Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Did you have fun last week? Head still spinning from what you saw? Can you believe Tony Romo is the #1 QB in FF right now? Am I starting this thread off with too many questions?
It seemed like there were a couple of really great performances, quite a few solid efforts across the board, and several major disappointments. I still feel like QB is one of those positions where outside of about Peyton Manning you can really toggle with the guys you have on your roster.
Let’s roll into week 2 folks.
Must starts: As I mentioned last week, there will be very few players in this pool most weeks.
Peyton Manning: Mr. Manning, the Titans’ secondary…Titans’ secondary, Mr. Manning. Props to the posters that can predict when manning will have a quiet day. He is on the road…guess that might work against him.
Carson Palmer: Cleveland should pose absolutely no threat to him. They gave up 4 TD to Big Ben last week, can’t wait to see what CJ and Housh do this weekend. Chad has already said he will jump into the Dawg Pound…I’d pay to be sitting there when he does it…on 2nd thought maybe I don’t want to be there.
Strong starts/Likely starts: More than likely these guys should pay off this week.
Brett Favre: After watching Romo cut through the Giants like a hot knife thru melted butter, how can you overlook Favre this week? It is a road game and perhaps pride will rear its ugly head for the Giants but they likely have a 2nd string QB and RB which could create turnovers and a short filed for Favre to work. 250 yds and 2 TD in this one after he tossed for 200 and no scores last week.
Jake Delhomme: I wrote last week that Delhomme was going to surprise some folks and low and behold he throws for 3 TD. This week he has the Houston Texans who shut down the Chiefs last week but the Delhomme and crew are much much better than Kansas City and I expect Delhomme to have another solid outing this week. When Jake gets hot he usually stays that way for a little while. In 2004 weeks 8-12 he tossed TDs in the amount of 2-3-3-2-2 and avg in the neighborhood of 250 yds a week. Weeks 15-17 of that season he went 2-4-2 in the TD dept. In ’05 he went 3-2-2-2-3 in weeks 3-8 so my advice is to ride Jake while he is in the zone.
Tony Romo: The Dolphins secondary lost Y.Bell their starting Safety for the season…could have a big impact on the game. D.Darius, former Jax Jag, was signed. I don’t want to get the anointing oils out just yet for Romo and his owners but you have to think TO and crew can make waves in Miami. I would expect a solid day from Romo on Sunday with 2 TD likely and maybe more. However Miami is not very good right now so this game could get out of hand. They don’t have the weapons or QB to keep things close as the Giants did this past Sunday.
Tom Brady: He is playing the Chargers but I expect him to be able to move the ball thru the secondary. You can’t bench him after that display last week. It might not be a good match up but he is looking like a must start almost every week from here on out. We are not going to discuss the cheating incident either.
D.McNabb: Should bounce back this week. Trent Green almost had a good day against the Skins…I look for much improvement for owners this week with McNabb.
Middle of the Road: We at least want to talk about these guys a little before we decide to put them in. Several have some good match ups. I am just going to go in order of the games so this is not a ranking by order.
Alex Smith: After watching Delhomme dice up St Louis for 3 TD, one would have to consider Smith this week. Frank Gore lost his mom this week so he is either going to come out and run extremely hard to try and pay tribute to his mom…or his head won’t be in the game causing Smith to have to win it for the Niners…I opt for the 1st choice. Smith will do OK but don’t expect great things form him.
Marc Bulger: He didn’t look good last week, really. He missed a lot of guys and now he lost Orlando Pace, his LT and protector of his blind side…gone for the year! OUCH! Bulger scares me a little right now. SF has improved their secondary finally. Bennett was inactive last week, Bruce was quiet…the Rams don’t look good right now. I am not real high on MB this week, honestly.
