Week 7 Recap Late Games

Seahawks 22, Cardinals 10
          Seahawks: Mike Williams had another big game receiving this week catching 10 passes for 87 yards and 1 TD. Since the trade of Deion Branch back to New England, Mike Williams has had 21 receptions in the last 2 games. Williams has quickly become Matt Hasselbeck's (20/38-192-1-0) favorite target. Marshawn Lynch carries the load in the backfield rushing 24 times for 89 yards. While Justin Forsett only say 9 carries but he rushed for 41 yards on those carries. Forsett also added 2 receptions for 31 yards. It appears that Lynch is getting the early down work here and Forsett is being used as a change of pace and 3rd down back. As of right now Lynch is the back to have in Seattle but he is no more than a bye week fill in. 


          Cardinals: Max Hall (4/16-36-0-1) left the game with a injury and Derek Anderson (8/17-94-0-0) replaced him. Both QBs were horrible and it slowed the Cardinals passing game down. Larry Fitzgerald had just 3 catches for 30 yards on the day. Fitzgerald at this point is a WR3  because of the poor QB play in Arizona. I would look to trade him still like I advised in the Trade Market blog a few weeks ago. Beanie Wells scored his first TD of the season this week. Wells finished with 54 yards on 14 carries. The TD come on a 2 yard run which is encouraging since Tim Hightower is usually the goal line back. Speaking of Hightower he outgained Wells with 59 yards on just 6 carries in the game. As of now Wells is the only one that would be worth a start since he is getting the majority of the carries.




Patriots 23, Chargers 20
          Patriots: Not much to say about the Pats in this game. Tom Brady threw for just 159 yards and had 1 TD. BenJarvus Green-Ellis scored another TD this week and finished the game with 24 yards on 11 carries.  Danny Woodhead had 11 touches in the game but only managed to gain 52 yards on them. While Deion Branch followed up last weeks good game with a dud only catching for 4 passes for 39 yards. PPR monster Wes Welker has been very quiet the last few weeks and it continued again this week with Welker only getting 25 yards on 4 catches. Aaron Hernandez, the rookie tight end, led the team in receiving with 54 yards on 5 catches. As of right now Tom Brady is the only Patriots offense player that should be started on a weekly basis. The others are all bye week fill in material.


          Chargers: Antonio Gates played through a sore toe that bothered him all week and he had a solid game catching 4 passes for 50 yards and 1 TD. Philip Rivers even without his top 2 WRs still put up good numbers passing for 336 yards and the 1 TD that went to Gates. Patrick Crayton led the WRs with 82 yards on 7 catches. With Floyd and Naanee out Crayton makes a solid WR3 for the time being. Ryan Mathews only touched the ball 10 times and gained just 22 yards. While Mike Tolbert got a short TD again this week. Mathews has failed to breakout as the RB that everyone hyped him up to be coming into his rookie season. As of right now Mathews should be on fantasy benches and I wouldn't blame anyone if they outright dropped him in leagues.




Raiders 59, Broncos 14
          Raiders: Darren McFadden returned from injury this week and had a career day rushing 16 times for 165 yards and 3 TDs. He also had 2 catches for 31 yards and another TD. McFadden's four TD game probably won alot of his owners games this week if he was in the lineup. If you went up against McFadden and still won this week consider yourself lucky because that doesn't happen quite often when players have monster games like this. Jason Campbell passed for 204 yards and 2 TDs but will return to the bench when Bruce Gradkowski is healthy to play. Zach Miller was the leading receiver scoring a TD and catching 3 passes for 65 yards. Michael Bush also scored a TD in this blowout win and ended the game with 52 yards on 15 carries. Moving forward though look for McFadden to carry the load while Bush is regulated to a change of pace back and probably some goal line work.


          Broncos: Kyle Orton had his worst game of the season this year passing for just 198 yards. His two TD passes salvaged his poor game for his fantasy owners though. Knowshon Moreno since returning from injury has been the lead back for the Broncos carrying the load the last two weeks. Moreno carried the ball 14 times for 54 yards and had 3 catches for 37 yards and 2 TDs. Brandon Lloyd was very quiet again this week just catching 1 pass for 46 yards. While Jabar Gaffney led the receiving game with 4 receptions for 54 yards.