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| The Truth About Week Six |
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It’s back! The McDonalds Monopoly game, my favorite fast food game, returned this week. The timing is actually horrible for me. It comes right at the time where I’ve started doing push ups, sit ups, bike riding, and jogging, all in an attempt to get washboard abs and bulging biceps, so that my wife will ignore the fact that I’m in ten fantasy football leagues. When thinking about it, the McDonalds Monopoly game is one of the most accepted forms of legalized gambling in America. The chances of winning the million dollar prize by getting Boardwalk? One in a few hundred million. The chances of having indigestion, becoming overweight, and eating so much McDonalds that your liver fails? One in one. If I had to rank legalized forms of gambling in America, I would rank the list like this:
Looking at this list, our 401Ks are down, most of us are not living in Vegas, and oysters are now safe to eat. That leaves the McDonalds game, and fantasy football. The advantage fantasy football provides over the Monopoly game is that after a loss, you don’t have to run to the can for another loss. The Truth About Week Six AccuScore projected points in parenthesis. -Jason Campbell (16.3) will score more points than the following quarterbacks: Kurt Warner (16.2), Drew Brees (16.1), Jay Cutler (16), Peyton Manning (15.5), Brett Favre (15.4), and Donovan McNabb (14.8). -Kyle Orton (13.6) will have another strong week. AccuScore has him ranked 12th in week six simulations, with 232 passing yards and two touchdowns in a third of simulations. I’m saying 250 yards and two touchdowns. -Matt Hasselbeck (16) will bounce back this week after a very disappointing season. -Peyton Manning (15.5) will also bounce back, throwing for at least 250 yards and two touchdowns. -Clinton Portis (20.4) will score more points than the following running backs: Ronnie Brown (17.6), LaDainian Tomlinson (16.6), Michael Turner (15.9), Steve Slaton (15.9), Brandon Jacobs (15.2), Marion Barber (14.8), Steven Jackson (13), and Joseph Addai (12.6). -Steve Slaton (15.9) will once again be a top running back option. -I don’t buy Michael Turner (15.9) this week against the Bears. Turner has been good against some bad rushing defenses this season (Green Bay, Detroit, Kansas City), but has struggled against any decent run defense he has faced (Tampa Bay, Carolina). -Justin Fargas (9.6) is a better play than Darren McFadden (9.7) this week. Both are starting material. -Maurice Jones-Drew (12.5) will be a solid starting option this week, for just the second time this season. -DeAngelo Williams (8.4) was just a one week fluke. I also don’t buy Edgerrin James (7.6) to repeat his success from the last few weeks. -Laveranues Coles (12.1) will score more points this week than Terrell Owens (12), Brandon Marshall (11.6), Greg Jennings (11.5), Reggie Wayne (11.3), Andre Johnson (10.6), and T.J. Houshmandzadeh (10.1). -I like Brandon Stokley (6.6) as a top number two option if Eddie Royal (5.7) can’t go this week. Even with Royal appearing likely to play, I would start Stokley in leagues that allow three wide receivers. -If Anquan Boldin can’t play this week, Steve Breaston (8.9) is a good starting option. There’s a chance Boldin could return, but if he does I think it will be in a limited role. Therefore, Larry Fitzgerald (13.9) remains one of the top wide receiver options this week. -Wide receivers I like more than Randy Moss (8.4) this week: Donald Driver (8.7), Jerricho Cotchery (9.8), and Bobby Engram (10.1). -Vincent Jackson (7.2) is a great starting option this week. I’m putting him in over guys like Braylon Edwards (7.6), Eddie Royal, and Chad Johnson (Siete.Ocho). -Wide receivers I don’t buy this week that the AccuScore simulations favor: Torry Holt (8.1), Isaac Bruce (7.4), Roy Williams (6.4), and Amani Toomer (6.9). -I’m going with Greg Olsen (5) as my sleeper tight end as long as Kyle Orton remains on a hot streak. I think that hot streak will continue this week. -I’m also buying Owen Daniels (4.3) for a big week this week. I like him more than Donald Lee (4.9), L.J. Smith (4.5), and John Carlson (9.4). -I don’t buy John Carlson (9.4) as the number two tight end, despite what the AccuScore simulations say. He showed some promise, but has been doing nothing the last two weeks. -The sleeper defense of the week is the Indianapolis Colts (13). AccuScore simulations have the Colts allowing just 16 points against the Ravens, with two sacks and three turnovers. -The Washington Redskins (11.4) are a great start this week against a weak Rams offense that I don’t think will bounce back. |
