Will start week two’s, You’ve Got To Be Kidding Me with a whole unit. Chicago’s offensive line a year ago was pulverized by the Giants defense in front of a nationally televised Sunday night game. Their quarterback took a licking all year, only to break down completely in the playoffs with an injury. You’d think the unit could come together and fix issues at hand. How quickly and easily the Saints attacked Cutler was comical. It looked like an overmatched 1A high school, going against a 5A high school defensive line. The Saints lived in the Bears backfield, and the Saints turf became awfully familiarized with the imprint Cutler.

How about the Arizona Cardinals? In a game that they could of maneuvered themselves to a 2-0 start, Kevin Kolb throws the ball to Chansi Stuckey on a potential game winning drive. In game winning situations do you put the ball in a fifth string receiver’s hands? No. They paid Larry Fitzgerald and Todd Heap all that money, and couldn’t muster a better drive then that. Kneel down Washington, and Arizona fans remember that loss in week seventeen.

Philadelphia’s linebackers let Mike Turner run for a straight burst up the middle for sixty yards, and let the oldest tight end in football eat them alive over the middle all game. They’ve got to get better in the middle of their defense or playoff teams with solid duo backfields are going to feast in December and January.

Last week most of the Bundy moments occurred from players under performing. This week it was injuries that derailed fantasy starts to minimal total points.

Quarterbacks

Philip Rivers- A quarterback of Rivers caliber still can’t get his team off from perpetual bad starts. They won a sloppy game week one against the Vikings, and turnovers plagued their home game against the Patriots. Rivers did not contribute the type of numbers you would of expected in a shootout. He did get the Chargers going in the second half, but another two interceptions thwarted one of his touchdown throws.

Luke McCown- For McCown to be considered a veteran and play the way he has, is beyond ugly. It puts a glaring spotlight on the Jaguars front office. Everyone knows the reason they cut Garrard was not the fact that McCown was better. It was so they didn’t have to pay Garrard’s contract incentive. Look for McCown to be benched and next year on a team as a third stringer.

Matt Cassel- The teams start compared to last year is head scratching. They’re playing as if they were coached by Herm Edwards again. Discipline instilled a year ago by head coach Todd Haley has gone out the window. Talent level has drop and injuries have mounted. The mega investment on Cassel was a debate last year. Haley may have to yank Cassel in favor of Tyler Palko.

Mike Vick- He had the Eagles rolling, but mistakes by him while on the field were absolutely inexcusable. His concussion symptoms and prognosis were enough to drive owners to yell, you’ve got to be kidding me. But his fumble not protecting the football, and errant interception were both preventable.

Sam Bradford- The new system change seems to be helping Bradford stretch the field and get away from the dink and dump of a year ago. Speeding up plays for the hurry up offense has opposing defenses unsettled. Maybe without Steven Jackson, the Rams just couldn’t figure out how to run their red zone offense. Bradford just could not find open targets once the Rams got inside the twenty. Ignore the overall stats, as they were impressive. Leaving open red zone opportunities just does not bode well for fantasy owners. Field goals don’t cut, unless you had Josh Brown and were down single digits in your fantasy league.

Joe Flacco- I documented it last week, stating that this week’s game vs. Tennessee would be the tell all if Baltimore was actually moving forward. Guess not. Playing to the level of their competition is what the Ravens do. Close calls against the Bills, Browns, and other teams happened a year ago. There was absolutely no reason the Ravens should of not came out and demolished the Titans. Flacco just can not bring his A game every week.

Running Backs

Felix Jones- On the very first series Jones was hurt with a separated shoulder. Tallying just three total fantasy points and his status for next week is questionable. Jones has shown he can be a home run threat type of back even with limited work. Dallas needs those flashes from him to get this offense to an even higher level.

Jamaal Charles- Panic mode officially set in to owners that winced with Kansas City fans when Charles went down. He bumped Larry Johnson into retirement and weekly viable fantasy point fifteen to twenty point producer. With him out of your lineup now, major adjustments will need to be done.