Big Ben: Owners got a great game out of him last week but hold the phones a minute. If you think Roethlisberger is going to toss 4 TD a week, man you’re crazy. Doesn’t 160 yds and 4 TD seem a little odd. You don’t usually see that kind of TD output with only 160 yds passing. I know owners are running to start him last week and Cutler did score 300 yds on Buffalo…but owners might be chasing last week’s points a bit here. I expect more from the Steelers’ running game this week.
Matt Schaub: A guy I liked last week. This week he faces Carolina and this might seem like night and day compared to KC last week. I see a very mild day from Schaub and Houston on Sunday.
Vince Young: 78 yds passing last week. The Titans did run for 280 yds however in that game. I understand Indy is not a juggernaut on defense but I can’t see Young as a great play this week. I am interested in the board’s opinion on this…garbage time points at least? (Peanut Gallery nods heads)…OK, he is a decent play then this week.
Drew Brees: Should bounce back from a terrible game last week. Tampa Bay is not a good team and the Saints are going to want to get that taste out of their mouths. I look for a much improved performance from Brees this week. In 23 of his last 47 starts he has tossed 2 or more TD…and every time he has had a zero in the TD column since 2004, the next week he answers with multiple TD or crosses the 300 yd mark, put that in your pipe and fire it up. If he lays an egg again this week, we’ll start to worry…he won’t.
Trent Green: Was #14 last week for points…you could have done worse and many did. I know Dallas was torn up a bit last week but Eli Manning is a much better FF QB at this stage than Trent Green…and Green doesn’t have the weapons. You likely have better option than Green on your roster right now.
Matt Hasselbeck: He had 14 of his 18 TD last year in 4 games last season. He tossed 4 in the other 8 games…I’m just saying. He has not shown us that he can be relied on consistently as of late. He should do OK on Sunday, but what is OK? 6 TD in 7 games against the Cardinals…never more than 2 TD in any one game since he joined the Seahawks…I think he will be sort of middle of the road on Sunday.
Jon Kitna: Almost needs to be put up in the must starts every week I guess. Too many weapons to throw around at. He said this week that #11 is their star player and that if teams cover him or try and shut him down that they have 3 other WR they can go to…something close to that. They are not going to run at the Vikes so I expect him to wing it all over the place. He took a beating against the Raiders…sure hope he holds up.
Jay Cutler: Threw for 300 yds and a score last week…doesn’t have the same weapons at WR that Kitna had when he tore up the Raiders but I like Cutler to have another solid game this week. Will be interested to see what other owners have to sit on their bench to start playing this guy.
Matt Leinart: I just don’t trust him right now and Whisenhunt looks like he is going far away from the Denny Green playbook. I would really downgrade the Cards passing game in general right now.
Tarvaris Jackson: I know he has a nice match up but I pass.
Steve McNair: Also has a nice match up but with Clayton gimpy, I look for a healthy dose of the running game on Sunday. 21 of his last 30 games he has thrown for 0-1 TD…where is the upside? Bench him.
Rex Grossman: Has a great match up this week. I was wrong about him last week so this week Rex will do the right thing and hook up with Berrian and get back on track. If he doesn’t, it could spell the beginning of the end for him.
David Garrard: Pretty good match up this week…the Jags are in a must win situation this week and I expect them to get their running game back on track. A quiet day for Garrard and the WR crew.
Phillip Rivers: 28th last week…not good. And I don’t expect him to do well this week either. Rough start for Rivers’ owners.
Jason Campbell: Don’t like him against the Eagles on the road. I expect the Skins to rely on their RB to try and win this week.
Bad starts: Some are just plain bad QBs or truly bad situations and bad QBs.
JP Losman: Could have another quiet day in Pitt.
Joey Harrington: Really making the fans forget about Michael Vick.
Jeff Garcia: Bucs offense looks pathetic in the passing game.
D. Culpepper: Not this week
Kelly Clemens: Baltimore, his 1st start…no thanks.
Damon Huard: Likely will never make it out of this area all season.
Let it RIP!
