Now you can see that one of the biggest stories of this past week was Romo going down. For those looking for pickups, look at Ryan Fitzpatrick who’s been great, or even Romo’s backup, Jon Kitna. He’s still got all the physical tools to succeed and this is the most talented team he’s ever been on.

Romo's injury is tough but you can still find guys on the waiver wire like Ryan Fitzpatrick

Let’s get to a couple other stories:

Larry Fitzgerald, WR Cardinals

Boy, I couldn’t have been more wrong. I seriously expected way more out of Max Hall than I saw and the Cardinals offense is now 32nd in yards per game. He still got 10 targets, but if the quarterbacks can’t get it to him, it doesn’t matter. I think at this point his value can’t get much lower, and I’d stick with him to see if he rights the ship. Still, he hasn’t had a TD since week 3 and he’s 41st for WR’s in terms of scoring. This is tough, but I’d stick with him.

Patrick Crayton, WR Chargers

Another week, another injured Malcom Floyd, and another great game from Crayton. He goes 7 for 82, and was a major factor for the Chargers. As long as Floyd is out and Gates is banged up, I like Crayton a lot actually, and it may be time to sell him to see if you can get something for him that was more than what you paid for him (if anything).

Darren McFadden, RB Raiders

70 percent? Really, Darren? Why scare your fantasy owners? I’m sure some didn’t start you because of your troubling comments and Michael Bush’s recent success, but tell us if your going to put up 40+! Anyway, I’ve been slow to come around on McFadden, not believing that he had shrugged off his bust status, but he’s been fantastic and you have to ride him as long as you can. His schedule is great as well and things are looking up for now.

Thank god this won't be the last thing I'll remember about Run-DMC

Kenny Britt, WR Titans

Certainly we have to talk about Britt. W-O-W. That was one of the better performances I have ever seen by a receiver and he did it after being benched. 7 for 225 and 3 TD’s is quite a game, and I couldn’t have picked this performance even if you told me it was going to happen. I wouldn’t have believed you. I’ve always like Kenny Britt and his size, but this was a dominating performance that I thought was reserved for those in better offenses. I guess I was wrong.

Here are the final rankings for Week 7. Sorry they took so long, had my birthday party today. But the biggest movers were the Seattle running backs who have learned that they will not have to deal with Arizona’s best run stuffer Gerald Hayes for their game in Qwest field.

What I’m saying is that Greene will never have lower value than he has now. I mean, at some point LT has to slow down right? The Jets know that, and they know they have to give Greene work and eventually work out the plan that they had where Greene was the number one guy and LT the very good 3rd down back.

LT is teaching Greene now, then will do what 31 year-old running backs do in the NFL. Give way to the young guys.

How does this running game correlate with the notable Running Back by Committees, and two-headed monsters we’ve seen recently in fantasy? Well, we can go back to the two-headed monster of LenDale White and Chris Johnson two years ago for our first comparison. That was the RBC we used to see. The RBC where you had one guy who had the vast majority of the carries (Chris Johnson in his rookie year), and the guy who scored all the touchdowns (LenDale White). Much like last year’s Ravens’ running game with McGahee scoring TD’s and Ray Rice electrifying on seemingly every down. Or we could go back to the Chargers’ running game last year, where LT was ineffective on most downs, and Darren Sproles was a glorified change-of-pace and 3rd down guy.

Jonathan Stewart took his opportunity and ran with it. So will Shonn Greene.

However, this year’s Jets running game is more like the Panthers’ running game of last year. In 2009, Jonathon Stewart’s second year, we saw two 1000+ yard rushers on the Panthers. Interestingly though, the splits for the two were very interesting. DeAngelo had over 700 yards in the first half of the season, but less than 400 in the second half. Stewart had about the opposite. What lesson did we learn? Well, the veteran, Williams, got passed over in the second half for the second-year guy. This most likely will happen with the Jets as well. I already mentioned it, but the Jets have to see if Greene is gonna be their guy for the future, and typically you assess them after they adjust to the league (their rookie year, most times).

This confusing post was supposed to give you this message: don’t give up on Greene. He, like Stewart in ’09, will get his chance to shine. I recommend racing to get him while you can, because when you’re in the playoffs and Greene is lighting it up, you’ll be able to claim you won at least one trade.

