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Brandon’s take: Wow, when you’re blog starts getting asked for fantasy advice from famous dead presidents, you know you’ve made it! However, we’re pretty sure we know this reader…and although he might grow a shaggy beard from time to time, he’s no Honest Abe. Anyways, with regards to the question, I’m going to recommend that you stay with the hot hand…which is Kurt Warner at this point. All three defenses that those quarterbacks are playing are middle of the road pass defenses, but I think Warner is playing at the highest level right now. Kitna is coming off a 3 INT performance against the Giants and I just don’t have enough faith in Garrard as a passer yet. As long as Warner is healthy, I’d keep him in there through the playoffs, as the rest of his schedule is fairly weak (SF, CLE, SEA, NOR, ATL, STL) and he’s got the dynamic receiving duo in Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin.

Brandon’s take: I’m not exactly sure what happened with Kevin Jones this season. It seemed that he was on track to have a good season after coming back from his injury, but the past two weeks he’s been terrible. As you said, the schedule doesn’t get any easier for him either…playing tough games against GB, MIN, DAL and SD. To be honest, I dropped Jones in one of my leagues really early in the season, and while I may have regretted it in weeks 7 and 8, over all I haven’t really missed him. If you can get a decent running back off waivers or free agency, someone like Selvin Young or Ryan Grant, you might take the chance and hope for better production.

Brandon’s take: I guess I would go with Ron Dayne in this situtaion. Dayne has played fairly well the past two weeks and is used a bit in the passing game. Fred Taylor will get his carries, but he’ll never get them near the goal line and he is rarely used in the passing game. Selvin Young is another to consider here, as the Chicago run defense is pretty bad, but I think Andre Hall could steal some of his carries, making him a little less desirable than Dayne.

Brandon’s take: Oh man, not the Cape Cod Canal Kid Scott Blanchard, I hear he’s the worst! Hopefully it doesn’t come back to bite me, but I like Kurt Warner this weekend against the 49er’s and I’ve been recommending him to a lot of people. I can’t say the same for Bulger, who will be playing a tough Seahawks defense this week that has only allowed five passing touchdowns all year.

Brandon’s take: I’m going to recommend going with the new guy, Kolby Smith, for this one. Chris Henry has been great since coming off his suspension, but he’s playing the Titans this week, so I expect to see a dip in his production. Kolby is playing a pretty weak Oakland rush defense and should do pretty well I think.