Seahawks Passing Attack v. Bengals Defense (1 Viewer)

[gheemony]

Is it just me, but does it seem like every week there is a matchup that every FF owner is excited to exploit because of the prior week's stats? And after Derek Anderson torched the Bengals, isn't the Seahawks passing attack the darling for the week?

I have no evidence to back this up, but my sense (after more than 10 years of FF) is that these matchups never live up to expectations. It seems like the team that just got clobbered makes adjustments that minimize the matchup opportunity. Examples would be (1) changing the starters; (2) changing scheme (e.g., more cover 2 to protect against deep passes); (3) better film study of their weaknesses; and (4) and just flat out working harder because of the embarrassment.

So if that's the case, what are you doing if you own Hasslebeck (#13 QB in FBG) and say a QB in the #6-#12 range with not as good a matchup? Are you betting on Hasslebeck exploiting the same holes that Derek Anderson did?

I fear that I'll start Hasslebeck and Alexander will end up with a 3-4 TD day and Hasslebeck will be out-produced by my other QB.

Sharks, what say you?

 

[MarcO]

considering that Hasselbeck has had only ONE 300 yard game in the last two years I would NEVER project him for 300 yards and 3 TDs.

 

[smcindoe]

Right now I'm going with Hasselbeck over Brees. No guarantee I'll stay that way, especially since I'm a loser who likes to have players on Monday night.

I like the matchup for Hass, he's playing a suspect defense with a great offense. In theory it should be a shootout. However, I've learned to be very careful about teams that looks absolutely awful on one side of the ball -- they very often go back to basics and outperform expectations the next week.

 

[mad sweeney]

I see another mid 200s and maybe 2-3 TDs for Hass. Keeping the Bengals O off the field should be a priority for the Seahawks this week, although their DBs match up better against Cincy's WRs than they did with AZ's big physical guys. Not that they can stop CJ, but they at least match up better, and they can scheme to cover him and make Palmer beat them with other guys like they did vs Steve Smith in the NFC champ game. All that depends on stopping the run though. I highly doubt it's a shootout anywhere near last week, but I expect good stats from all the major FF players (Cj, Housh, Palmer, Hass, SA, Branch, Rudi). I'd be surprised if both teams end up with less than 4 TDs apiece.

My pick for biggest FF performances: SA for Seattle and Housh for Cinci.

 

[purestrength]

Not that anybody cares, but I'm starting Nate Burleson over Lee Evans in a couple PPR leagues.

 

[The Man Who Met Andy Griffith]

A) Hasselbeck has never been more than a mediocre QB1; he's been overrated for a while but his ratings seem to have come back to Earth

B) I'd be very wary of extrapolating from the CLE-CIN game. That was a divisional matchup and has anomaly written all over it.

C) I expect a heavy dose of Shaun in this game. If I had to guess Shaun's TD total, I'd say 2, with 1 for Hass.

 

[knowledge dropper]

Seattle is going to do what's necessary to keep the Bengals O off the field. They should rely heavily on the run until the Bengals stop it. They won't.