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Ryan Fitzpatrick, Buffalo Bills

Fitzpatrick has seven touchdowns in two games against Kansas City and Oakland, who have had subpar starts to the season.   Now enter the New England Patriots who have torched opposing defenses, while in fact being torched themselves. I could easily seeing Fitzy continuing his trend of throwing three or more touchdowns this week against a bad Patriots defense that allowed Philip Rivers to throw over 350 yards and two Touchdowns.

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Eli Manning, New York Giants

When Matt Ryan played against the Eagles last week, he threw four touchdowns against their vaunted defense.  The kicker is that Ryan had Tony Gonzalez to throw to,  and Eli won’t have a solid tight end to target because Hakeem Nicks is going to be covered by either Nhamdi Asomugah or Asante Samuel. So I will expect a lot more forced balls into tight coverage, and I’ll be surprised if Manning throws for 200 yards or a touchdown.

Running Back

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Michael Turner, Atlanta Falcons

We’ve seen back-to-back 100-yard games for the burner against the Eagles and the Bears, two pretty solid defenses, so I have no reason to think he won’t do it again against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. However, I don’t think he will go too far over the century mark, although he should be good for a couple of touchdowns.

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Beanie Wells, Arizona Cardinals

Going to Seattle will prove to be more challenging than it seems for the Cardinals; they can torch the Seattle corners easily and shouldn’t have much reason to hand off the ball to Wells, and even then I would say the Seahawks have a not-so-bad run defense that plays a lot better at home than they do on the road.

Wide Receiver

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Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona Cardinals

No corner on the Seattle roster can keep up with Larry Fitzgerald.  It’s that simple.  The Seahawks’ cornerbacks are too young to be able to double cover the Fitz properly. Also, it’s not like last year when the Cards were playing musical chairs at the quarterback position. Kevin Kolb is a solid guy who can get the ball downfield.

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Dwayne Bowe Kansas City Chiefs,

Look, the Chiefs aren’t beating anyone this season, so there is no reason to stack the line now that Jamaal Charles is done for the year. Bowe is a very talented receiver, but there just isn’t anything special around him.  Matt Cassel is laughable as a starting quarterback, and the offensive line is bad.

Priest Holmes

Holmes is coming off a dismal season, one that started in Week 7 against the Oakland Raiders and then three tough games against the Broncos, Packers and Colts – three games the Chiefs lost. So far, he’s caught only 5 passes for 17 yards and rushed for 137 yards in four games. He has no TDs on the season. And it looks like the reaggrivation of his neck injury during the Colts game this past Sunday might have been enough to push the decision to retire, though that isn’t the official reason.

Regardless of this year’s injury-mired season, Holmes worked a 10-year career that most RBs aspire. This Texas ’97 graduate was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens as a return man, and worked his way up to backup RB. Then in 2001, he found a new home in K.C. and took the role of one of the most feared running back in the league:

• 1,780 Rush Attempts
• 8,172 Rush Yards
• 4.6 yards Rush Average
• Longest Rush: 72 yards
• 94 TDs (8 were receptions)
• 339 Receptions
• 8.7 yards Reception Average
• Longest Reception: 67 yards
• 16 fumbles (only 11 lost, averaging out to 1.1 fumbles per year!)

Here at Naptown’s Finest, we respect great players and we send Priest Holmes off with the utmost respect!

Stop by and see arrowheadaddict.com for more updates on the Kansas City Chiefs. Oh, and you can bet your ass that Priest made this TD below…

K.C. was impressive…That Jared Allen-Derrick Johnson combination is about as dangerous as it can get in the NFL and Brodie Croyle is extremely talented and composed under center (the Chiefs may have found themselves a quality QB finally!). Adam Vinatieri had better get his game together. That was almost two games down the drain on easy FGs. Peyton Manning needs to stop mourning over the loss of Marvin Harrison and realize he has Wayne, Clark, Addai and Keith who have proven to be huge assets.

Let’s just review the game…in pictures, not words: