who to start week 8?????

[DAVE30]

Well i know this might look a little wierd but who should i start at QB?

Peyton Mannig - Playing the Titans (great D 10 picks and 18 sacks)
or
Jason Campbell - Playing Detroit Lions ( lions have no pass defense and i have Randel El in)


Note - Peyton only scored 7 points last week.

What do you guys think???


Dave

[rchurchward]

Well, if you wanna look at stats and trends, here they are:

Peyton Manning is going up against the Titans defense, currently ranked 3rd in the NFL. Their pass defense in particular, ranked 5th in the NFL, only gives up an average of 179 yards/game. The team has also only given up 66 points, which is tops in the NFL. Now, the last time that Manning played the Titans, he had a passer rating of only 86, 312 yards passing, 1 TD and 1 INT. That was against a Titans D that wasn't as strong as they are this year. Granted, Manning has a lot of targets to throw it to (Harrison, Wayne, Gonzalez, Clark, Addai) so he can spread it around, but I forsee the Titans shutting him down.

Now, Jason Campbell is a totally different story. Campbell is going up against the Lions defense, currently ranked 32nd in the NFL. Yes, that is dead last. Their passing defense is giving up 251 yards/game (ranked 31st) and their giving up the most points/game. Campbell, in his last game against the Lions, put up a passer rating of 125, he was 23 for 29, with 248 yards, 2 TD's and no INT. With Santana Moss, Cooley and Randle El heating things up, I was expect Campbell to have a great game. Plus, the Lions will be expecting the run with Portis, which might open the door for Campbell to sneak some deep balls in to his speedy wide outs.

Go with Campbell.

[DAVE30]

Thanks that is what i was leaning towards. I think that Campbell will have a better week.

Thanks
Dave