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The Perspective – Fantasy Football Ninja’s & players to avoid for Week 8

What it feels like to win a week of Fantasy Football, performed by the Table Tennis player in the Blue Shirt…

I’ll skip the obvious…
If your not starting Drew Brees against St. Louis, then we can’t be friends.

QB’s
Some more tough BYE weeks, so Aaron Rodgers and Jay Cutler are out this week.
In regards to finding suitable replacements or using QB’s with nice matchups… Here goes.

Matt Hasselbeck versus Indianapolis. This is a no brainer… Exhibit A – Drew Brees and everyone who has played against Indy.

Cam Newton & Christian Ponder versus each other. I see no running game out of Carolina, so Cam will be throwing and running. Christian Ponder will be praying for another 150+ yards rushing from Peterson which should net him 2+ TD passes.

Tim Tebow – I’m drinking the Tebow Kool-Aid. Denver is Denver as Knowshon is back, which means Tebow runs the ball!!! I’ll do my best to get pictorial evidence of me TeBow’ing! look it up.

Philip Rivers – Most people are gun shy at this point as no matter what matchup he has faced, he has been underwhelming and 9 INT’s & 4 Fumbles already and its getting close to a consensus ripcord pulling… but alas, here come the banged up KC Chiefs! Hallelujah! Rivers finds salvation this week. If he doesn’t then its time to find a spot on the bench for this guy.

Joe Flacco – After Monday nights performance, I can see some folks opting for a different look. Stay with the Flacco. He should rebound nicely against a pathetic Arizona team. The Raven’s are angry and plan on feasting on Cardinal Carcass.

RB’s
Matt Forte & Darren McFadden on BYE’s.

Looking at other options, we find such stalwarts as…

DeMarco Murray – Philly is surprisingly weak against RB’s this year, so we think, Dallas uses DeMarco to their advantage, unlike their history with Felix jones.

Darren Sproles – We feel like this is a 2 TD weekend for Sproles. After feasting on a lethargic Colts team, the listless Rams limp in. 62 points seems reasonable. Put Pierre Thomas on this list as Rookie Mark Ingram may have hurt his heel.

Ryan Torain – Hightower out for season. Helu is not the flavor of the week. Use Torain before Shanahan muddles the backfield with more RB Free Agents.

Bernard Scott – His name is Bernie. He is the good twin of Beanie. Beam me up Scotty. Cedric is in Juvy this week for crimes against humanity. Seattle is a surprisingly good defense, but they aren’t that good.

WR’s
Greg Jennings, Roddy White and OMG…Roy Williams are on BYE’s this week.

Demaryius Thomas – We think Tebow and DT become very good friends the rest of the season.

A.J. Green – Should go off this week against Seattle. I can see a mediocre day from a mediocre RB in B-Scott, so The Red Rifle will need to air it out and AJ The missile Green will be the benefactor.

Nate Washington – Last week he was covered by the Beast, Jonathan Joseph, this week, he faces off against the vaunted Colts defense… I could barely get that out without pissing myself. Trust in washington. Ok, that line doesn’t make it any better…

Pierre Garcon – He is the only Colt worth playing. He isn’t reliable enough to play most weeks, but this may just be a week to put your faith in him. Good luck with that.

Defenses this week.
Saints versus the Rams
Bengals versus the Seahawks (although its in Seattle, so be wary)
Ravens versus the Arizona Redbirds in Baltimore. Have you seen the forecast? Bloodbath. Listed this for sheer pleasure.
Texans versus Jax – Blaine Gabbert is gonna be sacked… a lot.

PLAYERS TO AVOID IN WEEK 8

Matthew Stafford – He is a must start, but his leg is shaky and Denver has a good pass rush. Detroit has little to no running game and Stafford, if he starts could be on his back quite a bit.

Wes Welker – He’ll catch his passes, but teams have begun to realize that a way to slow the Patriots is too smother Welker. Pittsburgh has the blanket safeties and corners to do it.

Larry Fitzgerald – I mean, he’s Fitzy! He has too start, but against Baltimore with Kevin Kolb looking like a cooked Turkey in the pocket to a starving Ray Lewis, Terrel Suggs and Ed Reed. Delicious Defense! Hellacious numbers from Fitzy.

Dwayne Bowe – He will most likely end up somewhere at 6 catches for 70 yards which is palatable, but uninspiring. San Diego has a stout Defense. Just saying.

Steven Jackson – He is getting around 17 rushes a game and a couple of dump off passes. He may gather some Fantasy points in garbage time, but facing the Saints, having AJ Feeley as your QB… it doesn’t bode well.

Montario Hardesty – Avoid. Lucky to average 2.5 yards per carry. Unless they give him 45 carries this game!

Alphonso Smith – Avoid. Normally I would say, load up on him, but against Baltimore. Pass.

Knowshon Moreno – He sucked before being relegated to backup behind the ageless wonder Willis McGahee, but Whatchoo talking bout Willis had hand surgery and Bob Barker shouts, Knowshon Moreno… COME ON DOWN! He will still suck it up.

Whether you think you can or you can’t, you are usually right.” — Henry Ford

A quick offering of players available on our leagues waiver wire or being paroled.

Colt McCoy
Pierre Garcon
Victor Cruz
Cedric Benson (Long term pickup – and soon to be paroled!)
Santanio Holmes
Michael Jenkins
Devin Hester (yes, he’s the greatest kick returner, but I still dont trust him as a fantasy WR)

Good luck out there.