Sunday Evening Wrap checks out players who increased or decreased their value during the Sunday afternoon games. Sunday's Top Riser: We've seen this Tom Brady before, and it was in 2007 when he threw for almost 5,000 yards and totaled 50 touchdown passes. So far in 2009, he'd been good, but not great. And we drafted Brady for great in fantasy football. Enter the Tennessee Titans and the worst pass defense in football. Brady, despite playing in a quasi-blizzard, completed 29-of-34 passes for 380 yards and six touchdowns. That's all he'll need to get that swagger back. Next week against Tampa Bay, he's going to put on a show across the pond in London's Wembley Stadium, and he's a bonafide top-three fantasy QB again -- you can take that to the bank.
Sunday's Top Faller: The Eagles. I mean, really? The Raiders bottled you up? No touchdowns, Donovan McNabb completed less than 50 percent of his passes, Jeremy Maclin went back to being irrelevant and Brian Westbrook only received six carries. No receiver reached 100 yards (though, to be fair, both DeSean Jackson, Brent Celek and Brian Westbrook had decent-to-good receiving numbers) and LeSean McCoy was worthless. Everything stemmed from the offensive line being pushed around by Richard Seymour and company. Still, what a brutal showing for a team who appeared to be firing on all cylinders after last week.
Other Shifts in Value
Dwayne Bowe
- After two bad games, Bowe is clearly back on track and becoming a favorite of Matt Cassel as the KC offense slowly improves (which means they've gone from putrid to below-average). Santana Moss
- His lackluster performance is a bi-product of the poor quarterbacking in Washington. The problem? That's not going to change as we move forward. Cadillac Williams
- Wasn't a huge game, but 77 yards and a touchdown is good for where he was being used. The Panthers run defense is very fantasy friendly ...DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart
- ... as is their own running game. Those worried about DeAngelo (30 carries, 152 yards, 2 touchdowns) can now breathe a sigh of relief and Stewart (17-110-1) came through as a solid flex play. Jamal Lewis
- We saw this coming, although I actually thought he'd get more carries. On the podcast, I said last week was an aberration and predicted 20 carries for 41 yards this week. He ended with 11 for 21. He sucks. Move on. Hines Ward
- Dude was so on fire he even poached a catch from Santonio Holmes -- and promptly took it to the house. Big day for "The Dalai Lama of Football." 
Marques Colston and Lance Moore - The Saints spread it around, so there's a tendency for Robert Meachem or Devery Henderson to infringe on Colston's potential stat-line, but Sunday he got his. Also, Moore had done nothing this season until coming through with six catches for 78 yards and a touchdown. He is again ownable in fantasy football. Eli Manning
- I've long thought he was incredibly overrated in fantasy due to his last name, but he was getting it done this season. I had been biting my tongue and biding my time. He'd been great against the Redskins, Cowboys, Bucs, Chiefs and Raiders. That's not exactly the '85 Bears, '00 Ravens and '70s Steelers of defenses. Sunday, he faced a strong Saints' defense and completed less than 50 percent of his passes for only 178 yards, one touchdown and turned it over twice. Sidney Rice
- It's not just the 176 yards, it's how Rice looks in the Minnesota offense. Not only is he the obvious deep threat for Brett Favre, but he's a tall red-zone target as well. There is big-time potential here for Rice to move himself into WR2 range. He should not be left on any waiver wire after this week. Willis McGahee
- The Ravens gained 448 yards in total offense. McGahee accounted for three. Three! Meanwhile, Ray Rice shredded the mighty Vikings for 194 total and two rushing touchdowns. The sun has set on McGahee's fantasy value for 2009. Mike Sims-Walker
- I told you guys not to get down on our boy "Em Ess Dubbs." I can't be angry at him for taking the Seattle booty-call. He bounced back with nine catches for 120 yards. Are you still mad at him?Donnie Avery
- He scored a touchdown, but that was his only catch of the game against a sub-par Jaguars' pass defense. Five players had more catches, including fellow wideouts Keenan Burton and Danny Amendola (who?). UPDATE: Actually, Avery left the game with a hip injury after the catch. Thus, we can't actually complain, as he may have been on his way to a big game. Still, the injury means his value takes a hit.Ryan Grant
- Sure, he gained 90 yards, but it took 24 carries and he failed to score a touchdown. That's not the work of a quality RB2 against a team who allows five yards per carry and one rushing touchdown per game -- especially not when he was running out the clock the entire second half. Boo him. And hiss if that's your thing. All Lions receivers
- I'm sure Drew Stanton is a nice guy and a hard worker, but he decimates the value of Calvin Johnson, Dennis Northcutt and Bryant Johnson. Brandon Pettigrew is not even ownable with him. With Daunte Culpepper leaving injured and Matthew Stafford's season in jeopardy (Stephania Bell of ESPN is reporting he will miss the season if Dr. James Andrews determines surgery is needed), this is not a good situation. 
Texans passing attack - The Bengals' defense had been tough all season. All Matt Schaub did was carve them up for 392 yards and four touchdowns. Steve Slaton and Andre Johnson went for triple digits, Owen Daniels scored twice and Jacoby Jones caught a touchdown. The only problem was that Kevin Walter disappeared? What's up with that? (By the way, do not ever even think about sitting Schaub. He's an elite quarterback in fantasy -- up there with Manning, Brady, Brees. Yes, he really is.)Cedric Benson
- As I conditionally mentioned in the running back rankings, we can now start believing the Texans' run defense has improved. Don't give up on Benson just yet. Zach Miller
- Even without the stupendous 86-yard touchdown catch-and-run, he would have had five catches for 53 yards. Good all around game for Miller. Thomas Jones
- The more explosiveness and consistency we see from Jones, the more we have to believe he's not giving up carries at all in 2009. He's a fringe RB1 most weeks, depending upon matchups. Bills defense
- Not sure if you've ever noticed, but I grab at least one player from each team for this feature. At this point, I don't have anything to add about the Bills offense. I called them worthless last week and Sean Lalley covered them in Sink or Swim. Trent Edwards left the game in the first half Sunday. So, instead, I'll give some credit to their defense. They hassled Mark Sanchez for five picks and a sack. Even in allowing so many rushing yards, they kept the score reasonable, too. Steve Breaston
- Guess who is quietly outplaying Anquan Boldin on a per-game basis? Matt Hasselbeck
- So much for him playing well at home. That was an out-and-out disaster. What a dreadful performance. 
