Week 8 Rankings

I feel like it has been waaaay too long, and I’m a changed man in more ways than one.  Most noteably I guess would be the fact that I now have a ring on my left hand.  But second to that has to be my fantasy team going from 1-4 to 3-4!  I said during my Week 6 Rankings that I just needed a couple of wins and I'm right back in this thing.  Although I didn’t move after week 6, I jumped from 12^th to 10^th place after last week, and I’m now a win away from jumping a couple more spots.  So yeah, I’m back in it.  A lot of names have changed on these lists with injuries and bye weeks, but let’s get right to it.

QBs

1.Peyton Manning

2.Aaron Rodgers

3.Drew Brees

4.RGIII

5.Ben Roethlisberger

6.Tom Brady

7.Matt Ryan

8.Andrew Luck 9.Michael Vick 10.Philip Rivers 11.Tony Romo 12.Eli Manning 13.Matthew Stafford

14.Carson Palmer 15.Christian Ponder 16.Jay Cutler 17.Cam Newton 18.Sam Bradford 19.Brandon Weeden 20.Mark Sanchez 21.Russell Wilson 22.Ryan Tannehill 23.Josh Freeman 24.Matt Hasselbeck Peyton Manning is coming off a bye week and gets the Saints secondary…at HOME?…in PRIME TIME?!?  Everyone else can go ahead and play it safe with Rodgers or Brees, but I think Peyton will go off on Sunday night.  I’ll take him at the top spot, thank you very much.  Another QB of note this week is Cam Newton, but for the opposite reason.  The Bears D doesn’t give up many fantasy points to anyone, much less to quarterbacks.  I’d sit him if I had a better option this week.  I’m taking the under on 300 total yards and 1.5 total TDs this week for Cam.  Also, Alex Smith didn't make the cut this week.  Oh well.

RBs

1.Jamaal Charles

2.LeSean McCoy 3.Matt Forte 4.Chris Johnson

5.Ryan Mathews 6.Darren McFadden 7.Adrian Peterson 8.Marshawn Lynch 9.Frank Gore 10.Reggie Bush 11.Willis McGahee 12.Alfred Morris 13.Ahmad Bradshaw 14.Trent Richardson 15.Darren Sproles 16.Rashad Jennings 17.Michael Turner 18.Doug Martin 19.Stevan Ridley 20.Steven Jackson 21.Alex Green 22.Vick Ballard 23.Mikel LeShoure 24.Shonn Greene 25.Michael Bush 26.Felix Jones 27.Jonathan Dwyer 28.LaRod Stephens-Howling 29.Kendall Hunter 30.Daryl Richardson 31.Pierre Thomas 32.Philip Tanner 33.Jonathan Stewart 34.Daniel Thomas 35.LaGarrette Blount 36.Andre Brown 37.Jacquizz Rodgers 38.Danny Woodhead 39.Montario Hardesty 40.Jamie Harper Jamaal Charles is going to stay at the top spot for me, at least until it looks like Peyton Hillis is healthy and vulturing some TDs from him.  Until then, I’m keeping him at the top against any defense he goes up against.  Once again, I have the 3 RBs on my team ranked in my top 10 overall RBs for the week (AP, Mathews, Forte).  If that’s right, I shouldn’t have a problem winning for a third straight week.  Then again, anything can happen.  I do have AP a lot lower than most of the experts.  Tampa Bay has a solid run defense, and even though it is Peterson, I have a feeling that with the shortened week against a tough D, he's not going to be a top-5 RB this week.  Rashad Jennings jumps from obscurity into the #16 spot, and Chris Johnson bounces way back up after an amazing performance in Week 7.  Speaking of amazing, I can't believe just how much I had to edit this list from Week 6 toWeek 8.  It just goes to show you how much volatility there is at this position, even in a small amount of time. WRs

