I don't buy into football home/road splits very much, so when it was pointed out to me that David Garrard of the Jacksonville Jaguars was 0-for-the-season when it came to throwing touchdown passes away from cozy but often half-empty Alltel Stadium, I basically ignored the information. Instead, I foolishly chose to recommend him -- and start him on two fantasy teams -- because he was facing the awful Tennessee Titans defense, one that was coming off a 59-0 pasting in the snow.
Score one for the home/road splits, an objective observer might say. Let's take it further, though. Is Garrard even the safest option at home? And what about wide receiver Mike Sims-Walker, who also merited a top-10 staff rank at his position heading into Week 8 and managed a fantasy goose egg? Garrard at least scored three points, enough to pass the Ja-Mendoza line (named after Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell, who continues to provide awful performances on a weekly basis). But Sims-Walker and Torry Holt totaled one fantasy point.
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Eric Karabell
