A week after looking terrible in losing to the Broncos at home, Carson Palmer (291 total yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT) and the Raiders go on the road and take one from a Chargers team that still looked shell shocked from losing to the Packers.  Philip Rivers (278 total yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT) didn’t look terrible against the Packers, but he just plain looked scattershot in completing less than 50% of his passes against a very vulnerable Raiders secondary.

Obviously Palmer really likes rookie Denarius Moore (5-123, 2 TDs), as for the second straight week he went to Moore early and often.  When Jacoby Ford (1-41) went out with a foot injury, Palmer leaned even more on Moore, making the youngster a solid play in the coming weeks as at least a flex.  None of the other receivers were even noteworthy on the day.

Is any other player as hot and cold as Vincent Jackson (1-22)?  Jackson has had two monster games, one decent game, and a whole bunch of terrible games.  Malcom Floyd missed the game with a hip injury, and Vincent Brown (5-97) looked solid in relief.  Antonio Gates (5-54) had another useful game, as he’s starting to put his foot problems behind him this season.

Every time Michael Bush (30 car., 157 yards, 1 TD; 3 rec., 85 yards) is given the start and most of the carries, he has delivered.  He’s simply a very good back, and it’s just unfortunate he plays on the same team with Darren McFadden.  Taiwan Jones (7 car., 39 yards) also looked good on the day, and looks like a solid change of pace back to the bruising Bush.

With the Raiders getting up early in the game, the Chargers weren’t able to really establish the run like they wanted to.  Mike Tolbert (7 car., 36 yards; 5 rec., 37 yards) and Ryan Mathews (6 car., 34 yards; 3 rec., 23 yards) shared the ball pretty equally, which wasn’t saying a whole lot.
 

For only the fourth time in ten games, Drew Brees (322 yards, 2 TDs) didn’t throw an interception and looked downright masterful in the clutch in getting one of the most important wins of the season on the road against an Atlanta team that is extremely tough to beat at home.  Matt Ryan (360 total yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT) also had a very nice game passing, but in the end it was a highly perplexing 4th and 1 call in overtime that gave the Saints the ball back on the Falcons’ 29 yard line, in essence handing the game winning kick to the Saints.

Marques Colston (8-113) was Brees’ go to receiver on third downs, making several tough catches in traffic with the Falcons contesting every reception with physical play.  Jimmy Graham (7-82, 1 TD) was also an unstoppable force at times, overcoming a couple of early drops to post another big game from the TE position.  At this point, Graham just keeps putting distance between himself and the rest of the tight end field as he’s clearly become a tier of his own.  Robert Meachem (2-69, 1 TD) finally broke out of his doldrums and caught his obligatory long TD pass.

Harry Douglas (8-133) came up huge on the game tying 4^th quarter drive as Ryan found him time and again behind the middle parts of the Saints pass defense.  Tony Gonzalez (6-71, 1 TD) came up big, scoring his sixth TD on the year when Ryan needed to cut the Saints lead down to three in the 4^th quarter.  Roddy White (4-62) had the type of disappointing stat line his owners are coming to expect this year, while Julio Jones’ (2-9) two catches this week went for considerably less yardage than his first two did last week.

The Falcons made a concerted effort to take away Darren Sproles (2 car., 1 yard; 4 rec., 2 yards) and Pierre Thomas (6 car., 29 yards; 4 rec., 9 yards) in both the running game and on the throws to the flats, so Brees instead just beat them over and over down the middle to Colston and Graham.  The Saints are normally worse running the football on the road, but only 41 yards on the ground and 26 yards through the air was a particularly terrible day for the Saints RB corps.

Michael Turner (22 car., 96 yards; 1 rec., 10 yards) ran hard for most of the game as the Falcons tried to run as much as possible early to keep Brees and the Saints offense off the field.  Later on in the game though, Ryan had to take to the air which ended up limiting what Turner could have ended up with.  Jacquizz Rodgers (7 car., 30 yards; 1 rec., 8 yards) ran quite a bit as the change of pace back, but it was Jason Snelling (1 car., 0 yards; 2 rec., 25 yards, 1 TD) who caught the TD out of the back field.
 

After a heart-breaking loss at home to arch rival Baltimore the week before, this was a gut-check game forBen Roethlisberger (243 total yards, 1 TD, 1 INT) and the Steelers against solid divisional contender Cincinnati.  Big Ben and the Steelers passed the test with flying colors, going into their bye on a positive note so they can be ready for the stretch run.  The Bengals were in this game the entire time, but Andy Dalton (170 yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTs) just couldn’t get over the hump as he ended up throwing what was essentially a game-ending INT on the Bengals last drive.  That mistake aside, Dalton has been extremely good for the Bengals and always has his team in position to win throughout the game.

