After Sunday of Week 5

I was right that I would lose. I didn't expect to get creamed by as much as I did.

QB: Trent Edwards was knocked out with a concussion on the third play. A big 0 that I had no chance of recovering from. J.T. O'Sullivan put up 21 despite 3 interceptions; I'm glad I stuck with him as my flex. Matt Hasselbeck only scored 4 before leaving with an injury of his own. Kurt Warner, Az put up 29 against what I had hoped was a good Buffalo defense and David Garrard put up 19 against the Steelers.

RB: Marion Barber put up just 9 in his second straight soft week. Tim Hightower had 16, Warrick Dunn 9, and Michael Pittman 6, so I'm pretty pleased with the backups. I think Hightower has outscored Barber the last two weeks. Peterson and Taylor go tonight. Matt Forte, Chi only ran for 36 yards but scored twice and put up 19 points. Brian Westbrook put up 17. A big game from Peterson could keep me from losing the position, but he'd have to have a pretty good game for me to win by anything significant.

WR: Vincent Jackson put up 6 and Marvin Harrison 5. It certainly seems like I should have taken the Barber for Terrell Owens deal I was offered. Devin Hester scored 12, Deion Branch 4, and Matt Jones 3 on the bench. Hester has scored in two straight weeks and it might be time to insert him into the lineup. Brandon Marshall, Den only scored 3, which makes me feel good about my general opinion that high picks shouldn't be spent on WRs. But Randy Moss, NE scored 20 and destroyed me.

TE: Owen Daniels had a pretty mediocre game, with 6 points. They went to the backup QB and, perhaps, he targeted Daniels less. I'm not sure. Carlson caught no passes; perhaps it is time to cut him loose. Tony Scheffler, Den scored 8 before leaving with an injury.

PK: Rian Lindell scored 6, helped by the Bills kicking a FG that I don't really understand. Shayne Graham, Cin, scored 12. With the Bills on bye next week, I'll be letting Lindell go and moving on.

TM: The Titans scored 12 despite forcing no turnovers. The Cowboys did put up 9, but given what the Cardinals did to a good Buffalo defense, I'm going to have to cut them loose for next week, I think. The Jaguars D put up 9, essentially just the TD on the interception return on the first drive of the game.

So, I'm down 135-65 with Peterson still to go. Peterson has the highest point total put up by a RB in the history of our league, 48 points. So this game is definitely over. I've got to do some work on my WRs and try to figure out if I need to elevate Hightower over Barber. I could look to move him, but I'm not sure what I'd get at this point.