In the world of fantasy football, a decade is a long time. It’s rare for a player to achieve fantasy stardom for five straight years, much less ten. As part of our Decade Debate series, here is a list of the top players of the ’00s, by position, under a high performance scoring system. The criteria is simple — we’re looking for sustained excellence.

QB: Peyton Manning, Colts

Let’s see, from 2000 to 2008, Manning has averaged 4,195 passing yards, 31.2 touchdowns, and only 13.6 interceptions. He is the model of consistency, never missing a start and finishing in the top 6 each and every season. In 2009, he’s on pace for another 4,967 yards and 35 TD. At just 33 years of age, the durable Manning has a shot at being the top fantasy QB of the ’10s as well.

Honorable Mention: Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Brett Favre, Donovan McNabb, Daunte Culpepper

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A few weeks ago, I wrote about how much better Marvin Harrison is playing at Lucas Oil Stadium. At that point, he was averaging 4.8-62-0.8 (or 15.8 fantasy points) at home and 2.2-22-0.0 (or 4.4 fantasy points) on the road.

Fast forward four weeks and the trend continues. In Week 11 against the Texans at home, he posted 9-77-1. In Week 12 at San Diego, he went for 6-44-0. In Week 13 at Cleveland, he posted 3-27-0. And in Week 14 against the Bengals at home, he finished with 3-78-1. Over the course of the entire season, his averages look like this:

At home: 5.2-67.3-0.8 (or 16.7 fantasy points)
On the road: 2.9-25.6-0.0 (or 5.5 fantasy points)

Harrison looks like a great start against the Lions next week, but should probably be benched (depending on your options) in Week 16 at Jacksonville.

There’s no real logic to this trend, but through 14 weeks, it’s hard to deny that it exists.

Marvin Harrison must really like Lucas Oil Stadium. In four games, the veteran wideout has caught 19 passes for 249 yards and three TD on the Colts’ home field. That projects to a 76-catch, 996-yard, 12-TD season. That’s not exactly what we’re used to from the standout WR, but it’s a lot better than the 53-catch, 635-yard, 5-TD season that he’s currently posting.

The good news is that the Colts have more home games remaining than road games, but the bad news is that one of those home games comes in Week 17 against the Titans, which doesn’t really help fantasy owners. Harrison can definitely be started in Week 11 at home against the Texans, and in Week 15 at home against the Lions. The other home game (Week 14 against the Bengals) is also a pretty nice matchup, though the 2008 Bungles aren’t as bad as usual against the pass.

While all three road games – Week 12 @ SD, Week 13 @ CLE and Week 16 @ JAX – do seem appealing, Harrison has posted an average of 2.2 catches for 21.6 yards on the road, and has failed to score a TD. I wouldn’t recommend starting Harrison in any of those matchups unless you don’t have a better option available.

So what’s the reason for Harrison’s increased production at home? At the old RCA Dome, he was virtually uncoverable on the artificial turf due to his incredible quickness and sharp route running. But Lucas Oil Stadium has Field Turf, which looks and feels like grass, so those advantages should be negated somewhat.

Maybe Harrison is just getting some good ol’ home cookin’ on game days.

Lance Moore continues to thrive with Marques Colston out and I think he’ll still be roster worthy when Colston returns next week…If Ryan Fitzpatrick continues to start for Cincy, it’s okay to bench Housh and Ocho Cinco…Roddy White (9-112-1) is turning into a stud right before our eyes…Andre Johnson (10-178-1) has re-entered must-start territory…Marvin Harrison (3-83-2) rewarded loyal fantasy owners with a nice game against a good defense…Bernard Berrian (5-131-1) continues to thrive with Gus Frerotte under center. He’s in WR2/WR3 territory and should be started against mediocre or bad defenses…Torry Holt (5-23) didn’t have as good of a game as I expected, but the Rams looked a lot better as a whole…Santana Moss had a goose egg last week and went just 2-22 this week. He’s losing that consistency that made him great earlier in the season…Patrick Crayton (3-84-1) should be rostered. After a rough start, he has played pretty well over the last three weeks…None of the Seattle wideouts look like decent starts with Matt Hasselbeck out…Vincent Jackson (5-134-1) is a starter worthy wideout with Chris Chambers out of the lineup.