The No Huddle Episdoe 10-11

Mark Challifoux returned to the podcast, and spoke to us while on the way to Indianapolis to do a last minute gig.

We did the round-up, so here is the late breaking news:

WR Sidney Rice has been activated by the Vikings? Will this cut into Percy Harvin’s numbers?

RB Reggie Bush will probably play for the Saints Sunday.

RB Ryan Mathews is doubtful for the Chargers, TE Antonio Gates is questionable, but it is safe to say you should start another TE.

RBs Joseph Addai and Mike Hart are out.

RB Kevin Smith is out for the season.

Jets WR Jerome Cotchery is out, and WR Michael Sims-Walker is unlikely to play.

As always go to NFL.com around noon Sunday for the most up-to-date report.

The marquee match up would have to be Colts at Patriots which most of the nation will see. This is always a shoot-out, and all offensive stars should do well. WR Reggie Wayne leads the league in receptions, but has had trouble finding the endzone. On the other hand TE Jacob Tamme as stepped in nicely for the injured Dallas Clark. The patriots meanwhile seem to be spreading the ball around, a la the New Orleans Saints. Still no deep threats on the passing game though.

Check out our friends at NFL Review UK for predictions with a Midland’s accent!

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The No Huddle Episode 10-10

The return of Costaki on the podcast! He had some insight, as well some great jokes. As you may know, he does the NFL Review segment for the Bob & Tom Radio Show, as well as for a few other stations around the country.

Your byes this week:
Packers, Saints, Raiders, Chargers

As promised, the round-up appears here in the blog.

Tennessee at Miami. Here are two offenses heading in opposite directions. The debut of Randy Moss in Titan blue should help stretch defenses, and take some pressure off of RB Chris Brown. Miami looks set to go with the streaky Chad Pennington. Be weary.

New York Jets at Cleveland. Yet another tough test for the steadily improving Browns. Look for lots of running from both squads, and a low scoring game.

Cincinnati at Indianapolis. If QB Carson Palmer could get his throwing motion straightened out you could see a track meet like the Bengals found themselves in in Atlanta a few weeks ago. Indy’s D is soft on the run, so RB Ced Benson could be a wise start.

Houston at Jacksonville. The Jags found their offense in Dallas two weeks ago, and now face a poor pass defense at home with the Texans. Seems too good to be true given the Jags ups and downs.

Minnesota at Chicago. Brett Favre says he’ll play, but how much more can he take, especially in this division game? Well, if anyone can…Jay Cutler is an ok start at QB if the byes have left you thin.

Carolina at Tampa Bay. The Bucs may have lost in the A-T-L, but they now face a terrible Panther team. It’s a home game for Tampa, which can only improve their numbers. Good week for your Bucs.

Detroit at Buffalo. Battle of the underachievers. Both clubs are headed in the right direction, which sadly, isn’t producing wins. Fantasy-wise, players on both teams are trending upwards, and both defenses are shaky.

KC at Denver. The Chiefs keep on doing it, but without great fantasy numbers. The Broncos are a mess.

Dallas at New York Giants. Start all Giants. WR Miles Austin and TE Jason Witten for Dallas, and that’s about it.

Seattle at Arizona. Another feast or famine contest. The usual suspects are good to start, like WR Larry Fitzgerald, but most other players on both teams are a huge question mark.

St. Louis at San Francisco. Al Madrigal said last week his 40ers would rally ‘round QB Troy Smith, and would turn things around. St. Louis has some attractive options, beyond the obvious RB Steven Jackson.

New England at Pittsburgh. Benching Tom Brady may have worked out foe me, as I can’t see him putting up the numbers Atlanta’s Matt Ryan did Thursday (my other QB). But it is Tom Brady, and he did put up a respectable amount of points in that debacle at Cleveland last week. The Steelers offense seems to have gelled. The D of course is a must start.

Philadelphia at Washington. Are the Redskins in turmoil, and how does that affect the numbers? And does Mike Vick drag down the numbers of RB LeSean McCoy. Not necessarily. McCoy has been a great safety valve when the pressure is on.

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The No Huddle Episode 10-09

The play-off races are heating up. Hopefully you’re still in the running. Lot’s of tough decisions this week.

Your byes this week:
Broncos, Jaguars, 49ers, Rams, Titans, Redskins.

Comedian Al Madrigal joined us this week on the podcast to discuss the 49ers potential QB controversy. He brought in surprise special guest Kevin Christy who hosts a FF show on Direct TV channel 101. Be sure to check out Al’s new YouTube video.

On to week 9:

I’m not looking for Tom Brady to have a big in Cleveland. Maybe 200 yards and a TD. This of course means he’s going to go nuts on the Browns secondary and I’ll be reposting these words next week. The trend is he’s been doing o.k. on the road this season.

