Going by Austin's last two games, he should be at the top, but it's not a stretch to think his 150-yard, two-TD per game stretch will come to an end this week. Sooner or later, Nicks will have a game where he doesn't catch a long TD; it would have come in Week 7 if not for a lucky bounce off Steve Smith's hands.
I have nothing bad to say about Sims-Walker, except that he'd better make curfew this week!
Go to your league's ranking page and sort the wide receivers by average production per game. It's probably not a shock to see two Patriots in the top six, but did you realize that there were three Giants receivers in the top 15? Steve Smith has obviously caught our attention, and Mario Manningham has caught TDs in back-to-back weeks to remain fantasy relevant. Coming up in a blaze of points is Hakeem Nicks, who has scored over 10 points in each of his last three contests by catching long touchdown after long touchdown -- in fact, he only had one catch in Week 4 and took it 54 yards for a score for an 11.4-point game. Are all three starter-worthy this week?
Week 7 Fantasy Football Rankings: RB | QB | WR | TE | DEF | K
Sunday Evening Wrap checks out players who increased or decreased their value during the Sunday afternoon games.
Sunday's Top Riser: We've seen this Tom Brady before, and it was in 2007 when he threw for almost 5,000 yards and totaled 50 touchdown passes. So far in 2009, he'd been good, but not great. And we drafted Brady for great in fantasy football. Enter the Tennessee Titans and the worst pass defense in football. Brady, despite playing in a quasi-blizzard, completed 29-of-34 passes for 380 yards and six touchdowns. That's all he'll need to get that swagger back. Next week against Tampa Bay, he's going to put on a show across the pond in London's Wembley Stadium, and he's a bonafide top-three fantasy QB again -- you can take that to the bank.
Sunday Evening Wrap checks out players who increased or decreased their value during the Sunday afternoon games. Faller of the Week: Everyone on the Oakland Raiders. The Houston Texans entered the game as one of the league's worst defenses. They were the worst in the NFL against the run. Sunday, the Raiders gained just 165 yards and only a single first down on the ground against those same Texans. I'm done with Darren McFadden. Michael Bush and Justin Fargas shouldn't be considered viable fantasy contributors in any format, and I'd even give up on Zach Miller (which isn't his fault, but he's not going to put up stats for this embarrassingly inept offense). This team is dead to me, and they should be to you, too.
PHILADELPHIA -- Everybody who's watched Drew Brees and the Saints play their first two games of the season has been thinking it -- as ridiculous as it is, it's still the only conclusion you can draw after you watch a team rack up 936 yards and 93 points in two weeks. So it was nice to hear Brees, after thrashing the Eagles 48-22 on Sunday, actually say it.
"We play at a confidence level on offense where we believe, every time we touch the ball, we're going to get points," Brees said.
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.
Though 2006 was arguably the best season in New Orleans Saints history, the campaign was only the beginning of this streak of NFL competitive relevance in the Crescent City. Despite steps backwards in 2007 and 2008, the team has quietly been adding front-end talent and admirable depth since that NFC Championship appearance against the Bears. Now, as Drew Brees put it, "...we're at this stage in our careers where this is kind of our prime. ... So this is our window of opportunity. This is our chance to walk together forever, to go down in history together." After over 40 years and just two playoff wins, is this the year the Saints finally break through?
As the season nears, FanHouse's fantasy football team decided to put our heads together for another set of updated positional rankings. In this installment, the prima donnas take their turn.
We've flipped again -- after Larry Fitzgerald made an appearance atop of the 2.0 rankings, Andre Johnson is back at No. 1 here. We also see the effects of injuries to Steve Smith, Antonio Bryant and Donnie Avery. Remember to use these rankings as a tool, not as the be-all, end-all of your draft preparation. As news breaks, we'll keep you updated on the fantasy ramifications of it all. Enough talk, let's rank! (Last Updated: 8/29/09)
This offseason, FanHouse and the Fantasy Football Cafe are getting together to do some mocking. We're bringing you a series of mock drafts to help you prepare for your fantasy football season. Because when it comes to your fantasy football draft, there's no such thing as being too prepared.
Football season draws closer each day -- with training camps opening this week, most fantasy drafts are just around the corner. If you're a fantasy addict like me, you've been constantly tinkering with your draft board with each nugget of news that drops. Since practice makes perfect, the best way to be 100% ready for your draft is to use your draft board in several mock drafts. So that's what we did.
With Fantasy Football season ready to kick in high gear, FanHouse is here to preview each and every team -- one per day until we've done them all.
Meet the... League's highest scoring, most powerful offense. Who cares if they don't make the playoffs. As fantasy owners we couldn't care less if the Saints are 0-16 or 16-0. We want lots of positive yardage plays and lots of touchdowns. And those are things the Saints offer in droves. Drew Brees has replaced Tom Brady and Peyton Manning as the most prolific fantasy quarterback and head coach Sean Payton keeps the Saints high-powered offense burning away. Last season the team threw the ball 62% of the time. Don't expect that to change too much in 2009.
Each year, the most prepared of fantasy owners plow through countless mock drafts, with the hope of being able to iron out the perfect draft strategy. What should a team look like after four rounds? Six? 10?
As I'm sure you already know, there's no surefire method to beating the draft -- when grown men throw pads on and hurl themselves at each other for 60 minutes, there's really no telling what can happen. While I can't guarantee victory, what I can do is get you to the point where you enter the draft as the most prepared of your colleagues.
Where do breakout receivers like Mike Sims-Walker, Miles Austin and Hakeem Nicks rank in this week's edition?
Go to your league's ranking page and sort the wide receivers by average production per game. It's probably not a shock to see two 
Sunday Evening Wrap checks out players who increased or decreased their value during the Sunday afternoon games. 
Sunday Evening Wrap checks out players who increased or decreased their value during the Sunday afternoon games. 
PHILADELPHIA -- Everybody who's watched 
Training camps have wrapped up, the 
As the season nears, FanHouse's fantasy football team decided to put our heads together for another set of updated positional rankings. In this installment, the prima donnas take their turn.
This offseason, FanHouse and the 
With 
Each year, the most prepared of fantasy owners plow through countless mock drafts, with the hope of being able to iron out the perfect draft strategy. What should a team look like after four rounds? Six? 10? 
