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Fantasy advice on Ryan, Stafford

NFL, Fantasy NFL

Every week during the NFL season, Matthew Berry will be engaging in a discussion with an NFL expert on topics that will provide valuable insights for fantasy owners. For this pre-Week 8 edition, Berry and ESPN NFL analyst Trent Dilfer look at fantasy QBs who have underperformed compared to preseason expectations. Plus, they look at fallout from the Percy Harvin deal and reflect on their early-season fantasy trade involving Cordarrelle Patterson and Rob Gronkowski.

How should fantasy owners handle underperforming QBs?

Matthew Berry: Trent, I'm really excited to be talking to you about these fantasy topics. You're a master of film study for us here at ESPN, a Super Bowl-winning quarterback, and, most importantly, a former champion of the ESPN War Room fantasy football league -- as am I. I think it's the first time two former champions have gotten together to talk fantasy football like this.

Trent Dilfer: We're making history here.

Berry: I want to ask you about several quarterbacks who have underperformed in fantasy based on preseason expectations, but let's start with the entire Cincinnati Bengals offense. Forgetting fantasy football for a minute, Andy Dalton just drives me nuts when I watch him. On that play Sunday, when he swings it out to Giovani Bernard and he just gets blown up by Colts cornerback Vontae Davis -- keep in mind that I'm a Bernard owner -- it looked like he was trying to get Bernard killed. To me, it looked like he had no awareness, and that offense as a whole can be frustrating to watch. Do you think Dalton is better or worse than he gets credit for?

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