Every Tuesday night, we'll give you an update on our FanHouse fantasy football league. Who hit on their sleepers? Who made the shrewd pickups? Who's practicing what they preach? In 'House Check, you'll find out.Some teams struggle through the bye weeks, limping to a few wins here and there while trying to keep up with the competition. Some people make move after move, searching for a winning combination to turn a season around. Those people are not Will Brinson.
Will took down the previous high-scoring team this week, winning his fifth straight game after starting the season 0-2, with a ragtag bunch including workhorse back Cedric Benson and emerging No. 1 WR Sidney Rice. Other teams might fold when WR1 Greg Jennings struggles, but Brinson perseveres.
Quote of the Week
"My team sucks." -- Sean Lalley, captain of the lowest-scoring team in the league, The Ghosts of Scott Mitchell. Losing Calvin Johnson and Darren McFadden to injury didn't help, and Lalley has just two good healthy players remaining: QB Aaron Rodgers and RB Steve Slaton. You take on Knox Bardeen in what has to be a must-win game for you, Sean. Good luck.
Waiver Wire Work
Shonn Greene tops the list this week, likely soon to be the property of Mr. Lalley. After that, there's not much out there.
Some team will probably gamble on the possibility of Alex Smith being legit, but I'm not buying it, not even as a bye-week replacement during this six-team bye. Smith will have to face the red-hot Colts, winners of approximately 8,000 regular-season games in a row (give or take a couple).
Jason Snelling is worth a look in deeper leagues, although I don't anticipate anyone but the Michael Turner owner possibly making a play on him in our 12-team league. Chris Brown also makes a nice bye-week fill-in going up against the terrible Bills rush defense.
Heath Miller hit the wire with his bye on the way, and a team hurting at TE will likely add him to the bench this week. Even though I'm happy with Brent Celek, I might even try to nab him myself.