The Steelers made an effort to get the ball into the hands of Mike Wallace (6-54; 2 car., 31 yards), targeting him 10 times plus giving him a couple of carries to boot.  Ben also just missed him on what would have been a 90+ yard TD, so Wallace’s day could have huge.  Antonio Brown (5-86) continues to provide solid numbers and should comfortably be played as a WR3 from here on out.  Heath Miller (3-31) had a quiet game as he spent a lot of time blocking for Ben, while Jericho Cotchery (2-29, 1 TD) caught the only receiving TD of the day.
Not a great day for the Bengals receivers, as AJ Green (1-36, 1 TD) ended up with a knee injury and left the game in the third quarter, but did at least catch a TD on his only catch.  Andrew Hawkins (5-56) took over for him and posted decent enough stats, but really wasn’t a great replacement for the explosive Green.  Jermaine Gresham (4-23, 1 TD) returned to the lineup and was a favorite safety valve for Dalton, catching a goal line TD in the first half.

Rashard Mendenhall (16 car., 44 yards, 2 TDs; 1 rec., 26 yards) didn’t find many yards going against the stout Bengals rush defense, but he did score twice from up close.  Mendenhall’s yardage has been mostly down this year, but he remains one of the top threats to score once his team gets inside the 10 yard line.

Yawn.  I’m now convinced that the shorted Youtube video on the planet must be “Cedric Benson’s (15 car., 38 yards; 1 rec., 5 yards) 2011 Highlight Reel”; there just isn’t anything noteworthy about any of Benson’s runs in this game, or this year for the most part.  If you really need 6-8 points out of your running back each week, Benson’s probably your guy; he’s one of the only guys out there whose floor is almost the same as his ceiling.
 

The final score in this snoozer tells the story, as this was a game where the QB play was only noteworthy for the fact that the winning quarterback was the one who actually managed to manufacture one touchdown scoring drive.  Sam Bradford (158 total yards, 1 TD, 1 INT) ended up squeezing a win out of this one, even though he didn’t look very good at all throwing the football.  Colt McCoy (222 total yards) didn’t make any mistakes; however, he also didn’t do anything particularly good and couldn’t inspire his team to score even one TD against one of the worst defenses in the league.

Once again, Brandon Lloyd (4-48, 1 TD) was the leading receiver for the Rams in all categories; targets, catches, yards, and touchdowns.  If Bradford can ever find the accuracy he displayed often during his rookie campaign, Lloyd could explode during the second half of the year.  Austin Pettis (3-31) took over the slot duties for the injured Greg Salas, but he was barely noteworthy as none of the Rams receivers outside of Lloyd really did much of anything.

Greg Little (6-84; 1 car., 10 yards) actually showed up and had a fairly decent game after having a couple of forgettable ones in a row.  Josh Cribbs (3-32; 3 car., 21 yards) was the other starter and really didn’t do a whole lot, whileBen Watson (3-30) ended up with a similar stat line.  Over all, these guys were just as unimpressive as their QB’s play was.

The only part that really looked good for the Rams offense (and actually for both offenses put together) was the running of Steven Jackson (27 car., 128 yards; 3 rec., 23 yards).  Jackson once again ran like a man possessed, shaking off would-be tacklers and picking up yardage in chunks.  With the way he’s playing, Jackson is a must-start no matter who he’s playing against, even against tougher rush defenses in the league.

Chris Ogbonnaya (19 car., 90 yards; 2 rec., 19 yards) got another start and ended up with a pretty good statline with over 100 total yards.  Of course, this is the same Rams team that everyone has their best rushing day against, so take his good day with a grain of salt.
 

The Bills went into Dallas and just got destroyed.  Ryan Fitzpatrick (166 total yards, 1 TD, 3 INTs) and the Bills offense just have looked very vanilla the past few weeks, with very few shots down the field and playing a very uninspired dink-and-dunk style of passing that isn’t getting it done.  Tony Romo (270 yards, 3 TDs) looked very sharp in pushing the Cowboys out to an early 28-7 lead and was able to put it in cruise control after dominating the Bills with three first half TDs.