1.Percy Harvin 2.Demaryius Thomas 3.Victor Cruz 4.Brandon Marshall 5.Calvin Johnson 6.Jordy Nelson 7.Reggie Wayne 8.Roddie White 9.Marques Colston 10.Mike Wallace 11.Wes Welker 12.Julio Jones 13.Eric Decker 14.Vincent Jackson 15.Larry Fitzgerald 16.Antonio Brown 17.Miles Austin 18.Hakeem Nicks 19.Randall Cobb 20.Dez Bryant 21.DeShaun Jackson 22.Dwayne Bowe 23.Lance Moore 24.Jeremy Maclin 25.Denarius Moore 26.Brandon Lloyd 27.Malcom Floyd 28.Steve Smith 29.James Jones 30.Josh Gordon 31.Kenny Britt 32.Jeremy Kerley 33.Brian Hartline 34.Mike Williams 35.Titus Young 36.Michael Crabtree 37.Sidney Rice 38.Brandon Gibson 39.Donnie Avery 40.Andre Roberts 41.Nate Washington 42.Darius Heyward-Bey Dwayne Bowe continues to drop because, again, he has Brady Quinn throwing him the ball now (*double sigh*).  I’ll give him another week to see if those two can connect a little more frequently, but he might be on the trading block for me in the near future.  Right behind him I have ranked Lance Moore (also on my squad), and that's going to be a tough start/sit call for me come Sunday.  I have Peyton and Big Ben high on my QB rankings, so I have Thomas/Decker and Wallace/Brown very high as well.  It’s weird seeing Calvin Johnson in the middle of the top-10, but that’s about where he belongs right now (especially going up against a tough Seattle defense).  I think he’ll probably pull in about 80 yards and  TD, but I don’t expect much more than that from him this week. TEs

1.Rob Gronkowski

2.Jimmy Graham 3.Tony Gonzalez 4.Antonio Gates 5.Aaron Hernandez 6.Jason Witten 7.Vernon Davis 8.Heath Miller 9.Dustin Keller 10.Brent Celek 11.Kyle Rudolph 12.Greg Olsen 13.Brandon Pettigrew 14.Martellus Bennett 15.Jared Cook 16.Brandon Myers 17.Jermichael Finley 18.Jacob Tamme Gates finally had a good week, and right before the bye.  Hopefully he and Rivers worked more on those TDs over the break, because I need that connection to continue through the second half of my fantasy season.  Aaron Hernandez is back and once again a big part of the Patriot offense.  He’s instantly a top-5 fantasy tight end.  Dustin Keller is also back from injury, and with the Jets struggling to find some consistancy at wide receiver, I look for Sanchez to keep throwing to his althetic tight end.

DEF 1.Bears

2.49ers 3.Packers 4.Vikings 5.Cardinals 6.Lions 7.Seahawks 8.Patriots 9.Chargers 10.Falcons 11.Dolphins

12.Jets 13.Giants 14.Raiders The Bears continue to dominate on defense, and I think that will happen again at home against the Panthers.  The Niners should also put up some good fantasy points on D, no matter who the QB in Arizona will be.  I like the Packers a lot against a banged up Jags team, and I like both the Lions and Seahawks in the same way I liked both the Rams and Dolphins in Week 6 (side note: I predicted a 13-10 score in that game, but it ended up 17-14…pretty close).  I think the Detroit/Seattle game will also go under whatever Vegas says the total points will be for that game, and both defenses will get some points.  Speaking of not a lot of points, did I mention Brady Quinn was the QB for the Chiefs now?  If you need a bye week fill-in on defense, I suggest the Raiders.  I know Arrowhead can be a tough place to play, but I still think Quinn will have at least three turnovers (one of which will go to the house). The honeymoon may be over, but the vacation never ends… Cheers, Bart

