You Know Who You Should Start?

Trent Edwards & Lee Evans (QB, WR – BUF) You've got three top quarterbacks on the rag this week (The Brothers Manning and Matt Hasselbeck), and the Bills are going up against the Rams. St. Louis has some new blood coming in at corner this week in Jason Craft, who’s expected to get plenty of PT.

But seriously, let’s not overcomplicate this: it’s the Rams. Edwards will be going up top early, and the speedy Evans will have the Rams faithful drawing up “Fire Linehan” signs by halftime.

You Know Who You Should Also Start?

Dwayne Bowe (WR – KC) Little-known fact: D-Bowe leads the league in targets. Of course, when the guy targeting you is Tyler Thigpen, you’re not going be in a good position to catch the ball, but luckily Herm has come to his senses – or at least lost a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors with Carl Peterson) and has inked in Damon Huard as the starter this week. Also, the Broncos put up lots of points but can’t stop anybody, so the Chiefs should be throwing it around a lot.

Selvin Young (RB – DRBS) On the flip side of the Broncos-Chiefs matchup is Mr. Slim at the Waist. He’s still going to lose some carries to Michael Pittman and Andre Hall, but the Chiefs run defense is porous enough that SY could realistically rip off a long run or two.

J.T. O’Sullivan (QB – Mike Martz) Here’s a number for you: 585. That’s how many yards the Saints have given up in the air over the past two weeks against Jason Campbell and Jay Cutler. Air Martz, you have been cleared for take off. Flight attendants please take your seats – cross check.

Robert Meachem, Devery Henderson & Billy Miller (WR, TE – NO) The Saints are missing Colston, Shockey and possibly David Patten, making this motley crew attractive. Hey, someone has to pick up the slack. Brees has shown that he’s not afraid to spread the love when his go-to guy is out of the lineup. Out of these three, we like the Mitchum Man the most because of his big play potential. If he finds the end zone, Marble Ryan might have to be hospitalized with priapism.

...and for the Black Irish Bold Prediction of the Week:

Jamal Lewis (RB – CLE) Seriously? The Human Anvil?

Stay with me here. Let’s think about this logically:

1. The Human Anvil splits carries with no man.
2. The Cleveland passing attack is absolutely awful, so he'll undoubtedly be given the ball early and often.
3. The Bengals are ranked 28th against the run, giving up an average of 175 yards a game.

So go forth – start the Anvil with the confidence of a 17-year-old walking into the Hustler Club with his brother's fake ID (uh, not that we’ve ever done that). Just don't blame me if Brady Quinn comes in, lights the world on fire, and Lewis becomes an afterthought.

Black Irish out.