My Week 9 Fantasy Football Line-ups

Okay, I don't mean to jinx myself but I am currently projected to win all 5 of my league games this week. Although I imagine I will lose 1-2, depending on injuries and that I'm rolling the dice on Chris Ogbonnaya in one league.

NFL league:

Vegas Vegans 3-1

QB Philip Rivers

RB Chris Ogbonnaya

RB DeMarco Murray

WR Darrius Heyward-Bey

WR Victor Cruz

WR Julio Jones

TE Tony Gonzalez

D Oakland

K Mason Crosby

Projected score: Vegans 103.24-53.26

I have Maurice Jones-Drew and Calvin Johnson on bye. I don't trust Willis McGahee coming back so soon and I believe my opponent might be a Ghost ship so I can afford to try out Ogbonnaya here.

Fleaflicker:

Portland Beavers 2-2

QB Matt Cassel

RB LeSean McCoy

RB DeMarco Murray

WR Greg Jennings

WR Darrius Heyward-Bey

TE Owen Daniels

D Oakland

K Robbie Gould

Projection: Beavers 124.68-68.65

I'm stuck with Cassel at quarterback during Matthew Stafford's bye.

ESPN

Spring Hellions 1-6

QB Philip Rivers

RB Steven Jackson

RB DeMarco Murray

WR Steve Breaston

WR Roddy White

WR Victor Cruz

WR Darrius Heyward-Bey

TE Aaron Hernandez

D/ST Dallas

K Sebastian Janikowski (pending his injury)

Projection: Hellions 141-119, but I know my opponent needs to adjust his line. A few moves and he could easily be the projected winner.

*UPDATED projection at noon, Sunday: Hellions 149-145. My opponent, Alex, did what I expected him to do, starting Julio Jones and Knowshown Moreno. But with Hakeem Nicks out, Victor Cruz's projection jumped from 14 to 22.

Save for Murray and Hernandez, the other players face favorable match-ups.

CBS

The Scary One 4-0

QB Aaron Rodgers

RB Fred Jackson

RB Beanie Wells

WR Jeremy Maclin

WR Darrius Heyward-Bey

WR Eric Decker

TE Aaron Hernandez

D Oakland

K Dan Baily

Projection: The Scary One 113-89

I know I said I was done with Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos passing game, but Decker was the only #1 WR and Top Targeted player left on waivers. In the past few weeks, I think I've had Ryan Torain and Jabar Gaffney start on this team and I'm still undefeated. I trust Decker can put up some decent numbers or be involved in Tebow's 4th quarter outbursts enough to be relevant. I have Steve Smith out on bye.

Yahoo

Los Angeles Riots 1-3

QB Eli Manning

WR Roddy White

WR Darrius Heyward-Bey

WR Jon Baldwin

RB Darren Sproles

RB Michael Bush

TE Tony Gonzalez

D Oakland

K Dan Bailey

Projection: Riots 91.66-82.21

I was very lucky that Michael Bush was still on waivers, as I have McFadden in this league. I was also very fortunate that someone was kind enough to drop Eli Manning 2 weeks ago.

So, there you have it. I'm sure everyone can see just how much I have invested in Darrius Heyward-Bey, considering I'm starting him in all 5 of my leagues this weekend.

ESPN is just for fun. I'm on good pace to reach the play-offs on CBS. I'm currently in a 4-way tie for first place on NFL. I'm also on track to collect the wild-card on Fleaflicker. Yahoo, I'm in 8th place and the other teams have better players, so I'll just play for fun.

I find it interesting that Fleaflicker has a wild-card round, therefore allowing 6 teams into the play-offs, while the others only have a 4 team elimination tournament.

And I found that draft picks really do set the course for the season. I won't include my ESPN league since I just drafted horribly, but I believe Philip Rivers was my first pick. Yahoo, I think I took McFadden first. Fleaflicker, I think I drew McCoy first. NFL was Calvin Johnson. And CBS, I had the third draft pick and got Aaron Rodgers.

Well, take care and I hope everyone does well for Week 9!