Bold Predictions For Week 8

Let's get right to it, here are the Fantasy Leprechaun's bold predictions for Week 8. On Tuesday, I'll take a look back at these and see what I got right, and what I bombed with.

• Jonathan Stewart will total at least 100 yards from scrimmage and at least 1 TD Sunday at the Rams. Even if DeAngelo Williams is active. And yes, I realize that Stewart has done almost nothing this year other than one long TD reception against the Saints.
  

• Brandon Lloyd will bounce back with a 100-yard game this week.

• Did you see Darren McFadden run wild on Denver last week? Well, Frank Gore gets the Broncos this week. And whether the game is in London (which it actually is), San Francisco, Denver, or Mount Kilimanjaro, Gore will put up close to 200 yards from scrimmage and at least 2 TD's.

• Jon Kitna will throw for at least 260 yards and 2 TD's Sunday against the Jaguars.

• The Bengals' defense has no resemblance to last year's unit whatsoever, unable to generate any pass rush and with a banged-up secondary. They get the Dolphins this week. You can't reasonably project either Ronnie Brown or Ricky Williams to go off, but I can project that Chad Henne Pasta, the Brandon Marshall Plan, and Davone Porgy And Bess will. Expect a Kitna-like line for Henne, over 100 yards and a score for Marshall, and at least 75 yards and 6 catches for the PPR machine that is Bess.
  

• Ryan Fitzpatrick will continue his hot play of late, as he will again throw for 300 yards and at least 2 TD's at the Chiefs.
  

• Lee Evans will again go for over 100 yards and a score from Fitzpatrick.

• Both Jamaal Charles and Thomas Jones will put up at least 15 fantasy points against the Bills.

• Matthew Stafford, in his first action since Week 1, will be a top-6 option at the QB position this week, throwing for 300 yards and 3 TD's against the Redskins.
  

• Somewhere Over Torainbow. It's Toraining Men. Whatever you want to call him, Ryan Torain is going to have another great game with 120 scrimmage yards and a TD against the hapless Lions defense.

• Donovan McNabb hasn't thrown for more than 1 TD in any game this season. That changes this week against the Lions, as he throws for at least 280 yards and 2 TD's.

• James Jones will lead the Packers in receiving yards in Sunday's game at the Jets.
  

• In this Sunday's game against the Titans, Patrick Crayton will at least repeat his line from last week, which was 7 catches and 82 yards.
  

• The New England defense, facing either a fractured Brett Favre or a rusty Tarvaris Jackson, will be a top-5 fantasy defense on Sunday.

• Despite Bill Belichick's best efforts to stop it from happening, Randy Moss will score a TD in his return to New England this week.

• With a dream matchup at home against the Bucs, Beanie Wells finally will eclipse 100 yards and a TD on Sunday. In fact, I'll say he scores twice.
  

• Despite Arizona's bad defense against both the rush and the pass, I don't think Tampa Bay will be able to run the ball on Sunday. So that means I think Josh Freeman and Mike Williams are great plays. Freeman will throw for at least 200 yards and 2 TD's, and probably add 20+ yards on the ground as well, while Williams will have at least 80 yards and one of those scores from Freeman.

• Mike Williams, the Seattle version, will get the Asomugha treatment on Sunday and record less than 50 yards receiving.

• Marshawn Lynch will be the only Seattle offensive player worth starting against the Raiders on Sunday.

• Jacob Tamme, yes, Jacob Tamme, will go for at least 70 yards and a TD on Monday night against the Texans. Why, you ask? Well, Houston already wouldn't have been able to contend with Reggie Wayne and Pierre Garcon anyway, but now that Austin Collie and Dallas Clark are down, the Texans will do everything they can to stop those two. Tamme, replacing Clark, will be wide open, and Peyton Manning exposes mismatches better than any QB that's ever played.
  

• Yes, the Colts are bad against the run and Arian Foster absolutely gashed them in Week 1. I expect the Colts to load up the box to make sure that that doesn't happen again, instead hoping that they can force some turnovers out of Matt Schaub. While Foster will still get his, what I'm suggesting is that Schaub and Andre Johnson will go off on Monday night. Schaub, who didn't even come close to 200 yards passing in Week 1 against Indy, will go for more than 300 this time around, and Andre Johnson will go for at least 100 yards and a score.