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Brandon
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Matt
Wow, Pittsburgh – what happened? I guess I was a little off about Roethlisberger – which is just frigging great because I started him over McNabb against Brandon.
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e-roc
Ouch. I had a feeling the Brownies were going to pull it off… I mean, Pitt has been losing to losers for 3 weeks straight!
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Brandon
I started Mike Wallace in our other league, but luckily I didn’t really have anyone of McNabb’s caliber as my alternative (Devin Hester or Devin Thomas.)
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e-rocq
How do you guys feel about Davone Bess in a PPR league? Since Ronnie Brown has been out, MIA has been throwing a bit more (wtf Chad Henne?)… Additionally, IMO now that Devin Thomas is out of the dog house (+report w/Campbell), he’s got boom written all over him this weekend…
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Fantasy Outlook: Steelers @ Browns
Matt
It’s tempting to give the Browns a better shot to win this one that they probably deserve. After all, the Steelers are on a four-game slide that includes baffling losses to the Chiefs and Raiders, and they’ll be without two team captains (Troy Polamalu and Hines Ward). When you look at the game from the Browns’ perspective, your season’s effectively over, but at least you can spoil the playoff hopes of your long-time rival. They’ll show up to play (unlike most weeks).
Still, it’s the frigging Browns. My money’s on Pittsburgh.
From a fantasy perspective, Cleveland is generally a statistical bonanza for opposing players. They give up the second-most points to fantasy RBs and the tenth-most to QBs. Tight ends do particularly well against them (6th-most points) while they’re in the top half of the league in terms of defending against wide receivers. Heath Miller is a must-start, especially with Ward on the bench. Ben Roethlisberger is just a step below the elite QBs this week – I’d consider him a top-5 or -6 QB. Santonio Holmes had 104 yards against the Browns in week 6, and with Ward out he’ll likely be targeted more, so he’s an excellent start unless the weather limits the Steelers’ ability to go vertical. Rashard Mendenhall‘s ankle should be fine, and given the weather, he’ll get a ton of touches against that awful rush defense. He’s easily a top-10 back this week.
The Steelers, on the other hand, remain a tough fantasy opponent, though less so in recent weeks. They’re second only to the Vikings at stopping the run, so don’t expect much from Jerome Harrison (just hope he doesn’t get hurt – the Browns have KC and OAK coming up on the schedule). I have zero faith in Brady Quinn on a sunny 70-degree day, so I wouldn’t start him in the snow if you held a gun to my head. Same for any of the Browns receivers – if you’re thinking about starting any of them, how the hell did you make your league’s playoffs? Evan Moore could be a sneaky TE play if you’re desperate, given that Quinn will probably be going to his check-down option quite a bit.
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Tommy
Brandon or Matt, I need your help ASAP!!!!!
For my RBs, pick 4 to start (3 RB spots, one W/R)
1) MJD
2) Jamaal Charles
3) Quinton Ganther
4) Chris Brown
5) Jerome Harrison
6) Ahmad BradshawFor my WRs, pick my WR2 and WR3 spots…
1) Nate Burleson
2) Devin Thomas
3) Chris Chambers
4) Sammie StrougherThanks so much!
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Tommy
Oh, also: I have GB defense and Jay Cutler. Should I pickup another D or QB (available DEF: Miami, Oakland, KC, NYG; QB: Chris Redman, Matt Moore, Daunte Culpepper, Kellen Clemens)
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e-roc
IMO (I’m just a commenter):
RBs – MJD, Charles, Ganther
WRs – Thomas, ChambersBradshaw is a close 3rd… Good luck Tommy.
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Tommy
Thanks. I’m sticking with Burleson over Chambers, though. And there’s one more spot to be filled out of those RBs. You think it should be Bradshaw?
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Matt
Sorry Tommy, was still driving home when your comment came in… my normal 25-minute commute took nearly two hours tonight.
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Tommy
It’s no problem, I wasn’t going to start Harrison anyway. Minus Harrison, can you give me an answer to my question? Thanks a lot!
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Matt
The RB choice is pretty clear – the first three you have listed are a tier or two above the other three. For WR, Burleson’s a solid WR2 against Houston. Devin Thomas is pretty exciting right now and I’d definitely say he’s worth a shot as a WR3.
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Tommy
Thanks!
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Tommy
And my WR1 is Vincent Jackson. Think he’ll have a good week?
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Jason Picklesimer
This week I’m looking at Colston, Fitzgereld at WRs, and McCoy, Maroney at RBs, with Meachem at flex. I have Celek at TE over Shockey. Bench is J. Stewart, Holmes, Steve Smith(NYG), I have the Jets D against Tampa, I benched Saints D over Atlanta, What do you guys think, right moves?
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Tommy
I think Holmes is going to have a big week this week. Hines is put and Browns pass defense isn’t very good. I’d put him in over Meachem.
Help me out on mine above!
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Tommy
Hines is out**
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Jason Picklesimer
I have to pick up a back up quarterback for playoffs. I have Manning as my starter. Would Vince Young or Alex Smith or Jason Campbell, for rest of season? thanks
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Tommy
Vince Young has been great.
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Brandon
Alex Smith. The other guys are too risky, especially given Vince Young’s recent injury troubles at practice.
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PM
Mendenhall and Peterson are my two running backs so that makes good news for me.
Can decide on QB though:
Farve, Rivers or McNabb?
I need to start two so I was thinking Rivers and Farve but as an Eagles fan I have faith that McNabb with destroy the struggling Giants. Opinions?-
Brandon
It’ll probably end up that they all put up decent points, but I’m leaning towards McNabb and Rivers. The Bengals defense has been pretty good and I’m a bit worried about how Favre will fare against them.
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beepdude
Who would you guys start this week out of Matt Forte (GB), Marshawn Lynch (KC), Terrell Owens (KC), or Ryan Moats (SEA) ? I made the playoffs this year after finishing dead last in my league last year. Thanks for the advice
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Brandon
Terrell Owens. The only other starter out of that group is Matt Forte and he has a bad match-up this week with Green Bay in town.
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PM
Holy crap, can you believe the Browns victory?
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Hits & Misses - Week 14: Win or Go Home!
Brandon
Here are our “Hits” and “Misses” for the upcoming games, 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!) In most leagues out there this is the first week of the playoffs, so you absolutely need to win if you want to continue your journey towards that league championship. Hopefully a few of these hit and miss suggestions will help you make those tough roster decisions and if they don’t, please feel free to leave a comment with your specific situation. Good luck!
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Lindsay
So I was able to land myself in 3rd place in a 10 team league so I am in the playoffs, but without a bye this week. My RB position is seriously sad and getting worse each week it seems, so I need some help.
My roster right now looks like thisQB Romo, Orton
WR Colston, Smith(nyg), Meacham, Collie, Avery, Bess Floyd
RB R. Williams, Forte, Ganther
DEF JetsI am thinking Romo at QB…Colston, Smith, and Meacham for WRs and maybe Williams and Ganther for my 2 RBs…I need a flex play…last wk I played Avery over Bess which wasn’t so great, but who could predict that. I am thinking Avery again this week. Please let me know what you think of my lineup and who I should switch out if any!! Thx for all your help!!!
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Lindsay
Oh, I also have Evans, who I normally wouldn’t consider but he does have a good matchup in KC this week…
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Brandon
Go with your gut…Romo, Colston, Smith, Meachem, Williams, Ganther, Jets and Avery.
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Trevor
so i have to pick 2 RB and 1 RB/WR :
Forte, F. Jackson, Forsett, Wells, A. Byrant, S. Morris, Buckhalter???
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Brandon
I’m not high on him this week, but I guess you’ll want to throw Matt Forte in there, along with Fred Jackson and Correll Buckhalter (and hope he has another week like last week.)
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Brandon Walsh
2 of these 4 RBs: Pierre Thomas, Marion Barber, Jonathan Stewart, Laurence Maroney
1 of these 2 TEs: Greg Olsen, Tony Gonzalez-
Brandon
Go with the PT Cruiser and Maroney. At tight end, go with Gonzo.