Mike Tolbert- Two fumbles and not much brought to the offense in terms of rushing the football. Tolbert’s fantasy value has come out of the backfield. San Diego is not going to accept that for long. Tolbert needs to get back into gear, or he will lose a good share of the split with Ryan Matthews.

Reggie Bush- More involvement rushing the football and being even more of a weapon as a receiver was the expectations from Bush and Miami. Quietly it looks as if the Dolphins have decided to bump Daniel Thomas as the main back, and keep Bush’s involvement toned down like it was in New Orleans. Many probably started Bush as a flex starter and received Saint like fantasy numbers from him.

Wide Receivers

Malcolm Floyd- I had him pegged as one of the top receivers for week two. He was on his way to doing that, lighting up the Patriots secondary on the first drive. Rivers was basically throwing jump ball lobs to him, and Floyd was gobbling them up with his 6’5 frame. After an impressive forty yard sideline catch, in which Floyd contorted his entire body, he came down roughly and never returned with a groin injury. He was on pace to have Vincent Jackson’s day.

Mike Williams-
Sure a touchdown called back on an illegal formation cost fantasy owners a good ten points. Hey, Mike and the Tampa Bay offensive coordinator, there were fifty two total offensive plays to make some sort of contribution. At least Williams kept a streak of consecutive games with a catch intact. One for negative four yards. A strong punch to the gut for owners that have Williams as their second receiver.

Losing is going to happen in fantasy football just like it does in all sports. All the variables that drive NFL coaches crazy, will also drive you nuts. A missed field goal, dropped touchdown, a fumble/interception by one of your players, and the worst, a dud performance from one of your sure studs.

Here is the first installment of You’ve Got To Be Kidding Me for week one of the NFL season.

Quarterbacks

Donovan McNabb-
This doesn’t happen to a quarterback that has been one of the better over the last ten years. McNabb’s latest newest setting got off to an atrocious start. There were likely some of you out there that started McNabb just on prior years supporting him. You would of expected a shootout between the Vikings and Chargers. Instead McNabb couldn’t get forty yards throwing the football. Add an interception to his stat column and you might as well of started a bottom tier tight end and got the same amount of points.

Philip Rivers-
Once again the Chargers got off to a slow start. Rivers put up a 300 yard passing game, but being an upper echelon fantasy quarterback you would expect more from him week one. Especially going up against a Vikings defense that is expected to be towards the bottom in the NFL.

Matt Ryan-
Too put up as many throws as Ryan did and not throw for a touchdown is a true fantasy disappointment. The Falcons seemed to move the football decently, but just couldn’t muster an effective complete drive. Ryan hit a bunch of different receivers but couldn’t come up with any momentum type plays on the road. He has shown to be an amazing quarterback at home, but he has to move past his road woes issues.

Ben Roethlisberger
Big Ben hasn’t had too many awry games in his career, but this one will shoot to the top. Coming off a Super Bowl loss, the Steelers came out flat all around. Leading with Roethlisberger, who couldn’t facilitate his freestyle pocket plays like he is used to. He was facing the Ravens who were obviously angry with the way their season ended last season.

Eli Manning
He opened his mouth to reporters stating that he believes he is in the company of quarterbacks like Tom Brady, etc. With most attention on Peyton Manning missing a game, some of it should be spotlighted on Manning’s rusty start. Not many quarterback can stat that they have a duel backfield threat and depth to the position the Giants have.

Running Backs

Steven Jackson-
Fantasy owners of Steven Jackson went out of their seats when they witnessed Jackson’s fifty yard touchdown as if he were running with rookie legs. Being teased with a fantasy field day was all you would get. Jackson tweaked his hamstring and looks like he may be out for a few games.

Arian Foster-
You blast your own MRI exam of your hamstring injury on twitter, and act like it’s a minor non issue. Jokingly he also mocks fantasy owners who were concerned over his injury. Well Arian your non presence on the field week one was the reason why.

