I’m rolling into Week 9 of my questions section, and I must say, with all the bad fantasy play in week 1 from some first round picks, I didn’t get nearly enough terrible questions. However, I did get a couple, which always makes me happy as can be. If you look closely, there’s a couple good questions as well. Keep the questions coming, they keeps me regular. – Papa Weimer

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Steven Jackson looked terrible in Week 1, fumbling and bumbling to 1 stinking fantasy point – I’m thinking about offering him for Edgerrin James, who looked solid in his game against he 49ers – what do you think? – Hamilton the Great in Lexington, Kentucky.

Ham, I think that’s a great idea; I mean, Edgerrin James had a solid game against one of the lesser rushing defenses on the market. Jackson had one bad game against a very good defense in the Carolina Panthers – and those two fumbles will almost surely carry him around all season long. Maybe, if you’re lucky, you could get Chris Brown and Drew Carter for Jackson and Larry Fitzgerald – that’d be a hell of steal because Larry and Jackson had less than a nickels worth of fantasy points while Brown and Carter combined for 175 rushing yards and two receiving touchdowns. Sell it all, swap-meet style, hurry, while the price of your two studs are as low as they’ll ever be. C’mon, buddy, pull yourself together. This is sports, shit happens. Sure, Fitzy, and Ste-Jack were on my All Tear Jerkers team, but that doesn’t mean you should trade them. Jackson’s value took another hit when we learned that Orlando Pace could be out for the year, but I still think he’ll have more fantasy points than Edge. Jackson is a stud, and while he did struggle in Week 1, I have a feeling he might just pull himself together. If you want to trade this guy, bite the Week 1 bullet train, and just wait to do it after he has a Steven Jackson type week. Remember, LT didn’t start off on fire either, and think of how many fantasy football teams were destroyed when owners like yourself went off the deep end and traded the best fantasy player ever. Don’t be that guy.

Papa, I just got a trade offer asking for Edgerrin James and Ronald Curry while giving me Torry Holt, Thomas Jones, and Deuce McAllister – this trade is way in my favor, isn’t it? A little note, I need running back depth. Dirt Rhodes in Idaho

Dirt Rhodes, that’s rich. In Idaho nonetheless, haha. Anyway, about your trade, yeah, take it, hurry, before the guy offering you this deal reads my article. Honestly, I think both James and Curry will have nice seasons, as I’ve said more than once, Curry is going to be a stud if he stays healthy. Holt is getting old, but the guy remains wide open. The Rams offense will be better, and even if his numbers are down this year, he will at least match those of Ronald Curry. Plus, his historical upside, and the fact that he has one of the top 5 best set of hands in the league make him a great “buy low” pick up. With Orlando Pace out for the season, I think the Rams will have to throw just a little bit more. As for Jones and Deuce, I think Thomas will fight through some tough defense early to have a big year for the Jets. By seasons’ end, he’ll be in a dead heat with Edge, or possibly even ahead of him. His calf injury worries me just a little less than fruit flies in my kitchen. Deuce continues to be the best YPC back in New Orleans, and I imagine he’ll give you the running back depth you need. I don’t know if he’ll ever get enough carries to explode for 150+ yards, but he’ll get you to the century mark a couple times, and I imagine he’ll put 8-10 balls in the endzone by the end of the year. It’s nice that people who picked Saints early are itching to dump them after one bad game. You’ve got to love it!

I have a dilemma I didn’t think I’d ever have this season, I don’t know if I should start Reggie Bush against the Buccaneers or Adrian Peterson against the Detroit Lions. I’m actually leaning toward the rookie beast – what’s your opinion? – Justin Sobchuck in Bellingham

You’re right, Justin, and I also never imagined that Peterson would be a better option that Bush, especially early in the year, and even more so when Bush has a pretty nice match-up. Reggie plays the Bucs, who, like I said, don’t have the speed to keep up with one of the most dynamic players in the NFL, however, AP plays the Lions, and the Vikings will almost surely ride their 1st round pick to the tune of 25 carries, especially if Chester Taylor’s health continues to flounder. To be quite honest, I’m not sure AP is the better pick here, but he definitely seems like the safe pick. Bush has shown he can dominate the fantasy category in select games, but AP’s style looks to be more consistent, plus he’ll almost certainly get the goal-line looks against a Lion team that gave up loads of yards to LaMont Jordan, receiving and rushing. Sobby, go with your young horse, and see if you can’t let him lead you to fantasy glory.

I drafted Saints at every turn, and now my team is last in the league in points, and if they struggle again this week, I’m definitely screwed. Do you think I could still get good value for Bush, Brees, and Colston? Or should I wait to trade them? Please leave name blank, in LA.

Do you work for Sunset Tan? My daughter was watching that show the other day, and I just about killed the cat when I through the TV into the ground. If you want to be considered one of the most overactive idiots in all of fantasy sports (and that would be quite the feat, considering the group of buddies I play this game with) they you will try to trade your Saints as fast as you can. Listen, “nameless,” good move not leaving your name, because anyone with half a brain would have poked fun at you like the bullies did in middle school. You don’t trade guys when their value is low, and I can tell you now, the Saints’ value will never be lower. Even in the gambling world, the Saints are only 3 point favorites against the freaking Bucs for God’s sake. If you can pull your head out for just one second, realize that the worst thing you could possibly do would be to trade any New Orleans players in the next few weeks. Wait for their value to come back up. I can’t imagine any of the Saints’ stars has a worse game all season long, than the one they had against the Colts. Come back to reality, hold yourself together, and don’t ever ask questions of this sort ever again.

My man, I’m still going with a new defense every week. It worked like a charm last week when you told me to roll with the Vikings, but they play the Lions this week, and even if Detroit plays bad, they have loads of offensive weapons. Who would you choose in Week 2 out of Cincinnati, Jacksonville, Green Bay, Seattle, or the Colts?- David Balog in Burlington, WA.

Dave, good to hear from you again. Yes, the defense by match-up approach is one of the more underrated fantasy options out there. Some times it will come back to haunt you, but the fact that you don’t need to drop anyone important on bye weeks, and you didn’t have to waste one of your first 10 draft picks on a solid defense should make your team better in the long run. I like the Bengals this week, if only because they look like the turnover causing unit they were two seasons ago, and the fact that they go head to head with Derek Anderson, Brady Quinn, and the Cleveland Browns. Jacksonville has the same kind of defense that Minnesota does, so they might be a nice option against the Falcons, but I hear Bobby Patrino wants to give the ball to Jerious Norwood more, which means the Falcons will be more explosive. Green Bay plays a pretty dynamic offense in New York, even with Brandon Jacobs out, this group could put up 3-4 touchdowns. However, if it comes out that Manning is going to be a no-show, the Packers become a Jarred Lorenzen sacking, intercepting, and fumble causing destroyer. Seattle plays the Cardinals, who should be better offensively than they were last week, but they still have a very inexperienced Matt Leinart at the helm, so they could be nice as well. The Colts played a little better than I think they are, in Week 1, and I never really know about throwing defenses against Vince Young. The Titans running game has seemed to hurt the Colts in the past, so I’d probably stay away from Indy this week. I think your best option in Cinci, their match-up is too easy. Next is Jacksonville, and after that the Hawks. Green Bay could be great if Manning sits out. Good luck, and keep the defensive rotation fresh.

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