Week 9 2006
Number 9
By The 52X
Week nine is here and it is now or never for 3 and 5 suckers like me. Here is some hot info for the Fantasy Football owner with his ear to the ground. Reggie Bush will explode and Mike Vick is likely to be out for the season. Why? Because I just traded Bush for Vick. That’s why.
I am betting that history is no indicator of future performance. I think my crap team can turn it around. That is why I am still trying to win this season and that is why I traded away RB depth for a red-hot QB right now. Now is the time to spend any roster depth you have for guys that can help you this week. If you are on the outside looking in the Playoffs start today.
Let’s look at some guys you should target to turn it around or get over the hump:
Brian Westbrook has been unreal this season for the Eagles. His injury history and the fact that he is on a bye week 9 could combine to make Westbrook owners skittish on keeping him and that means that you could add him to your line-up with the right package. Westbrook’s schedule is sweet with the Deadskins twice, Tennessee and no tackling Indy coming up. This trade will take a lot of sweet talking, but the payoff could be a playoff berth.
If you need QB help like I did then Trent Green is a big wild card. He has been out since the middle of the first game, but he was a highly regarded passer on draft day. His coach has assured him that he will start. He has LJ keeping teams in 8 and 9 man boxes. This guy is on the waiver wire in many leagues. If you have been looking at crap QB totals then starting week 10 Green could be your answer.
Hines Ward is a notorious slow starter and the Steelers have fallen out of the sky this season. That means that he could be had at this time. Hines is a solid vet and the Steelers are a better team then they have shown so far this season. His numbers should improve with New Orleans and Cleveland coming up, but with the Broncos this week Ward owners might be convinced to part ways with the smiling wideout.
This week Football Fans get a marquee match-up to seek their teeth into. The Colts, who are in the middle of their early season unbeatable streak, face their arch nemesis when they travel to Foxboro, home of the 6 and 1 Patriots. The game will be a showcase of this generation’s finest Quarterbacks as Brady and Peyton face off. There is a big difference this year. The secret weapon that New England used to such stunning effect for 3 Super Bowl wins is now calling Indy home. That’s right, Adam Vinatieri is over his early season injury bug and kicking for the Colts. The Pats replaced him with a rookie, Steve Goskowski, and he has done a good job. But does he have the ice water circulatory system that Vinatieri exhibited so many times? More importantly can Adam rub some of those steel nerves off on Peyton? If this game was in 5 or 6 weeks with New England looking to put away another division championship then I would have to reconsider. This Sunday I see Peyton keeping it close enough to let Adam get some payback on the cheapskate Pats.
If you are a betting man then Week 9 offers a rare treat. 2 and 5 Pitt greets 5 and 2 Denver and Denver is getting the points. This game is sure to be a good one. The reigning reeling champs face the Broncos that they put away back in January. It has been a long 10 months for the Steelers and specifically Big Ben Rothlisberger. If this guy walked in front of a train this week I would believe it. Of course he would be up and about in 3 or 2 days. It is not everyday that a 5 and 2 team is an underdog, forget about facing a 2 and 5 club. The bookies are begging you to take the favorite. Take them up on it.
The time is now to sell the farm and put all your chips in the pot. If you need wins then any players not in your starting line-up are expendable. Make a savvy trade and you could be sitting pretty, but there is no use praying for better returns from the guys that have you scrambling as the trading deadline approaches.
Write the Grazianimal at grazianimal@columnist.com and tell him what ya think.
By The 52X
Week nine is here and it is now or never for 3 and 5 suckers like me. Here is some hot info for the Fantasy Football owner with his ear to the ground. Reggie Bush will explode and Mike Vick is likely to be out for the season. Why? Because I just traded Bush for Vick. That’s why.
I am betting that history is no indicator of future performance. I think my crap team can turn it around. That is why I am still trying to win this season and that is why I traded away RB depth for a red-hot QB right now. Now is the time to spend any roster depth you have for guys that can help you this week. If you are on the outside looking in the Playoffs start today.
Let’s look at some guys you should target to turn it around or get over the hump:
Brian Westbrook has been unreal this season for the Eagles. His injury history and the fact that he is on a bye week 9 could combine to make Westbrook owners skittish on keeping him and that means that you could add him to your line-up with the right package. Westbrook’s schedule is sweet with the Deadskins twice, Tennessee and no tackling Indy coming up. This trade will take a lot of sweet talking, but the payoff could be a playoff berth.
If you need QB help like I did then Trent Green is a big wild card. He has been out since the middle of the first game, but he was a highly regarded passer on draft day. His coach has assured him that he will start. He has LJ keeping teams in 8 and 9 man boxes. This guy is on the waiver wire in many leagues. If you have been looking at crap QB totals then starting week 10 Green could be your answer.
Hines Ward is a notorious slow starter and the Steelers have fallen out of the sky this season. That means that he could be had at this time. Hines is a solid vet and the Steelers are a better team then they have shown so far this season. His numbers should improve with New Orleans and Cleveland coming up, but with the Broncos this week Ward owners might be convinced to part ways with the smiling wideout.
This week Football Fans get a marquee match-up to seek their teeth into. The Colts, who are in the middle of their early season unbeatable streak, face their arch nemesis when they travel to Foxboro, home of the 6 and 1 Patriots. The game will be a showcase of this generation’s finest Quarterbacks as Brady and Peyton face off. There is a big difference this year. The secret weapon that New England used to such stunning effect for 3 Super Bowl wins is now calling Indy home. That’s right, Adam Vinatieri is over his early season injury bug and kicking for the Colts. The Pats replaced him with a rookie, Steve Goskowski, and he has done a good job. But does he have the ice water circulatory system that Vinatieri exhibited so many times? More importantly can Adam rub some of those steel nerves off on Peyton? If this game was in 5 or 6 weeks with New England looking to put away another division championship then I would have to reconsider. This Sunday I see Peyton keeping it close enough to let Adam get some payback on the cheapskate Pats.
If you are a betting man then Week 9 offers a rare treat. 2 and 5 Pitt greets 5 and 2 Denver and Denver is getting the points. This game is sure to be a good one. The reigning reeling champs face the Broncos that they put away back in January. It has been a long 10 months for the Steelers and specifically Big Ben Rothlisberger. If this guy walked in front of a train this week I would believe it. Of course he would be up and about in 3 or 2 days. It is not everyday that a 5 and 2 team is an underdog, forget about facing a 2 and 5 club. The bookies are begging you to take the favorite. Take them up on it.
The time is now to sell the farm and put all your chips in the pot. If you need wins then any players not in your starting line-up are expendable. Make a savvy trade and you could be sitting pretty, but there is no use praying for better returns from the guys that have you scrambling as the trading deadline approaches.
Write the Grazianimal at grazianimal@columnist.com and tell him what ya think.
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