Week 17 Sleepers GURU Style!

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WEEK 17 SLEEPERS

Week 17 is probably the biggest week of the year for sleepers. Below is a simple list of the guys we think will have a big fantasy impact in week 17.

Vince Young, QB (TEN)
Todd Collins, QB (WAS)
Shaun Hill, QB (SAN)
Cleo Lemon, QB (MIA)
Brad Johnson, QB (DAL)
Maurice Morris, RB (SEA)
Kevin Faulk, RB (NWE)
Jessie Chatman, RB (MIA)
Ahmad Bradshaw, RB (NYG) - Check Injury Status
Micheal Turner, RB (SD)
Donte Stallworth, WR (NWE)
Sam Hurd, WR (DAL)
Terry Glenn, WR (DAL)
Chris Henry, WR (CIN)
Kye Brady, TE (NWE)

Week 17 START/BENCH players GURU Style!

This is the final week of play. If you are still playing this week I can guarantee you are not happy about it because of the sheer number of players who will not be playing. We will definitely tell you who to bench and who to start based on reports on whether they will play.

(Sleepers will not appear in this blog. If you do not see a player, read our sleeper blog for this week.)

QUARTERBACKS
1st Tier Quarterbacks MUST Start:

Peyton Manning

Kurt Warner

Tom Brady

Drew Brees

Matt Hasslebeck
Carson Palmer
Marc Bulger

2nd Tier Quarterbacks You have to Start:

Jon Kitna

Eli Manning

Jay Cutler

David Garrard

Trent Edwards

Ben Roethlisberger

Jeff Garcia

Derek Anderson
Donovan McNabb

3rd Tier Quarterbacks Start At Your Own Risk (Big Payoff or Big Fall):

None

4th Tier Quarterbacks MUST BENCH:

Josh McCown

Brett Farve

Drew Brees

Tavaris Jackson

Troy Smith

Kyle Orton

Jon Kitna

Chris Redman

Kellen Clemens

Vinny Testaverde

Tony Romo
Philip Rivers

RUNNINGBACKS
1st Tier Runningbacks MUST Start: .

Brandon Jacobs - Check Injury Status

Marshawn Lynch

Frank Gore

Najeh Davenport

Ryan Grant

Brian Westbrook

Stephen Jackson

Jamal Lewis

Ernest Graham

Adrian Peterson (Min)

2nd Tier Runningbacks You have to Start:
Lendal White

Clinton Portis

Adrian Peterson (Chicago)
Shaun Alexander
Marion Barber

Kenny Watson

LaDainian Tomlinson

Aaron Stecker

Kolby Smith

Thomas Jones

Laurence Maroney

3rd Tier Runningbacks Start At Your Own Risk(Big Payoff or Big Fall):

None

4th Tier Runningbacks MUST BENCH:

Julius Jones

Edgerrin James
Jerius Norwood
Joseph Addai

Warrick Dunn

DeShaun Foster

WIDE RECEIVERS
1st Tier Wide Receivers MUST Start:
Hines Ward
Deion Branch
Joey Galloway
Andre Johnson
Larry Fitzgerald
Plaxico Burress
Marques Colston Check Injury Status
Reggie Wayne
Braylon Edwards
Chad Johnson
Santonio Holmes
Torry Holt
T.J. Houshmandzadeh
Randy Moss
Lee Evans

2nd Tier Wide Receivers You have to Start:
Bobby Engram

Patrick Crayton
Derrick Mason
Santana Moss
Chris Chambers
Anthony Gonzalez
Anquin Boldin

3rd Tier Wide Receivers Start At Your Own Risk(Big Payoff or Big Fall):

None

4th Tier Wide Receivers MUST BENCH:

Steve Smith
Isaac Bruce
Muhsin Muhammad
Benard Berrian
Greg Jennings

Donald Driver

Shaun McDonald

Ronald Curry
Calvin Johnson
Roddy White
Marty Booker
David Patten
Antwaan Randle El
Jerry Porter
Vincent Jackson

TIGHT ENDS
1st Tier Tight Ends MUST Start:
Chris Cooley
Jason Whitten
Donald Lee
Kevin Winslow
Tony Gonzalez
Heath Miller
Vernon Davis

2nd Tier Tight Ends You have to Start:
Desmond Clark
Bo Scaife
Marcedes Lewis
Dallas Clark

3rd Tier Tight Ends Start At Your Own Risk(Big Payoff or Big Fall):

NONE

4th Tier Tight Ends MUST BENCH:

