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theRUNDOWN Review: Week 13

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How’d it go? Well I ended up with….. 184 – not too shabby at all. Three Top 5 running backs – that’s how I roll. 

QB: Tony Romo vs. Seattle: 30 points for Tony, not a bad day. He ended up 3rd amongst quarterbacks behind Donovan McNabb and Aaron Rodgers. That’s the day I was looking for. 

RB: Chris Johnson vs. Detroit: Chris Johnson’s 126 yards and two scores was good enough for 8th overall, 4th amongst running backs, he tallied 26 fantasy points on Sunday. 

RB: Steve Slaton vs. Jacksonville: It took him a while to find the end-zone, but once he did, he managed to do it twice. Steve ran well all night, and the Texans pounded a lost Jaguar group on Monday Night Football. Steve busted out 21 carries for 130 yards and two touchdowns on the ground, he also grabbed two balls for 52 yards through the air. Yhatzee. That’s 32 fantasy points for my main man Steven. 

FLEX: Thomas Jones vs. Denver: Jones had 100+ yards and 2 scores in the first quarter and a half against the Broncos, but New York stopped running the ball after that. Why? Well because they wanted to lose obviously. And if failing, they succeeded. Yhatzee. Still, Jones finished behind just Westbrook and DeAngelo amongst running backs, finishing with 29 fantasy points. 

WR: Reggie Wayne vs. Cleveland: Reggie had just 4 catches for 46 yards as Peyton was off-target. That duo killed me in more than a couple leagues this weekend. 8 points for Reggie. 

WR: Brandon Marshall vs. New York Jets: Marshall didn’t do much better than Reggie, grabbing 5 balls for 55 yards. Brandon dropped a couple passes, one of which would have been good for a touchdown. Nice. 10 points. 

TE: Antonio Gates vs. Atlanta: 3 catches for 27 yards – weak sauce. I wasn’t impressed with the Chargers as their season was on the line and they chocked on a fishy cracker. 5 points. 

K: Rod Bironas vs. Detroit: What do you know? I called it. The guy kicked 4 field goals, all 40-49 yarders and he busted in 5 extra points to boot. That is good for 21 fantasy points and my biggest kicker day ever, not to mention the #1 kicker overall in Week 13. My kicker curse has been kicked! 

D: Baltimore Ravens vs. Cincinnati: 23 fantasy points in my league, quite the day from the Ravens. 

PAPA’S Week 12 SLEEPERS

Tyler Thigpen: Just 162 yards and no touchdown for Tyler, but his 48 rushing yards added to his point total and he got 9 against the Raiders – still not enough for me. D+

Kyle Orton: 153 yards and 2 touchdowns, but -6 points from 3 interceptions didn’t help his cause. Still, 12 points for Kyle. C-

Warrick Dunn: Just 74 rushing yards for Warrick, not a great day by any means. No TDs and no catches. C-

Ronnie Brown: 48 rushing yards and a touchdown – that has been about what Ronnie does, I expected more from him against the Rams. C-

Kevin Walter: 2 grabs for 38 yards, yeah, sorry about that, I didn’t think the Jaguars defense would roll over for the rushing game quite like that. D-

Domenick Hixon: 5 catches for 71 yards, and if you picked him up and started him then you get a nice starting option from here on out because Plaxico shot himself. Nice. B+

Devin Hester: 3 grabs for 67 yards and a touchdown. Just like I hoped, Devin found the end zone. A-

Zach Miller: 5 grabs for 79 yards, that’s a nice day from a waiver wire tight end. A-

Miami Dolphins: 10 points from Miami, they didn’t play as well as I thought they would against one of the league’s worst. Weird. 

Papa’S Week 13 Splinter-Butts (bench him, son)

Kerry Collins: 4 fantasy points from Kerry – so much for that dreamy Detroit Lions secondary match-up eh? You’re welcome. 

Timothy Hightower: 7 rushing yards, his 3 grabs for 34 yards gave him 6 points in a PPR league, still, you’re welcome if you’ve listened to me about this guy and the Cards rushing attack. 

Clinton Portis: 11 carries, 22 yards, 1 catch for 15 yards – your welcome to those who listened. 

Lee Evans: 7 catches for 80 yards is a nice day from Lee, not great, but good enough to make me wrong about his benching in Week 13. 

theRUNDOWN Review: Week 11

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For those of you new to theRUNDOWN this is what I do. I pick my best team of the week, some nice plays with a few reasons to back up my picks. After that I list a couple sleepers, either decent guys that I expect to have good weeks, or relatively unused guys I like to do well. Then, at the end I list a few usually solid guys that I would leave on the bench. Last week I had one of my best rundown’s of the season – how’d this weekend go? It was a tough week to be one of my sleepers, but my starting lineup basically did work. Here’s the final tally… 152… Check it out!

QB: Jay Cutler vs. Atlanta: Well I was wrong about Jay and it definitely helped me out. A late touchdown gave me just enough fantasy points for Jay’s selection not to be a complete waste, but not enough for Jay to beat me in the leagues I played him in this week. 14 for Cutler.

RB: Matt Forte vs. Green Bay: The Packers played inspired defense against the run, and dominated the Bears on Sunday – still, Forte got 16 fantasy points, a PPR league dream, 60 yards on the ground, but 6 catches for 40 yards through the air.

