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Well, you know therest. The more thingsstay the same.
With leaves changing daily during the Autumn months, it’seasy to think about this time of year and changes. But, as thetrade of Randy Moss this week proved,change cansometimes only restore orderand restore what we know tobeultimately true. Randy Moss is a Viking and always will be. Alabama isthe top dog in college footballas it’s been since the outset of the 2009 season. LSU headcoach Les Miles can bungle theend of a close game more thananyone I’ve ever seen. Thosethings don’t change and willnever change.But, as the calendar flips over toanother weekend, the intriguein the Parity League
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aka theNFL
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goes to a different level with three key players backfrom four game suspensions this week
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Brian Cushing for the Texans, Santonio Holmes withthe Jets and Ben Roethlisberger with the Steelers. And, Mossmoves to the Vikings foranother matchup with DarrelleRevis
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season whereseparation is starting to show. Alabama is clearly the best teamin the nation. Oregon andBoise State are legitimatenational championshipcontenders. The SEC has the spotlight this weekend with #1 ranked Alabama traveling to SouthCarolina while LSU goes toGainesville to take on Florida.Somewhere, SEC Guy is smiling.
J O H N H A R R I S
2010 WEEK SIX
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The More Things Change...
New York Giants (2 - 2) vs. Houston (3 - 1)
R
2010 Ranking
133.5 ypg
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7thRun Offense172.0 ypg
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1st235.5 ypg
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9thPass Offense243.5 ypg
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8th369.0 ypg
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7thTotal Offense415.5 ypg
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2nd18.0 ppg
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21stScoring Off.27.0 ppg
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4th117.2 ypg
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22ndRun Defense70.2 ypg
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2nd139.8 ypg
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2ndPass Defense337.8 ypg
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32nd257.0 ypg
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3rdTotal Defense408.0 ypg
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32nd22.0 ppg
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22ndScoring Def.25.5 ppg
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26th
October 10, 2010 - Fox 12 PM CST Vegas Says: Houston -3/47.5
When the Giants have the ball
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The Giants are a running team no matter what their passing statslooked like last year. This year, the Giants have only been average running the ball until last week whenthey had a strong performance on the ground against the Bears. The Giants have a terrific deep threat in
Hakeem Nicks
and another in
Mario Manningham
and
Steve Smith
can handle the short tointermediate routes. While the Giants have offensive balance and the ability to move the ball, they haveturned it over 13 times in four games including atleast 3 times in each of their games.
Eli Manning
goes into this game knowing that Nicks is a threat vs. the Texans secondary so watch for some long balls.
When the Texans have the ball
...
The Texansare the best running team in the league and theGiants have given up 160 yards rushing to both theColts and Titans this year. While the Giants aren’tterrible against the run, they can be run on. Thekey for the Texans is going to be running thefootball and getting up on the Giants early becauseif the Texans try to throw it around too much, they are going to put their offensive line in a tough spotagainst the pass rush of the Giants. If
Andre Johnson
doesn’t play, look for the Giants to crowd the lineof scrimmage and refuse to let
Arian Foster
beat them since the Giants secondary has allowed 148 yardspassing or less in 3 of their 4 games.
Prediction
:
The Texans will be a better team with
Brian Cushing
back and one of the things that he will help with is the ability to rushthe passer. If the Texans get after
Eli Manning
effectively, the Giants won’t be able to score with the Texans over the course of the game.
Last Meeting: NY Giants - 14 vs. Houston - 10 (11/5/2006)
Fantasy Scoop
If you are still starting
Owen Daniels
, I can’thelp you.
Andre Johnson
is a gametimedecision, but if he goes, you almost have tostart him.
Arian Foster
is obviously a go, butI would give a very average rating for
AhmadBradshaw
.
Hakeem Nicks
and
SteveSmith
are starts, but not
Kevin Walter
or
Jacoby Jones
.