“That stuff won’t matter.”

Really? In that case, why are they eating huge plates of crow right now?

Because of this, you have to look at each piece of news and analyze it. Look at it from as many points of view you possibly can. That’s how you succeed in fantasy. You can see where this is going. Let’s look at some of the moves that happened in the past couple of days that we seriously need to check out, even if they seem like they don’t matter.

The Jerome Harrison/Mike Bell Deal

Keep Harrison on your radar. He most certainly has the talent to do great things for the Eagles and your fantasy team.

Honestly, when I heard this I thought this was a fantasy trade. You don’t really see straight up trades one-for-one in the NFL. You almost always see a draft pick or two included, cash, or more players. However, this was not one of them. Before you say to me “this trade doesn’t matter”, think through this trade logically.

For the Eagles, Mike Bell was absolutely horrendous. They wanted to start a banged up, young running back with rib problems over him. What does Jerome Harrison bring? Stats to back him up. He was magnificent at the end of last season, and he was a sleeper of mine, much like Jamaal Charles was. Both had terrific ends to their respective seasons. However, Harrison has been put in Mangini’s doghouse for whatever reason (read more about that here), and Peyton Hillis has taken over and flourished in the number one role. At the same time, I tend to think that the Eagles might not be convinced McCoy is durable enough for the whole season. Otherwise, why trade for Harrison? Mike Bell was there for the goal line and short yardage issues the Eagles always have had. Harrison is not a goal line back or a short yardage back. He’s not a Kevin Faulk change-of-pace guy, either. He plays like a number one in that he needs carries to get going. McCoy’s been banged up since Week 5, and I just think that the Eagles see Harrison as a serious part of their future because of the lack of durability of McCoy.

Keep Harrison on your radar. Keep Mike Bell of yours.

Vincent Jackson and Logan Mankins Ordered to Report

Yeah Vincent, just hang your head...2010-11 has already been a disaster.

This has been confirmed already, but I think we don’t have to talk about Mankins due to the fact that he does not play a role in fantasy, except for maybe help the run game and Brady’s protection.

Vincent Jackson, on the other hand, is someone we need to talk about. Why? I honestly still don’t think he’s going to play this season unless injuries force him into the game. I think the front office in San Diego is fed up by now with Jackson’s whining (I think I just made my stance on this guy’s holdout), and even though he has to report by October 31, that doesn’t mean the coaches have to play him.

I was going to talk about some more stuff, but it doesn’t really matter.

(I’m joking)

Teams on bye: Arizona Cardinals, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Carolina Panthers

Come back Jermichael!

Great. Just as I write about the guys to replace Finley for a couple of weeks, he goes out for the rest of the season. You can find the ESPN link here.

I’ve already written about the replacements for Finley over here, but I think Lee becomes a very good guy for the rest of the season, and Andrew Quarless had 8 targets last year, so don’t discount him.

I know what you’re feeling, in my main league with my buddies I’ve got Finley, and boy is he a tough player to replace.

-Mario Savio

Asides from the Packers red zone problems and the injured Ryan Grant, the only real disappointing part of the supposed Green Bay Packer offensive juggernaut has been Greg Jennings, who has been utterly forgotten by Aaron Rodgers. However, a Donald Lee fumble, and the whole machine comes crashing down (hence the quote, see what I did there? I actually wrote something interesting). Jermichael Finley goes out with arthroscopic knee surgery trying to

With all those injuries, my head hurts too

make a tackle on the Redskins’ player who had recovered the fumble and is out for 4-6 weeks, Donald Lee then gets a chest strain and is out for a couple of weeks, and Aaron Rodgers trying to find someone open gets a concussion and could miss the Week 6 against the Dolphins.

Conceivably, the Packers could be starting Brandon Jackson (no big deal here, been starting since Grant went down), rookie tight end Andrew Quarless (4 catches for 51 yards in Week 5), back up quarterback Matt Flynn, and banged up tackles Mark Tauscher and Chad Clifton could miss Week 6.

What do all these injuries mean for fantasy owners who have been cursed with an injured/non-productive part of the Packers’ offense? Just wait, I’m going to tell you:

For the owners of…

Aaron Rodgers

IF Aaron Rodgers misses Week 6, look on your bench for you backup QB, or you can grab somebody like Kyle Orton, who may still be available in your league, Tampa Bay’s Josh Freeman, or Detroit’s Shaun Hill (even though his matchup

Even though you don't have your stud tight end, he's probably hurting more than you...or...maybe not.

isn’t great, he’s still been hot).