RB: Frank Gore vs. St. Louis: Gore finished 6th amongst running backs, and hardly played in the second half – getting rest after gashing the Rams early. 106 rushing, 2 TDs, 2 grabs for just 8 yards, and a fumble. Frank finished with 22 fantasy points.

FLEX: DeAngelo Williams vs. Detroit: DeAngelo was outgained by his backfield buddy, Jon Stewart, but Williams got 2 touchdowns to Stewart’s 1 and Williams still rushed for 120 yards on Sunday. He was #3 amongst running backs with 24 fantasy points.

WR: Anquan Boldin vs. Seattle: Boldin did work in Seattle. He didn’t catch a touchdown, but there’s something special about 13 catches for 186 yards – 31 fantasy points made him the #2 receiver in Week 11.

WR: Roddy White vs. Denver: Roddy had 5 grabs for 102 yards, but it was his 50 yard touchdown drop on 3rd and long with the game winding down that I remember most – tough day to be a Falcon. 15 for White.

TE: Tony Gonzalez vs. New Orleans: 8 for Tony, he grabbed 5 balls on way to 39 yards – the old man is as solid as they get.

K: Jason Elam vs. Denver: 2 field goals and 2 extra points – one was 49 yards – so I got 9 from Elam, not so shabby. Maybe I’m kicking this kicker problem I’ve been having for a couple years.

D: Carolina Panthers vs. Detroit: 13 points for the Panthers – they gave up more than I hoped for, but 2 interceptions, 3 sacks, and 2 fumbles made for a solid day fantasy wise.

PAPA’S Week 11 SLEEPERS

Tyler Thigpen: Tyler Thigpen was tied for 3rd in QB rankings this week. Yes folks, he’s still good. A+

Matt Ryan: Matt had 9 fantasy points this week, not a good week for him or the Falcons. I take this one on the chin. D

Ricky Williams: Ricky had 49 yards on the ground, and two grabs for 6 yards – he shoots and he misses. D

Jerious Norwood: I started Norwood over Ryan Grant, now I’m praying for a win tonight. Great. D

Brandon Jones: He was on your free agent list, if you picked him up you got a little bit of yardage but a nice touchdown to make him worth your while. B

Mark Bradley: 3 catches for 57 yards – a huge dropped pass that sent KC home with a 10 point loss. Great. D

Deion Branch: 4 catches for 54 yards, but I’m willing to bet that his addition gets better and better, and you might have found a nice playoff player for nothing. C

Billy Miller: Not much for Shockey on Sunday, but even less for Billy, try no catches in the Saints win. F

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: The Bucs had a very nice day, they held AP in check pretty much and ended giving up just 10 points in a big win for the Bucs. B

Papa’S Week 11 Splinter-Butts (bench him, son)

David Garrard: I helped you guys here for sure – DG was 28th amongst QBs – not many leagues where that is worth a start.

Willis McGahee: 9 rushes for 18 yards – and you are welcome.

Brandon Jacobs: Jacobs continues to do work. The battering ram did 73 yards of damage against the Ravens in Week 11, and that was on just 11 carries – he also took two of those totes for TDs – I hope you ignored me here, Jacobs was a Top 15 guy in PPR leagues, and ranked even higher in non-ppr formats.

TJ Houshmanzadeh: TJ went gonzo this week, so I apologize. 12 catches, 149 yards, huge game for a very good player. My bad. He also finished the #1 PPR receiver in Week 11. Ouch. Slap in the face.

theRUNDOWN Review: Week 10

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167 for me this week, and that was with 11 points between my starting receiver and QB – so baiscally I killed it the rest of the way. But that wasn’t all, I was on fire with my sits and sleepers – I do work.

QB: Aaron Rodgers vs. Minnesota: Rodgers did take over for Brett’s disgusting Dome habits and didn’t do anything worth while on Sunday. His 5 fantasy points made me want to puke a little bit.

RB: Adrian Peterson vs. Green Bay: 31 fantasy points for AP – 2nd best amongst running backs, and it was his 192 yards with his team carefully sitting cross legged squarely on his shoulders that impressed me the most. Beast.

RB: Jamal Lewis vs. Denver: Jamal had 16 fantasy points, but I expected more. The Broncos did everything they could to stop the run.

FLEX: LaDainian Tomlinson vs. KC: Tomlinson had 14 fantasy points, but he didn’t have that good of a day. He had a low YPC average against the worst run defense in the league, and only scored decent points because of his receptions out of the backfield. Tough year to pick LT first overall, that’s for sure.

WR: Anquan Boldin vs. San Francisco: 2nd overall with 29 WR fantasy points. This guy catches touchdowns, he’s a beast, he’s fearless, and that says a lot for a guy with plates and jack in his face. Beast.

WR: Greg Jennings vs. Minnesota: 6 fantasy points for Greg, matching his QB, perfect… Ugh.

TE: Kellen Winslow vs. Denver: He may have dropped a late 4th down pass, and his fumble was huge, but if it weren’t for Winslow basically beasting Denver all night long, the Browns wouldn’t have been in that position – so there Chris Collinsworth- you dick. Winslow finished two points behind Tony Gonzalez as he tallied 31 fantasy points. NIce day for me.

K: Stephen Gostkowski vs. Buffalo: Only 8 fantasy points for Stephen, but that’s good enough for me.

