You Can Get With This Or You Can Get With That Week 16

Get With Josh Freeman Not With Eli Manning

Say what you will about the Giants epic collapse last week, but it was certainly not Eli's fault. The younger Manning threw 4 TD's and he can't be blamed for the fact that the Giants couldn't get the running game going when they needed it most. This week Eli gets the double whammy of playing the third ranked pass defense in the league in cold wintery Green Bay. With Woodson, the Packerse ball-hawk corner, draped over Hakeem Nicks, Manning will certainly miss Steve Smith and I find it hard to believe the mercurial Manningham will erupt for another 2 TD day. The Giants will look to exploit the Packers much more susceptible run defense as well.

Josh Freeman has a much better opportunity to put up big numbers, and he's shown all season that he can consistently score double digit fantasy points. This week he gets the 29th ranked pass defense in the Seattle Seahawks. Not only that, but this is a home game for the Bucs and nobody travels worse than the Seahawks, especially when they have to come to the east coast. This defense gave up 40 points to the 49ers for crying out loud! Start Freeman with confidence.

Get With Ryan Torain Not With Jonathan Stewart

Since returning from injury, Jonathan Stewart has played very well for a team that should really have no business running the football. However, this week Stewart gets his first real test against the very best run defense in the league with the Pittsburg Steelers. Some people say that this defense isn't the same without Polamalu, but they held a very good Jets running attack to less than 4 yards per carry last week.

Ryan Torain is another back who has played well recently after coming off an injury. The difference is that Torain faces a much more fantasy friendly defense in the Jacksonville Jaguars this week. Just last week the Jaguars made the anemic Donald Brown look like Jim Brown as he rushed for 129 yards on just 14 carries. Torain has gone over a 100 total yards in his two games back and I see no reason why that streak doesn't continue.

-Ben P

-Andrew