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My over/under for this is 15 points for QB & RB, 10 for WR & DST and 5 for K & TE.

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Surprise Starts
QB: Pennington
RB: W. Dunn
WR: Welker
TE: Des. Clark
K: N. Folk
DST: DET

Bizzare Benches
QB: Bulger
RB: R. Brown
WR: Fitzgerald
TE: Gonzalez
K: Kasay
DST: NE

To recap this season, I’m one game below .500.

22-23-3.

Not doing well so far but not flopping ala Hammerin’ Hank style just yet.

Picks Against the Spread
CLE (+4.5) vs. BAL - Another Ravens winner at the gun.
DET (+3) vs. CHI - Bears are all sorts of banged up on defense
GB (-2) @ MIN - Usual House of Horrors for Favre but I’m bucking tradition
ATL (+3) vs. HOU - Texans very dinged on offense
NYJ (-3.5) @ BUF - Sorry Bills fans but this will be a long year
OAK (+3.5) @ MIA - Close game of FGs until Raider busts long TD
DAL (-12.5) vs. STL - Rams have MASH unit on Offense and Cowpies are solid
PIT (-5.5) @ ARI - Steelers on a roll right now
SF (+2) vs. SEA - 49ers should squeeze out a win
TB (+2.5) @ CAR - Does anyone trust David Carr less than me?
DEN (+9.5) @ IND - Doesn’t Shanahan always find a way versus Indy?
SD (-12) vs. KC - LT should go medieval on Chiefs
PHI (-2.5) @ NYG - McNabb has awoken and should have field day again
CIN (+7.5) vs. NE - Bengals pull within 7 late to cover

My Survivor pick this week is Dallas. It pains me to no end that I need Dallas to be 4-0 to advance in my survivor league.

Warning of the week: Indianapolis. Shanahan always seems to know how to control the tempo against Indy.

Team 1 Roster of 10 team veteran league
(2-1 but still off to a good start.)

QB: Pennington, V. Young on bye and Leinart is shaky
RB: F. Gore, L. Jordan, C. Williams, L. White, K. Watson - Going with best matchups
WR: S. Smith, R. Williams, S. Holmes, W. Welker - Williams and Smith still best options.
TE: D. Clark, J. King, LJ Smith (IR) - Clark best matchup
K: Reed - Best K so far this year
DST: SD - Should turn KC over many times
(Made many opportunistic moves this week…Picked Pennington for start against Bills, Deuce is on permanent IR, picked up Kenny Watson for that roster spot, Picked up Jeff King for better TE option, cut Mare and picked up hottest kicker Reed.)

Team 2 Roster of 12 team PPR league
(3-0 thanks to Brees’ demise on Monday)
QB: Schaub, Leinart - Schaub doesn’t look good on paper but Leinart is shaky.
RB: Parker, Jordan, Bush, Dunn - Bush is on bye
WR: Wayne, R. Williams, Welker (flex), L. Coles, Randle El, Evans - Toss up at flex but Wes is hot right now
TE: Witten - Continues to impress
K: Gostkowski - Shoot out awaits on Monday night
DST: Chicago - Should get multiple TOs even though dinged up
(0-3 team dropped Jones-Drew but my 12th place waiver position didn’t let me get him.)

Team 3 Roster of 10 team, auto-draft, 3rd year, work league
(1-2 and worst of my teams right now, also thanks to Brees demise.)
QB: Smith, Brees, Leinart - Brees is on bye and Leinart is still shaky
RB: Gore, Parker, Jordan, D. Williams - Gore back in with 120 yd/game avg vs. SEA
WR: Welker, R. Williams, A. Johnson, Branch - Going with hot Welker on Monday night.
TE: Schobel, Scaife - Scaife on bye or I would play him given TD last week
K: Reed - Reed is hot!
DST: Baltimore - CLE should be good for some turnovers!
(Picked up Alex Smith for start this week, Picked up Welker and dropped Gould, Picked up Reed and dropped Mare)

Team 4 Roster of 10 team, auto-draft, 2nd year, work league
(2-1 with easy win last week.)
QB: McNabb, Leinart - McNabb put up last week and should this week again.
RB: Gore, Parker, J. Lewis, D. Williams, Norwood - Gore and Parker have best matchups.
WR: R. Wayne, R. Williams, D. Branch (flex), D. Stallworth - Branch better option at flex
TE: Daniels - Only receiving option left for HOU.
K: Akers - Best available kicker
DST: Baltimore, Jacksonville - Good matchup for BAL.
(Dropped Schobel for Norwood, Dropped Mare for Akers, Trying to get S. Moss on waivers and drop JAX defense.)