It is only two weeks into the NFL season, and so far very little has gone as expected. Please let me know if you believed the top five rushers in the NFL would be Travis Henry, Jamal Lewis, Willie Parker, Lamont Jordan, and Edgerrin James.  What about Steven Jackson ranking 23rd in rushing yards? Did you honestly think that Shaun McDonald would have more receptions and yards than fellow Lions receivers Roy Williams, Calvin Johnson, and Mike Furrey?  I know that everyone believed that after two games that Browns' quarterback Derek Anderson would have the same number of touchdown passes as Drew Brees, Donovan McNabb, Alex Smith, Matt Leinart, Rex Grossman, and Vince Young combined! And finally, everyone projected that Najeh Davenport would have more rushing yards than LaDainian Tomlinson.

Week three features more games that the odds-makers deem as dead even as I can remember in any week. Keeping in mind that the odds typically include a 3-point edge to the home team, the following games are virtually dead even:

• Minnesota at Kansas City
• Miami at New York Jets
• St. Louis at Tampa Bay
• Jacksonville at Denver
• Cincinnati at Seattle
• Cleveland at Oakland
• New York Giants at Washington
• Dallas at Chicago

Good luck to all this fantasy football season!

Below are the weekly player rankings. As a reminder, these rankings are specific to the Week Three match-ups.

Quarterbacks 1. Peyton Manning, Indy 2. Tom Brady, NE 3. Carson Palmer, Cin 4. Matt Hasselbeck, Sea 5. John Kitna, Det 6. Jake Delhomme, Car 7. Jason Campbell, Wash 8. Marc Bulger, Stl 9. Vince Young, Ten 10. Drew Brees, NO 11. Philip Rivers, SD 12. Donovan McNabb, Phi 13. Matt Schaub, Hou 14. Eli Manning, NYG 15. Brett Favre, GB 16. Matt Leinart, Ari 17. Jeff Garcia, TB 18. Josh McCown, Oak 19. Derek Anderson, Cle 20. Ben Roethlisberger, Pit 21. Tony Romo, Dal 22. Jay Cutler, Den 23. Alex Smith, SF 24. Rex Grossman, Chi 25. Steve McNair, Bal 26. David Garrard, Jax 27. Trent Green, Mia 28. Chad Pennington, NYJ 29. Kelly Holcomb, Min 30. J.P. Losman, Buf 31. Damon Huard, KC 32. Joey Harrington, Atl 33. Tarvaris Jackson, Min (inj) 34. Daunte Culpepper, Oak 35. Kellen Clemens, NYJ 36. Brady Quinn, Cle Running Backs 1. LaDainian Tomlinson, SD 2. Joseph Addai, Ind 3. Reggie Bush, NO 4. Clinton Portis, Wash 5. Lamont