Players I Love, by Brian Hulshof
Tom Brady
Ignore the New Orleans game. Brady has thrown over 300 yards in the 5 previous games. He will go off on Miami and Moss and Welker will benefit.
Rashard Mendenhall
He's up against the Raiders who have the 2nd worst run D in the league. And with Big Ben gimping, the Steeler will look to run all day.
Knowshon Moreno
He's had over 80 yards in 3 straight games and now he's got the 27th ranked run D of the Chiefs. I know he still shares time with Buckhalter, but my gut loves Moreno.
Matt Schaub/Andre Johnson
Schaub smoked the Jags the first time around, and Schaub has been top 5 in nearly every fantasy passing category. The Jags pass D is ranked 26th and Andre Johnson will find plenty of opportunities.
Maurice Jones-Drew
He has scored in 5 of the past 6 games and is as good as any runner in the game.
Chris Johnson
Some things are just obvious
Reggie Wayne
He is spectacular at home and has scored in 8 of the past 11 games. A big one is one the horizon.
Steven Jackson
He is truly great. He has scored in 4 straight games and faces a Bear D with a lot of issues.
DeAngelo Williams
A lot of obvious choices this week. Williams has been awesome against the Bucs who now have the 30th ranked run D.
Donovon McNabb
McNabb has had a pretty good season. He faces a Falcons defense that certainly struggles. 27th against the pass. I like McNabb a bunch.
Tony Gonzalez
The future hall-of-famer faces an Eagles D that struggles convering TEs. And with Redman at QB for the Falcons, he'll look for Tony G often,
Brett Favre/Sidney Rice
Arizona's secondary can be exploited and I have a feeling Favre will exploit it. Oh, Rice will be Favre's guy again.
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Players I Hate
All Miami Receivers
I know the Patriots defense has struggled, but Miami's offense goes through Ricky Williams
All Oakland Raiders
The Raiders travel to Pittsburgh to face an angry Steeler team. There aren't normally many good Raiders to play anyway.
Kevin Smith
He's been banged up and Detroit faces the Bengals who have the 3rd best run D. And if Cincy gets a lead, they may be forced to throw, limiting Smith's touches.
Devin Hester
He has been a non-factor the past 3 weeks and I think that trend continues. Cutler has been struggling too and that hurts Hester too.
Julius Jones
It sounds like coach Mora is going to play Jones, but Justin Forsett has been great in relief. Coach Mora says he'll go with the hot hand at RB. So look for that hot hand to be Forsett
Chris Wells
He splits time with Hightower. And Wells will try to get things going against the Vikings D who have allowed the fewest fantasy points to opposing running backs.
Matt Cassel
He hasn't been a fantasy contributor this season. He won't be this week either.