Power Position Betting Quick Hits: Week Seven Football Review

Just when you think the NFL can’t get any better, it does. What a Sunday. I’m almost speechless…but I’ll try.

Game of the week—what is the game of the week? There are too many to choose from, but I’ll go with the Falcons and Steelers going tit for tat. The Falcons even knocked Big Ben out of the game (and yes, he was wearing a helmet), but it didn’t stop Batch from coming in and tossing two touchdowns. Vick had 4 tds, and a key scramble and toss to Crumpler (who also had a monster day) to set up the game winning field goal.

This week actually saw a lot of monster tight ends, from Gonzalez finally busting out and Gates doing what he does and Crumpler with three…just when you think the position is dead, they come storming back.

Like the Bucs. Close contender with the Atlanta-Pitt game, the Bucs had no offense whatsoever, but what does it matter when you get two defensive touchdowns from the Barber who isn’t thinking of retirement. Then they drive down and set up Matt Bryant for a 62-yard field goal—after McNabb leads, or I should say, after Westbrook makes the whole Bucs D miss him—the second longest in NFL history. Nuts.

Nuts? How about the Texans ripping the Jaguars 27-7. This is the first time in team history that they have won two consecutive times at home—if that doesn’t get their fans to calm down, I don’t know what will.

Everyone was up in arms for Brad Childress’ decision to give the whole Vikings team the week off to relax. Calm down you crazy Viking fans, they shut the 12^th man up after knocking out Hasselbeck and without him or Alexander, the Seahawks were cooked. Maybe not the intended game plan, but a win is a win and the move turned out okay.

Speaking of moves that turned out all right, the Bengals threw long on a 4^th and 1 play and ended up winning the game because of it. That’s what we call coaching.

Coaching, hmm…can we say anything good about the coaching in the Raiders Cardinals game? I guess Art Shell got his first win of the season, that’s about the only good thing on the coaching front from those two teams. One game and the Raiders are out of the dunce’s corner—it’s that easy. Who replaces them? Hello Arizona. I love your state, I love your stadium, but your team is in the corner.

Let me repeat. The Raiders have won a game.

The Patriots won against the Bills. Surprise? Didn’t think so.

But we were surprised with the Kansas City and Chargers game, another nail biter and heart thumper. The Chiefs jump out to a huge lead, but then the Chargers come back, only to lose to Tynes—another game winning field goal. Two of them in this game, actually, as a penalty pushed what would have been the game winner five yards back. No problem, easy does it.

This game was also one versus two in our overall fantasy showdown. Who won? I call it a draw. LJ was clearly the better runningback, but LT proved why he was number one overall—66 rushing yards, 6 catches for 72 yards and a touchdown, and a one-yard td toss to tie the game up. That is the definition of a clutch performer.

Pss…hey you. You heard? Raiders finally won. Moss went over 100…

How correct was I with the strong recommendation for Leon Washington? 130 yards and two touchdowns. I know he helped someone win big this week. I also recommended Kitna, saying the Lions would have to play from behind if they wanted to win this game—which is exactly what they did, as he finished with 270 and 3 tds.

I also strongly recommended Wes Welker—hey, two of three ain’t bad. He caught six passes, but went for only 38 yards. Nothing special on returns either.

How about Harrington though? 400+ yards and two scores. 3 interceptions sure, but 62 passing attempts. That’s how you win fantasy games. Marty Booker benefited the most from Joey’s aerial campaign, but Ahman Green and a 70 yards scamper—and a good game finally for Driver again—were too much for the Dolphins.

Too early to say Green is back though. Still, very nice. Especially if you started him as a bye week replacement.

Ultimately, this is what will win games for you in fantasy—how deep your bench is, and who you can depend on. This is also how it works in real life. Stars are born every Sunday, the only rub is that you have to first find them, then start them.

Look for our podcast tomorrow night sometime, as we look to get the word out sooner to help you guys in your fantasy leagues. Until then, this is CollegeBoy saying play smart, stay sharp. Later.