FANTASY BLITZ: News & notes to set your Week 8 lineups

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Some Notes:

• Check out our 2009 EXPERT MOCK DRAFTS
  
• If you own Kurt Warner, pick up Matt Leinart like yesterday! Like last week even!
  
• Some great Waiver Wire pickups are listed below.
  
• WEEK 6 OF THE BYE WEEKS!!: Buffalo, Cleveland, Minnesota, NY Jets, Oakland, St. Louis
  
• FINDS: Ryan Moats (maybe), McCoy (a must handcuff for westy), Stewart (the rest of the way), Stover (while it lasts)
  
• FLUKE: Sam Hurd, Weaver,
  
• Why do we handcuff our running backs? Westbrook and Gore that is why..
  
• Top 10 Fantasy QB’s through week 8: Schaub, Rodgers, Brees, P. Manning, Brady, Roethlisberger, Farve, Romo, Rivers, Flacco.
  
• Top 10 Fantasy RB’s through week 8: MJD, AP, Chris Johnson, Ray Rice, D. Williams, Gore, Benson, Turner, Thomas Jones, Ronnie Brown (11th R. Williams and 12th S. Jackson)
  
• Top 10 Fantasy WR’s through week 8: Wayne, Welker, V. Jackson, Miles Austin, Colston, R. White, OchoCinco, AJ, R. Moss, Fitzgerald (De. Jackson 12th)
  
• Top 10 TE’s through week 8: V. Davis, Clark, Daniels, Gates, Celek, H. Miller, Gonzo, Shockey, Winslowm Shiancoe (Witten 15th)
  
• Top 10 Defense’s through week 8: Saints, Eagles, Vikings, Dolphins, Broncos, Chargers, Cowboys, 49ers, Ravens, Steelers (Bills 11th, Colts 18th)
  
• The top 10’s prove you must get RB’s early and often and you can always find WR’s and QB’s!!
  
• Owen Daniels the number 1 Fantasy TE gone for the year.
  
• If you followed our draft strategy now is the time with Bye weeks and Injuries popping up to use your depth and make some trades.
  
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TRADE BAIT(s): Trade deadlines are coming up…MATT FORTE and TIM HIGHTOWER

STAR(S) OF LAST WEEK (officially renamed the AP of the Week): MJD, Chris Johnson, McNabb, Farver, Rodgers, Romo, Forte (finally),  S. Jackson and RYAN MOATS

DUD(S) of the Last Week: Warner, P. Manning, Ronnie Brown, Slaton, DENVER, HOUSTON, Garrard, Sims-Walker and Fitzgerald

Hot Pick up(s) of the week: Ryan Moats, James Casey (if you can wait a week or so), Malcolm Floyd,

LAST WEEK: Shonn Greene, Brian Hartline, Fred Davis (TE), Chris Wells, Alex Smith, Chaz Schilens and Anthony Gonzales (getting close)

TEAM(s) of the WEEK: Baltimore Ravens got a much needed win and gave the Broncos their first loss

Ut Oh of the week: NY Giants and Arizona Cardinals...just terrible!

Check back weekly. We will never say start LT or AP that is too obvious and We will never tell you to sit someone, but here are some people we really like. You can make the sit calls or email us for our view track how accurate we are we have been as good as everyone else so check us out.

PLEASE READ THIS WEEKS COLUMNS ON STARTS: CLICK HERE

MUST STARTS REVISED 11.03.09!!

QB’s: MUST STARTS: Brees, Brady, Rivers, Rodgers, McNabb, P. Manning, Flacco, Warner, Roethlisberger, Schaub

Others to consider this week: Garrard, Hasselbeck and Alex Smith

RB’s: MUST STARTS: Peterson, Jones-Drew, S. Jackson, C. Johnson, Ronnie Brown, Cedric Benson, Turner, D. Williams, Gore, Westbrook, Ray Rice , and Grant

Others to consider this week: Addai, Forte, Stewart, Pierre Thomas, Julious Jones and Barber

WR’s/TE’s: MUST STARTS: Gonzales, Gates, H. Miller, Witten, Clark, Fitzgerald, R. Moss, A. Johnson, Calvin Johnson, Wayne, Jennings, Colston, R. White, Boldin, Welker, OchoCinco, V. Jackson, Cotchery (when healthy), Marshall, Deshaun Jackson

Other to consider this week: Steve Smith (CAR), Sims-Walker, Boew, Mason, Driver, Breaston, TJ Housh, Miles and Ward

Top 10 to 15 or so starts for IDP’s:

DL: Dumervil, Mathis, Schobel, Freeney, Ogunleye, Will Smith, Wimbley, Mario Williams, Stroud, Cole, Hali, Umenyiora, Tuck, Grant, Peppers and Allen

LB: Willis, Fletcher, Harris, Ray Lewis, Harrison, Cooper, DJ Williams, Peterson, Lofton, Briggs, Suggs, Foote, Durant, Thomas Davis, Beason, Morrison, Howard, Dansby, Cushing, Witherspoon and Ryans

DB: Sharper, Woodsen, Byrd, Weddle, Manning, Bethea, Talib, Newman, Hope, Cox, Delmas, Huff, Henry, Dawkins, Bell, Roman Harper, Reed, Tillman, Winfield and Polamalu (when healthy)

SLEEPER(s) OF THE WEEK�.what DUD will become a STUD�at least for one week….we will try to give a QB, RB and WR/TE each week…

QB: Matt Cassel could find some freindly skies
RB: Jamal Charles could be flex worthy
WR/TE: Tory Holt sighting this week.
Kicker and/or Defense: Jacksonville one week only

Some Other Guys We Don’t Like This Week…
BUSTS(s) OF THE WEEK�.what STUD will become a DUD�at least for one week….we will try to give a QB, RB and WR/TE each week…

QB: Jay Cutler…as the Bears try and run run run
RB: Cedric Benson…fool Baltimore once shame one them and so on…
WR/TE: Roddy White…great game Monday night….down week for him
Defense: Houston and Dallas no thanks this week

In a suicide pool? We can help. Once again track our success. We will give you three a week.

To date 3 plus years we are 182 – 65 (73.6%)…not bad!! TRULY pretty damn good…we have checked others out and we are just as good as they are!

2009 RECORD: 24 – 2

1. Atlanta over Washington

2. Seattle over Detroit

3. Jacksonville over Kansas City

BONUS LOCK: Baltimore over Cincinnati (they game me my first loss they owe me)

PICK WITH POINTS�Lets see how 2009…goes!
Historical record is 453 – 425 – 25…we are a coin flip!

LAST WEEK: 8 – 5

2009 RECORD: 71 – 44 – 1 nice start to the year!

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Bye Weeks: Buffalo, Cleveland, Minnesota, NY. Jets, Oakland, St. Louis