With the long bomb completely nonexistent for the Bills, the receivers don’t stand to get a whole lot of yardage days going forward.  Donald Jones (6-51) ended up leading the team in catches and yards, which wasn’t very impressive.  David Nelson (4-31, 1 TD) scored a TD to make for a decent fantasy showing, while Stevie Johnson (2-8) all but disappeared; it certainly looked like either his lingering groin issue or his flu-like symptoms affected his game this week.

Dez Bryant (6-74, 1 TD) took the lead for the receivers with Miles Austin out for a few weeks and showed that he’s ready to be the lead dog in the pack.  Laurent Robinson (3-73, 2 TDs) got the start in place of Austin and really shined; if you’re looking for a fantasy spark to carry you into the playoffs, this guy is it.  Jason Witten (5-37) had a quiet day, but still had quite a few catches as Romo’s favorite outlet.
Even when the Bills are getting completely blown out of a game, Fred Jackson (13 car., 114 yards; 4 rec., 1 yard) still got his yardage for his sixth 100 yard game of the year.  Unfortunately, this game extended his scoreless streak to three games and only has six total on the year. Other than his relative lack of TDs, Jackson is golden every week.

Go ahead and take your time coming back, Felix Jones.  Demarco Murray (20 car., 135 yards; 6 rec., 36 yards) had yet another great game, shredding the Bills on the ground and on screen passes.  This kid looks like the real deal and has basically made Jones obsolete for the rest of this season, if not outright assured Jones won’t be back once his contract is up.
 

This was another ugly, ugly game.  Blaine Gabbert (126 total yards, 1 TD, 1 INT) led the Jags into Indianapolis, threw his obligatory barely 100 yards passing, and did just enough to get it done against the lukewarm corpses masquerading as a Colts football team.  Curtis Painter (93 total yards, 0 TDs, 2 INTs) was so terrible that he was benched for Dan Orlovsky (67 yards), and if the Colts make that change permanent it all but assures them of winning the Andrew Luck sweepstakes.

While they weren’t the starters, two guys no one has ever heard of, Chastin West (3-39) andJarrett Dillard (2-30, 1 TD) led the way for the Jaguars receivers, which shows just how bad this passing offense is.  If you’re considering starting any piece of this, then your fantasy season must be really hurting.

Of course, with no Dallas Clark due to injury, Jacob Tamme (6-75) picked up right where he left off last year as Clark’s replacement.  Looks like no one told him Peyton Manning is out and the Colts are terrible, as he posted a pretty good statline.  Reggie Wayne (3-13) and Pierre Garcon (3-30) were both barely worth mentioning, as their stats would have fit in nicely with the Jaguars’ receivers stats… sad.
Talk about ol’ reliable… Maurice Jones-Drew (25 car., 114 yards; 3 rec., 23 yards) continues to plug along as the sole piece of offense for the Jaguars.  You have to hand it to Jones-Drew; every team they play stacks the box at least 8-9 deep as everyone knows he’s going to get the ball, yet he still manages to get his numbers.  Very impressive.

Donald Brown (14 car., 53 yards; 4 rec., 12 yards) got the start for the Colts… and that’s all we need to say about that.
 

Don’t go telling John Fox and Tim Tebow (112 total yards, 2 TDs) that a college option offense can’t work in the NFL.  While it is horrific to watch and sets offensive football back about 50 years, it has been effective as Tebow is now 3-1 since taking over as the starter.  It takes a special team to win a game even though they completed 2 passes… and it takes an even more special fan to watch it.  Matt Cassel (109 yards, 1 TD) might as well have been running an option offense considering how little passing he was able to complete.  Cassel has looked terrible all game long and hurt his hand to boot, so the team may have to turn to Tyler Palko (55 total yards) next week.

Eric Decker (1-56, 1 TD) caught one of two completions Tebow threw on the day, and it just happened to be for a 56 yard TD.  Most of the time Tebow looked like he couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn, but winning is all that matters, I guess.

What an ugly game for the Chiefs receivers due to the lack of acceptable QB play by Cassel.  Dwayne Bowe (2-17) suffered especially, while Steve Breaston (4-33) was the only receiver to catch more than two passes.

Both Willis McGahee (4 car., 17 yards) and Knowshon Moreno (4 car., 52 yards) left the game with injuries, so Lance Ball (30 car., 96 yards) got almost all of the carries in the game from the running back position.  Ball could have some value if both McGahee and Moreno miss time, as its obvious the Broncos aren’t going to be throwing a whole lot going forward.