Week 6 Rankings

So far my fantasy season has been pretty frustrating, but week 5 took the cake.  Thursday night I was looking at playing Andre Roberts because I was worried Lance Moore might be out Sunday, but I didn't know for sure.  I didn't want to miss out on a tasty matchup for Lance, so I waited.  Sure enough, I found out Friday that he'd be out against the Chargers.  Roberts didn't do much, but he got 4.2 fantasy points on my bench (which would've helped...stay tuned).  In hindsight, the logical choice would have been to upgrade Devery Henderson and fill him in, but I didn't do that.  I stuck with my rankings and the amount of targets guys have been getting thusfar, and I chose Greg Little (who ended up with zero catches).  That zero really hurt because my Chargers played well on Sunday night, and going into the 4th quarter of that game I only needed 4 points from Rivers, Mathews, and Gates (combined!).

Of course, that didn't happen.

Rivers threw a pick, but I was still OK.  I knew he'd get the ball back in a close game, and he did.  He marched down the field and I thought I had the game won with a 20-30 yard pass to Gates, but then that got called back (flag: offensive pass interference).  I'm in a league with fractional points and I was actually tied at 95.60, until Rivers fumbled on the last play and lost me two points.  So that was it.  Two points.  

I feel like I stuck to my guns and my rankings, but it just didn't quite work out.  Injuries are killing me right now, but I have to try to find some points out there somewhere.  So far, guys on my team who have been injured include: Mathews, Nicks, Forte, Gates, Moore...and now AP is dealing with an ankle injury and will probably be questionable this weekend.  

I feel like the Jets!

But enough complaining.  It's time to get down to business.  Thankfully my league is highly competitive, and while I'm sitting at a horrid 1-4, there are six teams tied for 2nd place at 3-2 (more or less depending on their total points).  A couple of wins and I'm right back in this thing!  It's a 13 game fantasy regular season, so we're more than 1/3 of the way through now.  It's time to put up or shut up.  Injuries and bye weeks are going to kill me the next couple of weeks, but they're going to be hurting other people too. I'm really feeling the pressure for the Ws now, and there's no time like the present to get one.  Hopefully I can have enough guys to make a team this week.  I guess I'll have to make that happen, based on the rankings below.  Enjoy!


QBs
1.Matt Ryan
2.Aaron Rodgers
3.Peyton Manning
4.Ben Roethlisberger
5.Tom Brady
6.Matthew Stafford
7.Eli Manning

8.RGIII 9.Joe Flacco 10.Andrew Luck 11.Michael Vick 12.Philip Rivers 13.Andy Dalton

14.Tony Romo 15.Ryan Fitzpatrick 16.Alex Smith 17.Kevin Kolb 18.Matt Schaub 19.Christian Ponder 20.Carson Palmer 21.Josh Freeman 22.Ryan Tannehill 23.Brandon Weeden 24.Sam Bradford A lot of the top quarterbacks are going up against tough defenses this week, so I'm going to shake things up a bit.  I missed on Andy Dalton last week, but I was definitely right in ranking Luck as highly as I did.  He was impressive against Green Bay, and we'll see how he does on the road this week against the Jets secondary (I think he'll keep rolling).  Peyton just barely edged out Eli in fantasy points in week six, so I would've lost that bet (though not by much...both had great games).  I have Peyton ranked very highly this week, as I think he'll show up big this time on MNF.  I'm dropping RGIII considerably this week, obviously due to the concussion.  If he does play, I think he could be a little shaken up, hesitant, or potentially not even finish the game as a precautionary measure.  If I were to update my rankings later on in the week, I'd probably drop him even further.  Big Ben is well into my top ten this week, as I think he'll light up the Titans on Thursday night.  I'd be surprised if he didn't have 300 yards and at least 2 TDs.

