will be weak.
Marshawn Lynch: Everyone's ecstatic! Your 5th round draft steal is back! Meh. Miami's rush d has played well, and Fred Jackson will still see a big portion of the carries both now and in the future, especially since Lynch needs to get game-speed acclimated again.
Thomas Jones: He sucks as a runner, and NO's rush d is top 5 in the league. I hate it when crappy running backs get starting spots on teams that make them look good.
Fred Taylor: Since I'm a Pats fan and I do this thing, a few people have asked me if Fred Taylor is the feature back because of last week's great performance. No. NE is still playing matchup to matchup every week, and you need to see this for a few weeks before whiffinf anything about a feature back. Baltimore's rush D is also tops in the NFL.
Dwayne Bowe: He's supposed to play this week, but with a hammy hurting and matched against Corey Webster, I can't expect much.
Joe Flacco: For all the talk of NE's defense before the season, they've actually played quite well. Matt Ryan was shut down thanks to good D and a solid gameplan, and if Wilfork is out like I mentioned, Baltimore has plenty of reason to run the ball a bunch. If you have other decent options, consider them.
Marques Colston: New York loves to challenge WR1s on opposing teams with Revis (a great CB) and help over the top. Brees is totally willing to spread it around, so unless Revis stops shadowing Colston or slips on a play or something, I can't expect much.
Matt Cassel: You really don't want to do this to yourself. NYG's pass rush, etc.
Bernard Berrian: Berrian has averaged less than 2 catches a game against GB the last 3 years. No thanks.
This week in one of the leagues I care about, due to byes and injuries, my starting lineup looks like this: Joe Flacco, Wes Welker (if he plays), Davone Bess, MJD, AARON BROWN (????) (if KSmith doesn't play), Dustin Keller, Eddie Royal. Here's to my starting QB, 2 of my starting WRs and 2 of my RBs on bye. You don't have it bad yet kids. Good luck.
BOOMS:
Mike Sims-Walker: Tennessee's pass D as a whole has been playing pretty terribly, including the horribly overrated safety duo. Cortland Finnegan is doubtful this week, meaning Nick Harper is likely on Holt, leaving who-knows-who on Sims-Walker. Jacksonville may also be playing from behind at the end of it. I like him as a WR3/flex this week.
Brandon Marshall: I've seen Dallas play their last 2 games, and in each game, the pass D was beatable. It scares me to put a Broncos WR as a boom, but Marshall seems to be getting more confortable with the offense (while my boy Eddie Royal is apparently a 'decoy'.......). Anyways, I think the play-from-behind factor could figure in here too.
Jay Cutler: Detroit's pass D has allowed the 2nd most yards and 10 TDs in 3 games. And now they face a cannon-armed QB. Good luck.
Jerome Harrison: With Jamal Lewis likely out, Harrison makes for a nice flex play, especially for PPR peeps. James Davis hasn't shown squat in the regular season, so he'll probably see at least 20 touches, and even if Cleveland is getting trounced, he can still catch the ball.
San Francisco/Cincy D's: I'm a big fan of streaming D's, and this is why. I'm in 12 leagues, and in all 12, a D like one of these 2 was available. San Fran plays STL, Cincy plays CLE, and that's pretty much all you need to know. I'll play those percentages/matchups any week for my D.
Ladell Betts: Tampa Bay's run D has been awful, and there's a likelihood Portis sits out this week. If he does, Betts will see plenty of touches and numbers. But again, only if Portis sits.
Mewelde Moore: Parker is likely out Sunday Night, so most people are plugging in Mendenhall. I personally think Moore should see double digit touches and all the pass catching situations, making him a good PPR flex. Plus, I think Mendenhall is overrated and a bad runner.
Willis Mcgahee: Vince Wilfork may be sitting out for my Pats, and if he is, the middle will clear up a LOT for Baltimore RBs. It's kind of a crapshoot between Rice and Mcgahee, but McG has been seeing the redzone touches. And I really hope Myron Pryor steps up and proves me wrong since he's played admirably, but it's near impossible to play at a level like Big Vince does.
Ronnie Brown: Miami bringing in Henne should mean they want to bring him in slowly. And that means Ronnie should see plenty of Wildcat and touches.
Steve Slaton: Now is the time, sir Slaton. Oakland's run d is still nothing special, and he's got something to prove. Still waiting for Chris Brown to break himself btw.
Darren Mcfadden: On the flipside, Houston's run D is last in the league in yardage and has allowed the most TDs (8) on the ground. If Tom Cable is smart, he feeds Bush and Mcfadden like they're Gerber Babies.