Alge Crumpler

Antonio Gates

LJ Smith

Chris Baker

Kyle Brady

DEFENSES

1st Tier Defenses MUST Start:
Tampa Bay
Green Bay
Seattle
Jacksonville
Pittsburgh
Washington
San Diego

2nd Tier Defenses You have to Start:

New England

Indianapolis

Tennessee
Dallas
Jacksonville
Chicago
Philadelphia
Minnesota

3rd Tier Defenses Start At Your Own Risk:

None

4th Tier Defenses MUST BENCH:

NY Jets

Cincinnati

Cleveland
New Orleans
Atlanta
St Louis
Kansas City
Oakland
Arizona
Miami
Carolina

We are no longer going to do kickers. They are way to hard to predict. and most teams only have one anyway. If you need to find a kicker cause of a BYE week base your decisions on 3 factors:
1. Is the kicker kicking in a Dome? (that's good)

2. Is the Defense the kicker facing a tough defense?
3. Is the kicker's offense very good?

Watch for our sleepers coming next!

Listen at 6:30 pm PST every Wendsday on Blogtalkradio.com for the Fantasy Football GURU Show with AJ Pelletier, Mike Bowser, RC, and weekly guests. This Wednsday we will be discussing a overview of last weeks games, give you advice on who to start THIS week, and go over rumors and injuries. As always we will discuss our weekly sleeper picks. Join us! Call in for questions at (646) 716-9203 or email us at guru@fantasyfootballsearch.com . To logon to our radio show or listen to a replay of the show goto The Fantasy Football Guru Show!. Click on the Click to Listen button and you are all set

The True GURU wins 2 Superbowls, goes for 3 NEXT WEEK

Its been a wonderful season for the True GURU. In week 16 I played three playoff match ups and two were for superbowls. In the FOX Sports league I pulled out an impressive Superbowl win and continued my dominance finishing 14-2 over all. Also, in the hotly contested veteran-laden CBS Sportsline league I crushed the Texas Division opponent (and good friend) and really never slowed down since losing my third game in the middle of the season. In the Yahoo league, I played for the right to play int he Superbowl.

FOX Sports League - LV Cowboys (14-2) 114.2 - Grush (11-5) 79

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
This match up started tough, but quickly got out of hand. Four players on my team pulled away this victory for me. Peyton Manning, Reggie Wayne, Marion Barber, and Maurice Jones-Drew. He was down by 70 points with Adrian Peterson and the San Diego defense left to go. He had slim hope, but it faded with Peterson's performance. This is my first Superbowl title for this team.

CBS Sportsline - Lv Cowboys (13-3) 174.94 - Mongol Horde (11-4) 98.06

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
This game was fun from the start. On Thursday he had Big Ben and Willie Parker and I had Jeff Reed, who I picked up last week for this game. Then on Saturday he fired two more studs at me in Witten and the Dallas defense with me countering with Marion Barber. With Parker going down, he only had a 27 point lead and a 2 player deficit. Thanks to Braylon Edwards and Jurt Wanrer I steam rolled him and never looked back. By the time it was over I still had Antonio Gates to play and a 73+ point lead. This was third Superbowl appearance in 8 years with this league and my first win. I did go to the Superbowl last season, but lost.

Yahoo! League - Packers (7-7) 64.79 - LV Cowboys (13-1) 98.37

This was my closed week 16 match up. Again, I played for the third time this season the only team in the league that I think truly better than my team. I do think a few other teams are about the season at mine. But this team has players by the name of Farve, Westbrook, Jennings, and Randy Moss. Again though he paid the price of starting Brett Farve. Although he is having an amazing season, he is still not a truly consistent fantasy player and plays allot in bad weather late in the season. I even had a weak performance from Tony Romo, but got picked up by Maurice Jones-Drew, Marshawn Lynch, and Brandon Jacobs. Brandon Jacobs single handily won this match for me by scoring 30.90 points. NEXT week I face the resurgent Sassy Raiders with Tom Brady. She can win, but I think I can put together a week 17 recipe for a victory.

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Week 16 Sleepers GURU Style!

Listen at 6:30 pm PST every Wendsday on Blogtalkradio.com for the Fantasy Football GURU Show with AJ Pelletier, Mike Bowser, RC, and weekly guests. This Wednsday we will be discussing a overview of last weeks games, give you advice on who to start THIS week, and go over rumors and injuries. As always we will discuss our weekly sleeper picks. Join us! Call in for questions at (646) 716-9203 or email us at guru@fantasyfootballsearch.com . To logon to our radio show or listen to a replay of the show goto The Fantasy Football Guru Show!. Click on the Click to Listen button and you are all set.