RBs

1.Arian Foster

2.Ray Rice 3.Jamaal Charles 4.Trent Richardson

5.Marshawn Lynch 6.LeSean McCoy 7.Darren McFadden 8.Ryan Mathews 9.Frank Gore 10.DeMarco Murray 11.Reggie Bush 12.Michael Turner 13.Alfred Morris 14.Adrian Peterson 15.Rashard Mendenhall 16.Benjarvis Green-Ellis 17.Doug Martin 18.Stevan Ridley 19.Mikel LeShoure 20.Willis McGahee 21.Donald Brown 22.Ahmad Bradshaw 23.CJ Spiller 24.Fred Jackson 25.Chris Johnson 26.Steven Jackson 27.LaRod Stephens-Howling 28.Alex Green 29.Kendall Hunter 30.Shonn Greene 31.Jacquizz Rodgers 32.Jackie Battle 33.James Starks 34.Daniel Thomas 35.LaGarrette Blount 36.Isaac Redman 37.Ben Tate 38.Danny Woodhead 39.Shaun Draughn 40.Toby Gerhart Jamaal Charles continues to impress, no matter what defense he goes up against.  Brady Quinn will be the starter this week, so I'm thinking the Chiefs will give Charles the rock just a little bit.  Tampa Bay has a good rush defense, but then again, so did Baltimore (and he did just fine against them). I kept the faith in Ryan Mathews, and he almost helped get me a win last week (and he would have if Norv had left him in the game at the end...why Ronnie Brown was in there in the 4th quarter I have NO idea!).  Mendenhall moves up the board this week, and new additions Alex Green and LaRod Stephens-Howling are also both additions to my actual fantasy team.  With Forte and Lance Moore on a bye (and Nicks and AP potentially not going Sunday), I might just end up playing both of them.  How sad is that?  We'll see just how sad it is because I think they both have a good opportunity to produce this week. One final note: Not that anyone really cares, but I have officially waived Mark Ingram.  RIP, homie. WRs

1.AJ Green 2.Percy Harvin 3.Calvin Johnson 4.Roddie White 5.Larry Fitzgerald 6.Julio Jones 7.Andre Johnson 8.Reggie Wayne 9.Victor Cruz 10.Mike Wallace 11.Demaryius Thomas 12.Wes Welker 13.Antonio Brown 14.Torrey Smith 15.DeShaun Jackson 16.Miles Austin 17.Steve Johnson 18.Jordy Nelson 19.Brandon Lloyd 20.Vincent Jackson 21.Malcom Floyd 22.Dwayne Bowe 23.Eric Decker 24.James Jones 25.Dez Bryant 26.Brian Hartline 27.Pierre Garcon 28.Denarius Moore 29.Jeremy Maclin 30.Michael Crabtree 31.Andre Roberts 32.Anquan Boldin 33.Andrew Hawkins 34.Mike Williams 35.Nate Burleson 36.Reuben Randle 37.Leonard Hankerson 38.Davone Bess 39.Titus Young 40.Nate Washington 41.Domenik Hixon 42.Darius Heyward-Bey So Kenny Britt finally played last week, but he was clearly hobbled with an injury.  I'm going to stop doubling down on him though because (regardless of what my grandmother thinks) I am not a doctor.  Brandon Lloyd is going up and down like Oprah's BMI, and this week he's back down.  That being said you should probably start him because he'll probably be a top ten guy this week.  Whatever.  I'm kind of done talking about him too.  I picked Luck to have a big week against Green Bay, so I ranked Reggie Wayne way up there.  This week he breaks into the top 10.  Dwayne Bowe is dropping because he has Quinn throwing him the ball now (*sigh*).  I probably should have James Jones higher, but I just don't trust that guy two weeks in a row.  If you want to trust him, be my guest.  If Greg Jennings makes it back though, consider Jones off my rankings. TEs