Jermichael Finley

I’ve already mentioned rookie Andrew Quarless who will assuming pretty much all the tight end duties with both Finley and Donald Lee out for a couple weeks, if not more. But others you could pick up are Marcedes Lewis in Jacksonville who has already had two multi-touchdown games, the Chiefs’ Tony Moeaki who is slowly becoming Matt Cassel’s number one target, Detroit’s Brandon Pettigrew who is becoming more and more a part of Detroit’s suddenly-dynamic passing game, and Benjamin Watson in Cleveland for deeper leagues or PPR leagues.

Greg Jennings

I know he’s not injured but he really has not been good, which for where you drafted him is a huge understatement. Even with the number one target in the Packers’ offense–Jermichael Finley–down, rather than get Jennings involved more, they got other players involved like James Jones and Andrew Quarless (who both, by the way, had more yards than Jennings). I’ve never really like Jennings, and I think he’s just a glorified deep threat. Trade him for the most value you can get without it being a landslide for your trade partner.

Expect Hakeem Nicks to continue to be a major part of the Giants' offense going forward.

today, with only 2 of the 9 early games being one-score games going into the final quarter. However, 4:00 eastern time kicked in and all 3 of the later games were nail-biters and upsets. Let’s take a look at the big movers for fantasy:

Hakeem Nicks, Giants WR

I don’t want to sound arrogant, but I told you he was going to be great this week. I had him ranked 4th out of all receivers, even debating putting him above Andre Johnson and his gimpy ankle. Listen, the Giants are going to throw to win games, especially to let that invigorated defensive line get after opposing signal-callers, and those balls are going to Nicks. Manning targets him in the red zone more than any other receiver on that team, and Steve Smith has clearly been passed up in that number 1 slot. Trade for him while you can, but I believe his buy-low point has already passed.

Cedric Benson, Bengals RB

Finally! There’s the beast we drafted early! He had been fairly pedestrian in his first couple of weeks, even averaging less than 4 yards per carry, making me worried about them moving away from him as the season progresses. This game then was very important for his touches down the stretch. I think that his buy-low point has already passed but you can still play up the fact that it was the Bucs.

Larry Fitzgerald, Cardinals WR

I know this guy was a consensus number one WR at the start of the season, but he’s really been bashed because of bad quarterback play, and rightly so. Through week 4, he had been targeted 11.3 times per game, but only had 4.75 catches per game resulting in a 42% catches per targets. With Max Hall starting game 5, even with the Saints double covering him the whole game, he was targeted 9 times, catching 7 for 93 yards (his highest total this season). What does it mean? Well, it means that with Max Hall at the helm for the Arizona Cardinals, you can expect a higher amount of receptions, and at the same time, more yards. Simply put, Fitzgerald is going to be that beast you drafted in the first or second round.

Malcolm Floyd, Chargers WR

For those who didn’t draft Floyd because they doubted his skills, the fact Vincent Jackson wouldn’t play, or whatever it may be, they received a brutal wake-up call. Floyd had 8 catches for 213 yards (213!) and a score. Floyd has been this year’s breakout guy, and he continues to get targets. What’s the most promising is that he clearly has been the number

What can I say but "Ugghh..."?

one guy, and against the Raiders he was matched up with Nnamdi the vast majority of the game, yet still put up his best game of the year. Look, the Chargers are going to pass the ball and when they pass you know it’s going to go to Antonio Gates (the super beast) and Malcolm Floyd.

Michael Turner, Falcons RB

I’m done with this guy. I can’t stand watching him because he just lacks any explosiveness. For me, I just think that his season two years ago is not what you can expect, rather almost double what you can expect. He’s a must-trade for me while you can still tag the “slow-starter” classification on him.

Shaun Hill, Lions QB

As long as Matthew Stafford continues to be injured, Shaun Hill will be a top-12 QB for me. At some point, you have to give a guy his due. He’s had 20 points or more in 3 of his last 4 games. When you have the Megatron to throw to, I’d advise you keep that guy on your radar.