Bullish and Bearish

This is a new section I am starting which will put the three most underrated and overrated starts of the week. Bullish will be the players who have underperformed so far and offer great value as a start this week. Bearish will be the players who have played well recently and may come back down to earth.

Week 4
Bullish
WR Chad Johnson
Chad is playing the NE Patiots in a statement game for the Bengals. CJ's stats have been horrible so far this year as double coverage has stymied him and allowed Carson to spot Chris Henry and TJ Housh open downfield. Now, as defenses realize they will be burned if they roll too much coverage toward Chad he should have more opportunities. Plus, Chad will make sure the Bengals don't have a let down after the big win at Pitt. Last time he played the Pats he had 5 catchaes for 80 yards and a score.
QB Marc Bulger
So far this year the Rams offense has been anything but the greatest show on turf. The Lions defense should provide Marc with ample opportunities. The Lions made over the hill Favre look like the Favre from 2000. Expect Marc to be around 275 yards and three scores.




RB Ronnie Brown
Ronnie hasn't been too bad so far because the Dolphins have not had a passing game. Look for Ronnie to break loose vs the Texans D. Did you see what they allowed Clinton Portis to do? Because the Dolphins will not throw 22 completions in a row, watch them focus on the running game and Brown should have nice numbers.



Bearish
QB Chad Pennington
Chad has proven his arm is back. He is completing 66% of his passes and has five TD vs one int on the season. The Jets running game has been horrible so far this year and will continue to be vs. the Colts. The Jets should get blown out by Peyton and co. and Chad may have good yardage totals because he will be so far behind, but I think he will have 3-4 ints against the Colts D as he tries to force throws downfield to Coles and Cotchery.

WR Marques Colston
The prime example of unknown to hot commodity. Colston has become Drew Brees' top target. Facing the Carolina D, the Panthers now they are two games behind the 3-0 Saints and cannot afford to fall three games behind. They shold beat up on the Saints and take away Colston from Brees.
RB Reggie Bush
Although Reggie hasn't been in the endzone his yardage numbers have been solid in his first three games. He is definitely as good as advertised. As with Colston, I think Carolina will key on keeping Reggie inside the tackles and he will be eaten up by the Carolina D line. Expect Brees to have to try and throw downfield to keep New Orleans in the game, which would reduce Reggie's touches.

Lets see how my first edition of Bullish and Bearish works.