1.Tony Gonzalez

2.Rob Gronkowski 3.Vernon Davis 4.Jason Witten 5.Antonio Gates 6.Kyle Rudolph 7.Owen Daniels 8.Fred Davis 9.Aaron Hernandez 10.Brandon Pettigrew 11.Brent Celek 12.Dennis Pitta 13.Martellus Bennett 14.Heath Miller 15.Jared Cook 16.Jermaine Gresham 17.Scott Chandler 18.Jacob Tamme I dropped Bennett down a bit last week, and he didn't do much.  I'm still concerned about his consistency, so I'm going to keep him outside of the top ten for now.  He and Dennis Pitta are kind of the same person to me right now, so they're ranked right next to each other.  I can't believe it, but Tony Gonzalez has earned the top spot.  I must say that I was dead wrong about him this year.  I thought the guy had to run out of gas at some point, and although he will, it doesn't look like it's this year.  Matt Ryan should torch Oakland, and I think there will be plenty of yards and touchdowns to go around in Atlanta.  I'm keeping Gates in my top ten even though he continues to suck.  I mean, he doesn't suck.  He's getting a lot of targets, but he's dropping touchdowns and getting offensive pass interference calls.  So that stuff sucks.  We'll see if he can turn it around and keep up with old man Gonzo.  Also, as of this writing, Finley looks questionable to play against the Texans, so I've removed him from the list and added Aaron Hernandez around where he would be (assuming Hernandez is back this week).

DEF 1.Ravens

2.49ers 3.Cardinals 4.Dolphins 5.Falcons 6.Rams 7.Steelers 8.Texans 9.Seahawks 10.Vikings 11.Bucs

12.Bengals 13.Patriots 14.Redskins The Texans looked solid once again, but they lost Cushing to a season-ending ACL injury, and Green Bay is coming to town this week.  I think the Packers will play strong and bounce back after last week's loss in Indy, so I don't see Houston's defense being at the very top this week.  I sure hope the Ravens are the top defense because that would mean Romo might have another horrible game like he had two weeks ago.  I would enjoy that a great deal.  The Dolphins are looking good on defense, and they'll be playing at home against the Rams.  That's a pretty good matchup and another game the Fins can win.  That being said, I also have the Rams D ranked pretty highly, so we'll see if that ends up being a 13-10 game like I think it will. Only three days until my wedding, so this will be the last you hear from me for a while.  I might update my rankings from a beach in Maui, but I doubt it.  Hopefully my writing and rankings don't suck after I get a ring on this finger! Cheers, Bart

Week 5 Rankings

I need to have an intervention...with myself.  

We're now coming up on week 5 of the NFL season, and my fantasy team is 1-3.  It's time to forget about who I drafted and in what round I drafted them.  Ryan Mathews looks nothing like a great keeper right now, and Ryan Fitzpatrick is outplaying Philip Rivers.  I ranked Fitzpatrick three spots above Rivers in week 4, but did I play him?  Of course I didn't!  Granted, I still would have lost my matchup by a mile, but every point counts.  At 1-3, I could be looking at needing those extra points for a tiebreaker to get into the playoffs.  You never know.  And while this week I have Rivers ranked higher, I need to look at all of my matchups and make better decisions.  If Hakeem Nicks ever decides to come back but he's not at 100%, I might need to continue playing Lance Moore over him.  Hell, I might need to consider the waiver wire or try to make some trades here pretty soon.  Mark Ingram isn't doing much of anything, and it's about time to cut ties there.  If he turns out to be an amazing keeper for someone in 2013, so be it.  I'm trying to win it all this year, and I'm clearly feeling the pressure for some much needed Ws.

Most likely many of you can apply this same strategy to your teams.  I bet a lot of people sat Chris Johnson in week 4 (and rightfully so).  He finally decided to play a little bit, so that decision to put him back in got a little bit harder.  But the point is to not dwell on that 2nd round pick you made who is stinking up the joint.  If you need to put in Alfred Morris or Willis McGahee over Steven or Fred Jackson (no relation), then that's what you do.  Find yourself wanting to start Reggie Wayne over Jeremy Maclin?  You'd better!

...and I need to take my own advice.

