Doc,
you did me proud the last time i asked for advice, so I’m back asking for. I traded last week for K Orton (C. williams and a 7th round for next year) and have C. Palmer. Of course I put Orton in for Palmer last week and got burned. Who is the best starter this week and for the rest of the season?

Tsunami

Answer: You have to look at this based on matchups you can’t simply settle on 1 QB, especially based on the caliber of QB’s you have. This week you have Palmer against a good Dolphins D that allows a decent amount of pass yards, but is very stingy in the redzone and you have Orton facing a 49ers pass D that is allowing approx 230 ypg game to QB’s and 2 TD’s. Also Denver has had real problems running the ball and they won’t run all that well against the 49ers, we would give the edge to Orton in this one, but they are fairly close in value this week. Orton was an obvious bad play last week against a very good top 5 ranked Raiders secondary.