D: Carolina Panthers vs. Oakland: 27 fantasy points and the 2nd best defense in the league (2nd to my sleeper pick, mind you) – so I basically did work this week.

PAPA’S Week 1 SLEEPERS

Tyler Thigpen: My new favorite players was 3rd overall for quarterbacks with 30 fantasy points. A+ and keep him on your roster folks.

Daunte Culpepper: 104 yards and a pick. No touchdown after leading his team down to the 1 yard line – Drew Stanton came in to throw the TD. Interesting. I was right and then wrong – what can you do? F

Maurice Jones Drew: The guy had 3 scores and 70 yards on 11 carries.  He also caught the rock. 2 RBs had better fantasy days than Drew’s 29 points, AP and Thomas Jones. A

Timothy Hightower: Shut down! 13 totes for 22 yards. Maybe he’s not the next Edge, eh? F

Mushin Muhammad: 12 fantasy points for Mush on a day where Jake Delhomme was about as bad as a QB can be. An early TD saved Mush’s day. Still, I expected more. B-

Mark Bradley: 23 fantasy points, 5th overall, for Mark freaking Bradley – I dig this kid. A

Billy Miller: 11 fantasy points as Billy hits double digits again – as a sleeper TE there might not be anybody better than Billy. B+

New York Jets: 47-3… I’m not even going to calculate the points, but the Jets did work. There were the best defense in the league this week though.  A

Papa’S Week 6 Splinter-Butts (bench him, son)

Big Ben Roethlisberger: Five points for Ben, and he was almost the high scorer on my Splinter-Butts section. I had a great week, better than Ben.

Bernard Berrian: BB didn’t do anything. NO catches or fantasy points or anything. Did I mention I lost my game by an overtime player? Did I also mention that Marvin would have won me that game? I get a great grade here, but a dumb above my fantasy move.

Steve Slaton: Slaton didn’t do anything – he wasn’t a top 50 running back last week. Good thing I let you know.

Marvin Harrison: You’re welcome – 6 fantasy points on a day where he dropped as many balls as he caught. Tough day for Marv – but he’ll bounce back… I think.

theRUNDOWN Review: Week 9

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Gross week for my top team, I wish I would have played some of my sleepers. Anyway, this is how my bad fantasy day broke down… 92 fantasy points, under 100 fantasy points is not good here… 

QB: Matt Schaub vs. Minnesota: Matty got hurt in the first half after not playing so well to start with. 139 yards and an interception gives me 3 fantasy points from my quarterback this week – awesome. 

RB: Matt Forte vs. Detroit: 126 rushing yards for Forte, but the normally productive pass catcher got less chances this week with Rex Grossman taking over going into the 2nd half. He had just 1 catch for 5 yards. His total output was solid, and he was a big reason the Bears came back to beat the Lions, but he got me just 13 fantasy points. 

RB: Earnest Graham vs. Kansas City: 62 yards rushing, 5 catches for 29 yards, and 1 three yard touchdown pass – he didn’t do anything great, but Graham did a little bit of it all, enough to pile me up 19 fantasy points for the week.  

FLEX: Brandon Marshall vs. Miami: 2 catches for 27 yards? 4 points? Uh oh. 

WR: Larry Fitzgerald vs. St. Louis: 6 catches for 81 yards got me 14 points, but once again Boldin got a touchdown and Fitzy didn’t. 

WR: Andre Johnson vs. Minnesota: 4 grabs for 62 yards and a touchdown, Johnson is a beast but the Texans looked off early. Still, 16 points isn’t too shabby. 

TE: Zach Miller vs. Atlanta: 2 catches, 9 yards, 2 fantasy points. Not good. The Raiders had 31 passing yards on the day. Ha. 

K: Matt Prater vs. Miami: A 50 yarder and two extra points, Prater got me 7 – should have kept going with Gostkowski. 

D: Philadelphia Eagles vs. Seattle: 4 sacks, just 7 points, and under 300 yards of total offense against the Eagles, they got me 13 fantasy points – not as good as I hoped, but they absolutely dominated this game. 

PAPA’S Week 1 SLEEPERS

David Garrad: No touchdowns, just 229 yards and a pick. Not a good day for my top sleeper QB. F 

Chad Pennington: Chad had 281 yards, but no TDs and a pick to make him a 9 point scorer on the week. D

Maurice Jones Drew: 2 catches for 29 yards, 10 carries for 33 yards and a touchdown – 13 fantasy points, not the worst day ever, but goodness, how bad has it gotten for the Jags rushing attack? C

Justin Fargas: 6 carries for 23 yards, and that’s it. But get this, the Raiders had only 14 minutes to Atlanta’s 15 minutes of possession. Ridiculous. F

Donnie Avery: Back to reality. F

Chad Johnson: Two touchdown catches for Mr. Johnson – 5 grabs for 36 yards as well. Not a huge day, but good enough to get the Bengals a win – 20 points for Chad. A

Greg Olsen: 2 catches for 10 yards. Miss. F

New England Patriots: Not a bad day for the Pats, but they missed some chances to make some big things happen, and they ended up with a pretty normal day defensively, not allowing a lot of points or touchdowns, but not doing much to get points either. The Pats gave me 5 fantasy points – what’s new… D-

Papa’S Week 6 Splinter-Butts (bench him, son)

Big Ben Roethlisberger: Well, he was 5-17 with basically nothing by way of yardage and then he took a step and fell into the end zone, giving him at least some points for his owners. That being said, it wasn’t enough to make me wrong here – and that makes me happy I guess. 

