Moments Of Trepidation

At the end of 30 glorious minutes, the Jaguars were a 2-point conversion away from being tied against the heaviest first-half favorites in NFL history (20-point spread). Give 'em credit, they showed a lot of pride and will actually win a game or two this year, I think. From a fantasy perspective, James Blackmon was a beast, even without a TD. 14 catches for 190 yards is a monster day in all formats. Some of that would have gone to Cecil Shorts if he weren't hurt on the 3rd play of the game and damaging loads of owners not playing in in-game change leagues. Even MoJo had a nice day with 71 yards and a TD. Denver has to be more worried about their D now than they were after getting shredded by Dallas last week.

Speaking of fantasy stats, who expected Stevan Ridley to have the 4th highest RB point total this week and Brandon Jacobs to have the 5th? You can't really fault yourself for leaving them on your bench, if you owned them. However, what about starting Jimmy Graham and getting a goose egg when Joseph Fauria turned all 3 of his catches from Detroit in Cleveland into TDs? Unbelievably, he is tied for the 5th-most TD catches by a tight end at 5 on SEVEN catches! I didn't see his first two TDs but I wouldn't be surprised if he did other white-man dance-floor moves after hitting the end zone on those too. I don't get it, but it is kinda funny in an embarrassing sort of way.

Some big names got hurt on Sunday. What the Hell was Aaron Rodgers complaining about on the Randall Cobb hit? Matt Elam couldn't have known how Cobb's legs would be planted when he hit them. I guess he wants to equate the game to baseball and literally expect players to have a baseball strike zone as the target area for all football players to be hit in. I hate to see injuries but it is virtually impossible to get a clean tackle nowadays. Injuries to Danny Amendola, DeMarco Murray and Matt Schaub were not surprising with their track records.

Other thoughts:

• RGIII's passes looked a lot like Mark Sanchez's. There were a lot of drops, but, when the passes got to the targeted receivers, they surely weren't too tight. In a crappy NFC East, Kirk Cousins could lead this team to a division title.
• Eli Manning....hee-hee-hee
• The Chiefs are beating bad teams, but they are toying with them until late in the game. They actually let the Raiders think that they had a shot at a win, much like Tennessee the week before, and then decided to tighten their D, take the shackles off of Jamal Charles and to pull away with a win and a cover.
• The Vikings and the Texans could easily be starting their 3rd QB of the year this week in what will undoubtedly be another loss.
• Welcome back to reality, J-E-T-S. Week 6 started what will be a 7 or more game losing streak.
• Tom Brady is slipping. Seriously Tom, you needed three possessions to get the winning score. It still amazes me that there were 5 possessions in 209 seconds with only 4 clock stops (3 timeouts and the 2 minute warnings).

When it comes to this week's waiver wire, it is pretty thin unless I rehash last week's recommendations, sans Chad Henne:

QB: Nick Foles (PHIL) - Now you know why Chip Kelly was trying to keep Michael Vick in the pocket instead of scrambling around the field. With him on the shelf with a hammy issue, Foles gets another shot. He looked good coming off the bench last week. He could stick around awhile.

RB: Zac Stacy (STL) - Jeff Fisher is at his wits end with his running game. After starting the year with three seemingly capable backs on the roster, he has seen little production. The Rams need a running game to help Bradford and their D out. 

WR: Terrance Williams (DAL) - Williams has earned Romo's trust with Miles Austin injured (as usual) and has another big day ahead against a weak defense in what should be another shootout for Big D.

WR: Keenan Allen (SD) - Malcom Floyd is out for the year and Vincent Brown is very inconsistent. Allen is a rookie, but is a polished rookie and looked damn good the last two weekends. He could put up similar numbers each week going forward.

TE: Jeff Cumberland (NYJ) - His long-rumored talent is finally coming out. It is hard to expect weekly consistency with an inconsistent offense, but he should factor into the gameplan going forward. The Jets have a stockpile of injured WRs, rookie QBs love throwing to TEs and Kellen Winslow III is suspended. That is a good recipe for success. Don't expect a lot of catches each week, but he showed that he can get open in the middle of the field.

Adding a few due to new injuries:

RB: Joseph Randle (DAL) - I wasn't particularly impressed with his performance on Sunday, but he did get a TD and the waiver wire is depleted of RBs at this point in the season.

WR: Jarrett Boykin (GB) - Randall Cobb is out for 6+ weeks and James Jones is out for a week or two. Though GB is working out their running game, Rodgers is still gonna put the ball in the air and someone needs to step in for the injured receivers.