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Coach Mike
Lost both Ronnie Brown and Slaton to IR so my (pathetic) RB choices are (need two):
Forsett, Ganther, Beanie Wells, Chris Brown, Cadillac Williams,Help please….and wish me luck. Thanks
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Brandon
Quinton Ganther and Chris Brown are probably your best bets…good luck!
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Ron
Please help w/ Turner likely out – need 2 from J Stew, Bell, Snelling, Buckholter. Norwood. Also pains me but I need to bench one from Calvin, Meachem and Marshall…Thanks
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Brandon
At receiver, that’s a pretty tough decision, but I guess I’d bench Brandon Marshall against a solid Colts defense. In terms of your running backs, Correll Buckhalter and Jonathan Stewart are probably your best bets. Just hope that Stewart gets a touchdown and Buckhalter can take a few screen passes for solid yardage.
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Not Barry Sanders
yo B…my RB sitch is a mess…started Mendenhall – lost Portis, Westbrook AND now Slaton…so I need to choose 2 + a pick a flex (I may use a WR for flex but not sure) from this mess…Moats, Buckholter, Snelling, Felix Jones, Cartwright, Lynch & Fargas. Last week I used Correl vs KC and he cam up big – Lynch has same matchup and similar situation…Thanks for your help
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Brandon
Wowsers that is a motley crew you have there. Depending on your receivers, you probably want one of them in the flex spot. If they’re not any good though, your top three running backs this week are probably Fargas, Buckhalter and Felix Jones (high risk, high reward.)
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Ken
I have Reggie Wayne, Vincent Jackson and Randy Moss for my WR. (4 team league)
I’m considering benching Wayne and Jackson for Sidney Rice and Robert Meachem. Any thoughts on this decision?
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Brandon
Tough one there, as all of them are pretty solid options. It’s hard to bench Meachem while he’s so hot right now, so I’d probably plug him in for Vincent Jackson. As for Moss and Wayne, I think you have to keep them in over Sidney Rice just because of their potential.
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Adam
It’s fairly clear that you don’t know what you’re talkin’ about.
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Matt
An excellent, well-reasoned argument.
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Quinton Ganther to start for Redskins
Brandon
Looks like Quinton Ganther will get first crack at a bad Raiders run defense on Sunday, with Rock Cartwright being demoted to backup status. At this point Ganther makes a decent flex play and possibly RB2 if you’re really struggling, but I’m a little worried that it will end up being a time-share in the Washington backfield when push comes to shove.
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Kenny Powers
Brandon, Matt, anyone…! I need your help! I somehow managed to make the playoffs in my league and I need some sit/start advice for quarterfinals! If you would be so kind as to choose 1QB, 2WR, 2RB, a flex and a defense from the following I will greatly be indebted to you! Also, is Dwayne Bowe worth keeping for week 15 against the Browns?
[Alex Smith, Campbell, Young, Fitzpatrick, Henne]
[Miles Austin, Carolina Smith, Maclin, Chambers]
[MJD, McCoy, Ganther, KSmith, Norwood, Moats]
[Philadelphia, Green Bay, Miami, Oakland, Washington]You guys are the hidden gem of fantasy football news and advice! Maybe an iphone app launch in the future?
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Matt
Have to make this quick – hopefully Brandon can get to your lineup questions but on your two other ?’s…
- On Bowe – I think he’s going to be worth a start as a WR2 in week 15, though I’ll hold off on saying so for sure until we see him in practice next week.
- iPhone: Just go to ffgeekblog.com on your iPhone; we have a mobile theme so the site looks pretty much like a native app.
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Brandon
QB – Alex Smith
WR – Miles Austin, Steve Smith (CAR)
RB – Maurice Jones-Drew, Qunton Ganther (roll the dice!)
DEF – Green Bay (Cutler will most likely throw a few interceptions)-
Brandon
and Jeremy Maclin as your flex.
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Anthony
Thanks for getting me into the playoffs!
Here’s my team:Philip Rivers
Mike Sims-Walker
MJD
Robert MeachemI need need one more (flex) player from the following.
Chris Brown, Cadillac Williams, Laurence Maroney, Devin Hester, Chester Taylor Devin Thomas, Quinton Ganther-
Brandon
It’s tough to not start Quinton Ganther against the Raiders, but I’d go with Laurence Maroney here, who should get plenty of chances against a Panthers defense that is pretty bad against the run.
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DFonz
Hey there Brandon good luck this week. I’m trying to figure out if I should start
Peyton Manning or Ben Roethlisberger
Santonio Holmes or Kenny BrittPlease help. Thanx.
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Brandon
I wouldn’t put all your eggs in the Steelers basket…especially with the game being tonight (so you’ll have to live with three days of regret if they end up sucking.) Go with Manning (in possibly his last meaningful game of the regular season) and Santonio Holmes.
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Lax
Hey guys. So i have two questions for you this week. 1) Jermichael Finley or Greg Olsen and 2) Vincent Jackson or Robert Meachem
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Brandon
Finley and Meachem. Who are the other receivers that you’re playing in order to bench V-Jax?
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Lax
Welker and Moss
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Rob
should i go with the saints D or the steelers D this week?????
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Brandon
Are those your only options? None of the guys off my Defenses to Consider list? If they are your only choices, I guess you should go with the Steelers and hope they can step their game up tonight.
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Rob
yeah those are my only options…i have other guys on my bench i need to keep….im thinking the steelers will benefit from the weather
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DFonz
I appreciate the help Brandon. I ended up getting just a little over 9 points from Santonio Holems. Got another question for this week end whats your opinion on these 2
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Brandon
Looks like we made the right call with benching Big Ben and starting Holmes (although it would have been nice if he got a touchdown.) I started Mike Wallace in one of my leagues…FAIL.
As for Britt or Marshall, definitely go with Marshall. I don’t trust Vince Young and Kenny Britt enough yet and Young is having some injury issues in practice this week. Marshall is legit…get him in your line-up.
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Casey
Hey guys I have gore and ap but just picked up ganther bc of gores tough matchup and due to the fact that the 49ers are starting to pass the ball more. Should I bench gore and go with ganther on this one?
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Brandon
I’d like to tell you to go out on the limb with Ganther, but without any real track record at all, it’s tough to bench a seasoned veteran who is the unquestioned starter on his team. Stick with Gore and hope the bad Cardinals run defense is out there tomorrow (weeks 8, 10, 12) and not the awesome defense (weeks 2, 6, 9, 13.)
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James
Brandon,
Looking for a little help decoiding on my last flex position. Here is my WRand RB line up:
Andre Johnson
Reggie Wayne
Wes Welker
Ray Rice
Joseph AddaiAnd with my last spot I am trying to decide between Robert Meachem or Quinton Ganther. Meachem is hot but Brees has so many options, he could easily be overlooked. Ganther is a question mark but his matchup is great and should get at least 15 touches.
Thoughts?
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Brandon
You have to stick with Meachem. He’s been a touchdown machine for over a month now and there is no reason why the fun has to stop if he’s one of Brees’ favorite targets in the redzone. Ganther is still a question mark as to how effective he’ll actually be.
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Tony
Brandon and/or Matt,
Terribly hard decision on final running back spot: Forte, Ganther, K. Smith, or Forsett?
Thoughs?
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Brandon
Roll the dice with Ganther!
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Tony
Will do – thank you sir
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DFonz
Whats you take on these two?
Oak – Quinton Ganther vs Oakland or
NE – Lawrance Maroney vs Carolinaboth have good match up’s thats why I’m biting my nails. By the way good luck in you play offs.
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Brandon
Go with Maroney, he’s more of a sure thing. Ganther is a wild card at this point.
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DFonz
Thanks Brandon, I was leaning towards Maroney. I just needed a little push, again good luck.
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henry
Im starting Colston and Fitzgerald at wr and Rice (already played mendenhal) at rb. should i play ganther or austin at my flex? or should i play austin for colston?
thanks!
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Brandon
Sorry we didn’t get to this one Henry, but hopefully you ended up winning!
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Andy
I’m in a pickle, I have Addai and I know that he may get rested so I picked up Ganther yesterday. Which one should I start. Ganther is actually projected to have a better week but I’m concerned about him not getting many touches and Addai is always very reliable and consistent but I don’t want to play him if he’s only going to play one half of football.
