Fantasy Football Studs & Duds

QB Reports: Fantasy Stud of the Week - Tom Brady, QB, Patriots (22-27, 350 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT). He's going to the hall of fame, so lets just induct him now ok? (Jim More Jr. Comments after sunday's game).

Drew Bledsoe had a great day – 24-for-35, 289 yards, three TDs – against Philly. The Eagles have been one of the toughest defenses to throw on, and they employ two of the top cornerbacks in the league in Lito Sheppard and Sheldon Brown. But Bledsoe and company attacked Philadelphia's secondary instead of shying away from it. Minus their two injured starting receivers, the Seattle passing game looked very shaky heading into Week 5. But Matt Hasselbeck stepped forth and was very efficient and proved he can get the ball regularly to secondary targets in a 37-31 victory at St. Louis. Brett Favre remains a top-notch fantasy QB. Seven TD passes in his past two games says anyone who doubted Favre during Green Bay's bad start were certainly wrong. He remains a must-start fantasy QB in most cases.

The numbers weren't there necessarily for Kelly Holcomb (169 yards, 1 TD), but he did get both Lee Evans and Eric Moulds involved in the offense again, which means those receivers are slightly safer to start in upcoming weeks. Holcomb himself could make it into a lineup if your in deep trouble at the QB position.

I won't sit here and try to waste a lot of time explaining Josh McCown's second straight near-400 yard passing day. I think it's as simple as this: he has two great receivers in Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona struggles to run the football, and the team was allowing 27.5 points per game coming into Week 5.

Running Backs Report: Tatum Bell stepped up this week with 2 amazing runs for Denver. Did he just suplant Anderson as the Denver Starting RB? We've got to wait and see unfortunatly. Alexander also had his usual big game for the Seahawks who broke their 3 game losing streak versus the Rams.

Damage Control: Deuce's MRI came back today and its bad news for Deuce owners. He's out for the year. Blaylock is out for the year in New York as well, as is Najeh Davenport who scored twice before leaving late in the first half with a broken ankle, which likely ends his season. Davenport definitely ran with more authority than Ahman Green.

It's becoming very apparent that Kevin Jones might never live up to the great preseason hype that had some fantasy owners taking him as early as the first round. Jones has yet to reach the 90-yard mark in a game this year, and he averaged just 2.2 yards per carry against Baltimore on Sunday. But Jones did manage to score twice against the Ravens. Fred Taylor opened the game with a 41 yard touchdown run on his first play but it was called back on a holding penalty. Not to worry - Fred still ended the game with 132 yards and of course no score.

It has taken some time, but Jamal Lewis is finally looking like a very good fantasy starter again. Lewis rushed for a TD in Week 4, and he averaged five yards per carry in a loss at Detroit. Domanick Davis finally rekindled last year when he gained 173 total yards AKA "the entire offense". The Titans had no real stars in the game outside of Bennett (99 yards, 1 TD) and their best advantage in the game was that they were not the Texans.

Wideouts Report: By the time Sunday rolled around, most leagues had clued into Joe Jurevicius getting the start in Seattle and had picked him up off waivers. He didn't disappoint those teams that decided to throw him into the starting lineup, catching nine passes for 137 yards and a TD. With word that WR Darrell Jackson could be out for several weeks with a knee injury, and Bobby Engram's status (ribs) still in question, Jurevicius is going to continue to be a factor. Jurevicius got through this business trip to the most difficult city he is forced to visit. He got past the sight of the hospital where his son died. He caught a touchdown pass and tossed the ball in Michael's direction. He played this game like he plays all games, with great dignity and professionalism.

With Braylon Edwards out the door opened for Antonio Bryant to grab a couple of scores against a supposedly good Bears defense. The Falcons passing game actually looks to have more zip with Matt Schaub under center instead of the injured Michael Vick. That definitely meant good thing for Alge Crumpler, but it was also a boon to Brian Finneran, who had a couple of long gains. Steve Smith is an uber-stud that's all I have to say about him. Josh McCown likely owns the starting job for a while with a 394 yard, 2 TD game where he only threw to Boldin (10-158, 1 TD) and Larry Fitzgerald (9-136, 1 TD) and no one else. Since there is virtually no rushing game for the Cards, Fitzgerald and Boldin make wonderfully consistent fantasy starters

Tight Ends Report - Week 5 - The week of the Tight End. The above 5 guys all showed up big in their matchups this week, and I'm really liking this Troupe guy. McNair looks to him first in the red zone, that's just waaay to easy to see. His numbers haven't quite thrilled anyone yet, but Ben Troupe is quietly becoming one of fantasy football's better tight ends. Troupe caught a 10-yard TD pass on Sunday, and now has three overall. It's also quite evident that come redzone Brunell is looking TE first in the Gibbs Offense.

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Fantasy Dud News: Duds Of the Week : Donovan McNabb couldn't rebound after some early struggles connecting with receivers. However, with a bye week upcoming, McNabb can get himself better and get his game together for Week 7. It was an even worse fantasy week for Brian Westbrook, who managed just 36 total yards.

Other duds
QB
Aaron Brooks, Saints: 9-22, 146 yards, 2 INTs
Joey Harrington, Lions: 10-23, 97 yards, 1 TD
Donovan McNabb, Eagles: 13-26, 131 yards
Alex Smith, 49ers: 9-23, 74 yards, 4 INTs

RB
Deuce McAllister, Saints: 11 carries, 31 yards; 3 catches, 33 yards
Brian Westbrook, Eagles: 6 carries, 12 yards; 3 catches, 24 yards

WR/TE
Michael Clayton, Buccaneers: 0 catches, 0 yards
Andre Johnson, Texans: 0 catches, 0 yards
Brandon Lloyd, 49ers: 0 catches, 0 yards
Rod Smith, Broncos: 2 catches, 23 yards
Donte Stallworth, Saints: 1 catch, 6 yards
Roy Williams, Lions: 2 catches, 24 yards

Reasons to watch the Monday Night Game:

1. LT2 - What does LT have up his sleeve in PrimeTime?? This guy has all the talent to be the top fantasy points producer for years to come.

2. Antonio Gates - With the Steeler defense looking to shut down LT perhaps Gates can take one to the house on playaction. Troy Palamalou matches up pretty well with Gatest though IMO.

3. Big Ben - With a balanced attack featuring the 3 headed monster of Slick Willie Parker, Duce Staley and Bettis, plus wideouts Hines Ward and Randell El Big Ben could see a high scoring game ahead of him. He may have to win this game with his arm. Have we seen that yet this year?

4. Matchup - Chargers defenders are expected to be busy with the Steelers' running game. Willie Parker carried the load while Duce Staley and Jerome Bettis were injured. With Staley and Bettis healthy, the backfield is so crowded that Bettis could be inactive Monday night. "They just beat the defending champs and, conversely, they watched the film of us losing to that same football team," Bettis said. "So they're going to have a lot of confidence saying, 'We just smacked around the team that just beat this team.' You've got to think they'll have some confidence."