LeGarrette Blount- Not a way to start off the 2011 season after taking over the starting running back position. Blount did face a formidable Lions defensive line, that showcased they are going to be a force to reckon with all season. Blount was an absolute non factor, as if he was back on the Titans practice squad.

Chris Johnson-
ROI on Johnsons week one has left fantasy owners tumbling in desperation. How many weeks will it take Johnson to adjust? Money isn’t an issue anymore for Johnson, and the pressure to live up to his new contract could pose all types of concerns. Rushing for a pathetic twenty eight yards put Johnson as one of the worst statistical fantasy backs of week one.

Frank Gore-
Gore had one of the premier matchups of the week for a fantasy running back. Owners were drooling weeks before the season in anticipation of the points they were going to get from Gore. Gore got the carries but could not crack the end zone or find many holes to gain yards through.

Shonn Greene-
Start calling Greene the Robert Horry of the NFL. He shows up and puts his effort out in the playoffs only. LT has aged another year, and Greene was expected to take on more of a burden in 2011. More games like Sunday and Greene will get more and more into a time share with LT. He has to step it up on a weekly basis.

Wide Receivers

Vincent Jackson- Philip Rivers rough start didn’t bode well for Jackson. Even when Rivers got things going, Jackson was not much involved. He only gained three fantasy points in standard leagues, and five in PPR leagues. It’s highly disappointing to see those type of numbers from a quarterback-receiver tandem that are near the top in the league.

Dwayne Bowe- When one has a quarterback that is inconsistent, it makes it extremely hard to decide when to start that player. It looked like Matt Cassel had solved his inconsistency woes towards the second half of last year by connecting with Bowe and spreading the ball out. That skyrocketed Bowe’s fantasy value for 2011. Now that is in extreme jeopardy as Cassel might end up with the least amount of yards per game of any quarterback.

Fantasy owners that pointed at their bench to their buddies and said, “see, see, if I would of started Dwayne Bowe I would of won this week,”. You’ve got to love the owners that hype their teams up through their bench than the win/loss column. Dwayne Bowe has had plenty of opportunities this season to emerge as he did a few years ago. Being a disappointment thus far in 2010 is a huge understatement.

Bowe’s had issues abound this year. Matt Cassel’s looked his way and Bowe has not been able to deliver as a number one receiver. Nothing was worse than his play against the Colts. Indianapolis ranks right up there with poor pass defenses, and Bowe could not thrive. He was able to get open and then the football was reminded of Bowe’s hands. Laying the pigskin on the turf happened on wide open routes, including an actual nice throw by Cassel in the end zone. His play in that game basically cost the Chiefs as they eventually got into a fourth quarter hole against the Colts.

Seeing Bowe become a fantasy impact player week six was not surprising. Houston’s pass defense is what might prevent them from making the playoffs. They’ve giving up an incredible amount of yards and points as a unit. It’s the type of game though that could break Bowe out of his funk.

He will never be considered a fantasy every week starter with Matt Cassel at quarterback. He can though be an injury/bye week/first off the bench at receiver position athlete. Kansas City has their style of play down pat for the rest of the year. With Thomas Jones and Jamaal Charles they have two backs that can split the load at a high number of carries each. The team knows that counting on Cassel to be their number one option offensively is not a key to winning. He just hasn’t grasped the teams playbook and has struggled overall.

If you are forced to start Bowe, it’s always going to be a high risk. Look around the league and you’ll see that the majority of quarterbacks are throwing 25, 30, or even higher pass attempts a game. Don’t be fooled that Cassel has actually thrown the ball for an average of 6.2 yards per completion. An insanely poor statistic. Cassel’s play of checking down is exactly what the Cardinals passed on with Matt Leinart in preseason.

Chances of Cassel getting benched likely won’t happen at this point. The only way you’d start Bowe is for reasons mentioned in the last paragraph, or if you’re extremely strong with your fantasy running backs. Even if Bowe goes out and has a string of solid games to parlay last weeks, we don’t see him getting far beyond last years numbers. Trading him to a desperate owner is your best bet of getting any long term value out of him.

