week 7 roster decisions

With 6 teams on bye this week, it seems like I have less choices to make. Sometimes that’s a good thing. Last week most of my moves paid off. We’ll see if that continues.

QSchool Rum – 2nd rb grant, maroney or t.jones?
Grant probably has the most favorable match-up. Will New England ever decide to run the ball? Maroney had a big opening quarter last week and took advantage of his opportunity. Jones is coming off a monster week against a crappy run defense. The Raiders will be much harder to run on. I want to give Maroney one more week to see if New England tries to get a running game going. Grant will be my choice as the Packers should put up plenty of points again this week. He’s been getting 20-25 touches the past few games, so his upside is probably best even though he’s the least talented of the 3. CHOICE: Ryan Grant
Carolina or Green Bay?
The Browns offense has been decent at home. Derek Anderson will give them some opportunities to make plays. Carolina is going against one of the weakest offensive lines in football. With Fitzpatrick at QB, there probably won’t be as many sack opportunities due to his mobility. I’m still going with the Panters because the pressure could cause turnovers. Buffalo has not put up a good offensive week yet mainly due to their offensive line. Carolina should have a field day running the ball and have a better chance of getting an early lead which results in the opponent having to pass. CHOICE: Carolina

Johnny Walker – Cadillac Williams or Thomas Jones?
I’m not a big fan of Thomas Jones this week, so Caddy gets the start by default. He’s been solid so far this season and I’ve decided to give him his first start of the season. CHOICE: Carnell Williams
John Carney or Matt Stover?
Both teams should score plenty. Stover is making his season debut and is kicking in a dome. Carney is on grass, but plays against the better defense and has a stronger leg. I often like to start kickers going against good defenses because that means more FGs than PATs. I picked up Stover last week just to play him this week in the good match-up vs the Rams. I just hope he gets 1 or 2 FG’s to go with all the PATs he’ll be kicking. I’m going against my normal theories on kickers here. CHOICE: Stover

JagerMeister – need 2 WR’s between S. Holmes, A. Collie, J. Knox, T. Owens, M. Crabtree
A mix of all or nothing WR’s. Owens has been on my bench the past few weeks and he’s going to stay there this week. Holmes is going against a weak secondary and Pittsburgh will probably throw a lot in this game, so he’s one of my starters. Collie burst on to the scene two weeks ago and appears to be gaining the confidence of Manning. Knox has scored in 4 straight weeks and is probably the only true receiver on the Bears (unless you count Olsen as a WR). Crabtree is making his debut this week and rather than letting him work his way in to the lineup, they are starting him right off the bat. This shows how talented he is (or how desperate the niners are for a playmaker). I’ve been going back and forth on this one. At first I had Collie in my lineup, but now I’m debating between Knox and Crabtree. I’ll probably switch this again before game time, but for now I’m going with Knox. CHOICE: Holmes and Knox

Jose Cuervo – B. Edwards or Crabtree?
Originally, I figured Edwards was a no brainer this week. However, a lot has changed in a few days. Edwards has missed some practice with a quad injury and Crabtree was named a starter. These events combined with the match-up Edwards may face against Asumogah has made me change my mind. CHOICE: Crabtree
Pittsburg or Carolina?
At the beginning of the year, I never would have imagined thinking about not playing the Pittsburgh D. They face the much more potent offense this week with Minnesota. Polomalu is healthy again which helps tremendously. I think Favre will get rattled by the blitzes and take some sacks as well as throw up some jump balls. He will also make some big plays reading the blitz which could lead to 20+ points. As stated earlier, I like Carolina’s match-up and Peppers could have field day. I figure that if Minnesota can put up 30+ against Baltimore, they could do the same against Pittsburgh. CHOICE: Carolina

George Dickel – OP Delhomme, Witten or Addai?
Since I first read the FFOC rules last year, I said to myself that it would be dumb not to start 2 QB’s every week. That’s why I try to carry 4 on all my teams unless I have 2 top tier QB’s. Delhomme has been down right horrible this year. Combine that with the fact that the Panthers should rush for 300 yards against the Buffalo sieve, I don’t like him to do much this week. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a TE at the flex spot. WR’s and TE’s are the most inconsistent positions and I feel they should never be used as a flex. I have finally made the move to bench Witten in favor of Celek in the 3 leagues I have both because Witten never seems to find the end zone. Instead, I’ll go with the best match-up and take Addai against the Rams. He’s been quietly having a good year. Despite the good match-up, I couldn’t start him over Turner or Ronnie Brown. So instead I’ll do the next best thing and put him at the OP spot. CHOICE: Addai
Cincinnati or Dallas?
Both teams are at home, which I always like in my defense. Both play teams that could potentially put up a lot of points. I’m going with the Bengals because the Bears have also been known to stink it up. The Falcons have too many weapons and with Ware not being 100%, I see them scoring at least 20 this week and winning outright. Cutler is prone to the turnover and Ryan rarely throws int’s. That’s why my CHOICE is Cincinnati.

Jim Beam – Marion Barber or Michael Bush?
Neither have a good match-up. Barber is banged up and the Raiders plain stink. Bush splits with Fargas and Barber has to share with both Choice and Felix as he should return this week. I can’t force myself to start a Raider for the 2nd time this year on my 20 teams (started Zach Miller in a few leagues last week because Dallas Clark was on bye). CHOICE: Barber