- When fantasy owners drafted Tom Brady in the second round, I don’t think they were looking for 115 yards, one TD and one pick in Week 15 against the Buffalo Bills.

- Matt Cassel (331 yards, 2 TD) rewarded those owners that were brave enough to start him after a fairly miserable stretch of games. With Chris Chambers and Dwayne Bowe, the Chiefs have something going in the passing game.

- I’m actually surprised that Matt Ryan mustered 152 yards and a TD in his first game back against a very stout Jets pass defense.

- Jay Cutler (94 yards, 3 INT) had a miserable day against the Ravens. Meanwhile, Joe Flacco (234 yards, 4 TD) shredded the Bears’ defense.

- Ben Roethlisberger (503 yards, 3 TD) had a MONSTER day against what was a pretty stingy Packer defense coming in. Aaron Rodgers (383 yards, 3 TD, rush TD) did everything to win the game but rush Roethlisberger on his game winning drive.

- Laurence Maroney (23 carries, 81 yards, TD) has defied the odds, holding onto the Patriots’ RB1 job even with the return of Sammy Morris.

- Jerome Harrison (34 carries, 286 yards, 3 TD) looks like he might be worth having in a keeper league. He destroyed the Chiefs’ defense.

- Jamaal Charles (25 carries, 154 yards, TD) now has a TD in six straight games.

- Arian Foster (2 carries, 7 yards) lost a fumble on his first and only catch and didn’t see much work the rest of the day. Ryan Moats (13 carries, 46 yards) carried the load.

- Steven Jackson (24 touches, 123 yards) missed practice all week with the flu and was a game time decision, but he grinded out a nice fantasy line.

- The Dolphins managed to keep Chris Johnson out of the endzone, but he still racked up 159 yards on 29 carries and two catches.

- The perception that Chris Wells (17 carries, 110 yards, TD) has taken over as the Cards’ RB1 is correct, but Tim Hightower ran for a TD and caught six passes, so he’s still somewhat valuable in PPR leagues.

- Maurice Morris (22 touches, 161 yards, TD) made the most of his opportunity to start with Kevin Smith out. Arizona actually has a pretty good rush defense, so Morris’s performance is that much more impressive.

- Knowshon Moreno (22 touches, 81 yards) was a big disappointment given his tremendous matchup with the Raiders’ pathetic rush defense.

- Michael Bush (18 carries, 133 yards, TD) destroyed the Broncos’ run defense.

- Leonard Weaver (17 carries, 52 yards) got the most carries against the 49ers, but LeSean McCoy was the one who scored.

- Josh Morgan (7-61-1) really seems to be benefiting from the arrival of Michael Crabtree. He has 22 catches over the last four weeks and has scored twice in that span.

- Terrell Owens (2-20) screwed over whomever was brave enough to start him this week. He has been decent of late, but was a non-factor against the Pats.

- I think an alien took over the body of Chris Chambers (5-114-1).

- Andre Johnson (9-196) is pretty good.

- Calvin Johnson (3-35) is a stud, but he’s not trustworthy when he has a dud (Duante Culpepper, Drew Stanton) throwing to him.

- Brandon Marshall’s line (7-73-1) is somewhat surprising considering he was going up against Nnamdi Asomugha all day.

- Vincent Jackson (5-108-2) didn’t have a great matchup, but he turned in a great fantasy line for those owners who stuck with him this week.

Check back in a bit for the RB and QB positions.

- With an early TD, Antonio Gates (4-33-1) looked like he was going to get off to a big day, but finished with rather pedestrian numbers.

- I’m excited that I benched Todd Heap (5-56-2) in favor of Bo Scaife (5-40) in a league where I lost Owen Daniels midseason. That’s just great.

- In a week where starting TEs were pretty quiet, Kellen Winslow (6-93) and John Carlson (7-86-1) had big fantasy lines in that TB/SEA game.

- Jermichael Finley (9-74-1) is a stud in the making. He has 31 catches for 302 yards and three TD in the five games since he came back from injury. That’s 15.8 fantasy points per game in a PPR format.

- Heath Miller (7-118) had a huge day against the Packers, but how many fantasy owners were starting him after just seven catches (and zero TD) in the last three games?

Check back in a bit for the WR, RB and QB positions.

- Somehow, Drew Brees makes 296 yards and three TDs seem pedestrian.

- Aaron Rodgers (180 yards) picked a bad time to have his first zero TD game of the season.

- The Bills have a good pass defense, but Matt Cassel’s performance (224 yards, 4 INT) was downright pitiful.

- Carson Palmer (94 yards, TD) and the Bengals’ passing game was surprisingly unproductive against the Vikings’ sketchy pass defense. Minnesota did get a boost from Antonie Winfield, who returned from a six-week absence.

