Week 8 Preview

With only 4 teams...and not a very good 4 teams....on a bye this week, we'll hopefully see more of this high scoring trend. Careful with playing the matchups. As you've seen, what with my Joe Horn disaster and such, overthinking your lineup and playing the matchups can come back to haunt you. Stick with your playmakers, whether they've had a bad week or not. You drafted them for a reason and all guys have their ups and downs. Here's a quick look at the games this week. Once again, please remember. These picks are just game assessments. They are not in conjunction with the point spreads.

Green Bay Packers over the Arizona Cardinals

Standouts: Brett Favre, Donald Driver, Ahman Green, Matt Leinart, Anquan Boldin

Cincinnati Bengals over the Atlanta Falcons

Standouts: Carson Palmer, Rudi Johnson, Chad Johnson, Michael Vick, Warrick Dunn, Alge Crumpler, Michael Jenkins

New Orleans Saints over the Baltimore Ravens

Standouts: Deuce McAllister, Drew Brees, Joe Horn, Marques Colston, Ravens Defense, Todd Heap

Tennessee Titans over the Houston Texans

Standouts: Vince Young, Travis Henry, Ben Troupe, David Carr, Andre Johnson

Philadelphia Eagles over the Jacksonville Jaguars

Standouts: Donovan McNabb, Donte Stallworth, Reggie Brown, Brian Westbrook, Maurice Jones-Drew, David Garrard

Kansas City Chiefs over the Seattle Seahawks

Standouts: Larry Johnson, Tony Gonzalez, Chiefs Defense, Josh Brown, Darrell Jackson

Chicago Bears over the San Francisco 49ers

Standouts: Rex Grossman, Bernard Berrian, Cedric Benson, Bears Defense, Alex Smith, Antonio Bryant

New York Giants over the Tampa Bay Bucaneers

Standouts: Tiki Barber, Eli Manning, Plaxico Burress, Jeremy Shockey, Bruce Gradkowski, Joey Galloway, Alex Smith

San Diego Chargers over the St. Louis Rams

Standouts: LaDanian Tomlinson, Antonio Gates, Phillip Rivers, Marc Bulger, Torry Holt

Indianapolis Colts over the Denver Broncos

Standouts: Peyton Manning, Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne, Joeseph Addai, Tatum Bell, Jason Elam

New York Jets over the Cleveland Browns

Standouts: Chad Pennington, Laveraneus Coles, Kevan Barlow, Leon Washington, Braylon Edwards, Kellen Winslow

Pittsburgh Steelers over the Oakland Raiders

Standouts: Willie Parker, Heath Miller, Hines Ward, Steelers Defense, Randy Moss, Sebastian Janikowski

Carolina Panthers over the Dallas Cowboys

Standouts: Jake Delhomme, Steve Smith, Panthers Defense, Terrell Owens, Terry Glenn

New England Patriots over the Minnesota Vikings

Standouts: Tom Brady, Doug Gabriel, Laurence Maroney, Marcus Robinson, Jermaine Wiggins

Last Week: 7-6
Overall: 67-33