Nothing was really working for the Chiefs, but Jackie Battle (9 car., 61 yards) did manage to go for almost 7 yards a carry on the few carries he was able to get on the day.  Dexter McCluster (8 car., 45 yards; 6 rec., 48 yards) also got quite a bit of time in the second half once the Chiefs tried in vain to actually pass the ball and catch up.
 

The Redskins went back to Rex Grossman (215 yards, 0 TDs, 2 INTs) looking for any kind of a spark, and he did manage to spark the Dolphins with a couple of nice field position starts with two more interceptions.  Bec k or Grossman; Grossman or Beck… doesn’t matter, the results are the same, and those results are terrible.  Matt Moore (223 total yards, 0 TDs, 1 INT) looked good compared to those two, as at least he managed to throw one less interception on the day and managed to keep the Dolphins ahead for the entire game.

One good thing that came out of the game for the Redskins was rookie WR Leonard Hankerson (8-106), who got his first 100 yard game of his career.  The Redskins like this kid and he does look like he possesses the physical skills… now if only he could get a proper QB to throw to him, they may have something.  Because of Hankerson’s big day, there wasn’t much left over for Jabar Gaffney (3-37) or Fred Davis (3-28).

Brandon Marshall (7-98) had another solid outing, coming within two yards of a 100 yard receiving day.  Anthony Fasano (3-60) seems to have a bit of an increasing role the last two weeks out of the TE spot, and might be a viable option next week for those Jimmy Graham, Heath Miller, and Owen Daniels owners who have their bye weeks coming up.

So much for Roy Helu (6 car., 41 yards; 3 rec., 13 yards) getting another start after a 140+ total yard outing last week.  Ryan Torain (11 car., 20 yards; 1 rec., 4 yards) actually got the start and was completely uninspiring… again.  We’ll see what happens next week, but don’t be surprised if Tashard Choice ends up getting a shot sooner rather than later in Mad Mike’s RB funhouse.

Reggie Bush (14 car., 47 yards, 2 TDs; 4 rec., 4 yards) is looking more and more like the Dolphins best running back, as he not only is getting his normal between the 20s carries, but he also scored on a 1 yard rush in addition to an 18 yarder.  As long as he stays healthy, it looks like he has more than enough game to hold off rookie Daniel Thomas (17 car., 42 yards) as the most important runner on the team.

At some point, we have to stop calling Eagles losses surprising, because they’ve shown they can lose to anyone, anytime, anywhere.  John Skelton (330 total yards, 3 TDs, 2 INTs) led the Cardinals into Philly and ended up coming away with a hard-fought win as the Cards showed more heart and more life than the Eagles did most of the game.  What a sad day for Michael Vick (207 total yards, 0 TDs, 2 INTs), as once again he failed to generate much offense and just looked terrible for the entire day.  At this point, the Eagles missing the playoffs looks extremely likely.

Well finally there’s Larry Fitzgerald (7-146, 2 TDs)!  Fitz has been frustratingly bad in fantasy stats due to erratic QB play all season, but he finally broke out in a big way against the Eagles with 2 TDs, including one on a tip drill that fell into his hands.  Andre Roberts (4-55) also had an effective game, as it’s obvious from watching the last two weeks he’s used to working with Skelton in practice with the 2^nd stringers.

With Desean Jackson a surprise inactive for missing a team meeting, the Eagles didn’t really have anyone to blow the top off the coverage, so they ended up having to dink and dunk all day long.  Brent Celek (4-53) led the receiving stats, while Steve Smith (5-47) got the start for the missing Jackson.  Jeremy Maclin (2-6) was knocked out of the game briefly, but when he returned it was obvious he wasn’t quite right.

For the second week in a row, Beanie Wells (23 car., 62 yards) just didn’t look good at all, as he couldn’t even muster 3 yards per carry.  The knee injury must be hindering Wells, as he’s cooled considerably from the TD pace he was on early in the year.

At least Lesean McCoy (14 car., 81 yards, 1 TD; 3 rec., 12) was working for the Eagles offense, as he was able to stretch his TD streak to an amazing 9 games.  McCoy is about as automatic as you can get at the RB position, so no matter how much the Eagles struggle on offense, McCoy is a great play.
 

It took a blowout win for Matt Schaub (243 total yards, 2 TDs) to finally post a good fantasy day again, as he managed a respectable 240+ yards and 2 TDs, both of which were 75+ yards.  Josh Freeman (195 total yards, 1 TD, 3 INTs) on the other hand continues to look like he’s regressed since last year, throwing interceptions at almost the same rate he was throwing touchdowns a year ago.

