Seahawks : Seattle is 1-2 heading into the bye. Going into the season the Seahawks looked solid at WR but have lost D.J. Hackett and Deion Branch for a good amount of time due to injury. Stepping in to pick up the slack is Bobby Engram and Nate Burleson with Ben Obomanu starting to produce. Although the targets have been pretty even among the 3, Engram has converted 17 of the 26 targets for 218 yds while Burleson has only converted 8 of his 23 targets for 82 yds and 1 TD. Obomanu has caught 6 of 19 targets for 110 yds and 1 TD.

Let’s look at the players not available for this week and what players you can use to fill the void.

QB’s on Week Seven Bye:

The list for this week includes, Kurt Warner, Joey Harrington/ Byron Leftwhich, Steve McNair/ Kyle Boller, Tony Romo, Damon Huard, and Matt Hasselbeck. These QB’s have favorable match-ups this week, Marc Bulger, Brian Greise, Jay Cutler, Brett Favre, Ben Roethlisberger and Donovan McNabb.

RB’s on Week Eight Bye:

This list includes Edgerrin James, Warrick Dunn/ Jerious Norwood, Willis McGahee, Julius Jones/ Marion Barber, Shaun Alexander/ Maurice Morris and Larry Johnson. These RB have favorable match-ups this week, Marshawn Lynch, Cedric Benson/ Adrian Peterson, Jamal Lewis/ Jerome Harrison, Fred Taylor/ Maurice Jones-Drew, Thomas Jones and LenDale White/ Chris Henry.

WR’s on Week Eight Bye:

This list includes Anqaun Boldin/ Larry Fitzgerald, Joe Horn/ Michael Jenkins/ Roddy White, Derek Mason/ Demetrius Williams/ Mark Clayton, Terrell Owens/ Patrick Crayton/ Sam Hurd, Dwayne Bowe/ Eddie Kennison/ Sammy Parker and Bobby Engram/ Nate Burleson/ Deion Branch. The WR with favorable match-ups are Bernard Berrian/ Muhsin Muhammad, Laveranues Coles / Jerricho Cotchery, Ronnald Curry/ Jerry Porter, Reggie Brown/ Kevin Curtis, Hines Ward/ Santonio Holmes and Torry Holt/ Isaac Bruce.

TE’s on Week Eight Bye:

This list includes Alge Crumpler, Todd Heap, Jason Witten, Tony Gonzalez, Marcus Pollard, and Leonard Pope. Although there is some good TE’s off this week, there are TE’s with really good match-ups. The list includes, Daniel Graham, Donald Lee, Owen Daniels, David Martin, Eric Johnson, Heath Miller and Marcus Pollard.

DEF’s on Week Eight Bye:

This list includes Cardinals, Falcons, Ravens, Chiefs, Cowboys and Seahawks. Teams with a good match-up are the Titans, Saints, Beards and Bills.

The Golden Mug Award

Awarded to the fantasy player who came through for their team.

Rob Bironas - It’s not every week you get this type of production out of your KR spot but when it happens, boy does it feel good. Especially when you have other players on your team out either on a bye or just stinking up the joint. Bironas connected on 8 FG and 2 XP. That’s 26 points alone. If your league rewards extra points for distance then you scored a little extra. Keep in mind that he was averaging 7 points a game prior to this game.

Honorable Mention

Some guy named Tom Brady and Randy Moss, you may have heard about them all week. Since I don’t own either on any team, I rather not hear anymore. Can’t wait for a bye week or a lose.

The Urinal Cake Award

Awarded to the fantasy player who you would like to, well you know.

Shaun Alexander - Has he been on this list before? I’ve added him this week simply because he had a really good match-up and didn’t come away with anything special. If you didn’t catch the game, you figured the Seahawks winning 33-6 over the Rams would have scored you big points but then you look at your live scoring only to see 47 yds and no TD. He’s only given his owners 107 yds over the last 3 games. Sad, so very sad. If there is any one willing to trade you for him, take what you can get.

Dishonorable Mention

Rudi Johnson (See RB match-up below for why).

MATCH-UPS

The match-ups I like this week for QB’s:

Brian Greise against the Lions. The Lions played well last week only giving up 16 points but most of the credit goes to the Bucs for shooting themselves in the foot. Garcia still had 316 yds. Greise put up over 300 yds last week and will seek revenge for the Bears after losing their 1^st match-up with the Lions. Detroit is still 30^th in the league in passing and there is no reason that Greise shouldn’t have another big game.

Marc Bulger against the Browns. Bulger has been a big disappointment for his owners this year and most people are benching him until they see some life. Bulger gets a favorable match-up with Cleveland. If you had to play him one time over the course of the season, this would be the best time to play him because the Rams will be off next week and he doesn’t seem to have another goods match-up until week 14. Don’t forget Cleveland is still 29^th in the league in passing yards allowed and 30^th in points given up.

The match-ups I like this week for RB’s:

LenDale White / Chris Henry against the Raiders. Lost in the excitement over of Rob Bironas ’ 8 FG was the Titans running game. White and Henry ran well against a good Texan defense. White had 104 yds and 1TD and Henry had 57 yds and 1 TD. Vince Young will likely play which will help the running attack. Tennessee is 5^th in the league in rushing with 144 yds a game. They get a nice match-up against Oakland which ranks 29^th in the league in rushing yards allowed, giving up 141.7 yds a game.

Marshawn Lynch against the Jets. Lynch ran well against a good Ravens defense running for 84 yds and 1TD. In week 4 Lynch ran for 79 yds and 1TD. This week he faces the Jets again and should put up better numbers as the Jets are not stopping anyone. They are giving up 138 yds a game on the ground. Divisional games are usually closer games but the Jets are getting worse each week and the Bills seem to be improving.

The match-ups I don't like this week for QB's:

Quinn Gray against the Buccaneers. Over the past two year Gray has played in two games. Against KC last year he played well 13 for 22 for 166, also rushing for 26 yds and 2 TDs. On Monday night against the Colts he was 9 for 24 for only 56 yds and 2INTs. He reminds me of almost an identical copy of Garrard as Quinn is 6-3 246 lbs and Garrard is 6-1 237 lbs. Both seem to play the game the same, making plays with their feet and trying to manage the game. Quinn however is not as good as managing the game as Garrard and that’s why I don’t like this match-up. Tampa’s defense is playing well. It held Kitna last week to just 147 yds and should have won the game if it were not for 3 Garcia fumbles. The Bucs are now 5^th in the league only allowing 185.6 yds passing a game.