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Let me be the first one to tell you that as much as I try and keep up, I’m not usually a trendy person.  If you took a look at my CD collection, you wouldn’t notice many new artists.  In fact, me saying I have a CD collection already proves just how untrendy I am.  Get with the digital world, Sky!  Well, there are certain trends I do pay attention to and it’s how players are doing in the fantasy world and an alarming one has happened over the last 4 weeks for Peyton Manning owners.  Sure, on the season he’s still the 7th best QB to own according to yahoo and he no doubt is a huge reason you’re still reading about fantasy football because his numbers have been so great for such a cheap draft price.  But over the last few weeks, Peyton is getting outpaced by Sam Bradford and I had to rethink how we should view him in a week that could have Denver up big early.  With Trent Richardson trending downward as the season wears on – only 28 yards last week – and Brandon Weeden throwing into a tough Bronco secondary, real football might trump your fantasy football world and turn Manning into what he has been the last two weeks: a hand the ball off quarterback.  Am I saying you should sit him?  Nah, he’s still my 12th best guy on the board.  I’m simply saying I’m not expecting the world outta him and I don’t know if you should either.  In other ideas that are against the grain, Steve Smith has been on a roll with Cam Newton and I like that trend to continue to the tune of WR1 status for the week while I think Dez Bryant and his finger don’t warrant WR1 status despite the sweet Saints matchup.  Oh and fumbles make Belichick mad so I couldn’t put Stevan Ridley anywhere near RB1/RB2 circle of trust this week.  If you wanna be mad at me for it go ahead, but I suggest you do something more constructive like send Stevan some Elmer’s for his hands.  And with that, let’s get to the rankings for what is – for many – championship week…psyche!  I wanted to let you know since there’s no Thursday Night Football tonight, I won’t be the first post you see Friday morning.  Instead it will be our on-staff doctor as Andrew Nordmeier provides some insight to the bumps and bruises heading into the weekend.  If ya need me, I’ll still field questions on this post so fear not!  Just come on by and I’ll be here to answer.  And with that let’s really get on with this weekly rankings for 2012 fantasy football…

 

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