Joe Lopat, Zack Cimini, and Jabbar Harris return once again to talk football hot topics, as well as their usual fantasy football segments. They’ll tell you who to start/sit and provide spread picks for week seven.

Remember the days when Carson Palmer looked like he could be and played like an elite fantasy quarterback? Questioning Palmer now boils around several areas. He is on a talented team with a nucleus that’s been building forward. Additions have been made that should bolster this team and propel them for not just divisional contention but a strong playoff push. Yet, the majority of questions circling this Bengals team point at Palmer.

Palmer has declined in a plethora of areas. Maybe he has never fully recovered from apparent elbow issues from a few years ago. Early season rust? Possibly. Some of the throws Palmer has been making though are just down right third string quarterback level. He is firing into areas of the field he has no business. Against the Panthers this past weekend he was lucky he was only intercepted twice. Numerous throws were errant and dropped by the Panthers defense. For quite a while the Panthers remained in the game against the Benglas. Even though they were starting Jimmy Clausen who was having a typical rookie quarterback nightmare debut.

With a current quarterback rating of 71, the front office has to be taken note. We see them looking to either bring in a quarterback via free agency or through the draft to give Palmer some pressure.

The Bengals were able to side step Palmer’s struggles last season by basically flipping their offense from prior years. Instead of gunning the football they became one of the top teams in the league at rushing the football. Cedric Benson had games were he carried the football 37, 34, 36, and 29 times. A very high amount compared to most starting backs in the league. Palmer’s career average of yards per game also was a paltry 193 yards.

Fantasy owners were disappointed last year in Palmer’s productions and are realizing that is not going to change. Can he turn it around once he develops a better feel for rookie Jordan Shipley and veteran Terrell Owens? We highly doubt it. Whatever is going on with Palmer it seems that he has hit that ugly Jake Delhomme wall. He has the ability to make an array of throws but consistency will never be a path he can take. He’ll deliver a dandy of a pass to Chad Johnson and two plays later throw a pick directly to a middle linebacker. Defensive schemes don’t change up enough for Palmer to not recognize the disguises and what’s going on out there. He has to regain confidence and get this team clicking offensively. If not there season could get real ugly.

At this point, Palmer should be considered as a fantasy backup quarterback with little upside. Until he proves he can limit his interceptions he should never start unless it’s a prime matchup. His yardage numbers are not there and you can’t anticipate him having a game of multiple touchdown passes. It’s a sad day when Palmer is rated on the same tier level of a Ryan Fitzpatrick or Bruce Gradkowski. That’s reality, as Palmer has done a 360 in the wrong fashion of where people thought he would be at this point in his career.

Week one is practically in the books and serious question marks have already risen, or for some fantasy players re-risen. Those of you that drafted some of the players we are about to mention might be panicking already. Before you dig in for a potential trade lets analyze some of the bust performances that occurred. It’s only one game but for most of these guys it’s lingering from last season.

DeSean Jackson
In a game where Philadelphia abandoned the run extremely early you would of expected Jackson to have a showcase game. Didn’t happen. He was quiet all night and his catches were short out routes with no YAC. Not what were use to from his 2008 and 2009 seasons. Just goes to show a different quarterback does make a difference. It looks like Jackson may have to get use to another arm in that of Vick’s here shortly, which could lower Jackson’s value even more.

Frank Gore
Gore is a prolific back no question about it. Are worries have to do with Alex Smith who looks as if he is in the bottom five of the league in that department. If he does not improve the formula the Seahawks used to stop Gore will be replayed all season. Seattle stacked the box and dared Smith to beat them with his arm. He couldn’t do it, and Gore suffered immensely from it.

CJ Spiller
Spiller had one of the best preseasons of any running back which had analysts sky warding him up draft boards. So for week one he goes out and gets fantasy owners a fabulous point total of one, and that’s if your league combines total yards. Buffalo’s offense has been anemic for years. Spiller’s going to have to earn his yards this year the tough way.

