Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Today, we have three games on the schedule. The Lions won't have to wait till Sunday to lose this week. The Cowboys will treat us with their Thanksgiving day uniforms. And the NFL Network will show 5% of the country a matchup between the Eagles and the Cardinals.
Tennessee Titans vs Detroit Lions
Titans: Now that the Titans have their first loss over and done with, its time to start winning again and what better team to do it against than the 0-11 Lions. Chris Johnson has been struggling the past couple weeks, I think the Lions defense should help with that. As always, all fantasy optinos playing against the Lions are good plays for the week.
Lions: Everyone always says "Don't count out the Lions on Thanksgiving." Guess what? I'm counting out the Lions on Thanksgiving. They may go 0-16 and they're playing the team with the best record. This has been a wild year, but no.... not gonna happen. Calvin Johnson should see plenty of passes with the game out of hand.
Fantasy Factors: Chris Johnson (9), Calvin Johnson (8)
Seattle Seahawks vs Dallas Cowboys
Seahawks: Well Matt Hasselbeck is back, but not much has changed. The Seahawks offense is still dreadful and the defense isn't much better. Having said that, I expect Julius Jones to have a little extra for this one as he would love to light up his old team on Thanksgiving.
Cowboys: Last Sunday, the Cowboys appeared to finally get their offense back on track. The Cowboys are a very tough team to beat on Thanksgiving, combine that with the fact that Barber is running as hard again and Romo and TO are on the same page and this is setting up to be a big day for the Cowboys offensive weapons.
Fantasy Factors: Julius Jones (7), Tony Romo (8)
Arizona Cardinals vs Philadelphia Eagles
Cardinals: They gave it their all, but came up short against the defending champs last week. This week, they'll get a team moving in the opposite direction. With the Eagles reeling, the Cardinals have a great chance to go into Philly and get a win that would normally be a very tough task. At this point, I'm convinced no one can stop Kurt Warner and this passing attack. The Eagles do blitz a lot and this could affect the Cards, but if Joe Flacco can throw for 183 yards and 2 TDs against them, Warner should be fine.
Eagles: The Eagles are reeling right now and they need Donovan McNabb to get back to form fast. Brian Westbrook is struggling and I believe he's more injured than he's letting on. With all the drama the Eagles have had this past week with McNabb, I expect him to have a big bounce back game this week. Everytime it looks like its the end for McNabb or he has some TO drama, he would come back big.
Fantasy Factors: Larry Fitzgerald (8), Donovan McNabb (9)
Posted
Nov 27 2008, 07:00 AM
by
Nick Fruscello