Week 11 START/BENCH players GURU Style!

Week 11 brings sunshine and no more BYE teams. All teams are playing and all players are in the bowl. Lets see who you should start and who you should bench. (Hint Tom Brady is a Must Start)

(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

Peyton Manning

Eli Manning

Carson Palmer

Ben Roethlisberger

Brett Farve

Kurt Warner

Derek Anderson

2nd Tier Quarterbacks You have to Start:

Jon Kitna

Drew Brees

Tony Romo

Phillip Rivers

Marc Bulger

Jeff Garcia

Donovan McNabb

Matt Hasslebeck

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

David Garrard - It looks like he's playing and he can score points. He's a risk coming off injury and might be rusty.

Jay Cutler - Tennessee can be tough, but its Monday Night Football in Denver and good things happen.

Duante Culpepper - At this point I wouldn't start or touch this guy.

Damon Huard - He looked terrible last week. This week he has the Colts and no Dwight Freeny. He might do something.

4th Tier Quarterbacks MUST BENCH:

Kellen Clemons

David Carr

Alex Smith

Byron Leftywich

Cleo Lemon

RUNNINGBACKS
1st Tier Runningbacks MUST Start: .
Willie Parker

Brian Westbrook

Joseph Addai

LaDainian Tomlinson

Willis McGahee

Reggie Bush

Lendal White

Stephen Jackson

Brandon Jacobs

2nd Tier Runningbacks You have to Start:

Kevin Jones - Check injury status.

Marion Barber

Ernest Graham

Edgerrin James

Maurice Jones-Drew

Frank Gore

Ron Grant

Jessie Chatman

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

Edgerrin James - This game has shootout written all over it. He may get 10-12 carries. He can catch some passes, but doubtful.

Selvin Young - His primary risk is whether Travis Henry will start. If he starts it s tough defense, and we don't expect much.

Jamal Lewis - Pittsburgh will be tough to run on. Yea he had 4 TDs last week, but this week is just too hard. Bench him.

4th Tier Runningbacks MUST BENCH:

DeShaun Foster

Clinton Portis

Warrick Dunn

Ahman Green

Justin Fargas

Thomas Jones

Cedric Benson

WIDE RECEIVERS
1st Tier Wide Receivers MUST Start:

Larry Fitzgerald

Hines Ward

Terrell Owens

Reggie Wayne

Roy Williams

Torry Holt
T.J. Houshmandzadeh

Donald Driver

Plaxico Burress

Braylon Edwards

Marques Colston

Wes Welker

Randy Moss

2nd Tier Wide Receivers You have to Start:

Derrick Mason

Joey Galloway

Chad Johnson

Bobby Engram
Santonio Holmes

Brandon Marshall

Chris Henry

Anquin Boldin

Dwayne Bowe

Amani Toomer

DJ Hackett

Deion Branch - (Check his injury status)

Chris Chambers

Shaun McDonald

Antwaan Randle El

Greg Jennings

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

Lee Evans - He's good and can burn New England. I think Buffalo will give them a run for their money.

David Patten - After Colston the ball is spread around. He can get some catches and a TD.

M. Muhammad - This guy has all the skills, but never gets the ball. Grossman might find him.

Jerry Porter - Culpepper is throwing, and most likely Porter won't see much, but you never know.

4th Tier Wide Receivers MUST BENCH:

Arnez Battle

Steve Smith

Patrick Crayton

Vincent Jackson

Roydell Williams

Benard Berrian

Roddey White

Calvin Johnson

TIGHT ENDS
1st Tier Tight Ends MUST Start:

Chris Cooley

Dallas Clark - (Check his injury status)

Antonio Gates

Donald Lee

Heath Miller

Kevin Winslow

Jeremy Shockey

2nd Tier Tight Ends You have to Start:

Bo Scaife

Jason Whitten
Tony Gonzalez

LJ Smith
Leonard Pope

Tony Scheffler

Eric Johnson

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

Todd Heap - Big risk. His quarterback isn't there and he's rusty.

4th Tier Tight Ends MUST BENCH:

Vernon Davis

Alge Crumpler

Desmond Clark

DEFENSES

1st Tier Defenses MUST Start:

Seattle

New England

Tampa Bay

Green Bay

Pittsburgh

2nd Tier Defenses You have to Start:

Tennessee

Dallas

Chicago

San Diego

Oakland

Jacksonville

3rd Tier Defenses Start At Your Own Risk:

New Orleans - New Orleans really has a shotty secondary, but so is the Houston offense. Its a worthy risk.

Philadelphia - Miami. Anyone can stop Miami and they are at home. START THEM.

Indianapolis - No Dwight Freeny, no pressure. This could be bad for the Colts.

4th Tier Defenses MUST BENCH:

Washington

Baltimore

Detroit

San Francisco

Arizona
Carolina

Cleveland

Atlanta
Cincinnati

St. Louis

Buffalo

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 11 sleepers coming next!

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