FFL Week 4 Preview

Thank you Ronnie Brown!! And maybe a secondary thank you to Lawrence Maroney for being hurt and eliminating any chance that Brown would not be starting for me. Except for a nice day by J.T. O'Sullivan, the rest of my squad decided to take the weekend off. For once I had the game wrapped up prior to Sunday night, with Owens and Crosby still to play. So the 10 point advantage after the 4:00 starts expanded to a 21 point victory, despite Owens' 2 insignificant points. 2-1 through 3 weeks.

Anyway, week 4 is upon us and the first of the bye week scrambles. I have no problem swapping Jennings in for Moss. In fact, I probably would have started him even if Moss was playing. NE without Brady is just plain bad. With the giants having the week off, I'll need to pick up a defense for the week, and will probably pick someone up based on the matchup. Suggestions? The one that hurts is Ronnie Brown and the dolphins not playing. I'm weak enough at the RB position, so I'm thinking that for one week, I'll start Selvin Young and Michael Pittman and hope that Shanahan decides to run on KC all day. Could happen.

My opponent this week is the owner who took Westbrook first overall in the draft. Will he play? If he does, will he be limited? From a fantasy perspective, I hope he sees a reduced work load. As an Eagles fan, though, he needs to be there. Plain and simple. The offense can work without McNabb, but without Westbrook, it's just too one dimensional. Fingers are crossed.

So, as of now, the lineup stands at Palmer, Young, Pittman, Owens, Jennings, Gates, Crosby and a defense to be named later. They will go head to head with Roethlisberger, Portis, Edge, Housh, Roddy White, Randy McMichael, Longwell and the Bears D.

Phils are 2-1/2 up over the free falling Mets and 3-1/2 over Milwaukee. How great would it be if the Mets choked themselves out of the playoffs again? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! It's looking like the Dodgers in the NLDS, so hopefully we play better against them post-season than intra-season. Let's get this thing wrapped up by Friday so the rotation is ready to start with Hamels whenever the series starts. You know the Philly fans are gearing up for a run when Rudy Seanez gets a standing 'O' and leaves the mound to a chorus of "Ru-dy"s. We'll kill you when you're a dog, but when you're playing up to expectation, and managment isn't royally screwing things up, there's no better place to play. Haven't experienced it? Then you'll never get it.

And there go another 5 minutes of your life you're never getting back.