I took the lead last week, beating MattDotRich 86 to 67 and leading 1309 to 1305. In Week 12, I hope to gain some more ground and never look back. Make sure you check out all of our Fantasy Football Tools before setting your lineups this week starting Thursday at noon with the Packers @ Lions. Check out who we started in Week 12:
By MattDotRich
Oakland and Cincinnati are on the verge of completing one of the NFL’s biggest trade-deadline deals in decades, with the Raiders acquiring holdout quarterback Carson Palmerfrom the Bengals in exchange for two first-round picks, according to sources familiar with the deal.
The first first-round pick is in 2012 and the other is a conditional first-round pick in 2013.
And…… hold for laughter…
Yes, the Oakland Raiders just surrendered at least one first round pick for the rights to 32 year old Carson Palmer. Yes, that, Carson Palmer. The one who “retired,” only to see the Bengals improve offensively under an un-highly touted rookie quarterback.
The Carson Palmer who has 154 career touchdowns, and 134 career turnovers despite the infamous pre-injury season where he threw for 32 touchdowns on “just” 16 turnovers. Do the math, it hasn’t been pretty since.
That’s not to say he completely sucks as a fantasy quarterback (but to be fair, he does suck as a real life quarterback), it’s just that he’s a backup at best. We tend to get excited about new people in new places, but let’s remember who Carson Palmer is. Post injury, here’s what he’s done:
| SEASON | TEAM | GP | CMP | ATT | CMP% | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | INT | FUM | RAT |
| 2006 | 16 | 324 | 520 | 62.3 | 4,035 | 7.76 | 28 | 74 | 13 | 13 | 93.9 | |
| 2007 | 16 | 373 | 575 | 64.9 | 4,131 | 7.18 | 26 | 70 | 20 | 4 | 86.7 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 75 | 129 | 58.1 | 731 | 5.67 | 3 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 69.0 | |
| 2009 | 16 | 282 | 466 | 60.5 | 3,094 | 6.64 | 21 | 73 | 13 | 3 | 83.6 | |
| 2010 | 16 | 362 | 586 | 61.8 | 3,970 | 6.78 | 26 | 78 | 20 | 3 | 82.4 |
That’s slang for ‘not too great, my dudez.’ If you’ve got a spot for him go for him, but don’t go crazy trying to acquire him. More than likely, you have a better QB on your bench.
A couple of players that should be on the rise on everyone’s draft boards are Tim Hightower, Reggie Bush, Felix Jones, John Beck, Ryan Matthews, and Jahvid Best.
A number of players signed over the last week that will have an impact on your fantasy draft. Some of the big names that you should update in your rankings are Michael Bush, Chad Ochocinco, Braylon Edwards, Ronnie Brown, Sidney Rice and Zach Miller (Seattle).
Other notable mentions include: Kyle Orton, Tim Tebow, Chad Henne, Ricky Williams, Malcom Floyd and Legedu Naanee.
We have updated our Top 200, as well as our Positional Rankings and D/ST Rankings (including kickers). Also make sure you check out the Draft Kit to find relevant articles from this year and from the archive.