Week 7 START/BENCH players GURU Style!

Week 7 brings a tough, but managable, but tough BYE with only 4 teams that have some serious inpact players that will be riding your pine this week including LaDainian Tomlinson.

Automatically bench any players on the following teams:
San Diego Chargers, Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers, and Cleveland Browns.
(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:
Jon Kitna

Carson Palmer

Matt Hasselbeck

Tony Romo

Tom Brady

Jeff Garcia

2nd Tier Quarterbacks You have to Start:

Drew Brees

Donovan Mcnabb

Peyton Manning

Eli Manning

Damon Huard

David Garrad

Jason Campbell

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

Tim Rattay - He's got a week under his belt and Fitz to throw too. If Boldin comes back even better.

Marc Bulger - He should be starting and if he does he could come out firing.

Ben Roethlisberger - Playing in Denver is dangerous for Big Ben, and we don't recommend him this week, but the Broncos do allow points.

Daunte Culpepper - The 5 TD game was a fluke, but he is in Oakland.

Klye Boller - He has shown flashes of brilliance and is facing a soft defense, but he is still Kyle Boller.

4th Tier Quarterbacks MUST BENCH:

Trent Edwards

Kurt Warner (if he plays)

Cleo Lemon

Matt Shaub

Jay Cutler

RUNNINGBACKS
1st Tier Runningbacks MUST Start: .
Larry Johnson

Willie Parker

Joseph Addai

Adrian Peterson
Reggie Bush

Thomas Jones

2nd Tier Runningbacks You have to Start:

Norwood/Dunn

Brandon Jacobs

Lendall White

Brian Westbrook

Maurice Jones-Drew

Edgerrin James

LaMont Jordan

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

Ronnie Brown - New England's defense is tight and will shut down the pass easily and take a huge lead. He still can run though.

Laurence Maroney - He supposely will play, but even if he does he may not see too much action. However, the New England RB's can score often.

Marion Barber - Playing against the toughest run defense in the NFL. However, he does catch passes, and can score from the 1 yard line.

4th Tier Runningbacks MUST BENCH:

Marshan Lynch

Ron Dayne

Kevin Jones

Julius Jones

Travis Henry

Clinton Portis

Derrick Ward

WIDE RECEIVERS
1st Tier Wide Receivers MUST Start:
T.J. Houshmandzadeh

Chad Johnson

Terrell Owens

Patrick Crayton

Plaxico Buress

Randy Moss

Laveranues Coles

Reggie Wayne

Dwayne Bowe

Roy Williams

2nd Tier Wide Receivers You have to Start:

Larry Fitzgerald

Santana Moss

Wes Welker

Jerricho Cotchery

Bobby Engram

Torry Holt

Marvin Harrison

Deion Branch

Marques Colston

Shaun McDonald

Joey Galloway

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

Derrick Mason - Doesn't hav Mcnair.

Benard Berrian - Is poised for a breakout game, but can Griese handle Philly's pressure?

Ronald Curry - Daunte is no McKnown. But if McKnown plays....

4th Tier Wide Receivers MUST BENCH:

Donte Stallworth

Javon Walker

Lee Evans

TIGHT ENDS
1st Tier Tight Ends MUST Start:

Jason Whitten

Benjamin Watson

Tony Gonzales

Jeremy Shockey

Chris Cooley

Dallas Clark

2nd Tier Tight Ends You have to Start:

Desmond Clark

Alge Crumpler

Tony Gonzales

Heath Miller

David Martin

Eric Johnson

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

LJ Smith - Where has he been? Could find space in Chicago's secondary.

Todd Heap - He has an injury and that makes him a risk to play.

Vernon Davis - New QB, and coming off injury. The offense needs him involved.

4th Tier Tight Ends MUST BENCH:

Randy McMichaels

Greg Olson

Bo Scaife

DEFENSES

1st Tier Defenses MUST Start:
Baltimore

Pittsburgh

Chicago

Tampa Bay

Giants

2nd Tier Defenses You have to Start:

Philadelphia

Tennessee

Denver

New Orleans

New England

Detroit

NY Giants

3rd Tier Defenses Start At Your Own Risk:

Seattle - If Bulger is rusty it will be a good game.

Oakland - KC will be tough, so this is one I'd steer clear of.

Buffalo - They are good at home and facing a backup QB.

Kansas City - A much better team at home, yet its Culpepper...

San Fransico - Probably won't get much luck on the road.

4th Tier Defenses MUST BENCH:
Miami, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, Cincinnati, Minnesota, and NY Jets.

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 week 7 sleepers coming next!

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