WEEK 16 SLEEPERS

Week 16 does bring allot of sleepers, and we found a few tantalizing ones. Check out our 10 sleepers and in this playoff week may the force be with you! Ones that didn't make the list, but are worth consderation; Chris Redman, Julius Jones, and Mike Furrey.

Buffalo Defense DEF - They are at home playing well. They always play well at home and the Giants will fall victim for a DTD, and some turnovers.

Patrick Crayton, WR (DAL) - He's been very quite Lately, but should easily find the end zone against Carolina.

Eli Manning, QB (NYG) - Though the Buffalo defense will play him tough, he will get a couple of TD's and 250 yards.

Aaron Stecker, RB (NO) - He's played well, but we feel he's a sleeper cause Reggie Bush is talking about coming back this week. We don't think so.

Maurice Jones-Drew, RB (JAC) - Ok, all the talk is on Fred Taylor, but with the Playoffs wrapped up look for the Jaguars to rest Taylor and run Jones-Drew allot more. We expect a big game this week.

Dwayne Bowe, WR (KAN) - He has been quite for awhile, but should bust out against Detroit.

Frank Gore, RB (SAN) - This guy has been very good late, but against Tampa most would be worried. We say play him. He'll make you proud.

Cleveland, DEF - If the weather is bad, Palmer will not throw, and if he does it could be a pick off. Start them, but check the weather first.

Donovan McNabb, QB (PHI) - He looked sad last week, but this week against New Orleans he should tee off. Look for 2 TDs and 225 yards.

Vince Young, QB (TEN) - Looked sharp last week, and should look sharp again this week. He's in the market for 200 yards and 2-3 TDs. 1 on the ground.

Damon Huard, QB (KAN) - He's playing Detroit, and you need to consider that. They cannot stop anything in the air. Gonzo and Bowe will have big games.

Good Luck and Have Fun!

Week 16 START/BENCH players GURU Style!

This is the biggest week of the year. Most leagues will be playing their superbowls this week. 2 of my 3 are this week. We are going to make the gutsiest calls we have ever made. We will try to lead you to the promiseland. Not only do we have to content with the regular match ups, but the weather is still a major factor and it has sprad to the midwest. Lets do it, lets make our picks

(Sleepers will not appear in this blog. If you do not see a player, read our sleeper blog for this week.)

QUARTERBACKS
1st Tier Quarterbacks MUST Start:

Peyton Manning

Matt Hasslebeck

Tony Romo

Philip Rivers

Kurt Warner

2nd Tier Quarterbacks You have to Start:

Jon Kitna

Jay Cutler

David Garrard

Carson Palmer CHECK THE WEATHER

Brett Farve CHECK THE WEATHER

Ben Roethlisberger

Jeff Garcia

3rd Tier Quarterbacks Start At Your Own Risk (Big Payoff or Big Fall):

Tom Brady - He'll put up some yard and completetions, but with the weather will be nearly the same this week. We all know Tom is chasing the record, but will find it hard to get closer this week. CHECK THE WEATHER

Marc Bulger - He's not looking good, but the Steelers are hurting.

4th Tier Quarterbacks MUST BENCH:

Josh McCown

Drew Brees

Tavaris Jackson

Troy Smith

Todd Collins

Kyle Orton

Cleo Lemon

Trent Edwards

Derek Anderson CHECK THE WEATHER

Chris Redman

Kellen Clemens

Todd Collins

Vinny Testaverde

RUNNINGBACKS
1st Tier Runningbacks MUST Start: .
Rudi Johnson

Brandon Jacobs

Marion Barber
Willis McGahee

Brian Westbrook

Joseph Addai

Jamal Lewis

Ernest Graham

LaDainian Tomlinson

2nd Tier Runningbacks You have to Start:

Willie Parker
Lendal White
Shaun Alexander

Marshawn Lynch

Stephen Jackson

Laurence Maroney

Adrian Peterson (Min)

3rd Tier Runningbacks Start At Your Own Risk(Big Payoff or Big Fall):

Ron Dayne - Should be starting in Houston and he might find the end zone, but don't expect allot of yards.
Selvin Young/Travis Henry - These guys are splitting carries. If you are dessperate at this point start one, but we suggest finding another RB since this is the playoffs.