Ryan Grant: 20 carries for 86 yards, not a bad day for Grant, but his 8 fantasy points weren’t amazing by any means. 

Edgerrin James: “For eternity folks, bench him that long. I’ve been one of his biggest fans, but there’s a time when you have to let go, when he’s still a strong bench him candidate against the Rams, now’s that time.” Didn’t play a snap, and you have to believe me now. 

Terrell Owens: His 4th quarter meaningless touchdown makes his day look better, he had 4 catches for less than 30 yards prior to that last one. 14 points for TO against New York. 

theRUNDOWN Review: Week 8

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Week 8 had some nice plays, this is what the final tally brought in…  151 for me on Sunday – that’s a solid week all the way around. I’d like to thank my kicker, Gostkowski, for his leadership in my total… 

QB: Donovan McNabb vs. Atlanta: McNabb’s 16 fantasy points got him into the Top 10 this week, but I expected more against Atlanta. Unfortunately it was Brian Westbrook tallying all the fantasy points in Philly. 

RB: Clinton Portis vs. Detroit: Portis played a little more than a half, but still got plenty of looks and finished with 126 yards. He tallied just 13 fantasy points though, and I needed more. 

RB: Thomas Jones vs. Kansas City: Jones was a victim of Brett’s interceptions on Sunday, getting just 14 carries, but doing enough with those to get 12 fantasy points. Still, 12 is not something I like to see from my top guys. 

FLEX: Steve Slaton vs. Cincinnati: Just 14 for Slaton. The Texans didn’t need to slam their rookie runner that long, they were up big and got the ball to other people as the day went forward. 

WR: Larry Fitzgerald vs. Carolina: 7 catches for 115 yards against the Panthers, but he was once again shut out of the end-zone – damn Anquan Boldin’s red zone dominance! 18 points for Larry. 

WR: Andre Johnson vs. Cincinnati: Andre had 25 big ones again this week, catching 11 more balls for 143 yards. No touchdowns once again – it’s really amazing that you could catch 22 balls for 284 yards in two weeks and not find the end-zone. Not happy amazing, but amazing nonetheless. 

TE: Antonio Gates vs. New Orleans: Gates was second to Dallas Clark with 6 catches for 96 yards and a score in the Chargers loss to New Orleans in England. 21 fantasy points from the former hooper. 

K: Stephen Gostkowski vs. St. Louis:I went with Ghost for the 2nd week in a row and I was rewarded – this week I got 12 from Stephen and he was a Top 5 guy. I’m loving it! 

D: Baltimore Ravens vs. Oakland: 19 fantasy points in my league, a nice day of tormenting the Raiders – that’s for sure. 

PAPA’S Week 1 SLEEPERS

David Garrard: Garrard did everything for the Jaguars in their 4th loss of the season, and was the 2nd rated quarterback on Sunday with 283 yards 2 touchdowns, and 59 rushing yards. He was doing work. A+

Jason Campbell: His highest yardage output of the season, Campbell went for 328 a touchdown and still no picks. That was good for 17 and good for a B+. 

LenDale White: LenDale pulled one of his all time best Jerome Bettis impersonations carrying the ball 11 times for just 13 yards, but still managing 14 fantasy points because of his two short scores. His last one was huge, a great effort giving the Titans a nice lead. B

Jamal Lewis: 81 yards and a touchdown for Lewis, not a bad day at all. B-

Vincent Jackson: 4 grabs for 60 yards and a touchdown – 16 points was another productive day from Vincent. B

Josh Morgan: Didn’t see a catch. Dropped one ball to start with and I think he was taken out. That’s a good way to coach – STUPID! F

Billy Miller: Great day for Billy, he greatly outscored Jeremy Shockey and finished with 7 catches for 82 yards, giving him 15 fantasy points. For a waiver wire pick-up he might have won you your game. 

New York Jets: Just 6 points against the Chiefs – bad day for the Jets, bad day for me taking them as my sleeper D – Brett’s interceptions and the Jets turnovers put their D on the field way too much. F

Papa’S Week 6 Splinter-Butts (bench him, son)

Matt Cassel: 267 passing a touchdown and two picks – Cassel’s day wasn’t good by any means, but it wasn’t as bad as I expected either. 

Mewelde Moore: Moore played great – I am wrong about him. He does lots of little things in the passing game and is hard to stop completely because of it. 

Dominic Rhodes: Rhodes is the same thing as Moore, a tough player to stop because he’s going to get open in the passing game and do work there too. He finished a point behind Mewelde, and both made me look foolish. 

Roddy White: 8 catches for 131 yards and a touchdown. Roddy is officially one of those receivers that never have bad match-ups, just bad games. He’s too physical for corner backs, and his speed get him where he needs to be. Nice day for Roddy, bad day for me. 

theRUNDOWN Review: Week 7

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The old squad didn’t do wonderous things today, oh well – here’s how that game went down… 129 fantasy points in this format just flat out doesn’t cut it. 

QB: Jay Cutler vs. New England: 168 yards, one touchdown, two interceptions… Needless to say, I was dead wrong about this game. It was a bad week for quarterbacks, Cassel lead the group with 25 fantasy points, but Cutler’s 9 fantasy points basically killed me. 

