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Very hard to judge but if Young's injury keeps him out for any length of time he may see a good portion of the carries. Young has been the best of the bunch so far so I feel that he is the biggest competition to Torain. If he's out I would assume Torain takes his share, maybe more if he does very well. If Young is playing I might expect a more traditional 2-RB system but am not getting my hopes up too high. Pittman may still GL vulture, you never know.... My hope is that he gets 50% of carries with the others serving spell or role duties. I doubt that happens but when we've seen coaches high on a player in the past some weird results have occured. You have to admit that how the scenario has played out, Torain will get his chance. A) He was a 5th round pick with a 12 week injury - not many players would get a spot in this case unless they brought something special. He was not on the PUP so they would be expecting his injury to last beyond the 6 week period, which it has, but he would be back and playing. Even in normal circumstances that's a bit odd to see him make it through but even moreso in a crwded back field like Denver has. Think of how hyped Forsett was in Seattle and he still got cut...

No. Unless you can prove there is collusion both owners feel they are benefitting from the trade so who is the commish to deny?

agreed with the ammount of changes in head coaching and OC's/DC's practice time is just not enough to get ready for the season add in the ammount of player changes with free agency and then you add in another aspect of rhythm and learning to play with the other players around you there are bad breaks for sure but not that many really..... we have had 3-4 injuries of note in the preseason games, a lot of small dings that people are just blowing out of the water now, if a coach was really concerned they would take note of what SD does with LT.... when was the last time he played a preseason game?? maybe the 2nd preseason game his rookie year nobody is forcing the coaches to play these guys but they put them out there to get their team in gear i'd hate to see my team going into the season with a QB controversy... certainly not the time to be setting your roster and trying to get players warmed up to playing a full game after the summer squishing it into 2 games doesn't help much as then they are playing more snaps per game and just as likely to get hurt week 1 - lucky to see 1Q from starters week 2 - maybe 2Q week 3 - 2Q + 2-3 drives at best week 4 - might be lucky to play out 1Q you don't even see them on the field for 2 full games as it is...... barely even 1.5 games

ev... it's a screw up plain and simple and you can't go and change this just because bad spot to put yourself in but if i were commish there is no way i'd turn over a change in this situation.... sorry but check and double check transactions and if you goof, well TFB

i concur here but did not hesitate to draft Slaton Green with his degenrate knee *sigh* isn't going to last the season and the proof is the limited action he had before already getting injured how can you count on a back that has been so injured and played 2 snaps in all of preseason due to injuries? Brown has only a slightly better injury history but again, he is already dealing with his own pains. if someone else stepped up that could stay healthy i wouldn't be going that crazy about Slaton but as it seems to me he's a few games away from being the top of the chart by injury default may not be a powerhouse but he shouldn't lose too many carries and in a league where RBs are sometimes hard to find a late pick on Slaton is a good investment in my mind

just because you have them rated like that doesn't mean you're stacked i wouldn't say AJ is top 5, nor is Roddy top 20(and if he is it's only by default) i like Kevin Smith this year but not as a #1 RB... and no, he won't be top 15 you may have them ranked high but i think you are taking your ratings to spout about your team being stacked which it isn't Brady is nice, Cutler somewhat of a question, TO and AJ are good but there is more to a team than having 3 good players and a bunch of question marks

i felt like dredging up the older posts but i feel this is just ever since his big year the OL has been falling apart and not getting the holes filled again i can see him having a decent year as they will ride him and he won't lose a lot of touches but he isn't someone to rely upon as a stud #1 RB anymore

as an Edge owner i almost had to take a flyer on him.... i guess it gives some pupose to actually drafting the guy but other than that i'd leave him until late unless you're gutsy