Mike Turner
His breakout season of 2008 is really starting to look like light ages ago. Last year he blamed his performance on fighting through nagging injuries and bulking up too much. The weight was lost and he was supposed to be back to 2008 form. Facing the Steelers is usually a tough task so will downplay his week one performance for now. We are still worried though. Maybe he just had too many carries in 2008.

Brandon Jacobs
The Giants survived week one thanks in large part to Matt Moore giving away three critical interceptions inside Giants territory. A win can keep certain aspects hidden temporarily. Not Jacobs. He just can not penetrate holes and carry the ball like he did two to three years ago. He looks like a big lumbering fullback carrying the ball, and defenders are taking him down with ease. If New York is going to be successful they’re going to have to replace Jacobs as the feature back quickly.

Tim Hightower

Squandered a starting role with Beanie out by doing what he did best last season, fumble. Hightower fumbled the ball twice and did little to get the balance offensively the Cardinals needed. Maybe he should of trained with AP in the offseason to work on his fumbling issues. He was near the top last season and is already on pace to earn those honors again.

Alex Smith
An atrocious outing by Smith just has Niner nation dumbfounded. Many had picked them to get over the hump they’ve been fighting since Steve Young retired. Defensively they weren’t there, and if Smith does not pick it up the team will likely lose interest. It all starts at the quarterback position and Smith just does not have it.

Jason Campbell
Debuting with a new team couldn’t go any worse than Campbell’s Sunday. He threw the football 37 times and average yards per attempt was below five. That’s Jamarcus Russel type numbers. Campbell needs to remove this game from his memory and utilize his speedy receivers. He has the arm to gun the football but needs to show some daringness to get out of his methodical approach.

Derek Anderson
He got the Cardinals a win with a late fourth quarter drive for a touchdown against the…….Rams. Were thinking Matt Leinart could of equaled or had this game wrapped up well before hand. Anderson has the arm but just can not seem to locate the football with regularity. His accuracy beyond ten yards is just erratic. For his credit Larry Fitzgerald is only around 70 percent, and he is working with a young cast of receivers without a formidable tight end to throw to.

Cleveland is looking once again at huge changes of trying to dig themselves out from the graveyard of the league. They seem to be headed in the right direction be retooling from the key place in the front office. Making changes up there has been a consistent off-season move though from the Cleveland Browns that has translated into zero improvement as a team. Someone of Mike Holmgren’s caliber is not going to be taking his time to see what he has.

By now the entire league knows the Browns have little to no talent on the offensive side of the football. Just look at the carousel of the backfield as a prime example. The Browns have shuffled through numerous running backs in Jamal Lewis, Chris Jennings, and Jerome Harrison. At times part of the reason for this issue was due to injuries in the backfield. It seemed that Jennings had earned the nod for more carries and a larger share when he had a solid outing that led to the Browns upset win over the Steelers. Magician Mangini though had his own new plans and fooled all fantasy owners by giving the work load to seldom used Jerome Harrison. With only 1.9 percent of fantasy owners starting Harrison that has to be the worst official huge outburst fantasy output not utilized in leagues.

The worse area that the Browns have had horrible management of decisions is at quarterback. The Derek Anderson and Brady Quinn show has been a long drawn out three year horrific episode. During Quinn’s rookie year was the only real reasoning for either or to make a case for themselves. Quinn was a rookie and like most they’re expected to learn from the sideline. Anderson handled the pressure of having a highly praised rookie breathing down his neck like a poised veteran. He had a torrid 2007 season that made him the top out of everyone’s preseason radar steal of the year from the quarterback position. After a year like that you could only figure that Anderson was going to hold a starting role similar to the way Drew Brees did fighting off Philip Rivers, and Brett Favre holding back Aaron Rodgers.

Soon though we all saw that Anderson just had a career year and could not ever break out of his funk. Partly the blame went to the fact that Braylon Edwards developed bad habits with dropped balls, lack of effort, and inability to handle being a number one receiver. You’d think Cleveland would have tried to build better talent at the position of receiver for Edwards and their quarterbacks. That never happened and the Browns finally parted ways with Edwards this year.

