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NFL 2013: Week #9- The Furnace’s Best Bets

Posted by fantasyfurnace on November 1, 2013
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We used Halloween to make one of our five best bets this week, and we, as well as the Bengals, were shocked by the Dolphin’s “Walk-off Safety” in OT. There has only been three of these in NFL history with the first one coming in 1989 by the Vikings Mike Merriweather. Here are the remaining four picks for Week #9…

Home team in CAPS:

COWBOYS over the Vikings- This season’s version of the Dallas Cowboys is one that we haven’t seen for some time. Teams are scoring at will against them and as they enter Week 9 the Cowboys have the 32nd worst defense in the league giving up 315.4 yards of offense per game. The Vikings have had trouble scoring this seaosn as Adrian Peterson has been held in check for the most part and will be playing at less than 100% this week. They’re home this week and their division rival Giants have won two in a row so the incentive is there. ‘Boys are due for a lopsided win.

Saints over the JETS- One year removed from their defense giving up a staggering 7,042 yards on the season, Defensive Coordinator Rob Ryan has turned things around in New Orleans. It is because of this plus their offensive prowess that they have been able to eke out 6 wins over their first 7 games. The Jets who just allowed the Bengals to put up 49 points against them last week , will not be that generous this week but should still fall to the visiting Saints.

#9 Drew Brees, single season record holder (5087 yds.) has enough offensive power to derail the Jets at Met Life Stadium this week, Photo: Chris Graythen / Getty Images

#9 Drew Brees, single season record holder (5087 yds.) has enough offensive power to derail the Jets at Met Life Stadium this week, Photo: Chris Graythen / Getty Images

RAIDERS over the Eagles- The Raiders, who cost us a perfect 5-0 record last Sunday with their stunning 3 point victory over the fading Steelers, seem to be putting things together. Althought Terrelle Pryor didn’t even throw for 100 yards last Sunday, he did run for a score as Oakland held on for the win. As the rare favorite this week, they should have no problem improving to 4-1 at the Black Hole over a fumbling, bumbling Eagles team.

Colts over the TEXANS- Although these two usually play extremely close and competitive games, the Colt’s have a much better resume this season with wins over some of the most elite teams in the NFL such as Seattle, Denver, and San Francisco. Case Keenum almost pulled off the upset of the year against the Chiefs last week, but we think that was more of a case of the Chiefs falling into a good old fashion “Trap Game” mode.

#12 Andrew Luck shown here in his 1st win as a Colt, 23-20 over the Vikings some 14 months ago. Hey, Peyton didn't win his 1st game...Photo: Michael Conroy/AP

#12 Andrew Luck shown here in his 1st win as a Colt: 23-20 over the Vikings some 14 months ago. Hey, Peyton didn’t win HIS 1st game…Photo: Michael Conroy/AP

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Fantasy Football-Week #13 Waiver Wire Pickups

Posted by fantasyfurnace on November 28, 2012
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This is an important week in Fantasy Football. Several teams in your leagues have already clinched playoff spots making a win this week vital for the teams who are on the bubble. In some Yahoo! leagues this is the last week of the regular season! Here are some pickups for your consideration heading into ‘lucky’ week #13…

Mohamed Sanu-WR-Bengals-This former Rutgers star has fast becoming a favorite goal line receiver and #2 option for QB Andy Dalton opposite A.J. Green. Last week he was targeted nine times but only netted 29 receiving yards to go along with two touchdowns. He now has four touchdowns in the past three weeks making him a viable option in most leagues. He’ll face the S.D. Chargers this week who give up the 13th most fantasy points to WR’s. Sanu is available in over 90% of leagues.

#12 WR Mohamed Sanu has become Andy Dalton’s 2nd favorite receiver behind A.J. Green. A must add in most leagues & formats. Photo: Peter Aiken/Getty Images

Dallas Cowboys-Def/SP Teams- Although the ‘Boys have a less than ‘average’ defense, we like the matchup they’ll have this week going up against their divisional rival Philadelphia Eagles. The woeful ‘Birds have lost seven straight and are in a free-fall. The last time these two teams met back in week #10, the Cowboys amassed a total of 22 fantasy points. With Nick Foles and a very porous Eagles offensive line, this willl be the opportune time to pick up Dallas if your team defense/sp. team is suspect this week. Dallas is owned in 40% of leagues.

