My Weekly Fantasy
Sunday’s Fantasy Lineup
My Quarterbacks:
This week is a no-brainer with Aaron Rodgers facing the Detroit Lions. Rodgers is coming off his first 300-yard game of the season and looks primed to repeat his Monday night performance today. The Packers signal caller will face a division rival he’s very familiar with and one that he has had great success against. Last year in two meetings Rodgers averaged 353 yards passing per game and threw five touchdowns to only one interception. This season the Lions are ranked 26th against the pass and have already given up three pass plays of 40 yards or more; it looks like a good day for Rodgers and the Pack…….I will also be sticking with Drew Brees in another league. Despite the reports of a knee brace, Brees is a savvy quarterback with a quick release and knows his limitations. I don’t expect to see any Mike Vick imitations today, he should be just fine against the Panthers.
My Runningbacks:
One of my concerns today is running back Steven Jackson. The Rams ball carrier was barely a participant this week in practice nursing his groin injury. The word is he will be a gametime decision, so when that happens unless I hear reports that he feels great I may have to look at alternatives. If Jackson is your best option and active you might have to suck it up, but if you can look elsewhere that may be the better play…..…With the Bears traveling to the New York, I like Matt Forte’s matchup. He’ll face the leagues 26th ranked run defense and with 14 receptions and three pass receiving touchdowns this season he’s a solid option out of the backfield……I also have running back Justin Forsett in a number of leagues and recent rumors indicate the Seahawks could be leaning more on the kid as their featured back. He has a very good matchup against the Rams 25th ranked run defense that allows over 5-yards a pop and has surrendered a league high six runs of 20 yards or more…….Another option I am leaning on today is running back Peyton Hillis. After last week’s impressive performance against the Ravens I don’t see the Bengals having much better success. Cincy is ranked 7th against the run, but they are allowing 4.5-yards per carry and I would expect the Browns to lean heavily on the ground game today.
My Wide Receivers:
Today I have some interesting plays to make. In one league I will be inserting the Saints wide receiver Lance Moore. Isn’t the rule, once they have a big game don’t jump on the band wagon because they will probably tank? That may be the case, but I don’t believe it was an accident Moore came up big last week with Reggie Bush out. In 2008 Moore was the team’s leading receiver and I think Brees will continue to look his way often…….I like the Giant’s wide receiver Steve Smith tonight against the Bears 28th ranked pass defense. Manning likes to go to Smith often (29 targets) and the Bears giving up chunks of yards……I rode the Brandon Lloyd train a week ago, but I will likely steer clear today. Lloyd may get a couple of catches today, but the Titans have a strong secondary and Orton has a lot of other weapons to turn to……Against the Colts today I will not be sitting wide receiver Mike Sims-Walker. Based on numbers thus far this season I should, but against the Colts secondary, they could make him a star again. The Colts defense is ranked 20th in the league and allow 12.6 yards per catch (ranked 25th); we like those numbers.
My Tight Ends:
With the Packer’s Jermichael Finley on my roster, I don’t need any other tight ends. He has consecutive games with 100-yards receiving and is second on the team with 17 receptions. With a favorable matchup today against the Lions he could have another big day……..I will also be starting the Redskins’ tight end Chris Cooley today and hoping for the best. The Eagles pass defense has not been terrible this season (ranked 12th), but they have struggled a little with tight ends allowing 15 receptions for 175 yards…….I also have Owen Daniels on my roster, but with his numbers down and listed on this week’s injury report as questionable I will wait for better days.
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