If you’re all about the emerging Lions offense hold off a week. The Jets roll into Ford Field. The Jets offense? Hmmm. Step lively, but they should recover against a suspect Detroit D.

What a mess for San Diego. Playing a week Houston pass defense, but having almost all of their top receivers, including TE Antonio Gates. WR Patrick Crayton may be an option, and may be available in your league. I’m going with Indy TE Jacob Tamme for now, unless I see that Gates will play before kick-off. Still…

Chicago visits Buffalo and the improving, yet still winless Bills. Buffalo’s offensive players are probably a safe a start, same with the Bears. Don’t see either set of players piling up tons of points.

Arizona at Minnesota. The Viking defense ain’t what it used to be, though the Crads aren’t a great road team. Still it’s an indoor game which helps their offense. A banged up Brett Faver is suspect, though a Randy Moss-less offense brings everyone’s value back up.

Tampa Bay at Atlanta in a battle for first place. Should be a high scoring affair. This is one where I expect lots of players to put up double-digit stats. But probably not as I am starting QB Matt Ryan (over Tom Brady).

New Orleans at Carolina. The Panthers D hasn’t been horrible, it’s their O that’s killing them. QB Drew Brees, an obvious must start, is a bit banged up. The rest of the Saints offense is a roll of the dice as usual.

New York Giants at Seattle. Both teams can play flawlessly, both can underwhelm. Start your big starters; look elsewhere for back-ups.

Indy Colts at Philly Eagles, in what should be a pretty high scoring game. The Colts D is tough, but they are on the road, and do give up big plays, only to come back and stuff the opposing O, and sack the QB. The Eagles are coming off a bye and should be in good shape al around.

Kansas City at Oakland in the surprise bowl. Both teams doing well, but not putting up huge offensive numbers. Oakland has been rushing well, but it’s the special teams that’s been doing it for them. The Chiefs just hang in there every week until they win.

Dallas at Green Bay. This one speaks for itself. Start Miles Austin for the Cowboys and all Packers.

Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. I actually think the Bengals will win this game. Poorly as they have been playing, they seem to have the Steelers number. That being said offensive players on both sides should have a solid game.


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The No Huddle Episode 10-07

Joe Long, music blogger and former woxy.com personality, checked in this week. He had some interesting thoughts on keeping teams in your league interested, even if they’re play-off hopes have faded (like mine). Have a listen to the podcast.

A few quick notes

Antonio Gates will be a game time decision. Yahoo! Recommends picking up New England’s Randy McMichael, but the Pat’s Ron Gronkowski may also be available in your league, and he has 2 TDs.

The Titans Kenny Britt is not starting after getting into a bar fight. Thanks Kenny. Hakeem Nicks is questionable for the Giants.

Who will start for the Raiders? Who can say?

After noon, and just before 4:00 p.m for the late games, go to nfl.com for the latest on injuries and such. Yahoo! is a great site for fantasy football, but nfl.com has the very latest on who’s starting and who is not.

Check out Joe's thoughts on the latest new music at eachnotesecure.com.

Next week on the podcast it’s Eliot, and possibly Matt, from NFL Review UK. Check these blokes out. They sometimes web-blog love during NFL games. We'll find out in episode 10-08 how a couple kids from the Midlands became huge NFL fans.

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The No Huddle Episode 10-06

Crazy week, and not just on the football field.

This week’s guest on the podcast was supposed to be music blogger, and former woxy.com personality, Joe Long. You can find is stuff at Each Note Secure. We hit a glitch however, and only half of the interview recorded. Mark Chalifoux, comedian and podcaster, was kind enough to step in a week early (he was scheduled for next week). Hopefully we can get Joe on for week 7. He had some hilarious observations, including a killer line about Panthers QB Jimmy Clausen.

Meanwhile--- Ben Roethlisberger returns to action against Cleveland. Don’t look for monster numbers here, except maybe for the Steeler D. Colt McCoy will start at QB for Cleveland. Nice time to get your first start, against your arch rival and their swarming defense. Of course, the Saints had Crads QB Max Hall to kick around last week, or so they thought. Hall was serviceable, while the Card D took it to the Saints O.

Speaking of Cleveland, The Browns sent Jerome Harrison to Philly for Mike Bell. Kind of odd, though Harrison is better back-up for LeSean McCoy and likewise Bell for Peyton Hillis.

Tom Brady without Randy Moss---is still Tom Brady. Nuff said.

Mike Tolbert may have fumbled away his chance to head up the RB committee in San Diego. Thank goodness for Antonio Gates is all I have to say.

