Tuesday Morning Quarterback

Player of the Week: If he keeps this up, this could...and should...be his own personal space each week. Crushing his doubters that said he couldn't run in Denver, LaDanian Tomlinson racked up another 4 TDs (3 rush, 1 rec) and another 179 all purpose yards. In doing so he broke the record for fastest to 100 TDs (89 games), set the record for 3 or more TDs in 4 consecutive games and is currently on pace to atleast tie Shaun Alexander's single season mark of 28. If he's on your team, you are, no doubt, on a huge roll in your league and likely headed to the fantasy playoffs. Enjoy the ride as it only gets better next week against Oaktown.



You're cruising on a fantasy yacht towards the playoffs if you started:

QB Tom Brady, NE: 244 passing yards-4 TD, 6 rushing yards, FL
QB Carson Palmer, CIN: 275 passing yards-3 TD, 1 INT
QB Drew Brees, NO: 510 passing yards-2 TD, 3 INT
RB LaDanian Tomlinson, SD: 105 rushing yards-3 TD, 74 receiving yards-1 TD
RB Larry Johnson, KC: 154 rushing yards-2 TD
RB Jamal Lewis, BAL: 91 rushing yards-3 TD, 17 receiving yards
RB Frank Gore, SF: 212 rushing yards, 26 receiving yards
WR Lee Evans, BUF: 265 receiving yards-2 TD (both 83 yarders)
WR Chad Johnson, CIN: 190 receiving yards-3 TD
WR Deion Branch, SEA: 113 receiving yards-1 TD
WR Reggie Wayne, IND: 111 receiving yards-1 TD
TE Ben Watson, NE: 74 receiving yards-1 TD
TE Chris Cooley, WAS: 57 receiving yards-1 TD
DEF Miami Dolphins: 1 INT, 3 sacks, 2 DFR, 2 DTD

You're manning the Fantasy Titanic if you went with:

QB Donovan McNabb, PHI: 78 passing yards, 1 INT (left game with injury; done for season)
QB Brett Favre, GB: 73 passing yards (left game with injury)
QB Chad Pennington, NYJ: 162 passing yards, 2 INT (wish he left the game with an injury)
QB Marc Bulger, STL: 142 passing yards, 1 INT
RB Ahman Green, GB: 28 rushing yards
RB Lamont Jordan, OAK: 24 rushing yards (left game with injury; done for atleast 4 weeks)
RB Kevin Jones, DET: 8 rushing yards (left game with injury)
RB Shaun Alexander, SEA: 37 rushing yards
RB Tiki Barber, NYG: 27 rushing yards
WR Isaac Bruce, STL: 6 receiving yards
WR Randy Moss, OAK: 0 receiving yards
WR Marques Colston, NO: 0 receiving yards (left game with injury)
WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh, CIN: 15 receiving yards
TE Jerramy Stevens, SEA: 18 receiving yards, FL
TE Chris Baker, NYJ: 3 receiving yards
TE Alge Crumpler, ATL: 16 receiving yards
K Jeff Wilkins, STL: nothing...you believe that crap?!?!? nothing!
DEF Detroit Lions: 17 PA, 338 TYdA

You seem to have Yoda-like super powers if you knew to start:

QB J.P. Losman, BUF: 340 passing yards-3 TD, 1 INT, 14 rushing yards (c'mon...Houston or no Houston, he's no one's #1 guy)
QB Jason Campbell, WAS: 196 passing yards-2 TD, 11 rushing yards
RB Travis Henry, TEN: 143 rushing yards-1 TD (I'll stop puttin ghim in this section if one person writes to me and tells me they start him regularly)
WR Devery Henderson, NO: 169 receiving yards
WR Mike Bradley, CHI: 80 receiving yards-1 TD
TE Justin Peellee, MIA: 21 receiving yards-1 TD
TE Courtney Anderson, OAK: 15 receiving yards-1 TD
DEF Cleveland Browns: 3 INT, 2 sacks, 2 DTD
DEF Tennessee Titans: 1 INT, 2 DFR, 2 DTD

News & Notes

Injuries, injuries and more injuries. Fantasy owners are still in shock. We'll all grasp it once the idea of the short week hits us on Thanksgiving. Really? Games in 2 days? For a more in depth injury analysis check yesterday's entry.

If Eli really wants to silence all those critics, he's going to have to do a lot better than that. Of course it doesn't help with zero ground game and a dozen false starts. That offensive line was, indeed, offensive.

Here's a fun fact that I learned the other day: LaDanian Tomlinson has more TDs this season than 18 of the 32 NFL teams. Hmmm. Verrrrrrry interesting.

Shoulder problem? What shoulder problem? Tom Brady started his carving a few days early as that Green Bay secondary looked like one fat bird.

As expected, the best fantasy player in the MIA/MIN game was the Dolphins defense. I'll give an honorable mention to Chester Taylor because I know that garbage TD at the end gave atleast one fantasy owner a very non-deserved victory.

Looks to me like Willie Parker is slowly trying to creep into that elite fantasy back tier. Just a wee bit more Willie, and you're there. Solid job bailing your team (and mine) out of trouble.

Speaking of elite backs...happy birthday Larry Johnson. Well, for Sunday that is. Nice of you to give your fantasy owners such a valuable gift on your day. Trade him? I never said that, did I? I said you should raid him....from another team. ahem.

Anyone else see that big fat zero Randy Moss put up? If that doesn't convince you that all Raiders should be benched, I don't know what will. ::witnesses Aaron Brooks game ending INT, nods with disgruntled approval::

Sometimes I need to pay more attention to certain offensive linemen. Orlando Pace is the glue that keeps that Rams offense together. The fact that they allowed more sacks than they scored points is just shameful.

You know...you take away those two 83 yard touchdowns and Lee Evans had a pretty ordinary day. He wouldn't have even had 100 yards. Pffffffffft!!!! (how well does sarcasm play in the written word?)

Hey Michael Vick! That's one deep friggin valley. You don't find a peak sometime soon I'm gonna look awfully foolish here.

A big Niners upset riding on the back of Frank Gore. He leads the NFC in yardage yet seems to be violently allergic to the endzone. **sigh** maybe soon.

Uh oh. Could Kevin Jones really be the key to Detroit this year? We'll know on Thanksgiving as I see Arlen Harris getting the carries.

Not a bad audition for Jason Campbell. Pretty good day considering the circumstances. But I'll reserve judgement until after next week vs. Carolina.

I understand Philly's woes with regard to Donovan McNabb, but did he also play defense??? How do you let Travis Henry rack up 143 yards???

Sure the upset was a big deal. Sort of. We all had our suspicions. But fantasy wise? Colts/Cowboys? Ho hum.

No Colston. No Houshmandzadeh. No problem. The Saints and Bengals continue to churn out an amazing amount of fantasy points. Can you really throw for over 500 yards and lose though?

Apparently so.

Happy Thanksgiving to you all.