Fantasy Football Tonight 8/18

SO WHAT!

Brett Favre is back. He is going to be the Minnesota Vikings starting QB this year. He instantly makes them a touch better and a better favorite to win the Super Bowl. I say, so what? Favre is not a quality fantasy QB any longer especially in leagues that take away points for turnovers. He is 39 years old and coming off of surgery to his biceps and has a partially torn rotator cuff. Favre never was a very smart QB, rather he just relied on a rocket arm and a gunslinger's mentality. Unfortunately, that will not work for him anymore. I could envision him missing serious amounts of time this season with further injuries to his arm. It is just too big of a risk for so little of an actual reward. Somebody will take Favre in the third or fourth round this year. Please, do not be that person!


TUESDAY SHOW RECAP

In case you missed the Tuesday edition of Fantasy Football Tonight here is what you missed:

• We discussed which QB situation is the worst in the NFL with the result being obviously Tampa Bay.
• A couple of white dudes said to invest in a Roth IRA in order to avoid further tax consequences at the time of retirement.
• Ryan and I went over the injuries to Chaz Schilens, Carson Palmer, Marc Bulger, Andre Brown and Jonathen Stewart.
• We played a little "Know You're Hosts" and had 2 lucky winners guess the correct host and won a Fantasy Football Search T-shirt.
• We dug deep into our sleeper cellar and pulled out a few names. James Davis (RB - Cleveland), Devin Thomas (WR - Washington), LeSean McCoy (RB - Philly) and Vernon Davis (TE - San Francisco).
• Finally, we told you to draft Dwayne Bowe, Reggie Bush (in PPR leagues!) and to not draft Michael Vick, Chad Ochocinco or Justin Fargas.

WHISPERS

The Seahawks and the Eagles have reached out to free agent RB Warrick Dunn to see if he were willing to come to camp and compete for a backup role. The Eagles opportunity has since faded but the Seahawks remain interested due to the fact that Dunn knows the system so well.

The Dolphins have had discussions about bringing in a veteran RB also and the names that floated around there were Edgerrin James and Rudi Johnson. I doubt either would happen, but it is a becoming well known that the team doesn't like Ricky Williams showing up to camp slow and out of shape.

I'M LOVIN'...

Shonn Greene. The Jets rookie RB is a powerful inside runner who will benefit quite a bit from running behind a great offensive line. Greene will see a lot of time as the Jets short yardage ball carrier which will include goal line carries too. If either Thomas Jones or Leon Washington were to go down, Greene's value would skyrocket but I believe him to be useful even if all three RB's are healthy. Washington is a change of pace RB and one who will have packages set up for him especially but not a short yardage ball carrier. This is a guy to target very late in your drafts. Greene has big upside but will have to navigate his way through the Jets crowded backfield in order to carve out a special role for himself.

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