RB: Clinton Portis vs. Cleveland: Clinton was the 7th rated running back with 22 fantasy points, rushing for 175 yards and a touchdown. Portis has beasted every team he’s gone up against this season. 

RB: Marion Barber vs. Rams: 100 yards and a touchdown for Barber, and the Cowboys got way behind to boot. They need to give him the ball even more if they want to win. 16 fantasy points for me. 

FLEX: Greg Jennings vs. Colts: 3 catches for 32 yards – 6 points wasn’t what I was looking for. I definitely underestimated the Colts secondary. 

WR: Brandon Marshall vs. New England: 6 catches for 76 yards, that’s just 13 points. The Broncos were bad, so obviously it didn’t help my cause. 

WR: Andre Johnson vs. Detroit: 11 grabs for 141 yards – AJ was the 7th rated player overall on Sunday, and he didn’t even catch a touchdown. Craziness. 25 points for the beast. 

TE: Jason Witten vs. St. Louis: 6 catches for 44 yards for 10 points. I needed more. 

K: Stephen Gostkowski vs. Denver: 12 points from my kicker, that’s huge for me – probably my best kicker pick ever. Tied for 2nd on the day amongst kickers too. Yahoo! I’ve broken the curse. 

D: Tampa Bay Bucs vs. Seattle: The Bucs defense destroyed Seattle, they got 16 points based on yardage allowed bonuses, and half of the Hawks yards came in the last 5 minutes. Good showing by Tampa. 

PAPA’S Week 1 SLEEPERS

Matt Cassel:  His 25 fantasy points lead all quarterbacks for Week 7 – A+

Jason Campbell: 12 fantasy points for Campbell, not too much to write home about. C-

Earnest Graham: 14 fantasy points for Graham, only 54 yards and a touchdown – it looks like I underestimated Seattle’s defense a little bit, but 14’s not a bad day here. B-

Darren McFadden: Just 39 rushing yards for Darren, but 3 grabs for 50 yards gave him 11 fantasy points against the Jets, not too shabby. C-

Vincent Jackson: 4 catches for 42 yards and a touchdown, plus a nice 31 yard reverse scamper. 17 points for the big receiver. 

Lance Moore: 3 catches for 10 yards… Puke. F

Devin Hester: Hester was injured on Sunday, meaning we’ll never know what he could have done… Blast. But, he didn’t score much, so I’ll take my F. 

Greg Olsen: 6 catches for 74 yards and a touchdown – that’s a huge day for a TE, 2nd overall in fact. A+

Dallas Cowboys: Beat by the Rams – handled actually, run all over, stepped on, then spit on for good measure. F

Papa’S Week 6 Splinter-Butts (bench him, son)

Gus Frerotte: 298 yards and two touchdowns – that’s good numbers. 21 in fact. However, Gus’s 4 interceptions brought him down 8 points all the way to 13 fantasy points on the day. Still, that’s not as bad as I figured. 

Willis McGahee: Willis did me in good, he tallied over 150 total yards from scrimmage and scored. He had 20 points and made me look stupid for not starting him. Just like the next guy. 

Adrian Peterson: 121 yards and two touchdowns, just further proving my point that you can’t sit him. Stupid me. 

Chad Johnson: 8 catches for 52 yards and a touchdown – crap, that’s almost his entire seasons’ worth of points – he had a huge day compared to what he’s done. Overall, I sucked with my bench-ems this week. 

theRUNDOWN Review: Week 6

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For those of you new to theRUNDOWN this is what I do. I pick my best team of the week, some nice plays with a few reasons to back up my picks. After that I list a couple sleepers, either decent guys that I expect to have good weeks, or relatively unused guys I like to do well. Then, at the end I list a few usually solid guys that I would leave on the bench. This is the review of that stuff from Week 6 – how’d I do this week? Well, 125 points ain’t bad, but I was looking for magic 150… 

QB: Tony Romo vs. Arizona: The Cowboys lose, but Romo goes for 321 yards and 3 touchdowns (one fumble, no picks) to tally up 28 points for my guys this week. It feels good to get him right before he goes down. 

RB: Adrian Peterson vs. Detroit: 111 yards but he fumbled twice and didn’t score. He caught one ball for -5 yards, but believe it or not that’s a point. 8 points for AP and he almost fumbled the game away to the Lions. Not a good day for my guy. 

RB: Matt Forte vs. Atlanta: 7th rated running back with 21 fantasy points, but is Forte breaking down a bit? His yards per carry average has struggled the last few weeks. Still, 76 rushing, 34 receiving, and a touchdown – Forte continues to be a force. 

FLEX: Ronnie Brown: Top 10 RB with 18 fantasy points, but I don’t think his 13 carries were enough, and a Dolphins loss shows me that. Still, Ronnie scored and totaled 93 yards offensively. 

WR: Greg Jennings vs. Seattle: 5 grabs for 84 yards and a score. I watched Greg drop one, but he’s one of the best receivers in the game. He plays just like Anquan Boldin – the guy is a beast. 19 points for Jennings. 

WR: Terrell Owens vs. Arizona: Didn’t do much, not enough to win anyway, the Cardinals had TO on lockdown all day long, and Owens looked pretty frustrated. A couple nice blocks by TO, but that doesn’t make up for his 

TE: Jason Witten vs. Cincinnati: 4 catches for 55 yards, and the Cowboys just couldn’t do enough in Arizona. Jason had one of his worst gams of the season but still finished as a Top 10 TE with 9 fantasy points. 