- Tony Romo (249 yards, 2 TD) stayed hot. It has helped that the Cowboys have trailed in the second half, because he’s racking up some stats in garbage time.


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- Pierre Thomas (19 touches, 100 yards) got even more work with Mike Bell out, but Reggie Bush (12 touches, 79 yards, 2 TD) vultured a couple of pass TDs.

- Kevin Smith (23 touches, 88 yards) suffered a “gruesome” knee injury and Rotoworld is saying that his season is “unquestionably over.”

- Ray Rice (13 carries, 166 yards, TD) and Willis McGahee (12 carries, 76 yards, 2 TD) destroyed the Lions rush defense. Rice also went for 4-53 in the passing game.

- Ryan Grant (20 carries, 137 yards, 2 TD) had a very nice day running the ball. He started the scoring with a 62-yard TD run. He wasn’t even touched on the play.

- Julius Jones (11 touches, 43 yards) and Justin Forsett (13 touches, 73 yards) pretty much split the work out of the Seattle backfield. Forsett is more productive, but Jones continues to start.

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- Calvin Johnson (4-37) had a rough game against a good Ravens defense, though he’s a lot better off when Matt Stafford is under center.

- With Devin Hester out, Johnny Knox (5-83-1) and Devin Aromashodu (8-76-1) both had nice days.

- Andre Johnson (11-193-2) went nuts against a bad Seattle pass defense.

- You better hope you weren’t playing Brandon Marshall (21-200-2) in a PPR league. (I did.) Marshall set the record for most catches in a game. Eddie Royal had one catch for three yards.

- Davone Bess (3-22) no longer looks like a starting caliber fantasy wideout. Greg Camarillo (7-110) got most of the work.

- Mike Sims-Walker (1-6) was a surprise start (calf), but he was terribly unproductive.

- Way to go, Randy Moss (1-16). Wes Welker (10-105) is far more dependable.

- After a couple of semi-quiet weeks, Vincent Jackson (7-120) went off against the Cowboys.

Check back in a few minutes for the RB and QB positions.

- Jermichael Finley (5-70) continues to be a big part of the Green Bay passing game.

- Dallas Clark (5-43-3) will probably carry a few fantasy teams to victory this week.

- Ben Watson (3-37-1) caught a TD, so he’ll be on the fantasy radar this week. Don’t fall for it.

- Dustin Keller (1-3) was brutal, as was the entire Jets passing game. They didn’t have to throw it much because they ran the ball at will on the Bucs.

- Fred Davis (3-50-2) continues his nice run. He has posted 12-146-4 over the last three games.

- Jason Witten (4-49) outgained Antonio Gates (4-44-1) but Gates found the endzone.

Check back in a bit for the WR, RB and QB positions.

- The Carolina defense did a number on Josh Freeman (321 yards, 5 INTs) and are likely to carry a few fantasy teams to victory this week.

- Matt Moore (161 yards, INT) was not impressive in his first start, but he only turned the ball over once, and that’s all the Panthers needed on Sunday.

- Jay Cutler (143 yards, TD) has a disappointing day given his nice matchup. Bears fans are just happy he got the win.

- The Denver defense seems to have its swagger back. Matt Cassel (84 yards, 2 INT) struggled, as did the entire KC offense.

- Tom Brady (352 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT) didn’t seem too bothered by an injured finger, but he did throw the game-ending interception.

- Bruce Gradkowski (308 yards, 3 TD) had a HUGE day against the Steelers.

- Ben Roethlisberger (278 yards, 2 TD, INT) bounced back from a Week 12 absence with a big day against a pretty good Raider secondary.

- It wasn’t exactly pretty, but Drew Brees (419 yards, 2 TD, INT) posted another nice fantasy day.

- Jason Campbell (367 yards, 3 TD, INT) had a big day against New Orleans, but threw a costly interception in overtime that led to the Saints’ game-winning field goal.

- Alex Smith (310 yards, 2 TD) continues to play well down the stretch. With Arizona in Week 14 and Detroit in Week 16, he is definitely startable in the fantasy playoffs.

- Tony Romo (392 yards, 3 TD) had a big day in the Cowboys’ loss against the Giants.

- Jerious Norwood (13 touches, 42 yards) and Jason Snelling (12 touches, 52 yards) basically split the work with Michael Turner out.

- LeSean McCoy (9 touches, 26 yards) was a big disappointment given his good matchup with the Falcons defense.

- Jonathan Stewart (26 carries, 120 yards, TD) was strong filling in for the injured DeAngelo Williams.

- Kevin Smith (18 touches, 104 yards, TD) ended up having a nice day against a good Bengals defense.

- Cedric Benson (36 carries, 110) yards is the clear RB1 in Cincy. Larry Johnson (2 carries, 4 yards) was not involved in the offense.

- Earth to Maurice Jones-Drew (24 carries, 76 yards): Where are you?

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