Last Week
Studs
J. Addai: Win: 13 points
J. Stewart: Loss: 4 Points
S. Breaston: Loss: 2 Points
J. Knox: Loss: 4 Points
M. Schaub: Win: 19 Points
S. Ryan: Loss: 0 points
J. Feely: Win: 8 points
Indy D/S- Win: 20 Points
Weekly record: 4-4
Season record: 26-17
Duds
M. Barber III: Win: 4 Points
B. Jacobs: Loss: 14 Points
B. Favre: Win: 9 Points
R.E. Williams: Win: 1 Point
B. Edwards: Win: 1 point
Z. Miller: Win: 1 Point
Weekly record: 5-1
Season record: 30-8
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 8+ points
A win for a K will be 8+ points
Of course it’s the opposite for the duds.
STUDS
Kevin Smith
Positional Rank: 7
Coming off the bye Detroit gets to host the Rams who are now making a run at the Lions’ historic losing street. With Matt Stafford and Calvin Johnson coming off injuries, expect Smith to get his chance to take advantage of the sweet match up. There will plenty of chances to score in this game and Smith should get a minimum of five goalline carries. He’ll be worth the start.
Tim Hightower
Positional Rank: 14
Carolina has a terrible defense and Hightower has four rushing touchdowns on the season, this should be a receipt for a good game. Whenever you play Hightower you must temper your expectations, he doesn’t get the carries to bust out a 30 point game but he should be good for 10-15.
Jay Cutler
Positional Rank: 4
Cutler is coming off a pretty brutal week. Fortunately, the cure for his woes are traveling to Soldier Field when the Browns come to town. Cutler should be able to spread the ball around enough to make a mockery of this defense. Generally anyone playing Cleveland is a stud.
Miles Austin
Positional Rank: 10
“Stone Cold” Miles Austin is on quite the hot streak right now with 16 catches for 421 yards and four scores over his last two games. There’s no reason to bet against him this week either when the Cowboys host Seattle and their defense that has its best players in the triage unit. Romo will be looking Austin’s way all game and that should lead to another huge day.
Torry Holt
Positional Rank: 23
While I’m not a huge fan of Holt going forward, this is an exceptional match up for the grizzled vet. Holt has been more involved in the offense over the last two games and gets the softest secondary he’ll face for the rest of the year. If you have him or need some bye week help, Holt is your man.
Devin Hester
Positional Rank: 9
Hester the Molester felt up the Bengals defense to the tune of 8-101-1 last week and draws a significantly easier assignment this week against the Browns. Hester is the most targeted receiver on the Bears and that should pay dividends in a big way this week. If Hester is usually the odd man out in your receiving corps, get him in there this week.
Greg Olsen
Positional Rank:
Theme of the week: Start your Bears. There will be a smorgasbord of fantasy points to be shared by all Chicago players.
Nate Kaeding
He’s playing against Oakland, who loves to get scored on. Start Kaeding!
Arizona D/ST
Jake Delhomme has been named the starter for this game, which is great news for the Cards defense. The number one ranked defense should force Mr. Turnover to throw all day and that will be a huge boon to the Cards fantasy day.
Detroit D/ST
The Lions? No, I haven’t gone mad but I am simply putting my theory of start whoever is playing the Rams to the test.
DUDS
Pierre Thomas
Positional Rank: 26
Despite the good match up, Thomas will probably just be a spectator to the Drew Brees air show on Monday night. He hasn’t put up a useful stat line in two games now and is ceding carries to Mike Bell. He’s been pushed to the outside and from here on out will be referred to as “Unlucky” Pierre
Knowshon Moreno
Positional Rank: 28
Look for the Broncos to avoid running into the fearsome front of the Ravens and try to expose the problems in their secondary. The only way Moreno racks up the stats this week is through the air but that just doesn’t seem in the cards this week, get him on the bench.
Matt Ryan
Positional Rank: 15
If you haven’t been paying attention, let me update you on this fact: The Saints defense is good. Since the Falcons don’t run the Wildcat I don’t expect them to put up points like Miami did last week. New Orleans has given up a paltry 5 passing touchdowns through six games and that shouldn’t change against an Atlanta team that is still trying to figure out a balance on offense. Now, the last time I pegged Ryan for a bad day he went off at San Fran but there’s no way I’d have Ryan in my line up this week. There’s just far better options available.
Percy Harvin
Positional Rank: 25
After his hot start, The Purse is now becoming a fixture on the dud list. With the emergence of Sidney Rice, Harvin has been relegated to few targets a game, on top of his kick returning duties. Unless he breaks another special teams’ TD, which is entirely possible, don’t count on Harvin.
Kevin Walter
Positional Rank: 40
The Bills are surprisingly dominant against the pass. Ya, those Buffalo Bills. They give up only 190 yards per game through the air and have only allowed one receiver to score a touchdown against them this year. I like Andre 3000, who is going to play, and Owen Daniels to share most of the receiving yards, leaving Walter owners in the dumps.
Hakeem Nicks
Positional Rank: 29
He now has a touchdown catch in four straight games but that comes to an end this week. It really should have come to an end last week but sometimes the ball just bounces your way. The Eagles have a stout secondary and were only really exposed by the Saints, but hey, who isn’t? The Son of Stevie will be shut down in this one.
Jeremy Shockey
Positional Rank: 12
Atlanta struggles mightily against the deep ball so Shockey should remain uninvolved as Brees looks deep for Colston and Henderson all night. Shockey’s entire value is predicated on scoring touchdowns, I don’t see happening against the Falcons.
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