Week Twelve's Top Scorers, Under Performers, and other Trends.

And I was traded for Brady Quinn?

I would hate to play a broken record, but 7 out of the top 10 performers were QBs once again. However, this Sunday's king of scoring was not a QB, but a RB traded for a 2nd string QB before the beginning of the season. Peyton Hillis continued to add to his breakout season with 26 rushes for 131 yards and 3 touchdowns plus 6 receptions for 63 yards.

Not even the second leading scorer was a QB, but benefited from Matt Cassel play (22/32 233 yards, 4 touchdowns, and 5 carries for 28 yards) as he hauled in 13 receptions for 170 yards and 3 scores.

However, 7 out of the next 8 top scorers were QBs highlighted by Tom Brady's turkey day trashing of Detroit (21/27 341 yards, 4 touchdowns), Jay Cutler's surprising performance against Philadelphia (14/21 247 yards, 4 touchdowns), and rookie of the year Sam Bradford's play against Denver (22/37 308 yards, 3 scores).

On the flip side, if you didn't catch the SD/ Indianapolis game last night and saw the final score of 36-14 you would assume Philip Rivers threw at least 2 touchdowns, however, Rivers had his first 0 touchdown game of the season going 19/23 for 185 yards. Speaking of weird stats Cowboys RB Tashard Choice hurt the production of Marion Barber owners by taking his one and only carry across the goal line for a touchdown Thursday after Barber failed twice.

Hot commodity Keiland Williams made owners wonder why they picked him up instead of Fred Jackson going for 5 yards on 3 carries while adding 4 receptions for 21 yards. Speaking of under producing many notable WRs had poor games resulting in less then 30 yards; including Randy Moss, Sidney Rice, DeSean Jackson, Donald Driver, Anquan Boldin, Braylon Edwards, Mike Williams (TB), Terrell Owens.

The Indianapolis Colts are now 1-13 when Peyton Manning throws 2 or more interceptions.

Interim head coaches are 3-1 for the season.

All 3 of Sam Bradford's touchdown passes were to tight ends.

Brent Celek found his way out of the fantasy black hole Sunday by catching his first TD pass in 5 weeks, and his first from Vick all season.

Peyton Manning threw 4 touchdowns Sunday night; two to his receivers and two to the Chargers defense.

Week Eleven Starters and Bench Warmers

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Remember no more bye weeks which means no more excuses about having to play your second tier options. Here are your week 11 starters...

QB, Matt Cassel, KC Chiefs: do you smell a run-up? After last week's shellacking in Denver, KC Chiefs coach Todd Haley has vengeance on his mind, and who better to dish it on then a bad AZ passing d? The Cardinals give up 240 ypg and more then twice as many touchdowns as interceptions (15-7). The Cardinals have given up totals of 41-41-22-27 in their last 4 road games. Expect Cassel to connect on multiple scores with his favorite target Bowe.

RB, Mike Tolbert, SD Chargers: with injury prone Ryan Matthews out Tolbert looks to get the bulk of SD's carries Monday against the 30th ranked Denver rushing defense allowing 143 ypg. Tolbert has shown his ability to find the end-zone whether starting or backing up Matthews. After Rivers throws the Denver offense out of the game expect a steady diet of Tolbert to keep Orton off the field and the Chargers to a 5-5 record.

WR, Dwayne Bowe, KC Chiefs: see above in Cassel section.

TE, Mercedes Lewis, Jacksonville Jaguars: Monday morning may find these Jags tied for the AFC South lead as NE beats Indy, and Garrard trashes Cleveland as he has done in previous outings. Excluding last weeks game against the Jets (Sanchez just isn't looking Dustin Keller's way in the red zone any more) the Browns had given up 4 touchdowns in 3 games to opposing TE's. When near the red zone Garrard looks for his big tight end from UCLA, thus, making the recipe for a good game for Lewis against the Browns Sunday.

D-ST: because the bye weeks are done your regularly played D should be played this Sunday. Besides, their are no real breakout match ups that catch your eye. Hope you played the Bears D.

K, David Akers, Philadelphia Eagles: 3 straight weeks of double digit fantasy points should make him start-able anyways. Sunday his Eagles play a tougher defense in NY giving Akers plenty of opportunities for field goals. Plus, with Vick playing like he is Akers should get more then his chances at XP's.

Because you have a bye week don't be suckered into starting these guys:

QB, Brett Favre, Minnesota Vikings: if you haven't already benched captain interception please do so now. Although his record is good at home when playing for the Vikings a stingy Packers D will limit Favre as they have done to previous opponents. GB is giving up a 10th best 212 ypg while talling up more interceptions then touchdowns given (14-9) and have a league leading 28 sacks. If this game doesn't get Chilly fired what will?

RB, Arian Foster, Houston Texans: why sit the one guy who IS THE Texans offense? Because when it comes to RBs and the Jets D at home it's never good news. Against opposing RBs the Jets have given up only 1 td and no 100 yard games.

WR, Steve Smith, Carolina Panthers: who doesn't have a touchdown since week 2? Not just Wes Welker, but Carolina's Steve Smith. Although his match up against the Ravens looks favorable be prepared to sit him until the Carolina QB situations gets sorted out. Who would have thought the loss of Matt Moore for the season would hurt the value of Smith?

TE: who else should you leave alone besides Brent Celek? How about Dustin Keller, John Carlson, or Kevin Boss?

Week 10 Top Performers, & Under Achievers

I throw 4 touchdowns and we still can't win?

If you don't believe that the NFL is a QB's league then open up your eyes and look around. 4 out of the top 5 fantasy scorers Sunday were QB's; while 8 out of the top 15 were QB's. Coincidentally those top 4 QB's came from only 2 games (KC vs. Denver & Pittsburgh vs. New England); in which all 4 combined for 14 touchdowns, and over 1,500 yards of passing.

Statistically the top QB and WR came from the KC side of the ball as Matt Cassel went 35/49 for 4 scores throwing 2 of those touchdown to Dwayne Bowe who also brought in 186 yards on 13 catches. Granted these stats are a little inflated due to Kansas City having to abandon the run in order to catch up with Denver, however, as a fantasy owner of either guys you'll take the production however it comes.

While on the ground the damage was done in Jacksonville and Buffalo as Maurice Jones-Drew and Fred Jackson helped propel their teams to wins. MJD ran the ball 24 times for 100 yards and 2 touchdowns while Fred Jackson had 25 carries 133 yards and caught a pass for a touchdown as well.

Meanwhile in Pittsburgh Rob Gronkowski showed why the Patriots used such a high draft pick on him to replace Ben Watson hauling in 5 catches; 3 of them for touchdowns.

Now on to some guys who need to earn their keep...

It would be an easy write to call out Peyton Manning for only having 185 yards and no touchdowns against a bad Bengals D, but its without saying that Manning can be forgiven for having an off day. However, the combo of Vince Young and Kerry Collins combined for 143 yards and 1 score and a pick. Speaking of lowered expectations, Cedric Benson who is looking more and more like a 1 year comeback story was supposed to dominate a bad Colts running defense yet ran the ball 14 times for 24 yards. Speaking of domination, Randy Moss has had a history of great first games with a new team, yet only caught one ball for 26 yards narrowly beating out Brandon Marshall's 3 catches for 34 yards as the worst performance by a top tier WR in Miami.