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.
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It’s clear that RB2 duties in New Orleans belong to Deuce McAllister (15 touches, 72 yards). Pierre Thomas saw just three carries (for 18 yards)…The Raiders split touches between Justin Fargas (10 touches, 35 yards) and Darren McFadden (8 touches, 30 yards). Michael Bush saw just four touches (for 13 yards). This appears to be the plan when all three backs are (reasonably) healthy…Thomas Jones (20 touches, 78 yards, 3 TD) finally had a big game, but it’s doubtful that too many fantasy owners were starting him. I like Jones, but the Jets love to throw at the goal line…Chris Perry (13 carries, 14 yards) is playing dreadful football. He failed to score from inside the three yard line and dropped an easy catch…For a guy who’s averaging 5.6 yards a carry, Earnest Graham (5 carries, 11 yards, TD) sure doesn’t get a lot of work. The Bucs were running him at fullback for most of the game…Michael Turner (25 carries, 54 yards) put in another disappointing performance against a good defense. At least he’s predictable…The Baltimore running game was a huge disappointment against a bad Colts rush defense. Willis McGahee got knocked out of the game and his backup, LeRon McClain, only managed three carries (and fumbled once)…Maurice Jones-Drew (24 touches, 148 yards, 2 TD) capitalized on a Fred Taylor injury to post some big numbers. That’s just a glimpse of what he’ll do once Taylor finally retires…Correll Buckhalter (25 touches, 178 yards, TD) looked like Brian Westbrook, Jr…Ryan Grant (33 carries, 90 yards) looked a little better, but still failed to break off any big runs. The holes just aren’t there at the point of attack.
Matt Ryan (301 yards, TD) looks like the real deal. It’s rare for rookie QBs to have this kind of success, and when they do, it’s a great sign for things to come…Marc Bulger (136 yards, 0 TD) didn’t shine in his first start since being benched two weeks ago. He’s just backup fodder at this point…David Garrard (276 yards, TD) is looking much better over the last three games and is working his way back into fantasy starter territory…Aaron Rodgers (208 yards, 2 pass TD, rush TD) continues to put up good fantasy numbers. Despite the sore shoulder, he threw a strike downfield to Greg Jennings for a TD…Phillip Rivers (306 yards, 3 TD) threw for three TD for the fourth time in six games this season and has developed into an every week starter…Matt Cassel (203 yards, INT) hasn’t thrown more than one TD in any game this season.
The NFL Network’s Adam Schefter reports that Kellen Winslow and his swollen testes (ouch!) will not play on Monday Night Football. The Saints’ Billy Miller might be available in your league and, if so, he’d be a decent fill in…In a surprise, Marques Colston is inactive against the Raiders. Get him out of your lineups…Roddy White is active against the Bears…John Clayton believes that Eddie Royal will be unable to face the Jaguars…The Bucs expect Joey Galloway back in Week 7, so if he has been cut in your league and you have a roster spot, snatch him up.
In a minor trade, GM Larry Bird sent Shawne Williams to the Dallas Mavericks for Eddie Jones and two second round draft picks.
Bird, the Pacers’ president, has made it clear he plans to repair the team’s image after several negative off-the-court issues in recent years. Williams, Indiana’s first-round draft pick in 2006, was dogged by three incidents involving police in the past 13 months.
“He’s got a lot of potential,” Bird told the Associated Press. “You hate to give up on those type of players, but with what we’re trying to do here, we felt it was best to move Shawne. This trade wasn’t made because he wasn’t talented enough, it was because of the other things.”
The Pacers already have traded Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson in the past three years for damaging the team’s reputation, and the Pacers have told Jamaal Tinsley not to show up to training camp after several scrapes with the law.
Williams will be reunited with new Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle, who coached the Pacers when Indiana drafted him out of Memphis in the first round in 2006.
“There’s no question Rick wanted him,” Bird said. “He was there when we drafted him. He knew the talent, he knew the kid.”
The writing was on the wall for Williams. It was just a matter of time before Bird sent him packing. He has talent, but needs a fresh start. Maybe he’ll get it with Carlisle and the Mavs.
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