Week 12 Player Rankings

QB

1. Peyton Manning

2. Kurt Warner

3. Aaron Rodgers

4. Drew Brees

5. Tony Romo

6. Jay Cutler (more…)

Most likely if you were alive in your suicide league Week 10 then you are still there this week. Albeit with a bit of a scare from the Chargers.

Miami at home vs Oakland - Mark it down. I would not be surprised if Oakland did not win a game the remainder of the year. Andrew Walter faired no better than Jamarcus Russell last week vs Carolina. I do not expect Oakland to be able to stop Ronnie Brown and Co especially with how well they are playing. This is also a good pick because I’m gunna go out on a limb and say you probably have Miami as an option this week.

Indianapolis at home vs Houston - Indianapolis is 11-1 vs Houston all time. Although most of those are with David Carr at QB for Houston do you really think Sage Rosenfels is any better?

Carolina at home vs Detroit - I started to type a large paragraph about how I was only off one week with Daunte Culpepper and this will be the week he breaks out and surprises….but I just couldn’t do it. Detroit will not go 0-16 this season but this is not the week they get their first win. Jake Delhomme did his best JaMarcus Russell imitation last week but will recover and Carolina will give Detroit its 10th straight loss.

GAMES YOU THINK MIGHT BE A LOCK……THINK AGAIN

Philadelphia away at Cincinnati - Definite trap game. “Philadelphia needs this win to stay in the playoff race” is what a lot of you are thinking. Did it ever come to any of you that maybe Philly is just not as good as everyone thought they were? Cincinnati hasn’t exactly been blown out all season, except by Houston and Pitt which just happen to be their last two games….erroneous. They are at home and also coming off a bye week and had extra time to prepare for Philly…..not that I have any faith in Marvin Lewis, but still. Don’t do it!

New Orleans away at Kansas City - 1, 3, 4. Those are the amount of points the Chiefs have lost by their last three games. 24, 34, 14, 24 is how much they have lost by the 4 games before that….including a 15 point loss to the Raiders week 2. All this means is that Kansas City has improved. Tyler Thigpen has been not just decent but good.

All the other games are pretty close so I figure you will be picking from these. Any other questions go ahead and email jon@rotodorks.com.

Brady Quinn will start for the browns tonight.  It is also likely that Roy Zimmerman Daunte Culpepper will be starting for the lions this week. The question is who is the better start.  To start, if you are picking between these two you are: 1) fucked; 2) in the same position I am in a few leagues.

Both have excellent targets, Braylon and Calvin Johnson respectively.  But Quinn is so hyped that I feel he will be doomed to choke tonight, browns fans deserve and expect nothing less.  Also Braylon has a serious pass dropping problem.  The Denver defense, however, is horrible.  The lions will be going against the Jags.  Big John Henderson may be limited or hurt for this game which is great for the lions but their D is still more solid than Denver.

I have to go with Quinn here.  Jamal Lewis is due for a game, and its not hard to have a good one against Denver.  The run game will help the pass, and Quinn playing should give the team a shot in the arm. Culpepper will be adjusting to a new offense, he may be good a week or two from now.  But, you really don’t need to know a playbook when you can just throw it near Calvin Johnson.

If you really need a QB, I would check out - Kyle Orton who will likely be back in a week and has been dropped in many leagues.