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I have two decisions to make. What say you? (Standard format) Brady vs Palmer and Chris Johnson vs Antonio Brown (Flex)

9 time out of 10 I'm a NBYS guy, but I'm wondering if I'm not set up for the 1/10 this week. I'm 7-3 lockind in the playoffs... going up against the division leader 8-1-1. Only way to a first round bye starts with beating him this weekend. Problem is he's got a ton of juicy matchups, Foster/Jac, Colston/Oak, D Martin/Car, Wayne/NE to name a few, while my "studs" in Forte/Marshall lock up with SF, Bowe, T Smith, Mathews all have less than ideal matchups as well. By ESPN projections with our league scoring I'm a 39 pt 'dog for this matchup. I need a monster game from my QB and some luck as well to have any chance this week. All that said, do I consider Palmer against the horrid NO D rather than Brady vs. IND? By our scoring the only QB's who didn't put up 26+ on NO were Vick (21) and Cassel (9), otherwise there's been 3 games against of 26,28,29, and 4 of 30+ to opposing QB's. On the other hand IND has only allowed 30 once (Rodgers 32), 21-25 3 times, and 5 times held opponents in the teens. However the only 2 'real' QB's they've faced were Rodgers (32) and Cutler (25)... otherwise it's been Gabbert 2x, Sanchez, Weeden, Tannehill, Ponder, Hasselbeck... Go with MY stud against IND who was lit up by the only other stud they faced, or go with Palmer against NO, who gets lit up by everybody? If it were the playoffs I'd play Brady without even thinking, but trying to work towards a bye with nothing to lose by losing... roll the dice?

Haven't carried a back up to Brady all season, now I need somebody to cover the bye week. I had targeted Freeman last week but I missed out to a slightly higher bid, so my options are: Cutler @ Ten Palmer vs. TB then I see a big drop to guys like: Hasselback vs. CHI - no thanks Cassel @ SD -no thanks Skelton @ GB - um.. no Ponder @ SEA R. Wilson vs. MN Gabbert vs. Det Weeden vs. Bal The only matchups I like in the bottom group are Gabbert and Skelton, and I don't think I could actually pull the trigger on those... had my eye on Weeden, he actually threw for 320 @ Baltimore earlier, but his clunker against SD scares me. So it looks like Cutler vs. Palmer. I like the Cutler matchup a bit better, but Palmer has been outscoring Cutler regularly and I'm also starting Forte and Marshall, so I fear putting all my eggs in the Bears offense basket. Anybody have a good reason to talk me OUT of Carson Palmer? Or can anybody make a REALLY compelling case for one of the other lesser matchups? Like the fact that the Vikings have been torched by the other 2 rookie QB's they've faced on the road this year.. (RG3 & Luck).