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With the weather absolutely terrible here in the Northeast, I figured it was a good time to answer some of the Ask the Geeks questions that have come in over the past few days. We’ll most likely get one more post up before game time tomorrow, so if you have any last minute questions, make sure to get them in here or leave them as comments on this post!

Also, make sure to leave your feedback on our commenting system here at FFGeekBlog.com so we can figure out if we need to revise the system or not. Anyways, let’s get to the questions…

Wolf asks…

Who would you put your money on…

Brent Celek @SD
Shockey @StL
Carlson @Ari
Shiancoe @Det

They’ve all been inconsistent.. who hits the mark with a good matchup.

Brandon’s take: Wow, that’s quite a group of tight ends you’ve collected. While they’ve all been inconsistent in terms of fantasy points from week-to-week, Brent Celek and Jeremy Shockey have been pretty consistent in the number of receptions they get each game. It’s just a matter of what they do with those catches. This week I’d go with Shockey for sure though, who is playing a Rams team that gave up big games to Dallas Clark, Shiancoe, Vernon Davis and Carlson already this year.

TJ asks…

Need to pick 2 from Welker, Ochocinco, & Miles Austin…..both Ocho & Austin may have issues this week, which one to drop? Thanks!!!!

Brandon’s take: Wait, wha? You have to drop one of the guys if you don’t play them? Hopefully you just mean bench them, as these are not guys you want to drop. As for who should have the best games this week, I’d go with Welker and Austin. I love Ochocinco this season, but he has a tough match-up against AT Pittsburgh, who did a pretty good job containing him in week three.

Kurt asks…

Should I start Dallas at Green Bay or Arizona at home vs. Seattle? Both are decent match-ups and I really can’t decide.

Brandon’s take: While Dallas is assured to get a few sacks against the Packers, they’re also likely to let up a bunch of points. Go with the Cardinals against a beat up Matt Hasselbeck and the non-existent Seahawks running game.

Jake asks…

2 WR, 2RB and one flex. I already chose my 2 starting WR so the question is, which 2 RBs to start and should I start Roy Williams as my flex or any other RB?

This is who I have:
RB:
J. Jones
C. Buckhalter
L. Maroney
R. Bush
Beanie Wells

WR:
Roy Williams
Andre Johnson (bye)

Brandon’s take: This week I like Reggie Bush (who has a great match-up with the Rams) and Laurence Maroney, who may not rack up tons of yards against the Colts, but he has a good chance to find the endzone (which he has done in three weeks straight now.) Keep Roy Williams in there at the flex position and hope he has at least as good a game as last week.

Tom asks…

This is my team (12 team league)

QB Tom Brady, Brett Favre
RB Chris Johnson, Ray Rice, Kevin Smith, Justin Fargas
WR DeSean Jackson, Chad Ochocinco, Donald Driver, TJ Houshmandzadeh, Devery Henderson, Malcom Floyd
TE Brandon Pettigrew
K Steven Hauschka
DEF Pittsburgh

We start 1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 1TE, 1W/R, 1K & 1DEF

Possible upgrades
One team has
TE Brett Celek, Jason Witten
WR Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson & Laveranues Coles
RB Marshawn Lynch, Derrick Ward, Shonn Greene, Jamal Lewis, Michael Bush, Ladell Betts and Larry Johnson.
Do you see any options for me to trade for Fitzgerald and/or a TE? (He is obviously weak at RB.)

The 2nd team is stacked at RB, weak at WR.
RB Michael Turner, Steven Jackson, Tim Hightower, Marion Barber, Julius Jones & Fred Jackson
WR Braylon Edwards, Michael Turner & Ted Ginn Jr.
If I can trade with him for an upgrade at RB, I may have someone to include in a trade with the 3rd team.

The 3rd team (weak at RB) has
TE Dallas Clark, Heath Miller
WR Miles Austin, Brandon Marshall, Jeremy Maclin, Pierre Garcon & Lee Evans
RB Darren McFadden, Beanie Wells, Clinton Portis & Brandon Jacobs (bye)

My logic at this point is that since the byes are all but over, who needs 2 TE’s?
My priority order for TE’s would be Clark, Celek, Witten & H Miller. How can I get any of them cheep?
Also, I would love to somehow upgrade at WR and snag Fitz or Austin.

Anyone on my team is tradable, however I really don’t want to trade C Johnson or Ray Rice.

What do you think?

Brandon’s take: First of all, I doubt either of the teams with Miles Austin or Larry Fitzgerald are going to give up their start receivers, as both are pretty shallow in depth at the position. Maybe you could bundle DeSean Jackson and Donald Driver for one of them and a good tight end though. You have a lot of depth at WR, which is what those teams seem to lack. Use that as your bargaining point, giving up a couple receivers for an upgrade at both the TE and WR positions. Hopefully this helps! (By the way, you have Michael Turner listed as a wide receiver for the second team, so I’m not sure who you meant to have there.)