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Weeding through those unwieldy waiver wires requires a keen eye and a quick trigger. Thus, Waiver Wire Wonders provides a weekly snapshot of players worthy of consideration who should be available on a good portion of league waiver wires.

Another week, another batch of surprises. Week 4 acted more as a solidifying week with a number of past luminaries cementing their values, but as always we still saw plenty of activity to keep us busy: a newbie with a funny name emerges, a couple of horrible offenses provide D/ST plays, and a number of position players make their way onto the radar.

Sunday Evening Wrap checks out players who increased or decreased their value during the Sunday afternoon games.

Riser of the Week: Pierre Thomas was the apple of many a fantasy owner's eye heading into the season, but he was hampered by a knee injury for the first two weeks. Sunday, he reintroduced himself to the fantasy football world -- so let's hope you held onto him if you drafted him. Thomas ran through the Buffalo defense for 126 yards on just 14 carries, scoring two touchdowns. The Saints do have two tough matchups coming (Jets and Giants), but, long-term, Pierre is going to be a solid RB2.

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With attention spans dwindling, we forego full game-by-game previews to give you the essentials you need to know about every contest this glorious NFL weekend. We call it The Once-Over.

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Nate Washington should be able to play a full set of snaps and rookie cornerback Ryan Mouton should make his debut as a punt returner, but the biggest piece of good news for Titans fans is the health of rookie tight end Jared Cook.

Cook missed the Steelers' game with a foot injury, but Tennessee is ready to unveil it's secret weapon against the the Texans. He's got the speed of a wide receiver and the size of a tight end. And before he injured his foot in the preseason, he showed that he actually has an idea of how to use that size and speed.

The Titans come out of an opening game loss with some problems to fix--like tweaking a pass rush that fell apart in the fourth quarter--some problems to chalk up to bad luck--like Rod Bironas missing two field goals--and the frustration of an overtime loss.

But in that loss, there were signs that the Titans' offense could be better in 2009. Kerry Collins threw for 244 yards against the league's top pass defense in 2008, and Kenny Britt showed that Tennessee finally has a solid receiver to line up on the other side of Justin Gage.

PITTSBURGH -- He stood behind a podium dressed in a collared shirt with blue jeans. Kerry Collins, the Titans quarterback, looked more like a country singer talking about an album that just isn't selling well.

Collins, instead, was talking about missed opportunities following a 13-10 overtime loss to the Steelers Thursday night.

"Yeah, it was a shame," Collins said. "We let that one get away. But on the road, against a good football team, if you make the mistakes we made, you're going to lose more ball games than you win. So it's disappointing. It's one of those things where you have to learn from it and move on."

If you're a football fan (and who isn't), you were treated to an excellent first game of the season. We saw everything from blocked field-goals to a last-minute fumble, and you have to love any first game decided in overtime. If you're a fantasy football fan, however, there were a few things to like about Thursday's clash (Kenny Britt and Ben Roethlisberger, for example), and several things to hate. Since we have to wait a couple days for more pro football, let's analyze (and potentially over-analyze) the Tennessee-Pittsburgh game.

Training camps have wrapped up, the NFL season is right around the corner, and it's still hot as sin outside. But instead of cooling you off with a warm island song, FanHouse break out ye old heat check for our 2009 NFL Season Previews. " We'll rate each club in 5 categories on a scale of 1 to 10, high score wins.

Let's rewind back to March 2008: I joined a couple buddies of mine for a Spring Break excursion to Las Vegas. We had an outstanding time, and the day we were to leave, we headed down to the sportsbook to lay down some futures bets. One of my friends had an interesting wager. His Super Bowl bet? The Tennessee Titans.

Offensive tackle Andre Smith became the 31st 2009 first-round draft pick to sign, coming to terms with Cincinnati. Find all the signed picks' contract details below:

Nate Washington, the Titans' biggest free agent acquisition of the offseason, will miss the rest of the preseason and could miss the early part of the season after injuring his hamstring at Monday's practice.

If he misses the rest of the preseason, it's not that big of a deal -- it gives rookie first-round pick Kenny Britt more reps with Kerry Collins this week. But apparently Washington's injury could cause him to miss the season opener against the Steelers, which would be bad news for a team with only one other established veteran receiver.