so.... AP was the 3rd RB taken in your league last year? Grant #17? T Jones #22? I'll laugh if Grant was off the board in your league before Bush or Maroney.... the article is comparing the backs in order TAKEN not FINISHING which makes this info relatively useless.... except actually helping the death of the theory if you have a bit of insight on who to take later it is entirely possible that someone last year near the end of a draft went WR/WR and then took the next best RB/AP which argueably is a bit of a reach but i think he went in 4 or 5 in our league so i could see it happening instead of going for one of the overhyped-lower producing RBs it is much better to pick a WR at the top of the heap and not only this article but these numbers pretty much prove it if you think the game is based around RBs and pull the 10th RB off the board who ends up the 20th-ish overall RB is a killer for your team and it is better to go WR than RB in that case

they haven't helped the OL enough IMO and Huard is hardly a rookie sure Croyle was in and out of the offense but the philosophy of the Chiefs has not changed in a long while - the one thing that has changed is the once pro-bowl OL has almost completely retired and next to no big signings have been made to get it anywhere near the form it was when LJ was the beast he was i'm very cautious of any team that falls from the best offensive team in football as fast as the Chiefs have look at the recent signings - the majority is defensive and they are trying to patch up the offense through the draft which will take more than the few years it has been wary at picking in the 2nd, for me his value is 3rd round as a 2B RB or FLEX player

wow is all i can say..... if you get that many points for KR that Ginn ends up the 4th WR and he is still getting drafted in the 7th-8th round you either need to redo your league or you're drafting with slices of ham

it seems that even Halloween isn't too early so i felt like i should get a head start

we'll see

Start'em Sit'em Article To keep things in the right place I have set this up as a question thread. If you are wondering whether a player should be started or sat this week sound off, however I won't answer line-up questions for you. Throw a name or to down and I will try to give an opinion of whether they are good to go or bench worthy. Cheers!