We're now at just over a week til the big day for me, but the ranking must go on.  Even more bye weeks now, and I hope I can catch a break or two in the weeks to come instead of being the one dishing out the easy wins for other people.  Feel free to pick me apart in the comments.

QBs
1.Aaron Rodgers
2.RGIII
3.Drew Brees
4.Matt Ryan
5.Tom Brady
6.Eli Manning
7.Andy Dalton

8.Peyton Manning 9.Joe Flacco 10.Cam Newton 11.Philip Rivers 12.Michael Vick 13.Andrew Luck

14.Ben Roethlisberger 15.Kevin Kolb 16.Ryan Fitzpatrick 17.Jay Cutler 18.Matt Schaub 19.Christian Ponder 20.Alex Smith I didn't even adjust my top five this week.  No need.  These guys all had big week fours, and I think week five will be more of the same.  Call it lazy or whatever you want, but I'm letting it ride with those guys at the top.  I already mentioned the Fitzpatrick call, so I don't want to get into that again.  Big Ben and Andrew Luck are back in the mix this week, but I'm actually ranking Luck one spot higher.  I think they'll have to air it out a lot to try to keep up with Green Bay, and I think Philly won't let Ben do what he did against Oakland in Week 3 (and what Peyton Manning did to Oakland this past week...maybe it's just a trend with Oakland).  You also may have noticed Andy "Red Rocket" Dalton cracking this week's top 10 QBs.  He's looking like a solid fantasy quarterback this year, and he's going up against that Dolphin secondary that is getting smoked every week.  I can't find him in any expert's top 10, so I guess he'll be MY pick this week.  I also have Eli over Peyton in their week 5 matchups, and if anyone wants to take that bet as to which Manning gets more fantasy points this week, bring it on!

RBs

1.Arian Foster

2.Ray Rice 3.Marshawn Lynch 4.Adrian Peterson

5.Trent Richardson 6.Jamaal Charles 7.Frank Gore 8.LeSean McCoy 9.Maurice Jones-Drew 10.Ryan Mathews 11.Reggie Bush 12.Michael Turner 13.Matt Forte 14.Darren Sproles 15.Alfred Morris 16.Stevan Ridley 17.Benjarvis Green-Ellis 18.Cedric Benson 19.Willis McGahee 20.Chris Johnson 21.CJ Spiller 22.Ahmad Bradshaw 23.Steven Jackson 24.Donald Brown 25.Ryan Williams 26.Michael Bush 27.Fred Jackson 28.Ben Tate 29.DeAngelo Williams 30.Shonn Greene 31.Jackie Battle 32.Rashard Mendenhall 33.Jacquizz Rodgers 34.Danny Woodhead 35.Pierre Thomas 36.Jonathan Stewart 37.Robert Turbin 38.Kendall Hunter 39.Brandon Bolden 40.Lance Ball I stayed down on Andre Brown in week 4, and I'll be down on him as long as Bradshaw is healthy.  I ranked Michael Bush at 11th in week 4, but that was assuming Forte would be out.  Had I taken the time to update my rankings on Monday, he would've fallen considerably.  Also, I had Marshawn Lynch ranked pretty highly when compared to some of the experts out there in week 4, and he finished 3rd amongst all RBs.  Just a little pat on the back there for myself.  Yes I was wrong about a ton of other stuff (including my own fantasy football team), but it's the little victories that help.  I'm going to continue to rank Jamaal Charles in my top 10, no matter who he's going up against.  Baltimore has a tough rush defense, but I wouldn't think twice about starting Charles.  I'm also keeping the faith in Ryan Mathews.  I think they were just easing him in last week, and although I think Battle could steal a goalline TD away from him this week in New Orleans, I think there will be plenty of points to go around.  I sure hope so because I have three Chargers going Sunday night!  One final note: Mark Ingram is officially off my list (sadly for my fantasy team).  Hopefully he'll rejoin the list in the weeks to come, but it's not looking good. WRs