4th Tier Runningbacks MUST BENCH:
Ryan Grant

Raiders RB
Kevin Jones
Willis McGahee
Edgerrin James
Jerius Norwood
Clinton Portis
Kevin Faulk

Warrick Dunn

Adrian Peterson (Chicago)

Kolby Smith

DeShaun Foster

WIDE RECEIVERS
1st Tier Wide Receivers MUST Start:
Hines Ward
Terrell Owens CHECK WEATHER
Deion Branch
Joey Galloway
Andre Johnson
Larry Fitzgerald
Plaxico Burress
Marques Colston
Reggie Wayne

2nd Tier Wide Receivers You have to Start:

Braylon Edwards CHECK WEATHER
Chad Johnson CHECK WEATHER
Wes Welker CHECK WEATHER

Santonio Holmes

Torry Holt

T.J. Houshmandzadeh CHECK WEATHER

Greg Jennings CHECK WEATHER
Bobby Engram
Derrick Mason
Deion Branch
Shaun McDonald
Santana Moss
Chris Chambers
Anthony Gonzalez
Anquin Boldin

3rd Tier Wide Receivers Start At Your Own Risk(Big Payoff or Big Fall):

Justin Gage - He has the potenial to have a nice game, and Vince Young is getting better. Might be worth a start if you need help.

4th Tier Wide Receivers MUST BENCH:

Steve Smith
Isaac Bruce
Muhsin Muhammad
Benard Berrian
Lee Evans CHECK WEATHER

Donte Stallworth

Donald Driver

Ronald Curry
Calvin Johnson
Roddy White
Randy Moss CHECK WEATHER
Marty Booker
David Patten
Antwaan Randle El
Jerry Porter
Vincent Jackson

TIGHT ENDS
1st Tier Tight Ends MUST Start:

Chris Cooley

Jason Whitten

Antonio Gates

Dallas Clark

Donald Lee

Kevin Winslow

Tony Gonzalez
Benjamin Watson
Heath Miller
Jeremy Shockey

2nd Tier Tight Ends You have to Start:

Desmond Clark

Vernon Davis

Bo Scaife
Marcedes Lewis

3rd Tier Tight Ends Start At Your Own Risk(Big Payoff or Big Fall):

NONE

4th Tier Tight Ends MUST BENCH:

Alge Crumpler

LJ Smith

Chris Baker

Kyle Brady

DEFENSES

1st Tier Defenses MUST Start:
Tampa Bay
Green Bay
Seattle
Jacksonville
Pittsburgh
Washington
Baltimore
New England
Indianapolis

2nd Tier Defenses You have to Start:

Tennessee
Dallas
San Diego
NY Giants
Jacksonville
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Minnesota

3rd Tier Defenses Start At Your Own Risk:

San Francisco - They play well at home, but noramlly are bad. I wouldn't start unless you had too.

4th Tier Defenses MUST BENCH:

NY Jets
New Orleans
Atlanta
St Louis
Kansas City
Oakland
Arizona
Miami
Carolina

We are no longer going to do kickers. They are way to hard to predict. and most teams only have one anyway. If you need to find a kicker cause of a BYE week base your decisions on 3 factors:
1. Is the kicker kicking in a Dome? (that's good)

2. Is the Defense the kicker facing a tough defense?
3. Is the kicker's offense very good?

Watch for our sleepers coming next!

Listen at 6:30 pm PST every Wendsday on Blogtalkradio.com for the Fantasy Football GURU Show with AJ Pelletier, Mike Bowser, RC, and weekly guests. This Wednsday we will be discussing a overview of last weeks games, give you advice on who to start THIS week, and go over rumors and injuries. As always we will discuss our weekly sleeper picks. Join us! Call in for questions at (646) 716-9203 or email us at guru@fantasyfootballsearch.com . To logon to our radio show or listen to a replay of the show goto The Fantasy Football Guru Show!. Click on the Click to Listen button and you are all set

The True GURU Is Going to 2 Superbowls & The Playoffs!

Wow, week 15 was a great week for me in my 3 leagues. I only played in two leagues with the BYE in my Yahoo! league. I had championship games in the other two leagues and both were against my biggest and toughest rivals. In the CBS Sportsline league, which is not only a money league, but it is the off-season bragging rights league I faced off against The GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) and in the FOX league I played my tormentor Team B. Both were tough match ups, but read the details to see how they finished:

FOX Sports League - LV Cowboys (12-2) 79.3 - Team B (8-6) 75.5

Wow, this match was tough, and throw the first half of play I was getting blown out, but I stormed back with Colston and Manning to make it close. Before Sunday night I managed a 1 point lead. He had Adrian Peterson (Chicago) and I had The Chicago defense left. Well, both played average and I extended my lead by 3 more points and pulled out a close one. I have to give shout outs to Peyton Manning, Marques Colston, Frank Gore, and the Chicago defense. Next week is the Superbowl for this league and I'm facing Grush. This team is very good. He finished 9-5 in the regular season and boasts a team with Romo, Ownes, Jennings, and Adrain Peterson. The thing that sucks the most is I have Romo in my other Yahoo! league and I'm a Cowboy fan.

