Category: Fantasy Football (Page 311 of 324)

Every week, I submit six names our fantasy football owners – three marginal players to start and three to bench. Let’s see how I did last week:

START

Trent Green – 323 pass yards, 1 TD (HIT)
Green carved up a piecemeal Patriots pass defense.

Chris Brown – 135 total yards, 1 TD (HIT)
Brown did most of his damage through the air against San Francisco.

Eddie Kennison – 3 catches, 65 yards (MISS)
Kennison had a decent day, but Samie Parker cannibalized some of his looks.

BENCH

Chris Simms – 202 pass yards, 0 TD (HIT)
As expected, Simms had a tough time against a good Bears defense.

Tony Fisher / Samkon Gado – 42 total yards (HIT) / 122 total yards, 1 TD (MISS)
Surprisingly, Gado got 26 carries after being benched the previous week.

Reggie Brown – 0 catches (HIT)
Nary a catch for Brown against the Packers.

On to this week’s picks:

START

QB – Kurt Warner, ARI
Warner faces a San Francisco defense that is last in the league in passing yards allowed per game.

RB – Carnell Williams, TB
Williams faces a Saints D that allows an average of 137 rushing yards on the ground.

WR – Derrick Mason, BAL
The Ravens face the Texans, who have given up 20 pass TDs along with 224 yards per game through the air.

BENCH

QB – Brett Favre, GB
Bench Favre if you have another viable option, as he faces a good Bears defense this week.

RB – Julius Jones, DAL
Dallas faces a Giants D that is playing very well and Marion Barber III is still in the mix for the Cowboys at RB.

WR – Mushin Muhammad, CHI
Surprisingly, the Packers have played very good pass defense this year. Bench Muhammad if you have a decent alternative.

We’re in the middle of the stretch run – for a lot of fantasy owners, it’s do or die time. Post all of your roster questions here.

QUARTERBACKS

David Garrard, JAX – Byron Leftwich is out for a while and Garrard will start in his place. He was pretty good against Arizona, throwing for 115 yards while rushing for 61 yards and a score.

Ryan Fitzpatrick, STL – Backup QB Jamie Martin left the game with a concussion and if he can’t go next week, Fitzpatrick would get the start. He finished the game strong against a questionable Texans defense throwing for 310 yards and three scores, including a TD pass to Kevin Curtis for the win in overtime.

RUNNING BACKS

Samkon Gado, GB – The way that the Packers didn’t use Gado in the second half of the Monday night game against the Vikings led many (including myself) to believe that he was out of the mix at RB. But Sunday he ran for 111 yards and a score, so he is very much in the mix.

Every week, I highlight a few marginal fantasy players, three to start and three to sit. First, let’s see how I did last week:

START

Matt Hasselbeck – 233 passing yards, 1 TD (HIT)
Shaun Alexander did most of the damage against the 49ers, but Hasselbeck contributed with a solid game.

Patrick Pass / Heath Evans – 184 combined yards (PUSH)
The duo split the carries and the catches and combined for a very good total.

Andre Johnson – 6 catches, 50 yards (PUSH)
AJ had a solid game in points per reception leagues, but owners in other leagues are still waiting for him to do something.

BENCH

Mike Vick – 306 passing yards, 2 TDs (MISS)
Vick looked great against a good Bucs defense. He seems to be getting more consistent as the season goes on.

Kevin Jones – 67 total yards, 1 TD (MISS)
I’ll give myself a miss on this one. Even though KJ didn’t have a very good game, he did find the endzone.

Ashley Lelie – 4 catches, 81 yards (PUSH)
Lelie had a better game than I expected, but he still didn’t find the endzone even though the Broncos put up 27 points.

On to this week’s picks:

START

QB – Trent Green, KC
Green has had an up and down season and is currently QB18, but this week he faces a New England pass defense that is second worst in yards allowed per game.

RB – Chris Brown, TEN
Brown has been solid lately, and this week he faces a porous 49er defense that allows 120 yards and 1.5 TDs on the ground.

WR – Eddie Kennison, KC
Just like Green, Kennison should have a big day against the Patriots.

BENCH

QB – Chris Simms, TB
Simms will probably struggle against a very good Chicago defense that is second best in the league against the pass.

RB – Tony Fisher / Samkon Gado, GB
Who knows what’s going on in GB. After a great game against ATL, Gado gets pulled early in the second half of Monday’s game against the Vikings for fumbling. Whoever gets the carries might find it tough to run against the Philly D.

WR – Reggie Brown, PHI
The Packers have been surprisingly good against the pass, allowing only 187 yards a game through the air. I think they’ll keep Brown out of the endzone.

Donovan McNabb is out for the season and Antonio Gates is nursing a foot injury. So what do you do?

Post all of your roster questions here, that’s what.