Early on, it was almost as we were living in the mid-’00s again, as Carson Palmer (371 yards, 2 TD), LaDainian Tomlinson (155 total yards, 2 TD) and Terrell Owens (10-222-1) led the early games in passing, rushing and receiving, respectively. LT2 and Shonn Greene had the same number of touches (22), but LT2 out-touched Green 16-to-8 in the first half, so Tomlinson has clearly moved ahead of Greene in terms of pecking order in the Jets’ backfield. Braylon Edwards (4-86-1) and Dustin Keller (4-28-2) starred for the Jets in the passing game. It seems like Edwards is focused and playing well after his off-the-field trouble a couple of weeks ago. (Hire a driver, Braylon. You have enough money.)

There are a few things to take from the Falcons/49ers tilt in Atlanta. First, the change at OC for the 49ers looks like it will be a good thing for Michael Crabtree (5-58) who was targeted six times by Alex Smith (188 yards, TD, 2 INT). Secondly, the San Francisco DT is not dead yet. They held Atlanta to 16 points, sacked Matt Ryan (273 yards, TD) three times and picked him off twice. The 49er special teams also came up with a score when Taylor Mays recovered a blocked punt for a TD. Lastly, Harry Douglas (3-59-1) is making his case to be the Falcons’ WR2. He was targeted eight times by Ryan.

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- Matthew Stafford (296 yards, TD, INT) dislocated his kneecap, but the injury shouldn’t keep him out very long.

- Jay Cutler (141 yards, 2 pass TD, rush TD) didn’t throw for a ton of yards, but was pretty sharp in the redzone, and scored on a gutsy run.

- Derek Anderson (269 yards, TD, INT) had a pretty nice day against the Bengals and should be considered for backup or platoon duty.

- Seneca Wallace (257 yards, pass TD, rush TD) put together a pretty nice game by racking up some yards and scores in garbage time. He’s not a good week-to-week option, but if the Seahawks are outmatched, he should throw up some nice numbers trying to come from behind.

- Chad Henne (115 yards, TD) was serviceable as a replacement for Chad Pennington. When the Dolphins have the running game going like they did on Sunday, they aren’t going to throw much.

- Drew Brees (190 yards) had a very quiet day, largely because the Saints’ defense scored two TDs on Jets’ turnovers.

- It looks like the Broncos defense is for real, so I wouldn’t read too much into Tony Romo’s poor day (255 yards, INT). He should still be in lineups against most teams.

- Kyle Orton (243 pass yards, 2 TD) is at best a mediocre NFL quarterback, but he’s posting pretty good numbers in Josh McDaniel’s offense.

- Shaun Hill (152 yards, 2 TD) had his second straight good game and should be rostered in most 12-team leagues. He’s backup/QBBC material right now, but he seems to be past his slow start.

- Kevin Smith (19 carries, 30 yards, 2 TD) was banged up coming in, but ended up having a nice fantasy day against a pretty good Bears defense. He needs to be in lineups because he’s one of the few true featured backs in the leagues.

- Don’t worry about Maurice Jones-Drew’s lack of touches (9 touches, 40 yards, TD). The Jags jumped out on the Titans and decided to rest him.

- Predictably, Matt Forte (14 touches, 140 yards, TD) had a great game against the Lions.

- Jerome Harrison (34 touches, 152 yards) was the featured back with Jamal Lewis out. James Davis is done for the season, so as long as Lewis is sidelined, Harrison should be the main guy and a pretty good start. He’s especially sneaky in PPR leagues given how active he is in the Browns’ rushing game.

- Darren McFadden (7 touches, 2 yards) was a total bust in a great matchup against Houston’s terrible run defense. The Texans loaded up the box and showed no respect for JaMarcus Russell. Complicating matters, Justin Fargas (11 touches, 38 yards) was productive and received more touches. McFadden will be out 2-4 weeks with a knee injury.

- Steve Slaton (23 rushes, 89 yards, 2 TD) was bound to bounce back after a few tough matchups to start the season and he broke out in a big way. He’s back to Top 10 to Top 15 status going forward.

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- Devin Hester (1-2) almost scored on his one catch, but was knocked out of the game. It doesn’t look serious. Johnny Knox (5-31) was the top Bears’ receiver and scored on a kickoff return.

- Mohamed Massaquoi (8-148) was targeted 13 times by Derek Anderson compared to Braylon Edwards’ five targets. Edwards failed to register a catch. Is Massaquoi the Browns’ new WR1? He certainly had his coming out party against the Bengals.

- Austin Collie (6-65-1) had a very nice game against the Seahawks, including a terrific TD catch. He has caught nine passes for 112 yards and a TD in the last two weeks.

- Mike Sims-Walker (7-92-2) is a stud. He has caught 19 passes over the last three weeks. He fits the mold of a third-year breakout WR, but was on a lot of waiver wires to start the year because he was missing time due to injury late in the preseason. To this point, he looks like the waiver wire pickup of the year.

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- Greg Olsen (1-1, TD) only caught one pass, but he made it count. He was targeted seven times, so he’s still an integral part of the Bears’ offense.

- Marcedes Lewis (4-76-1) is turning into a starter-quality TE. Over four games, he’s averaging 2.8 catches for 45 yards and 0.5 TD. That’s 10.3 fantasy points per game in PPR leagues.

- Vernon Davis (3-43-1) continues to produce and is starting to become an every-week starter at TE. I’m worried about the lack of targets (he had four against the Rams), but since the 49ers led the whole way, they didn’t need to pass much.

- Heath Miller (8-70-2) was continuously open against the Chargers. He’s not always that involved in the passing game, but when the Steelers throw 33 times, he’s bound to get a few targets.

- Antonio Gates (9-124-2) single-handedly won more than a few fantasy games this week.