Jacoby Jones (2-87, 1 TD) only had two receptions, but all he needed was one 80 yard TD bomb to make his day worthwhile fantasy-wise.  Owen Daniels (3-31) was the only other one amongst the receivers and tight ends to catch enough passes to be noteworthy.

With Freeman struggling, his receivers are also struggling quite a bit.  Arrelius Benn (2-47) led the receivers in yardage, and both Mike Williams (2-43) and Kellen Winslow (3-33) were mostly held in check.  Preston Parker caught a TD, but didn’t really do anything else on the day.

How awesome is Arian Foster (17 car., 84 yards, 1 TD; 4 rec., 102 yards, 1 TD)?  The guy just makes people miss in space and is the perfect blend of speed, vision, elusiveness and power.  He’s looking like the best all-around running back in the NFL right now.  Don’t forget about Ben Tate (13 car., 63 yards, 1 TD) though, as he’s also worth a play, averaging over double digits in fantasy points in almost every scoring system.

With the Bucs falling behind early and big, Legarrette Blount (10 car., 34 yardes) never got a chance to get going.  As long as Freeman continues to struggle and the Bucs defense looks more like a sieve, Blount’s value might be extremely low for the rest of the season.

Matt Hasselbeck (240 total yards, 1 TD, 1 INT) wasn’t asked to do a whole lot in this game, as the Titans were able to steamroll the suddenly punchless Panthers.  Cam Newton (267 total yards, 0 TDs, 1 INT) looked like the bye week was a bad thing for his groove, as he looked out of sorts and wasn’t able to sustain any drives.  The Titans came into the game with a defense that was reeling a bit, so Newton should have been able to torch them; hopefully this isn’t a sign of the rookie wall coming up.

Damian Williams (5-107, 1 TD) broke out in a big way, scoring on a 43 yard pass on his way to his first 100 yard game of the season.  It’s taken a few games, but Williams has finally asserted himself as the #1 WR in this offense without Kenny Britt, while Nate Washington (3-40) has fallen into the complementary role that he was most suited for anyway.

Legedu Naanee (8-75) is regularly amongst the team’s leaders in targets, but hasn’t done anything with them until this game, where he finally caught the majority of them.  Steve Smith (5-33) was very quiet for a change, whileGreg Olsen (4-45) also suffered from Newton’s apparently listlessness after the bye.

Welcome back to fantasy relevancy Chris Johnson (27 car., 130 yards, 1 TD; 4 rec., 44 yards)!  Finally owners were rewarded with the type of performance they were hoping for when they drafted him… too bad it didn’t show up until Week 10, when many of the CJ1K owners were all but out of their fantasy playoff races.  Oh well, at least he’s looking better for keeper and dynasty leagues.

Yet another game where the Panthers running game was irrelevant; this time mostly due to the lopsided score.  Deangelo Williams (8 car., 35 yards) got his regular 8 carries, whileJonathan Stewart (4 car., 23 yards; 4 rec., 22 yards) seemed to be the one most hurt by the Panthers falling behind early, although he did have about 10 more combined yards.  In the closer games, he’s been the far more valuable of the two running backs; even though that isn’t saying a whole lot considering the numbers.
This was was ugly from the get go, and not just because of the big brawl that occurred when one of the Bears DBs went after Matthew Stafford (330 total yards, 1 TD, 4 INTs) on a run back of one of his four interceptions on the day.  Stafford was at the root of the ugliness due to turning the ball over like he was playing for the Chargers, including two very Rivers-esque pick sixes.  The Bears defense and special teams were so dominant, that Jay Cutler (141 total yards) barely had to set foot on the field to secure a win.  In fact, the Bears D/ST unit accounted for more TDs than the entire Lions team (3:1).

With the Lions frantically trying to play catch up with 63 pass plays on the day, Nate Burleson (8-83), Calvin Johnson (7-81), and Titus Young (7-74) all had good fantasy performances.  Brandon Pettigrew (5-38) was just decent, and once again he was vultured on a TD by Tony Scheffler (3-37, 1 TD).  Is it even possible for a TE to be a vulture?  If so, Scheffler is it.

Even though Cutler passed for a mere 123 yards, Earl Bennett (6-81) was able to collect over 80 yards receiving.  At this point, with Cutler looking his way almost exclusively, Bennett is the only Bears WR worth considering.

