Fantasy football help

blando

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My league is in our 2nd week of playoffs, and if I win I'm in the championship.

I was hoping I could strategory with some others who may want to discuss their rosters.

Here's mine:

QB - Peyton Manning
RB - Brian Westbrook, Clinton Portis, Brandon Jacobs, Ron Dayne
WR - Chad Johnson, Torry Holt, Roddy White, Deion Branch, Chris Henry, Reggie Brown
K - Jason Hanson
Def - Steelers and Seahawks

Here's what I'm thinking:
RB - I already played Portis on Thursday. I'll go with Westbrook if he plays, but he's questionable. If he doesn't play, would you go with Jacobs vs. Eagles or Dayne vs. Tampa Bay?

WR1 - Obviously Chad Johnson.

WR2 - Bulger is out at St. Louis, so Holt has a QB that hasn't thrown a pass in the NFL throwing to him. He'll get his catches, especially against the Bengals. So I'm leaning towards Holt as my second.

WR3 - I'm stuck. Roddy White vs. Saints is a good matchup, Deion Branch vs. Arizona isn't great, but I think Arizona is without a starting safety. The guy I'm playing has Carson Palmer, so Chris Henry would be a way to handcuff his QB (I beat him in the regular season by doing this). I'd say any of these three would be a better play than Reggie Brown.

Def - Steelers have Patriots, so I picked up Seahawks off the wire. Seahawks are up against Cardinals, that may be without both Bolding and Fitzgerald.
Any advice is welcomed, as long as it's correct. :biglaugh:

Thanks!
 

dinger

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i would go with jacobs. and make sure white is in this week
 

Cydar

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Here's what I found on Holt:

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica] It's hard to bench Holt, especially when he has a good matchup against the Bengals, who are No. 26 in pass defense with 24 passing touchdowns allowed. But when the Rams go outdoors their offense doesn't play very well. In five games outside this season, Holt has only 29 catches for 285 yards and one touchdown. On top of that, QB Marc Bulger is limited with a concussion, although he is expected to play. But if Bulger misses the game for some reason, Holt will be catching passes from third-stringer Brock Berlin since Gus Frerotte (shoulder) is out.

Of course now Brock Berlin is starting so that probably weighs heavily into the decision.

Deion Branch vs. Arizona might be good. Look what Cleveland did to Arizona last week:
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]The Cardinals' secondary is a mess right now, and Branch should be able to take advantage this week. He had seven catches for 122 yards in the first meeting this year, and Arizona had trouble with Cleveland's Braylon Edwards (seven catches, 149 yards and a touchdown).

I have Jacobs on my team. I'm kind of worried about his hamstring problem...
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