It seemed like there were a couple of really great performances, quite a few solid efforts across the board, and several major disappointments. I still feel like QB is one of those positions where outside of about Peyton Manning you can really toggle with the guys you have on your roster.
Let’s roll into week 2 folks.
Must starts: As I mentioned last week, there will be very few players in this pool most weeks.
Peyton Manning: Mr. Manning, the Titans’ secondary…Titans’ secondary, Mr. Manning. Props to the posters that can predict when manning will have a quiet day. He is on the road…guess that might work against him.
Carson Palmer: Cleveland should pose absolutely no threat to him. They gave up 4 TD to Big Ben last week, can’t wait to see what CJ and Housh do this weekend. Chad has already said he will jump into the Dawg Pound…I’d pay to be sitting there when he does it…on 2nd thought maybe I don’t want to be there.
Strong starts/Likely starts: More than likely these guys should pay off this week.
Brett Favre: After watching Romo cut through the Giants like a hot knife thru melted butter, how can you overlook Favre this week? It is a road game and perhaps pride will rear its ugly head for the Giants but they likely have a 2nd string QB and RB which could create turnovers and a short filed for Favre to work. 250 yds and 2 TD in this one after he tossed for 200 and no scores last week.
Jake Delhomme: I wrote last week that Delhomme was going to surprise some folks and low and behold he throws for 3 TD. This week he has the Houston Texans who shut down the Chiefs last week but the Delhomme and crew are much much better than Kansas City and I expect Delhomme to have another solid outing this week. When Jake gets hot he usually stays that way for a little while. In 2004 weeks 8-12 he tossed TDs in the amount of 2-3-3-2-2 and avg in the neighborhood of 250 yds a week. Weeks 15-17 of that season he went 2-4-2 in the TD dept. In ’05 he went 3-2-2-2-3 in weeks 3-8 so my advice is to ride Jake while he is in the zone.
Tony Romo: The Dolphins secondary lost Y.Bell their starting Safety for the season…could have a big impact on the game. D.Darius, former Jax Jag, was signed. I don’t want to get the anointing oils out just yet for Romo and his owners but you have to think TO and crew can make waves in Miami. I would expect a solid day from Romo on Sunday with 2 TD likely and maybe more. However Miami is not very good right now so this game could get out of hand. They don’t have the weapons or QB to keep things close as the Giants did this past Sunday.
Tom Brady: He is playing the Chargers but I expect him to be able to move the ball thru the secondary. You can’t bench him after that display last week. It might not be a good match up but he is looking like a must start almost every week from here on out. We are not going to discuss the cheating incident either.
D.McNabb: Should bounce back this week. Trent Green almost had a good day against the Skins…I look for much improvement for owners this week with McNabb.
Middle of the Road: We at least want to talk about these guys a little before we decide to put them in. Several have some good match ups. I am just going to go in order of the games so this is not a ranking by order.
Alex Smith: After watching Delhomme dice up St Louis for 3 TD, one would have to consider Smith this week. Frank Gore lost his mom this week so he is either going to come out and run extremely hard to try and pay tribute to his mom…or his head won’t be in the game causing Smith to have to win it for the Niners…I opt for the 1st choice. Smith will do OK but don’t expect great things form him.
Marc Bulger: He didn’t look good last week, really. He missed a lot of guys and now he lost Orlando Pace, his LT and protector of his blind side…gone for the year! OUCH! Bulger scares me a little right now. SF has improved their secondary finally. Bennett was inactive last week, Bruce was quiet…the Rams don’t look good right now. I am not real high on MB this week, honestly.
Big Ben: Owners got a great game out of him last week but hold the phones a minute. If you think Roethlisberger is going to toss 4 TD a week, man you’re crazy. Doesn’t 160 yds and 4 TD seem a little odd. You don’t usually see that kind of TD output with only 160 yds passing. I know owners are running to start him last week and Cutler did score 300 yds on Buffalo…but owners might be chasing last week’s points a bit here. I expect more from the Steelers’ running game this week.