K: Josh Scobee vs. Denver: Weird, Scobee didn’t do anything worth while. 3 extra points and a field goal for 7 fantasy points. Great. 

D: New York Giants vs. Cleveland: Ugh…. – 0 points – that was a nice one to wait for. 

PAPA’S Week 1 SLEEPERS

Jason Campbell: Jason only had 9 fantasy points, and it cost his team a win. The Redskins needed to do more through the air, and fumble the ball less. Not a lost week for Jason, but still, not worth much more than a C- for me. 

David Garrard: 16 fantasy points for David, not a top score this week but not horrible either. He was bound to do some good work against the Broncos secondary, everyone does. B

Gus Frerotte: 15 points this week, not too shabby at all. 296 yards and a touchdown with one pick. B

Fred Taylor: Fred went down with a concussion in Week 6, then Jones Drew ran all over the Broncos. It hurts a little bit inside, but you see where I was going with this one, right? 1 fumble, 20 total yards – 0 fantasy points – F

Willis McGahee: Gross. F

Lance Moore: 7 catches for 97 yards, no score, but I’ll take 16 fantasy points from a bye week filler pick up any day. B+

Steve Breaston: # 5 overall amongst wide receivers this week – 8 grabs for 102 yards and a touchdown, you have to like what Breaston is doing. A+

Devin Hester: 6 grabs for 87 yards, no score, but in PPR that’s a nice day, 14 fantasy points – get him now before he finds another roster. B+

Greg Olsen: 3 grabs for 41 yards, 7 fantasy points ain’t bad for a TE. 

Washington Redskins: Not bad, but they lost, I can’t be too excited about that. Still, they didn’t allow any yards, holding Jackson under 80 and Bulger only got to 130 something because of a late drive. But they lost, so I will just hate them until they don’t lose to St. Freaking Louis. 

Papa’S Week 6 Splinter-Butts (bench him, son)

J.T. O’Sullivan: 199 yards 2 picks one fumble no touchdowns – right? I win this one. 

Edgerrin James: 29 rushing yards, his backup had 8 fantasy points – 8-2 backup to starter – your welcome. 

Jamal Lewis: 88 yards and a touchdown, right about two wrong about two others. I definitely missed this one as Jamal played well against the Super Bowl Champs. 

Steve Smith: 6 catches for 112 yards, so yea, I was wrong about this one. 

theRUNDOWN Review: Week 4

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Week 4 wasn’t historic, these were my best picks? Damn! Well, it’s what I got. Brett Favre and Laveranues Coles would have been a nice combo, they went for 81 fantasy points together. My outing went like this… And 116 points ain’t too shabby.

QB: Aaron Rodgers vs. Bucs: Rodgers had some injury woes, but his 165 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions got me a whopping 12 points – to make matters worse I too a hit on that game as well, as the Packers didn’t stand a chance with no running game to speak of and all those turnovers.

RB: Frank Gore vs. New Orleans: The 49ers were down, so Gore only rushed the ball 16 times – or was it because Mike Martz is a freak? Option two. Either way, Gore’s 82 rushing yards and 31 receiving yards got him 15 fantasy points, good for 13th amongst running backs.

RB: Marshawn Lynch vs. Car Ram-Rod: Yet another week where Lynch was outscored (in PPR leagues) by Fred Jackson. Jackson almost had as many yards *47-59, on 12 less carries (7-19) and he caught one more ball for 15 more yards than Lynch as well. Marshawn was 18th overall with 11 fantasy points.

WR: Brandon Marshall vs. Chiefs: Marshall continued his onslaught of NFL defenses, having a down day and still grabbing 7 balls for 77 yards and a touchdown – his fumble brought his total down to 18. Still, 16th overall on the day wasn’t great.

WR: Steve Smith vs. Atlanta: 6 catches, 96 yards and a touchdown for 21 points. Steve is back and he looks to benefit from Mushin’s presence along the outside.

TE: Tony Gonzalez vs. Denver: 3 grabs for 47 yards and a score, nice day for a TE, but how can I not go with Witten? He was 5th overall with 13 points.

K: Rian Lindell vs. Ram-Rod: 5th overall with 13 points, that’s like hitting the lottery! I’m off the snide!

D: Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore: 8th overall with 13 fantasy points, not the shutdown performance I was expecting, maybe I didn’t give their injuries enough thought.

PAPA’S Week 1 SLEEPERS

Kerry Collins: Collins had 199 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions – he did throw a lot, 35 times, but only completing 18 passes is never a good percentage. Collins, though he was a stretch, only got me 6 fantasy points. F

Trent Edwards: Trent was 12th overall making him a low end starting option on Sunday. His 200 yards 1 touchdown 1 pick performance gave him 13 points on the week. I’ll take a B for that one.

Carson Palmer: Didn’t start, didn’t play. He’s a write off.

