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Fantasy Football: Peterson's out, but Taylor could produce

By Mark Gokavi

Contributing Writer

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Hope you cashed in on holding Selvin Young all season.

The Denver running back finally got to start in place of troubled Travis Henry and rewarded patient owners last week with 109 rushing yards, 20 receiving yards and a touchdown.

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Unless you're looking at 2008 or cruising into your fantasy football playoffs, you're probably grinding for a postseason spot.

Never fear, the Week 11 not-so-obvious picks are here.

Quarterback: Kurt Warner, Philip Rivers, Vince Young. Warner is brittle, but he gets the Bengals defense this week, which has feasted only on Baltimore.

Rivers had a horrendous game against Indianapolis and has a tough matchup against Jacksonville, but it's a law-of-averages thing.

Young has been a sophomore disappointment but it looks like the wraps (41 passes against the Jags) are finally coming off.

Running back: Brandon Jacobs, Ryan Grant, Chester Taylor.

He's no Adrian Peterson, but Minnesota's Taylor could have a good day against Oakland. Don't expect the moon, but 100 total yards and a score isn't out of the question.

Jacobs should get chances against Detroit. Grant will try for back-to-back good days. Green Bay likely will build a lead against Carolina, meaning good field position and clock-killing carries after Favre's done slinging.

Wide receiver: Antwaan Randle El, Andre Davis, Joe Jurevicius.

Randle El isn't an every-week starter, but against Dallas he should get opportunities down the field from an improving Jason Campbell.

Davis has scored in his last two games and will test out New Orleans' suspect secondary.

Jurevicius had just two catches vs. Baltimore the first time, but he scored once, and teams know Braylon Edwards demands a double-team.

Week 10 recap

At QB the picks were Damon Huard, J.P. Losman, Marc Bulger and Kurt Warner.

First, the bad. Losman had 157 yards and a pick, while Huard had three turnovers and lost his job. Now, the good. Bulger had 302 yards passing and two scores, and Warner had 259 yards and three TDs.

At RB it was DeShaun Foster, Justin Fargas, Warrick Dunn and Cedric Benson.

Foster had just 64 total yards, but Benson had 97 total yards and a TD, Fargas 104 total yards and Dunn had 140 combined yards and a score.

At WR the selections were Chris Henry, Derrick Mason, Marty Booker and Donald Driver.

These went from worse to bad to OK. Never play Booker (16 yards) again. Mason (29 yards) was impersonated by Mark Clayton (107). Driver had 63 and Henry was this week's Agent 99 (yards).

 

 

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