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NFL Week #13: This Week’s Five Best Bets

Posted by fantasyfurnace on November 30, 2012
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With just four more weeks in the regular season, we’ve evened our record to a smooth 40-20 while going 3-2 last week. The two games we lost were by a total of four points; Seahawks vs the Dolphins and the Bucs vs the Falcons. Nail-biters both, we came within a hair of going 5-0 for the second consecutive week. Let’s see if we can run the table this week with these five Best Bets…

*Home team in CAPS

JETS over the Cardinals- Rex Ryan says that his team still has one of the leagues five top defenses. I guess he wasn’t on the sidelines when his Jets were outscored 113-28 by the 49ers (week #4) Dolphins (week #8), & the Patriots (week #12). And their defense has almost been as bad as their offense! So the question remains why are we picking them to win this week? Two words: Ryan Lindley. He will be the Cards’ starting QB this week and has a QB rating of 47.0. Oh, and he has never thrown an NFL touchdown. If the Rams could force him into four interceptions last week then the Jets should do at least the same. Unfortunately, after they mop the floor with Arizona, we’re going to hear the Super Bowl predictions spewing out of  Sexy Rexy’s mouth all week…

Jets Coach Rex Ryan needs to cover up his face after reiterating that his club, currently 26th in points allowed, is one of the leagues top five defenses. Photo: nypost.com

Jets Coach Rex Ryan needs to cover up his face after reiterating that his club, currently 26th in points allowed, has one of the leagues top five defenses. Photo: nypost.com

Seahawks over the BEARS- We like the visiting ‘dogs this week in what might end up being a 0-0 game when it’s over. Two of the leagues top defenses squaring off should keep the points low in this one. The Bears’ offensive line is a bit banged up from their game vs the Vikings last week. RB Matt Forte, who suffered an ankle injury in that game, is probable but not someone to count on as he’ll play way less than 100%. (Devin Hester is also questionable). The ‘Hawks, if you’ll remember, beat up Da Bears last December 18th AT Soldier Field 38-14 and we like their defense even better this year. They’re our ‘Upset Special’ of the week. *Editor’s note: The last NFL game to end 0-0 was played on November 7th, 1943 and featured the Lions vs the Giants. There were only 9 total first downs in that game!

49ers over the RAMS- This game might be closer than most think given that these two played to a 24 all tie just a few short weeks ago in week #10 at Candlestick Park. Steven Jackson and Danny Amendola both went over the century mark in that contest, 101 rushing and 102 yards receiving respectively. Two things changed significantly since then; the 49ers defense has played like they did last season and, instead of Alex Smith under center, Colin Kaepernick, who has been on fire, will start and give S.F. a better chance of winning.

RAVENS over the Steelers- These are another couple of teams that could play to a 0-0 tie. Historically, these two rivals  have always played extremely close games- usually decided by one team lining up for a game-winning field goal. The difference this week will be the absence of Ben Roethlisberger from the starting lineup. In that game, Ray Rice was held to just 40 rushing yards, while Byron Leftwich passed for 199 yards, no touchdowns and one interception. The Ravens pulled out the win by…yep, a field goal- 13-10. Sunday, Charlie Batch will go up against Joe Flacco, a matchup that will make the Ravens come out on top.

#5 Joe Flacco is the main reason why the Ravens will win their second meeting vs their rival Pittsburgh Steelers. Photo: ravens.com

#5 Joe Flacco is the main reason why the Ravens will win their second meeting vs the rival Pittsburgh Steelers. Photo: ravens.com

Giants over the REDSKINS- The Giants travel to the nation’s capital for the Monday-Nighter and their second game against the Redskins this season having won the first in week #7 by the score of 27-23. The ‘Skins contained RB Ahmad Bradshaw, holding him to just 43 rushing yards in that one, however WR Victor Cruz had a game high 131 receiving yards and a touchdown while Eli Manning passed for 331 yards on the day. The Giants will need to do a better job at stopping the run if they are to have a legitimate chance at pulling off the victory as RB Alfred Morris and QB RGIII combined for 209 rushing yards in that game. If you believe in deja vous, it was last season (in week #15) that the Redskins stunned the Giants at Met Life Stadium 23-10. It evened their record to 7-7 but the Giants never lost another game in the regular season or in the post season. We’re sure that Big Blue has not forgotten that loss and will use that added incentive to up their record to 8-4.

