Fantasy Football Studs & Duds

QB Reports: Week 13 - Once again at the top of the QB leaderboard for the umpteenth week in a row its Carson Palmer. Cincinnati gets that big Steeltown Monkey off their back. This was a great game where we saw the new kids play king of the mountain and take out the old top dogs. Great to see Palmer has control of his offense and just plain dialed up the Steelers CB's. As the Bengals demonstrated Sunday, their very balanced offense is too difficult to stop for even some of the best defenses.

The other QB in this shootout on Sunday was Big Ben. He didn't fare quite as well throwing 3 picks, but his 3 TD's, and huge yardage day is always good for fantasy stats right? For one magical quarter on Sunday, J.P. Losman and Lee Evans looked like the second coming of Jim Kelly and Andre Reed. The Buffalo QB/WR combo connected for three early first-quarter TDs in what was an eventual loss at Miami. Was this Losman's coming out party? (waiver wire)

All Payton did versus the Titans was throw for 3 TD's, nothing wagered nothing gained right? Don't we nearly expect this from him? Brad Johnson has won all five of his starts, and appears to be making better use of a questionable supporting cast than Daunte Culpepper did. He has thrown five TD passes in his past two games

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Running Backs Report: Week 13 - Whats missing from this list? Yup you guessed it. L.T., Alexander the Great, and The Edge. How does that grab you? We haven't seen all three of them not on the RB stud list in about 500 years.

Put Foster in your starting lineup and leave him there. He's a stud #2 back for you the rest of the way. As I'm assuming you have a decent #1 ahead of him. DeShaun Foster is undoubtedly Carolina's go-to back now. Stephen Davis had just five carries for eight yards against the spotty Atlanta run defense.

I know you aren't taking Johnson out of your lineup either right? I feel so bad for people that drafted Priest in Round 1 but failed to grab Johnson later in the draft...how many times do I need to tell you this??? Right now, Johnson is arguably the best player in fantasy football. The incredible running back surpassed the 1,000-yard rushing mark Sunday and also ran for at least 100 yards in his fifth straight game, a streak he'll look to continue next week at Dallas.

Did Portis do enough to warrant another start? I for one am not sure. I've flipped him in and out of my starting lineup for 3 weeks with Chris Brown as my #2 back depending on the matchup, well at least I keep guessing right?

The dreaded RBBC in Denver. If you absolutely have to choose between the three, we'd play it safe and go with Anderson, who remains the starter. IN Bengal land ( I did type Bungle first) Rudi is back on form. Rudi chipped in 98 yards rushing and 2 td's. So much for Chad Johnson's new td celebration

Wideouts Report: Week 13 - This is nearly crazy. Usually in fantasy football we see more good running back performances as the season winds down, not fantasy Wideout breakout games??!! What the fock gives??

Stud of the WEEK: Chris Chambers: Just two weeks ago, Chambers was held to just three catches for 12 yards. Now he has 100-yard games in consecutive weeks, including setting team records in receptions and yards this week. Chambers had maybe the best game of his career, 15 catches for 238 yards and a touchdown in the Dolphins 21 point comeback win over Buffalo on Sunday, capped by Chambers fourth down TD catch with six seconds left in the game. Throw in a few drops, even a big one early in the Dolphins' game-winning drive, but it is games like this that have people scratching their heads as to why he hasn't had a 1,000 yard season yet. It's a real shame that Browns rookie WR Braylon Edwards (right) hurt his knee Sunday, because in the past few weeks, he has appeared well on his way to earning potential breakout status for 2006 fantasy football drafts. Now we'll be lucky to see him in camp in August.

Ward of the Steelers and Housh of the Bengals were their respective teams top wideouts on Sunday. Chad Johnson was basically a no-show. Housh who had another great performance against a division rival (88 yards, two touchdowns Sunday against the Steelers) finds himself among the top-five in fantasy production among wide receivers over the past three weeks.

Our breakout player of the week: Lee Evans of the Bills. Him and Chambers really put on a catching clinic. The Bills started the game with 3 touchdowns in the first quarter. The Dolphins end the game with 3 touchdowns in the final quarter. Somewhere in the middle, there was a FG. The Bills second-year wideout caught five passes for 117 yards and three touchdowns. According to CBS Sportsline, Evans is still available in 43 percent of fantasy leagues. He can be relied upon as a #3 receiver for your playoff run depending on the match-up.

