I think Dallas Clark will have a TD and an average day yardage wise.
I think Manning outperforms Brady and that compared to what Brady's done so far this year, he'll definately disappointment in fantasy numbers.
The NE running game will disappointment while the Indy rushing game will be decent.
I think Randy Moss will make a big play and so will Reggie Wayne.
Why does everyone seem to think NE will have a bad day running the ball (except Icon, and he thinks faulk will be the main guy, not Maroney)Reasons for Maroney to have a big game:
1. It's true that Sanders comes in for run support, but not against the Pats, because they have three good wRs. You need to double on Moss, and single cover Welker and Stallworth if you can. That means Sanders will have to play back most of the time, which is a good situation for Maroney. Faulk is a change of pace back, but i suspect the Pats force feed Maroney here to get lots of yards between the tackles.
The reason Maroney hasnt gotten more yardage in garbage time this year is beacuse the Pats keep throwing the ball even when they're way ahead. However, I don't expect them to be way ahead in this game; perhaps they'll be ahead by 7 or 10 in the 4th quarter. If so, it'll be important for the first time all year for NE to run some time on the clock and have a slower more sustained drive. This too should favor Maroney.
I see big numbers for Maroney both in this game and in weeks to come, as well, when the weather gets a little colder.
I don't think I've ever seen a more obvious Maroney owner in the Pool.... good stuff timmahMaroney will do alright.. no doubt... but anyone predicting him to have a monster day is in for a bit of a disappointment.
Last year in the playoffs:
Dillion 7 for 48
Maroney 8 for 13
Last year in the regular season:
Maroney 13 for 63
Dillon 13 for 48
2005 in the Regular season
Dillon 12 for 40
No Maroney
Do you see a pattern forming here? In the last 2 years the Pats have not had a rusher gain more than 63 yards on the ground against Indy. Now that they've actually DECREASED the rush in the mix, what SPECIFICALLY makes you think they will run the the ball the most they have in 3 years?
Before you throw out the "IND has the fewest yards allowed (passing)" number.... I suggest you take a look at the passing offenses they've played thus far and consider the impact of those games on their averages:
• Tennessee (29th ranked pass offense)
• Jacksonville (27th)
• Carolina (26th)
So they've played 3 of the 7 worst passing attacks in the league. Now it's look at the 2 GOOD passing attacks they faced:
• New Orleans (8th)
They got New Orleans at a very opportune time (week one) well before the team was firing on all cylinders. Brees still hung almost 200 yards on Indy.
• Houston (4th)
Houston sure looks pretty, except they faced them the first week after Schaub lost Andre Johnson as a target. The passing game was still struggling to recover yet Schaub STILL managed to hang 236 Yards on this Indy Defense.
Indy is about to face the top passing attack in the league (by a LARGE margin) and unlike NO and HOU (who have scored HALF as many points as NE this year) they will not be facing them at their weakest points all season. On the contrary.... New England is AVERAGING 50 POINTS A GAME over the last 3 games... and 2 of those games were against Dallas and Washington who both supposedly had pretty solid defenses.
The pats will run the ball to set up the pass and much of the action out of the backfield will be flare passes to Faulk to slow the Indy blitzes (that Dungy knows he MUST use to have any chance of slowing down Brady). The fact of the matter is that while Maroney will likely post slightly better numbers than NE feature backs have against the Colts, history has shown that even a DOUBLING of those numbers won't exactly be a huge game.
Frankly the only shot Maroney has of posting a big game this week is if he gets to punch in 2+ TDs from short yardage. Given how few of those he's had thus far this year, I'd not hold my breath. It's possible but unlikely.
Maroney: 16 / 85 / 1
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I don't think I've ever seen a more obvious Maroney owner in the Pool.... good stuff timmahMaroney will do alright.. no doubt... but anyone predicting him to have a monster day is in for a bit of a disappointment.
Of COURSE he had a good game against CIN.... Look at his numbers in the past:
