We're all trying to evaluate players' 2009 value here early in the season, and clearly some people have done a bit too much evaluating. In one of my leagues, Chris Johnson, who was merely average in Week 1, was traded for Antonio Gates. So what happens? Johnson goes off Sunday and becomes the first player to score a rushing and receiving touchdown each of more than 50 yards in the first quarter of a game. Ever. Johnson scored a nifty 50 fantasy points in this league, which rewards long touchdowns. I haven't caught up with that former Johnson owner yet to learn how he feels about this. I did, however, learn from Week 2 that
Tom Brady is human. Or maybe he just needed Wes Welker out there. Look, I didn't expect more than 35 touchdown passes from Brady this season anyway, but it should be noted that Brady did have one game like this in 2007, and he still threw 50 touchdown passes. In theory, this means he could still throw 50 touchdown passes despite one bad game. But I still expect "only" 35 from him.