Each week, our scouts gather to share their observations on the most noteworthy Sunday performances. Unfortunately, after spending it all on the company outing to Montego Bay, we had to fire them all. In their place are Cousin Bowser, Lafayette Gold, Marble Ryan, Mr. T, the Slow Eater and Torry Hallelujah, who let us know what they took away from the Week 7 action.Cousin Bowser: I think it’s due time for one of those patented Mr. T schedule analysis emails. There's no way anyone has had a tougher schedule than me so far. I'm not saying that 114 points should guarantee me a victory, but I would have beaten 6-7 teams this week and this is like the fourth time this season this has happened.
Marble Ryan: Interesting trade on the tape today with Mr. T sending Dominic Rhodes to Lafayette Gold for Santonio Holmes. That's the value of being active on the waiver wire, I guess. Mr. T traded a free agent pickup for a top-line WR3 with the value of probably a 7th or 8th round pick in a re-draft today. Nicely done. It doesn't change the fact that he's still living with JTO and Favre behind center.
Torry Hallelujah: I know Mr. T is a Santonio guy, but I figured that his wariness of hamstring injuries would be cause for him to hold onto Nique Rhodes for a little while longer.
Lafayette Gold: With Reggie & Addai down, Basketball on Grass needed to make a move for a RB. Plus now I got insurance with both Colt RBs.
Mr. T: I figured I needed a little depth at receiver. And I can handle the lack of QB talent for the time being when I have Portis and Barber – the best RB combo in the league. Besides, JTO has a nice little stretch in front of him: Seattle, bye, Arizona, St. Louis, Dallas. That should bring him back to form. And when you got Tom Jones ready to step in, it's not unusual to trade Dom Rhodes. Marble, you getting worried about Manning at all? This inconsistency couldn’t have been what you were looking for when you drafted him in the first round…
Marble Ryan: I did not like what I saw from Manning, and I'm sure that as a Colts fan, Steve Stevens was pretty dismayed as well. What I saw was a Colts team that was completely outcoached, and a group of receivers that were getting tossed around at the line like a bunch of little kids. The Colts WRs are flimsy and can’t break press coverage, and with Harrison now down about three steps, he's not quick enough to get off the line anymore either. My guess is this is going to be a problem throughout the year, although not every team has corners as big and strong as the guys in Green Bay. I couldn't believe it when Harrison couldn't get his feet in bounds on that long pass in the fourth quarter. That used to be automatic! You expect a guy to lose some speed, but not body control. Even Jerry Rice could keep his feet in bounds when he was a 50-year-old on the Raiders.
Mr. T: Yeah I think Steve is on his way back from Indy. It must have been a somber day in the Stevens’ household watching them get cut up by the Packers. The funny thing is the Packers D has been lit up before by Dallas, Atlanta, and Tampa Bay. After they blew out the Ravens last week, you would’ve figured they could’ve done a lot more this week. Even if Harrison is a step slow, Gonzalez should be able to step up and get some things done. I think it all comes back to the offensive line, which is just in shambles. Apparently Tony Ugoh is benched – Johnson started over him yesterday even though Ugoh was healthy. Manning didn't get sacked this week, but he was definitely under a lot of pressure.
Marble Ryan: The line played bad, and maybe it was just a product of Manning not having the time, but the receivers were never open yesterday. Manning was constantly checking down, but even his check-downs were never open. Gonzalez really is terrible, though. That second pick 6 was completely his fault. Come back to the ball! He's undersized, has no speed and was flat-out useless yesterday. It's tough to come back to the ball on a play like that, plus I don't think he saw Rouse there. He's trying to maintain position in the end zone so if he makes the catch it's an automatic TD.
Mr. T: I blame Manning for that pick. When you're throwing to the far side of the field like that, you either need more space for the receiver or more zip on the ball. That's a throw a rookie makes. It's second down. Don't force the ball.
Marble Ryan: There was no reason for Gonzalez to stand two yards deep in the end zone – all he had to do was come back to the goal line and it would have been 6. Gonzalez looked like he was leaning back. Last night, though, Tiki pointed out that it looked like Manning misread the defense (saw Cover 1 but it was actually Cover 4), although who knows what was actually going through Manning’s mind. The play was to come back to the goal line and Gonzalez just stood there with cement in his shoes. All that said, Manning’s stat line was totally unacceptable; he gets paid what he gets paid to play a whole lot better than that. We'll see where this goes, but the inconsistency has been brutal.
Mr. T: I Also, I think everyone has given up on LDT as a RB1 for this year. 63.7 yards a game and 3.6 yards a carry aren't the numbers of a first round pick. I'm not sure if it’s a result of his toe injury, but the Chargers would be better off resting him vs. the Saints and then use the bye week to give him two full weeks rest. Sproles isn't that much of a downgrade from the sub-par LDT we've been getting.
Marble Ryan: He should retire after this year. He's done, time to go out while you still have some dignity. He shouldn't be like Emmitt, slogging through miserable seasons as a back up in Arizona or some other hell hole.
The Slow Eater: My theory is that the Chargers are purposely mismanaging LDT's injury as a favor to you guys. The Chefs with Tomlinson at 100% would just be unfair to the rest of the league. The NFL wants parity in all of its leagues, fantasy or otherwise. I might be biased, but that's the only explanation I can think of why they haven't rested him to let him recover.
Mr. T: Keep talking like that, Slow Eater. Cutler's arm will get ripped off by Rodney Harrison at this rate...
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