Steve in Minneapolis
Footballguy
Week 6 Fantasy Tips results are in post 102
Week 4 he had 5 correct, and 4 wrong...
Week 5 he is 7-1
Week 6 he is 7-2 with Plax left to play
Week 7 we was 3-6... his first really crappy week.
Year to Date: 40 correct, 24 wrong: 62% accuracy...
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I like to read Peter King's Monday Morning Quarterback on SI.com each week, and when I went to find it today I came across his week one fantasy recommendations.
I'll post them below with the players actual results. He made some pretty solid calls...They weren't all exactly 'shock the world' call outs, but he was right a lot more than he was wrong.
1. So you're all excited about stealing the Baltimore defense in the 10th round of your draft? Good pick, no question. But maybe not this week, on the road, in The Jungle, against a team that regularly puts 20-plus on the Ravens. If I'm you, I'm picking up the Jags defense and playing it against Tennessee, then putting Baltimore back in your lineup against the Jets, Cards, Browns and Niners the next four weeks. Baltimore hasn't played obviously, but the Jags were respectable: 13PA, 2 sacks, 1 Int, 2 Forced Fumbles
2. This sounds loony, I understand. But if you've got a really good third back -- say, Marshawn Lynch -- I'd consider using him this week against Denver instead of Larry Johnson against Houston. LJ: 44 Rushing, 43 Receiving, 0TDs, Lynch: 90 rushing, 9 receving and a TD
3. Speaking of Denver, Jay Cutler could struggle on the road in a very loud environment at Buffalo with a couple of cut-loose blitzers in Donte Whitner and Coy Wire. Probably a miss here, depending on your scoring system. Cutler hadd 300 yards passing, but had 1TD/1Int
4. Don't fear Jon Kitna in Oakland this week. The Black Hole will not intimidate him, nor will it cause him to throw for 97 yards. 289 yards, 3TDs and 2 Ints
5. Put Cedric Benson on your bench. He will not conquer Mount Jamal Williams on Sunday in San Diego. 19 carries for 42 yards, and one reception for 11 yards.
6. Take a chance, though, and play Bernard Berrian. The one offensive thing the Bears should be able to do is get the ball downfield on the Chargers, because San Diego won't trust Rex Grossman to win this game. Berrian's fast, really fast. And Grossman and he had a good summer together. 5 for 83... Certainly better than Benson...and not bad for your WR3, which he likely is, depending on your league size.
7. Want an unexpected tight end hit in week one? Visanthe Shiancoe in Minnesota. Brad Childress is determined to make him an integral part of his offense, and there's no way Tarvaris Jackson is consistently going to have enough time (not to mention confidence) to throw deep. 2 for 18 Big miss. He may have only had those two targets.
8. From the looks of that bad thigh Drew Bennett is toting around the practice field this week, you'll want to sit him in his first game as a Ram. King posted this article Thursday at noon, and as it turned out Bennett was incative.
9. From the looks of all the various maladies Plaxico Burress seems to be getting over -- plus the woes of the Dallas secondary, with Terence Newman a shell of himself -- he'd be a certain starter in my lineup this weekend. 8 for 144 and 3TDs He had a huge night.
10. And bench the Dallas D,' by the way. Even though Wade Phillips will have them coming at Eli Manning from everywhere, Manning will do some strafing against the Dallas backups. 35 points against, 1 sack and 1 Int
So he made calls on 12 players. By my count, he was 'right' on 8 or 9 of them, wrong on 2 or 3, and the Ravens D plays tonight... Not bad.
Week 4 he had 5 correct, and 4 wrong...
Week 5 he is 7-1
Week 6 he is 7-2 with Plax left to play
Week 7 we was 3-6... his first really crappy week.
Year to Date: 40 correct, 24 wrong: 62% accuracy...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I like to read Peter King's Monday Morning Quarterback on SI.com each week, and when I went to find it today I came across his week one fantasy recommendations.
I'll post them below with the players actual results. He made some pretty solid calls...They weren't all exactly 'shock the world' call outs, but he was right a lot more than he was wrong.
1. So you're all excited about stealing the Baltimore defense in the 10th round of your draft? Good pick, no question. But maybe not this week, on the road, in The Jungle, against a team that regularly puts 20-plus on the Ravens. If I'm you, I'm picking up the Jags defense and playing it against Tennessee, then putting Baltimore back in your lineup against the Jets, Cards, Browns and Niners the next four weeks. Baltimore hasn't played obviously, but the Jags were respectable: 13PA, 2 sacks, 1 Int, 2 Forced Fumbles
2. This sounds loony, I understand. But if you've got a really good third back -- say, Marshawn Lynch -- I'd consider using him this week against Denver instead of Larry Johnson against Houston. LJ: 44 Rushing, 43 Receiving, 0TDs, Lynch: 90 rushing, 9 receving and a TD
3. Speaking of Denver, Jay Cutler could struggle on the road in a very loud environment at Buffalo with a couple of cut-loose blitzers in Donte Whitner and Coy Wire. Probably a miss here, depending on your scoring system. Cutler hadd 300 yards passing, but had 1TD/1Int
4. Don't fear Jon Kitna in Oakland this week. The Black Hole will not intimidate him, nor will it cause him to throw for 97 yards. 289 yards, 3TDs and 2 Ints
5. Put Cedric Benson on your bench. He will not conquer Mount Jamal Williams on Sunday in San Diego. 19 carries for 42 yards, and one reception for 11 yards.
6. Take a chance, though, and play Bernard Berrian. The one offensive thing the Bears should be able to do is get the ball downfield on the Chargers, because San Diego won't trust Rex Grossman to win this game. Berrian's fast, really fast. And Grossman and he had a good summer together. 5 for 83... Certainly better than Benson...and not bad for your WR3, which he likely is, depending on your league size.
7. Want an unexpected tight end hit in week one? Visanthe Shiancoe in Minnesota. Brad Childress is determined to make him an integral part of his offense, and there's no way Tarvaris Jackson is consistently going to have enough time (not to mention confidence) to throw deep. 2 for 18 Big miss. He may have only had those two targets.
8. From the looks of that bad thigh Drew Bennett is toting around the practice field this week, you'll want to sit him in his first game as a Ram. King posted this article Thursday at noon, and as it turned out Bennett was incative.
9. From the looks of all the various maladies Plaxico Burress seems to be getting over -- plus the woes of the Dallas secondary, with Terence Newman a shell of himself -- he'd be a certain starter in my lineup this weekend. 8 for 144 and 3TDs He had a huge night.
10. And bench the Dallas D,' by the way. Even though Wade Phillips will have them coming at Eli Manning from everywhere, Manning will do some strafing against the Dallas backups. 35 points against, 1 sack and 1 Int
So he made calls on 12 players. By my count, he was 'right' on 8 or 9 of them, wrong on 2 or 3, and the Ravens D plays tonight... Not bad.
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He's an easy target. I still think he is not able to separate reality from FF, and this is more evident in the context of offering drafting tips, but you can hardly blame him given his responsibilities and connections. Let's see what happens the next few weeks.
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