Ambulance Chasers, Week 9: You Down with RG3?

Because Monday night’s game went exactly as we all thought, right? The Washington (enter name here) football team defeated the first-place Dallas Cowboys in primetime. And yes, at one point in the night, Cleveland fans rejoiced (or puked) when both Colt McCoy and Brandon Weeden were in the game. So with McCoy’s performance over the past two weeks — he leads all quarterbacks in completion percentage over that stretch — what does this mean for Robert Griffin III? Washington head coach Jay Gruden said that McCoy’s stellar play won’t have any impact on Griffin, as he’s the starter as soon as he’s healthy. On Tuesday, Gruden said that Griffin is “very, very, very close” to returning. With six teams on bye this week, fantasy managers are scrambling to the waiver wire to replace Jay Cutler, Aaron Rodgers, Matthew Stafford, Kyle Orton, Matt Ryan and Zach Mettenberger. OKAY, maybe not Mettenberger, but you get the picture. Can Griffin be that guy this week for you? Chances are slim, to be honest. Yes, he could probably go out there against Minnesota on Sunday, but with a Week 10 bye week, it makes more sense to sit him until Week 11.

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Start ‘Em and Sit ‘Em, Week 8: Walk This Way with Run DMC

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Don’t worry, I’m not going to recommend that you listen to the Run DMC cover of the classic Aerosmith song in your Adidas jump suit this weekend [Jay’s Note: Awww, I’m already dressed up for it!], but I’m going to recommend that you start Raiders’ running back, Darren McFadden.

It’s disgusting to read, I get it. How many times have we bought into McFadden only to be let down in the past? If you can tally up the times, please let me know. However, the matchup this week against the Browns is too good to pass up. Since Tony Sparano has taken over as head coach of the Raiders, he’s made it a point to run the ball with McFadden. McFadden has a total of 34 touches (six catches) for 141 yards and one touchdown in his two games under Sparano.

Meanwhile, Maurice Jones-Drew has just seven carries in those contests, so there’s no feeling that he’ll vulture McFadden. The Browns, for whatever reason, are horrible against the run. On the year, they’ve given up seven touchdowns to running backs, and they are coming off a game in which they were gashed by Denard Robinson. Yes, they made a Jaguars running back actually look good.

You can’t trust McFadden to stay healthy for the entire season, but his matchup against the Browns is as good as it gets, and he’s our start of the week for Week 8.

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Ambulance Chasers, Week 8: No Crying Over Spiller Milk

October 22, 2014 | 2014 Fantasy Football, Injury Report | 19 Comments

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There are three things that are certain in life: Death, taxes and fantasy football injuries. Like clockwork, the injury bug struck again this weekend, as running backs seemed to take most of the damage on Sunday. To get you ready for Week 8 of the NFL and fantasy season, let’s take a look at some of the more severe running back injuries and what they mean from a fantasy perspective.

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Start ’em and Sit ’em, Week 7: This Week Isn’t A Brees

October 18, 2014 | 2014 Fantasy Football, Roster Strategy | 71 Comments

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If you decided to buck the industry trend this year and draft a quarterback early, there’s a 66 percent chance you are happy. Sure, Aaron Rodgers put up an expected dud in Week 1 against the Seattle Seahawks, but since then, he’s been the model of consistency. There’s also a guy by the name of Peyton Manning that you may have heard of before. Yeah, he’s pretty good. But then there’s Drew Brees. Brees was a consensus top three quarterback during drafts, and he went as high as the first round over Manning and Rodgers in certain drafts. But so far this year, Brees has left much to be desired for fantasy owners. Thus far on the season, Brees has nine touchdowns, six interceptions and hasn’t topped 375 yards or 23 fantasy points in a game yet. You’d sign off on those numbers over five games for many quarterbacks, but not for what it cost to get Brees.

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Ambulance Chasers, Week 9: You Down with RG3?

Start ‘Em and Sit ‘Em, Week 8: Walk This Way with Run DMC

Ambulance Chasers, Week 8: No Crying Over Spiller Milk

Start ’em and Sit ’em, Week 7: This Week Isn’t A Brees