On the other side of the quarterback picture was Brady Quinn. He got into a few games in 2008 but was given the job this year based on Anderson ineffectiveness once again. We all know he will miss the last two games with his foot injury but lets break down the ten games he did play in this year. Quinn showed zero pocket precence and played more like a backup quarterback trying not too lose a game. He has to find his niche with the Browns system and trust his physical skills and mental preparation to take some risks downfield. We know that he can take what the defense gives him and make that dump off throw. Any quarterback can do that, but if the Browns are going to ascend even with a few extra wins in 2010 they’re going to need Quinn to elevate his game dramatically.

Don’t be surprised if Mike Vick enters the Browns sweepstakes in the off-season. Cleveland needs someone to put the pressure on Quinn to be more of a force. Both Anderson and Quinn can argue they had zero talent this year to accomplish anything. The main weapon for them happened to be Joshua Cribbs who has only 20 catches but was who they used to run gadget plays to break up the routine throws of Quinn. Holmgren will come in and get his quarterback some play makers. It’ll be up to Quinn to shake his overall career sixty six quarterback rating. If not, the Quinn project in Cleveland will be over and over quickly.

Maybe when Quinn slipped in the 2007 draft there was a main reason for it. Why EAS has used him as a spokesman we have no idea. It must be recession low budget spending.

As evidenced from the last three to four years fantasy football running back rankings have scattered all over the place. Players just are not as predictable in that position as between the years of 96 and 2003. Teams have retooled and better prepared to have depth to keep their star running backs fresh and durable. Supplanting some of these prior studs with double digit touchdowns has become the norm. Coaches were forced to necessitate less of a load on their number one running back and divide that load up with the second string back. It has made it a nightmare from year to year of what to expect from a back that teetered on solid success the season before.

When the Jaguars parted ways with veteran back Fred Taylor, Maurice Jones-Drew shot up the charts for the 2009 season. Rightfully so, as he has been a beast since entering the NFL in the 2006 season. At his size the Jaguars questioned if he could handle a full time starring role. At 5’7 and a little over 200 pounds he is a back of rare combination and comprises the tools to be a threat for years to come. Based upon how he has done thus far in 2009 he seems to be secure for years to come as a fantasy Tomlinson. Meaning he could be destined to rack up double digit touchdowns and dual threat receiving and rushing yardage.

Here at Notjustagame though we have extreme cause for concern and caution for Jones-Drew’s future to hold up.

For Jones-Drew’s size and what he does on the field who does he compare to of the last five to six years in his position? We would compare him to a Brian Westbrook type. Westbrook has a few more inches on Jones-Drew but they are almost identical weight. So we would say that’s a fair assessment. Similar to Jones-Drew, Westbrook had a veteran back to break up duties most of his career in Duce Staley and then Correll Buckhalter. Westbrooks injury woes have been throughout his career but they didn’t start to climb until recently. See Westbrook was always hurt but he usually only missed a few games while battling through and playing hurt on the field. That ends up catching up with you.

In MJD’s season long segmented show on the NFL Network he has detailed how rough and hard it is for his body to recover. That’s just the life of an NFL running back, but he knows his body and is ready to go every Sunday. A body can only take so much and Drew will be exiting his fourth complete season as an NFL back. The wear and tear is definitely there and the Jaguars have failed to protect their future investment.

Jones-Drew is second in the league in carries at 278. His previous three seasons he only averaged 176 carries, with last year being his highest total at 197. With two games left he will easily break the 300 mark and be somewhere around 310. This does not disclude the fact that Jones-Drew also has 49 catches on the year. That ranks him fifth for running backs in catches and he is 44th in the league for that statistic. Saying that the Jaguars may be overworking and possibly burning out their star back is an understatement.

There isn’t a team in the league besides maybe a St. Louis that doesn’t break up the load a bit with their star back. Can you name the Jaguars primary backup running back? Think, think…is it on the tip of your tongue? We don’t think so. The seldom used running backs name is Rashard Jennings. He is averaging a whopping two carries a game.

