Fantasy Football

So here’s the thing, writing a fantasy football site can apparently get a little repetitive. We are either doing half-ass analysis and number crunching, or writing psuedo-funny posts that probably aren’t nearly as funny as we think they are. But with the former our analysis is only so valuable, and with the latter it is basically the same thing every time but from a different perspective.

So we’re going to begin doing weekly projections on who we think will produce and who won’t. The assessment will be based on what the player has done so far this year and what they are expected to do for the season. So, if someone had a terrible week one, we might foresee them bouncing back with a strong week two and thus they will be on this list. Or if there is someone we expect a drop-off from (cough *Michael Turner* Cough) that is fair game as well. We’ll try to steer away from such posts as “expect Peyton Manning to have a big week against Miami!”, and try to keep it more along the lines of “Tavaris Jackson has the game of his career against Detroit!”

1) LenDale White
He put up exactly ten points in most fantasy leagues last week against one of the better front seven’s in the league in Jacksonville. This week he goes up against a defense that is almost as highly touted in Cincinnati. Look for him to break through with relative ease and get a plethora of goal line carries. Vince Young’s absence may even help open up the passing game.

You want LenDale White to have a big game? Putting some of these in the endzone is the solution.

2) Adrian Peterson
He had a solid week and was the only contributing factor on offense for Minnesota against a great defense in Green Bay. This week the Vikings take on the Colts who looked fucking terrible defending the run against the Bears at home. Look for him to remind everyone why he was the most tempting first overall pick.

3) Eli Manning
In short: He is playing the Rams. Against the Giants a week ago he looked shaky, through some errant passes that he was lucky they weren’t intercepted and got out of there with a win and a rushing touchdown. While the Redskins aren’t exactly taking the league by storm this season, they do have one of the better secondaries in the league. The Rams, however, gave up 38 points to an Eagles team whose best receiver is a six foot tall rookie who was only drafted so high because he may be effective on special teams. Speaking of which…

4) Donovan McNabb
While they looked good against St. Louis last week and McNabb in particular looked like he never suffered ten knee injuries in the past five years…they were playing St Louis. While all the pundits seem to randomly have Philly poised for a big season, and that very well may happen, do not expect production like that for every opponent they play. This week’s game? The Monday nighter in Dallas. They are still sporting Roy Williams in the backfield so a 25+ point game is possible, just don’t put too much stock in him getting a comeback win for you.

5) Jay Cutler
We claimed before the season started that Cutler would break out this year. And he will, but that Oakland team is such a clusterfuck of terribleness that Denver could have dropped 100 points on them if they had wanted to. This week they play San Diego, a top ten defense with or without Shawne Merriman, but most importantly they are just competent.

Honorable mention (one way or the other): Michael Turner (too obvious), Sammy Morris (ditto), Marshawn Lynch, Laverneus Coles, Earnest Graham, Braylon Edwards