Every week, I pick one question from our Fantasy Football Q&A and post it on Sunday morning. This week’s question comes from Matt, who is wondering what to do with Cedric Benson.

“At RB, Pick 2. AP, Benson, and Charles. Leaning towards using Charles this week. Your thoughts?”

My answer: Charles looks like a better option than Benson this week, though Benson has run well against good rush DTs before (so be warned).

With the news that Benson is expected to share carries with Larry Johnson, Charles definitely looks like the better play this week. He has been hot (four straight games with a TD) and he has a terrific matchup against the league’s worst rush defense (BUF). Meanwhile, Benson has a terrible matchup (MIN) and is going to share carries with LJ. I’d bench him.


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Every week, I pick one question from our Fantasy Football Q&A and post it on Sunday morning. This week’s question comes from RJR, who is wondering how he should cut Dustin Keller for James Casey.

“Do you think it would be worth dropping [Dustin] Keller for [James] Casey? My TE position is killing me and even though it seems like Keller has a lot of targets he does not put up a ton of points. What do you think Casey’s value going forward is? (or I can wait and drop Finley on Monday for Casey but a few teams in my league also need TE help and he may not last that long) or should I just leave it alone unless he blows up.”

My answer: At TE, I’d stick with Keller. Like you said, he gets a ton of targets and that’s half the battle. I’d rather have Finley than Casey right now.

Over the last three weeks, Keller is averaging 5.7-57-0.3, which are very good TE numbers. Clearly, he went through a bad stretch in the middle of the season, but he seems to have developed a better rapport with Mark Sanchez as the season has worn on.

While Casey does have some upside filling in for Owen Daniels, he is a rookie and it’s not often that a rookie TE becomes a viable starting option in fantasy football. Keller has more experience and a decent QB and should be starter-quality for the remainder of the season.

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Be sure to check out Week 11’s Fantasy Fallout and our Waiver Wire Watch for Week 12. Still have questions? Fire away, but be sure to tell me about your league’s roster requirements and whether or not you’re in a PPR league.