eagle eye Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 To start off the week we have a sleeper to tell you about and the Saints-Falcons game on tonight. First, the Indianapolis Colts signed RB Chris Rainey yesterday. The 2nd year back from Florida was with the Steelers since he was their 5th round draft pick in 2012. He had a decent season in Pittsburgh but an arrest for simple assault resulted in Pittsburgh releasing Rainey in January. The Colts did background check and found that Rainey is a good kid off the field. He doesn't drink or smoke and the trouble he got into was more wrong place wrong time rather than any character flaws. The Colts got a bargain with Rainey who came out of Florida highly touted and at 5'9" 190 lbs he isn't an imposing back until you think about the 4.3 40 time he posted at the workout he did in Indy prior to his signing. Local fans in Indianapolis were making comments about Trent Richardson heading to the practice squad with fans expecting the Colts to ride with Donald Brown and Rainey. With his talent and speed I wish the Cowboys had signed him but they are having problems keeping defensive linemen on the roster much less another running back. New Orleans is playing Atlanta tonight. In fantasy I don't see much of a reason for not playing the usual suspects for New Orleans Brees, Colston, Graham, Thomas and Sproles although you may need to see the game time injury list because Sproles tweeked his ankle last week against the 49ers. I would consider playing the Saints defense too. I am a seller on the Falcons. Matty Ice isn't all that when all his weapons are out. Harry Douglas may be a play as is Tony Gonzalez but if you have better matchups I wouldn't waste a spot on a Thursday game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle eye Posted November 23, 2013 Author Share Posted November 23, 2013 Here are the Starts and Sits for Week 12. Most league playoffs are beginning in just a couple of weeks. Less than that for some leagues. If you have trade deadlines it is likely passed that line. The good news is this is the last week of byes so everyone's rosters should be back to full strength next week. You still have this last week to deal with so I may toss out a pickup or two that I feel could have an impact -- for this week anyway. QB Starts Scott Tolzien vs Minnesota (He didn't do much last week but he should fare much better against the Vikes) Mathew Stafford vs Tampa Bay (We'll see if 1st place in the division is a comfortable fit for the Lions) Case Keenum vs Jacksonville (Last week had to be a huge disappointment--Keenum finally gets his first win) Eli Manning vs Dallas (My Cowboys can't stop the pass and lately they can't stop the run. This could get ugly.) Kellen Clemens vs Chicago (Clemens has had a bye week to practice with breakout WR Tavon Austin) Sleeper Play: Tony Romo vs NY Giants (Coming off their bye week with the taste of a whooping by the Saints should make for another 33-30 type of game Sunday) QB Sits RGIII vs San Francisco (The Niners should terrorize Griffin with their pass rush which may lead to a couple of picks) Josh McCown vs St Louis (McCown has been pretty good since taking over for Jay Cutler but the Rams pass rush could put the clamps on the Bears offense.) Ryan Tannehill vs Carolina (The Panthers D is on a roll and the Dolphins O is not.) Jason Campbell vs Pittsburgh (Cold weather and a resurgent Steelers defense don't add up to a good day.) Beware Play: Phillip Rivers vs Kansas City (The Chiefs defense is for real.) RB Starts Zac Stacy vs Chicago Frank Gore vs Washington Andre Brown vs Dallas Knowshon Moreno vs New England Bobby Rainey vs Detroit (Emerged after two other players, Doug Martin and Mike James have fallen) Sleeper/Play with Caution: Ben Tate vs Jacksonville RB Sits Ryan Matthews vs Kansas City Lamar Miller vs Carolina Ray Rice vs NY Jets Rashad Jennings vs Tennessee Alfred Morris vs San Francisco WR Starts Tavon Austin vs Chicago (Austin had his breakout game on offense