Bruno Boys Fantasy Football

Throughout the off-season, the Bruno Boys peered into their Crystal Ball to provide you out there in Bruno Boys Nation with a look into what the future held for specific players for the 2009 season. Now, we shift our focus and utilize our psychic powers to provide you with a breakdown of all the NFL games on the docket for this Week 16 of football action as Bruno Boys Kyle presents the Week 16 - Game Previews (Fantasy Style).

Buffalo Bills @ Atlanta Falcons: The Falcons don’t have a realistic chance at the playoffs, something that could have been said in Buffalo weeks ago. But, the Bills do bring the No. 3 overall pass defense to the forefront. Fantasy Prediction: Matt Ryan throws for fewer than 200 yards for the seventh time in 13 games.

Kansas City Chiefs @ Cincinnati Bengals: The Chiefs lost last week despite throwing for over 300 yards and allowing just 66 yards through the air. Matt Cassel had his best game of the season with 330 yards and two scores, but that won’t be the case this week. Fantasy Prediction: Cassel reverts back to the form he displayed before playing Cleveland and throws two more interceptions.

Oakland Raiders @ Cleveland Browns: Oakland is 3-2 over their last five games, while the Browns are 2-0. Clearly, this is a match-up of juggernauts. Okay, maybe not, but there was a juggernaut sighting last week in the form of Jerome Harrison of the Browns, who ran for an astounding 286 yards. He faces the 28th-ranked rush defense of the Raiders this week. Fantasy Prediction: Harrison runs for over 100 yard for the third time this season.

Seattle Seahawks @ Green Bay Packers: Seattle is very bad, as evidenced by the fact that they lost to the Buccaneers last week. They are that bad in part because their pass defense is a terrible 29th in the NFL. Now, they get to face one of the better passing teams in the league in Green Bay. Good luck with that. Fantasy Prediction: Greg Jennings has at least 80 receiving yards and one touchdown.

Baltimore Ravens @ Pittsburgh Steelers: This will be an old-fashioned knockdown, drag-‘em-out AFC North contest – except for the fact that both teams are in the top half of the league in passing offense. Oh well, at least they’re both stout in run defense. Fantasy Prediction: Rashard Mendenhall runs for less than 60 yards for the third consecutive game.

Houston Texans @ Miami Dolphins: There is no cornerback in the league that matches up with Houston wide out Andre Johnson. None. That player doesn’t exist, which we should all know by now, but in case you didn’t just witness the fact that the guy has had 190+ yards in two straight games. He won’t make it three, but he’ll get fairly close. Fantasy Prediction: Johnson has his third straight game with at least 150 receiving yards.

Jacksonville Jaguars @ New England Patriots: Tom Brady was held to a season-low 115 passing yards last week against Buffalo, which was 100 fewer yards than he’d thrown for in any other game. He’ll more than double that this week against the putrid Jaguars pass defense, and his wide outs will be the beneficiaries. Fantasy Prediction: Wes Welker scores for the first time in seven games.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints: New Orleans lost last week for the first time this season. More importantly to fantasy owners, Drew Brees only threw one touchdown pass, the first time since Week 9 that he had failed to connect on multiple scoring passes. The last time he faced Tampa he threw three – he’ll surpass that this week. Fantasy Prediction: Brees throws four touchdown passes.

Carolina Panthers @ New York Giants: The Giants need to win to make the playoffs, but the Panthers showed last week that they can compete with any team in the league. Makes for an interesting contest, as does the fact that fantasy owners can watch two players named Steve Smith rack up points for them; one will be quite a bit more successful than the other, though. Fantasy Prediction: Smith (the Carolina version) continues his scorching play with over 100 yards and one touchdown.

Detroit Lions @ San Francisco 49ers: After throwing just two interceptions from Weeks 10-13, 49ers quarterback Alex Smith has thrown five in his last two games, and he threw for only one score last week against Philly. Thankfully, he gets to go up against the worst pass defense on planet earth this week. Fantasy Prediction: Smith throws three touchdowns for the first time in four games.

St. Louis Rams @ Arizona Cardinals: The Rams are utterly hopeless, at least until next year when Ndamukong Suh wreaks havoc in the backfield of his foes. Until then, they’ll continue to get run up and down on. Fantasy Prediction: Beanie Wells runs for two scores.

New York Jets @ Indianapolis Colts: This game is a nightmare for fantasy owners. The Jets have a great defense, and the Colts may not play all their starters this week for any significant amount of time. Do you avoid using Indy players at all costs or roll the dice? Avoiding them might be the wiser thing. Fantasy Prediction: Peyton Manning plays just half the game and throws for a season-low 175 yards.

Denver Broncos @ Philadelphia Eagles: Just like there’s no cornerback who can cover Andre Johnson, there’s no corner that has the speed to stick with Philly wide out DeSean Jackson. If Johnson hadn’t been doing so much work, people would be talking even more about Jackson, who has scored in four straight games and accumulated 318 receiving yards in his last two contests. Fantasy Prediction: Jackson goes for over 100 yards for the third straight game.

Dallas Cowboys @ Washington Redskins: Forget statistics and things like that in this game. Who cares? We just want to see more hilarious fake field goals like the one Jim Zorn employed on Monday Night Football for the entire nation to see (and mock). Fantasy Prediction: Marion Barber rushes for less than 75 yards, but scores a touchdown.

Minnesota Vikings @ Chicago Bears: Brett Favre and Brad Childress apparently aren’t the bosom buddies that some had made them out to be. Childress has apparently thought of taking Favre out of three games, which seems odd. That’s a lot of thinking and not a lot of doing. Either way, the Bears are terrible and are going to get crushed. And isn’t it time we heard more out of a certain purple-clad running back? Fantasy Prediction: Adrian Peterson runs for 100 yards for the first time since Week 10.