Week 13 in fantasy football had your usual suspects atop a lot of the categories.
Players like Tom Brady, Maurice Jones-Drew and Reggie Wayne all had big days.

Here are some Studs from Week 13:

Brady, QB, Patriots - 326 yards, 4 TDs
Aaron Rodgers, QB, Packers - 298 yards, 3 TDs
Drew Brees, QB, Saints - 313 yards, 2 TDs

Jones-Drew, RB, Jaguars - 186 yards
Adrian Peterson, RB, Vikings - 107 yards, 3 TDs
Chris Ivory, RB, Saints - 117 yards, 2 TDs
Brandon Jacobs, RB, Giants - 103 yards, 2 TDs
Ahmad Bradshaw, RB, Giants - 97 yards, 2 TDs

Wayne, WR, Colts - 14 receptions, 200 yards, TD
Greg Jennings, WR, Packers - 6 rec., 122 yards, 2 TDs
Sidney Rice, WR, Vikings - 5 rec., 105 yards, 2 TDs
Vernon Davis, TE, 49ers - 4 rec., 126 yards, TD

Here are some duds from Week 13:

Kyle Orton, QB, Broncos - 117 yards, 0 TDs
Ryan Fitzpatrick, QB, Bills - 158 yards, INT.
Derek Anderson, QB, Cardinals - 93 yards, 2 INTs
David Garrad, QB, Jaguars - 126 yards

Peyton Hillis, RB, Browns - 57 yards
Mike Tolbert, RB, Chargers - 16 yards
Fred Jackson, RB, Bills - 42 yards
Ronnie Brown, RB, Dolphins - 50 yards

Brandon Lloyd, WR, Broncos - 2 rec., 31 yards
Steve Johnson, WR, Bills - 2 rec., 36 yards
Miles Austin, WR, Cowboys - 4 rec., 47 yards

Week 4 was highlighted by a couple of performances from a couple of old guys in terms of NFL seasons.
Bengals WR Terrell Owens and Jets RB LaDainian Tomlinson turned back the clock and had big days. Owens had 10 receptions for 222 yards and a touchdown against the Browns, while Tomlinson had 133 yards on 19 carries with two TDs against the Bills.


Here are some other studs from Week 4:

Carson Palmer, QB, Bengals - 371 yards, 2 TDs
Peyton Manning, QB, Colts - 352 yds., 2 TDs
Kyle Orton, QB, Bears - 341 yds., 2 TDs
Sam Bradford, QB, Rams - 289 yds., 2 TDs

Tomlinson, RB, Jets - 133 yds., 2 TDs
Arian Foster, RB, Texans - 131 yds., TD (rec TD)
Maurice Jones-Drew, RB, Jaguars - 105 yds., TD
Peyton Hillis, RB, Browns - 102 yds., TD

Owens, WR, Bengals - 10 rec. 222 yds., TD
Reggie Wayne, WR, Colts - 15 rec., 196 yds.
Antonio Gates, TE, Chargers - 7 rec., 144 yds., 2 TDs
Zach Miller, TE, Raiders - 11 rec., 122 yds., TD

Here are some duds from Week 4:

Michael Vick, QB, Eagles - 49 yds.
Donovan McNabb, QB, Redskins - 125 yds., TD, int.
Matt Hasselback, QB, Seahawks - 191 yds., int.
Derek Anderson, QB, Cardinals - 64 yds., 2 ints.

Ray Rice, RB, Ravens - 20 yards
Javid Best, RB, Lions - 50 yards
Michael Turner, RB, Falcons - 50 yards
Tim Hightower/Beanie Wells, RBs, Cardinals - 43 yds. combined

Randy Moss, WR, Patriots - 0 rec., 0 yds.
Santana Moss, WR, Redskins - 0 rec.
Chad Ochocinco, WR, Bengals - 3 rec., 59 yds.
Greg Jennings, WR, Packers - 2 rec., 25 yds., TD

Week 2 is in the books and some of the usual studs had some big games, most notably Texans quarterback Matt Schaub.

