QUARTERBACKS

Kyle Orton sprained his ankle, so Chris Simms will face the Chargers this Sunday.  Simms went 3 for 13 in relief of Orton and provides little positives for fantasy owners. Ryan Fitzpatrick is officially the Bills starting QB after they fired Dick Jauron and benched Trent Edwards.   Find better options than the Buffalo offense. Brady Quinn will remain under center for the Browns.  He takes on a horrible Detroit defense that even makes Quinn look like a QB2 this week.  Finally, the Raiders benched JaMarcus Russell in favor of Bruce Gradkowski.  Gradkowski is hardly the answer, but neither is Russell.

RUNNING BACKS

This week has brought on a slew of replacement running back activity.  Cedric Benson will sit giving Bernard Scott the chance to run over Oakland's weak rush defense.  The Bengals signed Larry Johnson off waivers, but don't expect more than a handful of carries. Brian Westbrook is out for the "next 3 games at least."  LeSean McCoy emerges as a strong RB2 as long a Westbrook is on the sidelines.  Julius Jones will be inactive, so Justin Forsett will butt heads with Minnesota's top-5 rush defense. He may not excel this week, but he's a sleeper worth acquiring.  Both Michael Turner and Jerious Norwood are likely out this Sunday, leaving Jason Snelling as Atlanta's starting tailback.  Steve Slaton has regained his starting job, but still expect Ryan Moats and Chris Brown to steal some opportunities.  Maurice Jones-Drew pulled a "Westbrook" and kneeled down at the 1-yard line so the Jags could run out the rest of the clock for a Week 10 victory.  MJD is an adamant fantasy player and felt compelled to apologize to his owners after the game.  Rumor is, he owned himself and lost by a couple of points - at least misery has company.

WIDE RECEIVERS

Roddy White and Pierre Garcon are both listed as questionable, but are expected to play.  Fresh off of a 91-yard performance, Dwayne Bowe was suspended for 4 games for using PEDs.  Suddenly, Chris Chambers and the rest of the Chiefs' rogue receiving corps get a little boost in value.  They play Pittsburgh this week, but the Steel Curtain is without Troy Polamalu.  Devin Hester was targeted 14 times and caught 7 passes for only 48 yards.  That's what happens when your QB gets picked off 5 times.  Jason Avant exploded with 8 catches for 165 yards.  He's quite inconsistent, but is worth monitoring in case DeSean Jackson or Jeremy Machlin got injured.  The Rams' Brandon Gibson emerged with 7 receptions for 93 yards in Week 10.  Donnie Avery found the end zone twice and is still St. Louis' primary option, but Gibson can show value since they have become extremely thin at wideout.

TIGHT ENDS

John Carlson only caught one pass, but it was a 31-yard touchdown.  Seattle's struggling ground game has forced Carlson to block more often than fantasy owners would like to see. Vernon Davis had one of his worst games totaling 16 yards on 3 catches.  It was an off night and it's unlikely you have better options going into Week 11.  It was a nice sign that Bo Scaife was targeted 6 times, but he only hauled in 2 passes for 16 yards.