If that is not a proper translation, you can blame www.freetranslation.com. Anyways, yours truly will now be blogging live from Puerto Rico for the next two months. I am away on business, but don't worry, I'll still be able to post on a regular basis. They even have all the major American network stations down here, so I can watch the games as well (except I probably won't be able to see my Patriots play ). So when I'm not lounging on the beach with a glass of rum in my hand, I'll continue to provide up-to-date fantasy football analysis from a country that doesn't even play the sport...just for you!

Brandon's on his way to Puerto Rico for a work thing, so I'm going to handle this multi-question question:

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Alexander (sprained left wrist) might not get as many touches as he usually would, and the Seahawks most likely won't run any of the new plays they're been working on to pass him the ball instead of fullback Mack Strong, but he's still a better start than any other RB on your team. Here's what coach Holmgren says about it:

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Matt's response: I'm pretty much just posting this question because it baffles me. I can only assume that you're thinking San Diego's defense is something spectacular (having proved that against mighty Rex Grossman), or that the Patriots are going to be crippled now that they can't steal plays any more. Dude. Moss had a monster game last week. You don't bench guys after games like that. And Reggie Brown had a whopping 17 yards. Sure I expect bigger things out of Brown, and no I don't expect Moss to match that performance every week, if ever, but obviously you're overthinking this. Start the hot player.

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After stomping the New York Jets at home last week, you would think that the talk around the NFL would be how the Patriots are clearly the Superbowl favorites this season. Apparently though, due to a little on-field espionage incident, everyone is focused on how bad of cheaters the Patriots and coach Bill Belichick are. Not that they shouldn't be focused on it, but it takes away from a matchup that should be billed with as high a regard as last week's Indy/New Orleans game was supposed to be. That's alright...the players won't care who's videotaping who once they're on the field and we should be in store for a good one at Gillette this weekend.

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Welcome to the first edition of yet another weekly feature (see what we're up to here? Hey, on a completely unrelated note, did you know it's free to subscribe and have our genius bequeathed unto you automagically via RSS or e-mail?). These are the guys who you probably consider to be start-worthy, but I'm telling you that it might be worth taking a look at your bench and seeing if you have another guy you can plug in instead. Essentially, I'm here to introduce doubt and anxiety into your life. You're welcome.

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Brandon's take: For week 2, you're going to want to start Tony Romo. Although you probably can't expect another 5 touchdown, 300+ yard performance from him again, he should put up solid numbers against a Miami team that was beaten by Jason Campbell last week. McNabb would usually have been the pick here, but given his 184 yard performance against Green Bay last week, it's hard to recommend him until he has at least one solid game under his belt.

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It appears that Chad Pennington is taking a seat for the team's next game against the Baltimore Ravens and I can't say I blame him. First of all, he just got abused by the Patriots and was boo'ed by the home crowd when he tried to hobble off the field to save the team from using a time out (usually considered a noble thing to do, but apparently not to the New York fans). His ankle is no doubt still hurting from how painful it appeared on Sunday. Secondly, his next game is against the Baltimore Ravens. I'm pretty sure the last thing he wants is Ray Lewis ripping his head off as he tries to limp out of the way. He'll gladly "pass the torch" for this game to the young Clemens. Nothing bad can really come out of this for Pennington, as Clemens will be made to look like crap against Baltimore, Pennington will be able to heal, and the fans will want a QB that can lead them to victory the week afterwards when the Jets play an easier Miami defense (can you say "Pennington to the rescue!").

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ScreamingSports is a relatively new web site for sports fans and fantasy sports players in particular, which I actually am only aware of because their banner started appearing on this blog today (our advertising is all context-sensitive and managed by Google's algorithms; we never know what'll show up there and are often amused by what does). According to TechCrunch, this is the niche they're aiming to fill:

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Every week, I'll be letting you know which borderline players I think have dropped so far in value that they are no longer relevant in the world of fantasy football and seem unlikely to become worthy of a roster spot again this season. As we've only got one week of information to go on so far, there aren't many guys who fit into that category yet, but there are a few...

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