Aaron Rodgers may be able to play Sunday. Check NFL.com ‘round noon on Sunday. Conversely, Brett Favre could be held out. Kevin Kolb will likely be starting for The Eagles.

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The No Huddle Episode 10-05

My friend “Philly” Dave checked in to The No Huddle for episode 10-05. As a long time Eagles fan, Dave gave us some insight into the Michael Vick situation.

Ironically, Dave has Randy Moss on his fantasy team. Moss of course was traded to the Vikings this week. How that impacts WRs Percy Harvin and Bernard Berrian remains to be seen. And of course the Patriot receivers should see their numbers go up, especially Wes Welker.

Not only does Moss have a new home, so too does Marshawn Lynch. Keep an eye on him. He catches passes out of the backfield, and could do well in Seattle. In Buffalo, Fred Jackson and rookie CJ Spiller should see more touches, but I wouldn’t expect a huge increase in numbers for either.

Here’s a fun fact. Kyle Orton is number 6 in our league in total points. Marc Sanchez is number 9. We award 6 points for a QB TD where most leagues, I think, only give 4. Still…

Looking for a QB for bye week, and your bench is a bit suspect? David Garrard, Josh Freeman and Seneca Wallace are good in a pinch. Won’t toss up monster digits, but they shouldn’t kill you either. Sam Bradford plays at Detroit, and that’s a decent match-up for him.

Take a good hard look at Arizona WRs Larry Fitzgerald and Steve Breaston. There’s a new QB in town, Max Hall. RBs Tim Hightower and Beanie Wells, on the other hand, could see improved numbers.

Need a solid TE? Try Brandon Pettigrew (Lions), Ben Watson (Browns) or Evan Moore (Browns) though you do have a possible committee with the latter.

Undefeated Kansas City has surprisingly little to offer fantasy owners. They win on the field, and yet gain few points for us FF players. Weird.

Your BYES are, Pittsburgh, New England, Miami and Seattle.

Thanks again to “Philly” Dave

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The No Huddle Episode 10-04

Scott Durbin of the Imagination Movers joined us on this week’s podcast, and had some interesting things to say about running the waiver wire. Scott is the commish in his league, which is divided into three divisions. The worst team gets priority, which is the default in most league, but he’s tweaked the formula a bit.

Speaking of waivers, here’s a little tip; don’t be fooled by the outstanding performance of New England running backs week to week. Talk about a running back-by-committee situation.

Michael Vick is owned by 91% of teams in Yahoo as of the recording of the podcast. It’s up to 93 as of Saturday. Still, that seems low. Jay Cutler is 95, Kyle Orton, who Scott Durbin is big on, is at 78. Vick is number two in scoring in our league behind Peyton Manning, and I’m sure it’s similar in most leagues. Seven percent of people can’t get past what he did. I wonder if its peer pressure? There have to be some leagues where he’s not on anyone’s roster. Or is it these leagues have tighter drop/add rules? Your thoughts?

I left Peyton Hillis on the bench last week in favor of Mike Tolbert. Bad move, although who thinks a Browns RB is going to stomp for 144 yards (and a TD) against the Ravens D? I have Hillis going this week against the Bengals, largely because Ryan Mathews seems to be healthy again in San Diego.

Back to QBs, there are some intriguing match-ups. Mark Sanchez vs. Buffalo. Brady tore them up, and Sanchez looked good against a pretty solid Dolphins D, and o.k. against a good Patriots D the week prior. Jay Cutler faces against a struggling Giants D, and that could pay-off big. Carson Palmer? Fans here in Cincinnati are losing their patience. As I’ve said before, don’t look for big numbers against the Browns, as Cleveland will take care of its own defeat. The Bengals just have to wait to get the ball deep in Cleveland territory, and for the Browns not to score. Maybe a good week to have Bengals kicker Mike Nugent.

At WR Austin Collie is currently listed as questionable for Sunday’s game. He is the leading receiver in our league, which I wouldn’t have guessed right off. Andre Johnson is also questionable. On the podcast I recommended Raider WR Lois Murphy, but he too is questionable. If you’re not going to be near a computer Sunday morning to get an update, you may want to look at your bench.

TE is pretty easy, although there’s a new face in the top-5; Dustin Keller of the Jets. Whitten, Gates and Clarke are all good starts. Streaky Chris Cooley may not be your best option against the Eagles. It’s pretty thin after that.

As for D, as Ian Hunter once sang, “All of the Good Ones Are Taken.” However, Miami may be available in some leagues, and they have decent match-up against New England. For some reason, though they win, they don’t real well on Sunday/Monday night.

Don’t forget byes this week for Minnesota, Dallas, KC and Tampa Bay. Adjust those rosters accordingly.

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