Fantasy Football Geekly: Week 4
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by user Demonboy
In this week's installment, I'm going to try something a little different... want to attempt to do a "show" if you want to call it that... after my rumblings & stumblings of around the fantasy world of the NFL, I'm more than willing to help any & all questions as possible for your fantasy football team. My fantasy world update - 16 leagues... overall 30-17-1 (5 leagues 3-0 including the AmchairGM league). Now to get back on track, First up - as always:
Injury Report
- Chris Simms - if you haven't dropped him by now, you should. Emergency surgery will keep him out a minimum of 4 weeks but I'm expecting he'll be out the rest of the season.
- Shaun Alexander - Out indefinately for a broken foot. Original reports said he'll only be out for 2 weeks but have later revised it to indefinately. The Madden curse strikes again! Update: Now it appears that it may not be a broken foot (read comments below) and is listed as doubtful. With conflciting reports, I would bench Shaun, at least for this week. In week 5 Sea has a bye so we'll see where everything stands (pardon the pun) for week 6 when Sea goes against St. Louis.
- Chris Brown - His turf toe problem seems to be sticking around. He's questionable for week 4.
- Travis Henry - Yet another Ten RB with a toe issue. He's also questionable for week 4.
- Brian Westbrook - Knee inflamation. While he had the same problem as last week but ended up lighting it up for 117 yds & 2 TD's, he's officially still listed as questionable. Only thing I can reccomend here is - go with your gut feeling.
- Donte Stallworth - This one killed me last week and he still has a problem with his hamstring. Officially listed as questionable. If out, expect L.J. Smith & Reggie Brown to get more passes thrown thier way.
- Frank Gore - Strained adominal muscles. According to the 49ers site, he's listed as day-to-day and there have been conflicting reports on if he's going to play in week 4 or not. Monitor this situation carefully.
- Vernon Davis - The same play that took out Gore, also took out Davis. While trying to recover Gore's fumble, Davis fell and heard his leg break. He's out at least 4 weeks.
Play Em
- Drew Bledsoe - Going against a weak Tennessee team.
- Charlie Frye - After going 21-33 298 yrds 1 TD against a very tough Baltimore defense, just imagine what he could do against the defense of the Oakland Raiders wait, do they even have a defense?? With byes weeks going on, if you need a QB, Frye would not be that bad of a pickup.
- Maurice Morris - With Alexander out, Morris will be the primary ball carrier.
- Ron Dayne - It appears Dayne has won the starting role. Going against a poor run defense of Miami, this could be an break out game.
- Daunte Culpepper - Granted he didn't have that great of a game last week (17-26 198 yrds), he's worth another shot going against Houston.
- Roy Williams - After last weeks blow up against a weak GB def, expect close to the same numbers here against St. Louis.
Sit Em
- Wali Lundy - With Ron Dayne in the picture at starter, unless something VERY drastic happens between now & Sunday, it's time to drop the ineffective RB. I know I have.
- Robert Ferguson - Now that he's lost the number 2 spot to Greg Jennings, it's time to let Ferguson go. Would only except larger rosters or leagues to even have this one in a lineup anyways - but hey, you never know.
- Dennis Northcutt - with Braylon Edwards and Kellen Winslow seeing more touches, Northcutts value has dramitcally dropped. It'll be even worse when Joe Jurevicius finally returns to action.
- Keary Colbert - Now that Steve Smith is back, Colbert drops back down to a number 4 WR behind Smith, Keyshawn Johnson & Drew Carter.
Waiver Wire
- LeDale White - With Brown & Henry having toe issues, White appears to have the starting job. Expect him to be the primary RB in week 4 against Dallas.
- Maurice Morris - If he isn't claied by now in your league, pick him up asap!
- Eric Johnson - With Vernon Davis now out, Johnson becomes the nuber 1 TE. Yes Johnson can be an injury risk but he can also be just as productive in catches as Antonio Bryant.
- Reche Caldwell - With Chad Jackson out to a hamstring problem, Caldwell can be a nice addition to leagues with a flex option.
Questions
Now onto the questions format for this week. I'll answer questions 3 ways. You can either type a question in the comments section, IM me through Yahoo IM - my ID is xdemonboy or through Meebo. simply follow the instuctions underneath the box below. I'll try and answer as any as I can tonight. Will probably stop around 9pm EST on Wed (9/27). I'll make an edit to this page with the questions & answers that were asked to me in Yahoo & Meebo.
Feel free to use the above to chat with me in real-time. Please replace the automatically-produced nickname with your ArmchairGM user name, so I know who I'm talking to. Thanks! (You can click here for full-screen chat.)
Date
Wed 09/27/06, 2:14 pm EST
