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Fantasy Football Preview: Week 10

They both have strong arms, and their oversized balls can only lead to trouble.  For the body builder, big balls means ‘roids, which will undoubtedly lead to health problems later in life (and probably a smaller peter-john now).  For the QB, big balls refers to his oversized ego; and in this case it’s causing him to force the ball into places where it shouldn’t go.  The result?  Five INTs and a 10-6 loss to the 49ers on Thursday night.  Where’s Kyle Orton when you need him?

And now for this week’s fantasy football preview.  I don’t normally do this, but for some reason I decided to grade my predictions from last week.  Let’s see how I did…

Falcons over Raiders.  Correct.

BIG GAME MEASURING STICK…

QBs…300+ yds and/or 3+ tds

RBs…100+ total yds and/or 2+ tds

WRs…100+ yds and/or 2+ tds

TEs…100+ yds and/or 1+ tds

I predicted big games for the following players…

Fred Davis.  Wrong!

‘Burner’ Turner  166 yds/2 tds.  Correct!  ‘Rowdy’ Roddy White.  Wrong!  T-Gonz 5 rec/41 yds/1 td.  Correct.

2 out of 4

Bears over Cardinals.  Wrong!

Big games…

Fitz  9 rec/123 yds/2 tds.  Correct!

Hester  6 rec/94 yds.  Wrong.  Greg Olsen  5 rec/71 yds/3 tds.  Correct!

Did not predict Warner (5 tds) and Cutler (369 yds/3 tds) to have big games.

2 out of 5

Ravens over Bengals.  Wrong!

Big games…

Ray Rice  135 total yds/1 td.  Correct.  Derrick Mason  3 rec/31 yds.  Wrong!

Ocho Cinco  5 rec/66 yds.  Wrong.  Cedric Benson  117 yds/1 td.  Correct.

2 out of 4

Colts over Texans.  Correct.

Big games…

Andre ‘the’ Johnson  10 rec/103 yds.  Correct.

Peyton ‘man/colt’ Manning  318 yds/1 td.  Correct.  Reggie Wayne  8 rec/64 yds.  Wrong.  Dallas Clark  14 rec/119 yds.  Correct!

Missed Shaub (311 yds/1 td).  But he did have just barely over 300 yds and 2 ints, so I won’t count that one against me.

3 out of 4

Patriots over Dolphins.  Correct.

Big games…

Ronnie ‘Catfish’ Brown  64 total yds/1 passing td.  Wrong.

Brady  332 yds/1 td.  Correct.  Randy 6 rec/147 yds/1 td.  Correct.  Wes ‘the slot machine’ Welker  9 rec/84 yds.  Wrong.

2 out of 4

Packers over Buccaneers.  Wrong!

Big games…

Rodgers  266 yds/3 tds (1 rushing).  Correct.  Greg Jennings  5 rec/61 yds.  Wrong.  Ryan Grant  96 yds/1 td.  He was four yards shy of 100, so I’ll say…Correct!

I said no big games for the butt pirates, but Tampa Bay had…

Josh Freeman (3 tds) and Kellen Winslow (4 rec/57 yds/1 td).

2 out of 5

Jaguars over Chiefs.  Correct.

Big games…

D-Bowe  4 rec/74 yds.  Wrong.

MoJo  134 yds/1 td.  Correct.  Mike Sims-Walker  6 rec/147 yds/1 td.  Correct!

Missed Chris Chambers (KC…3 rec/70 yds/2 tds).  But who would have called that?  And I didn’t even know he was playing for them so I won’t count it against me.

2 out of 3

Saints over Panthers.  Correct.

Big games…

DeAngelo  161 total yds/2 tds.  Correct!

Drew Brees-us  330 yds/1 td.  Correct.  Colston  1 rec/45 yds.  Wrong!  Jeremy Shockey  3 rec/26 yds.  Wrong!

2 out of 4

Seahawks over Lions.  Correct.

Big games…

Kevin Smith  76 total yds.  Wrong.

Nate ‘the snake’ Burleson  7 rec/75 yds.  Wrong.

Missed Hasselbeck (329 yds/1 td) and Julius Jones (114 total yds/1 td).

0 out of 4

49ers over Titans.  Wrong!

Big games…

Chris Johnson  160 total yds/2 tds.  Correct!

Frank Gore  158 total yds/1 td.  Correct.  Vernon Davis  10 rec/102 yds.  Correct.

3 out of 3

Giants over Chargers.  Wrong!

