Last Week
Studs
Garrard: Win, 15 points
Hasselbeck: Loss, 1 point
Avery: Win, 8 points
Ward: Win, 22 points
Grant: Win, 11 points
Lewis: Loss, 0 points
Kaeding: Win, 14 points
Eagles D/ST: Win, 10 points
Weekly record: 6-2
Season record: 22-13
Duds
McGahee: Win, 0 points
Owens: Win, 2 points
Harvin: Win, 1 point
McNabb: Win, 12 points
Tomlinson: Win, 9 points
E. Manning: Win, 8 points
Shiancoe: Loss, 17 points
Cincinati D/ST: Win, 6 points
Weekly record: 7-1
Season record: 25-7
Scoring System:
A win for a QB will be 14+ points
A win for a RB will be 10+ points
A win for a WR will be 7+ points
A win for a TE will be 7+ points
A win for a D/ST will be 7+ points
A win for a K will be 6+ points
Of course it’s the opposite for the duds.
STUDS
Joseph Addai
Position Rank: 10
Ya'll gone Addai has really gone under the radar so far this season. Despite ranking last in the NFL in rushing, the Colts have a knack for getting scores for their backs. Addai has four scores on the year and has been heavily involved in the passing game. The Colts want to show they can run the ball effectively and they probably won’t get a better chance the rest of the season. This week Addai draws the awful Rams and should definitely find pay dirt.
Jonathan Stewart
Position Rank: 14
The Daily Show got it back on track last week against the Bucs who have the 31st ranked run defense. It should only get worse from here but this week he draws the 32nd ranked Bills. The Bills have been lit up on the ground the past four weeks by the Jets, Browns, Dolphins and Saints to the tune of 241 yards per game. Carolina needs to run the ball to win games and that’s what they’ll do this week with Williams and Stewart. There should be carries to go around between the two of them and both should put up great fantasy numbers. If you need some bye week fillers Williams may be available to pick up and should be a top 15 option this week.
Steve Breaston
Position Rank: 17
Breaston stands to benefit more than anyone from a hobbled Anquan Boldin, who is gimped up with a bad ankle. The Giants struggled mightily against Saints through the air last week and things don’t get easier with the prolific aerial assault of the Cardinals rolling into Giants Stadium. Breaston is a big body with good hands who should be on the end of double digit targets; sounds like a good day to me. He’s another guy who is available in a lot of leagues; if he’s there, pick up him and play him.
Johnny Knox
Position Rank: 21
“Hard” Knox has scored in three straight games and should make it four against the Bengals. I expect Devin Hester to draw Andre Hall and leave Knox to deal with Jonathan Joseph, which is a match up he can exploit with his speed. There’s no reason to think that Knox can’t break one loose against a defense that seems to be playing over their heads to this point. Cincinnati struggles against the number two receivers on teams and Knox fits that bill.
Matt Schaub
Position Rank: 4
Did you know that Schaub leads the league with 14 touchdown passes? I have a feeling only his owners do in a year where quarterback play has been so superb. Although the 49ers are coming off a bye and should be prepared, the Texans are an explosive offense and have far too many playmakers for San Fran to contain. Since his putrid performance in week one against the Jets, Schaub has multiple TD passes in five straight games. Expect him to keep it going.
Sean Ryan
Position Rank: 9
Who is Sean Ryan? Well folks, he’s the tight end for the lowly Chiefs. Why is he a stud this week? Mainly because he’s playing a Bolts defense that seems to forget that the position of tight end exists when the game starts. In their five games so far, the Chargers have made fantasy studs out of Zach Miller (9 points), Todd Heap (7 points), Heath Miller ( 19 points), and Tony Scheffler ( 16 points). Only the Dolphins and their Wildcat were not able to produce a big tight end game. This is a reach in every way but tends appear for a reason. If you need a bye week filler for Carlson or Heap or just have a bad match up, roll with Ryan and surprise your opponent.
Do you know this man? If you do, hopefully it's from his breakout this week and not some back alley.
Jay Feely @ Oakland
Teams traveling West generally struggle a bit but the Jets should be able to run the ball effectively. The Raiders play a bend but don’t break defense which should lead to multiple field goal tries for Feely. The Raiders have given up 12, 9, 14, and 10 fantasy points to opposing kickers the last four weeks and that trend should continue this week.
Indianapolis Defense/Special Teams
Nothing too shocking here. Start the opposing defense of the team playing the Rams, enough said. If you really need to be convinced, check out this common Rams play. They're not so good.
DUDS
Marian Barber III
Position Rank: 25
He’s still hobbled from a quad injury sustained in week three and is now splitting carries with Tashard Choice. Choice has run with better burst and should end up with a better day than MB3. Barber has been looking slow so maybe the answer is just needing to embrace it; all he needs to do is talk to Jamarcus Russell about how to effective pull off a slow motion spin move. SPIN MOVE!! Barber will be shut out of the end zone which kills any value he has this week.
Brandon Jacobs
Position Rank: 24
The Cardinals have the best run defense in the league by a comfortable margin, that really doesn't sound right does it? Unless Jacobs gets copious amounts goal line carries he’s going to be pretty useless in a game where New York is going to be passing a lot. That should mean a better day for one Ahmad Bradshaw, who will be more involved in the passing attack. Jacobs has been a major bust so far this season and that isn’t going to change this week.
Brett Favre
Position Rank: 17
Favre has beat all expectations so far this year but he’s going to finally hit a stumbling block this week against the Steel Curtain. The Vikes are going to try their damndest to control the clock with Peterson and should be reasonably successful doing so. There’s always the possibility of the big play through the air but don’t count on too many from Favre this week.
Roy Williams
Position Rank: 30
Time to get over him. Much like Owens, Roy E. is terrible.
Braylon Edwards
Position Rank: 31
Edwards will eventually pay dividends for all his owners but he has three major obstacles to over come this week. 1) he’s still not perfectly comfortable with the offense, 2) he’ll be covered by shut down man extraordinaire Nnamdi Asomugha. (It’s pronounced awesome-wa, just so you don‘t sound ridiculous), 3) Mark Sanchez. The Raiders put a beat down on McNabb last week and the Franchez is far less mobile than Mr. McNabb. The Jets will keep the ball on the ground the whole game this week, like they should have against the Bills. Instead, Sanchez targeted the Bills defenders more than his own receivers last week. Don’t expect big things for Edwards.
Zach Miller
Position Rank: 14
Miller came back to relevance last week by breaking one big play for a TD with an assist from Louis Murphy’s three pack of down field blocks. He hadn’t done anything since week one and still has Jamarcus Russell throwing him the ball, not a good combo.
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