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  The Wire - Week 8: What Can Greene Do for You?

  Brandon 9:00 am on 10/27/2009 | 42 Permalink Reply
  Tags: alex smith (12), antonio bryant (18), beanie wells (5), brian hartline, chad henne (4), chad simpson (2), correll buckhalter (8), daunte culpepper, david clowney, earl bennett (6), gary barnidge, hakeem nicks (6), jamaal charles (7), jamal lewis (21), jeremy maclin (5), justin vargas, kyle orton (24), lance moore (9), laveranues coles (9), lee evans (8), lesean mccoy (5), michael crabtree (9), mike bell (9), mike thomas (2), mike wallace (6), mohamed massaquoi (5), ryan fitzpatrick (5), sam aiken (3), shonn greene (5), todd heap (4), tony scheffler (7), torry holt (6), zach miller (10)

  Here are our waiver wire candidates for week eight. 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’re finally starting to narrow down the list, with only a few new additions this week and a bunch taken off. The biggest additions by far will be Jets running back Shonn Greene, who is replacing the injured Leon Washington as the backup to Thomas Jones, along with the newly anointed 49ers quarterback, Alex Smith. If you counted on Leon Washington or Shaun Hill (probably less people counting on him), you better take a shot at the waiver wire and see what you can do. Anyways, let’s get to The Wire for this coming week…
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  Brandon 9:33 am on 9/02/2009 | 0 Permalink Reply
  Tags: alex smith (12), daunte culpepper, jamarcus russell (12), matthew stafford (2)

  The Daunte Culpepper vs Matthew Stafford competition in Detroit got me thinking, why is it that teams often try to draft a franchise quarterback following a terrible season? If your team didn’t win a single game last year, what makes you think a rookie quarterback is going to drastically improve your record? Wouldn’t it make more sense to trade for (or pick up off free agency/waivers) a decent, proven veteran quarterback, win some games (for the fans who are suffering with you), while drafting some players that can help your team win NOW? Then, once you’ve regained some form of respect as a football team, draft the quarterback of the future the following season. It seems as though teams are content with basically throwing in the towel for another couple years so they can start from scratch. The Raiders’ JaMarcus Russell and 49ers’ Alex Smith are two other guys that immediately come to mind when I think about this.

  By the way, this has no fantasy football relevance, but I think it needed to be said.

   
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  Hits and Misses: Turkey Day Edition

  Brandon 10:10 am on 11/26/2008 | 3 Permalink Reply
  Tags: brian westbrook (13), chris johnson (29), daunte culpepper, donovan mcnabb (26), julius jones (8), justin gage (6), kevin smith (9), kurt warner (31), lendale white (17), lorenzo booker, marion barber (19), maurice morris (6), steve breaston (8), terrell owens (21), tony romo (26)

  Happy Thanksgiving! For the Thanksgiving holiday, I figured I’d do an early Hits and Misses article around the games that will be taking place as you stuff your face (and wonder why Detroit is on TV every friggin’ Turkey Day!) Anyways, over the past few weeks, it appears to me that the perfect storm has been brewing…and that storm is what the Titans running backs are going to do to the Lions defense tomorrow. Last weekend Tennessee finally got a dose of reality against the Jets when they realized that they can’t rely solely on the arm of Kerry Collins to carry them to victory and that they’re going to need their running game performing at a high level if they want to go anywhere in the playoffs. Lucky for them, they play the worst run defense in the NFL, the Detroit Lions, so this could be a perfect time to get back to the basics. So let’s get into more from that game and the rest of the action that will be taking place while you try your hardest to ignore your family members… (More …)

   
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  Week 12 Wrap-Up: King of the Cassel

  Brandon 2:29 pm on 11/24/2008 | 0 Permalink Reply
  Tags: adrian peterson (32), andre johnson (19), ashley lelie, brady quinn (14), chad pennington (11), clinton portis (22), daunte culpepper, derek anderson (9), donovan mcnabb (26), drew brees (25), ed reed, isaac bruce (3), jake delhomme (13), jay cutler (32), Justin Fargas (17), kerry collins (10), kevin walter (6), kurt warner (31), lee evans (8), leon washington (7), marc bulger (13), matt cassel (26), philip rivers (17), Randy Moss (21), ryan grant (21), terrell owens (21), thomas jones (20), Tim Hightower (15), Tom Brady (25), tony gonzalez (13), tony romo (26), trent edwards (5), trent green (2), tyler thigpen (11), wes welker (7)

  Tom who? It’s amazing the job that Matt Cassel (415 passing yards, 4 TD – one rushing, INT) has done this year to keep the depression in New England over Tom Brady’s injury to a minimum. To his credit, the games are a bit more exciting now and as long as they still make the playoffs, you have to give him props for playing his ass off and earning the big contract that is sure to come his way in the off-season. Anyways, let’s dive into the action that took place this weekend, starting with the big Patriots victory over the Dolphins…

  • New England 48, Miami 28: The second straight 400 passing yard performance from Cassel also paid dividends to the dynamic receiver duo, Randy Moss (8 catches for 125 yards, 3 TD) and Wes Welker (8 catches for 120 yards.) Over-shadowed by his team’s loss and the play of the opposing quarterback though, you can’t forget to mention the great effort from Chad Pennington (341 passing yards, 4 TD – one rushing, INT), who’s numbers were nearly as good. (More …)
   
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  Hits and Misses - Week 12: Peyton ready for a playoff run

  Brandon 3:45 pm on 11/21/2008 | 2 Permalink Reply
  Tags: aaron rodgers (30), antonio pittman (2), brett favre (34), brian westbrook (13), chris johnson (29), daunte culpepper, desean jackson (12), donnie avery (15), donovan mcnabb (26), greg jennings (12), jamal lewis (21), jason campbell (15), jericho cotchery (5), justin gage (6), kerry collins (10), kevin curtis (5), kris jenkins, ladainian tomlinson (31), lendale white (17), marshawn lynch (19), Matt Forte (25), matt ryan (19), maurice jones-drew (23), Peyton Manning (28), philip rivers (17), sammy morris (8), Shaun Hill (10), steve slaton (18), Tim Hightower (15), tony romo (26), vincent jackson (11), warrick dunn (7)

  Although the Patriots lost a close one to the Jets, last week ended up being a pretty good week for me in all areas of the fantasy football world. Not only did I win in nearly all of my leagues, but my predictions ended up with a stellar 19-4-5 record, led by great games from Turner the Burner, the Arizona passing game and DeAngelo Williams, along with sub-par efforts from Kyle Orton and Willis McGahee (even with Jake Delhomme doing his best to submarine me and one of my fantasy teams!)

  With the playoffs fast approaching though, and me still needing a win or two more to clinch the playoffs in a few leagues, let’s move on to my picks for this week. I’ll start with the man who should help many a fantasy team make the playoffs in week 12 by handing out a good ol’ fashioned beatdown to San Diego…Peyton Manning.

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  • Peyton Manning, QB, Colts: This weekend Indianapolis will head to San Diego to take on a Chargers defense that has been one of the worst in the league against the pass (possibly due to the absence of their top pass rusher in Shawne Merriman?) For all those managers who drafted Manning with a top pick in their league and have been disappointed so far (although the past few weeks he’s been pretty good), this game should serve as redemption. The Chargers are allowing 267 passing yards on average to an assortment of signal callers across the league…and this weekend they take on one that is slightly better than your “average quarterback.” I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect 300 yards and at least two scores from Peyton this week.

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  Hits and Misses - Week 11: Turner the Burner ready to blaze!

  Brandon 9:17 am on 11/14/2008 | 4 Permalink Reply
  Tags: anquan boldin (15), ben roethlisberger (21), bernard berrian (11), brandon jacobs (20), daunte culpepper, deangelo williams (17), derrick mason (8), earnest graham (10), gus frerotte (5), hines ward (3), jake delhomme (13), joe flacco (15), joseph addai (16), kurt warner (31), kyle orton (24), ladainian tomlinson (31), Larry Fitzgerald (18), Matt Forte (25), matt ryan (19), michael turner (24), roddy white (22), ronnie brown (17), sage rosenfels (4), steve breaston (8), steve smith (26), tyler thigpen (11), vincent jackson (11), willis mcgahee (13)

  Last week I came through with my second great feature pick of the season (I know, only two through ten weeks is a little embarassing!), as Vikings running back Adrian Peterson absolutely torched the Packers defense to the tune of 225 yards from scrimmage and a touchdown. I ended up the week with a respectable 15-5-3* record, helped out by stellar, three-score games from Thomas Jones and Maurice Jones-Drew, along with a solid performance from Tony Gonzalez and a predictable, lackluster showing by Steve Slaton (could he be hitting the rookie wall?) Although the Jets passing game proved to be non-existant in their demolition of the Rams and Peyton Manning had a huge game against one of the better defenses in the league (ironically, his two best games this season against the Steelers and Ravens…go figure!), I still finished with some fairly good predictions and I hope to do the same this week. For week 11,  my sure bet is for Michael Turner “The Burner” to have a big game against a less than average Broncos defense in Atlanta this weekend, so get him in your lineup!

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  • Michael Turner, RB, Falcons: I admit, I tried to come up with some clever saying here that some how involved the Broncos, Turner the Burner, and the game being a potential barn burner, but I couldn’t come up with some all that witty, so I ended up with the title you currently see on the post. Anyways though, continuing the trend (big games against bad defenses…poor games against good ones) that he has followed all season, you can expect big things from Turner this weekend as he takes on an Denver defense that is allowing 5.6 yards per carry. This should turn into a barn burner if all goes according to plan…and expect Turner to be right in the middle of the action. (More …)