You Can Get With This Or You Can Get With That Week 11

Get with Shaun Hill not with Ben Roethlisberger

All signs point to avoiding Big Ben as QB in Week 11 (WaPo)

Looking at Roethlisberger’s gaudy stat line last week can be very deceiving. All 3 of his touchdown passes against the inconsistent New England secondary came in the 4th quarter when the game was already out of reach. Against Oakland this week, the game will either be a lot closer or more likely a blowout in the Steeler’s favor, which will mean more Mendenhall than Big Ben. Hines Ward is recovering from a concussion and Mike Wallace will be blanketed by Nnamdi Asomugha. Plus, let’s not forget the Raiders are the second best team in the league against the pass.

The Lions love to throw and they have Calvin Johnson on their team. I don’t care who their quarterback is, I’m signed up. Shaun Hill has been more than serviceable this year, with his hefty weekly yardage numbers more than making up for his occasional pick. This week the Lions get the underachieving Cowboys secondary, which comes in a little nicked up after last week. The game will likely be a shootout and I fully expect Hill to play his part.

Get with Felix Jones not with Knowshon Moreno

With a blowout win against Kansas City, the Broncos we’re able to hand Moreno quite the week as he topped 100 yards rushing for the first time this season. When healthy, Moreno has been very much up and down this season. Against poor rush defenses (Jags, Seahawks, Raiders, Chiefs) Moreno has been great, but against better rush defenses (Jets and Niners) the story hasn’t been the same. The Chargers are 4th in the league this year against the run. You do the math.

In Jason Garrett’s first week as head coach, Felix Jones had 17 touches for 135 yards and a TD. The key was getting him involved in the passing game. I know that a lot of those yards came on a 71 yards screen, but after watching Jones torch everyone on the field, how can they not draw up that play a few more times. The Lions are not very good against the run and Marion Barber is in Garrett’s doghouse after a dress code dispute. All of this has to mean good things for the University of Arkansas speedster.

Get with Braylon Edwards not with Santana Moss

Santana Moss has been putting together another pretty solid fantasy season. He’ll never be a guy who scores a lot of TD’s, but the yards are almost always there. However, McNabb has looked to him less and less as the season has progressed, and Anthony Armstrong seems to be the Redskin’s deep threat weapon of choice as of late. Against the feisty Cortland Finegan this week, I think Moss’s decline continues.

At least one receiver on the Jets is going to have a big game against the much maligned Texans secondary. Cotchery is hurt and it seems like Sanchez has more chemistry with Edwards who he’s played with almost twice as much as he has with Holmes. Holmes day will come, but until it does I’m betting on Edwards. Who knows, maybe both will have big weeks.

-Ben P