With Week 1 out of the way, we’re on to the first of three weekends of divisional play.
This weekend features four divisional matchups, including the two teams that had the best regular-season records in 2011.
The Sunday Slackers, who went 10-3 and won the AFC East, faces the Jimmy Jammers, who went 9-4 and took down the Slackers in the playoffs as a wild card, face each other in an early season battle for first place.
In a non-division game, two division favorites square off as Real Houserville travels to Team Boyer.
There are a lot of close matchups this week that were extremely hard to pick — you’ll see by my point predictions — so I won’t be surprised to see a few of these matchups come down to a big play or two on Monday night. I also won’t be surprised to see the 2-point home-field advantage play a role in a few of these games, which will cause Dawson to make me pull out all the percentages again.
Anyway, without further delay, let’s get to the previews.
Jimmy Jammers (1-0)
at Sunday Slackers (1-0)
Series History: Jammers leads 7-2
Last Meeting: AFC Championship Game, Jammers 151.6, Slackers 118.5
Man, the Slackers are bitter.
I don’t know this for sure, but I’m assuming that he must be.
Only two wins in seven tries would certainly make me mad. Add in the fact that one of those losses kept the Slackers out of the Super Bowl, and he surely has revenge on the mind in Week 2.
For the Jammers, he survived the Week 1 Super Bowl rematch and now he’s on to compete in the Week 2 AFC Championship rematch.
This wasn’t done on purpose — the schedule maker didn’t have this in mind — but it works out nicely.
The matchups for both teams are interesting this week.
The Slackers appear to have the advantage at quarterback with Drew Brees going against the Panthers, while the Jammers has Matthew Stafford going against the 49ers.
Last season’s AFC Championship started with the Slackers getting 51.9 points from Brees alone.
It appeared that the Slackers were well on their way to the Super Bowl.
But Stafford battled back to score 44 points and was part of several big performances that fueled the blowout win for the Jammers.
Also part of that win were Darren Sproles and Reggie Bush who combined for 51.8 points.
The teammates are now split up as the Slackers drafted Bush for his team and the Jammers brought back Sproles.
Sproles could take away some points from Brees, but it will be minimal.
As for Bush, he’s going up against the Raiders, whose run defense struggled last season, but played strong last week.
The Dolphins are a mess, but I still think Bush can get 13-15 points this week.
Nevertheless, the key to this matchup is a pair of players on each team.
For the Slackers, Ray Rice and Torrey Smith have to deal with a restructured Eagles defense that played very well last week — but that was against the lowly Browns.
For the Jammers, Julio Jones and Tony Gonzalez both go on Monday night for the high flying Falcons, who passed all over the place in Week 1. Week 2 brings a game against the Broncos defense that is much stronger than the Chiefs defense.
In my opinion, Rice and Smith will have the bigger games and will put the Jammers in a position where a comeback is needed on Monday night.
Rice will be the first real test for the Eagles new linebackers, and I think they’ll struggle, because most linebackers do against Rice. He’s just too good.
The only thing the Jammers can hope for is that both Rice and Smith are kept out of the end zone. I personally think they’ll combine for 2-3 touchdowns. It will be an 18-point swing if the Eagles defense can keep them out, and in turn, that will give the Jammers a chance to win.
So, you’re saying there’s a chance?
No. I’m not.
Jammers’ Biased Prediction: Slackers 136, Jammers 123
Update: I originally wrote this particular predicition on Saturday morning, and now, all of a sudden, Darrelle Revis is ruled out for the New York Jets, which opens up some space for Antonio Brown. Give him double-digits, which changes my prediction to this. Slackers 136, Jammers 133. This will be a close matchup that literally comes down to the final plays on Monday night football. I’m sure you’ll like to watch the back-and-forth banter in the chat room Monday night — especially if both are in the World Series in baseball, which is one day from happening.
