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Triple F Football Fantasy Focus Week 17

I don’t want to say anything bad to hurt your feelings because I know that your very fragile…You are Italian right….Hello again everybody and welcome to Triple F Football Fantasy Focus…I’m Bill Powers….I’m Darrin Porterhouse DiPrima….bringing you the world of Fantasy Football…This week, we check the emails, scour our leagues for results…Bad Porterhouse pops in, we have the big awards ceremony, news from around the league and finally who you need to have in your line-up this week…

Lets break it down buddy…Steve McNair 23 – 41 f or 343 yds and 3 td’s…Gus Ferotte…18 for 31 for 261 and 2 TD’s…Chris Simms…19 – 30 for 202 yds…Deshaun Foster…23 carries for 77 yards…Drew Brees…22 for 44 for 215 and 3 picks….dominick Davis 25 carries for 78 yards and 3 catches for 42 yds and a score…The Foster picks was a bit weak, but otherwise, we hit the nail on the head…How about bad Porterhouse…How did he make out…

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Time to take a look at the email and we get a notice from Nephews of Schmool…Matt writes…

hey im a bit confuzzled about the situations concerning marc bulger and byron leftwich. is bulger officially done for the season? and if leftwhich is out for 4-6 weeks, wouldnt that make him done for the rest of the regular season and therefore been done for all fantasy players?
or maybe im doing my math wrong.
which is entirely possible
anyway, if you could give any deffinate answers that would be greately appriciated.


oh and do you think garrard/fitzpatrick are worth picking up if you have brady/big ben? prolly only match-up wise right? im thinking of possibly picking up warner or losman or garrard or fitzpatrick, but only on a match up basis. you know what i mean?

thanks for all your help
peace
matt

Time to take a look at the Injury report thanks to Rotoworld.com…

According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, WR Troy Williamson (shoulder) is expected to be inactive again this week.
A tough break for Williamson, who was starting to find a significant role in the offense before the injury. Coach Mike Tice is upset because Williamson asked out of practice.

RB Tatum Bell (chest) is expected to return this week after sitting out Thursday's game.
"I'll definitely be back this week," Bell said. It's back to the bench for RB Ron Dayne.

X-rays on RB Chester Taylor's injured foot did not reveal any breaks.
However, the Washington Post reports that Taylor may not be ready to play this week. If that's the case, RB Jamal Lewis should be upgraded and will once again get a full workload.

ProFootballtalk.com reports that Byron Leftwich "most likely" will not return to action this season.
Many reports have quoted a 4-6 week timeframe, although the Jaguars have never publicly said that. PFTalk has beaten the major media on many stories like this over the last few years, so it carries a lot of weight.

Darrell Jackson (knee) will not return for Seattle's week 13 game in Philadelphia.
Coach Mike Holmgren sounded hopeful Jackson could return for week 14. Joe Jurevicius and Bobby Engram will start again.

TE Bubba Franks remained in the hospital last night after suffering a neck injury during yesterday's game.
Franks was carted off the field after being down for nine minutes following a hit by safety Brian Dawkins. "Obviously, he took a pretty good hit, and any time your player is laying out on the field like he was, there is concern," coach Mike Sherman said. "We’ll probably leave him overnight just from a precautionary standpoint, and then we’ll go from there. But, I think he’ll be OK."

QB Trent Dilfer reportedly left the locker room with his injured knee heavily wrapped in ice yesterday.
Dilfer told trainers he was fine during the game, but may undergo an MRI today. "I got banged up," Dilfer said. "We'll have to see."

According to FoxSports.com's Jay Glazer, the Lions have fired coach Steve Mariucci.
Glazer reports that defensive coordinator Dick Jauron is expected to take over as interim head coach. Mariucci finishes his days in Detroit with a 15-28 record and still has two years and $10 million remaining on the five-year contract he signed in 2003. Matt Millen is 20-55 as Lions GM, so Mooch actually improved the team considerably. Some reports think he'll be a candidate in Green Bay this off-season.

The Lions have announced Dick Jauron as their interim head coach.
No promises were made past this season. GM Matt Millen stressed the development of the team's young players as a big team goal, meaning Mike Williams, Kevin Jones, Charles Rogers, and possibly Joey Harrington will play more than ever.

Patriots released RB Michael Cloud.
This indicates that Corey Dillon and/or Kevin Faulk will be healthy enough to play this week. It's probably Dillon. The Patriots may have put in a waiver claim for former Denver CB Lenny Walls.

Jaguars signed RB Rich Alexis from the practice squad.
This is not a great sign for Fred Taylor owners. Alexis is obviously only an emergency back, but perhaps this indicates Taylor isn't returning this week.

As soon as the Colts can clinch home-field advantage, Head Coach Tony Dungy plans on resting his players.
"It's really kind of a no-brainer,'' said Dungy. "As soon as the games aren't meaningful in the standings, [resting starters to preserve them for the playoffs] is something we'll think about. They don't give out rings for being 16-0.'' This should effect Edgerrin James more than anyone, although it's hard to imagine resting anyone before week 16.

Senator Arlen Specter said that Terrell Owens punishment is "vindictive and inappropriate" and that he might refer the matter to the antitrust subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Apparently Senator Specter owns Terrell Owens in his fantasy league. We're pretty sure his diatribe is irrelevent.

Interim coach Joe Vitt declined Monday to name a starting quarterback for this week's game.
"I'm not here to discuss that right now," Vitt said. "We'll wait and see." Considering how well QB Ryan Fitzpatrick played subbing for QB Jamie Martin Sunday, it seems like the Rams would want to give him a second look regardless of Martin's health status.

Alex Smith will take over at QB for the 49ers this week.
Coach Mike Nolan said Smith wasn't quite ready to play in the last two weeks, but he's ready now, "He’s healthy now. That won’t be an excuse. Before it could have been one." Barring an injury, Smith will finish out the season as the team's starter.

WR Nate Burleson was active yesterday, but played sparingly.
Burleson did not start and went without a catch. He fantasy value going forward is marginal, at best.