Jordan, Oak 6. Rudi Johnson, Cinn 7. Willie Parker, Pitt 8. Adrian Peterson, Min 9. Shaun Alexander, Sea 10. Brian Westbrook, Phil 11. Frank Gore, SF 12. Steven Jackson, Stl 13.Willis McGahee, Bal 14. Cadillac Williams, TB 15. Jamal Lewis, Cle 16. Chris Brown, Ten 17. Travis Henry, Den 18. Larry Johnson, KC 19. Marion Barber, Dal 20. Laurence Maroney, NE 21. Derrick Ward, NYG 22. Thomas Jones, NYJ 23. Edgerrin James, Ari 24. Marshawn Lynch, Buff 25. Cedric Benson, Chi 26. DeShaun Foster, Car 27. Maurice Jones-Drew, Jax 28. LenDale White, Ten 29. Deuce McAllister, NO 30. Julius Jones, Dal 31. Sammy Morris, NE 32. Fred Taylor, Jax 33. Ahman Green, Hou 34. Ronnie Brown, Mia 35. DeShawn Wynn, GB 36. Tatum Bell, Det 37. Warrick Dunn, Atl 38. DeAngelo Williams, Car 39. Brandon Jackson, GB 40. Michael Pittman, TB 41. Jerious Norwood, Atl 42. Ladell Betts, Wash 43. Jesse Chatman, Mia 44. Leon Washington, NYJ 45. Ron Dayne, Hou 46. Brian Leonard, Stl 47. Kevin Faulk, NE 48. Marcel Shipp, Ari 49. Adrian Peterson, Chi 50. Maurice Morris, Sea 51. Najeh Davenport, Pitt 52. Reuben Droughns, NYG 53. Michael Robinson, SF 54. Michael Turner, SD 55. Anthony Thomas, Buf 56. Musa Smith, Bal 57. Tony Hunt, Phil 58. Correll Buckhalter, Phil 59. Mike Bell, Den 60. Michael Bennett, KC 61. Chris Henry, Ten 62. Lorenzo Booker, Mia 63. Vernand Morency, GB (inj) 64. Chester Taylor, Min (inj) 65. Kevin Jones, Det (inj) 66. T.J. Duckett, Det (inj) 67. Brandon Jacobs, NYG (inj) 68. Dominic Rhodes, Oak (susp) Tight Ends 1. Antonio Gates, SD 2. Todd Heap, Bal 3. Jeremy Shockey, NYG 4. Kellen Winslow, Cle 5. Chris Cooley, Wash 6. Ben Watson, NE 7. Dallas Clark, Ind 8. Jason Witten, Dal 9. Alge Crumpler, Atl 10. Owen Daniels, Hou 11. Vernon Davis, SF 12. Tony Gonzalez, KC 13. Eric Johnson, NO 14. Randy McMichael, Stl 15. Bo Scaife, Ten 16. Heath Miller, Pitt 17. Chris Baker, NYJ 18. Leonard Pope, Ari 19. Desmond Clark, Chi 20. George Wrighster, Jax 21. Tony Scheffler, Den 22. Donald Lee, GB 23. Zach Miller, Oak 24. L.J. Smith, Phi 25. Marcus Pollard, Sea 26. David Martin, Mia 27. Alex Smith, TB 28. Daniel Graham, Den 29. Marcedes Lewis, Jax 30. Jim Kleinsasser, Min 31. Ben Troupe, Ten 32. David Thomas, NE 33. Anthony Fasano, Dal 34. Jerramy Stevens, TB 35. Robert Royal, Buf 36. Bubba Franks, GB 37. Greg Olsen, Chi

