Fantasy football advice

I think you will find that you will start moss rather than johnson later IMO.

I think you will find that you will start moss rather than johnson later IMO.

I think Johnson was the most underrated WR in this years FF drafting season. Seems no one realized he led the league in receptions with a nothing offense and a nothing QB. One would think if Schaub is any better than Carr then Johnson's yardage and TDs should go up some. If they go up just a little he is a top 3 WR. For a guy taken as close to the 10th WR in most drafts that's very solid value.

I wouldn't even bother picking up Campbell. Fantasy sports is no place for homey picks. (like nicknack89 who has 4 redskins players that will all be on a bye week together!)
SOrry to say this, but you have better qb's (fantasy wise) already on your roster, and if you start 1 qb, why have a 3 qb team?
Roethisberger is going to do well this year with Tomlin going to a more pass oriented team.
Eli, say what you want about him and his leadership, and playing for the Giants, but he has averaged 3503 yards and 24.5 td's over the past two years. This is his 4th season, and he will likely have to pass more.
Also, Eli tends to be very hot out out of the gates (9 td's in the first 4 games of the season the past two years running, which is a 36 td a season pace)
He threw for 20 td's in his first 11 games in 05, and threw 22 tds in his first 13 games in 06. (13 tds in his first 6 games in 06) So clearly, the man knows how to score, but he's been inconsistant to this point. I say ride it out this year, I think he'll throw for 28 td's this year which will be close to tops in the NFL.

While we're at it... Here's my selections.

I'm in a 8 person league, so everyone is pretty stacked. I'm kind of curious as to whether or not I should start Cooley or Winslow. I think Cooley may struggle against MIA LB's. Who knows.

Starters
QB - Carson Palmer CIN
RB - Larry Johnson KC
RB - Travis Henry DEN
WR - Larry Fitzgerald ARZ
WR - Andre Johnson HOU
TE - Chris Cooley WAS
PK - Josh Brown SEA
DEF - New England

Benched
QB - Matt Leinart ARZ
RB - C. Williams TB
WR - Santana Moss WAS
WR - Joey Galloway TB
TE - Kellen Winslow CLE

Well, that depends on whether you get points for receptions. I do see Winslow getting 80+ catches and 900 yards or so with about 5-6 td's.
Cooley should get around 60-65 catches with maybe around 700-750 yards, 6 or 7 tds.
If it were me, I'd start Winslow, he's the second best TE option out there.

Being that shallow of a league, you had no better option than Carnell Williams? That guy is done, and Pittman has already been named the goalline carrier. So he'll be lucky to get 4 tds all season...and he will likely not be in Chucky's favor by week 4 and pittman will take his carries too. Williams is on an extremely short leash.

Andre Johnson is going to have an amazing year! 100+ catches, 1200+ yards, 7-8 td's. Moss is great, but his fragile hammy means he won't be there week in and week out.
Don't listen to Skins fans, cause 9 times out of 10 they will tell you to use the Skins player. Fact is, everyone here was PISSED last year when Moss didn't put up 05 numbers, and Portis got injured, and Lloyd and ARE weren't worthy of a roster spot in any league.

That being said, I do expect Moss to bounce back with a good qb in the pocket, and I expect Portis to put up good numbers too, but both are fragile, so beware. Cooley signed his large contract, so I don't know what to expect. We had him where we wanted him to be primed for a HUGE season, and we let him off the hook and signed him early. He's a great player, don't get me wrong, but it's almost a given that when someone signs a huge contract, they go into preservation mode instead of "i need to kick ass to get a huge contract" mode.

While we're at it what about my team, it was an automatic draft and I was thinking of getting campbell also. Is Kevin Curtis supposed to be the eagles # 1 now?

Drew Brees
Javon Walker
Hines Ward
Frank Gore
Adrian Peterson
Dallas Clark
Braylon Edwards
Kevin Curtis
Bn-Cedric Benson
Bn-Ronnie Brown
Bn-Ladell Betts (I have a feeling Portis will go down, I had to get him off waivers)
Bn-Heath Miller
Robbie Gould
Chicago's D

I think your TE's are weak compared to what you could have had. Clark has AVERAGED only 31 receptions over the past 3 years. Not good. Oddly enough, Miller has averaged 36.5 receptions the past 2 years. Both are very overrated.
Betts pick up is a good one, if Portis goes down, Betts could easily hit 100+ yards a game.
You have a sleeper in there in Braylon Edwards...keep in mind, this is his magical 3rd season, and last year he had 61 catches for 884 yards and 6 td's. (his last 5 games he had 3 td's) He's due for a good 75+ catch season and 1100 yards.
Javon Walker is solid, and Ward will have a rebound year with Tomlin throwing more.
Gore is a super stud, but Adrian Peterson is overrated. Peterson has not overthrown Taylor who had a monster season last year (over 1200 yards in 15 games). Peterson has talent, no doubt, but he will be used at best 50% of the time. It's not very often a rookie comes in and puts up top 5-7 back numbers, and everyone seems to think Peterson will, well, he won't. He won't have the chance to do it. So I'd put Benson in there. Even brown is a better option, and I'm not high on him.
About Curtis, I steered away from all Eagles wr's because they don't have a clear cut #1. Sure Curtis MIGHT be that guy, but that will only translate to 60 catches and 800 yards at best more than likely. McNabb spreads the ball around too much for any eagles wr to put up big numbers. (other than Westbrook)

I might as well jump on the bandwagon. My money league has 10 teams and we start QB, RB, RB, WR, WR, WR, TE, K, DEF. I had the #2 pick and I think I might actually be close to winning some money back this year.