Oct 3, 2010W17
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3ChicagoSep 26, 2010L29
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10TennesseeSep 19, 2010L38
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14IndianapolisSep 12, 2010W31
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18Carolina Jan 3, 2010L44
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7Minnesota
2010 ATS Record
2
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2
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0
2010 Over/Under
2
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2
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0
Last 5 games
Oct 3, 2010W31
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24OaklandSep 26, 2010L27
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14DallasSep 19, 2010W30
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27WashingtonSep 12, 2010W34
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24Indianapolis Jan 3, 2010W34
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27New England
2010 ATS Record
3
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1
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0
2010 Over/Under
3
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1
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0
Last 5 games
HOUSTON
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24 VS. NY GIANTS
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20
Texans L
T Rashad Butler vs.Giants DE Osi Umenyiora
The Z Key
When the Titans have the ball
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The Titans are realizing slowly but surely that things are going to goquite as easily for
Chris Johnson
this year as last. Headed into the game, CJ is averaging less than 4 ypc while
Javon Ringer
is averaging over 7 ypc. If the Titans don’t run the ball successfully against theCowboys, they have to depend on
Vince Young
to move it through the air and I don’t see that happening against the Cowboys 3
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4 front. We could see the old VY who scrambles out of the pocket and tries tomake things happen with his feet and that might be a good thing for the Titans since DEs
Anthony Spencer
and
DeMarcus Ware
will heat thepocket up.
When the Cowboys have the ball
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The Titans defensive front is better this year than last,but they are still reliant upon their LBs to have good games in order to pick the defense up. TheCowboys are coming off of their best offensiveperformance of the year vs. the Texans and if they are finally turning the corner with their offense,then the Titans will be in trouble. The Titansdefense broke down last year because they couldn’trush the passer and if they don’t pressure
Tony Romo
, he will light the Titans up with
Miles Austin
and
Dez Bryant
doing most of the damage. We will see if the bye week has the Cowboys ready to build on what we saw from them in week 3.
Prediction
:
If Dallas doesn’t come in with a strong first quarter oreven first half, then I don’t know what they did in the bye week becausethey had the additional time to figure out what they were doing wrong as well as how to exploit the Titans. Cowboys’ recovery is under way.
Fantasy Scoop
I know you hate doing it, but you have to give
Marion Barber
a look as an average RB3option but
Felix Jones
is also going to be getting more carries so beware.
Tony Romo
gets the start here and I actually think that
VY
might be a decent option this week if youare very week at QB. Sit
Kenny Britt
this week.
Oct 3, 2010L26
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20DenverSep 26, 2010W29
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10NY GiantsSep 19, 2010L19
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11PittsburghSep 12, 2010W38
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13Oakland Jan 3, 2010W17
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13Seattle
2010 ATS Record
2
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2
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0
2010 Over/Under
2
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2
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0
Last 5 games
Sep 26, 2010W27
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13HoustonSep 19, 2010L27
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20ChicagoSep 12, 2010L13
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7Washington Jan 17, 2010L34
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3Minnesota Jan 9, 2010W34
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14Philadelphia
2010 ATS Record
1
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2
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0
2010 Over/Under
1
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2
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0
Last 5 games
DALLAS
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24 VS. TENNESSEE
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17
Tennessee (2 - 2) vs. Dallas (1 - 2)
R
2010 Ranking
133.2 ypg
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9thRun Offense80.0 ypg
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26th152.2 ypg
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29thPass Offense311.7 ypg
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4th285.5 ypg
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27thTotal Offense391.7 ypg
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5th24.5 ppg
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7thScoring Off.18.0 ppg
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20th92.0 ypg
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10thRun Defense83.7 ypg
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8th210.8 ypg
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13thPass Defense215.7 ypg
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14th302.8 ypg
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9thTotal Defense299.3 ypg
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8th17.0 ppg
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9thScoring Def.17.7 ppg
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10th
October 10, 2010 - CBS 3:15 PM CST Vegas Says: Dallas -6.5/41.5
Last Meeting: Dallas - 45 vs. Tennessee - 14 (10/1/2006)
Titans RB Chris Johnson vs.Cowboys safeties Alan Ball and Gerald Sensabaugh
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