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Yea, I'm starting Romo. I'm starting Romo over Peyton Manning.
May I ask why?I glanced quickly at the column on MFL and thought I saw Atlanta's pass D 26th. I was overtired maybe I'm mistakenAlso probably equally important-How do you feel about the Redskins D playing him?
Why?The Falcons are still missing thier best pass rusher John Abraham.Jon Kitna has performed better than Tony Romo thus far and is a much more experienced Qb.The Redskins finaly have both of thier starting corners healthy for the 1st time this season as well as some other defensive starters.Kitna is virtualy a lock to throw the ball more than Romo will while Dallas will run the ball more often than Detroit.I have both of these Qbs on the same team and I am going with Kitna.
How's Alex done for you this year? Have you started him much? Can you tell(somewhat) the weeks he'll do well vs the weeks he'll struggle?
I keep picking "wrong."I was swapping between him and Leinert the last few weeks. Leinert had a good macthup against GB and he chundered - while Smith was sub-par, he was better.I played him in the SD game since Leinart was playing Chicago, but Smith had a great game against Oak, in week 7 and I didn't have him starting - Leinart was playing KC, which I erroneously thought was a gimmee decision. KC has a surprisingly good pass D - and is excellent in FPs against by QBs - at the time they were allowing 5.1 (
) I love his playoff stretch - but I just traded for Hasselbeck, who has an even better playoff stretch.According to Carlton's week 9 chart, Smith has a great schedule the next three weeks. Romo does, too, however.In fact, Carlton's chart shows that Romo has the easiest SOS from here on out - BY FAR. I am really going with Smith this week over Romo b/c Smith is at home and Romo's on the road against a division rival.
You must have some weird scoring - under FBG scoring, ATL is average (they give up 15.9 and the league avarega is 16.4). Wash gives up 19.9.Atl gives up the most points to WRs under FBG scoring, too - which is not PPR.
I chose Romo over Favre.
Ben versus Denver?Romo's an EASY choice there.Even if Ben were playing like he was last year, I'd start Romo over a Den. Pitt matchup.
Don't do that - Miami's run D is actually very good.And Chicago obviously has no problem launching the ball and scoring a lot of points on crappy teams.-phin phan (telling you to start the opposing QB, so you oughta listen up)
Dude, you change avatars more than I change my socks!Your avatars are far more enticing than my socks, though....
OK, I'll grant you that I should have noted Ben's tough matchup also. But I'm really surprised how few people seemed to be concerned with Romo's record of one total NFL starts. My point was I'm only starting Romo because I don't have a very good option. I expect Romo to give up some picks which are negative points for me. Some others here seem to be expecting big things from him and I think they'll be let down.
Im in the same exact boat, my big gun is on bye and Im playin Romo over Carr.
Yeah - I get -1 for INTs in the league I own Romo, no points off for fumbles. But I look at Dallas' run game, Dallas' receivers, Parcells' success with b/u QBs, and Washington's FPs against QBs, and I am not as concerned about his turnovers.If you get a LOT of points off due to turnovers, that should be a consideration. I don't believe Ben will turn the ball over very much, but I don't believe he will have much more than 200 yards passing. I also believe he has an equal chance of throwing picks against Denver as Romo does against Wash. - if the game were in Denver, I would predict 150-1-3 from Ben. In Pitt, I predict 225-2-1For Romo, I predict about the same, but I see a much higher upside and less chance of not hitting those numbers.To accentuate the case for Romo, check out these red zone stats:1 Drew Bledsoe 8 cmp 21 att 56 yards 7 first downs 4 pass TDs 2 INTs2 Tony Romo 8 cmp 11 att 41 yards 6 FDs 3 pass TDs 1 INTThat makes 34 total red zone opps for Dallas QBs, compared to Pitt.'s 31 red zone opps.I could get into the Ds in the red zone, but I think you'll take my word for it that Denver's D is much better all over the field, and especially in the red zone (against everyone except Manning, that is).
Vick, hands down.N.O. and Wash have equivelant FPs given up to QBs per game.Vick's coming off two huge games, he's at home, and he was a hair's breath away from a big day versus a very fired up N.O. squad - IIRC, he barely missed a wide open shot downfield that woulda been 40+ yards and a TD. Add 6 points to that game and he's got 17-18.Vick also has a good history v. NO, if that matters to you. He has four 25+ FP games against them
joffer said:Marc Levin said:
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Just save this post for week 12.Detroit is third worst in FP given up to the QB, and Martz' offenses breed shootouts - play Vick.
Same story here....an additional concern that I have with Romo is Washington coming off a bye week where they can throw in some wrinkles to really get Romo to turn it over (minus 2 for me). Throw in a road game and maybe he isn't as strong a play as I may like. However, Parcells and the overall talent around him make me lean towards Romo over Smith (at this moment).With Smith, my concern is whether or not last week was an aberration a the Minn pass D that might not have been prepped for what they were about to receive. Going into the game last week, they were ranked as one of top 5 toughest DEF vs QBs per SOS (looking at week 8 SOS).....but they hadn't been challenged much outside of vs Chicago where they did well (getting Seattle with injured Hasselbeck, Carolina without Smith). You raise good points with the short week and injuries....but I am still apprehensive to go with Smith over Romo.Reserving right to change my mind every minute up until KO though.Marc Levin said:
Before anyone laughs at you, Carlton says the Browns give up only 12.3 FP per game to QBs. That is better than Chicago, better than New England, and better than Denver (whose numbers are actually skewed a bit by Peyton's game last week)In fact, they were the #6 opr #7 best against QBs last week and this week they moved to number ONE.
Do not overthink this - even when the Pats run a lot, they still throw the ball and the Indie pass D is as bad as the run D. Brady's got 14 TDs to only 4 INTs. He may not be a yardage stud, and Romo and Brady might have equivelant chances of putting up 275+ pass yards, but Brady will throw a TD or two (he has at least one TD in every game this year) and he won't hurt you with turnovers (has had only one game with as many INTs as TDs.Heading into the unknown is tempting - Romo might bust out with a 350 yard 4 TD day - but he also has a significantly greater chance of chundering out, or being subjected to conservative play calling in the red zone - or, worse, having a 1 TD-3 INT day. You are highly unlikely to see that TD:INT from Brady.You think the Pats will run a lot? What do you think Bill "500 rush attempts a year" Parcells will do on th eroad against a division riuval with a rookie QB behind center?This should not even be m,ore than a fleetiung consideration
I benched Favre for Romo.shims3 said:
Read above - I made the same decision for many of the same reasons. When undecided, things swing it - like playing at home against a team that gave up 350 to Brady last week versus playing on the road against a division rival that is well rested.
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