The buddies talk to you about players that are Free Falling in fantasy football. Steven says Sidney Rice will have a problem in Seattle where wide receivers go to die. Other falling players include Dolphins RB Daniel Thomas, Bengals rookie WR, AJ Green and most running backs named Ryan; Williams, Matthews, Torrain and possibly Grant. In Fantasy Football for James the guys discuss value drafting and the average draft position. They explain that you should know the market for a player before your draft to ensure you do not draft the player too high or wait too long to pick him up. Finally, since it is draft weekend for most fantasy football leagues, Steven and Jeff talk about “Players we have the hots for,” including quarterbacks Colt McCoy and Mark Sanchez, running backs Ben Tate and Tim Hightower, wide receivers Plaxico Burress and Jacoby Ford and tight end Heath Miller.
The guys give their fantasy football musings from the 1/4 poll off the season and ask, who would have thunk it? CJ2K would SUCK. Darren McFadden and Matt Forte would be your leading backs? Wes Welker would have 20 points more than the next best WR? Tom Brady’s MVP season would be followed up by an even better season? Aaron Rodgers Super Bowl MVP would hang-over in a good way? 100 points no longer gives you a good chance of winning? In the Hot Waiver Wire Pick-ups for Week 5, the guys still like Titans QB, Matt Hasselbeck (74%). He is the 8th ranked QB at 22 PPW. Redskins RB, Jabar Gaffney (94%) is averaging 8 PPW and might throw a TD pass. 49er, Josh Morgan (99.8%) is seeing consistent targets and with Alex Smith not favoring the constantly double-teamed Michael Crabtree he is looking very good. Staying with RBs, Patriots, Stevan Ridley (97%) is seeing an increase coinciding with the decrease of the Law Firm. Redskins, Ryan Torain (60%) is getting lots of carries at the expense of Tim Hightower and Roy Helu. And finally as a bonus Steelers RB, Isaac Redman (98%) is seeing a big increase due to injuries to Reshard Mendenhall. At TE, we like Browns, Benjamin Watson (92%) who’s averaging 8 PPW with targets going up. In Fantasy Football for James, we look at bye weeks. New players must understand that they happen every year and that they should have planned ahead. Never leave a roster spot open and be prepared to settle for less points if you have not done your homework.
The guys get you ready for Week 3 of Fantasy as they go through a long list laundry list of injured players. Guys that are out include Aaron Hernandez, Miles Austin and Jordan Shipley, while guys that are game time decisions include Tony Romo, Steven Jackson, Steve Johnson and Dez Bryant. The guys give you a couple players at each position to start this week and this week that includes QB Matthew Stafford whom the guys call a must start every week. Other players to start this week are Ben Tate and AJ Green. To sit this week, the guys do not like Sam Bradford vs the Ravens, RB Felix Jones vs the Redskins on Monday Night Football and rookie WR Denarius Moore vs Jets. Video Rating: 5 / 5
With week 2 is approaching rapidly you don’t want to get tagged with an unnecessary loss so make sure you watch! We start with the ever-improtant injury update from all over the league. Some people’s big dogs are on this list including Arian Foster and Steven Jackson. The guys bounce you around their Start-em and Sit-ems and have some sage advice for fantasy owners. We really like Matthew Stafford this week given what Ryan Fitzpatrick did to the Chiefs last week and think Tim Hightower has revenge on his mind as he goes up against his former Cardinals team. We throw out a big note of caution against sitting a big-dog who had a pedestrian week one. Vincent Jackson will surely get back on track this week and another strong WR play. The caution flag is thrown on those who are drinking the Cam Newton kool-aid. Sneaky, sneaky Bill Belachick seems to have made owning the Law Firm look more promising than it will actually be. Ochocinco also looks like he will need more time to get acquainted with his new offense.
Ben Mankiewicz and Rick Strom look into the running backs you should draft and those you should stay away from. TYT sports on Facebook – www.facebook.com Follow Rick on Twitter – www.twitter.com Follow Ben on Twitter – www.twitter.com