World of Noise (0-1)
at Fear and Loathing (0-1)
Series History: Fear leads 7-5
Last Meeting: Noise 115.4, Fear 107.2
In the last 17 fantasy matchups, dating back to Week 11 of the 2010 season, the World of Noise has won just three games.
And what about those three wins?
You guessed it. They came against Fear.
Fear and Loathing once held a 7-2 advantage against World of Noise, but after three straight losses, the lead is down to 7-5.
Last season, Fear’s two losses to the Noise kept him out of the playoffs.
He cannot let that happen again this season.
Both teams have receivers who can nullify touchdowns from the opposing quarterbacks.
Noise has DeSean Jackson, who will have the opportunity to take some TDs away from Michael Vick — if he’s even able to thrown any. I don’t foresee a big day for either, so the other QB-WR tandem in this matchup may provide a bigger impact on this matchup.
And of course, the game is on Monday night, so there’s a great chance that this matchup will come down to the last game of the week.
The Noise has Matt Ryan and Michael Turner going, while Fear has Roddy White and Willis McGahee taking the field.
Ideally, the Noise would like Matt Ryan to throw a touchdown to Turner, but a less greedy Noise will take TD passes to Julio Jones and Tony Gonzalez — so will the Jammers.
If White could have a big night, as well as a big night from McGahee, that could be enough to get the Fear back on a winning track against the Noise.
But I don’t see that happening.
I like Ryan to have a big night, Colston to score for the Saints and BenJarvus Green-Ellis to score a pair of TDs against the Browns.
Fear falls to 0-2 and begins to forge his petition to be removed from the same division as the Noise. I’m sure there are several who would love to switch places.
Jammers’ Prediction: Noise 113, Fear 98
Channel 4 News Team (0-1)
at Graybill’s Generals (0-1)
Series History: News Team leads 6-5
Last Meeting: News Team 142.9, Generals 119.2
This is a big early season matchup. These division rivals both started the season with a loss and starting 0-2 is not how either one of them wanted to start the season.
Both know, especially the News Team who once started 0-5 before making the playoffs at 8-5, that 0-2 isn’t the end of the world.
Still, that being said, they want this division win, because 0-1 in the division could be troublesome.
And the News Team looks to be off to a good start with 32.3 points from Thursday night football, but looking at the numbers closely, he got just 14.9 points from Aaron Rodgers, and that limited Jordy Nelson to 9.6 points.
Even worse was Jay Cutler’s performance, which affected wide receivers for both the News Team and the Generals.
Brandon Marshall added just 2.8 points after 24 yards on two catches for the News Team, and Alshon Jeffrey followed up his big Week 1 with one catch for 7 yards (0.9 fantasy points) for the Generals.
This gives the Generals a big advantage because he still has Eli Manning to play, and Manning should easily surpass 14.9 points.
At the same time, the News Team shouldn’t be counted out because Jamaal Charles (vs. Bills) and Arian Foster (vs. Jaguars) have decent matchups. Foster needs just 20 yards to become the Texans all-time rusher. I say he gets 120.
The News Team absolutely has to get a big day out of one of those guys, preferably two.
I say the two backs and the Redskins defense make the difference for the News Team, but barely.
Jammers’ Prediction: News Team 119, Generals 117
Dottsville Toasters (1-0)
at T-Money (1-0)
Series History: T-Money leads 7-5
Last Meeting: T-Money 136.3, Toasters 58.8
I wonder if the Toasters remember. Or did he put it out of his mind?
It was the beating of a lifetime.
If T-Money was like Chris Brown, he’d get a tattoo of the Toasters all beat up on his neck.
In Week 11 of 2011, T-Money put up 136.3 points — which isn’t anything too outrageous, but the fact that the Toasters only had 58.8 points made it the ultimate blowout.
This wasn’t even close.
But it’s a new year. And the Toasters have a new weapon: Robert Griffin III.
Griffin had a big NFL debut in Week 1, scoring 34.2 fantasy points.
