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: Carson Palmer, Cincinnati Bengals vs. Cleveland Browns. Do you remember last year’s game between these two teams? If not, I will refresh your memory with Palmer’s line. 33/50 for 401 yards and SIX touchdowns. Now, I’m not saying to expect that kind of production again, but now that the Bengals have shown some sort of life, coupled with the fact that the Browns defense…
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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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I am going to attempt in this column to stay away from the top few guys at each position. Obviously if you have Tom Brady, or LaDanian Tomlinson, or Randy Moss they are a must start every week. Here are the next tier guys who could be help or hurt your team in the first week of the year.
Start: Kurt Warner, Arizona Cardinals vs. San Francisco 49ers…
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