Cedric Benson: He actually looks like a good runner. Cincy looks like a good team. Wat? Anyways, Cleveland's run D sucks, Cincy will play from ahead, etc.
Keenan Burton: Boller's gotta throw to someone when the Rams are down by 70, and most people will think Avery, which is why I'm mentioning Burton. Laurent Robinson went to IR (#@$^%$), and Burton immediately stepped in and caught 3/37 in about a half when Robinson went down last week. Consider him in deeper leagues.
BUSTS:
Ladainian Tomlinson: He's rusty, plays Pitt's run D, and I think SD realizes they need to involve Sproles more frequently to not bend Old Man LT. A flex play at BEST, simply because he's always a threat for a random goal line scamper, but I think his overall #s will be weak.
Marshawn Lynch: Everyone's ecstatic! Your 5th round draft steal is back! Meh. Miami's rush d has played well, and Fred Jackson will still see a big portion of the carries both now and in the future, especially since Lynch needs to get game-speed acclimated again.
Thomas Jones: He sucks as a runner, and NO's rush d is top 5 in the league. I hate it when crappy running backs get starting spots on teams that make them look good.
Fred Taylor: Since I'm a Pats fan and I do this thing, a few people have asked me if Fred Taylor is the feature back because of last week's great performance. No. NE is still playing matchup to matchup every week, and you need to see this for a few weeks before whiffinf anything about a feature back. Baltimore's rush D is also tops in the NFL.
Dwayne Bowe: He's supposed to play this week, but with a hammy hurting and matched against Corey Webster, I can't expect much.
Joe Flacco: For all the talk of NE's defense before the season, they've actually played quite well. Matt Ryan was shut down thanks to good D and a solid gameplan, and if Wilfork is out like I mentioned, Baltimore has plenty of reason to run the ball a bunch. If you have other decent options, consider them.
Marques Colston: New York loves to challenge WR1s on opposing teams with Revis (a great CB) and help over the top. Brees is totally willing to spread it around, so unless Revis stops shadowing Colston or slips on a play or something, I can't expect much.
Matt Cassel: You really don't want to do this to yourself. NYG's pass rush, etc.
Bernard Berrian: Berrian has averaged less than 2 catches a game against GB the last 3 years. No thanks.
This week in one of the leagues I care about, due to byes and injuries, my starting lineup looks like this: Joe Flacco, Wes Welker (if he plays), Davone Bess, MJD, AARON BROWN (????) (if KSmith doesn't play), Dustin Keller, Eddie Royal. Here's to my starting QB, 2 of my starting WRs and 2 of my RBs on bye. You don't have it bad yet kids. Good luck.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Week 2 Booms/Busts Results
At first glance, seems like a really mediocre week, specially when compared with Week 1's stellar picks. Let's take a closer look.
Wins:
Percy Harvin: Scored a TD, caught 5 passes. Pretty solid day for someone who's no better than a flex, and had the best receiving performance of anyone in that game not named Calvin.
Darren Mcfadden: This is a cross between a tie and a win, but as always, I judge performances based off PPR, and he caught a few passes, scored a TD. Rushing #s were totally stale though...the TD kept this from being a bust.
Terrell Owens: He would have had a 100 yard day if he didn't have dropsies. Whoops.
Chris Johnson: Wow. Just wow. 50something in PPR leagues? Hope you won if you started him :P
Laurent Robinson: I say the guy will boom and leave in on the bench for scrubby Davone Bess who barely saw the field. Serves me right. Very solid 17 pts from someone no better than a WR3/flex in deep leagues. At least I had him going in my 20 teamer.
Ronnie Brown: 2nd most TDs he's scored in a game since 2008 started...heyo.
Philly D: Well that was a nice crash back to Earth.
Willie Parker: This just in - he officially stinks.
Julius Jones: I'm aware he scored a TD, but he also had 9 total yards. 9. NINE.
Laveranues Coles: Like Julius, he had a TD, but 9 total yards. Phail.
TIES:
Lee Evans: Scored a good sized TD, but only 1 catch. I'll call 10 points a tie, close to a win.
Larry Johnson: No TDs, but more yardage than I expected. And when did he learn to catch more than 1 pass a game?
Washington D: Likely a tie depending on your league settings...couple sack, fumble reception, and 7 points or something.
LOSSES:
Santana Moss: Campbell constantly looked at Cooley it seems...don't know why, but I guess Moss will just be one of thise inconsistent performers.
Leon Washington: Could have been a tie, but lost a fumble. Shocked the Jets didn't try to get him at least 4-6 screen passes, but they won, so what do I know.
