Fantasy Football Week Two Starts & Sits

Cincinnati will have faced two of the top-2 defenses in the league in a row to start the season when they play the Titans this Sunday. Chris Perry should not do well this week; wait until week three to start him. Tennessee only allowed 33 rushing yards to one of the best NFL’s rushing duo as there is in Maurice Jones-Drew and Fred Taylor last week.
 
It has been confirmed that Pierre Thomas is the number two RB in New Orleans behind Reggie Bush. Until that changes, do not consider Deuce McAllister this week or any week unless he rises on the depth chart.
 
We mentioned before in our rankings  not to make Maurice Jones-Drew your number one RB this year; now add to all those reasons that Jacksonville is missing their starting center and both guards this week . This also is not good news for Fred Taylor’s owners. Do not start either Jaguar back this week.
 
Look for Jamal Lewis to have a tough time running versus Pittsburgh this week. Jamal is aging and having some hamstring difficulties. He is a bruising back who has taken a lot of hits. I am beginning to think he will be a player this season where you will have to check the matchups and not start him blindly every week. Look to bench him if you have better options.

Wide Receivers to sit:

Life without Tom Brady should decrease the effectiveness of Wes Welker as Matt Cassel looks to have locked onto Randy Moss as his go-to guy. Look to bench Welker versus the Jets.
 
As mentioned before, the Eagles have three top defensive backs. Terrell Owens should be fine and put up solid numbers. I do not feel the same with Patrick Crayton; keep him on your bench this week.
 
I liked Desean Jackson last week and he did not disappoint. I do think though he will be the most gameplanned WR this week. Are we really afraid of Hank Baskett? I thought not. Dallas has a solid secondary and I think he will not fare well this week.

Tight Ends to sit:

Anthony Fasano lit up the board last week but I do not think he will repeat. Arizona knows how to shut down the TE position and a young emerging tight end like Fasano should have some difficulties scoring fantasy points this week. If you want to pick him up off the waiver wire, go ahead. I think he will reemerge later this season.
 
Another out of nowhere TE is the Panthers’ Dante Rosario. He will play Chicago. I do not expect him to put up points to make him start worthy.
 
The biggest name to make this list is Jeremy Shockey. He is a good player and Drew Brees traditionally likes to target his TE. He also likes to spread the ball. Washington’s weakness right now is its secondary, so look for Brees to exploit there and Shockey will be a tertiary thought.

Defenses to sit:

Washington will give up a lot of points to New Orleans even though they are at home. I do not see them getting a lot of turnovers in this game. The yardage and points given up will negate what sacks they get.

The Giants moved the ball at will last week and the Eagles proved last week that the Rams are the moveable object. Sit the Rams this week.
 
I think the Browns defense is better than people give them credit. However, Pittsburgh knows how to score under Mike Tomlin. Rookie Rashard Mendenhall is getting minimum touches so fumbling should not be much of an issue. Big Ben is efficient when healthy. Do not expect him to turn the ball over. Don’t use this unit

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How I did last week:

Each week we will keep track of how I did the previous week because I should be accountable to you, the reader.

I am basing my starts a success by a standard yardage league and 4 points per passing TD.

A QB will need to score 18 points to be considered a good start, a RB will need to score 12 points, and a WR/TE 10 points.
Defense will be handled a little differently. Because points can vary so greatly if a defense ranks in the top 12 scoring defenses for the week, it will be counted as correct.

My sits will be judged by less than 14 points or less for QB, 10 points or less for a RB, and 7 points or less for a WR or TE. Again, due to the nature of defenses a defense needs to rank in the bottom 12 scoring defenses for the week to be counted as correct.

Defensive scoring will be 2 points for a turnover, 1 point for a sack, and 6 points for a defensive TD. I will also use a graded scale for defensive points scored and yards allowed.
 
Last week I was 1-1 in my start and sit of the week. I also called 22 correct start and sits out of 37 predictions.
That is good for a 60% correct percentage. It is solid but not excellent.

My notable correct calls were rookies Desean Jackson, Matt Forte, and Aaron Rodgers on the start side. My most notable correct calls were Steven Jackson and Peyton Manning on the sit side.

My notable failures were DeAngelo Williams (though Williams did do statistically better that Jonathan Stewart if I may point out), Braylon Edwards, and Donte Stallworth for the starts.

Notable incorrect sits were rookies Chris Johnson and Eddie Royal.

One final note: Ray Rice was a start as it looked like McGahee would not play; otherwise bench him. Sunday morning McGahee was not on the inactive list so that pushes Rice into the do not start column and he met the sit statistics.  

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