Week 8 START/BENCH players GURU Style!

Week 8 brings another tough BYE with several top fantasy players not playing including Tony Romo, T.O., Larry Fitzgerald, Larry Johnson, and Shaun Alexander.

Automatically bench any players on the following teams:
Kansas City Chiefs, Atlanta Falcons, Dallas Cowboys, Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks, and Baltimore Ravens

(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:

Tom Brady

Derek Anderson

Eli Manning

Peyton Manning

Brett Farve

Phillip Rivers

2nd Tier Quarterbacks You have to Start:

Drew Brees

Jon Kitna

Jay Cutler

Carson Palmer

Ben Roethlisberger

Brian Griese

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

Donovan Mcnabb -

Collins/Young -

Trent Edwards

4th Tier Quarterbacks MUST BENCH:

Jeff Garcia

Daunte Culpepper

Cleo Lemon

Jason Campbell

Alex Smith

RUNNINGBACKS
1st Tier Runningbacks MUST Start: .
Brandon Jacobs

Willie Parker

Adrian Peterson
Stephen Jackson

LaDainian Tomlinson

2nd Tier Runningbacks You have to Start:

Marshan Lynch

Starting Green Bay RB - Whether its Wynn, Jackson, or Morency start him

Reggie Bush

Lendall White

Brian Westbrook

LaMont Jordan

Earnest Graham

Frank Gore

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

Joseph Addai/Kenton Keith - With them splitting time, who will get the carries and the scores? You have to start Addai, right?

Travis Henry - Playing against the Green Bay defense. He is at home, and makes him a solid start, but a risky one.

Maurice Jones-Drew - He's hurting and playing a slid Tampa defense, so that combined makes him a risky start. Watch his status.

Cedric Benson - This is another favorable match up for Benson, the problem is he's had plenty ad been a massive disappointment every time. We say start him, and give it one more chance. Anyone can score on the Lions.

4th Tier Runningbacks MUST BENCH:

Thomas Jones

Ron Dayne

Kevin Jones

Clinton Portis

Laurence Maroney/Kevin Faulk

Jesse Chatman

WIDE RECEIVERS
1st Tier Wide Receivers MUST Start:

Plaxico Buress

Randy Moss

Laveranues Coles

Reggie Wayne

Roy Williams

Torry Holt
Marvin Harrison

Santonio Holmes

Donald Driver

Braylon Edwards

Marques Colston

2nd Tier Wide Receivers You have to Start:

Lee Evans

T.J. Houshmandzadeh
Chad Johnson

Benard Berrian

Wes Welker

Jerricho Cotchery

Joey Galloway

Muhsin Muhammad

Greg Jennings

Hines Ward

Kevin Curtis

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

Santana Moss - Playing New England you know Washington will pass. The big question is can Campbell get the ball to his receivers and pass the New England defense.

Brandon Marshall - You know Cutler has to pass, and they have to pass to Marshall. I'd start him, but the risk is Green Bays' solid defense.

Antwaan Randle El - Playing New England you know Washington will pass. The big question is can Campbell get the ball to his receivers and pass the New England defense.

Issac Bruce - He's playing hurt, but Bulger loves him and they will be in a shootout with Cleveland.

4th Tier Wide Receivers MUST BENCH:

Donte Stallworth

Kevin Walter

Ronald Curry

TIGHT ENDS
1st Tier Tight Ends MUST Start:

Jeremy Shockey

Chris Cooley

Dallas Clark

Antonio Gates

Heath Miller

Kevin Winslow

2nd Tier Tight Ends You have to Start:

Desmond Clark

Bo Scaife

Eric Johnson

Kyle Brady

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

LJ Smith - Where has he been? Again, WHERE? Minnesota has holes that Smith can find.

Vernon Davis - Smith is coming back, but can Davis get on track?

Greg Olson - He's worth a start, but Clark has a major edge on him this week.

4th Tier Tight Ends MUST BENCH:

Bubba Franks

David Martin

Daniel Graham

DEFENSES

1st Tier Defenses MUST Start:

Tennessee

Indianapolis

NY Giants

New England

2nd Tier Defenses You have to Start:

Minnesota

Tampa Bay

Chicago

Green Bay

New Orleans

Jacksonville

3rd Tier Defenses Start At Your Own Risk:

Oakland - Held the Chiefs to 12 points, and Kerry Collins is due for a bad game cause he already had his good game.

San Fransico - The play solid and will be tested by New Orleans, but the Sanits have been very bad on offense, and San Fran is at home.

Denver - At home and Monday night. We smell a bad game from Brett Farve, but its a serious gamble.

Cleveland - They are bad and on the road, but they are facing a St. Louis offense with NO offensive line, and a soso Bulger and Jackson.

4th Tier Defenses MUST BENCH:
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Washington
Carolina
St. Louis
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati

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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