Time to Turn Around!
Week #7:
Time to Push
The Grazianimal
Let’s talk football. Don your gasmasks. No sarin attacks are gonna stop this crowd from Sunday. Fantasy Football has been cooking along and I for one am sitting at 2 and 4 and expecting my usual late season push to put me over the top. This week is the turn in most leagues. Everybody squeezzzz!
Running Backs are what FF is all about, unless your wide receivers explode. This season has seen few major RB injuries so far, unless you count Shaun Alexander (but he was stinking it up). That means no free agent saviors yet. That also means that the guys that got drafted need to produce. Clinton Portis needs to produce. He started the season as the biggest question mark at the top of the draft. By now those injury issues are history, but the Redskins stinking up the field has become a front and center problem. Portis has yet to bust that mythical 100 yard plateau. He is spouting in the press about needing the team to put it on those shoulders of his. Portis owners better hope. 14 attempts in a game are not what a #1 RB is all about. That is Reggie Bush territory. With a crap Colt run D and the Skins in desperate need of a win, a ball control game plan is what’s needed to save the Washington season and put Portis owners in the pink.
LaMont Jordan is another guy that went first round way back when. He makes Portis look consistent with his horrible output so far this season. His team is the pits with their captain openly campaigning to be sent out of town and last week’s late game fumble making the highlight rounds. The good news is that the Raiders get perennial patsy Arizona this week. The bad news is that the Cards looked downright dangerous last week on Monday night against the toast of the league Bears. The Card D allowed none of those magnificent plays that Chi-Town used to shock those Monday insomniacs, allowing 168 total yards. Dennis Green might lose his job if the Cards let down in this game. LaMont is also nursing a bruised back. If you have another option this is the week to sit Jordan.
The Giants are a soap opera this season and week #7 has their #1 guy calling it quits in the media. The super savvy Tiki said all he wants to do is split this crowd and start learning at the foot of Boomer, Esiason or Berman will do. This could be a motivating ploy by the team leader to get his team to concentrate. I figure with most of the season ahead of him, Tiki might want to keep those yearnings to himself. Bill Parcells has got to be stressing to the Cowboys that Barber wants none of them. Both these teams need this game to keep the heat on the Eagles. The question is will it matter. Tiki Barber is the best back in FF right now. He might have a bad game on the road on Monday against a division opponent and still put up big numbers. He starts on every team in Fantasyland, just don’t look for 185 yards out of Barber this week.
All good owners play the match-ups. This week has the Lions traveling to the Swamp to play those better then expected Jets. This is a game where Fantasy points could be had. No way the defenses dominate in this game. Barlow and Washington on the Jets are good options if your roster has anything but two stud RB’s ahead of them. Also the Lions can’t stop the pass so Jet receiving options look good this week. Coles and Cotchery are probably owned, but TE Baker is out there in ¾ of leagues and is as good a spot start TE are you will find this week. Roy Williams is a stud, but Az-Zahir Hakim is owned by almost no one and will see as many balls as Mike Furrey. He is a nice flyer.
Last week I sat Jake Delhomme and used a guy with a better match up. I got burned. Still in this game looking for the downhill path will pay dividends over a season. Bad teams give up more yards and points. When your guys play bad teams then the odds move in your favor. Play Green Bay players in Miami and be careful of Mike Vick against Pittsburgh. It is not brain surgery. Play Panthers, don’t touch the Texans, unless you have Andre Johnson. See, piece of cake!
Time to Push
The Grazianimal
Let’s talk football. Don your gasmasks. No sarin attacks are gonna stop this crowd from Sunday. Fantasy Football has been cooking along and I for one am sitting at 2 and 4 and expecting my usual late season push to put me over the top. This week is the turn in most leagues. Everybody squeezzzz!
Running Backs are what FF is all about, unless your wide receivers explode. This season has seen few major RB injuries so far, unless you count Shaun Alexander (but he was stinking it up). That means no free agent saviors yet. That also means that the guys that got drafted need to produce. Clinton Portis needs to produce. He started the season as the biggest question mark at the top of the draft. By now those injury issues are history, but the Redskins stinking up the field has become a front and center problem. Portis has yet to bust that mythical 100 yard plateau. He is spouting in the press about needing the team to put it on those shoulders of his. Portis owners better hope. 14 attempts in a game are not what a #1 RB is all about. That is Reggie Bush territory. With a crap Colt run D and the Skins in desperate need of a win, a ball control game plan is what’s needed to save the Washington season and put Portis owners in the pink.
LaMont Jordan is another guy that went first round way back when. He makes Portis look consistent with his horrible output so far this season. His team is the pits with their captain openly campaigning to be sent out of town and last week’s late game fumble making the highlight rounds. The good news is that the Raiders get perennial patsy Arizona this week. The bad news is that the Cards looked downright dangerous last week on Monday night against the toast of the league Bears. The Card D allowed none of those magnificent plays that Chi-Town used to shock those Monday insomniacs, allowing 168 total yards. Dennis Green might lose his job if the Cards let down in this game. LaMont is also nursing a bruised back. If you have another option this is the week to sit Jordan.
The Giants are a soap opera this season and week #7 has their #1 guy calling it quits in the media. The super savvy Tiki said all he wants to do is split this crowd and start learning at the foot of Boomer, Esiason or Berman will do. This could be a motivating ploy by the team leader to get his team to concentrate. I figure with most of the season ahead of him, Tiki might want to keep those yearnings to himself. Bill Parcells has got to be stressing to the Cowboys that Barber wants none of them. Both these teams need this game to keep the heat on the Eagles. The question is will it matter. Tiki Barber is the best back in FF right now. He might have a bad game on the road on Monday against a division opponent and still put up big numbers. He starts on every team in Fantasyland, just don’t look for 185 yards out of Barber this week.
All good owners play the match-ups. This week has the Lions traveling to the Swamp to play those better then expected Jets. This is a game where Fantasy points could be had. No way the defenses dominate in this game. Barlow and Washington on the Jets are good options if your roster has anything but two stud RB’s ahead of them. Also the Lions can’t stop the pass so Jet receiving options look good this week. Coles and Cotchery are probably owned, but TE Baker is out there in ¾ of leagues and is as good a spot start TE are you will find this week. Roy Williams is a stud, but Az-Zahir Hakim is owned by almost no one and will see as many balls as Mike Furrey. He is a nice flyer.
Last week I sat Jake Delhomme and used a guy with a better match up. I got burned. Still in this game looking for the downhill path will pay dividends over a season. Bad teams give up more yards and points. When your guys play bad teams then the odds move in your favor. Play Green Bay players in Miami and be careful of Mike Vick against Pittsburgh. It is not brain surgery. Play Panthers, don’t touch the Texans, unless you have Andre Johnson. See, piece of cake!
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