It looks like the injury that rookie running back DeShaun Wynn suffered in Sunday's game was a little worse than initially though. Wynn will miss the remainder of the season after injuring a nerve in his neck and being placed on the Injured Reserve list. This opens the door for the man who replaced him, Ryan Grant, to prove that he can handle the starting role. He did well against the Broncos, rushing for 104 yards, even though Denver has the worst rush defense in the NFL. If you're low on running back depth, Grant should be picked up immediately.

After reading an article about the AccuScore Super Computer on ESPN.com, which ran simulations of the Patriots-Colts game, I'm thoroughly convinced that we are already running out of things to talk about with these two teams. Honestly, what is the point of running simulations of a game where the sport's slogan goes "...anything can happen on any given Sunday"? Unless you're on your way to your bookie to place a big bet, how can the outcome of computer simulations affect you in any way? The nerd next door might as well run a Madden '08 simulation on his XBox and tell you who won...it would have the same bearing on what will happen this Sunday.

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Well, we're halfway through the regular season in the NFL, which means we're almost 2/3 of the way done with the fantasy football regular season. If you still have a chance to make the playoffs, but are stuck with some bye week/injury issues, you might consider picking up the following players this week...

Running Backs

Ryan Grant (GB): DeShaun Wynn hurt himself during Monday night's game and Grant replaced him with success, rushing for over 100 yards. He will start at least one more game and if he can rack up another good performance, he could be the new starter in Green Bay.

Selvin Young (DEN): Did you leave Travis Henry in your lineup this past weekend, hoping that he'd start on Monday? If you did, you were angered to see that he took the night off and one Selvin Young was in the backfield for the Broncos. If he's available (he should have been hand-cuffed with Travis Henry), you should pick him up. With Henry's legal/suspension troubles about to rev up, Young could see an increase in playing time soon.

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In this new weekly FFGeekBlog feature, I take a look at the players whose values are on the move. Chris Berman will help guide you as to what the three categories below actually mean. When Chris Berman's your guide, the world is your oyster... that's my motto.

Drew Brees/Marques Colston/David Patten, NO: San Fran's passing D isn't terrible (15th in passing yards allowed per game), but they looked that way against the Saints.

Chris Chambers, WR, SD: Scoring in your first game with a new team, especially one in which the QB only threw seven times, is a pretty good sign of things to come.

Jesse Chatman, RB, MIA: He didn't score, but his 79 rushing yards came on 16 carries (4.9 ypc), and he also caught three passes for 21 yards, giving him a tidy 100-yard game in a sloppy, rainy contest that didn't feature a whole lot of offense. With Cleo Lemon^® behind center, the Dolphins are going to lean heavily on Chatman and count on him to pick up where Ronnie Brown left off. He appears to be up to the challenge.

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I told you not to worry about it. Addai had 23 carries to Keith's six, which officially grants Keith "Breather Boy" status. Those 23 carries went to good use, too; 100 yards and 3 touchdowns made him easily the best RB play of the week.

As long as Addai's healthy, he's a top-5 play at running back regardless of the matchup.

Sorry, but before I go into football related topics, I have to give a shout out to the Boston Red Sox for their World Series victory last night. With a 4-3 win, they swept the Colorado Rockies for their second World Series Championship in four years. With most of their talent expected to return next season...do I hear DYNASTY?!

Not to be outdone though, the Patriots went out and completely destroyed the Washington Redskins 52-7. Fifty-two to seven?! Are you serious? While not the greatest team the NFC has to offer, the Redskins were supposed to be a solid team that could "match-up" well with the Patriots (or at least that's what I heard at least one commentator say). Letting up fifty-two points is not matching-up well with anyone.

Tom Brady (QB-NE): 306 yards passing, 3 TD, 14 yards rushing, 2 TD

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I was counting on you as a bye-week plug-in in two leagues this week, and how do you reward my trust? You wait until about 2pm EST, then decide you're not playing, after being listed as Probable all week. Luckily I was home, but I had to scramble, and managed to plug in Michael Turner (1 fantasy points) in one league, and picked up Ron Dayne, Green's backup, in the other (he netted me a whopping 5 fantasy points).

I can't remember the last time a player went from Probable to Inactive on game day. Ahman Green, I'm officially disgusted that I thought you might be a sleeper this year.

Brandon's off somewhere again, so it's just me. Again. I'm a latchkey co-blogger.

Matt's take: I have a question for our readers: What kind of leagues are you all in? How does one team wind up with LJ, Westbrook, AND Travis Henry? Those were all first-round guys in every league I'm in this season. Did I miss a memo? Is the new trend to have four teams per league? It seems like almost every question we get comes from a reader with an absolute monster team.

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If you haven't seen my previous "shocker" posts, my definition of a fantasy shocker is a player who comes out of relatively nowhere, has a gigantic, multi-touchdown game, becomes the hottest waiver commodity the following week, and then soon sinks back into the relative obscurity from whence he came. You might even call them "ultra-sleepers," but you'd be wrong. They're called "shockers." Can't you read?

Before I get into this week's shockers, let's take a look at how I did last week and see if I bagged any big 'uns. Remember, these are pie-in-the-sky, what-if scenarios, not really predictions per se:

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Am I the only one getting sick of the following things?

1. Tom Brady vs Peyton Manning: Who's the best quarterback?
2. Commentators making a reference to the Colts being disrespected because "everyone else" assumes the Patriots are a far superior team (I'm pretty sure I've heard every sports anchor on every sports show, as well as at least one writer from every major sports website state this at least once)
3. Any reference to the Patriots playing teams with losing records and a combined record of 17-28. Is it their fault? Last year, playing the Chargers, Bengals and Cowboys in the first six weeks would have been seen as a lethal schedule.

Anyways, as a Patriots fan, I am just hoping that both teams make it past this weekend unscathed, so that the "better" team can show itself on the field...instead of the minds of commentators who think they speak the gospel. And don't even get me started with Mr. Easterbrook's latest TMQ article on ESPN.com. Colts as "Good" and the Patriots as "Evil"? Give me a break...what does that make the Bengals then?