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Brandon
I’d stick with Quinton Ganther. Who knows how much action Addai will see. Usually he would be able to rack up yardage once the team has built up a lead through the passing game, but that might be the exact time that the starters head to the bench. Ganther will be in there all day long.
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Need RB help.
Starting LT versus the Bengals.
Need to choose b/w
Beanie Wells at Det.
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Brandon
Go with Maroney against the worst run defense in the league.
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As luck would have it...
Matt
Brandon and I are matched up in the first round of the playoffs in both of our big leagues. Of course this would happen. Sorry BMarshall2, but it’s kill time. Matchup screenshots are after the jump (though we both have some lineup decisions to make… I’ve noted mine). May the best geek win.
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Brandon
Ur goin down sucka!
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Brandon
By the way, in the League of Champions, my only possible alternate is Kenny Britt. In the Keeper League, I just replaced Devin Hester with Mike Wallace, who should start if Hines Ward is out. But either way, those rosters are pretty much what I’m going with, so we’ll see if it’s enough!
Matt
Mostly out of curiosity, I took it upon myself tonight to put together a table combining two sets of data: Average performance of every NFL quarterback over the past three weeks (to see who’s playing at a high level as we enter the playoffs), along with the strength of schedule info for each QB (from FFToday). You can see it here. I’ll do the same for RB, WR and TE later in the week.
Blogger League Update: 31% Chance to Make Playoffs
Brandon
With the final week of the regular season approaching in The Hazean’s Blogger League and after a two game winning streak, FFGeekBlog.com is still in the running for a playoff spot…but it’s not looking all that good. If you look at the League homepage below you’ll notice that FleaFlicker gives us a 31% chance to make the playoffs (and a 0% chance to earn a first round bye. 
) This is a pretty cool feature and something that I haven’t seen any other site provide up to this point. How they calculate the odds is a small mystery to me though and is assuredly not based the players each team has in their line-up. In general I’ve been pretty impressed with FleaFlicker this year and while the UI still doesn’t have the flashy appeal of Yahoo! and other bigger sites, I hope that at least the Blogger League continues using the site in the future. Anyways, wish us luck as we try to clinch a spot and show the fantasy football blogging world that FFGeekBlog is the real deal!
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Brandon-
What is your opinion on the “Meachem Play”? CBS Sports did not give me credit for his second TD since they said he was a part of NO defense when he recovered the ball. What??? He started the play as an offensive player and ended as one. As a result I lost this week by three points! Had they scored his TD I would have won. I think they points were mine and should not have been given to NO DST.
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Brandon
Yeah, I’ve heard this complaint in previous years and it’s just a matter of how your league is set up. As soon as the Saints lost the ball, CBS Sports considers them a defensive unit (since they’re trying to stop the other team from scoring on the interception return) and therefor even when Meachem gets it back, it’s just like an interception for a touchdown. I’m not sure if there are leagues where you can change the scoring to handle this situation a bit more to your liking, but it’s worth looking for next year possibly.
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Brandon
One way you can handle it is to award points for individual return touchdowns (either on special teams or defense.) This way Meachem would have gotten you the six points for a defensive touchdown still.
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Week 14 Defenses to Consider
Brandon
Here’s a quick list of teams that are playing the worst offenses in the league this week and could be available in your league in case you were looking for a plug-in. We’ve included the percent owned in parenthesis, as well as highlighted our favorites in green:
- Pittsburgh (99%) @ Cleveland
- Baltimore (98%) vs Detroit
- Green Bay (94%) @ Chicago
- New England (83%) vs Carolina
- New York Jets (78%) @ Tampa Bay
- Tennessee (49%) vs St. Louis
- Buffalo (46%) @ Kansas City
- Washington (12%) @ Oakland
- Oakland (5%) vs Washington
- Kansas City (3%) vs Buffalo
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e-roc
Trying to double-down on my Tennessee exposure… since the Chargers are a shell of themselves…
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Brandon
Yeah I’m high on Tennessee this week. With them playing the Colts last week, there’s a good chance that they were dropped in a ton of leagues as well.
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The Wire - Week 14: Who's Starting Vince Young in the Playoffs?
Brandon
Here are our waiver wire candidates for week fourteen. 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. This week we start off with a few quarterbacks who’s play has improved dramatically over the next few weeks. Early in the season, did you ever imagine starting Alex Smith or Vince Young (or Bruce Gradkowski?) in the playoffs? Me neither.
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e-roc
*whew* Limped into the playoffs with 3 straight L’s but still managed to secure a Bye week.
My QB situation has been a crap shoot because I own McNabb, VY, and Alex Smith. Who do I start this week? Purely based on match-ups, I want to start VY…
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s 2 da a L
I was 7-2 and tied for first – 4 straight losses has made me the 5th seed.. guys are just not performing :/
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Brandon
Hard to sit McNabb against a Giants defense that just got lit up by Tony Romo. Plus, if you actually look at the last few games the Rams of played, they haven’t been all that bad against the pass (shut down Hasselbeck and Cutler.) Stick with McNabb.
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e-roc
I’ll stick with McNabb… My team has under-performed for 3 straight weeks. Not looking good…
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Mark
Best week 14 flex play?
Sidney Rice vs CIN
Joseph Addai vs. DEN
Jamaal Charles vs BUF-
Tommy
Jamaal Charles, definitely.
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Brandon
I agree with Tommy here, go with Jamaal Charles. The Bills are the worst team in the league at stopping the run.
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TJ
Hey Guys – First off, thanks for helping me win my division, you guys are the best.
Wanted to know your thoughts on my playoff roster:
- At RB I have SJax, Wells, Charles, F Jackson, & Forsett. Thinking about swapping someone for Harrison, as a posible week 15 option should something happen (like SJax’s back finally caving in). Maybe FredJack, or Forsett if it looks like they’ll be sticking to Jones….?
- At WR, Welker, Austin, Ocho, SimsWalker, Smith(NYG). Meacham is available. Worth swapping one for him – will Ocho shine again?
- D/ST – GB & CIN, who do you like going forward? (can also grab DEN, CAR, ARI)
And for the rest:
- TE – Witten & Shiancoe
- K is always the flavor of the week, and Q is Brees.Big question about whether I’m safer carrying 2 QBs in case Brees gets hurt (would grab Smith), but I’d have to drop something (probably the extra D/ST, hard to part with the others) Are there 2 D’s worth carrying, or do you think I can safely stick with one (probably GB this week, at least)
Thanks!
I’m thinking
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TJ
Also – Garcon is available too….
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TJ
…And I the Ravens DEF too, just swapped CIN for them
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e-roc
You’re pretty stacked at WR.. They’re all #1′s on their respective teams. At this point, the only guy I would consider swapping is Steve Smith (NYG) for Meachem since he plays for an offensive juggernaut.
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Brandon
Not sure Garcon is worth the add with the Colts about to clinch home field advantage through the playoffs and Peyton Manning seeing a drop in playing time.
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Brandon
It might not be a huge upgrade, but feel free to drop Forsett for Harrison. At least you’re assured he’ll get some carries. At wide receiver, I agree with E-Roc on Steve Smith. He hasn’t found the endzone a whole lot lately and actually has some pretty bad match-ups down the stretch (PHI, WAS, CAR.) I like Witten at tight end and love the Packers defense this week against Jay “Interception Machine” Cutler.
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DJ
warner or A. smith this week
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Brandon
Although there are some hip injury worries, Kurt Warner should be good to go on Monday and with the weapons he has at receiver, you have to start him over Alex Smith. This will all change if you find out that Warner is looking less likely to play later in the week, but for now plan on starting the old man.
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ffgeekblogROCKS
ffgeekblog STILL rocks!
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Brandon
That’s what I’m sayin!
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Javier
2 RB 2 WR 1 Flex: MJD, McGahee, Addai, Rock Cartwright; Randy Moss, Steve Smith (NYG), Sid Rice, Britt and Maclin (will go if I get Meachem off waivers).
Although Miami is great against the run, MJD can still receive some passes, he should remain #1… I think the Colts will start resting starters, and Denver is quite tough for Addai. Cartwright will get a million touches and might score 0 TDs… and McGahee could score 3 in 3 carries! Oh boy…
For WRs I am only positive about Moss… Steve Smith *might* be ok against Brown and Samuel… it seems Young can throw the ball, so Britt has potential to wreck the Rams. I don’t like Rice against the Bengals and Maclin was dissapointing.