Matt Schaub: A guy I liked last week. This week he faces Carolina and this might seem like night and day compared to KC last week. I see a very mild day from Schaub and Houston on Sunday.
Vince Young: 78 yds passing last week. The Titans did run for 280 yds however in that game. I understand Indy is not a juggernaut on defense but I can’t see Young as a great play this week. I am interested in the board’s opinion on this…garbage time points at least? (Peanut Gallery nods heads)…OK, he is a decent play then this week.
Drew Brees: Should bounce back from a terrible game last week. Tampa Bay is not a good team and the Saints are going to want to get that taste out of their mouths. I look for a much improved performance from Brees this week. In 23 of his last 47 starts he has tossed 2 or more TD…and every time he has had a zero in the TD column since 2004, the next week he answers with multiple TD or crosses the 300 yd mark, put that in your pipe and fire it up. If he lays an egg again this week, we’ll start to worry…he won’t.
Trent Green: Was #14 last week for points…you could have done worse and many did. I know Dallas was torn up a bit last week but Eli Manning is a much better FF QB at this stage than Trent Green…and Green doesn’t have the weapons. You likely have better option than Green on your roster right now.
Matt Hasselbeck: He had 14 of his 18 TD last year in 4 games last season. He tossed 4 in the other 8 games…I’m just saying. He has not shown us that he can be relied on consistently as of late. He should do OK on Sunday, but what is OK? 6 TD in 7 games against the Cardinals…never more than 2 TD in any one game since he joined the Seahawks…I think he will be sort of middle of the road on Sunday.
Jon Kitna: Almost needs to be put up in the must starts every week I guess. Too many weapons to throw around at. He said this week that #11 is their star player and that if teams cover him or try and shut him down that they have 3 other WR they can go to…something close to that. They are not going to run at the Vikes so I expect him to wing it all over the place. He took a beating against the Raiders…sure hope he holds up.
Jay Cutler: Threw for 300 yds and a score last week…doesn’t have the same weapons at WR that Kitna had when he tore up the Raiders but I like Cutler to have another solid game this week. Will be interested to see what other owners have to sit on their bench to start playing this guy.
Matt Leinart: I just don’t trust him right now and Whisenhunt looks like he is going far away from the Denny Green playbook. I would really downgrade the Cards passing game in general right now.
Tarvaris Jackson: I know he has a nice match up but I pass.
Steve McNair: Also has a nice match up but with Clayton gimpy, I look for a healthy dose of the running game on Sunday. 21 of his last 30 games he has thrown for 0-1 TD…where is the upside? Bench him.
Rex Grossman: Has a great match up this week. I was wrong about him last week so this week Rex will do the right thing and hook up with Berrian and get back on track. If he doesn’t, it could spell the beginning of the end for him.
David Garrard: Pretty good match up this week…the Jags are in a must win situation this week and I expect them to get their running game back on track. A quiet day for Garrard and the WR crew.
Phillip Rivers: 28th last week…not good. And I don’t expect him to do well this week either. Rough start for Rivers’ owners.
Jason Campbell: Don’t like him against the Eagles on the road. I expect the Skins to rely on their RB to try and win this week.
Bad starts: Some are just plain bad QBs or truly bad situations and bad QBs.
JP Losman: Could have another quiet day in Pitt.
Joey Harrington: Really making the fans forget about Michael Vick.
Jeff Garcia: Bucs offense looks pathetic in the passing game.
D. Culpepper: Not this week
Kelly Clemens: Baltimore, his 1st start…no thanks.
Damon Huard: Likely will never make it out of this area all season.
Let it RIP!
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Sorry, but I am going to leave my mistake as is.
...but they did run 2 back for scores. Detroit has not fared well against the Vikes but maybe on Sunday they can get that turned around.
:X It's good to be back up.
Missed that! As a Carolina homer, all I can say is.... 
Big fan of that one myself. I'll try and check in with the Roundtable more often.