It's that time of the week again! This feature seems to have vanished after the hiatus but I will attempt to breath some life into it for the year. There was a small post last week so I chimed in and offered to take it up every week. Some people were interested so here goes it. I won't be putting the studs on here, I think we should all by now know that anyone picked in the first round likely forms the core of your team and should be in every week. I will label any of these guys I feel should be sat though. First off, a look at last weeks Start'em, Sit'em Starts: Thomas Jones : 21-63-0, 1 target, 1-0-0 Rudi Johnson: 28-96-1, 1 target, 1-7-0 Reuben Droughns: 11-27-0, 0 targets Philadelphia DST: 10 pts, 5 sacks Frank Gore: 16-87-2, 8 targets, 6-83-0 Lavernues Coles: 10 targets, 8-153-0 Terry Glenn: 7 targets, 4-81-0 Mike Bell: 10-58-1, 4 targets, 4-30-0 OK, so Droughns sucked and Jones missed the end zone but thats a pretty decent start to things. Gore blew up in an unbelievable way and I'm sure a few were impressed with Pennington and Coles. I thought the Eagles would have been good for a turnover or two but Houston looks to be improving all around even if they are still not top of the ladder yet. Sits: Ahman Green: 20-110-0, 4 targets, 3-22-0 Rex Grossman: 18/26-262-1-1, 1 rush, 1-2-0 Deion Branch: DNP Randy Moss: 6 targets, 4-47-0 Trent Green: 11/15-90-0-1, 4 rush, 4-21-0 Julius Jones: 17-72-1, 2 targets, 1-39-0 Wali Lundy: 11-32-0, 3 targets, 2--1-0 Donte' Stallworth: 9 targets, 6-141-1 Joseph Addai: 7-26-0 3 targets, 3-22-0 Well, Stallworth I was way off with and Green should be exempt due to the injury but overall not too bad. I was shocked by Green's yardage, obviously the quad is feeling good, we just have to worry about the degenerative knee now. Grossman played above expectations but not really starter worthy in the conservative offense and the situation in Dallas could be examined more closely, Barber saw only 3 carries and 4 targets. A few misses but overall a sit worthy squad. Start'em: Week 2 The Obvious: Jamal Lewis BAL - vs. OAK After a shutout win on the road the Baltimore defense looks like they will have similar success against Oakland as the Chargers did. With defeensive success comes running hard at a poor defense, one that got gorged for close to 200 yards by Tomlinson and Turner. Lewis will see the Lions share of carries and will have a big week after looking back to form against Tampa Bay. Baltimore DST - vs. OAK Another shutout? Maybe but I will wager that Oakland doesn't come out so flat this week and gets something, albeit not a lot. They should be good for sacks, turn-overs, and not many points. A no-brainer really. Willie Parker PIT - vs. JAC Although this is a tough match-up Stroud(Q) is still playing dinged and Dallas found room against their front. Throughout the pre-season I saw little out of the Dallas OL, heres to thinking that Pittsburgh will find even more with a more polished OL for Parker to run behind. He looks to be getting a lot of action near the stripe too with Haynes only getting a single carry. Keenan McCardell SD - vs. TEN The Jets exploited the Tennessee secondary for 319 yards last week so this will likely be a focus of attack for the Bolts. Even though Rivers only threw 11 times(once to KM) this is more of getting him accustomed in his first start and the success of the run game. The Titans allowed 33 TDs by the air last year(12 on the ground) and I feel this will be a great time for Marty to loosen things up and boost confidence in the passing attack. Marc Bulger St.L - vs. SF Here I am spouting about Warner being done and the Cardinals offense is all hype for another year... Well week one went against that grain but I still feel that was more of the 49er's defense than the Arizona offense. I highly doubt that the Rams will be kept out of the end zone for two consecutive weeks and even though the offense is balanced the Rams still like to air it out(34 passes to 25 runs). At least 2 TDs for Bulger and 300+ yardage, maybe even more. The Not-so-Obvious: Brett Favre GB - vs. NO It's hard to say why the Saints fell so hard last year whether it was the hurricane or just the last leg snapping but a good defensive performance in week one hasn't gotten me excited yet. For one, Frye isn't Favre, two, the game is in Lambeau. After a bad performance Favre knows he has to step things up and likely will do so this week as he always seems to after a tough week. I like him to bouce back in a big way, especially now that Green has proven he can be a factor running the ball. Philip Rivers SD - vs. TEN He will attempt more than 11 throws, he plays a horrid pass defence, he has Gates and Tomlinson to throw to. A lot to like in this match up. He looked fairly solid throwing the ball in his few attempts and had a nice throw on the road. McCardell will be a nightmare on the outside and Gates a nightmare on the inside. Tomlinson will be a nightmare all over against this bad coverage unit. Michael Clayton TB - vs. ATL Even though he had only 3 catches, Simms looked his wy 7 times against Baltimore. Abraham fixed some of the defensive woes of the Falcons but the secondary, even after an overhaul, is still the weak spot in this defense. Calyton likely will draw second coverage as Galloway matches his speed with DeAngelo Hall so should receive the greater share of passes again this week. Dominic Rhodes IND - vs. HOU Rhodes got double the action over Addai and officially got the start. Even in a RBBC situation, and even though he likely will lose the starting job before the end of the year, Rhodes and the Colts offense