Justin Blackmon-WR-Jaguars- If you’re in need of a WR2 this week, then have we got a pickup for you! Coming off the Titan’s game last week, Blackmon rustled in a nice 12 fantasy points in standard non PPR leagues by virtue of his 62 receiving yards on five passes and a touchdown. This week he’ll face the team that has given up more fantasy points to wide receivers than any other in the league; the Bufallo Bills. Jags QB Chad Henne has formed a nice chemistry between him and Blackmon and we think he’s a must add in most formats. He’s only available in 40% of leagues so those of you in leagues of 10 teams or less  still have a shot of picking him up.

Jacquizz Rodgers-RB-Falcons-If you have been on the fence about whether or not to pick up Michael Turner’s back-up, then this week you should take the plunge. He’s coming off a week where he scored his first rushing touchdown against one of the more formidable teams against the rush in Tampa Bay. He ran for 49 yards on 1o carries and picked up another 30 yards on two receptions. Turner has not been burning up the turf this season and you can expect Rodgers to garner 15 or so carries this week against the N.O. Saints who have given up the league’s 2nd most fantasy points to running backs. Rodgers is currently available in just over 50% of leagues.

#32 RB Jacquizz Rodgers should pick up some additional carries this week after gaining 152 all-purpose yards last week. Photo: atlantafalcons.com

Garett Graham-TE-Texans- Tied for the most touchdowns (3) over the past four weeks, one behind Jimmy Graham (no relation), this Graham makes for a serviceable tight end in 12+ leagues and deeper leagues as he will face a Titans team that has given up the fourth most fantasy points to tight ends this season. He can fill in nicely if you’ve lost Gronk or if you have Brandon Myers on your team. (Myers goes up against one of the stingiest teams vs TE’s in the league in Cleveland this week). Graham is available in almost every league. We predict he’ll put up 40 yards and a score this week.

Cruz, Wilson, & Karma make for a bad night at Met Strife Stadium

Posted by fantasyfurnace on September 6, 2012
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There’s a joke going around Twitterland that WR stud Victor Cruz saw the Giant’s team physician after the game on Wednesday night who told him he had a very high immune system and that if it didn’t change it would mean that he wouldn’t catch anything!

WR #80 Victor Cruz had three drop passes and two penalties in a game he’d like to forget. Photo: Tom Pennington/Getty Images

I don’t have the statistics right in front of me but if I were to venture a guess, I would say that Cruz had three drops in all of last season; and I would be close. Did his three drops on opening night in E. Rutherford, N.J. cost the N.Y. Giants the game? No. They only lost by a touchdown. But they were costly nonetheless.

What could have been more costly over the course of the game was rookie David Wilson’s 1st quarter fumble. Wilson, who electrified the crowds and Offensive Coordinator Kevin Gilbright in the pre-season, never lined up in the backfield again after his blunder causing the G-Men to go exclusively with Ahmad Bradshaw the rest of the game. He ended up fighting for every inch of the 76 yards he did manage to roll up.

Even the Karma wasn’t very good. The Cowboys didn’t play a ‘great’ game ; the Giants played a worse one. Dallas was called for double-digit penalties (13), was devoid of a running game the entire the first half, and had a Romo pass intercepted by LB Michael Boley for a 52 yard return.

#85 Dallas Cowboys WR Kevin Ogletree scores on one of his two touchdowns vs the Giants. Photo: Tom Pennington/Getty Images

Queens native WR Kevin Ogletree, perhaps the Victor Cruz of the 2012 season, caught 8 passes for 114 yards and two touchdowns. Not Austin Miles, not Dez Bryant, not Jason Witten; none of them. In his first three seasons, Ogletree had caught just 25 passes and had zero touchdowns…Can you spell K-A-R-M-A? If you can’t, I can tell you that the Cowboys had plenty of it on the field on Wednesday night vs the Giants- their first Wednesday night game since they defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 14-12 on Oct. 3rd, 1934.

And then there was the Giants depleted secondary; no Thomas, no Prince, and even replacement Michael Coe went down with a hamstring injury during the game. An ineffective 4th stringer forced the Giants staff to look through the stands for a healthy concessions staffer to help out, but the beer sales were too brisk for the guy to suit up!

Give credit to the ‘Boys (hard as that might be to do for some fans of Big Blue), but they seemed to want this game more than the defending Super Bowl Champions. That was clear. It was also clear that Kevin Ogletree is fast becoming Tony Romo’s favorite target. Until, of course, he plays a team with a healthy secondary.We’ll see…

Meantime, given the Giants’ second half schedule, one of the worst in memory, they need to focus on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers-a game that already can be classified as the obligatory “must win”. The Bucs come in to Met Life Stadium on Sunday September 16th which will give Victor Cruz about 10 days to fix his immune system…