Maurice Jones Drew: How can you go about life giving this kid 7 carries? I’m convinced the Jaguars are stupid. But hey, he had 6 fantasy points. Ugh. F

DeAngelo Williams: Williams had 7 fantasy points getting half the team’s carries. Jon Stewart is the better option. D

Selvin Young: If the Broncos gave him a chance he’d be solid. Denver was down all day to the Chiefs though, so Young only got 11 looks, he did gain 49 yards with those chances though. Silly Splinter. F

Bernard Berrian: 5 catches for 78 yards, no score, but this was a good day for Berrian owners – if you snuck him off the waiver wire, you are about to get a good return on that investment. B+

Jerry Porter: 1 catch 6 yards – full health? What were the Jaguars up to this week? F

Eddie Royal and DeSean Jackson: Royal grabbed 9 balls for 104 yards (and a fumble) for 17 points – Jackson snagged 5 balls for 71 yards and a touchdown for 19 fantasy points – there were 14th and 19th overall respectively. A

Owen Daniels: Daniels had 7 catches for 87 yards to lead the Texans in receiving – he was 4th amongst TE’s. A

Buffalo: 3rd overall with 17 fantasy points, good day for the Bills, and they pulled out a win. There were bound to score a defensive touchdown against St. Louis, right? It was meant to be.

Papa’S Week 4 Splinter-Butts (bench him, son)

LenDale White: 11 carries 13 yards, but the touchdown made him noteworthy i guess – still this was a good sit. Your welcome.

Ryan Grant: 15 carries for 20 yards. Your welcome.

Clinton Portis: Clinton carried the Redskins past the Cowboys, getting a couple huge first downs to put the game away and rolling for 121 yards on 21 carries. He managed 15 points on the day and was a solid option (13th overall). My bad.

Brandon Lloyd: 2 catches for 33 yards – your welcome.

theRUNDOWN Review: Week 3

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There’s not much to be said about this group, not all that impressive, and not extremely disappointing either – which is too bad, because either or is at least interesting to reminisce about. As is, this is how this group did this week. LT’s 23 on Monday Night Football gave me a nice boost to get over the century mark and roll to 108 on the week – still, next week will be better!

QB: Tony Romo vs. Packers: I got 16 points from Tony because of his long touchdown pass to Miles Austin – still despite the rolling gut feeling that he was “going off”, I would have been better off taking one of the quarterbacks from the Saints/Broncos game. Dang me!

RB: LaDainian Tomlinson vs. New York Jets: Tomlinson didn’t have a great day, I have to be honest, he carried the ball a bunch of times and managed just 2.7 yards per carry or something gross like that. Still, the Chargers handled the Jets and Tomlinson punched two in from close range. You can’t argue with his 23 fantasy points I guess, but 2.7 per against the Jets? He’ll turn things around, right?

RB: Michael Turner vs. KC: Big Mike in the Wood had a HUGE day, touchdown wise anyway. He didn’t pile up the 200+ yards like he did in Week 1, but Turner did put 3 touchdowns on the Chiefs – I had to love that. He posted 28 points for me.

WR: Plaxico Burress vs. Bengals: 3 catches for 45 yards, 7 fantasy points in a ppr league – thanks Plax. I ditched Brandon Marshall and Larry Fitz so I could put you on my squad – last time I do that!

WR: Steve Smith vs. Minnesota: 4 grabs for 70 yards, but the Panthers needed to get Smith the ball more. Still, it was a risky selection and it back fired a little. 11 points for a WR in a PPR league isn’t much to get excited about.

TE: Jeremy Shockey vs. Denver: Shockey had 8 receptions for 75 yards, not a bad day for the big guy. Anytime a tight end can get my 15 fantasy points I have to appreciate their efforts.

K: Josh Brown vs. Seattle: 8 fantasy points form Mr. Brown and he got booed like he was Johnny Damon leaving for the Yankees- I love that. Still, 8 points is probably an all time high for kickers in this deal for me.

D: Patriots vs. Miami: I don’t know how much they scored. I’m not checking. They got handled. I’ll take a zero and be happy about it.

PAPA’S Week 1 SLEEPERS

David Garrard: Garrard threw another interception without tossing or rushing for a touchdown. He had just 167 yards, which gives him, what, 4 fantasy points? Oops! F

Aaron Rodgers: For how out of sync the Packers looked against Dallas, Rodgers put up some solid numbers. His late touchdown run was a nice helper, and he did throw for just under 300 yards in this one. I think Aaron’s 19 fantasy points were nice. I’ll take an A- just because he didn’t toss a touchdown.

JT O’Sullivan: JT put up 189 yards and two touchdown passes without an interception. He didn’t tear up the yardage totals, but he put in some nice work going for 19 fantasy points of his own – I bet that gets him into the top 10. A

Maurice Jones Drew: “Best runner in Jacksonville hits gold against a Bon Sanders-less Colts team.” Yep! MJD went for 100+ rushing, 50+ receiving, and scored a big touchdown on way to a Jaguars win. Gotta love the short guy (little is a lie, he’s freaking solid). 25 points grades out as an A+

Julius Jones: The Hawks rushed for 245 yards against the worst defense in football, St. Louis, and Julius took 22 rushes for 140 yards and a touchdown. He also caught a pass, giving him 21 fantasy points on the day. A+

Sammy Morris: Down 21-6 at half time the Patriots weren’t in the running mode. Yeah, I didn’t see this coming – obviously. Morris had 3 points giving me an F for this sleeper pick.

