The No Huddle Episode 10-02

What do you do if you’re a sports fan, but not a big NFL person, yet still want to have a go at fantasy football? If you’re Chris Dennis, you hire a coach!

I’ve seen people do this before, and if you’re new to the whole experience, it’s usually a pretty good move. Unfortunately, Chris and her coach Kevin Ward are off to a rocky start having scored the fewest points in our league in week one. This was due in large part to some truly underwhelming performances by WR Andre Johnson and RB Shonn Greene. She was going to bench them both this week in favor of WR Austin Collie and RB Darren McFadden. Instead, Johnson will go after all, while WR Robert Meacham, who dropped a pass in the Thursday opener, will sit.

Elsewhere: As predicted, Drew Brees put up nice numbers, but, also as predicted, he spread the ball around so much, his WRs produced little fantasy value. On the other side of the field, Brett Favre had a horrendous night, while top pick RB Arian Peterson managed only 87 yards and no TDs. Arian Foster of the Texans of course was the week’s MVP, by far, cranking out 231 rushing yards and 3 TDs.

Looking ahead to this Sunday, there’s a lot of talk about the Jets/Patriots game. I have Tom Brady, and I am starting him over Derek Anderson and Matt Ryan (whose teams play each other). I don’t think Brady will light it up against the Jets, but I think he’s still a safe bet to have a decent game. 150, maybe 200 yards and a TD.

I picked up WR Legadu Naanee because I could. WRs seem to be in short supply early on, so maybe I can trade for a solid RB in the coming weeks. That committee deal in New York with the Giants is not working out for me. I have Jacobs, but it looks like Bradshaw is going to get most of the touches, especially in the red zone.

I don’t see a lot of toss-ups as far starting rosters go. WR Chad Ochocino vs. the Ravens D is an example. Your starters are your starters. I do like TE Tony Gonzalez at home against the Cardinals.

How about Michael Vick? When this week’s podcast dropped, he was only on 24% of the teams in Yahoo! As of this blog entry it’s up to 65%, which still seems kind of low. The guy that picked him up in our league is a dog lover, so I don’t think that’s the problem. I’m not trying to be funny at all. Not like I was when wrote for The Gary Burbank Show, and called in as Jim Rome. Anyway, I was wondering why, at the beginning of the week, when it looked pretty certain that Kolb wouldn’t be starting, people weren’t grabbing Vick. I have two good back-ups, and am starting Brady as I said, but good QBs are still in short supply. I don’t think a lot of other teams have that luxury.

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