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[L.A. Playa]

interesting which QB they say to start this week

QUARTERBACKS

There’s such a wide gulf between fantasy starting quarterbacks and backups that until starters get hurt and bye weeks come, you shouldn’t need much advice. That’s particularly true this week, when top quarterbacks like Tom Brady, Jake Plummer, and Donovan McNabb have juicy matchups. So don’t take the following recommendations the wrong way: don’t start a mediocre quarterback with a good matchup against a good fantasy quarterback; start him over another mediocre quarterback with a bad matchup.

START

Kurt Warner vs. San Francisco – Do you really need me to tell you that the 49ers don’t have a good pass defense? Or that Warner might (might!) have the most dangerous set of pass catchers in the league? Warner could outperform a lot of quarterbacks who got drafted as fantasy starters, at least until his inevitable injury behind an offensive line made from construction paper and pipe cleaners.

Chad Pennington at Tennessee – Hey, he won the Jets’ wide open quarterback competition. He was a great quarterback before he started getting hurt, so even though he’s off fantasy radar screens, it’s not crazy to say he may be good for a start here and there this year. It’s hard to find a more favorable matchup than the Titans, who rank in the bottom three in five of the seven Football Outsiders pass defense categories, including dead last in projected overall 2006 defense.

J.P. Losman at New England – This is why I wrote that introductory note about not starting a matchup quarterback over an actually good quarterback. The Football Outsiders projections expect the Patriots defense to be fifth-worst in the league this year, so right about where they were last year. If that’s the case, then Losman, who has looked better this preseason in winning the quarterback contest with Kelly Holcomb, could have a solid day.

[L.A. Playa]

and notice a former Bill to sit love his description LOL

SIT

Michael Vick at Carolina – Panthers rank against the pass last year: 2. Panthers rank against tight ends last year: 7. Panthers rank against passes to running backs last year: 2. Watching Vick, who relies heavily on passes to Alge Crumpler, dumps the ball often to Warrick Dunn, and is missing his favorite wide receiver of a year ago (Brian Finneran), struggle against a defense against which he has only once thrown more touchdowns than interceptions: Priceless.

Drew Bledsoe at Jacksonville – Last week I called Bledsoe “the immobile object.” It’s not even fair that he starts his season against the team that recorded the highest Adjusted Sack Rate in the league last season.

Byron Leftwich vs. Dallas – This game looks like it should be a defensive battle, possibly an ugly one. The Cowboys ranked very highly in most of our pass defense splits last year, only poor against #2 receivers and tight ends. The Jaguars probably have the least frightening #2 receiver in the league, and they don’t have a tight end who will enable Leftwich to have a big day.

[Mr. Miyagi]

Who's "they"? Link?

[L.A. Playa]

Who's "they"? Link?

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/

its in there somewhere

[Michael82]

Nice find!