Wednesday Overtime Excitement

What a great week last week in NFL football! You got to love so many games going to overtime and finishing in such excitement as they did. Unfortunately for me I was not able to watch a lot of the games because I was actually in attendance to probably the worst game of the week. That’s right I was there when the Saints demolished the Panthers, which I have went ahead and renamed the Cougars because they just need to start over due to their awfulness, and we all know there was no excitement in attendance at that game. However there is a lot of excitement with a few players in the NFL and in the following paragraphs I would like to discuss some of the players that I think didn’t have a lot of fantasy excitement coming into the season but have been exciting and dependable and one player that has pretty much been a bust but now may be in a place of excitement.

The first player on the excitement list is Peyton Hillis or aka Cleveland’s New King! This man simply went off last Sunday and made the Pats look like a fool. He rushed 29 times for 184 yards averaging 6.3 yards a carry and scoring 2 touchdowns. He also had 3 receptions for 36 yards the longest one being for 29 yards. This was no break out performance either take a gander at this seasons stats 644 total rush yards averaging 80.5 yards a game and 7 touchdowns. Not only did Denver screw themselves when they traded Hillis for Brady Quinn they also screwed you as fantasy player. Why you ask? I will tell you why draft a man that was just traded to Cleveland from Denver for Brady Quinn! Denver simply devalued him plain and simple. Thanks for nothing Denver.

The next guy on the list is Mike Hart. You have to have Hart to play the game of football and this kid has got it in his name. Mike Hart was out in this week’s game in Philly due to injury but with everybody on Indy’s roster now hurt I feel like his value is about to sky rocket. His stats for the season are not overwhelming impressive but like I said I think his stock is about to rise and he will definitely be a future fantasy football star. Harts stats for the year are 177 rush yards averaging 29.5 yards a game. In his last game against the Texans he rushed 12 times for 84 yards averaging 7 yards a carry. I will definitely be looking for him in next year’s draft.

Up next is Devon Bess which just so happens to be Miami’s Bess-t! Devon Bess has been the biggest benefactor of the Brendan Marshall trade. Defenses double cover Marshall leaving Bess to reap the awards. Bess has had 451 reception yards averaging 56.4 yards a game and 3 touchdowns. He is even a nicer fit in a PPR league because he gets a lot of looks. Last week he had 5 receptions for 50 yards with the longest reception being a 22 yarder!

The next guy on the list has had a lot of excitement this year but unfortunately it has all been off the field. However I think that may all be getting ready to change for Randy Moss. The Tennessee Titans may have been the only team to turn in a waiver claim to pick him up but that just so happens to be the place where he may fit the best. On a side note I hope he does fit well with the Titans because I fear that if it doesn’t work Randy Moss will become the NFLs AI. With Kenny Britt being out for an undisclosed number of weeks Moss will be an immediate help to the Titans and hopefully your fantasy team. I believe that Moss will put up big fantasy numbers as a Titan.

I would like to send out a huge congratulation to Rodney, the brains behind this blog, on his family’s new addition in Isaac Samuel (pictured below)! I believe little Isaac will also get the Cowboys back on track!

NFL Games To check out this week:

Baltimore at Atlanta 8:20 pm EST NFL Network – First Thursday night game of the year! Always nice to have another night of football!

Tennessee at Miami 1:00 pm EST CBS – Moss’s third debut in one season!

Dallas at NY giants 4:15 pm EST FOX – First game post the Wade Phillips era. Was he the problem?