The Giants looked like last year's playoff team with a dominant pass rush, competent secondary and a balanced offensive attack. If someone dropped their defense, pick it up.
For the second week in a row, Andre Brown hit the hole decisively and showed good feet. Ahmad Bradshaw could return for Week 4, in which case he'd resume his role as the starter and probably get the bulk of the work. But Brown is in the mix, and were he to outplay Bradshaw during a game, he could supplant him. David Wilson is mostly a kick returner at this point.
Ramses Barden might be the team's No. 3 receiver even when Domenik Hixon comes back, but it's pretty clear Eli Manning can make a productive target out of almost anyone. Martellus Bennett is already a top-12-ish TE, and that might be selling him short.
Just as former Twins manager Tom Kelly said Mariano Rivera belonged in a higher league than the majors, Steve Smith belongs in a more aggressive league than the NFL.
What are the odds Andrew Luck outperforms Philip Rivers this year? 3:2? 50/50? What about Matthew Stafford? 2:1, assuming Stafford's not seriously hurt?
The Bengals defense is bad, and Benjarvus Green-Ellis - who finally fumbled - is never going to be the offense's focal point. Andy Dalton and A.J. Green could have plenty more games like Sunday's.
It was odd to see the Saints still favored over the Chiefs by nine after the Giants annihilated Carolina on the road. Carolina beat the Saints, and the other team that beat New Orleans, the Redskins, lost to the Rams. Last year isn't relevant anymore.
The extent of Reggie Bush's and C.J. Spiller's injuries should be known in the next 24-48 hours. Fantasy seasons hang in the balance.
I've beaten this to death, but it cracks me up the Cardinals were considered a joke based on a bad preseason and are now 3-0, having beaten New England, Seattle and Philly. If Seattle beats the Packers tomorrow night, then Arizona's opponents would be 5-1 when not playing them, and the only loss was New England in Baltimore on a field goal that might not have been good. This is the opposite of the Saints whose opponents are a combined 0-6.
The Detroit-Tennessee game was one of the more random ones I've ever seen with 35 points in the last seven minutes of regulation, most of which came in bizarre ways. The only thing it lacked was a blocked punt. Chris Johnson had two carries in overtime, each of which went for minus-eight yards. Put differently, he was sitting on 12 carries for 40 yards - not good, but at least monumentally better than he had done to date - and he finished with 14 for 24 (1.7 YPC). There's not much you can do now if you own him but agonize over whether to start him next week.
The Niners were due for a letdown game after two big conference wins, so the loss in Minnesota isn't that surprising, and I doubt it's particularly meaningful. Adrian Peterson certainly seems like he can carry a big workload with 25 rushes and two receptions.
The Bears defense is one of the best in the league, but Jay Cutler doesn't look like a top-20 QB right now.
As long as Norv Turner's their coach, the Chargers will never be a team on which you can count. And what's wrong with Rivers and Antonio Gates?
A monster game by Ben Roethlisberger, but it wasn't enough because the Steelers defense isn't very good without Troy Polamalu.
Darren McFadden ran with surprising power near the goal line Sunday. He looked like Shaun Alexander in his prime with that nose for the end zone, only much faster.
I'm pretty sure dropping Mario Williams for J.J. Watt in the RotoWire Steak League was a good move. Where does Watt rank among fantasy D-linemen at this point? Has to be top five.