Fantasy Football Studs & Duds

QB Reports: The Redskins are at it again, but they did play the lowly 49ers this weekend. But what a huge game for the banged up Clinton Portis. Another week, another absolute MONSTER game from someone on the Redskins. Brunell to Mike Sellers was the hot combo this week. Betcha had him in your lineups didn't you?

Just when you expect Duante Suckpepper to tank the season for the Vikings after the turmoil of the boat orgy he has hig best game of the season. This team is just plain unpredictable. Jermaine Wiggins had six more catches, showing that he's one of Daunte Culpepper's favorite targets, plus Duante finally got Mewelde Moore into the endzone for his first career touchdown. Sorry folks but you must keep Duante in your lineups once again. He'll be better with a full speed Nate Burleson next week too. On the opposite side of the field was the GunSlinger Favre. He brought his best stuff yet again and if not for a 56 yard Field goal by Minni to win he's up for Stud of the Week honors. I for one hope Brett doesn't retire this year.

Aaron Brooks' New Orleans Saints are cursed. Plain and Simple. This team can't get a brake. Brooks without Horn but with a healthy Az-Hakim going against his old team threw for 230yds and threw a couple TD's. He's a decent 2nd QB for your teams still. Rounding out the QB studs this week is Eli Manning. Forget this crap about Manning coming along. This kid has arrived. That final play of the game to throw to Toomer for the TD was a thing of beauty the way he backpeddled to find time. Simply Sweet! Burress, Toomer, Shockey, and Barber are great weapons at his finger tips, so watch for more.

Running Backs Report: Fantasy Stud of the Week - I think Sunday's effort – 28 carries, 122 rushing yards, 40 receiving yards, 3 TDs – qualifies as one big day wouldn't you? The Raiders Lamont Jordan shredded the Bills run defense for career highs in total yards and scores. Buffalo's run D is truly the worst in the league. Clinton Portis rang up 101 yards and 3 td's....YES THREE! Portis seemed allergic to the endzone until today...his owners were finally rewarded. Don't look too much into Ladell Betts' stats, since a lot of that came in garbage time.

Edge is of course of to a great start with the amount the Colts are running the ball this year. Practically making Stokley non existant as the 3rd wideout. He's the #3 RB in Fantasy Football this year. Week 8 he's on a bye so I hope you have some RB depth on your teams. The depleted passing game in St. Louis meant more looks for Steven Jackson, who had 97 rushing yards and two scores. Jackson has put together two great fantasy weeks in a row and is finally living up to the preseason hype. Jackson's yardage numbers aren't always thrilling, but he is nearly impossible for opposing defenders to contain near the goal line. Jackson rushed for scores of 6 and 1 yards, and he now has five TD runs in the past four games. The Chiefs on Friday night in Miami played with a simplified game plan which could best be described as "Larry Left, Priest Right". The duo combined for 183 yards and three scores. Holmes' couple of big plays and Johnson appeared to be the fighting for title of "who is the better runner?" Either way, the Chiefs controlled the ball, meaning both guys had many chances to pile up stats The Miami offense played like they were just notified a game was happening and other than Ronnie Brown's 65 yard touchdown run, there was very little happening here. Ronnie Brown had the best Running TD of the week in this game too. Brown had a tough 65 yard touchdown run down the sidelines, blowing up 3 Cheifs in the process.

If you put Tatum Bell in your lineups this week over Mike Anderson you probably lost your week. Bad Bad Move. I dumped both players last week in one 8 team league because I was sick of making decisions on either of them. Who knows what the Rat will do week to week with his runners. Maybe Ron Dayne runs for 100 yds next week? Fast Willie Parker was the stud for the Steelers on Sunday. He had a huge game against a tough Bengals D in Cinci. He streaked back onto the fantasy football map by running for 131 yards and a touchdown and old reliable...The Bus, chipped in 56 yards as the Steelers just grinded this one out.

Note: The Eagles held Tomlinson to a career-low 7 rushing yards. He only added 26 receiving yards and his NFL record of consecutive games with a touchdown ended at 18. Is there now a "blueprint" for containing Tomlinson?

