This is probably one of those Duhhhhhhhh comments but with the leagues concern (and rightly so) about concussions; it appears that 1 game out to recover may be the minimum time off.
I had a bad feeling that Ben Rothlisberger and Kurt Warner both might miss Week 12 and they did! Even though both professed health and all tests good-neither played.
So what can we learn from this little exercise. Have a back up. Plan and think ahead. If you suspect that your QB may not play for any reason-have an alternate to start.
This week I had Big Ben and Matt Stafford as my QBs in the Main Event of the Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC, http://www.theffpc.com/). I planned to start Ben R. but as I mentioned earlier, I had a sinking feeling that Ben might not play. Well with Stafford unlikely to play (hmmmm or so I and the rest of the world thought) I decided to drop Stafford and add another QB who would get me the most points in week 12 should Ben somehow not play.
I had several choices: Jake Delhomme, Matt Cassel, Kyle Orton or Jason Campbell.
Delhomme just plain sucks, so he was out. Orton was my next choice, but since he played Thursday night he would not do me any good as a b/u since he would play days before Big Ben.
That left Cassell or Campbell.
I added Jason Campbell through the Waiver Wire and voila'....20+ points from 2 passing TDs and a rushing TD.
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