Fantasy Football Over and Under Achievers

by Mike Dietrich on Dec 9, 2011 3:02 PM CST in Fantasy Football

Hello Fantasy Football Fans,

It is playoff week, and here is the next installment of what will be a weekly rundown on who I think will over or under perform their weekly rankings from ESPN. I am not going to list too many since you should be starting the guys who got you to the playoffs unless thet have an awful matchup. Last week we went 7-3 in the Overachievers and 6-3 for underachievers. Let’s get to the rankings:

Overachievers

· Philip Rivers (11)- No int’s in the last 2 weeks and gets the Bill defense

· Tony Romo (7) and Eli Manning (6)- This is an expected shootout, start them both.

· Rex Grossman (13)- It’s all about playing the Patriots.

· Toby Gerhart (33)- It is not looking good for Adrian Peterson and they get to play the toothless Lions defense.

· Maurice Morris (31)- Kevin Smith is out again.

· Mike Williams (27)- He has been coming on and should get better with Josh Freeman back.

· Santana Moss (27)- He plays the Patriots, easy decision here.

· Julio Jones (23)- He got 11 targets last week and has the tasty Panthers coming up.

· Michael Crabtree (22)- Another matchup that I like when he gets the Cardinals.

Underachievers

· Michael Vick (8)- He is rusty and has to play the all of a sudden Dolphins defense.

· Reggie Bush (13)- This seems way too high.

· BenJavrvus Green Ellis- There is no way I would take a chance with him.

· Steven Jackson (21)- They may put 11 in the box this week and the Seahawks are excellent against the run.

· Beanie Wells (23)- This is a tough sit but the 49ers do not give up rushing TD’s

· Mike Tolbert (27) -If you take a chance here you need a TD since Matthews gets all the carries.

· Percy Harvin (13)- His migraines are back and may not have a QB with Ponder out.

· Brandon Lloyd (20)- 2 words Tom Brandstator.

· Santonio Holmes (24)- He has not topped 60 yards in forever.

· Dwayne Bowe (27)- 2 more words Tyler Palko.

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Good Luck!

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Who should i start as my #3 wr?

Lance Moore or Desean Jackson?

Moore has more td’s but Jackson has much more yards.

by Tampa_Ram on Dec 9, 2011 3:49 PM CST reply actions

Wow thats a tough one, I would go Moore

by Mike Dietrich on Dec 9, 2011 5:30 PM CST reply actions

thanks

I know right, been debating all week on this one. playoff time and opponent destroys me at wr. Hopefully it works out, both are hit or miss right now, even though Moore has been more productive the last month. Thanks for the opinion and liked your assesment of the players as well.

Only one i disagree on is Crabtree. As a Rams fan, we make new players looks like perenial pro-bowlers weekly. I dont think Crabtree gets many big gains this week with Peterson covering him.

Thanks again mate.

by Tampa_Ram on Dec 9, 2011 5:41 PM CST up reply actions