Sure, it will be interesting to see how the home crowd greets their former, disgraced hero when Andy Reid runs Vick out there for one of those misguided Wildcat plays -- it's not working; including passes, Vick has a double-digit gainer on one play all season -- but fantasy football owners have quite a bit to watch in this game. The Falcons are without their starting quarterback in Matt Ryan, and the Eagles are likely to be missing concussed wide receiver DeSean Jackson.
I can tell you fantasy owners don't seem very concerned about Roddy White or Tony Gonzalez, and as I wrote in an earlier blog this week, I don't think they should be. Briefly, Ryan was not playing well, and while all we've got to go on with Chris Redman is his small sample size performance in 2007 and in relief of Ryan in Week 12, I don't see much dropoff. You're not playing Redman, just the weapons. I'll also be very interested to see how the carries are divided up, assuming Michael Turner can't play. I want to see Jason Snelling get opportunity, but like in Seattle with this ridiculous Julius Jones-Justin Forsett situation, I'm thinking loyalty is going to play a major role in giving Jerious Norwood lots of run.
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Eric Karabell
Eric Karabell is an ESPN.com senior writer. He has worked at ESPN since 1997 and covered fantasy sports for ESPN since 2001, specializing in baseball and football. Eric appears several times per week on SportsCenter, NFL Live and other ESPN shows, contributes to ESPN Radio and ESPN The Magazine and is the host of the Baseball Today Podcast. He has been honored twice as fantasy sports writer of the year by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association, his blog was named best fantasy baseball series for 2007 and he was inducted into the inaugural FSWA Hall of Fame class in 2010.
Eric grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, and accordingly, favors Philly teams first, his fantasy teams second. He previously served as ESPN.com's lead NBA editor, and is a former Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer sports writer. Eric is also the author of "The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments," published by Source Books and available in bookstores and online.
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