Ask Atlanta how overworking their star back in 2008 and not using a backup running back worked out for them a year later. We just do not see it as a wise move to increase a backs carries by nearly 50 percent. It may not be next year the Jones-Drew starts to break down but it will happen sooner than later if the Jaguars do not make it a point to lessen his work load.

Looking around the NFL we’ve seen the tussle and round about back and forth changes with starting quarterbacks worse than the coaching carousel. In Cleveland, we’ve seen it with Brady Quinn and Derek Anderson, San Francisco with Alex Smith and Shaun Hill, Oakland, Carolina, Tampa Bay, Buffalo, Detroit, and the list goes on and on. You’d expect some teams to have an answer somewhere within their depth charts to position their team and be able to lead them.

With Jake Lockler making the announcement that he will return for his senior season that means that there will be less talent for teams to try and correct these awful issues. The quarterback situations in the NFL are at a point of desperate measures. There have been numerous games this season that showcases this point. The following statistics by these quarterbacks actually translated to a win for their respective teams somehow. Luckily at the top of the crop for quarterbacks there are perennial future hall of famers that are taking much attention for how poor the quarterbacking actually is right now. Even last years rookies that came on strong a year ago have struggled in 2009 in Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco.

Jamarcus Russell- 7-24 for 109 yards…translated to a week two victory 13-10 over the KC Chiefs
Ryan Fitzpatrick- 12-20 for 86 yards translated to a week fourteen victory 16-10 over the KC Chiefs
Derek Anderson- 2-17 for 23 yards translated to a week five 6-3 win over the Buffalo Bills
*Jake Delhomme- 9-17 for 65 yards translated to a week 6 28-21 win over the Tampa Bay Bucs
7-14 for 90 yards translated to a week 8 34-21 win over the Arizona Cardinals

This is just stupefying to see these type of performances continue with winning results. How are teams unable to counter such a terrible performance from the lead catalyst on the other side of the ball? Since teams won’t be able to correct these issues in the draft it means they’ll have to dive deep onto other teams rosters in hope of landing some sort of respectable 2010 season. Some teams have excuses as they’re in a transition phase and trying to develop their young quarterbacks. Most though just need to make that tough decision and move on to a future prospect.

We do know this…the way Mike Vick’s played the last few weeks has likely re-entered teams minds to think hard about getting him on their roster. Vick seems to be settling back into NFL game speed and that has translated into more of his involvement with the Eagles packaging him in on crucial plays. Philadelphia actually has the best talented depth chart at the quarterback position. Kevin Kolb played fantastic in two starts due to McNabb’s rib injury. Philadelphia will have to find a way to continue build for a Super Bowl run and Donovan McNabb isn’t going anywhere. Look for the Eagles to shop their primary backup quarterbacks.

Brett Favre’s proved aging at quarterback can be a good thing. Arizona’s Kurt Warner is two years younger (38) and not showing any signs of slowing down. The game he missed with post concussion symptoms showcased just how far along he is running this team than backup Matt Leinart. Once the off-season comes around the Cardinals will likely look for Warner to give them an answer on how many years he plans on playing. If he has multiple years left in the tank look for the Cardinals to shop Leinart and give him a chance to go through actual growing pains on the field.

A couple of other quarterbacks to keep an eye on happen to be quarterbacks that lost their jobs this season. Tarvaris Jackson is in a position where he will have too much pressure and no shot at ever fielding a game in a Minnesota Vikings uniform as a starter. The way Brett Favre has come out and won is exactly how Brad Childress pictured it. It isn’t Jackson that you see Favre going to asking what he is seeing from another set of quarterbacks eyes. It is Sage Rosenfels.

In San Francisco Shaun Hill inevitably was yanked due to his Delhomme like performances and inability to stretch the field. A year ago though he was doing a fine job and had this team clicking. Maybe the pressure of having a former number one pick breathing down his neck to take his job finally got too him. Nevertheless teams like proven winners that can get the job done, and Hill has shown that he can do just that. It appears that Alex Smith is doing enough now that this quarterback battle of three years may finally be over.