just before last week's bye) Victor Cruz vs Dallas (Cruz always has a good game vs the Cowboys) Danny Amendola vs Denver (Patriots try to prove they made the right move by feeding Amendola the ball.) Wes Welker vs New England (Welker will want to burn his old team and show Belichick he made a mistake letting him go) Andre Johnson vs Jacksonville (Johnson and Keenum have some chemistry) Sleeper Play: Miles Austin vs NY Giants (Declared 100% healthy Austin does well against the Giants) WR Sits Mike Wallace vs Carolina Steve Smith vs Miami Torrey Smith vs NY Jets Alshon Jeffery vs St Louis Eric Decker vs New England (Decker has become the forgotten man in the Broncos pass attack) TE Starts Jason Witten vs NY Giants (Witten seems to shine most against division foes) Vernon Davis vs Washington (Davis is THE go-to guy for Colin Kaepernick and Washington is vulnerable to TE's) Garrett Graham vs Jacksonville Jared Cook vs Chicago Colby Fleener vs Arizona TE Sits Martellus Bennett vs St Louis Jordan Cameron vs Pittsburgh (Cameron doesn't have great chemistry with Jason Campbell) Charles Clay vs Carolina Rob Housler vs Indianapolis Here's a couple of sleeper picks apart from the ones I mentioned earlier; > WR Kenny Stills vs Atlanta > RB Pierre Thomas vs Atlanta (The Saints have had their No 1 RB all along even though they've tried to replace him for years. Big week ahead for Thomas against a weak Falcon's run defense.) > RB Chris Ogbonnaya vs Pittsburgh > WR Rueben Randall vs Dallas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle eye Posted November 24, 2013 Author Share Posted November 24, 2013 Here is are the inactives for today's early games from NFL.com SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH 1:00 PM ET BUCCANEERS AT LIONS TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS INJURIES Player Position Status Comments Mason Foster MLB Inactive Gary Gibson DT Inactive Steven Means DE Inactive Carl Nicks G Inactive Patrick Omameh OG Inactive Lonnie Pryor RB Inactive DETROIT LIONS INJURIES Player Position Status Comments Jonte Green CB Inactive Leroy Harris C Inactive Corey Hilliard T Inactive Austen Lane DE Inactive Mikel Leshoure RB Inactive Kellen Moore QB Inactive Micheal Spurlock WR Inactive 1:00 PM ET VIKINGS AT PACKERS MINNESOTA VIKINGS INJURIES Player Position Status Comments Jeff Baca OG Inactive Chase Baker DT Inactive Josh Freeman QB Inactive Erin Henderson MLB Inactive Josh Robinson CB Inactive Kyle Rudolph TE Inactive Rodney Smith WR Inactive GREEN BAY PACKERS INJURIES Player Position Status Comments Don Barclay T Inactive Chris Harper WR Inactive Johnny Jolly DE Inactive Nate Palmer OLB Inactive Nick Perry OLB Inactive Aaron Rodgers QB Inactive Sam Shields CB Inactive 1:00 PM ET JAGUARS AT TEXANS JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS INJURIES Player Position Status Comments Justin Blackmon WR Inactive Mike Brown WR Inactive Stephen Burton WR Inactive Abry Jones DE Inactive Jacques McClendon G Inactive Jeremy Mincey DE Inactive Ricky Stanzi QB Inactive HOUSTON TEXANS INJURIES Player Position Status Comments Andrew Gardner T Inactive Kareem Jackson CB Inactive Tim Jamison DE Inactive Elbert Mack DB Inactive Jawanza Starling SAF Inactive Cody White G Inactive T.J. Yates QB Inactive 1:00 PM ET CHARGERS AT CHIEFS SAN DIEGO CHARGERS INJURIES Player Position Status Comments King Dunlap T Inactive Kwame Geathers NT Inactive Lavelle Hawkins WR Inactive Jarret Johnson OLB Inactive Willie Smith T Inactive Brad Sorensen QB Inactive Brandon Taylor SS Inactive KANSAS CITY CHIEFS INJURIES Player Position Status Comments Jon Asamoah G Inactive Tyler Bray QB Inactive Mike DeVito DE Inactive Eric Fisher OT Inactive Nico Johnson ILB Inactive Eric Kush C Inactive Dunta Robinson CB Inactive 1:00 PM ET PANTHERS AT DOLPHINS CAROLINA PANTHERS INJURIES Player Position Status Comments Kenjon Barner RB Inactive Chase Blackburn OLB Inactive Ben Hartsock TE Inactive Charles Johnson DE Inactive Tavarres King WR Inactive Marvin McNutt