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5. Chris Johnson, RB, Tennessee Titans. I supported the holdout, but come on, man. If you're going to do that, you should probably outrush, for example, Deji Karim. CJ finished the day with 24 yards on 9 carries. In his defense, it's hard to find a rhythm on just 9 carries, and things would've been easier for him if anyone else on the offense could do anything. But that's kind of the point of giving Chris Johnson a huge contract, right? So he can carry your offense when no one else can?
4. Bryant McFadden, CB, Pittsburgh Steelers. I went back and forth on whether this spot should go to a member of the Steelers secondary or their offensive line. In the end, I felt like McFadden was way less valuable than anyone else, since Anquan Boldin made him his chew toy this afternoon. This isn't new -- McFadden was a liability last year, too -- but the Steelers can usually make up for it by pounding the quarterback. They only got to Flacco once yesterday.
3. Sean Weatherspoon, LB, Atlanta Falcons. Weatherspoon can share this honor with every Falcons defender who missed a tackle today, which is pretty much all of them. Weatherspoon's was my favorite, though. On the big Matt Forte screen pass touchdown, Weatherspoon, instead of attempting to make a tackle, basically helped Matt Forte cut to the outside. "Sir, I think you'll have a better chance of scoring if you're closer to the sideline. Let me help you with that."
2. Donovan McNabb, QB, Minnesota Vikings. You'd think that having the game's best running back, Adrian Peterson, would give a team at least a little bit of a built-in passing game, with opposing defenses loading the box to stop Peterson. And that was the Chargers precise strategy, and when they pulled their safeties, up, McNabb was able to take advantage by throwing for 39 whole yards. Seven completions. The longest of which was 12 yards.
1. Joe Reitz, G, Indianapolis Colts. Yeah, Joe Reitz is not very good. You can blame Kerry Collins for that Colts performance today if you want to, and it's true, he wasn't very good. Keep in mind, though, that he's been a Colt for all of about five minutes, and Mario Williams had more physical access to Collins today than Collins' wife ever has. It's not like you can ask the guy to be Peyton Manning.
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