2.    Big men running around and colliding into each other means someone is going to get hurt.

Clay Matthews, a dead-to-rights doppelganger to Conan the Barbarian and Fabio’s love child, buried Kevin Kolb’s head into the turf.  Ryan Grant’s ankle went pretzel under the weight of a couple Eagles defenders.  In the Lions game, the Bears’ Richard Seymour mashed Matthew Stafford’s throwing shoulder into the grass.  

All three players fell under the “this-guy-has-potential-to-be-a-sleeper” category, so chances are they served as a second-tier player in your lineup.  However, I know there are a few fantasy owners out there who drafted heavy on running backs and wide receivers and waited until the middle rounds to draft Kolb.  Here’s a breakdown of Band-Aid backups that can salvage your hurting starters.

Let’s face it.  Injury or not, Kolb had a terrible game.  He left the game in the second quarter and returned to play two series.  Michael Vick played a tremendous game in Kolb’s absence, firing darts to his receivers and rushing for over 100 yards.  Kolb wasn’t hurt badly enough to take off the pads and return in street clothes, but you have to wonder if Vick’s resurgence will further dent Kolb’s already-chinked armor.  In a fickle city like Philadelphia, this could mean doom.  

Stafford, like Kolb, was putting together a raggedy open act to the 2010 before Julius Pepper turned his throwing shoulder into applesauce.  He’s visiting the renowned Dr. James Andrews this week to get a second opinion on his separated shoulder.  Expect him to be out at least three weeks.   Who will be the hero for you in this situation?  
Enter Matt Hasselbeck, Derek Anderson, and Michael Vick.

According to Rotowire.com, Hasselbeck was the second to last quarterback selected in drafts this year.  The last quarterback selected?  That’s right…Michael Vick.  Chances are Hasselbeck is floating around the waiver wire.  He put in a strong showing this week against a supposedly-tough 49ers defense – and he did it without any sniff of a decent receiver.  When you can throw for two scores with the likes of Deion Branch and Mike Williams (yes, THAT Mike Williams), you’ve earned your right to make it on someone’s roster.

Derek Anderson, on the other hand, wasn’t even on Rotowire.com’s average draft position tables.   Ironically, when TJ Houshmandzadeh jumped ship to Baltimore last week I dropped Hasselbeck and replaced him with Derek Anderson.  I like Anderson’s weapons, and I like that he showed glimpses of greatness a couple of years ago.  This past week he threw for nearly three hundred yards and tossed a touchdown to Sir Larry Fitzgerald.
 
Although Mike Vick put in a strong performance, I’m hard-pressed to recommend him because I don’t think Andy Reid will deep six Kolb in favor of Vick.  I see the two quarterbacks splitting time.  Keep tabs on Kolb’s status for next week.  If Kolb sits out the next game against the Lions, Vick will be a great play.  I see him running for at least 60 yards and passing for 200+ and a touchdown.  If Kolb does play against the Lions,  0pt for a full-time starter like the Bald Wonder or Mr. Cleveland.