theRUNDOWN Review: Week 8

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.