PD: Hoping to pick up Heap and Ravens to replace Olsen and Vikings… Baltimore’s schedule is pretty soft for the rest of the season.
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Brandon
Go with Jones-Drew and Cartwright (and hope he gets lucky against a bad Oakland run defense.) At receiver go with Moss, Britt (worth a gamble) and either Meachem or Smith, depending on if you got Meachem.
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Dennis
3 WR 2 RB 2 Flex: Sims Walker, Roddy White, T.O., Smith(NYG), Smith(Car), Crabtree, Chambers, Mike Wallace, Pierre Thomas, Ganther (starting against OAK), and Hightower.
I was thinking Wallace might have a good game if Ward doesn’t play. KC doesn’t have a good pass defense so TO might have a break game.
I’m pretty sure with Thomas and Ganther but Hightower is a good goal line back.
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Dennis
I also have Chris Brown.
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Brandon
WR – Sims-Walker, T.O., White
RB – PT and Ganther
Flex – Steve Smith (CAR) and Mike WallaceI’m starting Mike Wallace tonight I think, especially if Hines Ward isn’t playing. If ward starts, you might consider swapping him for Steve Smith (NYG) though.
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Dennis
Thanks.
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Ted Anderson
Who to start? Vince Young vs Stloy or Hasselback vs Houston?
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Brandon
I love Vince Young’s match-up, but I think Hasselbeck is the safer bet. If you’re a gambling man, try your luck with Young though.
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James
Im having a tough time deciding who to start this week at WR and QB…
At QB I have Romo and Smith, and I was dead set on Romo until I read this article…
At WR, ( in a league where we can start 5) I have
Sims-Walker (vs MIA)
Desean Jackson (vs NYG)
Andre Johnson (vs. Sea)
Santonio Holmes (vs. CLE)
Kenny Britt( vs.STL)
Pierre Garcon( vs. DEN)Britt has been lighting people up lately and so has Garcon. I’m afraid to bench Holmes because of Cleveland’s horrible defense. I need some major help her guys.
Thanks!
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Brandon
Hah, didn’t mean to make you second guess yourself, but you’re good to go with Romo anyways. He’s coming off two good performances in a row and plays a Chargers defense that just got beat up by the Browns of all teams.
At wide receiver, you might bench Kenny Britt, even if he has been playing well lately with Vince Young. If he doesn’t catch touchdowns in two of the last three games, he finishes with pretty bad numbers actually, so he’s a gamble.
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Tony
Greetings! I’m having a tough time week, finally moved into 4th in our standings, and working to protect that spot and make a team good enough to give some of our overpowered teams a run for their money come weeks 15-17 and I could use some assistance. Here’s my lineup.
QB:
QB: Peyton Manning
WR: Larry Fitzgerald
WR: Marques Colston
RB: Jamaal Charles
RB: Cedric Benson
TE: Heath Miller
W/T: Mike Sims-Walker
W/R: Jason Avant
W/R: Kenny BrittOn the bench:
QB: Mark Sanchez
RB: Mike Bell
RB: Brandon JacobsLast week I finally benched Jacobs having moved in Britt into my lineup instead, figuring it was finally time, and it really came back to bite me. I’ve got one empty spot on my roster and would be more than willing to make some moves should there be some options deemed better. There are few availabilities at the QB position (Gradkowski, Boller, Moore being really the only real choices..and not necessarily good ones.) TE Miller’s stock has certainly fallen in the last few weeks, and I’m wondering if Scaife, Finley or Carlson might not be better choices here? (All are available.) Also, I’m not sure about WRs in the next few weeks, since Bess, Breaston, Bryant and Devin Thomas are all available.
Thoughts? Opinions? Suggestions?
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Brandon
I’m a little confused about the empty QB spot you mention. I’m assuming you obviously want to pick up a quarterback and plug him in there. Is Chad Henne or Ryan Fitzpatrick available? I like them more than the guys you mention. If not, then I guess I’d go with Bruce Gradkowski (even though he’s one of my “misses” this week) and hope he continues where he left off last week.
With DeSean Jackson most likely playing, I’d plug in Brandon Jacobs for Jason Avant as well.
Finally, stick with Heath Miller, who is my tight end “hit” this week.
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Tony
Sorry for not clarifying that empty spot. I had Sanchez in there previously, and he’s hurt this week. Henne and Fitzpatrick are both already taken as well. 2 QBs and 12 people make for slim QB pickings…
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Stick with Gradkowski. Moore is an enticing option considering how bad the Patriots defense has been lately, but they’re playing at home and should be a lot better against the Panthers (considering they only have to cover one receiver!)
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John M says:
Hi:
I need some help. Playoff round(1) 2 week format standard scoring.
RB1 Johnson & RB2 Charle is set.
Flex (LT, Fred. Jackson, Ganther or K. Smith)
WR1 Wayne?_bad Match up & may Colts may rest players. , WR2 & Flex (MSW-D, White-Q, Mason, Smith NY, Britt_”VY -Q”).
Finally:
Do I pick up a back up QB for Rodgers (Smith & Young is avaliable). I have 2 _Kickers. Hartley & Gostkowski). Hartley will have better weather conditions. and 2 TEs (Celek I Shiancoe). Who would you drop?What do you think, thanks
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Brandon
Go with Mason as your WR2 and LT in the flex spot.
In terms of picking up a backup quarterback, there really isn’t a whole lot of season left and you won’t be benching Rodgers unless he gets hurt (knock on wood.) If you’re going to drop anyone, I guess you could drop Gostkowski, since you probably don’t need him anymore with Hartley playing now.
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Brandon
Unfortunately we didn’t place in any of the categories in the Fantasy Football Librarian’s 1st Annual Reader’s Choice poll. If you were curious who did win in each area though, take a look at the results. A lot of big websites on there who obviously have a much bigger audience than us at this point, but maybe next year FFGeekBlog.com can crack one (or more) of the lists. Thanks to everyone who voted for us though!
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Matt
Ah well, it’s not like we try to compete on a breadth-of-content basis with the folks who do this stuff for a living. I’m more than happy to just stake out our little corner of the fantasy football universe. Glad to see fftoday.com represented; hard to beat them when it comes to finding historical data that’s sortable in any number of useful ways.
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e-roc
That’s ok… You guys probably win “Hidden Gem Award” for many of us readers.
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Matt
I appreciate that.
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e-roc
Brown-nosing aside, I gotta say it’s extremely help to have other addicts to interact with (Squish included) in seeking guidance…
I hope whoever it was that I recommend Alex Smith to, started him!
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Shirley
I agree on the hidden gem award. I check out all the other sites but I listen to your guys’ advice more. I’d promote you guys but don’t want a few of my opponents checking you guys out
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Brandon
Maybe we should take it as a compliment I guess…because none of our readers want their opponents to even know about us? Hah, thanks though!
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TJ
I’m with Shirley, definitely take it as a compliment. I would rather my opponents not know about you…… Thanks for your help in catapulting me into 1st place.
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DJ
Thanks Eroc- started Alex Smith and got the win by 5 points. It took us to 3rd place for playoffs. Have to say other choice Kurt Warner had awesome game also. This being 1st season of FFB for us, you guys have been great. Helping my gradeschool son against college age cousin and friends, could not have done it without you. Thanks –Still looking for help next couple of weeks
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Brandon
Don’t worry DJ, we won’t stop giving advice until all the dust has settled and your son is crowned the league champion!
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Benjamin
It’s probably because you guys have ridiculously long comment threads, like this one, that separate the actual content to the extreme, and force an ungodly amount of vertical scrolling. Poor usability. Comment threads are what clickthroughs are for. I thought you would have changed this after that poll you did a while back… Seriously, you really do have a great ff blog, in WordPress no less, but I can’t stress enough how serious this Achilles heel is. For the casual reader, it’s a game killer.
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Brandon
I know, I know…that is indeed why we did the poll. Unfortunately we probably won’t be making any changes to the site this season, as it’s nearing the end anyways. As usual, we’re already starting to think about a site redesign for next season, so please let us know of any more suggestions you have. Thanks for the honesty!