CBS Sportsline - Lv Cowboys (12-3) 167.61 - The GOAT (11-4) 121.15

This is one of my biggest wins I've ever had. As I noted, I played The GOAT. This man finished with a 10-3 record (tied with me) and took the league points championship over me at a distance second. He won it by over 200 points. He also won 6 weekly top scores to add to his resume. In the season we finished 1-1 versus one another, but his win over me was a huge blowout by 87 points. So this was a huge game against a division rival. I knew his team would have some problems because of inconsistent play from TJ Who's Your Mamma and Marshawn Lynch coming back a little rusty. He also played is backup defense in Minnesota, and not his staple defense in Pittsburgh. Finally he is a Tom Brady team and Tom was in the wind and snow. Outside of that I had to hope that LT and Reggie Wayne had off days. The end result was my Indianapolis defense dominated, and so did Brain Westbrook (Even with giving up the TD). I started Kurt Warner over Derek Anderson and that was a great move. Braylon Edwards and Antonio Gates did not do much along with Marion Barber, but my kicker Mason Crosby was AWESOME. I'm facing Mongol Horde for the Superbowl and I should be a 35 point favorite. Wish me luck!

Yahoo! League - BYE THIS WEEK, Next match up: Packers (7-7) Vs LV Cowboys (13-1)

I beat this guy twice in the regular season and now I must beat him again. He has a very tough team that has Brett Farve, Randy Mosss, and Gregg Jennings. I can only hope for bad weather in Chicago and New England again. My team is going into the game fully healthy, but I must decide which RBs to start and if I should start Romo or Palmer. Romo is the obvious and most likely choice. Winner of this game plays in the Superbowl the next week.

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Week 15 The True GURU Picks & Sleepers In Review

Week 15 was TERRIBLE!

This was a bad week for our picks. The weather played a huge role with our picks and its hard to make calls on the weather 4 days out, but we did and we paid for it. We were going to list out all our picks, but after going through QB-RB-WR we noticed how many bad picks we made (53/90) and with roughly 59% correct we thought, let the bad week end.

We will chalk this up as a bad week. Even know it was the weather that did us in, and frankly most people, we would like to note that we marked Brady as a risk to start, and Randy Moss as a bench. We will be back next week and hopefully the weather will be good or at least predictable.

Todd "The True GURU" Farino

Week 15 Sleepers GURU Style!

Listen at 6:30 pm PST every Wendsday on Blogtalkradio.com for the Fantasy Football GURU Show with AJ Pelletier, Mike Bowser, RC, and weekly guests. This Wednsday we will be discussing a overview of last weeks games, give you advice on who to start THIS week, and go over rumors and injuries. As always we will discuss our weekly sleeper picks. Join us! Call in for questions at (646) 716-9203 or email us at guru@fantasyfootballsearch.com . To logon to our radio show or listen to a replay of the show goto The Fantasy Football Guru Show!. Click on the Click to Listen button and you are all set.


WEEK 15 SLEEPERS

Week 15 doesn't bring a whole lot of sleepers, but we found a few tantalizing ones. Check out our 10 sleepers and in this playoff week may the force be with you!

Chicago Bears Defense DEF - They are at home playing for some pride. Its a huge rival game and it will be very cold. Hester can also break one. We see a low score and turnovers.

Chris Henry, WR (CIN) - He's been very quite since coming back, but we think he will find the end zone this week and 100 yards.

Trent Dilfer, QB (SAN) - We called him last week, and we will call him this week. 2TDs, and 275 yards. Just watch.

Kevin Jones, RB (DET) - If the Lions intend to beat San Diego they must control the ball. The will run 20-25 times and Jones should find some room.

Thomas Jones, RB (NYJ) - This is a stretch, but with the horrible weather conditions that will occur, Jones will be running allot, and he runs very well in the cold. We see him breaking a few and finishing with 125+ yards and 1, MAYBE 2 TDs.

Kevin Curtis, WR (PHI) - It's a big game Vs. Dallas and he will get 2-3 bombs thrown his way. We suspect he will come down with 1 and finish with 100 yards and a TD.

Arnez Battle, WR (SAN) - This is a dream match up for him, and Dilfer will be looking his way all day. Look for 125 and a TD from him against Cincy.

Kansas City, DEF - They are playing at home against Vince Young and the Tennessee offense. KC has been very good at home, so expect the same this game. a DTD isn't out of the question.