Chad Ocho Cinco: Carson Palmer had a really nice day, but it was TJ, not Chad, that was getting it done for the Bengals. Ocho Cinco had Cinco fantasy points. F

Anthony Gonzalez: 2 catches for 37 yards, Peyton went to Marvin more, and Dallas Clark came back this week and stole some looks from Anthony – still, Gonzo grabbed 2 balls for 37 yards in the Colts loss. D for this one.

Derrick Mason: 4 grabs for 42 yards – apparently I was wrong about the Ravens being behind in this one and having to throw to catch up. Mason had 8 fantasy points – that’s a C- maybe.

Todd Heap: 2 catches for 32 yards – I’m beginning to want to drop Mr. Heap. 5 fantays points, maybe a D+

Buffalo: Not a great showing from the Bills – they did enough to get my 8 fantasy points in my game, but they didn’t do what I needed them to do this week, that’s for sure. C-

Papa’S Week 1 Splinter-Butts (bench him, son)

Jamal Lewis: 12 rushes for 56 yards, not bad. 3 catches for 27 yards, not bad. No scores was a bummer, but Jamal didn’t have as bad a game as I thought he’d have. 10 fantasy points for a guy that you should trade for if you can. Boy, does Brady Quinn start next week though?

DeAngelo Williams or Jonathan Stewart: Williams had 10 carries for 27 yards (also 2 catches for 17 yards) and Stewart had 7 carries for 15 yards – but he did have a touchdown. Still, if you started either back hoping for a decent fantasy game, you were tricked. Sitting these guys was a good call.

Chris Perry: You know what, against a very good rush defense Chris had a fine day. 20 carries for 74 yards and a touchdown. I was wrong about his outing, he was a solid start with 16 fantasy points (2 catches for 19 yards as well).

Hines Ward: Hines had his first touchdownless week this season, and he grabbed just 4 passes for 34 yards. Nothing exciting about that.

theRUNDOWN Review: Week 2

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Couldn’t even break 100… Got crushed by a couple guys and finished with 95 points. This was the damage!

QB: Peyton Manning vs. Minnesota: 311 yards, sure, but his 1 touchdown and 2 picks didn’t help me much. Peyton was only good for 14 fantasy points.

RB: LaDainian Tomlinson vs. Denver: 10 carries for 26 yards, 2 catches for 12? Oh no you didn’t LT. This point total bruises my soul, 5 fantasy points for the king. His toe injury hurt him, but his stat line killed me.

RB: Adrian Peterson vs. Indianapolis: Without scoring a touchdown, Peterson still finished tied for 4th amongst running backs with 22 fantasy points – he now leads the league in rushing yards.

WR: Randy Moss vs. Jets: 2 catches for 22 yards. Dang it! I was brutal a couple times this week.

WR: Reggie Wayne vs. Minnesota: 20 fantasy points, good for 10th amongst receivers.

TE: Heath Miller vs. Cleveland: 5 fantasy points – should have taken Scheffler (24 fantasy points) should have done a lot in all these years, this wasn’t my worst decision.

K: Rod Bironas vs. Cincinnati: 6 points- 1 field goal, 3 extra points – actually a good day for my kickers – still, not great considering all the options (30).

D: Giants vs. St. Louis: 19 fantasy points, good for 3rd amongst defenses – solid pick. That’s what 6 sacks and 1 interception return for a touchdown will do for ya.

PAPA’S Week 1 SLEEPERS

JaMarcus Russell: “220+ and 2 scores… Doubt me? We’ll see who is right.” Oh dang it! My foot tastes so bad after walking around bare-foot all weekend. 2 freaking fantasy points – doubters, you got me on this one! F

Aaron Rodgers: 4th amongst quarterbacks after throwing 3 touchdown passes against the Lions. He now has accounted for 5 touchdowns and zero turnovers in two games. A+

Chris Johnson: Gathered over 100 yards this week, 2 catches for 12 yards as well. He’s legit. B

Julius Jones: 4th overall running back in Week 2 – A+ for me on that one.

Laurence Maroney: Maroney looked off before an injury took him out of the game. Maybe I’m just wrong about this kid? F

Antwaan Randel El: 4 catches for 53 yards, looks like Jason Campbell figured out who to give more looks to last week (see Santana Moss’s totals in your fantasy league). D+

Anthony Gonzalez: Great day for Gonzo – those that played him reaped the benefits – 22 fantasy points good for 7th amongst wide receivers… Has he taken over Marvin’s spot as the #2? A+

Robert Meachem: He only had 1 catch for 19 yards, but that one was a touchdown. He’ll turn up the heat, still, 8 fantasy points didn’t kill anyone. C-

Dustin Keller: 1 catch for 19 yards… ugh… F

Cardinals: Just 12 fantasy points, they allowed less than two touchdowns for the 2nd straight week, but just 2 sacks limited their fantasy potential. Still, not bad. B

Papa’S Week 1 Splinter-Butts (bench him, son)

Chris Perry: Perry actually had a pretty nice day considering. He played against the Titans, and the Benglas passing attack as sucked. He managed 64 rushing yards and a touchdown. I’ll say I was wrong here.

Steven Jackson: Jackson had 13 carries for 53 yards and 7 catches for 37 yards. No scores. 8 fantasy points in a non PPR – 15 in a PPR. Exactly what I expected, sit him if you had better options.

Chris Chambers: 13th overall in fantasy last week – tricked me good. This one was a failure.

Devery Henderson: 2 fantasy points – right on the number with this one.