WR Inactive Chris Scott G Inactive Drayton Florence CB Active Greg Hardy DE Active MIAMI DOLPHINS INJURIES Player Position Status Comments Isaako Aaitui NT Inactive Pat Devlin QB Inactive Mike Gillislee RB Inactive Jonathan Martin T Inactive Dimitri Patterson CB Inactive Mike Pouncey C Inactive Danny Watkins OG Inactive Chris Clemons SS Active Dannell Ellerbe MLB Active Reshad Jones FS Active Rishard Matthews WR Active Koa Misi OLB Active Derrick Shelby DE Active Daniel Thomas RB Active Thomas (ribs) is active and should see touches. Mike Wallace WR Active Wallace (hamstring) is active and is a WR2 at best. Jimmy Wilson SAF Active 1:00 PM ET STEELERS AT BROWNS PITTSBURGH STEELERS INJURIES Player Position Status Comments Richard Gordon TE Inactive Landry Jones QB Inactive Brett Keisel DE Inactive Derek Moye WR Inactive Stevenson Sylvester LB Inactive Shamarko Thomas SS Inactive LaMarr Woodley OLB Inactive Kelvin Beachum T Active Ramon Foster G Active Heath Miller TE Active Miller (non-injury) is active and has sleeper potential. Emmanuel Sanders WR Active Sanders (foot) is active and is a low-end WR2. Fernando Velasco C Active CLEVELAND BROWNS INJURIES Player Position Status Comments Armonty Bryant DE Inactive Reid Fragel OT Inactive Garrett Gilkey OT Inactive MarQueis Gray TE Inactive Patrick Lewis C Inactive Craig Robertson ILB Inactive Martin Wallace T Inactive Tank Carder OLB Active Paul Kruger OLB Active Spencer Lanning P Active Willis McGahee RB Active McGahee (knee) is active, but is a low-end RB2 this week. Jason Pinkston G Active Mitchell Schwartz T Active Fozzy Whittaker RB Active 1:00 PM ET BEARS AT RAMS CHICAGO BEARS INJURIES Player Position Status Comments Lance Briggs OLB Inactive James Brown T Inactive Jay Cutler QB Inactive Cutler (ankle) is inactive. Josh McCown will make another start. Stephen Paea DT Inactive Jay Ratliff NT Inactive Jonathan Scott T Inactive Cornelius Washington DE Inactive Isaiah Frey CB Active Patrick Mannelly LS Active Shea McClellin DE Active Jordan Mills OT Active Craig Steltz SS Active ST. LOUIS RAMS INJURIES Player Position Status Comments Matt Conrath DT Inactive Harvey Dahl G Inactive Barrett Jones OG Inactive Mike Person T Inactive Quinton Pointer CB Inactive Daryl Richardson RB Inactive Gerald Rivers DE Inactive Cortland Finnegan CB Active Matt Giordano FS Active Chase Reynolds RB Active Darian Stewart SS Active 1:00 PM ET JETS AT RAVENS NEW YORK JETS INJURIES Player Position Status Comments Oday Aboushi OT Inactive William Campbell G Inactive David Garrard QB Inactive Alex Green RB Inactive Jeremy Kerley WR Inactive Garrett McIntyre OLB Inactive Willie Colon G Active Antonio Cromartie CB Active Kenrick Ellis DE Active Stephen Hill WR Active Santonio Holmes WR Active David Nelson WR Active Greg Salas WR Active Kellen Winslow TE Active BALTIMORE RAVENS INJURIES Player Position Status Comments Omar Brown DB Inactive Asa Jackson CB Inactive Ryan Jensen C Inactive Bernard Scott RB Inactive John Simon LB Inactive Deonte Thompson WR Inactive Brandon Williams DT Inactive Marlon Brown WR Active Haloti Ngata NT Active Daryl Smith ILB Active Brandon Stokley WR Active Lardarius Webb CB Active Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle eye Posted November 26, 2013 Author Share Posted November 26, 2013 The 49ers polished off the Redskins last night 27-6 with ease. The controversies surrounding RGIII probably didn't help any but the Niners bullied the 'Skins all night. From a fantasy standpoint Colin Kaepernick, Anquan Boldin, Vernon Davis the Niners D/ST were hits for the Niners and only Pierre Garcon for the Redskins was a so-so fantasy player was the only bright spot for fantasy owners. The 49ers arrow is pointing up as players come back from health and other issues while the 'Skins arrow is pointing down with issues around RGIII and the Shanahans there seems to be too much crap for a so-so team to overcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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