Big games…

V-Jax  5 rec/58 yds/2 tds.  Correct.  Sproles  23 total yds.  Wrong!

Brandon Jacobs  68 total yds.  Wrong.  Mario Manningham  6 rec/52 yds.  Wrong.  Ahmad Bradshaw  66 total yds.  Wrong.

Missed Rivers (3 tds).  But he did have 2 ints and just 209 yds passing so I won’t count that against me.

1 out of 5   

Eagles over Cowboys.  Wrong!

Big games…

Romo  307 yds/1 td.  Correct.  Miles Austin  1 rec/49 yds/1 td.  Wrong.

McNabb  226 yds/1 td.  Wrong!  DeSean Jackson  2 rec/29 yds.  Wrong!  Westbrook (DNP).  As you probably guessed already, not counting that one against me.  And LeSean McCoy had 115 total yds in his place.

Missed Brent Celek (1 td).

1 out of 5   

Broncos over Steelers.  Wrong!

Big games…

Hines Ward  7 rec/44 yds/2 tds.  Correct.  Heath Miller  3 rec/18 yds.  Wrong!

Brandon Marshall  11 rec/112 yds.  Correct.  Knowshon Moreno  3 total yds.  Wrong!

Missed Big Ben (3 tds).

2 out of 5

RECAP…

6-7 picking winners.  Grade:  F-

24 out of 53 predicting big fantasy games for players.  Grade:  B-

The 6-7 for picking which team won the game is pathetic, I will admit.  The 24 out of 53 for picking players, I would put up against the Matthew Berrys of the world any day.  In conclusion, it may not be wise to pick winners based on which mascot would win in a fight.  For week 10, I’ve decided to pick winners against the point spread for all my gamblers out there (This should be interesting…LOL).

The teams I would put my money on are in bold type…

NFL Point Spreads For Week 10 – Week Ten NFL Football Point Spread – NFL Spreads 11/15 – 11/16, 2009

Date & Time	Favorite	Spread	Underdog
11/15 1:00 ET	At NY Jets	-6.5	Jacksonville
11/15 1:00 ET	Denver	-3.5	At Washington
11/15 1:00 ET	At Pittsburgh	-7	Cincinnati
11/15 1:00 ET	At Tennessee	-8	Buffalo
11/15 1:00 ET	At Minnesota	-17	Detroit
11/15 1:00 ET	New Orleans	-14	At St. Louis
11/15 1:00 ET	Atlanta	-1.5	At Carolina
11/15 1:00 ET	At Miami	-10	Tampa Bay
11/15 4:05 ET	At Oakland	-2	Kansas City
11/15 4:15 ET	At Arizona	-8.5	Seattle
11/15 4:15 ET	At San Diego	-1	Philadelphia
11/15 4:15 ET	Dallas	-3	At Green Bay
11/15 8:20 ET	At Indianapolis	-2.5	New England

Monday Night Football Point Spread

11/16 8:35 ET	Baltimore	-11	At Cleveland

Byes: Houston, NY. Giants

Here are the players I like to have big games this week…

Drew Bress-us.  Marques Colston.  Pierre Thomas.

Steven Jackson

Brett Favre.  Adrian ‘Peter-John’ Peterson.  Sidney Rice.

MoJo

Thomas Jones

Chris Johnson

Big Ben.  Mike Wallace

Moreno

‘Burner’ Turner.  T-Gonz

DeAngelo (QUESTIONABLE)

Chris Chambers

Kurt Warner.  Fitz

Romo.  Miles Austin

Aaron Rodgers.  Donald Driver

McNabb.  Westbrook

V-Jax

Brady.  Moss

Peyton.  Dallas Clark

Ray Rice

And in closing, did you see that Thursday night game?  Holy Santa Claus shit that was bad.  Especially for us Bears’ fans.  And even more so for us Bears’ fans that went to a local bar to watch the game because we don’t get the NFL Network at home, and because we wanted to show our loyal support for the team.  Not only that, but we wanted to appease the football gods so much that we went by ourselves because the only other Bears’ fan we knew is in Kenya for 2 years.  Who am I kiddin’?  I was probably the only person stupid enough to do that.  You wonder why I play fantasy football?  This is why…My real team sucks!

P.S.  Dear football gods:

I hope you are reading this and will put in a good word for me with the fantasy gods.  I’ve got some tough match-ups this week and could use the help.

–Your loyal servant,

Eddie