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Matt
For what it’s worth, this is the default behavior of the P2 Theme upon which this design is based. Setting it up this way wasn’t a mistake – I recognized that it would space out the content, but expected that the trade-off would be an increase in discussion on the blog now that comments were front-and-center. On that count, it worked brilliantly – whereas we used to get just a handful of comments on each post, this year we’ve been getting those “ridiculously long” comment threads. And it’s hardly hurt traffic – we blew all of our old records away this season by a significant margin.
That said, it’s more of a usability concern than I expected because I simply didn’t think we’d suddenly be getting upwards of 50 comments on some posts. Over the offseason we’ll definitely be playing around with the interface; I don’t really want to make big changes during the season since I know from experience that even a good redesign tends to confuse people. I was a pretty active Fark user back when they did a redesign in 2007 and the user backlash they dealt with was a pretty good indication that you shouldn’t take redesigns lightly.
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Matt
Oh, and check out the “hide threads” and “keyboard shortcuts” buttons at the top of the home page. When you’re browsing posts, you can hit the “o” key to hide/show all comment threads at any time.
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Rob
More issues this week….My RB2 situation is an issue. Choices are M. Turner, Chester taylor, Jerome Harrison or Julius Jones. Like I said issues!
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Brandon
I wouldn’t start Jerome Harrison tonight, since he’s playing a tough Steelers defense and you don’t want to be looking at a bad score all the way until Sunday! As for the other guys, it looks like Turner may play and if he does, I’d start him. If it looks like he might not play though, go with Julius Jones.
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Team of the Week - Week 13: One-hit Wonders
Brandon
Here is the fantasy football “Team of the Week” for week thirteen, listing the players that scored the most points (using standard scoring) over the course of Sunday’s games. With the Monday Night Football game yet to take place (Baltimore @ Green Bay) this list may be a bit premature, but here is your team of the week nonetheless…
Pos. |
Player |
Stats |
| QB | Tony Romo (DAL) | 392 passing yards, 3 TD |
| RB | Brandon Jacobs (NYG) | 39 rushing yards, 74 receiving yards, 2 TD |
| RB | Jerome Harrison (CLE) | 35 rushing yards, 62 receiving yards, 2 TD |
| WR | Louis Murphy (OAK) | 128 receiving yards, 2 TD |
| WR | Devin Thomas (WAS) | 100 receiving yards, 2 TD |
| WR | Santonio Holmes (PIT) | 149 receiving yards, 1 TD |
| TE | Vernon Davis (SF) | 111 receiving yards, 1 TD |
| K | Matt Prater (DEN) | Kicks – 20-29 (0), 30-39 (2), 40-49 (1), 50+ (0), PAT (5) |
| DEF | Carolina Panthers | 6 points allowed, 2 sack, 5 interceptions |
Ask the Geeks - Week 13: Game-Time Edition
Brandon
Here are the last Ask the Geek questions for week 13. Hopefully everyone can get a win this week and make the playoffs! Remember, if you have any additional questions, feel free to leave them as comments on our posts and we (or some of our great readers) will try to get back to you with advice before game-time. Good luck!
Jim asks…
Who to play this week 13: Moreno or Addai or McCoy? As a note, no points in our league until you get to 75 yards receiving OR rushing and more points the longer the touchdown
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Danine
Hi guys. I need help at WR. Just need 1. Devery Henderson, Chris Chambers, Steve Smith (CAR) or Devin Hester. My instinct is to take a chance in Henderson because I’ve been burned too many times by Smith. Thanks!
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Squish
I think you have to go with Steve Smith as hard as it is. Normally I’d like Chambers more but the forecast for his game is calling for rain and snow which means the passing game likely won’t get as many reps as it normally does. Either way, I still think both Chambers and Hester are a better start this week than Henderson.
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Shirley
Smith won’t have Delhomme throwing to defenders so Smith just might do all right.
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Chris
Who would you guys start rashard or steven jackson?
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Squish
Jackson for sure this week. He should have a huge game.
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Brandon
Hmm, not sure I agree with Squish here. The Raiders are terrible against the run and have been lit up the past three weeks. Jackson is a good play, but I think Mendenhall is a great play this week.
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Brad
DeAngelo’s OUT. Start Moreno or Jon Stewart?
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Brandon
Hmm, with DeAngelo Williams out, I actually love Jonathan Stewart against the Bucs. Go with him, although Moreno makes a great play too.
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Squish
Deangelo is active. he just didn’t warm up with the team today. He’s not on their inactivity list.
Source: http://www.fanball.com/
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Brandon
NFL.com lists DeAngelo as Inactive: http://www.nfl.com/inactives
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Squish
That’s odd…
I’ll do some further research to make sure. I must admit that him sitting makes a hell of a lot more sense!
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Brandon
ESPN just announced he’s inactive as well…
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Squish
Yeah, you’re right, NBC and a few other sources agree too. Guess fanball kinda dropped the ball this time! Too bad, they are usually really good about that sort of thing. I go there to find out who didn’t get on the plane which is like an early inactive count. Guess I’ll have to double check them more!
In other news, apparently Norwood is starting over Snelling now.
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Squish
LOL, fanball just saved face by saying “a new report” has DW being ruled out.
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TJ
Hey Guys – I know I’m approaching heresy for thinking this, but Brees faces a tough pass D in bad weather today….. and for the first time all year I’m thinking of sitting him. Can use Alex Smith vs Seattle. Is this crazy? I need every point I can get today.
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Squish
I’ve been using Smith over a lot of QBs this week but I don’t think there is anyway you can bench Brees. Stick with your workhorse!
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Brandon
Sounds pretty crazy to me. It’s cold in D.C., but besides that the weather shouldn’t pose a problem for Brees. Stick with your main man here.
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Robert
For 2 RB spots, I am choosing between starting Correll Buckhalter, Joseph Addai, Kevin Smith, and Chris Brown. I originally planned on starting Addai (Donald Brown out) and Buckhalter (playing KC). With Detroit playing the Bengels, Smith is a bad choice. With Slaton officially out for today, should I start Chris Brown instead of Buckhalter?
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Squish
I actually like Kevin Smith but if you are set on choosing between Buckhalter and Brown, go with Brown.
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Squish
LOL, Bernard Berrian just got a ticket for going 104MPH in a 60 zone! What the hell is it with Viking players and speeding?
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Shirley
They felt the need for speed.
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Robert
This is pretty funny, but nothing will beat the Love Boat! Cops don’t patrol the in-town interstates in Minneapolis that much. BB and AP will lose their licenses for 6 months – mandatory if you’re caught over 100 in Minnesota.
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Squish
I’m just waiting to see Ryan Longwell get caught going 120MPH next week. Brett Favre would be fun too though I’m not sure his heart can take that much extended acceleration…
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Robert
I think Jerred Allen will be next! Does he wear that stupid bandanna while cruising?
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Brandon
I’ll only be impressed when one of them is caught doing 100+ with one of the Love Boat girls in the car…
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TJ
Are you guys still high on Miles Austin this week? For WR I can start Ocho with Austin, Smith(NYG), Welker, SimsWalker, or Austin. They all look good,nice problem to have……..
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Squish
Well, Welker and Austin is the safe play but a lot of my sources prefer Ocho over Austin. I personally don’t see any reason to trust Ocho until he proves he’s useful especially since Benson will be pounding away all day. If I were you I’d play Welker and Austin though it sucks to have to sit any of those guys lol!
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TJ
Thanks! I wish I could at least play one more, I’m up against Chris Johnson and Rivers vs CLE this week, so I’m probably toast anyway…..
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Kyle
Who to start as my 3rd WR — C Chambers or S Holmes?
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Squish
I think you go with Holmes this week. The KC game looks to be in for some pretty harsh weather so avoid him this week.
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Brandon
Good call on Holmes here Squish!
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Squish
Man Jonathan Stewart is looking like a great choice as a Salary cap add this week! I’ll see if I can crack the yahoo top 2% with him in my lineup this week.
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Squish
Dear Matt Schaub,
Thank you for ruining my rapiddraft postseason.