Kyle Boller, QB (BAL) - He's facing Miami, and should do very well. He hasn't had a great deal of success this year, but he showed us skills against New England, so we see 250+ yards and 2 TDs against Miami.

Reggie Brown, WR (PHI) - McNabb will be throwing all day once Philly falls behind. Him and Brown have been hooking up, so we think they will find eachother once this week for a TD.

Good Luck and Have Fun!

Week 15 START/BENCH players GURU Style!

We know this is a critical playoff week for nearly every league, so we will do our best to tell you who to bench or start. We did nt include any players from the Thursday Denver at Houston game since we already blogged on who to start/bench in that game.

(Sleepers will not appear in this blog. If you do not see a player, read our sleeper blog for this week.)

QUARTERBACKS
1st Tier Quarterbacks MUST Start:

Drew Brees

Carson Palmer

Brett Farve

Peyton Manning

Matt Hasslebeck

Tony Romo

Kurt Warner

2nd Tier Quarterbacks You have to Start:

Derek Anderson

Trent Edwards

Philip Rivers

Ben Roethlisberger

Jeff Garcia

Donovan McNabb

3rd Tier Quarterbacks Start At Your Own Risk (Big Payoff or Big Fall):

Tom Brady - He'll put up some yard and completetions, but with the weather beingfreezing rain and 30 mph winds, he might not do very well. Still a must start if you have no other choice.

Kyle Orton - He has some skills and is at home against a defense he can pass on. Probably not worth the risk in the playoffs.

Marc Bulger - He's coming off a concussion playing Green Bay's monster defense. He is at home, but I would bench him.

4th Tier Quarterbacks MUST BENCH:

THE Raiders QB - Mcknown

John Beck/Cleo Lemon

Trent Edwards

Chris Redman

Kellen Clemens

Todd Collins

Vinny Testaverde

Damon Huard

Vince Young

Eli Manning
David Garrard
Jon Kitna

RUNNINGBACKS
1st Tier Runningbacks MUST Start: .
Willie Parker

Ryan Grant

Marion Barber
Willis McGahee

Brian Westbrook

Joseph Addai

Jamal Lewis

Ernest Graham

LaDainian Tomlinson

2nd Tier Runningbacks You have to Start:

Shaun Alexander

Marshawn Lynch

Stephen Jackson

Frank Gore

Aaron Stecker

Laurence Maroney

Maurice Jones-Drew

Justin Fargas

Clinton Portis

Lendal White

3rd Tier Runningbacks Start At Your Own Risk(Big Payoff or Big Fall):

Adrian Peterson (Minnesota) After putting up 4 yards last week he still may be hurt, and too much of a risk in the playoffs.

Edgerrin James - This guy is a risk always, its just a fact. Bench him.

Chester Taylor - He as potential if Adrian doesn't run. Keep a watch out.

4th Tier Runningbacks MUST BENCH:
Jessie Chatman/Samkon Gado

Kevin Faulk

Warrick Dunn

Rudi Johnson

Adrian Peterson (Chicago)

Kolby Smith

Julius Jones

DeShaun Foster

WIDE RECEIVERS
1st Tier Wide Receivers MUST Start:

Hines Ward

Terrell Owens
Lee Evans

Deion Branch

Joey Galloway

Larry Fitzgerald

Plaxico Burress

Wes Welker

Marques Colston

Braylon Edwards

Chad Johnson

2nd Tier Wide Receivers You have to Start:

Santonio Holmes

Reggie Wayne
Torry Holt
Donald Driver

T.J. Houshmandzadeh

Greg Jennings

Bobby Engram

Derrick Mason

Deion Branch

Patrick Crayton

Shaun McDonald

Santana Moss

Amani Toomer

Chris Chambers

Benard Berrian

Dwayne Bowe

Anthony Gonzalez

Joe Jurevicius

3rd Tier Wide Receivers Start At Your Own Risk(Big Payoff or Big Fall):

Anquin Boldin - He's hurt and playing in a bad place with possible bad weather.

Isaac Bruce - He can still play well, but Bulger may be on his back most of the day.

Justin Gage - He has the potenial to have a nice game, but he depends on Vince Young right now and that is scary.

Muhsin Muhammad - He has the chance to have a big game, but with Kyle Orton throwing it could be another miss. BIG RISK.

