Post Week 6

My second loss in a row drops me to 4-2. However, the teams in my division are also struggling. Two are at 2-4 and one at 1-5. So, I've only lost one game of my lead despite losing two games in a row. Positive signs from this week were good performances from Marion Barber, RB Dal, Marvin Harrison, WR Ind, and Vincent Jackson, WR SD. Bad signs were me benching the last two of those and also relatively poor performances from Tim Hightower, RB Az and Adrian Peterson, RB Min. Peterson has slipped to now being the #15 RB in the league.

QB: Matt Hasselbeck, Sea was kept out by injury and may miss even more time. Trent Edwards, Buf was on bye, which gave him more time to recover from his injury. He should be good to go next week. J.T. O'Sullivan did have the rough game I anticipated against Philadelphia and only scored 7. JaMarcus Russell, Oak had a much rougher game against New Orleans than I had hoped, only scoring 5.

RB: Marion Barber, Dal was huge, with 28 points. He scored on a 70-yard play that began as a screen pass. He was both overpowering and fast on the play and it seems to indicate the he is totally healthy. Tony Romo, QB Dal will miss three games or so with a broken pinkie. That should mean more carries for Barber, especially as Felix Jones, RB Dal will miss at least a couple of weeks with injury as well. However, the Cowboys made a crazy trade to acquire Roy Williams, WR, previously of Det, which makes me wonder just how much they actually are going to run the ball.

Adrian Peterson, Min broke 100 yards for the first time in a few weeks, but didn't score, and lost two fumbles, against a poor Detroit defense. I am concerned about him. However, in the playoffs, he gets the Lions, Cardinals, and Falcons, so I'm definitely holding on to him. I don't think I need to sell out to get to the playoffs since I do have a decent lead in the division.

Warrick Dunn, TB and Michael Pittman, Den were the top RBs for their teams this week, putting up 13 and 12 points, respectively. I'm not sure whether that can continue, so I've already offered the two up in trades. Tim Hightower, Az had only 6, but that was the most among Arizona RBs as the Cowboys did a decent job of stopping the run. Chester Taylor, Min also scored 6.

WR: Marvin Harrison, Ind caught two TDs and scored 22 points. Vincent Jackson, SD caught for 135 yards and a TD and scored 21 points. I don't trust either of them; Harrison caught just 3 passes and the Chargers played without their usual #1 WR, Chris Chambers. I included Harrison in the trade offers I made. I played Matt Jones, Jax, who scored 9, and Devin Hester, Chi, who scored 11. I'm pretty pleased with the production I did get from this position. My other three WRs, Mike Walker, Jax, Joey Galloway, TB, and Deion Branch, Sea, all did not play due to injury.

TE: Owen Daniels, Hou, scored 9. I feel pretty confident playing him while Matt Schaub is at QB for the Texans. John Carlson, Sea, who I waived last week, caught a TD and scored 10, I think, but the Seahawks passing attack was terrible without Hasselbeck and I think I made a decent choice.

PK: The Redskins made a pretty weak effort and lost to the Rams. I had expected good things from Shuan Suisham, Was, but got just 5 points.

TM: The New York Jets did a pretty good job of shutting down the Bengals and scored 15. Other Ds did better, but I feel pretty good about how this one week fill-in performed. Now that the Titans bye is past, I will probably keep them in most every week. This week they get the Chiefs and are definitely in.