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Fantasy Coinflips: Plax Hits Up the Mailbag

Posted Sep 04, 2008 6:00AM By Will Brinson (RSS feed)

Filed Under: NFL Position Rankings, Fantasy Football

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Welcome back to another addition of Coinflips, where we help you make the tough decisions regarding your lineup (or, previously, your draft). Now, the regular season will work a little bit differently -- whereas you were deciding between Marshawn Lynch and Larry Johnson in your draft, you're probably not doing that in your lineup ... for obvious reasons.

Instead, what we're gonna do is take a tougher matchup for an upper tier guy and an easier matchup for a lower tier guy and help you pick who to start. For example, reader Eric writes in asking how to decide between Plaxico Burress, Torry Holt and Nate Burleson (pick two). A conundrum indeed.

And since he was kind enough to contact us (which you can do with any of your lineup choices!), we're gonna answer it as our first regular season coinflip.

Plaxico Burress (NYG, v. WAS) or Nate Burleson (SEA, at BUF)
I really, really, really want to say Plax here. (Obviously, Holt's already in; you won't see me leave him out.) After all, he only had eight catches, 111 yards and one touchdown in two games against the Redskins last year, and Burleson is all the Seahawks have. However, Matt Hasselbeck is rusty (self-proclaimed) and as my colleague Matt Snyder argued elsewhere, the Giants should come out swinging and there's too good a chance Plax finds the end zone to risk a little upside from Nate.

Derek Anderson (CLE, v. DAL) or Kurt Warner (ARI, @ SF)
Well done, sir! You drafted Anderson and Warner and now that Anderson is concussed and unable to play, it's an easy decision ... oh right. He's back. Mmmmmmnnnnnnoooogod. (Such a noise is reflective of a lineup setting nightmare.) Dallas has the better defense and Warner is going head-to-head with old coach Mike Martz in what should be a shootout. So everyone -- everyone, I say -- will instruct you to start Warner. Not. So. Fast. My. Friend.

Anderson is going to play, and he has Braylon Edwards and Donte' Stallworth. Meanwhile, the Cardinals defense is going to handle the daunting task of shutting down J.T. O'Sullivan and then it will be Edgerrin James time. Warner will throw a touchdown and about 225 yards, but I see Anderson scoring big time.

Ryan Grant (GB, v. MIN) or Selvin Young (DEN, at OAK)
Ryan Grant was your second- or third-round pick, I would imagine. Young was probably not. But here we are, in the first week and all of sudden, Grant looks like a terrifying start. He's going against Minnesota, as tough a run defense as there is, and he didn't practice Tuesday. Young has Andre Hall breathing down his neck (kind of) but he gets Oakland. Lynch v. Young would be a tougher flip, but I can't advise you to sit Lynch.

I can, however, tell you to sit Grant.
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Tags: Derek+Anderson, DerekAnderson, Kurt+Warner, KurtWarner, Nate+Burleson, NateBurleson, Plaxico+Burress, PlaxicoBurress, Ryan+Grant, RyanGrant, Selvin+Young, SelvinYoung, Torry+Holt, TorryHolt

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