Schaub threw for a ridiculous 497 yards and three touchdowns against the Redskins. His favorite target Andre Johnson also had a monster game with 12 receptions for 158 yards and a TD.

Here is a look at other studs in Week 2:

Schaub, Texans QB - 497 yards, 3 TD
Donovan McNabb, Redskins QB - 426 yds., TD
Philips River, Chargers QB - 334 yds., 3 TD
Jay Cutler, Bears QB - 277 yds., 3 TD

LeSean McCoy, Eagles RB - 120 yds., 3 TD
Jason Snelling, Falcons RB - 124 yds. 3 TD (2 rush)
Adrian Peterson, Vikings RB - 145 yds., TD
Darren McFadden, Raiders RB - 145 yds.

Johnson, Texans WR - 158 yds., TD
Jahvid Best, Lions WR - 154 yds., TD
Kevin Walter, Texans WR - 144 yds., TD
DeSean Jackson, Eagles WR - 135 yds. TD
Dustin Keller, Jets TE - 115 yds., TD

Then there are the duds of Week 2:

Joe Flacco, Ravens QB - 154 yds., 4 int.
David Garrad, Jaguars QB - 173 yds. 4 int.
Matt Cassel, Chiefs QB - 176 yds., 2 int.
Vince Young, Titans QB - 66 yds., 2 int.
Derek Anderson, Cardinals QB - 166 yds., 2 int.

Shonne Green, Jets RB - 52 yds.
Jamal Charles, Chiefs RB - 49 yds.
Jerome Harrison, Browns RB - 33 yds.
DeAngelo Williams/Jonathan Stewart, Panthers RB's - 97 total yds.
Ryan Matthews, Chargers RB - 26 yds.

Greg Jennings, Packers WR - 36 yds.
Randy Moss, Patriots WR - 38 yds., TD
Anquan Boldin, Ravens WR - 35 yds.
Chad Ochocinco, Bengals WR - 44 yds.
Calvin Johnson, Lions WR - 50 yds., TD

Well Week 1 in the NFL is over and some fantasy owners jumping for joy and some owners are scratching their heads as to what happened to their teams.

The surprise of Week 1 had to be Texans running back Arian Foster, who rushed for a franchise record 231 yards against the Colts. Foster also scored three touchdowns.

Another surprise had to be Eagles QB Michael Vick, who replaced an injured Kevin Kolb, and threw for 175 yards and a touchdown and ran for 103 yards against the Packers.

Here are the studs from Week 1:

Peyton Manning, QB, Colts - 433 yds., 3 TD's
Jay Cutler, QB, Bears - 372 yds., 2 TD's
Carson Palmer, QB, Bengals - 345 yds., 2 TD's
Eli Manning, QB, Giants - 263 yds., 3 TD's
Tom Brady, QB, Patriots - 258 yds., 3 TD's

Arian Foster, RB, Texans - 231 yds., 3 TD's
Chris Johnson, RB, Titans - 142 yds., 2 TD's
Rashard Mendenhall, Steelers - 120 yds., TD
Darren McFadden, Raiders - 95 yds., 55 receiving yds., TD

Chad Ochocinco, WR, Bengals - 159 yds., TD
Matt Forte, WR, Bears - 151 yds., 2 TD's
Austin Collie, WR, Colts - 131 yds., TD
Brandon Lloyd, WR, Broncos - 117 yds.

Here are some duds from Week 1:

Kevin Kolb, QB, Eagles - 24 passing yds.
Matt Schaub, QB, Texans - 107 yds. 1 interception

Frank Gore, RB, 49ers - 38 yds.
Jerome Harrison, RB, Browns - 52 yds.
Jonathan Stewart, RB, Panthers - 12 yds.
Michael Turner, RB, Falcons - 42 yds.

Mike Sims-Walker, WR, Jaguars - 0 rec. 0 yds.
Brandon Marshall, WR, Dolphins - 53 yds.
DeSean Jackson, WR, Eagles - 30 yds.
Andre Johnson, WR, Texans - 33 yds.

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