And Week 2 looks very promising for Griffin.
Wait. What’s this? Is Jimmy coming around to the idea of RG3 being worth the No. 3 overall pick?
It’s possible, but I definitely like him for at least 25 fantasy points this week against the Rams.
I also like Calvin Johnson and Chris Johnson this weekend.
I know Megatron is up against a tough 49ers defense, but I think he’ll get a few big grabs that will give him double-digits.
And Chris Johnson has a good chance to rack up all-purpose yards against the Chargers defense. We saw McFadden do it last week and there’s no reason why the Titans cannot get Johnson the rock a lot.
On the other side, T-Money got just 0.3 points from James Jones on Thursday, so he week is not off to a great start.
But it could have been worse — he could have started Jay Cutler who threw four interceptions and scored just 9.2 points.
Heading into Thursday, I would have said I liked Cutler’s chances against the Packers, but that defense stood up big time dominating the attack in the trenches. Cutler looked like a chicken cutlet running around in the backfield.
So T-Money made the right decision because Tony Romo will score more than 9.2 points. The big question for me is how much more?
The Seahawks defense is one of the better squads in the NFL, and this will be a real big test for Romo. After coming out strong against the Giants defense, Romo can make a big statement in Week 2 with a big day against the Seahawks.
T-Money will make a statement if that happens, too.
But because — and only because — I have the Cowboys losing that game, I’m going to say he doesn’t make that statement, and it’s the difference in this fantasy matchup.
That’s right Toasters, move over. I’m jumping on the RG3 Train. Wooooo Woooooo. All aboard! Next stop, Dottsville!
Jammers’ Prediction: Toasters 115, T-Money 110
Jawz Attack (1-0)
at Chinese Organ Thieves (1-0)
Series History: Series tied at 1-1
Last Meeting: Attack 149.1, Thieves 75.1
One of these teams is going to be feeling good heading into Week 3 because one of these teams is going to enter Week 3 with half as many wins as they had in 2011.
Both the Attack and the Thieves were 4-9 last season, and both have their eyes set on a winning season.
For the Thieves, it would be a comeback year — something he’s done before — while for the Attack, it could be a coming out party.
In his third year of the JFL — he’s our baby — he’s battled through a pair of 4-9 seasons in one of the toughest divisions in the JFL.
If the Attack can go 2-0, he’ll be in great shape heading into the Week 3 and 4 division games that await him.
He started the matchup strong with a great 20.5 points from his defense — last week’s top defense scored 22, to give everyone a perspective on the new defensive scoring system, which seems to be a little more fair after one week.
He also started the matchup poorly with a measly 2.4 points from Jermichael Finley, which give the Thieves the advantage at TE with Rob Gronkowski going. He should easily out-perform Finley, which means the Attack will have to make up points elsewhere.
And that may be tough. Steve Smith is questionable and could be limited if he plays, Larry Fitzgerald has to deal with Kevin Kolb and the improved Patriots defense, and Wes Welker has to overcome a horrible Week 1 outing.
By now, my Uncle Jason is saying, “Come on, tell me some good news.”
OK, here you go.
Ben Roethlisberger is going to have a big day. The Jets are without their key cog in the secondary (Darrelle Revis) and Big Ben will find passing lanes all day. He’ll take sacks — he always does — but he’s good enough to avoid the rush and find his receivers for big plays.
Other good news would be that the Thieves’ Steven Jackson, Trent Richardson and Jeremy Maclin all have tough matchups.
The key for the Thieves is getting a big day out of one or two of those guys.
Add that to the day Adrian Peterson should have against the Colts and the one that Philip Rivers and Malcolm Floyd should have against the Titans, and I’d say the Thieves are well on their way to a 2-0 start.
Looking at the matchup, it’s clearly the toughest one to predict. It may not be last on this page, but it is the last one I wrote, and at 9:45 a.m. on Sunday, I’m still torn.