Wide Receivers 1 Steve Smith, Car 2. Randy Moss, NE 3. Chad Johnson, Cin 4. Torry Holt, Stl 5. Marvin Harrison, Indy 6. T.J. Houshmandzadah, Cin 7. Reggie Wayne, Ind 8. Roy Williams, Det 9. Marques Colston, NO 10. Santana Moss, Wash 11. Javon Walker, Den 12. Ronald Curry, Oak 13. Braylon Edwards, Cle 14. Terrell Owens, Dal 15. Larry Fitzgerald, Ari 16. Donald Driver, GB 17. Anquan Boldin, Ari 18. Wes Welker, NE 19. Bernard Berrian, Chi 20. Deion Branch, Sea 21. Laveranues Coles, NYJ 22. Lee Evans, Buff 23. Joey Galloway, TB 24. Hines Ward, Pitt 25. Plaxico Burress, NYG 26. Darrell Jackson, SF 27. Santonio Holmes, Pitt 28. Brandon Marshall, Den 29. Jericho Cotchery, NYJ 30. Amani Toomer, NYG 31. Arnaz Battle, SF 32. Vincent Jackson, SD 33. Roydell Williams, Ten 34. Mike Furrey, Det 35. Chris Chambers, Mia 36. Calvin Johnson, Det 37. Derrick Mason, Bal 38. Dennis Northcutt, Jax 39. Joe Jurevicius, Cle 40. Mark Clayton, Bal 41. Nate Burleson, Sea 42. Kevin Curtis, Phil 43. Dwayne Bowe, KC 44. Drew Carter, Car 45. Eric Moulds, Ten 46. Isaac Bruce, Stl 47. Joe Horn, Atl 48. Jason Avant, Phi 49. Reggie Brown, Phil 50. Jerry Porter, Oak 51. Jacoby Jones, Hou 52. Brandon Stokley, Den 53. Shaun McDonald, Det 54. Patrick Crayton, Dal 55. Michael Jenkins, Atl 56. James Jones, GB 57. Antwaan Randle El, Wash 58. Marty Booker, Mia 59. Muhsin Muhammad, Chi 60. Matt Jones, Jax 61. Devery Henderson, NO 62. Bobby Engram, Sea 63. Drew Bennett, Stl 64. Reggie Williams, Jax 65. Kevin Walter, Hou 66. Donte Stallworth, NE 67. Demetrius Williams, Bal 68. Ernest Wilford, Jax 69. Peerless Price, Buff 70. Anthony Gonzalez, Indy 71. Glenn Holt, Cin 72. Bryant Johnson, Ari 73. Craig Davis, SD 74. Troy Williamson, Min 75. Brandon Jones, Ten 76. Samie Parker, KC 77. Josh Reed, Buff 78. Bobby Wade, Min 79. Nate Washington, Pitt 80. Ike Hilliard, TB 81. Roscoe Parrish, Buff 82. Maurice Stovall, TB 83. Sidney Rice, Min 84. Cedric Wilson, Pitt 85. Malcolm Floyd, SD 86. Roddy White, Atl 87. Derrick Hagan, Mia 88. Justin McCareins, NYJ 89. Brandon Lloyd, Wash 90. Ted Ginn, Jr., Mia 91. Terrance Copper, NO 92. Dwayne Jarrett, Car 93. Brandon Williams, SF 94. Greg Lewis, Phi 95. Reche Caldwell, Wash 96. Robert Meachem, NO 97. Mark Bradley, Chi 98. Seneca Wallace, Sea 99. Ashley Lelie, SF 100.Andre Johnson, Hou (inj) 101.Steve Smith, NYG (inj) 102.Greg Jennings, GB (inj) 103.Eddie Kennison, KC (inj) 104.D.J. Hackett, Sea (inj) 105.Terry Glenn, Dal (inj) 106.Eric Parker, SD (inj) 107.Chris Henry, Cin (susp) Team Defenses 1. New England Patriots 2. Denver Broncos 3. Baltimore Ravens 4. Pittsburgh Steelers 5. Chicago Bears 6. New York Jets 7. Dallas Cowboys 8. St. Louis Rams 9. Indianapolis Colts 10. Minnesota Vikings 11. Carolina Panthers 12. San Diego Chargers 13. Kansas City Chiefs 14. San Francisco 49ers 15. Miami Dolphins 16. Green Bay Packers 17. Jacksonville Jaguars 18. Philadelphia Eagles 19. Oakland Raiders 20. Washington Redskins 21. Tampa Bay Bucs 22. Arizona Cardinals 23. Seattle Seahawks 24. Detroit Lions 25. Atlanta Falcons 26. Buffalo Bills 27. New Orleans Saints 28. Cincinnati Bengals 29. Tennessee Titans 30. Houston Texans 31. New York Giants 32. Cleveland Browns Kickers 1. Jeff Wilkins, Stl 2. John Kasay, Car 3. Matt Stover, Bal 4. Josh Brown, Sea 5. Adam Vinatieri, Indy 6. Nate Kaeding, SD 7. Robbie Gould, Chi 8. Steven Gostkowski, NE 9. Rob Bironas, Ten 10. David Akers, Phil 11. Jason Hanson, Det 12. Jason Elam, Den 13. Neil Rackers, Ari 14. Jay Feely, Mia 15. Shaun Suisham, Wash 16. Nick Folk, Dal 17. Shayne Graham, Cin 18. Ryan Longwell, Min 19. Morten Andersen, Atl 20. Mason Crosby, GB 21. Joe Nedney, SF 22. John Carney, Jax 23. Rian Lindall, Buff 24. Matt Bryant, TB 25. Olindo Mare, NO 26. Jeff Reed, Pitt 27. Mike Nugent, NYJ 28. Sebastian Janikowski, Oak 29. Phil Dawson, Cle 30. Lawrence Tynes, NYG 31. Kris Brown, Hou 32. Dave Rayner, KC 33. Josh Scobee, Jax (inj)

Can you explain why Chris Brown is ranked so high?

I can start him on Monday over Deuce or at a flex over Santonio Holmes.

Can someone make the case to do so?

Thanks, Mike