4th Tier Wide Receivers MUST BENCH:

Steve Smith

Donte Stallworth

Roydel Williams

Ronald Curry

Calvin Johnson

Roddy White
Randy Moss

Marty Booker

David Patten

Antwaan Randle El

Jerry Porter

Vincent Jackson

TIGHT ENDS
1st Tier Tight Ends MUST Start:

Chris Cooley

Jason Whitten

Antonio Gates

Dallas Clark

Donald Lee

Kevin Winslow

2nd Tier Tight Ends You have to Start:

Tony Gonzalez

Benjamin Watson

Heath Miller

Desmond Clark

Jeremy Shockey

Vernon Davis

3rd Tier Tight Ends Start At Your Own Risk(Big Payoff or Big Fall):

NONE

4th Tier Tight Ends MUST BENCH:

Bo Scaife

Marcedes Lewis

Alge Crumpler

LJ Smith

Chris Baker

DEFENSES

1st Tier Defenses MUST Start:

Tampa Bay

Green Bay

Seattle

Pittsburgh

Washington

Baltimore

New England

Indianapolis

2nd Tier Defenses You have to Start:

Tennessee

Dallas

San Diego

NY Giants

Jacksonville

Cincinnati

Minnesota

3rd Tier Defenses Start At Your Own Risk:

Detroit - If they can get to Rivers it could be a good game. They will also have to contain LT somewhat. Its possible, but the odds aren't that good.

Jacksonville - Shroud will probably not play, and Pittsburgh will be at home fighting for a win. Its a risky start.

4th Tier Defenses MUST BENCH:

San Francisco

NY Jets

New Orleans

Atlanta

St Louis

Buffalo

Philadelphia

Kansas City

Detroit

Oakland

Arizona

Miami

Carolina

Cleveland

We are no longer going to do kickers. They are way to hard to predict. and most teams only have one anyway. If you need to find a kicker cause of a BYE week base your decisions on 3 factors:
1. Is the kicker kicking in a Dome? (that's good)

2. Is the Defense the kicker facing a tough defense?
3. Is the kicker's offense very good?

Watch for our sleepers coming next!

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WEEK 15 BENCH/START For Denver Vs. Houston Game

Sorry we couldn't get our regular blog up in time for this game. Here are our recommendations for this game:

MUST START: Selvin Young, Andre Johnson

YOU SHOULD START: Jay Culter, Brandon Marshall, Owen Daniels, Tony Scheffler


BENCH: Travis Henry, Ahman Green, Ron Dayne (Injured)

SLEEPERS: Bradon Stokley, Sage Rosenfels, Kevin Walter, Darius Walker

The True GURU wins in the Playoffs, but loses undefeated season! 2-1

Week 14 was a bittersweet week for me. I managed to win in the 1st round of the playoffs of my CBS Sportsline league and in my FOX Sports League. However in my Yahoo! league I finally lost a game in the meaningless last game of the season to a tough competitor. I made serious coaching blunders in that game that I will reveal in this post. In the CBS Sportsline league I will play for the right to represent my division in the Superbowl. FOX Sports messed up our league, so I'm not sure if I won the 1st round of the playoffs of the last game of the regular season. I'm sure they will sort it out in time.

FOX Sports League - LV Cowboys (12-2) 108.7 - Vegas Zepplins (6-7) 96.8

This league is a cluster mess. I was suppose to face Vegas Zepplins for the last match up of the week, but FOX Sports launched us into the Playoffs. This should be corrected, but either way I won. I had huge performances from Peyton Manning Marques Colston, Marion Barber, and Reggie Wayne.

CBS Sportsline - Lv Cowboys (11-3) 230.19 - GoBig (8-6) 203.53

This was a great match up and it went down to the wire. I owe this win to tremendous performances from Marion Barber, Braylon Edwards, the Green Bay defense, and Larry Fitzgerald. Oh, and of course always stable Brain Westbrook. Next week I will play for the Vegas division championship against a tough rival who sports a team consisting of Tom Brady, LT, and TJ Who's your Mamma. Not to mention Reggie Wayne. Oh well, I am certainly the underdog by at least 15 points, but snow is heading towards New England, and I can only hope that will help me.

Yahoo! League - Tharp's Titans (7-7) 95.88 - LV Cowboys (13-1) 87.49

Well to make this look decent, this game didn't mean anything. I have the top BYE spot locked. However, the loss did cost me my perfect season as I fall to 13-1 heading into the playoffs. I will relax next week, but I could see this same team in two weeks if he wins next week. I'd like to have my revenge in two weeks so I'm rooting for Tharp's Titans to win. I will admit that if I trusted Trent Edwards hitting Lee Evans I would have started Evans and won the match. So I had the fire power to pull it off, just the not the guts to go with my instincts and it cost me.