Your owner,
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Brandon
Ugh, a dislocated shoulder?! At least he came back into the game. Hopefully he plays next week.
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e-roc
FFGeeks, the correct answer was Robert Meachum, not Avant, Avery or S.Smith (CAR). In other news, Alex Smith outscored McNabb, Kevin Smith outscored MJD, the Bengals DEF outscored Chargers DEF, and I irresponsibly dropped S.Smith (NYG).
I hate this game.
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Brandon
Oh man, that doesn’t sound good. In Jason Avant-related news though, what was up with Mike Vick?! If you combined Vick and McNabb’s stats, you would have had a solid effort.
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e-roc
I hate the Iggles for picking AND playing Vick and I hate David Garrard for thinking he’s Tom Brady. HAND OFF THE GODDAMN BALL.
I’m not playing this frustrating game next year.
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Brandon
I think that’s what almost everyone says at the end of the fantasy football season…but then the NFL draft comes around and we just can’t resist
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Brandon
After acquiring the receiver accused of assault outside a night club in Cleveland, Jets ownership most likely told Braylon Edwards to “use his head” if he’s to have a future in New York. Apparently Edwards was listening very closely…but he still can’t figure out how using his head will keep him from dropping passes! (cue this sound.)
For those of you with Edwards in your line-up this week, at least he made a nice effort for a touchdown later in the game, so you can’t complain too much.
Tonight's Game: New York Jets @ Toronto Bills
Matt
Don’t even get me started on the Toronto thing. NFL.com’s Nick Bakay sums up the situation pretty succinctly:
If you have any illusions that this counts as a home game, peep the Jets tilt this Thursday on NFL Network, and count the Bills jerseys in the stands. Last year against Miami, it took CBS three quarters to find one, but there were thousands of Dolphins threads.
So just in case your start/sit decision on a Buffalo player hinges on the fact that this is a “home” game – think again.
Anyway, since many folks have to make roster decisions today, let’s do a quick start-or-sit for tonight’s players: (More …)
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Brandon
Thursday night football this year has been terrible. Including Thanksgiving, the following teams have played: San Francisco, Chicago, Carolina, Miami, Oakland, Dallas, Detroit, Green Bay, Denver, New York Giants, and now the Jets and Bills. Next week is Pittsburgh and Cleveland…ugh. It’s not until week 15 that we get a match-up that is half-way interesting (Indy vs Jacksonville) and even then, the Colts will probably be resting Peyton Manning. Awesome!
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ken
I think the Miami – Carolina game was good considering the two teams story lines going in. And for AFC East fans tonights game was an important one.
Hasn’t been MNF caliber though.
If Manning rests, it might make the Indy Jag game more interesting lol. The Jags have been awfully inconsistent this season. If Mannings in, it could be a pretty lopsided and boring game.
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Matt
Well, this went more or less as I expected.
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e-roc
Since my cable provider doesn’t include the NFL Network, I’m glad that I’m not missing anything… I’m secretly hoping the NFL Network fails so they’ll bring these games back to the masses.
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Matt
I’m not secretly hoping for the NFL Network’s demise – I hope the thing crashes and burns, and everyone involved gets fired.
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e-roc
LOL… an Enron-style implosion would be fantastic.
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Squish
Sounds good to me, just as long as I get more games. Though not much interesting has taken place on Thursdays so far this year…
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Thursday Night Football: NYJ @ BUF
Brandon
As usual, just wanted to give everyone a heads up to the fact that there is a game tonight, which could potentially mean your roster gets locked (or players get put on waivers) after game-time tonight. In terms of the players in the game that you should care about, you’ll probably want Thomas Jones and Fred Jackson in your line-ups, but besides them there is no one else all that appealing, since Darrelle Revis will most likely be shutting down T.O.
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Squish
Man, Revis has been a monster this year! I calculated out his stats and he’s been absolutely demolishing the league’s top WRs. He’s holding opposing WRs to just 3 catches a game and has allowed only 1 WR over 50 yards all season (Ginn and all in one play). He’s definitely moved up my list of CBs. Oddly, the Jets are still missing a starting CB (Lowery). When/if they get him back, watch out. Man to man with those guys and a loaded box will mean a very tough defense in the future.
Hits & Misses - Week 13: Win or Go Home
Brandon
Here are our “Hits” and “Misses” for week thirteen, 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!) With the playoffs right around the corner, you most likely need a win badly this week to clinch that first round BYE (or to even get a playoff spot!) Hopefully our list this week can help you get over the hump and into your league’s tournament, where you will surely bring home the bacon because you frequent such an awesome and knowledgeable fantasy football website! Alright, enough tooting of our own horn, let’s get to the hits and misses for this week and GOOD LUCK!
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fightingamish
quick question…this week…i need to pick two WR..my choices are Hester, Massaquoi, Patrick Crayton, Berrian, Devry Henderson, or Lee Evans…I’m leaning towards Hester and Evans..i neeeeed a win this week to make the playoffs
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Brandon
You’re in the same boat as me in terms of needing to win to make the playoffs, but luckily I’m not relying on a wide receiver corps like that (no offense, hah.) Did you end up starting Evans? Hopefully not. If you did, I’d gamble on Devin Hester and hope he pulls out a big game against the Rams. If you didn’t play Evans, then put Henderson in there as well.
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Squish
I’ve learned one thing about Henderson. He specifically only has big games (3 or more receptions) against teams that have great coverage. Because the coverage is great, Brees is forced to throw the ball his way. I bet he has a huge game against Carolina but little or nothing in the coming weeks with an average performance at Atlanta.
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e-roc
Now I’m all flustered and confused… Mighty Mouse (w/Matt Moore!!) or Donnie Avery (v. bad Bears DEF: 24th PA)… Starting Wayne & Avant….
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Brandon
Donnie Avery is probably the safer pick at this point, but I would say that Steve Smith has more upside. Depends on how you’re feeling about your match-up this week
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Squish
Yeah, I gotta go with Avery. Smith will likely see little action since they’ll be able to run at will. Avery has turned into a legitimate WR2 in recent weeks and looks to continue as he gets most of the red zone targets in STL.
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e-roc
I’m going to hate myself more for not starting Smith with Matt Moore in at QB…
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Brandon
Hah, unfortunately I have to root for Steve Smith here, as I have him in my line-up in one of my biggest leagues. Let’s just hope both of them have huge games!
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Heather
Like your analysis, but Revis isn’t a rookie. This is his 3rd season.
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Squish
Well he’s the age of most rookies if that means anything.
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Brandon
Hah, thanks for the update. Yeah I realized this after publishing the post and forgot to update it. Not sure why I thought he was a rookie, but either way, he’s been dominant.
Kamaps
So I have a problem…too many skilled players. Please help me pick out my starters? I have 2 WR spots, 1 RB spot, and a RB/WR spot. The players I have are:
RB Maurice Jones-Drew, Jac RB
RB Rock Cartwright, Was
WR Miles Austin, Dal
WR Mike Sims-Walker, Jac
WR Jason Avant, Phi
WR Chad Ochocinco, Cin
I have MJD and Cartwright filling up the RB and RB/WR spots, with Austin and Sims-Walker in my WR spots, but all of them are expected big #s and I don’t know who to play. I’m nervous about Cartwright against New Orleans and I’m nervous about Sims-Walker also, but Ochocinco hasn’t been producing, so I’m confused. Please help.
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Shane
Stick with MJD but in the flex i would take Avant over Cartwright. Did you see him last week? He got stuffed at the line 3 times, 8 rushes for 3 of less yard, and none longer than 7. I like Austin and Ochocinco this week. I like Austin because the NYG D has been bad and its a division game. I like Chad because he has been talking about how his team doesn’t throw enough and they are playing Detroit who boasts an atrocious Pass D. Expect Palmer to throw all day.
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craig
I’d go with Ochociinco and Miles Austin as your two starting receivers, MJD as your starting back, and Jason Avant at the flex spot especially if Desean Jackson doesn’t play after taking that big hit last week. For a whole list of week 13 must starts as well as everything else fantasy football related go to http://www.thefantasyfootballguru.com
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Squish
Gotta agree about the two WRs recommended by the other guys. MJD is a must start as well. As usual though I still like RBs better at the flex spot. Cartwright should have a monster day against an NO defense giving up the 7th most points in the league to opposing RBs. Considering he’s the only guy left on the squad at RB and that he’s had two solid games against rush defenses as the starter, I would consider him a low end RB2 in most leagues this week.
