Fantasy Football

Here we go with R&D for the rest of the Week 3 preseason games.

Houston 28 Dallas 16

J. Witten (DAL): 3rec/47yds/1 TD, a nice game for Witten who remains a decent TE choice late in drafts

T. Owens (DAL): 1rec/35yds/1 TD, Owens can still play, but age and the TO factor make me want to go with youth over Owens

P. Crayton (DAL): 2rec/26yds, with Terry Glenn having knee trouble that will likely continue into the regular season, Crayton is a great WR sleeper

J. Jones (HOU): 2rec/26yds/1 TD, 1car/10yds, the rookie is impressing, who also had a 91 yard punt return in this one, he should get more snaps opposite Andre Johnson than Kevin Walter

Jets 20 Giants 12

L. Washington (NYJ): 7car/6yds, 3rec/86yds/1 TD, the TD came on a 79 yard pass down the sidelines which you have probably seen on Sportcenter by now, Washington will hold value all year despite playing behind Thomas Jones, the Jets will look to get him the ball any way they can

E. Manning (NYG): 17-25/146yds/1 TD, 1car/2yds, Manning has looked fantastic in the preseason, but he has not faced the blitzing he will during the regular season, there are still reasons for reservation here

Chicago 31 San Francisco 28

C. Benson (CHI): 19car/33yds/1 TD, 1rec/2yds, I am not a Benson fan, and I think there will be a lot more where this came from during the regular season, the fact that he will get the ball a ton and score some TDs bumps his value

A. Peterson (CHI): 6car/27yds/1 TD, 1rec/7yds, the other Adrian Peterson will be heard from this season in Chicago, Benson is likely to get hurt, so Peterson should hold value as a handcuff

B. Berrian (CHI): 3rec/79yds/1 TD, 1car/11yds, Berrian is as talented as they come, it is just a shame that Rex Grossman is his QB, B-squared is still a great mid-late round pick

Seattle 30 Minnesota 13

C. Taylor (MIN): 8car/61yds, there is no reason for owners to forget Taylor as a fantasy factor because of AP, but that seems to be what is happening, Taylor will likely have a few games where he gets 20-30 touches because of a Peterson injury

S. Alexander (SEA): 8car/30yds/1 TD, 1rec/5yds, Alexander will punch in the short ones as he did with a 1-yarder here, but he seems to have left all his long runs back in his record breaking 2005 season

B. Engram (SEA): 4rec/53yds, with all of the D.J. Hackett hype going on, Engram is not being talked about much as a solid slot WR in Seattle, Engram seems to be Hasselbeck’s security blanket in many situations, so don’t be surprised to see him put up better numbers in a few games than both Hackett and Deion Branch

Cleveland 17 Denver 16

J. Lewis (CLE): 15car/46yds/1 TD, 2rec/30yds, he is certainly going to get the ball, he just isn’t like to do much when he gets it, there is no reason to believe he will ever reach 30 yards receiving at any point during the regular season as he did here (yes I’m serious)

B. Quinn (CLE): 7-11/81yds/1 TD, 1car/2yds, Quinn has been solid in his two preseason games, but Charlie Frye will get the nod in Week 1, once the Browns lose their first few games, Quinn will get the call

K. Winslow (CLE): 3rec/47yds, if Winslow had any kind of proven QB winging him the pigskin, he would likely end up being the best fantasy TE at year’s end, as it stands, he will just have to settle for garbage yards from Frye and Quinn when the Browns are losing in the 4th quarter, that should still be enough to get him in the top 3

J. Cutler (DEN): 9-16/115yds/1 TD, 2car/6yds, it seems that many people are high on Cutler as a franchise QB, while I am not, if Culter is what I think he’s not, Javon Walker will be huge and Brandon Marshall will justify his sleeper status, I just don’t see it

Vincent Jackson will be the Chargers’ deep threat in ‘07 and is considered by many as the sleeper WR of fantasy drafts.

San Diego 33 Arizona 31

M. Turner (SD): 9car/20yds, 1rec/11yds, Turner suffered a high ankle sprain in this one, which Tomlinson owners need to be aware of, The San Diego Union-Tribune is reporting Turner could be questionable for Week 1, so Darren Sproles could end up as LT’s handcuff for the first few games of the regular season

P. Rivers (SD): 20-29/282yds/2 TDs, Rivers looked great in this tune up, but LT never saw the field, which is a good reason why he attempted 29 passes in a preseason game, there will be too much Tomlinson during the regular season and especially in the red zone to allow Rivers to become a solid QB1

V. Jackson (SD): 4rec/92yds/2 TDs, Jackson is going to be Rivers’ other target besides Antonio Gates, and his consistency will highly depend on how much the Chargers and Norv Turner decide to throw the ball, there is no doubt he has a huge upside in 2007

A. Boldin (ARI): 5rec/143yds/1 TD, 1car/2yds, there is no better after-the-catch WR in the NFL, he’s too big and too powerful to be brought down by any defensive back alone, Ken Whisenhunt wants to use him as he did Hines Ward in Pittsburgh, which should spell around 10 TDs, don’t be completely shocked to see him used as a RB in some goal line situations

M. Leinart (ARI): 10-16/196yds/1 TD, 2car/4yds, as he goes, Boldin and Fitzgerald will go, I expect solid numbers from the trio in ‘07

Pittsburgh 27 Philadelphia 13

C. Buckhalter (PHI): 10car/43yds, 1rec/1yd, Buckhalter has the talent to produce solid numbers if Westbrook went down, handcuff him if you own BW

W. Parker (PIT): 10car/32yds/1 TD, 3rec/40yds, of the 13 touches Parker had in this game, there was only one that stuck out in my mind, and it wasn’t the TD (18yds), Parker was stuffed and fumbled the ball away on his only goal line touch of the game, I’m growing concerned that the Steelers will use Najeh Davenport inside the 5.

Atlanta 24 Cincinnati 19

C. Johnson (CIN): 5rec/83yds/1 TD, I know it is only the preseason, but CJ absolutely toasted DeAngelo Hall in this one, this is a sign of things to come in ‘07

C. Palmer (CIN): 15-22/136yds/2 TDs, He is going to be huge this year, and when I say huge I mean he might be the #1 ranked fantasy QB when it is all over with, CJ and Housh are just too good to be stopped on a weekly basis

J. Norwood (ATL): 9car/25yds, 2rec/17yds/1 TD, Dunn looked awful, so again, owners shouldn’t be scared to draft Norwood, he is by far the best offensive weapon the Falcons have

Feel free to email me at Joseph.Badalucco@451press.net with any questions you might have regarding your own team or draft.