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10 Facts, Stats, & Records (either tied or broken) in the Giants 41-27 win over Cleveland

Posted by fantasyfurnace on October 8, 2012
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Every so often a regular season NFL game comes along with an inordinate amount of interesting and little known facts accompanying it. Thus was the case in the Giants 41-27 defeat of the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. At least five records were either tied or broken at Met Life Stadium on a rainy & chilly October afternoon. Here are some of the more interesting stats that we were able to extrapolate from this game…

1. The Giants came into this game averaging 89.5 yards on the ground per game. Sunday they had 243 rushing yards on the day.

2. RB Ahmad Bradshaw rushed for a career high 200 yards.

#44 RB Ahmad Bradshaw, after fumbling on the Giants first drive of the game, went on to rush for a career high 200 yards on 30 carries and a TD. Photo: Nick Laham/Getty Images)

3. Cleveland has now lost 11 games in a row dating back to last season.

4. RB David Wilson collected his first NFL touchdown.

5. WR Victor Cruz had a career high three touchdowns in one game.

#80 WR Victor Cruz had a record setting afternoon vs the Browns on Sunday, scoring a career-high 3 TDs. Photo by Elsa/Getty Images

6. With just under four minutes left in the 1st quarter, the Giants scored on a 92 yard drive; their longest of the season.

7. RB Trent Richardson became the fist rookie to score five touchdowns in his first five games in franchise history.

#33 RB Trent Richardson set a franchise record with five TDs in his first five games. Photo: Image source: Browns Facebook page

8. RB Ahmad Bradshaw became the ninth 200 yard rusher in franchise history.

9. The Giants 41 points were the most scored in a regular season game since their 41-7 win over Seattle on 11/7/10. The last time they scored over 41 points in a regular season game was on 12/21/09 in a 45-12 victory over the Redskins in Washington.

10. The S.F. 49ers and the N.Y. Giants scored a combined 86 points in their games on Sunday. They will face each other in week #6…

Fantasy Football: Week #3 Waiver Wire Pickups

Posted by fantasyfurnace on September 20, 2012
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While some of you will be interested in seeing how your higher draft picks who have been under-performing do in week 3, (Chris Johnson, Jamaal Charles, Larry Fitzgerald, Eric Decker, etc,) others more fortunate are looking to improve on what they already have. So here are this week’s pickups for you to consider:

Brandon LaFell-WR-Panthers- He really impressed Ron Rivera, Carolina’s coach after his six catch-90 yard performance on Sunday. “He’s developing into a fine receiver”, said Rivera. We liked that he was targeted eight times and are really high on his 17.2 YPC average over the the first two weeks. Owned in 50% of leagues, he is a must add if you can still get him.

#11 WR Brandon LaFell is head over heels after making this great catch vs Titans free safety Vincent Fuller in a pre-season game. He’s a must add this week. Photo: zimbio.com

Brandon Gibson-WR-Rams-There is some good news-bad news that comes along with this 25 year old receiver out of Waskhington St. The good news is that he has two touchdowns in two games and should have had a third had coach Jeff Fisher challenged the ref’s blown call last week vs the Redskins. Although he seems to be getting a nice share of Red Zone looks, the bad news is that he has only been targeted eight times through two games. In deeper leagues he’ll make a nice WR3 option & is only owned in 12% of leagues.

Andre Brown-RB-Giants- In the absence of RB Ahmad Bradshaw (neck)  for Thursday’s matchup against Carolina, Brown will get the start after filling in so well last week vs Tampa Bay when he rushed 13 times for 71 yards and a touchdown. He also added a 2-point conversion and had two catches for 19 yards. The Panthers give up an average of 140+ yards per game which makes Brown an excellent Flex play in all formats. He is available in around half of all leagues.

#35 RB Andre Brown, playing on his fifth team in four years, make for a serviceable Flex play this week. Photo: Robert Sabo/New York Daily News

Matt Cassel-QB-Chiefs- With Cassel, the ’6′s are wild! His contract made him a $60 million dollar man, he currently has the sixth most passing yardage in the NFL, and he’s only owned in 16% of leagues. Against the Saints this week, Cassel will be forced to take to the air once again as he did vs Buffalo last week when he was 23-42 302 yards with 2 TDs and 1 INT. Realistically he’s a decent QB2 and is capable of putting up some fine numbers.

Dennis Pitta-TE-Ravens- An unbelievable 23 targets in two games have moved Pitta ahead of TE Ed Dickson (7 targets) in the Ravens depth chart. To date he has 13 receptions for 138 yards and a touchdown and looks to be a solid TE1 this week when the Ravens will take on the Patriots. As he’s owned in 50 % of leagues, a good alternative pickup would be TE Scott Chandler from the Bills. He has 91 receiving yards and two scores in two weeks and is only owned in 20% of leagues.