Start: Matt Cassel, New England Patriots at Seattle Seahawks. After two straight 400 yard games Cassel was unable to do anything against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 13. Of course, most quarterbacks have also struggled against Pitt. But Cassel has had some big games against some average defenses and the Seahawks are far from average. The Seahawks are fantasy gold for all…
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Start: Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers vs. Minnesota Vikings. Quickly becoming one of my favorite fantasy quarterbacks, Rodgers has put all of the criticism to bed at the start of the season with the Favre fiasco. Rodgers showed last week that even against tough defenses like Tennessee he can put up good stats as he threw for over 300 yards and a…
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Start: Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers vs. Indianapolis Colts. This might be misleading because the Colts defense has actually been great against the pass, and has only allowed one touchdown through the air all season long. But two things make me think that Rodgers is a good play this week. One, here are the teams the Colts have played…
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Start: Eli Manning, New York Giants vs. St. Louis Rams. Donovan McNabb made mincemeat of the Rams secondary on his way to a 361 yard, 3 TD game. It also seems that Eli Manning is a different QB after winning the Super Bowl. His completion percentage definitely needs to improve some still, but his confidence is at an all time high. Expect Eli to throw…
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JaMarcus Russell, Oakland Raiders. The #1 overall pick in 2007 held the clipboard for most of the year last season. He did get into four games last year, but he wasn’t particularly impressive as he threw two touchdowns and four interceptions. Russell showed a few signs of his talent in the final game of…
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Mercifully, the Brett Favre situation is over. I can’t think of too many sports stories that I was more sick of than this one. There was just so much talk about this over so many days, with so little actual new events to discuss. After weeks of speculation, Favre was finally traded to the Jets which should make all sides…
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