So that happened. The Week Fantasy Spit You Out And Laughed. Stud injuries. A player taking a knee at the 1-yard-line. The fourth and 2 that launched a thousand points. In a word, catastrofail.
And now one question: How much ya bench? If you’ve got Michael Turner, Cedric Benson, Ronnie Brown, Julius Jones, Brian Westbrook — we’re about to find out. Your bench is deciding whether you make the playoffs or not. Regretting that lifelong devotion to jazzercise?
Week 11
Starters
Ricky Williams - no brainer of the week. The one backup you know is ready for his close-up. Running on the Panthers is like running on a treadmill. Start Ricky like it's 2001.
LeSean McCoy - Three games as starter: 5.1 yards a carry. Six games as backup: 3.2 yards a carry. He's starting from here on out - though someone should tell Andy Reid.
Jason Snelling - Giants' D has been sneaky porous vs. the run, and Snelling looked good in split duty. He also sounds as if he should be the principal in a Bizarro Saved By The Bell. See if your commissioner gives points for this.
Derrick Mason - He won't be outrunning anybody to the goal line. (If you were down 5 Monday night when he was passed by a three-toed sloth, I feel for you.) But he can still show the youngsters in that Colts secondary what 10 for 100 is.
Any Bronco vs. Chargers - Kyle Orton iffy with an ankle. Backup Chris Simms iffy with a football.
Justin Forsett - I wouldn't start any RB vs. Minny with your team. No, really. That's why Forsett's in this Sitters section. It gets better after this week - Rams, 49ers, Texans, Bucs - so this is a one- week benching.
Jay Cutler - On pace for 30 INTs. That's Testaverdian. You thought you were getting a Transformer but Mom went to Kmart and got you a Gobot.
Lee Evans - You: "I think I'll start Lee Evans. Two TDs last week." Me, Mike D, MCA, Adrock: "You're scheming on a thing that's a mirage. I'm trying to tell you all it's sabotage. Duh. Duh. Duh. Duh."
Laurence Maroney - New math! One fumble at the goal line > four straight games with a score. Bienvenue le chateau bow wow.
A quality fantasy involving Vince Young. I like this for four reasons: (1) The Titans are on a tear; (B) He's playing back home in Houston; (III) Chris Johnson is Altair from Assassin's Creed (fantasy by association); and (4) if things go wrong, his octogenarian owner might go Pesci on someone. 175 passing, 60 rushing, two scores, and Bud Adams telling the 70,000 to go get their shine box.