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Week 14 The True GURU Picks & Sleepers In Review

Week 14 was another solid week for us. In the end we finished at 64% for a success rate, which for the kind of week it was not bad. We did do poorly in WRs and TEs AGAIN, but again we found great success with QBs, RBs, and defense.

Since we are calling games on Wed we don't always know all the injuries. We will try to put a check injury status next to possibly hurt players. Others we just won't call for the week since its too up in the air. Sometimes we may not know for sure if a QB will start.

Our sleepers were very good this week with 5 successful calls out of only 9. We were thrilled with Reggie Williams and the New Orleans defense.

Here is a rundown for week 14 with all the numbers:

QB's 16/22 Correct ( 73%)
RB's 19/26 Correct (73%)
WR's 24/42 Correct ( 57%)
TE's 10/20 Correct (50%)
DEF's 19/27 Correct (70%)

OVERALL THIS WEEK: 88/137 Correct (64%) Last week 89/138 Correct (65%) "Start at your own risk "calls or players that did not play due to injuries were not counted.

Here is the review of our picks and how they stacked up:

TOP OVERALL PICKS THIS WEEK:

QUARTERBACKS (16/22 73%)
Our Highlighted Great Picks(These played played to our or better than our expectations): Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Tony Romo, and Derek Anderson.

Our Highlighted Bad Picks (we expected more out of these players and they were busts or we figured a bad day and we got burned): Kurt Warner, Chris Redman, Ben Roethlisberger, and Carson Palmer.



RUNNINGBACKS (19/26 73%)
Our Highlighted Good Picks(These played played to our or better than our expectations): Marion Barber, Frank Gore, Kolby Smith, Joseph Addai, and Ryan Grant

Our Highlighted Bad Picks (we expected more out of these players and they were busts or we figured a bad day and we got burned): Adrian Peterson, Kevin Jones, Justin Fargas, and Maurice Jones-Drew.

WIDE RECEIVERS (24/42 57%)

Our Highlighted Good Picks(These played played to our or better than our expectations): Braylon Edwards, Wes Welker, Andre Johnson, Deion Branch, and Santana Moss.

Our Highlighted Bad Picks(we expected more out of these players and they were busts or we figured a bad day and we got burned): T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Brandon Stokley, Steve Smith, and Isaac Bruce.

TIGHT ENDS (10/20 50%)

Our Highlighted Good Picks(These played played to our or better than our expectations): Antonio Gates, Tony Gonzalez, Desmond Clark, Alge Crumpler, and Jason Witten.

Our Highlighted Bad Picks(we expected more out of these players and they were busts or we figured a bad day and we got burned): Jeremy Shockey, Leonard Pope, Owen Daniels, Heath Miller, and Marcedes Lewis.

DEFENSES (19/27 70%)

Our Highlighted Good Picks(These played played to our or better than our expectations): Green Bay, Indianapolis, Houston, Seattle, Minnesota, Denver, and San Diego.

Our Highlighted Bad Picks(we expected more out of these players and they were busts or we figured a bad day and we got burned): Tampa Bay, Cleveland, Dallas, Chicago.

SLEEPERS 5/9 56%)

Eric Johnson, TE (NOR) - 2 catches, 17 yards. BAD PICK.

Reggie Williams, WR (JAC) - He had a great game, 90 yards and a TD. GREAT PICK!

Trent Dilfer, QB (SAN) - Played so poorly, he got benched. BAD PICK!

Jerius Norwood, RB (ATL) - Terrible. 21 yards and barely ran the ball.

Rudi Johnson, RB (CIN) - Great Game. 90+ yards and a TD. GREAT PICK!

Randy McMichaels, TE (STL) - Is he still on the active roster for the RAMS? BAD PICK!

Jerricho Cotchery, WR (NYJ) - Jerricho had a solid game with 6 catches for 119 yards, but no TD. SOLID PICK!

New Orleans, DEF - They scored a DTD and had a solid game overall only allowing 14 points. GREAT PICK!

Kellen Clemens, QB (NYJ) - He's beginning to look respectable. 286 yards, 24 completion's, and ran in a TD. GREAT PICK!

Listen at 6:30 pm PST every Wendsday on Blogtalkradio.com for the Fantasy Football GURU Show with AJ Pelletier, Mike Bowser, RC, and weekly guests. This Wednsday we will be discussing a overview of last weeks games, give you advice on who to start THIS week, and go over rumors and injuries. As always we will discuss our weekly sleeper picks. Join us! Call in for questions at (646) 716-9203 or email us at guru@fantasyfootballsearch.com . To logon to our radio show or listen to a replay of the show goto The Fantasy Football Guru Show!. Click on the Click to Listen button and you are all set