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With Week Nine of the NFL season fast approaching, it is once again time for the Bruno Boys to pick a Game of the Week, with a fantasy football twist. Each week we will choose one NFL game that we feel will have a lot of impact on the fantasy football world.
This week we head to the City of Brotherly Love as the Dallas Cowboys travel to Lincoln Financial Field to take on the Philadelphia Eagles in a NFC East battle.
It is a matchup of bitter division rivals who, on paper, are very evenly matched. They both have 5-2 records, both teams are on multiple game winning streaks and they have very similar totals in the points-for and points-against categories.
Not only should this be one heck of a game to watch on NBC’s Sunday Night Game of the Week, this game should also offer a good amount of fantasy football points, making it the Bruno Boys Game of the Week.
Quarterbacks
The Eagles have won three of their last four games since Donovan McNabb returned from his rib injury. He has passed for three touchdowns in two of the five games he has played this year, but has only totaled three touchdowns in his three other starts combined.
He has passed for a total of 1,008 yards with nine touchdowns and one interception in five starts. McNabb will look to continue a very good streak against the Cowboys who have given up an average of 237.1 yards through the air with 12 passing touchdowns this season.
In McNabb's last 16 starts against Dallas, the Eagles are 11-5. He has passed for 3,501 yards with 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions in 17 career games against the Cowboys. McNabb is ranked No. 5 on the Bruno Boys Quarterback Rankings this week and should be considered a must-start fantasy quarterback in this matchup.
After passing for four touchdowns with four interceptions over the Cowboys’ first four games, Tony Romo has been on fire of late.
In his last three starts, he has thrown eight touchdowns without a single interceptions and it’s no coincidence that Dallas has won all three games. He has brought the Cowboys from a team that was 2-2 and had people questioning if they could even make the playoffs, to a team that is 5-2 and tied with the Eagles for first place in the division.
In seven games this season Romo has passed for 1,908 yards with 12 touchdowns and four interceptions. He will have a stiff test this week against a Philadelphia defense that is ranked No. 10 against the pass, but have allowed 11 passing touchdowns.
In seven career starts against the Eagles he has thrown for a pedestrian seven touchdowns to go with eight interceptions, but over his last three games he is playing some of the best football of his career.
Romo is our No. 6 ranked quarterback this week and even in this tough match-up on the road he should be used as a mid-level starting fantasy quarterback.
Running Backs
Brian Westbrook was inactive for the Eagles Week Eight victory over the New York Giants after suffering a concussion in the first quarter of the team’s previous game against the Washington Redskins.
Philadelphia and fantasy owners alike were happy to hear head coach Andy Reid state that Westbrook has been medically cleared to play this week.
In 14 career games against Dallas he has rushed for 734 yards with seven touchdowns and added 63 receptions for 517 yards with two touchdowns. He is not currently having his best statistical season of his career, but through five games he is averaging 4.8 yards per carry and has recorded two total touchdowns.
Westbrook is ranked No. 14 on the Bruno Boys Running Back Rankings this week and should be used as a RB2 in this heated rivalry.
Rookie LeSean McCoy, who has rushed the ball 70 times for 294 yards with two touchdowns, will face the Cowboys for the first time in his career. He started in place of Westbrook last week and had 11 carries for 82 yards including a 66-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. He is a dynamic, young running back who has a bright career ahead of him, but as the No. 2 running back in Philadelphia he should be thought of as a RB3 or flex option this week.
Like Westbrook, Marion Barber is a veteran running back whose numbers are down this season due to injury.
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