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Jeff (53)
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Tommy (45)
Ken (42)
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Tj (29)If your league doesn’t use a waiver system, you should be picking up Jets running back Shonn Greene this morning. It looks like Leon Washington will be out the rest of the year with a broken fibula and Greene will now be splitting carries with Thomas Jones. Given the opportunity this weekend against the Raiders, all he did was rush 19 times for 144 yards and two touchdowns…
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Ask the Geeks - Week 7: Game-time edition!
Brandon
Here are the rest of the Ask the Geek questions for the week. As we’re approaching fantasy football’s mid-season, it’s getting more and more important to make the right decisions regarding your starting line-up each week and hopefully we can provide some help (or at least some peace of mind!) Remember, if you have any more line-up questions before game-time, leave them as comments on our posts and we’ll try to answer them all the way up until the games start…after that it’s up to the fantasy football gods. Good luck!
Erin asks…
Is it ok to play 3 players from the same team? (Laurence Maroney RB, Randy Moss WR, Stephen Gostkowski K)
My only available bench is Larry Johnson RB
my RB that I am playing (are) Leon Washington, Donald Brown, Laurence Maroney
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While there is already a ton of web sites out there to get your NFL news, you ca...
Brandon
While there are already a ton of web sites out there to get your NFL news, you can add one more to that list soon, as Bengals outspoken receiver Chad Ochocinco plans to start his own “social news network” on Twitter. Apparently he will use his connections with other players in the NFL to break news faster than the mainstream media currently does it. His slogan:
If I break it, you might as well believe it.
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Brandon
For your reading pleasure, here’s a funny post from Deadspin.com about the death of the workhorse running back. I’ve been thinking about this a lot this season, as we get more and more Ask the Geek questions regarding running backs. The answer to many of these questions has become less and less clear, because you never even know which running back on a single team is going to score more points, never mind across the entire league!
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Ask the Geeks - Week 7: Start Michael Crabtree?
Brandon
Here is our first round of Ask the Geek questions for week seven. Remember, you can ask the geeks here or simply leave your questions as comments on our posts and we’ll try our best to respond to them as soon as possible.
Greg asks…
I have a huge conflict here. I know this should be an easy choice. I have to choose between Sidney Rice & Micheal Crabtree? Rice had a couple great games lately….I would assume they are gonna work Crabtree alot. Who do I start?
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Hits & Misses - Week 7: New England heads to Old England
Brandon
Here are our “Hits” and “Misses” for week seven, listing players you want to make sure are in your lineup, as well as those you might consider shelving for the week (or at least lowering your expectations!) This week I’ve again tried to leave off the most obvious picks, such as Peyton Manning’s dream match-up against the Rams, so that the list only includes players you may have been scratching your head about starting this week. Also, not to get too far off topic, but the Patriots head to London this week to play the Buccaneers, which got me thinking…is the team name “New England Patriots” offensive to the British? I mean, they ARE the nation that we were being patriots against in the first place! Anyways, I guess we’ll let some of our readers from the U.K. comment on that, so let’s get into the hits and misses for the week… (More …)
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Week 7 Defenses to Consider
Brandon
Here’s a quick list of teams that are playing some of the lesser offenses in the league this week and who could be available in your league in case you were looking for a plug-in (with the percent owned in parenthesis):
- New England (88%) @ Tampa Bay (in London!)
- Indianapolis (77%) vs St. Louis
- San Diego (54%) @ Kansas City
- Carolina (48%) vs Buffalo
- Oakland (9%) vs New York Jets
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The Wire - Week 7: Shiancoe on the Move
Brandon
Here are our waiver wire candidates for week seven. As usual, you’ll find players who are either [Startable], a [Stopgap] to get you past a BYE or injury, [Worth a look] and spot on your bench, or [One-week-wonder]s who don’t warrant a roster spot, so you make your roster moves accordingly. You’ll also see the percent owned in parenthesis (and if you see an asterisk by the players name, it means they’re on a BYE this week.)
This week there are again a ton of receivers on the list, with many of them not worth a roster spot at the moment (but you’ll still want to keep an eye on them.) At the other positions though, you can see that the talent is getting pretty thin, so keep that in mind when putting in your waiver claims. We start with one of Brett Favre’s favorite red-zone targets…
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Anyone starting Eddie Royal in a league that awards for kick return yardage and touchdowns? If so, you’re very happy right now, as he has a kick and punt return for a touchdown already in the second quarter!
Update: Just checked my score in the Blogger League and realize that I’m playing against the Denver DEF (including special teams.) I’m now losing by 2 points after going into tonight’s game with a 17 point lead. I need the Chargers to put up some serious points on the Broncos here so that they lose a few points and I can pull off the victory!
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Team of the Week - Week 6: Patriots Lead the Way
Brandon
Starting this week, the Fantasy Football Geek Blog will feature a new regular post called ”Team of the Week,” listing the fantasy football team that would have scored the most points (using pretty standard scoring) for the current week. It’ll be interesting to see if we ever have a reader who has the exact team listed, but the odds of that are probably pretty low. Anyways, here is your Team of the Week for week six…
Pos.
Player
Stats
QB Tom Brady (NE) 380 passing yards, 6 TD RB Maurice Jones-Drew (JAX) 133 rushing yards, 45 receiving yards, 3 TD RB Ray Rice (BAL) 77 rushing yards, 117 receiving yards, 2 TD WR Randy Moss (NE) 129 receiving yards, 3 TD WR Wes Welker (NE) 150 receiving yards, 2 TD WR Marques Colston (NO) 166 receiving yards, 1 TD TE Zach Miller (OAK) 139 receiving yards, 1 TD K Ryan Longwell (MIN) Kicks – 20-29 (2), 30-39 (1), 40-49 (1), PAT (3) DEF Green Bay 0 points allowed, 5 sacks, 3 inteceptions -
Brandon
Even though I featured Tom Brady on my Hit list this week, I’m less than excited about the rainy and windy weather up here in New England. At game-time, there is a 90% chance of rain and winds over 20 mph, so I have to slightly lower my expectations for Mr. Brady and the rest of the Patriots passing game today…maybe you should do the same.
