Fantasy Football Thursday: Sit/Start

So it is a little late in the year to get these fantasy football posts off the ground, but hey, the first 5 weeks are a crap shoot anyway.  I mean Steve Smith, ya that Steve Smith from the NY Giants.  What the hell has gotten into that guy? Well I guess it’s what got into Plaxico Burress (a bullet that is).  So let’s get to it.

QB’s: What if you happen to be a fantasy draft god like our buddy Dave.  Dave owns both Drew Brees and Eli Manning. I know Brees seems like the obvious answer, but I understand your skepticism Dave.  First off, Brees is up against a superb passing defense.  The Giants rush is near unstoppable and will put Brees on his back plenty.  On top of that, Brees has been like Stuart Scott the last two weeks - i.e. as cold as the other side of the pillow.  A 76 passer rating is enough to make owners who spent a late first round pick on Brees fantasy-vomit.  Manning, meanwhile, has been scorching of late and has out-TD’d Brees 7-3 in the last three games.  Unless we get a late Saturday or early Sunday report that Manning’s foot is not as healed as we think, I am taking Peyton’s little bro in this one.

RB’s: Ladies and gentleman, let me re-introduce myself, my name is Portis.  Clinton Portis.  And I know.  He’s old, he’s hurt, his last name rhymes with a turtle.  I get all that.  But he is playing the Kansas City Chiefs - a team that even the Raiders beat.  Plus, the Skins are coming off a painful loss and will want to get back to basics against this doormat.  And since we are talking about disappointing RB’s already, expect TD’s out of both LaDainian Tomlinson and Brian Westbrook this week.

WR’s: It’s official.  I am on the Chad Ochocinco bandwagon.  There still isn’t a ton of us up here, but the air is nice.  Did you see that hit he took from Ray Lewis last week?  No words for how painful that looked.  But he popped right back up helmetless and on the Wagon I jumped.  The Bungals are throwing again and Ocho is their top target again.  My only worry is that he will get traded someday and be forced to wear number 83 or something….imagine the horror.  Oh and it’s comeback time for the real Steve Smith.  But I need one more game to be re-sold on Braylon Edwards.

TE’s: I am a Brent Celek guy this week.  Clearly he had a better repour with Kevin Kolb, but I think McNabb goes to the underneath route plenty against a soft linebacking core in Oakland.  Not too mention Jackson will be blanketed (as much as the worst team in the history of teams can blanket you) by corner Asomugha.  Not nearly as excited about Jeremy Shockey “proving his worth” to the old team.  In fact, I think it is going to be the other way around.  His old team is going to hit him right in the mouth every time he crosses the middle.