Bruno Boys Fantasy Football

1. Larry Fitzgerald (Arizona Cardinals) @ San Francisco

Kurt Warner’s reentry into the starting lineup made Fitzgerald regain the fantasy value he was losing when Noodle Arm Matt Leinart was under center. And it showed last week against the Minnesota Vikings, as Fitzgerald collected eight passes for a season-high 143 yards and one score.
Point Projection: 20 points

2. Andre Johnson (Houston Texans) vs. Seattle

When Matt Schaub went out with an injury and Rex Grossman came in, fantasy football owners around the country had to be pounding their skull into the nearest blunt object, at least if they had Johnson on their fantasy team. Hopefully, they didn’t pound themselves into unconsciousness, because Schaub came back, and the day was saved – at least for Johnson’s owners, as he ended up with seven catches for 99 yards and one touchdown. Houston wasn’t so lucky, as they fell to the Jacksonville Jaguars. But, that’s not really one of our concerns, now, is it?
Point Projection: 20 points

3. Randy Moss (New England Patriots) vs. Carolina

Moss caught two passes for 66 yards and one touchdown last week in New England’s loss to the Miami Dolphins. It’s a bit troubling to see his catches ebb in each of his last three games, he has scored twice, and will be a weekly threat to do so. That includes this week against the Carolina Panthers, who are fifth in the league in touchdown passes allowed.
Point Projection: 19 points

4. Marques Colston (New Orleans Saints) @ Atlanta

Of all the players on the Saints who showed up on the stat sheet, nobody caught fewer than Colston’s two passes. Yet he still gained 41 yards and scored a touchdown for the second consecutive week and now has a candy-apple sweet match-up with the Atlanta Falcons, who are 29th in the league in pass defense, and 22nd in touchdown passes allowed. Colston had 85 yards and one score against them back in Week 8.
Point Projection: 19 points

5. Reggie Wayne (Indianapolis Colts) vs. Denver

Wayne didn’t have the production that most fantasy football owners expected against a team in the Tennessee Titans that had previously been killed by passing attacks. Wayne managed just four catches for 48 yards, but he’ll have a chance to redeem himself this week, and that’s exactly what you should expect him to do. Even if he takes on top cover corner Champ Bailey.
Point Projection: 18 points

6. Miles Austin (Dallas Cowboys) vs. San Diego

Austin caught 10 passes for 104 yards and one touchdown against the New York Giants last week as the Cowboys fell. In his last 10 contests, Austin has had fewer than 10 fantasy points only twice, and he’s had 16 or more four times. The San Diego Chargers are a top-10 pass defense, but, then again, so was New York. Austin makes big plays and he likely will do it again in Week 14.
Point Projection: 17 points

7. Sidney Rice (Minnesota Vikings) vs. Cincinnati

Rice was targeted by Brett Favre a total of 16 times in the Vikings’ loss to the Arizona Cardinals last Sunday, and he caught seven of those throws for 72 yards. Rice’s 16 targets were more than double the amount any other receiver got, and two more than Percy Harvin and Bernard Berrian combined. Expect much of the same this week.
Point Projection: 17 points

8. Chad Ochocinco (Cincinnati Bengals) @ Minnesota

It was easy to tell who Carson Palmer was looking for throughout last week’s game against the Detroit Lions, as Ochocinco was targeted 14 times; no other Bengals player had more than four. With that came nine receptions for 137 yards and one score for the Ocho, and this week he gets to go up against a Minnesota Vikings team that was recently strafed by the Arizona Cardinals and who is 21st in pass defense.
Point Projection: 17 points

9. Wes Welker (New England Patriots) vs. Carolina

After a strangely quiet week in New England’s loss to the New Orleans Saints, Welker re-awoke with 10 receptions for 167 yards against the Miami Dolphins, though the Patriots still came up short. He’s still putting together large amounts of catches and yards, but the thing keeping him from putting up even higher fantasy totals are touchdowns – he hasn’t scored since Week 7, and only four teams have given up fewer touchdown passes than the Carolina Panthers.
Point Projection: 16 points

10. Calvin Johnson (Detroit Lions) @ Baltimore

Megatron should have his own cartoon, because when he’s healthy, he’s saving football fans in Detroit from, well, awful football. Okay, that doesn’t sound like the most exciting program ever to grace the airwaves, but you get the point. Last week, Johnson caught six passes for 123 yards and one touchdown in a loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, which was his third score in his last three games.
Point Projection: 16 points

11. Anquan Boldin (Arizona Cardinals) @ San Francisco

Boldin has been fabulous since coming back from injury in Week 10, other than a 53-yard performance in Week 12 with Matt Leinart taking the snaps. However, In the three games with Kurt Warner at quarterback, Boldin has averaged 7.6 catches and 102 yards per game with three touchdowns.
Point Projection: 16 points

12. Brandon Marshall (Denver Broncos) @ Indianapolis

Predictably, Marshall had an excellent game against the Kansas City Chiefs last week, catching seven passes for 94 yards and one touchdown. And while his opponent this week, the Indianapolis Colts, can be thrown on a bit – they’re 19th in the league in pass defense – only four teams have allowed fewer scoring passes than they have.
Point Projection: 15 points