So, I’m going to go with this. The Jawz Attack came out last week, scored some big points and gave himself hope that all the bad luck from 2011 is gone.
I’m going to become a believer in the Attack and say the woes of 2012 are behind him.
Jammers’ Prediction: Attack 124, Thieves 121
Real Houserville (1-0)
at Team Boyer (0-1)
Series History: Series tied at 2-2
Last Meeting: Houserville 145.6, Boyer 114.7
Houserville made an announcement last week, scoring a JFL 2012 season-best 141.7 points in the season opener against the Channel 4 News Team.
He had several great performances, including double-digits from a pair of his questionable selections.
I say “questionable” because of their tendency to be injured.
Last week, though, Andre Johnson and Darren McFadden looked as healthy as can be, and this week, they’ll look great again.
McFadden and the Raiders have the long trip to Miami and with the 1 p.m. start, that could be troublesome for both, but with the Dolphins being so bad, I can easily see a big McFadden day.
Johnson also is in Florida, taking on the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Jags defense is the best part of the team right now, but it’s not the Ravens.
Schaub and Johnson should hook up for another big day. Today will be the moment that World of Noise realizes that keeping Marques Colston over Andre Johnson was a huge mistake.
The Ville also has Cam Newton going against the Saints, and after watching what RG3 was able to do the Saints defense, Newton must be licking his chops.
But after just 13 rushes in a disappointing loss last week, the Panthers might reconsider their offensive scheme for 2012. Running the ball was their path to success in 2011 and they have to get back to that.
However, Sunday could be a tough day for Newton with Jonathan Stewart and Steve Smith questionable.
If they’re out, Newton could see another 20-point week, instead of the 30-point week we expect.
Even with 20 points, I like Houserville to win this matchup. Percy Harvin and C.J. Spiller both have matchups that give them a chance to score double-digits, while Team Boyer has three guys who I fear will score less than 10 on Sunday — Vincent Jackson, Hakeem Nicks and Dez Bryant.
With Matt Forte already having just 8.8 points, even if I’m right about two of those guys, Boyer is in trouble.
Jammers’ Prediction: Houserville 140, Boyer 117
This weekend features four divisional matchups, including the two teams that had the best regular-season records in 2011.
The Sunday Slackers, who went 10-3 and won the AFC East, faces the Jimmy Jammers, who went 9-4 and took down the Slackers in the playoffs as a wild card, face each other in an early season battle for first place.
In a non-division game, two division favorites square off as Real Houserville travels to Team Boyer.
There are a lot of close matchups this week that were extremely hard to pick — you’ll see by my point predictions — so I won’t be surprised to see a few of these matchups come down to a big play or two on Monday night. I also won’t be surprised to see the 2-point home-field advantage play a role in a few of these games, which will cause Dawson to make me pull out all the percentages again.
Anyway, without further delay, let’s get to the previews.
at Sunday Slackers (1-0)
Series History: Jammers leads 7-2
Last Meeting: AFC Championship Game, Jammers 151.6, Slackers 118.5
Man, the Slackers are bitter.
I don’t know this for sure, but I’m assuming that he must be.
Only two wins in seven tries would certainly make me mad. Add in the fact that one of those losses kept the Slackers out of the Super Bowl, and he surely has revenge on the mind in Week 2.
For the Jammers, he survived the Week 1 Super Bowl rematch and now he’s on to compete in the Week 2 AFC Championship rematch.
This wasn’t done on purpose — the schedule maker didn’t have this in mind — but it works out nicely.
The matchups for both teams are interesting this week.
The Slackers appear to have the advantage at quarterback with Drew Brees going against the Panthers, while the Jammers has Matthew Stafford going against the 49ers.
Last season’s AFC Championship started with the Slackers getting 51.9 points from Brees alone.
It appeared that the Slackers were well on their way to the Super Bowl.
But Stafford battled back to score 44 points and was part of several big performances that fueled the blowout win for the Jammers.
