Guest Post: You Can Get With This, Or You Can Get With That

"Who the heck is Arian Foster?" was a question I asked during my first fantasy football draft this season. I'm probably going to finish in the Top 3 of each of my five fantasy baseball leagues, but when it comes to fantasy football, I'm behind the curve. Thankfully, we have a guest post of someone who is a lot more skilled. Ben is a Cornell graduate, Yankees and Giants fan, and was a contributor on the hilarious The Ultimate Hatelist. He also is my cousin so the gene pool is correct for fantasy sports. Here's Ben with some great advice on who to go with (and who to go without) this weekend in fantasy football:
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Get with Donovan McNabb not Jay Cutler

Expect some dazed looks from Cutler on Sunday (ChicagoBreakingSports)

It’s going to be a long Sunday for Jay and the Bears against a talented Cowboys team looking to recover from a tough Week 1 loss. The Cowboys are a very good pass rushing team. They have probably the best pass rushing linebacker in the league in Demarcus Ware who will be attacking Cutler’s blind side and Spencer is no slouch coming from the other end. Jay Ratliff is also a disruptive force coming up the middle from the nose tackle with his quick jumps off the snap. The Cowboys’ corners, Newman and Jenkins, are talented and physical. On the other side of the ball, the Bears passing game is still adjusting to the Mike Martz system and their best weapon (Arashmahoweveryousayhislastname) had a little case of the dropsies last week. Matt Forte had 150 yards receiving last week, most of which came on an 89 yard score. I doubt that happens in consecutive weeks. Cutler will get some yards, but he will also throw some of his patented interceptions under pressure.

McNabb, on the other hand, will have more success. Houston’s one man pass rush of Super Mario Williams was effective against Peyton Manning in week one, but look for the more mobile and physical Mcnabb to move in and out of the pocket to give himself time to make plays down the field. The Texans lost their best cover corner, Dunta Robinson, to free agency last year, and with Brian Cushing’s suspension the Redskins’ talented tight end combo will have an easier time getting open.

Get with LeSean McCoy not Ahmad Bradshaw

A lot of people are getting on the Bradshaw bandwagon after seeing both his increased role last week and Arian Foster’s epic performance. I love the Giant’s Little Engine that Could as much as anyone, but I’m not buying it this week. First of all, the Giant’s O-line is a shade of its former Super Bowl-winning self. Plus, the G-men will be without their starting tight end, Kevin Boss, and Will Beauty, their 3rd tackle who played blocking tight end when Boss left the game. In addition, the Giants backfield is still split between Bradshaw and Jacobs. The Colts are undersized and susceptible to the run, but they will focus on shoring this up after last weeks embarrassment, and if the Colts’ high powered offense goes up early the Giants will be forced to play catch-up with Eli’s arm not Bradshaw’s legs.

LeSean McCoy is going against the always porous Lions D that gave up 200 total yards to Matt Forte last week. With Vick probably replacing the concussed Kolb, the Iggles will be forced to move away from their west coast offense and replace the short accurate passes with runs from McCoy and Vick. Leonard Weaver is out for the year, which gives McCoy a better chance of receiving those coveted goal line carries. Once the Eagles go up early on the Shaun Hill led Lions, it’ll be a heavy dose of McCoy running out the clock.

Get with Louis Murphy not Donald Driver

The Green Bay vs. Buffalo game is going to get ugly. Green Bay is very good on both sides of the ball and the Ryan Grant injury is a mere small hiccup for this high powered offense. Aaron Rodgers probably won’t have to throw the ball more than 30 times, and the old but reliable Driver is falling in the pecking order. On the year, I think he has the 4th most receptions on the team as the big and talented James Jones replaces him as the 2nd receiver.

Louis Murphy, on the other hand, is the best wide receiver on his team. Jason Campbell will be better this week against the St. Louis Rams. When he isn’t dumping the ball off to Darren McFadden and Zach Miller, he’ll be looking down field to Sweet Louis Murphy. I’m still not sold on McFadden as a runner, so when the Raiders score, and against the Rams they will (sorry Spags), look for it to be Murphy dancing in the end zone.
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Thanks for the guest post, Ben. Hopefully we'll see plenty more from him as the football season rolls along.