Michael Bush: 9 carries doesn't get you a win. Unless you're Lendale White against Detroit.
Michael Clayton: Much like Santana's situation, the TE got all the looks. He's droppable again if Bryant returns anytime soon.
Brandon Jacobs: He's pretty much totally reliant on TDs to boom since he doesn't catch passes, much like Turner, Lendale, etc. Didn't score a TD, so a loss here.
Zach Miller: Apparently the Chiefs gameplanned specifically to stop him in the passing game. Guess it worked.
Donald Brown: That random TD scamper sealed the deal. More importantly though, I feel like he'll slowly start to see more carries than Addai as the year goes on, so hang onto him if you have him.
Dwayne Bowe: My logic was absolutely sound. The problem was, Nnamdi got taken off the field due to some minor injury for a portion of the game. And of course, the series he came off, Bowe scored a TD against Stanford Routt. Funny how that works.
Anquan Boldin: Caught 8 catches, and since I'm PPR biased, he had a decent week, so a loss here.
Matt Schaub: Annnnd Tennessee's D has taken a step backwards. First Ben, now Schaub putting up gaudy #s. Finnegan and that safety duo overrated?
10 wins, 3 ties, 10 losses. This would have been one of my worse weeks of last year too, so a bounceback is hopefully forthcoming. Hope you all didn't get screwed over by Monday Night like I did...onto week 3!
Wins:
Percy Harvin: Scored a TD, caught 5 passes. Pretty solid day for someone who's no better than a flex, and had the best receiving performance of anyone in that game not named Calvin.
Darren Mcfadden: This is a cross between a tie and a win, but as always, I judge performances based off PPR, and he caught a few passes, scored a TD. Rushing #s were totally stale though...the TD kept this from being a bust.
Terrell Owens: He would have had a 100 yard day if he didn't have dropsies. Whoops.
Chris Johnson: Wow. Just wow. 50something in PPR leagues? Hope you won if you started him :P
Laurent Robinson: I say the guy will boom and leave in on the bench for scrubby Davone Bess who barely saw the field. Serves me right. Very solid 17 pts from someone no better than a WR3/flex in deep leagues. At least I had him going in my 20 teamer.
Ronnie Brown: 2nd most TDs he's scored in a game since 2008 started...heyo.
Philly D: Well that was a nice crash back to Earth.
Willie Parker: This just in - he officially stinks.
Julius Jones: I'm aware he scored a TD, but he also had 9 total yards. 9. NINE.
Laveranues Coles: Like Julius, he had a TD, but 9 total yards. Phail.
TIES:
Lee Evans: Scored a good sized TD, but only 1 catch. I'll call 10 points a tie, close to a win.
Larry Johnson: No TDs, but more yardage than I expected. And when did he learn to catch more than 1 pass a game?
Washington D: Likely a tie depending on your league settings...couple sack, fumble reception, and 7 points or something.
LOSSES:
Santana Moss: Campbell constantly looked at Cooley it seems...don't know why, but I guess Moss will just be one of thise inconsistent performers.
Leon Washington: Could have been a tie, but lost a fumble. Shocked the Jets didn't try to get him at least 4-6 screen passes, but they won, so what do I know.
Michael Bush: 9 carries doesn't get you a win. Unless you're Lendale White against Detroit.
Michael Clayton: Much like Santana's situation, the TE got all the looks. He's droppable again if Bryant returns anytime soon.
Brandon Jacobs: He's pretty much totally reliant on TDs to boom since he doesn't catch passes, much like Turner, Lendale, etc. Didn't score a TD, so a loss here.
Zach Miller: Apparently the Chiefs gameplanned specifically to stop him in the passing game. Guess it worked.
Donald Brown: That random TD scamper sealed the deal. More importantly though, I feel like he'll slowly start to see more carries than Addai as the year goes on, so hang onto him if you have him.
Dwayne Bowe: My logic was absolutely sound. The problem was, Nnamdi got taken off the field due to some minor injury for a portion of the game. And of course, the series he came off, Bowe scored a TD against Stanford Routt. Funny how that works.
Anquan Boldin: Caught 8 catches, and since I'm PPR biased, he had a decent week, so a loss here.
Matt Schaub: Annnnd Tennessee's D has taken a step backwards. First Ben, now Schaub putting up gaudy #s. Finnegan and that safety duo overrated?
10 wins, 3 ties, 10 losses. This would have been one of my worse weeks of last year too, so a bounceback is hopefully forthcoming. Hope you all didn't get screwed over by Monday Night like I did...onto week 3!
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