In Arizona Anquan Boldin appears to be back. What a run after the catch touchdown he had against the Niners on Sunday. Truly amazing. Boldin has averaged over nine catches and 125 yards in his last three games since returning from a knee injury.

Heeee'sss Baaaackkkk - KROB (Koren Robinson) as he was called in Seattle has apparently put down the booze, and the gotten off the booze cruise to become Brad Johnson's favorite target as of late in Minni. Start him this week against a Rams defense that can’t stop anyone.

Tight Ends Report - Week 13 - Nothing special here at all. Cooley became the first Redskin to ever catch 50 passes or some meaningless statistic, but as for Gates and Gonzo they each had a TD. Gonzo's came on his only catch. He was just invisible the whole game. Thanks A$$-Dart.

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Fantasy Dud News: Dud Of the Week: Jamal Lewis. Ya ya I'm sure there are others that belong here, but CMON. Are you kidding me? They played the Texans ok? Lewis carried eight times for 17 yards and added three catches for 23 yards in Sunday's win over the Texans. How do spell C-H-E-S-T-E-R?

Other Duds
QB
Drew Bledsoe, Cowboys: 15-39, 146 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs
Brooks Bollinger, Jets: 15-37, 135 yards, 1 INT; 1 carry, 12 yards
Aaron Brooks, Saints: 18-34, 215 yards, 4 INTs; 3 carries, 9 yards
Jeff Garcia, Lions: 17-35, 126 yards, 1 INT; 3 carries, 12 yards
Eli Manning, Giants: 12-31, 152 yards, 2 INTs
Kyle Orton, Bears: 6-17, 68 yards, 1 INT
Alex Smith, 49ers: 16-24, 185 yards, 3 INTs; 4 carries, 12 yards
Michael Vick, Falcons: 17-35, 171 yards, 2 INTs; 3 carries, 36 yards

RB
Chris Brown, Titans: 11 carries, 32 yards; 1 catch, 6 yard
Stephen Davis, Panthers: 5 carries, 8 yards
Steven Jackson, Rams: 11 carries, 24 yards; 4 catches, 18 yards
Jamal Lewis, Ravens: 8 carries, 17 yards, 1 lost fumble; 3 catches, 23 yards
Curtis Martin, Jets: 15 carries, 29 yards; 4 catches, 26 yards

WR/TE
Drew Bennett, Titans: 6 catches, 37 yards
Laveranues Coles, Jets: 4 catches, 35 yards
Keyshawn Johnson, Cowboys: 2 catches, 16 yards
Derrick Mason, Ravens: 3 catches, 32 yards
Muhsin Muhammad, Bears: 0 catches, 0 yards
Donte Stallworth, Saints: 3 catches, 20 yards
Roy Williams, Lions: 4 catches, 34 yards
Jason Witten, Cowboys: 1 catch, 5 yards

Conclusion:

Anquan Boldin has now surpassed the 100-yard mark in three consecutive games. Michael Bennett has scored all three of his 2005 TDs (rushing/receiving) against Detroit. Willis McGahee has not scored in his past six games. Randy Moss has not reached the 100-yard receiving mark in his past eight games after beginning the season with three 100-yard outings in his first four games. Jake Plummer has not thrown more than one TD pass in five of his past six games.

2 Possible Team D's to grab this week could be the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks. (obviously after last night).

The Packers defense has been a pleasant surprise in 2005, considering entering the season most considered them to be the laughingstock of the league. The Green Bay defense has single-handedly kept the team in most games, including last week when they held Bears QB Kyle Orton to just 68 yards passing.

Seattle is starting a mash unit but they keep clicking. Injuries to 3/4 of their starting DB's, plus Jamie Sharper have been out for a while. This week they get the 49ers at home, and I'm sure you saw what the crowd in Seattle did to the Giants right? Plus after last night's game the Hawks are a top 5 FFL defense now, and they also put up the most pts in fantasy of any player this year, from what I can find??!! Have a good week folks. DaveB