Also part of that win were Darren Sproles and Reggie Bush who combined for 51.8 points.
The teammates are now split up as the Slackers drafted Bush for his team and the Jammers brought back Sproles.
Sproles could take away some points from Brees, but it will be minimal.
As for Bush, he’s going up against the Raiders, whose run defense struggled last season, but played strong last week.
The Dolphins are a mess, but I still think Bush can get 13-15 points this week.
Nevertheless, the key to this matchup is a pair of players on each team.
For the Slackers, Ray Rice and Torrey Smith have to deal with a restructured Eagles defense that played very well last week — but that was against the lowly Browns.
For the Jammers, Julio Jones and Tony Gonzalez both go on Monday night for the high flying Falcons, who passed all over the place in Week 1. Week 2 brings a game against the Broncos defense that is much stronger than the Chiefs defense.
In my opinion, Rice and Smith will have the bigger games and will put the Jammers in a position where a comeback is needed on Monday night.
Rice will be the first real test for the Eagles new linebackers, and I think they’ll struggle, because most linebackers do against Rice. He’s just too good.
The only thing the Jammers can hope for is that both Rice and Smith are kept out of the end zone. I personally think they’ll combine for 2-3 touchdowns. It will be an 18-point swing if the Eagles defense can keep them out, and in turn, that will give the Jammers a chance to win.
So, you’re saying there’s a chance?
No. I’m not.
Jammers’ Biased Prediction: Slackers 136, Jammers 123
Update: I originally wrote this particular predicition on Saturday morning, and now, all of a sudden, Darrelle Revis is ruled out for the New York Jets, which opens up some space for Antonio Brown. Give him double-digits, which changes my prediction to this. Slackers 136, Jammers 133. This will be a close matchup that literally comes down to the final plays on Monday night football. I’m sure you’ll like to watch the back-and-forth banter in the chat room Monday night — especially if both are in the World Series in baseball, which is one day from happening.
at Fear and Loathing (0-1)
Series History: Fear leads 7-5
Last Meeting: Noise 115.4, Fear 107.2
In the last 17 fantasy matchups, dating back to Week 11 of the 2010 season, the World of Noise has won just three games.
And what about those three wins?
You guessed it. They came against Fear.
Fear and Loathing once held a 7-2 advantage against World of Noise, but after three straight losses, the lead is down to 7-5.
Last season, Fear’s two losses to the Noise kept him out of the playoffs.
He cannot let that happen again this season.
Both teams have receivers who can nullify touchdowns from the opposing quarterbacks.
Noise has DeSean Jackson, who will have the opportunity to take some TDs away from Michael Vick — if he’s even able to thrown any. I don’t foresee a big day for either, so the other QB-WR tandem in this matchup may provide a bigger impact on this matchup.
And of course, the game is on Monday night, so there’s a great chance that this matchup will come down to the last game of the week.
The Noise has Matt Ryan and Michael Turner going, while Fear has Roddy White and Willis McGahee taking the field.
Ideally, the Noise would like Matt Ryan to throw a touchdown to Turner, but a less greedy Noise will take TD passes to Julio Jones and Tony Gonzalez — so will the Jammers.
If White could have a big night, as well as a big night from McGahee, that could be enough to get the Fear back on a winning track against the Noise.
But I don’t see that happening.
I like Ryan to have a big night, Colston to score for the Saints and BenJarvus Green-Ellis to score a pair of TDs against the Browns.
Fear falls to 0-2 and begins to forge his petition to be removed from the same division as the Noise. I’m sure there are several who would love to switch places.
Jammers’ Prediction: Noise 113, Fear 98
at Graybill’s Generals (0-1)
Series History: News Team leads 6-5
Last Meeting: News Team 142.9, Generals 119.2
This is a big early season matchup. These division rivals both started the season with a loss and starting 0-2 is not how either one of them wanted to start the season.
Both know, especially the News Team who once started 0-5 before making the playoffs at 8-5, that 0-2 isn’t the end of the world.