I do agree that Avant is a very solid start if DJ is out but I’d take Cartwright otherwise and personally would take him either way.
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TJ
Quick one: Looks like Julius Jones is (supposedly) healthy and will start Sunday, possibly hurting Forsett’s numbers. I can play J Charles instead – hard to predict which Denver RunD will show up, but Charles might also have decent receiving numbers. Which one, you think, assuming Jones is “healthy”?
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Squish
I like Charles better for upside. He has been hot recently. You can expect 100 rushing yards at least but he may not get in the endzone since Denver’s red zone run defense is 9th in the league. I like to think they’ll utilize him as scat back this week too so expect some receiving numbers. Plus, there’s always that chance that he’ll take a return to the house!
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Brandon
Agree with Squish here, go with Charles.
Shane
Forsett “Strained” his quad during practice today.
Jones is a safe bet now because Forsett isn’t 100%
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Ken
i wouldn’t call JJ a safe bet. He hasn’t done much as a starter. And Forsett said he sat out as a precaution in practice. Its still possible that Forsett splits carries with Jones on sunday.
As a Forsett owner this all pisses me off. At this point Id rather not have to rely on either back.
I’d def play J Charles if I had him as an option. Him and Forsett are very similar backs and both have the possibility to make points as a receiver if the run game isn’t there…or even if it is lol. They’re great for PPR leagues
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TJ
Thanks guys – now do you think Steven Jackson will play tomorrow? Cold Chicago may not help his back, unlike last week. I may need to use Forsett after all if SJax is inactive…..
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Brandon
Steven Jackson is expected to play and should put up solid points against a mediocre-at-best Bears defense. Keep him in your line-up.
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Joe
Need QB Help! Trying to trade for Favre. Who should I trade? My players include:
QB Cutler
RB D. Will
J Stew
P.Thomas
R.Mendenhall
WR: R. Moss
TJ Housh
B. edwards
M. Manningham
J. Avant
TE: Celek
K: Bironas
D: DAL
CIN
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Squish
Try to package Housh/Edwards and Pierre Thomas for Favre and a low end WR. What does the other player have that you could target in the area of WRs?
Ken
Any thoughts for a flex spot between these guys?
Chris Brown
Jason Snelling
Devin Hester
Steve Breaston
Chris Chambers
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Squish
I like Chambers this week out of that group. Snelling is my next choice since I have a hunch he’ll get a majority of the carries this week with Atlanta. Hester, Breaston and Brown just aren’t viable options at this point.
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Brandon
I have to disagree with Squish here and actually like Chris Brown today. Looks like Steve Slaton is out and Brown should get the bulk of the carries against the Jaguars.
Matt
If Steven Jackson can’t go, I need one of the following for my RB2:
1. C. Brown @ JAC
2. J. Forsett vs. SF
3. J. Norwood vs. PHI
I also need a WR3:
1. M. Colston @ WAS
2. J. Avant @ ATL
3. D. Hester vs. STL
Also, between these two for a defense:
1. New Orleans @ WAS
2. Denver @ KC
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Brandon
I actually like Chris Brown at running back with Steve Slaton out this week. At wide receiver, Avant is a great play with DeSean Jackson out as well and finally, for your defense, I like the Saints this week. I think they’ll force Jason Campbell to make some bad throws and could end up with some solid points off interceptions.
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Matt
Thanks for the advice!
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Ask the Geeks - Week 13: Ochocinco's a Go?
Brandon
With the first game of week 13 rapidly approaching, here is the first batch of questions. Hopefully our help can clinch a spot in your league’s playoffs…or a first round BYE if that’s an option! Either way, good luck and remember to get in any more of your questions here or leave them as comments on any of our posts and we’ll try to respond as quickly as we can.
Rob asks…
what is the deal with him? has he lost his connection with palmer? i am thinking about leaving him benched regardless of the defense he faces. what do you think of desean jackson’s injury and do you think avant is worth picking up in ppr league?
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DJ
I have Kurt Warner, Matt Leinert and just picked up Alex Smith. Thoughts for this weekend. It looks like I need this win to make playoffs.
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e-roc
My vote is actually for Alex Smith…. Call me crazy but the SF-SEA game could turn into a shootout… SEA has the 25th ranked pass defense… The only reason I’m not starting him is because my other QB is McNabb (ATL – 27th)
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Squish
I agree, Smith finally has some chemistry with the WRs and he has a great matchup.
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Harold
Avant over Driver this week?
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e-roc
I’m just a Commenter, so this is IMO – Driver is a beast and has great rapport with Rodgers. While the Ravens are excellent at stopping the run and creating QB pressure, I think you have to stick with Driver.
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Matt
Seconded!
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Fred
Hey Guys, I need two recievers from; Fitzgerald, Ochocinco, Jennings, Garcon and Avery, and two running backs from Deangelo Williams, Addai, Maroney and Cadillac Williams. What do you think? its a PPR league
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Matt
Fitz is a must-start no matter what. Ocho said on Monday: “We would like to throw the ball 50 times.” I believe him. Detroit is dead last against the pass. Get him in there.
DeAngelo Williams had one of his best games against the Bucs and should have another nice one this week. I fear the Titans now so I’d bench Addai in favor of Maroney, who’s been a touchdown machine lately.
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e-roc
Re: lil Steve Smith – While I think he’s a decent start, I don’t think he’ll produce more than 6 catches & 60 yards this time around. This is a very different Giants team from Week 2… The Defense isn’t going to create 3 & outs / turnovers to give Eli & Co. the opportunities they had in Week 2…
That being said, I snagged Avant, Avery & Meachem in hopes of striking gold for the last quarter of the season…
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matt
having a real tough time this week as I am one of those guys who is one win away from landing the wildcard spot.. that said I need to flex start one player from Ryan Grant, Kevin Walter, TJ Housh or Chris Jennings..
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Matt
I don’t love any of your options but would have to go with Grant even though I don’t expect big things from him against the Ravens.
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Kulprit
Need to pick 1:
McCoy (vs ATL)
Moreno (vs KC)
Grant (vs BAL)I think I currently rank them in that order. My other starter is Ray Rice.
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e-roc
1 vote for Moreno…
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Squish
2 for Moreno. Too good a matchup to ignore!
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Brandon
another vote for Moreno here!
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Helplease
Hey guys going head to head for a Wild Card spot in the playoffs this week. Feeling good got a shot but the person I’m playing has an absolutely stacked team. With that said I need a huge outing from my team. Below is my line up for the week. This is a PPR league.
QB Donovan McNabb
Eli Manning
Alex Smith
RB Maurice Jones-Drew
Jason Snelling
Kevin Smith
WR Chris Chambers
Santonio Holmes
Mike Sims-Walker
Michael Crabtree
Jeremy Maclin
TE Zach Miller
Fred Davis
K David Akers
Def/ST Arizona Cardinals
Philadelphia EaglesQB Donovan McNabb
RB Maurice Jones-Drew
Kevin SmithWR Santonio Holmes
Mike Sims-Walker
Jeremy MaclinTE Fred Davis
K David Akers
DE Philadelphia Eagles
Basically I need a big game from Philly @ Atlanta. I was just curious as to who you guys would start and I was thinking of dropping a player like Chambers and picking up Avant and completely going all out on that game. I know it could back fire but what do you think ?
Thanks for all the help and gl to all fighting for that playoff spot !
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Helplease
Top is team bottom is my line up *
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Helplease
Any one ?
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Squish
I’m okay with the lineup other than the WRs. I think Chambers, Maclin and MSW are your best bets. Holmes hasn’t done squat this year. My sources agree that Maclin, not Avant will be the main beneficiary of the DJ injury. MSW is obviously a must play. Chambers and Crabtree to most are on equal ground but for anyone who has watched them play, it’s clear that Chambers is a much bigger part of his offense than Crabtree. I love Chambers this week since he’s hot and is filling in for Bowe as “KC’s only offensive weapon”.