13. Steve Smith (New York Giants) vs. Philadelphia

With 13 targets, Smith was targeted at least nine more times than any other Giants player last week, and he responded with 6 receptions for 110 yards. Smith has unfortunately only scored one time since Week 4, but he’s still piling up the yards, and has at least 70 in each of his last three games. He had eight catches for 68 yards the last time he faced the Philadelphia Eagles, and though he didn’t score then, the Eagles can be had; they’ve 18th in the league in passing scores allowed.
Point Projection: 14 points

14. Roddy White (Atlanta Falcons) vs. New Orleans

Without Michael Jenkins lining up opposite him, White was busy last week in Atlanta’s loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, getting a total of 20 passes thrown his way, and catching nine of them for 104 yards and one touchdown. This week, he’ll face the New Orleans Saints, the last team he had 100 yards against before doing so against the Eagles.
Point Projection: 14 points

15. Robert Meachem (New Orleans Saints) @ Atlanta

With eight catches for 142 yards and one touchdown last week against the Washington Redskins, Meachem more than announced his presence to any fantasy football owner who was not previously paying attention. He has now scored in five straight games, and with a juicy match-up against the Atlanta Falcons this week, it could be a touchdown in six games in a row.
Point Projection: 13 points

16. Mike Sims-Walker (Jacksonville Jaguars) vs. Miami

Wherever the old MSW went, his fantasy football owners would very much like him back. He had only one reception for 12 yards last week, even though he was targeted a team-high eight times. His numbers have taken a hit lately, as he’s not topped 50 receiving yards in three of his last four games. Still, the Miami Dolphins and their 24th-ranked pass defense could offer a nice elixir to whatever’s troubling him.
Point Projection: 12 points

17. Donald Driver (Green Bay Packers) @ Chicago

Driver had a touchdown reception for the second straight game, but otherwise didn’t offer too much, with only three catches for 31 yards. The three receptions were Driver’s lowest total since Week 7, and he remains a stable weapon for fantasy football owners. Start Mr. Steady Eddy with confidence.
Point Projection: 12 points

18. Derrick Mason (Baltimore Ravens) vs. Detroit

Mason had one of his worst games of the season against the Green Bay Packers on Monday, catching only two passes for 13 yards. But the NFC North opponent he gets to square off against this week is the Detroit Lions, and no team in the NFL allows more passing yards or touchdowns than they do, so Mason should be in every fantasy starting lineup.
Point Projection: 12 points

19. Jerricho Cotchery (New York Jets) @ Tampa Bay

Cotchery had 68 receiving yards on four receptions last week, a total he’s gone under just once this season in games that he’s not been injured in. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers offer him a beautiful match-up this week despite being 11th in the league in pass defense – only two teams have allowed more touchdown passes than they have.
Point Projection: 12 points

20. Vincent Jackson (San Diego Chargers) @ Dallas

Jackson’s production of late has been troubling after an outstanding start to the season. He caught only two passes for 54 last week against the Cleveland Browns, and he hasn’t scored in four games, and hasn’t accumulated 60 or more receiving yards in his last five games. But his talent is obvious, and he’ll come bursting back at some point. And the Dallas Cowboys offer him an opportunity to do that, as they are just 20th in the league in pass defense.
Point Projection: 11 points

21. Greg Jennings (Green Bay Packers) @ Chicago

Jennings caught six passes for 77 yards in Green Bay’s Monday night win over the Baltimore Ravens, and it was the second time in three games that he had at least 75 receiving yards. Jennings has only three touchdowns this season, but one of them did come against the Chicago Bears in Week 1, part of a six-catch, 106-yard performance.
Point Projection: 11 points

22. DeSean Jackson (Philadelphia Eagles) @ New York Giants  **CHECK INJURY STATUS**

Jackson was out with a concussion last week as the Eagles demolished the Atlanta Falcons, and his injury status had not been updated as of this writing. If he does play, keep in mind that the last time he squared off with New York he had 78 yards and one score.
Point Projection: 11 points

23. Percy Harvin (Minnesota Vikings) vs. Cincinnati

Last week, for the third time in three games, Harvin caught a touchdown pass, which was part of a six-catch, 79-yard effort for him. He also ran the ball twice for 22 yards, and it was the second week in succession that he’s run for at least 20 yards. The Cincinnati Bengals have a very solid pass defense, but Harvin offers too many ways to beat you for them to contain him.
Point Projection: 10 points

24. Santonio Holmes (Pittsburgh Steelers) @ Cleveland

After a nine-game drought without a touchdown, Holmes has scored in consecutive weeks. He caught one TD pass last week against the Oakland Raiders in what was his best game since Week 1. Holmes finished with eight catches for 147 yards, and now faces a Cleveland Browns team that he compiled 104 yards against the last time they met. If it wasn’t for a high wind advisory and 60 percent chance of snow in Cleveland on Thursday Night, Holmes would be a borderline WR1 play. Still, he has done enough of late to use as a WR2, bad weather or not.
Point Projection: 10 points

25. Michael Crabtree (San Francisco 49ers) vs. Arizona

In a losing effort last week, Crabtree had six catches for 60 yards, and was targeted a team-high 12 times. It was his third game in a row with 50 or more receiving yards, and he’ll undoubtedly push that to four games against the Arizona Cardinals this week – the Cardinals are a woeful 30th in the league in pass defense.
Point Projection: 10 points