Still, that being said, they want this division win, because 0-1 in the division could be troublesome.
And the News Team looks to be off to a good start with 32.3 points from Thursday night football, but looking at the numbers closely, he got just 14.9 points from Aaron Rodgers, and that limited Jordy Nelson to 9.6 points.
Even worse was Jay Cutler’s performance, which affected wide receivers for both the News Team and the Generals.
Brandon Marshall added just 2.8 points after 24 yards on two catches for the News Team, and Alshon Jeffrey followed up his big Week 1 with one catch for 7 yards (0.9 fantasy points) for the Generals.
This gives the Generals a big advantage because he still has Eli Manning to play, and Manning should easily surpass 14.9 points.
At the same time, the News Team shouldn’t be counted out because Jamaal Charles (vs. Bills) and Arian Foster (vs. Jaguars) have decent matchups. Foster needs just 20 yards to become the Texans all-time rusher. I say he gets 120.
The News Team absolutely has to get a big day out of one of those guys, preferably two.
I say the two backs and the Redskins defense make the difference for the News Team, but barely.
Jammers’ Prediction: News Team 119, Generals 117
at T-Money (1-0)
Series History: T-Money leads 7-5
Last Meeting: T-Money 136.3, Toasters 58.8
I wonder if the Toasters remember. Or did he put it out of his mind?
It was the beating of a lifetime.
If T-Money was like Chris Brown, he’d get a tattoo of the Toasters all beat up on his neck.
In Week 11 of 2011, T-Money put up 136.3 points — which isn’t anything too outrageous, but the fact that the Toasters only had 58.8 points made it the ultimate blowout.
This wasn’t even close.
But it’s a new year. And the Toasters have a new weapon: Robert Griffin III.
Griffin had a big NFL debut in Week 1, scoring 34.2 fantasy points.
And Week 2 looks very promising for Griffin.
Wait. What’s this? Is Jimmy coming around to the idea of RG3 being worth the No. 3 overall pick?It’s possible, but I definitely like him for at least 25 fantasy points this week against the Rams.
I also like Calvin Johnson and Chris Johnson this weekend.
I know Megatron is up against a tough 49ers defense, but I think he’ll get a few big grabs that will give him double-digits.
And Chris Johnson has a good chance to rack up all-purpose yards against the Chargers defense. We saw McFadden do it last week and there’s no reason why the Titans cannot get Johnson the rock a lot.
On the other side, T-Money got just 0.3 points from James Jones on Thursday, so he week is not off to a great start.
But it could have been worse — he could have started Jay Cutler who threw four interceptions and scored just 9.2 points.
Heading into Thursday, I would have said I liked Cutler’s chances against the Packers, but that defense stood up big time dominating the attack in the trenches. Cutler looked like a chicken cutlet running around in the backfield.
So T-Money made the right decision because Tony Romo will score more than 9.2 points. The big question for me is how much more?
The Seahawks defense is one of the better squads in the NFL, and this will be a real big test for Romo. After coming out strong against the Giants defense, Romo can make a big statement in Week 2 with a big day against the Seahawks.
T-Money will make a statement if that happens, too.
But because — and only because — I have the Cowboys losing that game, I’m going to say he doesn’t make that statement, and it’s the difference in this fantasy matchup.
That’s right Toasters, move over. I’m jumping on the RG3 Train. Wooooo Woooooo. All aboard! Next stop, Dottsville!
Jammers’ Prediction: Toasters 115, T-Money 110
at Chinese Organ Thieves (1-0)
Series History: Series tied at 1-1
Last Meeting: Attack 149.1, Thieves 75.1
One of these teams is going to be feeling good heading into Week 3 because one of these teams is going to enter Week 3 with half as many wins as they had in 2011.
Both the Attack and the Thieves were 4-9 last season, and both have their eyes set on a winning season.
