Week 10: Regular Season | NFL Fantasy Football Player Rankings
This week was highlighted by the AFC showdown between the Indianapolis Colts and the New England Patriots . While it appeared to be the Patriots' game until the two minute warning, it was the Colts who ended the game victorious.
Both passing attacks had great games for fantasy football owners with players on both teams. Expect both teams to provide solid fantasy points moving forward.
Below I have some observations from the 10th week of the regular season and how I see those points of interest playing out from a fantasy perspective.
2009 NFL Regular Season Week Ten
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Regular Season First Nine Weeks
Fantasy Football Regular Season Week 10 Notes:
Rice and Peterson Dominate
It's time to say that Sidney Rice is the true No. 1 receiver for the Vikings this season. The third-year receiver is having a breakout season, and today he caught seven passes for 201 yards. This now gives Rice 786 yards receiving on the season already.
Start Rice every week from here on out and expect him to help you the rest of the way. Rice is a solid No. 2 receiver for fantasy football teams going forward.
Running back Adrian Peterson got things going this week as he posted 133 yards rushing and two touchdowns.
Fantasy owners wanted to see Peterson get his production going again as he had a slow couple weeks against the Steelers and Packers .
Look for Peterson to put up a huge second half of the season and lead teams to the fantasy football playoffs.
Johnson goes for 100/100 Game
In this contest Chris Johnson put together another massive day as he had 132 yards rushing and 100 yards receiving.
On the ground, Johnson had 26 carries for the 132 yards and rushed for two touchdowns. In the passing game, Johnson had nine receptions for 100 yards.
This performance is the reason why Johnson will be the number one pick in many fantasy football leagues next year. His production is just too solid to ignore as he has the best skill set overall for fantasy owners.
Look for Johnson to continue his strong season as he helps fantasy owners win games and take them to the playoffs.
LT's Not Done Yet
This past week I wrote a column saying LaDainian Tomlinson was washed up and done as a fantasy football running back. I considered him to be nothing more than a flex play for the rest of the season and I felt the Chargers would let him go at year's end.
Today, Tomlinson had a much better game than we've seen from him this entire season as he had two touchdowns and 96 yards on the ground.
Unless this game marks a 180 degree turnaround for Tomlinson, I would suspect that he may have games like this from time to time. Beyond that, don't be surprised if he has some bad games as well.
NFL Fantasy Football Player Rankings writer Sean E. Douglas: fantasy-info.com
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