Sunday Quick Hits

3:47 left in the 2nd Quarter of the Houston vs. Jacksonville Game:
- One of the great things about owning a piece (or several pieces) of the Houston passing offense is how horrible their defense is. Schaub and the Houston offense in the last 6 quarters have changed leads consistently, which leads to plenty of opportunities for the passing game to shine.
- Kevin Walter is having a nice first game back from injury. Hopefully the aforementioned defense continues to hemorrhage points, meaning more work for the offense.
- Frank Gore has been the best rusher in the NFL through the first two weeks. But he left the game Saturday against Minnesota in the first quarter with an ankle injury. Add Glen Coffee immediately if you're a Gore owner, because if the injury lingers, Gore's not going to be easy to replace.
- Kyle Boller replaced Marc Bulger at QB for the Rams today. Bulger sustained an injury, but this was coming for a long time, in my opinion. He immediately led the Rams on two nice scoring drives. This could be the situation Boller was missing in Baltimore, so he's a guy to keep your eye on in deep leagues.
- Detroit is shutting out Washington right now. Yeah, Washington might be the NEW worst team in the league. If you own Santana Moss or, really, any Redskin offensive players, sell them off cheap (if you can). Or feel free to drop them. I have no problem with that.
- ON CUE: Jason Campbell passed to Santana Moss for a 57-yard touchdown. Hmph. Still, it's against the Lions. Sell while the price is moderately above low.
- Andre Johnson doesn't play great against the Jags, for whatever reason. He's doing okay today, but Shaub now has 3 TD passes, none of them went to Johnson. Schaub is the poor man's Drew Brees, I think, as he's got nothing specific going on in the run game.
- Tony Gonzalez is without a catch in the first half against the Pats. I'm not watching closely, but they don't appear to be targeting him. Michael Turner scored in that game, which makes me feel better about him.
- Donald Driver is officially no longer underrated. In consecutive weeks, he's scored along with plenty of yards.
- Adrian Peterson has 11 rushes for only 59 yards. Chris Johnson has 10 rushes for 48 yards. These were the two top scoring RBs in weeks 1 and 2. Goes to show how unpredictable the NFL really is.
- I still think that San Francisco and Minnesota is a playoff preview. They both play great defense and you can't expect great things from your players against these defenses.
- Brandon Jacobs has officially joined the 2009 season with a TD and 70 yards on 20 attempts. But Ahmad Bradshaw still looks like the better option at RB for the Giants. He has 8 carries for 81 yards and has run with more authority. UPDATE: Jacobs is inching toward 100 yards, but he's doing it 2 yards at a time.
- Willis McGahee is a consistency king. 2 TDs in three straight weeks.
- I doubt you need to be told, but keep playing your RBs against Houston. Maurice Jones-Drew just scored his second TD of the day and has 81 yards rushing. It's gonna be like this for a while, I think (hope).
- Steve Smith (the Little Giant, as I want to call him) seems like the receiver to own in New York, especially in PPR leagues. He's got 7 catches for 68 yards and just converted on 3rd Down. Eli likes him in those situations.
- The Giants have 22 first downs right now. The Bucs? 1. Seriously. 1. Giants have a good defense, but ONE first down in 3 quarters? Bench Leftwich, PLEASE!!
- Kelley Washington has a quiet 5 catches for 66 yards for Baltimore. He's been something of a favorite target for Joe Flacco. And he made a great adjustment and nearly hauled in a poorly thrown ball in the end zone.
- Percy Harvin has 3 TDs in 3 NFL games. He just returned a kickoff for 101 yards. I'll do all I can to sit him next week, so everyone else can continue to reap the benefits.
- DeSean Jackson is someone you start each week from here out. He's got 6 catches for 149 yards and a TD. It doesn't matter who's throwing to him, he's okay.
- Tony Gonzalez finally got his first catch! It was for 16 yards. Woo!
- MJD is over the century mark and has three TDs. One would assume that Darren McFadden has a big game in his VERY near future, right?
- Derrick Mason just joined DeSean Jackson and Santana Moss as 100+ yard receivers. Joe Flacco hit him for a 72-yard score, giving Flacco 342 yards on the day.
- Josh Johnson is in at QB for the Bucs. See? People listen when I blog!
- Kevin Kolb just threw his second TD of the game. He's also run for one. Brent Celek now has over 100 yards on 8 catches, and a TD. Not bad for a guy you could have found on waivers after your draft.
- Flacco's day is done in Baltimore. Another week, another 30+ points. A visit to the field from Troy Smith. This team is scary, but they haven't exactly faced the best competition yet, have they? Have they even faced mediocre competition yet?
- Vernon Davis has two TDs against Minnesota and 88 yards on 6 catches. This guy was in the dog house last year, but apparently the new, improved Davis is playing well and getting red zone attention.
- 7:04 to go in the fourth quarter in Houston, and I'm excited to maybe see another Matt Schaub drive for a game-tying TD. He got sacked on the last possession and maybe the hit will get in his head. It will have to be a long drive if he hopes to tie the game. The Texans are starting at their own 11.
- It was one completion and out for the Texans, as Schaub got sacked again, this time by Clint Ingram on third down. MJD and the Jags can bleed some clock and with a few first downs, they could run it out.
- Mostly garbage time stuff, but Matt Cassel has 2 TDs, too. Only 90 yards passing, though. The Eagles secondary is tough, and without his best receiver, it's been a rough day for KC.
- John Kuhn (formerly of the Steelers, now of the Packers) has 2 short TDs today. You couldn't possibly have predicted that, and no one expects to see that again, so don't get excited.
- Keary Collins just turned it over for the second time today. It's the fourth turnover of the day for Tennessee. If they can't hold onto the ball, they'll have no shot at winning another GAME much less the division.
- Not sure if I mentioned this already, but Mark Sanchez is having a useful fantasy day. He's thrown 2 TDs and rushed for one more, but he's also turned the ball over twice.
-2:00 left in New York and the Jets hold a 7-point lead. Titans ball on their own 33 yard line and it's 3rd down and 23 yards. 2 incomplete passes by Collins. Turnover on downs.
- The Texans got one more chance to get back into this game, but they made the mistake of trusting one of their RBs at the goal line. Chris Brown fumbled this time. This is good news for no one. It means that teams will start ripping at the ball more often and playing the pass near the goal line.
- One of the worst feelings you can have in fantasy football is being up while your opponent still has players left. It's truly awful. I'm up by nearly 70 right now, but if Ben Roethlisberger, Willie Parker, and John Carlson go off (and Lewis Murphy plays adequately) I could be cooked. Boy, I wish Houston's coaches would have called a pass play near the goal line...