QB: Carson Palmer
RB: Steven Jackson
RB: Thomas Jones
WR: Javon Walker
WR: Andre Johnson
WR: Darrell Jackson
TE: Todd Heap
K: Jason Hanson
DEF: Denver
BN: Phillip Rivers
BN: Ladell Betts
BN: Santonio Holmes
BN: Joe Horn
BN: Dwayne Bowe
BN: Greg Olsen

I'm really thin at RB and that has me a bit worried. At the same time, I have 2 good QBs and I know some other people are weak there, so I have some good trade bait.
I feel good at WR. I don't need 3 back ups there, but I figure that I can drop one for whatever reason and not have to worry about it.
The only thing that's going to really suck is that a ton of my guys have a bye during week 6, so I might have to bite the bullet and not start a guy at one of the positions.

Any thoughts?

I would consider trying to trade away Eli Manning maybe for someone better. Maybe another receiver. Alge Crumpler won't be as much of a factor in that Atlanta offense as he has been in recent years, still a decent pick though.

I'm pretty happy with my picks, but thought I'd ask for y'all's 2 cents...

8 team keeper league, keep 2, 1st rounders excluded from being keepers:
1 7 Brian Westbrook
2 10 Rudi Johnson
3 23 Steve Smith (CAR)
4 26 Edgerrin James
5 39 Hines Ward
6 42 Philip Rivers
7 55 Eli Manning
8 58 TJ Houshmandzadeh
9 71 Kellen Winslow
10 74 Broncos DEF
11 87 Joey Galloway
12 90 Warrick Dunn
13 103 Vikings DEF
14 106 Neil Rackers
15 119 Dallas Clark
16 122 Kevin Jones

Starters this week:
QB: Philip Rivers v. CHI
RB: Rudi Johnson v. BAL
RB: Brian Westbrook at GB
WR: Steve Smith at STL
WR: Hines Ward at CLE
TE: Kellen Winslow v. PIT
K: Neil Rackers at SF
DEF: Broncos at BUF

Bench:
Eli Manning
Warrick Dunn
Edgerrin James
Kevin Jones
Joey Galloway
TJ Housh
Dallas Clark
Vikings DEF

I might as well jump on the bandwagon. My money league has 10 teams and we start QB, RB, RB, WR, WR, WR, TE, K, DEF. I had the #2 pick and I think I might actually be close to winning some money back this year.

QB: Carson Palmer
RB: Steven Jackson
RB: Thomas Jones
WR: Javon Walker
WR: Andre Johnson
WR: Darrell Jackson
TE: Todd Heap
K: Jason Hanson
DEF: Denver
BN: Phillip Rivers
BN: Ladell Betts
BN: Santonio Holmes
BN: Joe Horn
BN: Dwayne Bowe
BN: Greg Olsen

I'm really thin at RB and that has me a bit worried. At the same time, I have 2 good QBs and I know some other people are weak there, so I have some good trade bait.
I feel good at WR. I don't need 3 back ups there, but I figure that I can drop one for whatever reason and not have to worry about it.
The only thing that's going to really suck is that a ton of my guys have a bye during week 6, so I might have to bite the bullet and not start a guy at one of the positions.

Any thoughts?

bowe and olsen are wasted space, and you dont need a 2nd DEF unless you're just using it as a keep-away. starters are good, depth could be better.

I'm pretty happy with my picks, but thought I'd ask for y'all's 2 cents...

8 team keeper league, keep 2, 1st rounders excluded from being keepers:
1 7 Brian Westbrook
2 10 Rudi Johnson
3 23 Steve Smith (CAR)
4 26 Edgerrin James
5 39 Hines Ward
6 42 Philip Rivers
7 55 Eli Manning
8 58 TJ Houshmandzadeh
9 71 Kellen Winslow
10 74 Broncos DEF
11 87 Joey Galloway
12 90 Warrick Dunn
13 103 Vikings DEF
14 106 Neil Rackers
15 119 Dallas Clark
16 122 Kevin Jones

Starters this week:
QB: Philip Rivers v. CHI
RB: Rudi Johnson v. BAL
RB: Brian Westbrook at GB
WR: Steve Smith at STL
WR: Hines Ward at CLE
TE: Kellen Winslow v. PIT
K: Neil Rackers at SF
DEF: Broncos at BUF

Bench:
Eli Manning
Warrick Dunn
Edgerrin James
Kevin Jones
Joey Galloway
TJ Housh
Dallas Clark
Vikings DEF

you're bench is a bit boom or bust, especially for an 8man, and that could hurt in during bye weeks. starters are solid.