You Can Get With This Or You Can Get With That: Week 4

Last week Ben, our resident fantasy football expert, predicted you go with Joe Flacco at QB and he delivered with 262 yards passing, three touchdowns and no interceptions. This week Flacco's back on his list...but on the other side. Let's check out who you should start and who you should sit Week 4 in the National...Football...League:

Flacco was huge last week, but this week he'll run into a Steel wall (Reuters)

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Get with Chad Henne, not with Joe Flacco

Joe Flacco, who came through for us last week, is not the guy you want in your corner in week 4. Flacco goes against the consensus number one D in the league, the Steelers of Pittsburgh. Plus, Ray Rice is hobbled with a banged up knee and might not even play this week. Rice is one of Flacco’s favorite safety valves, so if he’s not on the field when Harrison and Woodley start coming after him, there are going to be some throws that go places they shouldn’t. I think this will be a low scoring battle of the trenches, where both teams will play the field position game and rely on their defenses. Flacco won’t rack up the yards and will probably turn it over a couple times.

Chad Henne is the superior option. He goes against the young New England D, which surrendered 3 TD’s to Mark Sanchez and almost 250 to Ryan Fitzpatrick. Translation: you can throw against the Pats. Henne is starting to build a nice connection with Brandon Marshall, as evidenced by Marshall’s 10 catches last week. The Pats have nobody that can match up with Marshall’s physicality and I think he goes off for another big game. Chad Henne is sure to benefit.

Get with Shonn Greene, not with Peyton Hillis

Hillis has one big game last week with Jerome Harrison sidelined and everyone is ready to crown him. Hillis is a tough runner and Cleveland actually has a decent O-line, but the bottom line is he’s nothing special. Harrison is a dangerous little back who can break a big play and I think we will see more of a 50/50 split with Harrison back in the lineup. Not to mention, the Browns face a solid Cincinnati D. Cincinnati is better against the pass, than the rush, but the Browns don’t have much in terms of a passing attack, so look for Cincinnati to stack the box and force Seneca Wallace to beat them.

This is the week where Shonn Greene finally breaks out. Yes, he will split carries with LDT, but I think the Jets run away with this one (literally and figuratively). I can see the Jets running the ball 40 times against the Bills, and they will use the 4th quarter when they’re well ahead, to build back their young back’s confidence.

Get with Kevin Walter not with Steve Smith (the Carolina version)

Poor Steve Smith. He is truly a freak both explosively fast and tough as nails. Yet, the quarterbacks Caroline gives him seem to get worse and worse. Jimmy Clausen is simply not ready to be a starting quarterback in the NFL. And while Matt Moore might not be any better, at least he would get the ball into Smith’s hands. Caroline will probably be playing from way behind for most of the game against the Saints and will be forced to throw, but against some good superbowl winning cornerbacks, the Panthers will have a hard time finding success. Until Clausen shows that he’s put it together, I’d stay well clear of Smith.

Kevin Walter has proved to be the solid option over the middle that Matt Schaub needs with Owen Daniels still getting back into the swing of things. Andre Johnson is a little hobbled and will be matched up with Nnamdi Asomugha, who is one of the league’s best. I think this Oakland vs. Houston game will be a high scoring affair, and Kevin Walter will be one of the main beneficiaries. He’ll grab some big third down catches and he’s consistently scored a TD in each game this year. With Johnson well covered, the yards will come as well this week.