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Ask the Geeks - Week 6: Game-time Edition!
Brandon
Here’s one last round of Ask the Geeks before the games start. If you want any more questions asked before game-time, we recommend posting them as comments on this post, as we’re more likely to respond faster that way. Good luck!
E asks…
Been reading your blogs for weeks now. And it helped me to top the league with 4-1. I have questions that you can probably answer better than anyone else.
1. Should i start manningham over braylon edwards? or the other way around
2. and also should i start Tony Gonzales over Kellen Winslow?
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Ask the Geeks - Week 6: Roster Decisions and Trade Talk
Brandon
With Ask the Geeks questions coming in at a record pace, I was worried that if we didn’t get a post out today we’d be buried this weekend! Remember, you can ask the geeks here or simply leave your questions as comments on our posts and we’ll try our best to respond to them as soon as possible.
Adam asks…
Hey guys – Doing great here so far. I’m 4-1 due in part to your advice. Here’s my dilemma this week (I think it’s a good one to have). Who do I sit? I need to sit one of these flex guys:
Kevin Smith, Vincent Jackson, Tim Hightower, DeSean Jackson, Eddie Royal
Thanks!
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Brandon
Jets’ wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery will miss this weekend’s game with the Bills, so make sure you bench him and put in an alternate. On a side note, this seems like an unfortunate time for an injury for Cotchery, with Braylon Edwards now in town and quickly becoming one of Sanchez’s favorite targets. I’m sure Jerricho wants to get out there as soon as possible so he doesn’t become forgotten/expendable.
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Hits & Misses - Week 6: Brady Back in Business
Brandon
Here are our “Hits” and “Misses” for week six, listing players you want to make sure are in your lineup, as well as those you might consider shelving for the week (or at least lowering your expectations!) Normally I would leave off the most obvious picks, such as Tom Brady against the Titans. However, the Patriots passing game hasn’t lived up to it’s billing so far this year and there are managers who are probably considering benching this week, so I’ve included him as a reminder to get him in your line-ups! Anyways, here we go with the hits and misses for the week… (More …)
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Ask the Geeks: Mendenhall vs Parker
Brandon
Here are the first few Ask the Geek questions for week six. Hopefully you guys continue to dominate your leagues, but if not, all the more reason to get questions in so we can help! Remember, you can ask the geeks here or simply leave them as comments on our posts and we’ll try our best to respond to them as soon as possible.
Matt asks…
Hey guys! I’m leading my league and I want to stay undefeated. I have both Mendenhall and Parker and I don’t know who is going to produce more in my lineup… little help? Also I have Ochocinco, Colston and Brandon Marshall…What two would you keep in your lineup consistently… please help!
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Week 6 Defenses to Consider
Brandon
Here’s a quick list of teams that are playing some of the lesser offenses in the league this week and who could be available in your league in case you were looking for a plug-in (with the percent owned in parenthesis):
- Green Bay (74%) vs Detroit
- New England (59%) vs Tennessee
- Carolina (34%) @ Tampa Bay
- Washington (33%) vs Kansas City
- Jacksonville (21%) vs St. Louis
- Tampa Bay (14%) vs Carolina
- Kansas City (1%) @ Washington
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FFGeekBlog.com moving up the ranks
Brandon
Just wanted to give a brief update on the annual Blogger League that we’re in (and which is hosted by The Hazean.) This past week we played our second game against The Hazean, which seemed a bit strange to me considering there are 12 teams in the league, but was good anyways because we needed to avenge our loss from earlier in the season. We ended up winning thanks to Peyton Manning and the Giants defense (plus the Jets and Chris Cooley putting up goose eggs for his team!) This win was our third in a row after a rough 0-2 start and we’re now in third place. Let’s hope the good luck continues!
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The Wire - Week 6: Week of the Wide Receiver
Brandon
Here are our waiver wire candidates going into week six. As usual, you’ll find players who are either [Startable], a [Stopgap] to get you past a BYE or injury, [Worth a look] and spot on your bench, or [One-week-wonder]s who don’t warrant a roster spot, so you make your roster moves accordingly. You’ll also see the percent owned in parenthesis (and if you see an asterisk by the players name, it means they’re on a BYE this week.) We begin with a whole slew of wide receivers, a few of which racked up some serious stats (Miles Austin, Austin Collie, Jeremy Maclin) this past weekend.
UPDATE: Added Chad Henne to the list (Oct-13) (More …)
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Receivers gone wild!
Brandon
Amazing numbers put up by some wide receivers today, including a bunch of them who managed multiple touchdowns…
- Miles Austin, DAL – 250 yards, 2 TD
- Roddy White, ATL – 210 yards, 2 TD
- Jeremy Maclin, PHI – 142 yards, 2 TD
- Andre Johnson, HOU – 101 yards, 2 TD
- Nate Burleson, SEA – 98 yards, 2 TD
- Austin Collie, IND – 97 yards, 2 TD
- Larry Fitzgerald, ARI – 79 yards, 2 TD
- T.J. Houshmandzadeh, SEA – 77 yards, 2 TD
- Brandon Marshall, DEN – 64 yards, 2 TD