Still no Jahvid Best for the Lions, and one has to wonder if he’ll be held out the rest of this year.  In his stead, Maurice Morris (10 car., 44 yards; 1 rec., 6 yards) has been just adequate as he was in this game, accounting for 50 total yards in an uninspiring performance.  Kevin Smith (4 car., 19 yards; 2 rec., 10 yards) made his return to a Lions uniform and may muddle the rushing numbers even more than they are already.

This was a down game for Matt Forte (18 car., 64 yards, 1 TD; 1 rec., 3 yards), as the Bears simply did not need any offense to secure this win; luckily for his fantasy owners he did manage to score a TD to make sure he still had a decent fantasy day.  Marion Barber (13 car., 27 yards) got most of the second half rushing duties as the Bears were content to just grind the clock away and let their defense continue to score.
 

In my Week 10 preview article, I mentioned that the Ravens would have to crap the bed for the Seahawks to win this one.  Well, chock one up for indigestion as Joe Flacco (263 total yards, 1 TD, 1 INT) came off of the emotional win against the Steelers to lay a stinker right in the middle of CenturyLink Field.  A week after almost single-handedly killing the Seahawks chances to steal a victory in Dallas with his turnovers, Tavaris Jackson (220 total yards) played mistake-free ball and just handed off most of the game, which seemed to work… imagine that.

Ed Dickson (10-79, 2 TDs) shrugged off talk that Dennis Pitta (4-49) was overtaking him as the lead tight end for the Ravens, posting his biggest outing of the season.  Both Torrey Smith (3-28; 1 car., 16 yards) and Anquan Boldin (2-22) posted terrible numbers on the day, both dropped passes and were overthrown a couple of times by an erratic Flacco.

Jackson did a pretty decent job considering both Sidney Rice (2-14) and Doug Baldwin (1-50) were knocked out of the game with injuries.  In their stead, Golden Tate (3-46) and even Zach Miller (3-24) had to catch a few passes… imagine having to actually throw to a former Pro Bowl tight end, the horror!

While Ray Rice (5 car., 27 yards; 8 rec., 54 yards) has been great this season, every once in a while on the road he has an abysmal game (see: @ Jacksonville)… and this was one of them.  Fortunately he did rack up 8 catches which helps out PPR leagues, but for standard league owners Rice’s subpar performance was probably costly.

Marshawn Lynch (32 car., 109 yards, 1 TD; 5 rec., 58 yards) was the real story of this game, as he was definitely the hero for the Seahawks.  Lynch never had a rush over nine yards the entire afternoon, had over 30 carries for the first time in his career, and essentially kept the Seahawks moving the chains with his gutty physical running.  It’s not often that the Ravens get out-muscled, but Lynch and the Seahawks offensive line did just that.
 

You knew coming off of two straight losses for only the third time in recent memory, Tom Brady (331 total yards, 3 TDs) and the Patriots were going to have a bounce back game at some point.  Unfortunately for the Jets and Mark Sanchez (317 total yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTs), it came at their expense yet again.  The Jets just can’t seem to get over the hump against the Pats, as they once again got swept and if they do make the playoffs, will most likely be as a road warrior wildcard… not what they were hoping for.

Rob Gronkowski (8-113, 2 TDs) came up with one of the biggest receiving days for tight ends this year, and there have been a lot of them for sure.  Aaron Hernandez (4-41) remains an excellent receiving threat, but Gronk has really asserted himself as the top TE dog in New England.  Wes Welker (6-46) had a very quiet game, while Deion Branch (5-58, 1 TD) had some quality work and even scored a TD.
Santonio Holmes (6-93) ended up with his best receiving day of the year in catches and yards, which tells you how much Holmes and the Jets passing game has struggled.  Plaxico Burress (3-39, 1 TD) caught another TD as he’s quickly become Sanchez’s go-to receiver around the goal line, whileDustin Keller (2-37) was mostly taken out of the game, as he usually is by the Patriots defense.

For the third week in a row, a different RB was the lead back for the Patriots as Danny Woodhead (7 car., 38 yards; 1 rec., 6 yards) ended up with the most yards and tied for the most touches with BenJarvis Green-Ellis (8 car., 8 yards).  At this point, Belichick is just as bad about his RB situation as Mike Shanahan; the only difference is Belichick actually wins while playing RB roulette.

Shonn Greene (13 car., 61 yards; 2 rec., 14 yards) had his usual 70-80 total yards for the Jets, as he’s been more ho-hum than exciting this season so far.  Ladainian Tomlinson (7 car., 38 yards; 2 rec., 22 yards) got quite a few carries, and was usually in the game when the Jets approached the goal line, serving to neuter Greene’s scoring opportunities even more.

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