Here are our responses to the first couple of questions for the week. Remember, you can always ask us questions by clicking the Ask the Geeks logo on the left sidebar (or this link).

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 If your team needs some help and you're looking to make a trade to bolster a position, here's a list of players to look for and work into those deals this week. Players listed under Sell High are overvalued - meaning that I think they're performing at a level they won't be able to maintain throughout the season, and thus are ripe to be traded away while their value is still high. Those listed under Buy Low are the ones to look for on other peoples' teams - hopefully their owners are discouraged by their poor performance thus far, and will trade them away for a song.

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In case you hadn't heard, Cleveland Browns tight end Kellen Winslow has been suspended for one game after making critical comments towards the team regarding how they handled his injury/illness two weeks ago. For those of you who took Winslow in the draft (I did in multiple leagues!) hoping he could repeat his stats from last year, you've been rewarded with nothing but headaches so far...and I don't expect it to get a whole lot better anytime soon. The offense has dropped off dramatically since last season and it seems the team is reaching the end of the rope with Winslow as he was apparently on the trading block before the deadline, but they couldn't get enough in return to warrant a trade. While I can't recommend dropping Winslow from your squad (he's got too much talent...and maybe Brady Quinn will take a liking to him if/when he gets to start), I CAN sympathize with you and pray that he can get back on track come fantasy football playoffs time!

Here's a look at the players to target on your league's waiver wire this week. This list is ordered by the percentage of ESPN leagues in which the player is available; even if you're not a ESPN user, it's a decent indication of how likely you are to find the player on waivers in your league. We also note here how strongly we feel about this pickup with three categories: Instant Starter, Grab 'n' Stash, or Desperation Pickup.

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After staying up late to watch my favorite baseball team lose to the Tampa Bay Rays (!) last night, I'm not sure I'll be able to handle staying up for what will most likely be a disaster of a game tonight when the Fantasy Football Librarian's boys from Denver come into Gillette Stadium to take on the Patriots...but I'll give it a shot. The good news is that even though the Sox are done and the Pats chances tonight are not all that promising, the fantasy football gods seemed to shine down on me this week and I should pull off some solid victories in most of my leagues (although the fact that Jay Cutler and Brandon Marshall having huge games against New England would help many of my teams causes quite the personal conflict!), including a potential victory in which I idiotically started Larry Fitzgerald on a bye. Anyways, enough of my rambling about New England sports and my fantasy teams, let's get to the action from the weekend that caused my good fortunes, including a few running backs gone wild!

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In a bind? This column is for those of you who, due to injuries or other circumstances, find yourselves with a gaping hole at QB, RB or WR and need a stop-gap player to plug in for one week.

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So it looks like the FFGeekBlog cover curse lives on as Matt Cassel and the Patriots receivers managed to fall flat on their face last weekend against the Chargers. I'm not sure what it is that causes every player I mention in the headline to go out of their way to play terribly, but we're switching it up a bit in hopes that it doesn't continue. You'll notice that the post has been renamed Hits/Misses, instead of Studs/Duds (maybe it was the use of the word "stud" or something), so we'll continue using this new name and hope that my luck can change.

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• Using fantasy football to teach algebra makes this guy the world's coolest math teacher.
• Is there such a thing as too much love for Matt Schaub?
• Yikes. I'm glad the people who Ask the Geeks usually don't give us this much abuse.
• Joseph Addai owners still don't have an answer to the question: How long will he be sidelined with his bum hammy?
• Greg Jennings, the anti-T.O.?

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Earlier this week I wrote that it appeared that Colts running back Joseph Addai's hamstring injury wasn't as bad as originally expected (hopefully you still picked up Dominic Rhodes though!)...it turns out I was misinformed. Addai is now expected to miss two to four weeks (I'd lean towards the latter) with a partially torn hamstring. If you haven't picked up Dominic Rhodes and he's still available for some reason, I suggest you grab him immediatly. Backup Mike Hart was also injured in the last game (he's out for the season), so the Colts will be relying on unknowns Clifton Dawson and Chad Simpson to spell Rhodes, meaning that Dominic should get the majority of the carries this Sunday against the Green Bay Packers.