Wideouts Report: As a calling card for what to expect later in the season, the normal decline in passing numbers decided to take a dive early this year, making week 7 of 2005 the worst passing week of the last many years. Quite simply, it stunk. I cannot recall such a lackluster week for throwing and catching the ball - ever.

There were only four wideouts that posted 100 receiving yards on Sunday and the best performance of any player? A mere 114 yards by Donald Driver. Santana Moss had 112 yards and a score and Az-Zahir Hakim just squeaked in with 100 yards and one score. The only other - Doug Gabriel - had just 101 yards and no score. There were only 20 wideouts that had a touchdown yesterday and half of them were held to less than 55 yards on the day.

Waiver wire pickups, throw WR Antonio Chatman's name into the mix. Despite being just 5-foot-9, Chatman has hauled in a Brett Favre scoring toss in three of the past four games. WR Robert Ferguson injured his ankle on Sunday, so Chapman may find himself in the starting lineup if Ferguson misses time.

Tight Ends Report - Week 7 - Nothing special to write aboutt this week. Gonzo improved, Gates did the usual, Miller is emerging and is a redzone threat, and Dallas Clark finally played up to his potential, adding yet another weapon to the INDY offense. Pretty typical TE fantasy weekend in game 7, wouldn't you think?

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Fantasy Dud News: Dud Of the Week: LaDainian Tomlinson, RB, Chargers who had 17 carries for 7 yards and 4 catches for 26 yards. Are you freaking kidding me? He didn't even get his TD record by some 80 year old to add salt on his wounds. The Eagles D stepped up HUGE in this game, kudo's to them. Is this a sign of things to come for OTHER top NFL defenses, as a way to beat LT and Chargers? We'll see. The Eagles did not really deserve the win, the Chargers did not deserve the loss but in the end - only the scoreboard matters. And now Tomlinson has to start all over.

Other duds
QB
David Carr, Texans: 6-9, 48 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 5 carries, 35 yards, 1 lost fumble
Trent Dilfer, Browns: 10-19, 73 yards, 3 INTs; 1 carry, 12 yards
Gus Frerotte, Dolphins: 11-29, 125 yards, 1 INT
Alex Smith, 49ers: 8-16, 92 yards, 1 INT; 2 carries, 4 yards

RB
Chris Brown, Titans: 10 carries, 37 yards, 1 lost fumble
Jamal Lewis, Ravens: 15 carries, 34 yards; 2 catches, 6 yards
Ricky Williams, Dolphins: 6 carries, -1 yards
Shaun Alexander, Seahawks 22 carries, 61 yards, 0 touchdowns

WR/TE
Anquan Boldin, Cardinals: 2 carries, 15 yards
Terry Glenn, Cowboys: 4 catches, 35 yards
Derrick Mason, Ravens: 2 catches, 38 yards
Eric Moulds, Bills: 4 catches, 36 yards
Muhsin Muhammad, Bears: 3 catches, 39 yards

Reasons to watch the Monday Night Game:

1. After a long struggle, The Atlanta Falcons are finally getting this Monday Night thing down. The franchise, which sports an NFL-worst 7-18 record in Monday night games, will try to move to 2-0 in primetime in their Week 8 matchup against the visiting New York Jets. The Falcons were 14-10 Monday night winners over the Eagles in Week 1, and will have another chance to give the fans at the Georgia Dome something about which to cheer.

In addition to trying to put on a good show for a national television audience, Atlanta will be attempting to keep pace in the very strong NFC South. Tampa Bay (5-1) and Carolina (4-2) have both been among the elite teams in the NFC through six games, and the Falcons have a chance to move ahead of the Panthers and get within a half-game of the Bucs with a victory on Monday night.

The Jets, meanwhile, will be trying turn around a 2005 season that has been disappointing thus far. Herman Edwards and company have begun the season with a 2-4 record amid a well-publicized struggle at the quarterback position. Chad Pennington and Jay Fiedler are both out indefinitely with shoulder injuries, and 41-year-old Vinny Testaverde will be making his third start of the 2005 season Monday. Testaverde is 1-1 since taking over starting duties, including a 27-17 loss at Buffalo last week.