[b[Week 3 Fantasies Well, it sure was exhilarating to get back to some football. We agree whole-heartedly with everyone who says that football isn’t the most important thing in life, but it certainly is one of the most entertaining diversions! Week 2 provided us with luscious performances by predictable studs (Faulk, Manning), comeback studs (Favre, J.Anderson) and some fresh studs (Thrash and Tomlinson). It seemed like every channel we clicked to, another potent player was cutting loose and lighting up the field. We chicks can’t wait to see what our favorite fellas have in store for us this week! After a few days of fantasizing, we girls think we have some pretty good hunches as to who’s up for the score. Fantasy Studs:
All Colts players: This one is a no-brainer - anyone who wears a Colts’ uniform, should be starting on your fantasy team. Offense, defense, who cares?! We’d even take the water boy! With Bledsoe out, the Colts should have an absolute field day on both sides of the ball. With the Pats having to punt after every 3 and out, Peyton and his pals should have the ball for at least 45 minutes. Those frisky Indy boys have managed to put up over 40 points in each of their first 2 games – it’s scary how many points they could rack up here!
Tony Gonzalez: Let’s face it – the ‘Skins are just sleep-walking through their games. It looked like their defense was going to put up a fight in the beginning of Monday Night’s matchup, but it didn’t take them long to succumb to the pressure. With their best receiver injured and an anemic running game, Kansas City will be looking to its lusty tight end to carry the load. And Tony is always up to the challenge. After 2 weeks of being deprived of a score, Gonzalez will be aching for the endzone!
Jerry Rice: Poor Jerry looked so dejected after his forgettable 1 reception performance. But he will have plenty of opportunities to redeem himself this week when the flailing ‘Hawks limp into town. The banged up Seattle secondary won’t be able to do anything except stand back and stare as Rice and his buddy Tim Brown run circles around their butts!
Ahman Green: It may come as no surprise – after all, this lad looked mighty sharp as he shone in the spotlight of Monday Night Football. If you are worried that this young lad can’t keep up the pace, fear not. Jamal Anderson ate up the Carolina defense for 192 total yards. Ahman has the spine-tingling combo of power and speed that he’ll use to chew them up again. Fantasy Duds:
Isaac Bruce: He may have been dazzling last week, but this week old Isaac has a might big challenge ahead of him. And for that matter, Warner and Holt will struggle as well. The Miami cover boys are as good as it gets. They’re no softies like those San Fran pushovers! The Dolphins will arrive with flexed muscles and bulging egos after shutting down Rice and Brown in a mesmerizing victory. The Rams will play tough and may even land on top, but it’s not going to be a mouth-watering scoring extravaganza.
Brian Griese: After suffering a humiliating loss at the expense of the Bengals, we have an inkling that Baltimore’s ravenous defense will be out in full force. Of course you can’t shut down this insatiable QB completely, but don’t expect the delicious numbers you’ve grown used to seeing with this rising stud.
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