Oh, those nagging injuries that take a bite out of our fantasy football production....

Among the top injured players to monitor between today and Sunday are Houston receiver Andre Johnson, Baltimore back Ray Rice and New Orleans back Pierre Thomas.
Johnson is nursing an ankle injury and will be a game-time decision as far as playing time.
Rice has a bruised right knee and has had limited practice according to the Ravens' web site. Willis McGahee could start in his place.
Thomas has an ankle injury and has seen limited practice time. If he can't go Chris Ivory (who?) could start in his place.
San Diego back Ryan Mathews has been plagued by an ankle injury but has been upgraded to probable and should start this week.
Monitor the progress of Cincinnati back Cedric Benson who has been bothered by a knee injury. He was listed as questionable today (Thursday).
Minnesota tight end Visanthe Shiancoe has a leg injury but fortunately he is on the bye this week.
St. Louis back Steven Jackson is still bothered by a groin injury. He is questionable. Even if he plays backup Ken Darby will likely see additional carries.
Denver back Knowshon Moreno is questionable with a hamstring injury opening the door for a likely start by former Patriots back Laurence Maroney.
Oakland receiver Louis Murphy has a clavical injury ad has been listed as questionable. He is expected to play but monitor his sitution as well.
Dallas tight end Jason Witten has a knee injuy and is listed as questionable. But like Shiancoe he is on the bye this week.
New England back Fred Taylor is still nursing a toe injury and is questionable. That could open the door for BenJarvus Green-Ellis to get a bigger workload and possibly a bigger role in the offense from here on out.

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Like the person above, you study hard and do your research and sometimes fantasy football players that stink up the joint just take a lot out of you.......

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Each Tuesday during the fantasy football season we'll recap the previous weekend's fantasy football production and this week's theme - studs that were duds.

When we draft our fantasy football teams we expect the players selected in the first, second and third rounds to be the players that consistently produce huge fantasy points. Week one was a huge downer for anyone who owned the following players who were all drafted quite high in most drafts.

Sure, these players will likely produce bigtime this coming weekend and beyond. But what a way start.....

The biggest disappointment had to be Houston wide receiver Andre Johnson, the first receiver taken in every draft I've seen.

While the Texans put up some decent fantasy numbers, Andre Johnson only had three receptions for 33 yards.

OTHER DISAPPOINTMENTS:

RB Michael Turner: 42 yards rushing/1 reception for 7 yards

RB Ryan Grant: 45 yards rushing (injured)

RB Ryan Mathews: 75 yards rushing, 1 fumble

RB Ray Rice: 43 yards rushing, 2 receptions for 19 yards

RB Shonn Greene: 18 yards rushing, 1 fumble/1 reception for 9 yards

RB C.J. Spiller: 6 yards rushing/4 receptions for 8 yards

WR DeSean Jackson: 4 receptions for 30 yards

WR Dwayne Bowe: 1 reception for 13 yards

TE Jason Witten: 3 receptions for 27 yards

QB Kevin Kolb: 24 yards passing (concussion, likely out indefinitely)