Stars
Kurt Warner - This was a close one, but I decided to give the edge to Cardinals QB Kurt Warner. Coming off what was probably one of the worst games of his career, Warner went into Soldier Field without Anquan Boldin and threw 5 TD passes in a rout of the Chicago Bears.
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Michael Turner - Michael Turner is back. He shredded the Washington defense for 166 rushing yards and 2 TDs. Burner has been on fire the last two weeks and next week he'll take on the run defense challenged Panthers.
Chris Johnson - The Stars section is getting to be a common place for Chris Johnson this year. Johnson rushed for 135 yards and 2 scores in the Titans 34-27 win over the 49ers. The Titans are now 2-0 under Vince Young, but I think most of that credit should go to Johnson.
Greg Olsen - It pains me to write this as I have him on my team, but had him on my bench this week. After several lack luster weeks, Olsen finally had a big game raking in 3 TD passes from Jay Cutler.
Josh Freeman - I have to give credit where credit is due. I didn't expect anything out of Freeman going against Dom Capers' zone blitz scheme, but he looked very impressive in his first career start. Freeman passed for 206 yards and 3 TDs in the Bucs upset win over the Packers.
Stumblers
Joe Flacco - After starting off the year on fire, Flacco is really starting to struggle. I'm not sure if teams are confusing him or what, but he has not looked the same since Week 4 (except for the game in Minnesota). Flacco threw for just 195 yards and was picked off twice by the Bengals.
Matt Hasselbeck - Why is a 300 yard passer in the Stumblers section? Let me put it this way, he threw 51 times for 329 yards, 1 TD, and 1 INT. Not bad right? It was against the Lions! If you throw the ball 51 times against the Lions are barely make it past the 300 yard mark, something isn't right.
Brandon Jacobs - This one, wasn't really his fault. Jacobs was looking to have a monster game, but just ended with 67 yards. For whatever reason, he was only given the ball 11 times. His owners should have gotten a lot more than just 6 points in this matchup.
Aaron Rodgers - Where one star shines, another is failing. A-Rod2 didn't have a bad game 266 yards, 3 TDs (2 pass, 1 rush). However, he threw 3 INTs and was sacked 6 times by the Buccaneers. That's right, the team that is almost as bad as the Lions.
TJ Houshmandzadeh - Going back to the Seattle-Detroit game, what a disappointment TJ Houshmandzadeh has become. Going against the Lions, I was expecting a big game and ended up with 6 catches for 34 yards. If you can't get it done against Detroit, you're not going to get it done period. At least he had a TD.
Posted
Nov 09 2009, 12:27 PM
by
Nick Fruscello