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Brandon
I agree with Squish here, the only change to make is Chambers instead of Holmes. Otherwise, you look pretty good (although Kevin Smith is never a sure thing!)
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Helplease
Thanks guys gl
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Jone
Howdy FFG, Would you drop Justin Forsett for Jamaal Charles? Justin Forsett might split carrie with J.J
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ken
At this point I’d say yea. They’re very similar backs and both have been on fire in the past two weeks. But as you said, one J.J. is back at best Forsett is going to be splitting. Charles is the feature back.
Forsett does have a slightly more favorable schedule, but essentially they both have two great matchups and 3 so-so or bad matchups.
Unfortunately for me I gotta stick with Forsett cuz Charles is already taken in my league. I originally had him on my roster but dropped after going 1 – 5 and needing every available roster spot. Boy am I regretting it now. They couldn’t have canned LJ earlier? lol
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e-roc
Jone, if you’re looking for a second opinion, I would stick it out with Forsett, depending on what your other options are.
Forsett has proved to be an explosive runner with greater upside than Charles… JJ is also going to have to prove his worth since Forsett has done so well… and who knows, JJ’s injury-prone body might be back on the bench 10 mins after kick-off vs. SF.
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Rob
Hey guys, in a jam…Turner is out again for me and so my options are Julius Jones or Chester Taylor. Thoughts?
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Brandon
Wow, those are your only options? Julius Jones is the better play, with a banged up Justin Forsett ensuring that he’ll get more carries than Chester Taylor.
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Kamaps
So I have a problem…too many skilled players. Please help me pick out my starters? I have 2 WR spots, 1 RB spot, and a RB/WR spot. The players I have are:
RB Maurice Jones-Drew, Jac RB
RB Rock Cartwright, WasWR Miles Austin, Dal
WR Mike Sims-Walker, Jac
WR Jason Avant, Phi
WR Chad Ochocinco, CinI have MJD and Cartwright filling up the RB and RB/WR spots, with Austin and Sims-Walker in my WR spots, but all of them are expected big #s and I don’t know who to play. I’m nervous about Cartwright against New Orleans and I’m nervous about Sims-Walker also, but Ochocinco hasn’t been producing, so I’m confused. Please help.
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Brandon
I like MJD in the RB spot, with Ochocinco, Sims-Walker and Avant in the wide receiver and flex spots. I know Austin was big last week, but the other guys just have better match-ups this week. Good luck!
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Bribo
Two quick questions:
1) Cutler has pissed on my season repeatedly. Should I trust him against StL, or go with Alex Smith vs. SEA?
2) Why do all the “experts” seem hot on Rice but not on Harvin, hot on Avant but not on Maclin? Do they know something I don’t?
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Kamaps
Totally go with Alex Smith, SEA is one of the worst pass D’s. Ofcourse, Cutler has that impressive WR core to throw to, such as Devin Hester, D. Hester, Hester, and….oh, Devin Hester.
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matt
what about olsen?? the kid is seeing around 10 targets a game and is a beast of a tight end… hes gonna have a huge game this week
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Brandon
I’m not sure I consider myself necessarily an “expert”, but we do list Jeremy Maclin as one of our “hits” this week for what it’s worth. I think other guys are just talking about Avant because now he becomes a starter with DeSean Jackson out. Maclin was already starting, so his status doesn’t improve all that much.
On Cutler, he’s been very aggravating and could be worth benching if you’re looking for a safer play with Smith. I like Cutler’s upside this week though and in one of my league’s I’m taking the chance on him with hopes that he can finally put it together.
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Adam
I need 3 flex from this list:
Jason Avant
Justin Forsett
Pierre Garcon
Nate Burleson
Tim Hightower
Kevin SmithI’m thinking the first three (Avant, Garcon, Forsett). What do you guys think?
Thanks!
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Brandon
Forsett is beat up right now…go with Avant, Garcon and Burleson, all of whom have high upside.
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Jamal Lewis done for the year?
Brandon
For those of you struggling at the running back position (or those of you who have Jamal Lewis on your roster,) you might consider picking up Chris Jennings, who could very well be the new starting running back for the Cleveland Browns. Apparently Jamal Lewis suffered a concussion in last weeks game and could be calling it quits for the season (and therefor his career, since he mentioned he would retire after this season.) While Jerome Harrison was backing up Lewis early in the season, it’s been Jennings that has spelled Lewis recently and should be the first in line to get additional carries. This weekend the Browns play a San Diego team that while better recently, hasn’t been the greatest the league has to offer in terms of stopping the run, so Chris Jennings could be a possible RB2 or flex candidate.
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lax
Would you start Ricky Williams or Ray Rice this week?
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Brandon
Wow, you can’t start them both? I’d go with Ricky Williams though, since he’s the Dolphins best weapon around the goalline. For the Ravens, against a tough Packers defense, you don’t know if they’ll stick in Willis McGahee to poach a touchdown.
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e-roc
Would you drop Kevin Smith for Chris Jennings? Gawd, that’s like trading a migraine for a hangover.
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Brandon
I would stick with Smith. Jennings is untested and could end up being just as ineffective as Lewis was.
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Shane
Alright i have 5 receivers and need to start two.
MSW
Donald Driver
Burleson
Crabtree
Steve Smith (Panthers)I know who i want to go with, i’m just looking for a second opinion and some reassurences.
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Brandon
I like your top two guys there, Sims-Walker and Driver. Steve Smith is too risky at this point and Burleson/Crabtree don’t have as much potential this week.
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Geoff
RB2- Would you start Jerious Norwood, Chris Brown or Chris Jennings?
Thanks
Matt
Weeks 9-12 are in the books on the Rookie Report Card.
Zach 8:56 pm on 12/11/2009 Permalink
Hey guys, new to the blog…I do have a roster schedule for you though and it’s first week playoffs so it’s crucial..
Slaton killed me so for my RB2 I was looking at : Jonathan Stewart, Cadillac Williams or Matt Forte. Forte matchup sucks more than usual and Stewart killed it for me last week but DWilliams is back and its the Pats…For my other RB I was giving Quinton Ganther a shot because I love the matchup. So how about an RB2 out of those 3? Thanks
Amir 2:40 pm on 12/12/2009 Permalink
Big yikes for my playoff picture with MSW being injured.. Do you guys think Housh or Nicks will have a better Sunday? Any help is appreciated I really dont know who to start!
Zach 3:43 pm on 12/12/2009 Permalink
I would star Nicks playing a good division game against my birds in primetime. Steve Smith is going to get a lot of defensive attention and Philly is lockdown on the run
Brandon 6:01 pm on 12/12/2009 Permalink
Man, I really wanted to tell you to start Housh against a soft Texans defense, but he hasn’t done much of anything this year. Go with Nicks and hope he reels in a touchdown.
Brandon 5:58 pm on 12/12/2009 Permalink
I know that Forte’s match-up sucks, but he might be your best bet this weekend. The Jets are good against the run and Cadillac is too inconsistent to rely on. Also, with DeAngelo Williams back in the starting line-up, Stewart’s value this weekend is questionable against a pretty solid Patriots run defense. Forte should get a lot of carries if (and that’s a big IF) the Bears can keep the game close. Good luck!
Anthony 3:38 pm on 12/12/2009 Permalink
So now that MSW is doubtful, is Quinton Ganther and Laurence Maroney safe to deploy?
Here’s my team:
QB:Philip Rivers
WR:Robert Meachem
RB:MJD
W/R/T: Laurence Maroney
W/RT:Quinton Ganther
Here’s my bench. Even if MSW plays, should I start him over Ganther?
MSW, Chris Brown, Cadillac Williams, Devin Hester, Chester Taylor Devin Thomas.
Thanks!
Brandon 5:45 pm on 12/12/2009 Permalink
Bench Sims-Walker no matter what…he’s too risky at this point. Plus, Maroney and Ganther should have solid games anyways.
Rob 9:41 pm on 12/12/2009 Permalink
hey guys…who do you think i should start here?
RB:
maroney
c brown
j charles
q ganther
j forset
WR:
ocho
smith(nyg)
crabtree
meachum
ive got two RB slots and two WR slots with one flex….right now im thinking j charles, q gnather, smith(nyg), ocho, and meachum
what do you think?
thanks