1.AJ Green 2.Roddie White 3.Andre Johnson 4.Percy Harvin 5.Larry Fitzgerald 6.Victor Cruz 7.Brandon Marshall 8.Mike Wallace 9.Brandon Lloyd 10.Julio Jones 11.Reggie Wayne 12.Demaryius Thomas 13.Jordy Nelson 14.Torrey Smith 15.Wes Welker 16.Steve Smith 17.Steve Johnson 18.Dwayne Bowe 19.Antonio Brown 20.DeShaun Jackson 21.Marques Colston 22.Eric Decker 23.Malcom Floyd 24.Danny Amendola 25.Pierre Garcon 26.Brian Hartline 27.Lance Moore 28.James Jones 29.Jeremy Maclin 30.Andre Roberts 31.Michael Crabtree 32.Domenik Hixon 33.Greg Little 34.Anquan Boldin 35.Andrew Hawkins 36.Brandon LaFell 37.Leonard Hankerson 38.Jerome Simpson 39.Davone Bess 40.Nate Washington Last week I said Britt would be back, but maybe I jumped the gun a little bit.  He was inactive due to an injury, so obviously he didn't do too much in week 4.  I'm doubling down this week though.  Actually, check that.  I'm not going to be updating my rankings again this week, so let me just say that I'm doubling down for whenever he plays again (and I'll leave him off the list this week).  If it's not this week, I'm (fairly) confident it'll be next week.  Britt is a guy that when healthy can be extremely dangerous.  If it is this week, I think he'll do some damage. OK I'm done talking about Kenny Britt. Brandon Lloyd is back in the top 10 for me, and I think he'll be there to stay.  And will you look at Reggie Wayne all the way up there near the top.  I'm picking Luck to have a big week, so I have to pick Wayne to be up there too.  Maybe he breaks into the top 10 next week.  Who knows? TEs

1.Rob Gronkowski

2.Jimmy Graham 3.Vernon Davis 4.Tony Gonzalez 5.Antonio Gates 6.Jermichael Finley 7.Kyle Rudolph 8.Dennis Pitta 9.Brent Celek 10.Fred Davis 11.Martellus Bennett 12.Greg Olsen 13.Owen Daniels 14.Heath Miller 15.Jared Cook 16.Jermaine Gresham 17.Scott Chandler 18.Jacob Tamme In the end, I went with Gates over Pitta last week, and it was a good decision.  Although it didn't help me out to a victory, I like making the right calls in fantasy football the same way I like making them in poker.  If a "right" call turns out to be wrong, I can live with it if I feel like I made the right, educated choice.  Of course a lot of fantasy football is a total crap shoot, but this is how I feel about it anyway.  I'm dropping Bennett down a bit.  I'm just concerned about his consistency.  Not sure why I'm not as worried about Pitta, but I'm just not.  Scott Chandler now makes the list with his 2 TDs last week, but he just doesn't get enough targets to be a guy I'm going to rank any higher than 14th or 15th...at least not yet.

DEF 1.Texans

2.49ers 3.Ravens 4.Bears 5.Giants 6.Cardinals 7.Vikings 8.Seahawks 9.Bengals 10.Steelers 11.Packers

12.Rams 13.Eagles 14.Falcons I almost want to just stop ranking defenses too.  It's so hard!  Arizona was my top pick for week 4, and they were in the top 10, but I didn't give enough love to the Niners and Texans.  Those two blew up against the Jets and Titans, respectively.  I'm really surprised Seattle didn't get to the quarterback or cause more turnovers against the Rams, but they were respectable.  I'm going to continue to rank them highly every week because they're so solid.  I mean, they still only allowed 19 points on the road.  The Vikings are looking like a solid defense, and I actually picked them up in my league this week.  All of the other teams I have ranked above them are taken, so I need to stick to my rankings.  Hopefully it'll work out for me this week.  Good luck everyone (except House this week...sorry dude). Cheers, Bart