Sunday Stylings

Hope someone put my spread picks to good use this week. 10-1-1 BOOOOOOOYAH!

The London game went as expected, Patriots in a blowout. Laurence Maroney had 13 carries in the win while scoring a touchdown along the way. He’s only owned in 54% of leagues and that must be changed. As the weather gets colder you will see more and more of Maroney each week. This is an add that can really pay off later as New England draws Carolina, Buffalo, and Jacksonville weeks 14-16.

From here on out the Packers receiver you want to own is Donald Driver, not Greg Jennings.

Indy will continue to roll right up to their week 10 match up against New England, if they can pull out a win at home they have a realistic shot at 16-0. They have an incredibly easy backend of the schedule drawing the Jags and the triage unit Jets. Austin Collie is still only 55% owned, even when Anthony Gonzalez returns to action, Collie’s slot job should remain intact.

Try to see if anyone will LT off your hands. In what should have been his best match up of the season, he laid an egg. San Diego even tried to press the issue by giving him the ball on all four downs from inside the 5 despite being up by 20 at the time. He got stuffed by the Chiefs. The Chiefs. He’s done, rid yourself of him now.

Losing 42-6 is can never be fun but Steven Jackson is really doing his best and should finally get his due next week. The Rams head to Detroit to clash with the equally as bad Lions. Jackson will be in the top three of weekly ranking and should quickly pick up his first touchdown of the season. If he could start scoring he’d be a top 5 back again.

Who is this Miles Austin and how’d did he get so good? There’s no way he can keep up this Drew Bennett type of pace but ride it out while it lasts. Even when he comes back to earth he’ll remain Dallas’ number one receiver, he’s infinity more valuable than Roy Williams at this point.

Chicago sure did look bad. They may be the biggest Jeckle and Hyde team in football. Cincinnati is a good team but they’re no where close to that good. Hope you started Carson, you won’t be seeing that again for a while.

Apparently start everyone when they play their old teams. Cedric Benson torched the Bears for 189 yards and touchdown. The opportunity to buy low was over about three weeks ago, Benson is now a top 5 fantasy back behind only Peterson and MJD.

Did you know that Thomas Jones is a top 5 running back so far this year? Didn’t think so. How about Ricky Williams in the top 10? Craziness.

Owen Daniels will end the year as the number one tight end, as long as Schaub can stay healthy. The Texans are 4-3 now and a Rex Grossman appearance would not be healthy.

Week 7 is in the books, almost, and it’s about that time of year when QB controversies begin. The Bills are 2-0 since Ryan Fitzpatrick took over for Trent Edwards. Fitz doesn’t light the world on fire with his stats, in fact they may bring the next ice age, but he doesn’t turn the ball over and allows the Bills to play a field position game and let their defense create turnovers. It’s worked two weeks in a row, they’ll have a true test next week when the take on the Texans.

Down 21-0 at half, Mike Singletary decides it’s time to unleash former number one overall pick Alex Smith on the Texans. Smith threw three touchdowns, all to Vernon Davis and all on the same pattern, and looks to have supplanted incumbent Shaun Hill as the starter. If this is the case, upgrade all members of the 49ers offense as Smith looks like he is able to deal downfield, unlike Hill. Smith looks like he can take advantage of rookie Michael Crabtree, who looked good in his first start with 5 catches for 55 yards.

Jamarcus Russell got benched too. Bruce Gradkowski came in to replace him. Russell will most definitely be starting next week, you still want no part of him.

The Panthers are thinking about replacing Jake Delhomme. Probably a good idea.

The Jets defense looked good, even if it was against the Raiders. The Jets draw Miami next week. Be wary of starting any Dolphins’ receiver against the Jets and Darrelle Revis. The DRE may just do this to them.

Pick ups of the Week

Shonn Greene (2.8% owned)- The man who spells it like he says it will now take over the Leon Washington role in New York and you should go grab him. With the Franchez having all sorts of troubles in the passing game, the Jets are going to turn the ball over to their running backs every week. They’ve already tied an NFL record by rushing for over 300 yards in three straight games.

Vernon Davis (76% owned) - This isn’t his first appearance on this list but hopefully it’s his last. After three more touchdowns this week he brings his season total to six. He’s the number two tight end in fantasy points and has almost double the total of Jason Witten. If he’s available, go pick him up.

Alex Smith (0% Owned) - Looks like he’ll be taking the reins in San Fran and showed he can produce back there, at least when passing to Vernon Davis. If he keeps the job as starter, he’ll have a bigger fantasy impact than Shaun Hill did and getting to play in the NFC West means he has a slew of quality match ups coming up. If you are desperate for quarterback help, why not give Smith a shot.

Beanie Wells (19% Owned) - The universally drafted Wells was dropped on mass when he showed everyone how terrible he was. But now is a different time, it’s about 7 weeks later and Wells has value again. He averaged 5 yards a carry against a pretty good Giants defense and even found the end zone. He’s learned to catch the ball out of the backfield so he is seeing more reps. I have a feeling he’ll be a the starter by season’s end and that could be huge if you own him. Weeks 15 and 16 he draws the Rams and Lions.

Hakeem Nicks (35% owned) He was here last week and he’ll make another appearance. Make that four games in a row with a score for the son of Stevie. Pick him up.

Injuries

Andre Johnson (Chest)- apparently it’s not as bad as it seemed when he was coughing up blood on the sidelines. He expects to play next week.

Leon Washington (Leg) - Was carted off against the Raiders with a broken leg and will miss the rest of the season.

Donald Brown (Shoulder) - Brown left the game against the Rams and didn’t return. Not much is known about the extent of the injury at this point but Chad Simpson, who broke off a 34 yard TD will be Addai’s primary back up.