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Week 2 QB Observatory
By Steve Simon, 9/19/06

What did we learn about in some fantasy football QB's in week 2? We might have seen the birth of a useful QB for our fantasy teams in Rex Grossman. We have definitely seen the emergence of a top fantasy QB in Eli Manning, and Chad Pennington is back from the fantasy football graveyard.

Rex Grossman looked like a man possessed on Sunday, throwing for 289 yards and 4 TDs. He showed no fear in letting the ball rip through the air against the Lions. Bernard Berrian is starting to look more and more like a solid 2nd receiver for the team. Plus Grossman will produce more TD's with his tight end duo of Desmond Clark and John Gilmore around the goal line. Grossman will be a solid backup QB for your fantasy team.  He could easily succeed in filling the starting spot during byes and injuries instead of forcing your team to scramble the wire for available QB nightmares Kerry Collins and Aaron Brooks.  Pick up Grossman and see if he can continue his strong play.

Eli Manning has offically step up to the elite status for fantasy QB's. He joins brother Peyton, Carson Palmer, and Donovon Mcnabb as a must start QB.  Sunday he threw for 371 yards and 3 TD's after being sacked 8 times! If that doesn't show persistence, then we need to change the meaning of the word. Amani Toomer has looked great ever since he drank from the fountain of youth last year. Plaxico Burress is a becoming more and more a stud number one receiver, and Jeremy Shockey is still one of the best tight ends in the game. Eli has a lot of offensive weapons to go to war with every week. Try to trade for Eli in all of your leagues if possible. You may still be able to scoop him up for little less then the premium price he will go for in a few weeks.

Chad Pennington has been reborn before our very eyes. Did the doctors give him a mechanical arm when they performed surgery last year? He looks like the Chad Pennington from 2002. He has his favorite receiver back in Laveranues Coles and what looks to be a breakout 2nd receiver in Jerricho Cotchery. New England's defense is a pretty solid defense this year, and Pennington's 306 passing yards against them cannot be ignored in fantasy. Put in a waiver claim for his services if you still can, he should be ready to put up solid numbers again this year if he stays healthy.

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