Game Preview - Week 9: Seattle Seahawks at Cleveland Browns

Cleveland: Derek Anderson is on roll throwing 10 TDs in his last four games while leading the Browns to a surprising 4-3 record. Benefiting from Anderson's play has been wideout Braylon Edwars and tight end Kellen Winslow who are absolute must-starts for your fantasy team. Running back Jamal Lewis returned last week from a sprained foot rushing for 61 yards on 17 carries against a suspect Rams run defense. Muddling up the backfield is the addition of Jerome Harrison who received 5 carries last week (32 yards) to go along with Jason Wright's 4 carries (19 yards). Lewis is a marginal play here against a better than average run defense. Keep your eye on this game in between plays of the Colts-Patriots contest; there should be some entertaining action with a lot of downfield action.

Start: QB Derek Anderson, WR Braylon Edwards, TE Kellen Winslow
Consider: RB Jamal Lewis
Sit: WR Joe Jurevicius

Seattle: The Seahawks seem to have a stranglehold on the NFC West despite only leading the division by one game over the Arizona Cardinals. San Francisco and St. Louis are just playing out the schedule so as long as Seattle doesn't trip over there own feet they should be a lock for the playoffs. They will have to play better the next few weeks to solidify their status and getting Shaun Alexander on track might be a good start. The once fantasy stud has turned into a dud this season bothered by a broken bone in his hand and stuck behind a mediocre offensive line. His two touchdowns have fantasy owners crying "Bust" and is desperate need of a wakeup call. With Alexander running like girl, Matt Hasselbeck has taken the reigns of the offense with mixed results. He should get some help this week as Deion Branch and D.J. Hackett are expected to return to the starting lineup in what should be a relatively high-scoring game involving two subpar defenses.

Start: WR Bobby Engram, K Josh Brown
Consider: QB Matt Hasselbeck, RB Shaun Alexander, WR Deion Branch, D.J. Hackett
Sit: WR Nate Burleson, Seahawks D/ST, TE Marcus Pollard

Krueger's Rankings/Projections

Seattle Seahawks
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 8	Matt Hasselbeck	Pass: 240, 2 Rush: 0, 0
RB 17	Shaun Alexander	Rush: 60, 1 Rec: 1-5, 0
WR 8	Bobby Engram	Rec: 8-95, 1
WR 9	Nate Burleson	Rec: 3-40, 0
WR 44	D.J. Hackett	Rec: 4-55, 0
WR 72	Deion Branch	Rec: 1-15, 0
TE 25	Will Heller	Rec: 1-15, 0

Cleveland Browns
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 4	Derek Anderson	Pass: 260, 3 Rush: 5, 0
RB 14	Jamal Lewis	Rush: 75, 1 Rec: 1-10, 0
RB 50	Jason Wright	Rush: 10, 0 Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 5	Braylon Edwards	Rec: 8-105, 1
WR 33	Joe Jurevicius	Rec: 3-45, 1
TE 2	Kellen Winslow	Rec: 7-80, 1

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Past Results and Remaining Schedule

Seattle Seahawks
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	TB	H	W 20-6	+14
2	2007-09-16	ARI	A	L 20-23	-3
3	2007-09-23	CIN	H	W 24-21	+3
4	2007-09-30	SF	A	W 23-3	+20
5	2007-10-07	PIT	A	L 0-21	-21
6	2007-10-14	NO	H	L 17-28	-11
7	2007-10-21	STL	H	W 33-6	+27
8		Bye
9	2007-11-04	CLE	A	L 30-33	-3
10	2007-11-12	SF	H
11	2007-11-18	CHI	H
12	2007-11-25	STL	A
13	2007-12-02	PHI	A
14	2007-12-09	ARI	H
15	2007-12-16	CAR	A
16	2007-12-23	BAL	H
17	2007-12-30	ATL	A

Cleveland Browns
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	PIT	H	L 7-34	-27
2	2007-09-16	CIN	H	W 51-45	+6
3	2007-09-23	OAK	A	L 24-26	-2
4	2007-09-30	BAL	H	W 27-13	+14
5	2007-10-07	NE	A	L 17-34	-17
6	2007-10-14	MIA	H	W 41-31	+10
7		Bye
8	2007-10-28	STL	A	W 27-20	+7
9	2007-11-04	SEA	H	W 33-30	+3
10	2007-11-11	PIT	A
11	2007-11-18	BAL	A
12	2007-11-25	HOU	H
13	2007-12-02	ARI	A
14	2007-12-09	NYJ	A
15	2007-12-16	BUF	H
16	2007-12-23	CIN	A
17	2007-12-30	SF	H

Offense Stats Comparison

	SEA Offense	CLE Offense	NFL Average
Points for	21.3	26.0	21.3
Rushing yards	95.0	107.7	111.1
Rushing yards per attempt	3.32	4.11	4.09
Completion %	59.3%	58.1%	62.0%
Passing yards	235.0	234.7	215.6
Passing yards per completion	10.90	13.59	10.57
Passing yards per attempt	6.46	7.90	6.55
Interceptions	1.0	1.0	1.0
Fumbles lost	0.0	0.3	0.7
Sacked	2.3	1.3	2.1

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 3 to 8 of the 2007 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 3 to 8 with no adjustment.

Defense Stats Comparison

	SEA Defense	CLE Defense	NFL Average
Points against	16.0	25.7	21.3
Rushing yards	104.7	122.7	111.1
Rushing yards per attempt	3.79	4.52	4.09
Completion %	58.9%	59.8%	62.0%
Passing yards	197.7	272.7	215.6
Passing yards per completion	9.67	11.28	10.57
Passing yards per attempt	5.69	6.74	6.55
INT return	1.3	0.7	1.0
Fumble recoveries	1.3	0.3	0.7
Sacks	3.7	1.0	2.1

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Team vs. Team History

Seattle Seahawks vs. Cleveland Browns
Season	Week	Date	Vis	Home	Score	Winner
2001	1	2001-09-09	SEA	CLE	9-6	SEA
2003	13	2003-11-30	CLE	SEA	7-34	SEA

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2006 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.

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