For the Thieves, it would be a comeback year — something he’s done before — while for the Attack, it could be a coming out party.
In his third year of the JFL — he’s our baby — he’s battled through a pair of 4-9 seasons in one of the toughest divisions in the JFL.
If the Attack can go 2-0, he’ll be in great shape heading into the Week 3 and 4 division games that await him.
He started the matchup strong with a great 20.5 points from his defense — last week’s top defense scored 22, to give everyone a perspective on the new defensive scoring system, which seems to be a little more fair after one week.
He also started the matchup poorly with a measly 2.4 points from Jermichael Finley, which give the Thieves the advantage at TE with Rob Gronkowski going. He should easily out-perform Finley, which means the Attack will have to make up points elsewhere.
And that may be tough. Steve Smith is questionable and could be limited if he plays, Larry Fitzgerald has to deal with Kevin Kolb and the improved Patriots defense, and Wes Welker has to overcome a horrible Week 1 outing.
By now, my Uncle Jason is saying, “Come on, tell me some good news.”
OK, here you go.
Ben Roethlisberger is going to have a big day. The Jets are without their key cog in the secondary (Darrelle Revis) and Big Ben will find passing lanes all day. He’ll take sacks — he always does — but he’s good enough to avoid the rush and find his receivers for big plays.
Other good news would be that the Thieves’ Steven Jackson, Trent Richardson and Jeremy Maclin all have tough matchups.
The key for the Thieves is getting a big day out of one or two of those guys.
Add that to the day Adrian Peterson should have against the Colts and the one that Philip Rivers and Malcolm Floyd should have against the Titans, and I’d say the Thieves are well on their way to a 2-0 start.
Looking at the matchup, it’s clearly the toughest one to predict. It may not be last on this page, but it is the last one I wrote, and at 9:45 a.m. on Sunday, I’m still torn.
So, I’m going to go with this. The Jawz Attack came out last week, scored some big points and gave himself hope that all the bad luck from 2011 is gone.
I’m going to become a believer in the Attack and say the woes of 2012 are behind him.
Jammers’ Prediction: Attack 124, Thieves 121
at Team Boyer (0-1)
Series History: Series tied at 2-2
Last Meeting: Houserville 145.6, Boyer 114.7
Houserville made an announcement last week, scoring a JFL 2012 season-best 141.7 points in the season opener against the Channel 4 News Team.
He had several great performances, including double-digits from a pair of his questionable selections.
I say “questionable” because of their tendency to be injured.
Last week, though, Andre Johnson and Darren McFadden looked as healthy as can be, and this week, they’ll look great again.
McFadden and the Raiders have the long trip to Miami and with the 1 p.m. start, that could be troublesome for both, but with the Dolphins being so bad, I can easily see a big McFadden day.
Johnson also is in Florida, taking on the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Jags defense is the best part of the team right now, but it’s not the Ravens.
Schaub and Johnson should hook up for another big day. Today will be the moment that World of Noise realizes that keeping Marques Colston over Andre Johnson was a huge mistake.
The Ville also has Cam Newton going against the Saints, and after watching what RG3 was able to do the Saints defense, Newton must be licking his chops.
But after just 13 rushes in a disappointing loss last week, the Panthers might reconsider their offensive scheme for 2012. Running the ball was their path to success in 2011 and they have to get back to that.
However, Sunday could be a tough day for Newton with Jonathan Stewart and Steve Smith questionable.
If they’re out, Newton could see another 20-point week, instead of the 30-point week we expect.
Even with 20 points, I like Houserville to win this matchup. Percy Harvin and C.J. Spiller both have matchups that give them a chance to score double-digits, while Team Boyer has three guys who I fear will score less than 10 on Sunday — Vincent Jackson, Hakeem Nicks and Dez Bryant.
With Matt Forte already having just 8.8 points, even if I’m right about two of those guys, Boyer is in trouble.
Jammers’ Prediction: Houserville 140, Boyer 117
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