THE WORD - Week 5 (Grades)

There were quite a few upsets, and this is turning out to be one of the more difficult years to predict who is gonna win and who is gonna play well.

Starts  Grades for Week 5 

I am giving myself a B for the Start Picks.

QB – Eli Manning NYG

Eli to me has a great matchup. He is up against Houston who has the worst ranked passing defense in the NFL right now. As bad as he may be, he should put up some huge numbers against Houston. Bruce, the only thing this week Coughlin will be confused over is which passing play to call next.

QB – Eli Manning threw for 297 yds and 3 TD’s. He scored owners 25 F-points.

Great Pick

Grade A

HB - Maurice Jones Drew JAC

MJD has not gotten going yet.  However, he had a good game last week, and what better week to really go off than his week 5 matchup against the Bills. The Bills have the NFL’s worst rushing D giving up 174 yds per game with 4.6 per carry. This should play heavily in MJD’s favor. Oh and yea glad he’s on my team.

HB – Maurice Jones Drew had 19 carries for 84 yds and 0 TD. He scored 8 F-points

OK Pick

Grade C

HB - Ryan Mathews SD

Not because he is on my team, but because he has a good match up as well. Oakland is great against the pass but they are 31^st against the run giving up 162 rushing yards a game. Mathews scored is first TD of his career and I expect a couple more this week.

HB – Ryan Mathews had 9 carries for 59 yds. He scored 5 F-points

Bad Pick

Grade

HB-3 – Frank Gore – San Fran

Yes they are 0-4, Yes they suck, (I LOVE IT) but I believe this will be a break out game for them and it will all rely heavily on Gore. He is up against philly who is giving up 138.8 yds per game. If, and a big IF San Fran is ever going to get going, now would be the time.

HB Frank Gore had 18 carries for 52 yds. He scored 9 F-points

Ok Pick

Grade C

WR 1 – Greg Jennings/Donald Driver G

This one is almost a must start normally but had to put him in there with almost every other GB receiver this week. There up against WSH who’s giving up 305 yds per game.  Through the air!!! They did look better last week, but that was also against a struggling Kolb, not Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers may have close to 400 yds this game.

WR – Jennings had 22 yds rec – 2 F-points

Driver had 58 yds rec – 5 F-points.

Bad Pick

Grade D

WR 2 – Roddy White ATL

ATL is up against Clev. They should air it out all day against the Browns, giving up 235 yds per game through the air. Expect that number to be close to 300 for Matt Ryan and Mr. White to get a ton of targets.

WR – Roddy White had 101 rec yds and a TD. 16 F-points

Great Pick

Grade A

WR-3 – Hakeem Nicks

Same reasons as Eli Manning. Nicks should be the most targeted.

WR – Hakem Nicks had 130 rec yds 2 TD. 25 F-points

BEST pick

Grade A

TE – Brent Celek PHI

As I would sit most of Philly WR this week with a struggling Kolb starting, I would start Celek. TE’s are a struggling QB’s outlet and like last week, he should be thrown to a ton.

TE – Brent Celek had 47 yds and 1 TD. 10 F-points

Good Pick

Grade A

Defense – 2 – Carolina

People may call me crazy on this one. Yes, CAR is giving up 334 yds per game, but they are going up against the Bears. Todd Collins is getting the start and he looked like he had no clue what he was doing last week when Cutler concussed. CAR should stack 8 in the box to stop Forte and the run, and blitz Collins and his over sized shoulder pads all day.

Def – Carolina allowed 247 yds, had 3 sacks, and 4 INT’s. scored 17 F-points.

Good Pick

Grade B

SIT' EM (Grades)

I am giving myself a C- for my Sits. Damn you Orton. 

QB – Kyle Orton - Den

Yes he has been putting up GREAT passing numbers. He is the NFL’s leading passer. But he has gone against Jax, and Seattle who are 29 and 30 against the pass. Denver has the worst rushing offense in the NFL and they are up against the NFL’s best Passing D. The last 2 games Orton has thrown the ball 57 and 50 times. With 0 running game and you pass 50 times a game I expect Orton to be sacked 8-10 times and have a couple of picks. Sorry Orton but your air attack stops in Baltimore.

QB - Kyle Orton. He threw for 314 yds and 2 TD. Scored 24 F-points

Grade F

HB – NYG RB’s

Again they are up against the Texans, but Houston is awesome against the run. They are the NFL’s #2 ranked rushing D. This game will be through the air by NY, if they want to win.

HB – NYG RB’s – Bradshaw and Jacobs combined had 103 yds and TD. Scored 18 F-

points.

Grade B (Split Backs sharing no bueno)

HB – Joseph Addai IND

I still don’t believe KC is very good. But in there first 3 games they are 3-0 and only giving up 75 yds on the ground. I expect Manning to air it out against a weaker pass D in KC.

HB – Joseph Addai had 50 yds. He scored 8 F-points

Grade C

WR – Arizona and Chicago WR’S. Yes sit Larry Fitzgerald.

Reason why?  AZ has Max Hall and Chi has Todd Collins starting. Until they prove themselves, I would start for sure points.

WR – AZ. Fitxgerald had 93 rec yds. He scored 9 F-points

Grade C

D – New York Giants

This was a tough choice on which good D I would sit. Well I’m going with the NYG. They have been impressive so far getting 10 sacks last week. I don’t believe there D is that good, and here is why. They have put up good numbers against QB’s Vince Young, Matt Moore, and they hurt Cutler. The one time they went up against a real passer was Peyton Manning and he put up 20-26 for 266 yds and 3 TD’s. While Schaub is not Manning, he is 20 times a better passer than the other 3 and should put up some good numbers with Andre  Johnson playing. Also, Arian Foster has been putting up great numbers, and HOU’s offense should be hard for the NYG to stop.

Def – Giants gave up 10 points, 195 yds, had 3 sacks and scored 19 F-points

Grade D

My overall grade for Week 5 Fanstasy Start/Sits is a C.  Let's see what is to come for next week.  Word.    

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