What's The Frequency, RB?

For the NFL being a pass-first, second and third league, an awful lot of running backs were hurt last weekend to add to the litany of running backs already injured. The injuries range from minor (strained hammy for Mark Ingram) to major (Achilles tear for Earnest Graham). Mix in injuries to Darren McFadden, Beanie Wells, Willis McGahee and Tim Hightower and the waiver wire explodes this week. You can't discount having a RB handcuff or a top waiver priority at this time of the season - just ask those teams that added (or had) DeMarco Murray last week. I would expect Run DMC's owners to also have Michael Bush, but how many teams are holding onto Knowshon Moreno? He should be a hot pickup this week. For those holding (or probably starting the past two weeks) Ryan Torain, at least it is a coin flip if he'll be the feature back this week instead of having to roll a three-sided die. I know a lot of running back get hurt every year, but I do attribute the massive amount of injuries on the year to improper conditioning and lack of team continuity from the lockout.

I stated numerous times in August and September that there will be a huge chasm between the good teams and the bad teams and there will be a lot of inconsistency in teams trying to find themselves this year and swinging from hot to cold. There were plenty of games that continued to illustrate this again this week:

• Indianapolis at New Orleans - The most shocking component of this game was how long Drew Brees stayed in the game. After half, every single bottom-of-the-chart player should have been in.
• Baltimore at Jacksonville - The Ravens bland offense was definitely on display on MNF. Shadow Ray Rice with two players and double-cover Anquan Boldin and the Ravens aren't dynamic enough to adjust their gameplan. Arizona is not talented, or smart enough, to follow this formula this week so expect Baltimore to return scoring a lot of points. BTW, that Billy Cundiff field goal attempt was one of the worst I have ever seen. He almost kicked the ball to the sideline.
• Seattle at Cleveland - I did not think spectators could be as bored as the English folk on Sunday who attended the Bears-Bucs game using free tix, but I could retire if given a dollar for each yawn in Cleveland on Sunday.
• Kansas City at Oakland - It was painfully obvious that the Raiders' scouts are top tier. After working out Carson Palmer and claiming he was starting QB ready, he proved he was by equaling Kyle Boller's output...to the Chiefs secondary. Bleech. Not a good idea to be embarrassed in your home debut, especially since you have a long line of predecessors at your position who have done just that, Carson.

Well, I hate to toot my own horn (if I only could...), but I could see the stars aligning for Tim Tebow this past week. Of course, he gets all the credit for three minutes of good football triggered by his defense and special teams. No one remembers how bad he was all game long nor do they give credit where credit is due. Of course, the defense and special teams were inspired by the almighty one (lower case used so not to be blasphemous). This dude has a major horseshoe imbedded in his posterior, that is for sure. He now gets a hero's welcome at home against a Lions team missing its starting RB and, most likely, its starting QB. I would cut him some slack if he would only buy some lottery tickets for me.