Fantasy Insider Week Six: NFL's Career Days
By now if you haven't picked up Tom Brady, you're not going to. Brady lit up the league once again this week with a career-high five passing touchdowns in the Patriots' victory against the Dallas Cowboys. While the regular stars shone through in the sixth week of the NFL regular season, there were some big surprises from typically up-and-down players. Wes Welker has had some relatively dormant games this season, yet he exploded against the Dallas defense on Sunday. So how do you manage a flip-flopper? Match-ups.
In the New England-Dallas instance, the Cowboys' defense was strong, but with an undefeated status on the line, they put most of their force against Randy Moss, allowing a sneaky player like Welker to pull in major stats. It's the same situation in Cincinatti with Houshmandzadeh sneaking under the shadow of Chad Johnson. Don't only look at the numbers, because who your flip-flopper is playing could make all the difference.
Studs : LaDanian Tomlinson, RB - LT is back. Music to my ears. Following a few rough patches of low production, the San Diego back came back with a vengeance. Fans saw the old LT return against the Oakland Raiders as he matched his career touchdown high, reaching the end zone four times. Tomlinson's fourth touchdown also tied him with Jim Brown for the fourth-most career rushing touchdowns - 106. LT rushed for 198 yards on Sunday and caught three passes for 16 yards.
Adrian Peterson, RB - This Minnesota back out of Oklahoma is taking the NFL by storm in his rookie season. All it took was a hurt Chester Taylor to get Peterson on the field, and he hasn't looked back since. Peterson rushed for 224 yards and three touchdowns against Da Bears and broke the NFL rookie record for all-purpose rushing yards in a game with 361 (including nine receiving yards and 128 kick return yards). This Minnesota Monster is still technically sharing carries with teammate Chester Taylor, but after Sunday's performance, it look's like Peterson's got the starting job.
In the New England-Dallas instance, the Cowboys' defense was strong, but with an undefeated status on the line, they put most of their force against Randy Moss, allowing a sneaky player like Welker to pull in major stats. It's the same situation in Cincinatti with Houshmandzadeh sneaking under the shadow of Chad Johnson. Don't only look at the numbers, because who your flip-flopper is playing could make all the difference.
Studs : LaDanian Tomlinson, RB - LT is back. Music to my ears. Following a few rough patches of low production, the San Diego back came back with a vengeance. Fans saw the old LT return against the Oakland Raiders as he matched his career touchdown high, reaching the end zone four times. Tomlinson's fourth touchdown also tied him with Jim Brown for the fourth-most career rushing touchdowns - 106. LT rushed for 198 yards on Sunday and caught three passes for 16 yards.
Adrian Peterson, RB - This Minnesota back out of Oklahoma is taking the NFL by storm in his rookie season. All it took was a hurt Chester Taylor to get Peterson on the field, and he hasn't looked back since. Peterson rushed for 224 yards and three touchdowns against Da Bears and broke the NFL rookie record for all-purpose rushing yards in a game with 361 (including nine receiving yards and 128 kick return yards). This Minnesota Monster is still technically sharing carries with teammate Chester Taylor, but after Sunday's performance, it look's like Peterson's got the starting job.
Be the first to comment on this story