will be looking to establish the run and should be ahead in the game to do so. If the same ratio holds I'd give Rhodes 20 carries to Addai's 10 which will be enough against Houston to put up starting numbers in a FLEX or possible #2 slot in deep leagues. The Hype Guys: Frank Gore SF - vs. St.L Gore was huge in both the run and passing games last week and faces another poor 2005 defense. Even though the 49er's were behind early last week Nolan was committed to running with Gore and Smith looked to him as a dump off option. I like his chances to repeat, although not be the top back, in week two. Jericho Cotchery NYJ - vs. NE As a Jets homer I knew he was in at the #2 slot over McCareins which most people did not although I never expected him to succeed like he did. He saw the same ammount of targets as did Coles(10) and caught 6 of them. Not only that but Pennington looked pretty good in his opener. Until the running game gets settled they will have to lean on the passing game a little bit more and could be playing catch up near the end further increasing the passes and looks to Cotchery and Coles. I like him this week against the cohesive yet starless Patriot defense. Marques Colston NO - vs. GB For those that can use him as a TE, this guy is money. If not, well this only applies in large leagues or one where you lack WRs. I would not want him as my #2 and he's a strecth for the #3 WR slot yet but at TE he is a lock to be productive with the best of them. He saw 8 looks(over Horn's 7) with 2 of those in the red-zone. He is a big target and seems to be getting a rapport with Brees. I'd wait a bit before inserting him in a skill slot but at TE he is near the top. Sit'em: Week 2 The Obvious: Kevin Jones DET - vs. CHI I will again pick on the RB against the Bears defense this week. Mostly because of the match-up but also due to the fact that Kevin wasn't featured in a close game that likely could have been a win for the Lions. Even with his improved catching this year he will need more than 19 touches to be effective. Aaron Brooks OAK - vs. BAL Lucky for all us fans that got to see such a display on prime time, what a way to start the season! Having more sacks than completions is never good and the light at the end of the tunnel isn't here yet. A TD could be in the books but I don't expect many completions, nor do I expect him to play mistake free football this week. JP Losman BUF - vs. MIA OK, so he won the job but he isn't doing a lot with it so far. I still feel the New England secondary can be had but the Bills just don't have it in them. Miami's defense will likely make them one dimensional and Losman will struggle again. Chris Brown TEN - vs. SD Jordan found no room against the pressure scheme and it is likely that Collins and Brown will face the same sort of troubles this week. The front three of San Diego is great at getting into the back field and Merriman and Philips rush the outside with force. I don't see a lot of room for Brown to get loose for yardage and the Titans should struggle getting into scoring range for Brown. The Not-so-Obvious: Matt Jones JAC - vs. PIT Even though this kid looks great he is still learning. Chambers couldn't find room against Ike Taylor and it shouldn't get better for Jones this week. Leftwich will feel the heat and struggle passing, as well as the run game struggling against the Steeler front seven. Yardage and points will be tough for the Jags this week. Tony Gonzalez KC - vs. DEN With the loss of Green the passing game takes a nose-dive here. Darrent Williams can match up with Kennison leaving Champ Bailey to roll over covering Gonzalez when he isn't in blocking. Even with Green in the line up the Broncos used this strategy last season and it worked to perfection stumping Gonzalez. Michael Vick ATL - vs. TB Historically Vick has never had success against the Bucs cover 2. He made improvements last year but still came up short in both games. I expect the trend to continue as Tampa Bay rebounds from a dissapointing loss last week. Vick will not likely have the game he did last week and come back to form here. Brian Westbrook PHI - vs. NYG Apparantly Reid was just throwing people off with his proclaiming the Eagles will run more this year. Only 26 attempts against Houston is pretty low and now that Buckhalter figures back into the mix with 8 of those I don't like Westbrooks odds. A very low yardage output and yards-per-carry by Indianapolis against the Giants front doesn't bode any better here. I'd give him less than 100 total yards and in tough for a score this week. The Hype Guys: Donte' Stallworth PHI - vs. NYG Once again I'll put Donte' in here. An amazing performance week one but I figure he comes back down to Earth and his Saints form this week, after all this is the Giants and not the Texans. Kurt Warner ARI - vs. SEA OK, the hype is just that! Warner had it easy last week against the 49er's and their lack of pressure. Seattle has a better front seven and has better pass rushers to work against the less than spectacular OL of the Cardinals. Only a 2.8 ypc by James isn't enough to scare the Seahawks into putting 8 against the run and Warner will have a harder time against Trufant and company. Criticism and commentary are always accepted and as always, I will eat my words if I am wrong but will gloat to the nines when I am right Please no questions here but I will start a S&S topic in the help board where you can put any questions down on players that you are unsure of. No match-up questions though, just my opinion on whether they should be on the bench or in the line-up. Cheers for now, enjoy!