Strong tight ends and Ray's other pet names

I think Victor Conte has created an undetectable steroid that helps you pick fantasy footballers. And he sold some to Scott Engel this week.

Here are the Week 5 grades ...

Karabell
QB: A (61.5)
RB: C+ (48.3)
WR: C (42.6)
TE: A (51.6)
K: B (29.2)
D/ST: A (47.7)
Overall: B (3.23 "gpa")

Engel:
QB: A (61.1)
RB: B (54.7)
WR: C+ (46.8)
TE: A (60.9)
K: A (39.5)
D/ST: A (44.3)
Overall: A (3.6 "gpa")

Seriously, where did this come from? I'm going to go back through Weeks 1-3 and use the new grading system on those weeks, maybe my subjective rankings were too tough. Or maybe my new grading system is too lenient. Please comment and let me know what you think, tweaks are possible.

So how did these guys score off the charts? Let's take a look.

Quarterback
Brady, Manning, Romo are the top 3 on each list. 46 points total between the three. Karabell had half his top 10 QBs score 10 or more points, Engel had 6 (snuck Garrard in at #10). Neither gave much love to Phillip Rivers (20/17), who led all QBs in scoring this week. Jason Campbell (11/12) was just on the outside of the top 10, and had a big day against Detroit.

Two big injuries (Leinart and Green) could shake up rankings for the rest of the season. We'll see where Cleo Lemon ranks in week 6.

Running Back
Joseph Addai's scratch from the lineup hurt Karabell, who had him at #2. But anyone who handcuffed him with Kenton Keith (who?) got a nice surprise. Ronnie Brown, LaDanian Tomlinson, and Fast Willie Parker all justified their top draft pick status with 10+ point days. Stephen Jackson continued on his pace to not get 2,500 yards, sitting with an injury (again).

Wide Receiver
A nickname of "Plexiglass" coupled with Eli Manning throwing the ball shouldn't lead to a huge fantasy season for a WR (#2 scoring WR). But it has. Bold move by Karabell ranking Marques Colston #9 this week, even though last year's breakout WR hasn't done squat this season (much like the rest of the New Orleans offense). If you play in a PPR league (I don't), Derek Mason had another huge week for you. 11 catches, 85 yards. And as Ravens fans will tell you, most of those catches were 3 yards short of the first down marker.

Marvin Harrison missed another game, apparently Engel had some knowledge Karabel didn't have. Scotty ranked Harrison #23 this week, while Engel had him at 10. Not sure why Patrick Crayton isn't getting love yet (33/34), dude has had some big games the last few weeks. And props to Hokie Andre Davis (41/33) who's taking advantage of Andre Johnson's injury and gotten some good yards the last few weeks. He could be on your waiver wire, and Johnson is questionable this week.

Tight End
Compiling the stats, all I could think was "Holy shit, they hit this out of the park." Both had 4 of their top 5 ranked TEs score 10 or more points. And the fifth scored 9. It was a good week for fantasy tight ends, as 11 scored 10+ points.

I will get one bash in though. Alex Smith (TB) wasn't even ranked in Engel's top 25 and was the 4th highest scoring TE this week. Karabell ranked him 18.

Kicker
What if both of Nick F'n Folk's 50+ yarders counted? (disgruntled Bills fan here) Grades are a bit deceiving here. Of the top 6 kickers this week (Brown, Folk, Feely, Kasay, Wilkens, Kaeding), only one made either guru's Top 5. Kris Brown had a monster week, with 3 50+ yard kicks! But the gurus did enough to score well, and Engel had 3 of his top 5 score 10 points or more, which is a good week for a kicker.

Defense/Special Teams
I'm going to say it. Ravens defense is overrated. I hope you didn't waste a high pick on them, because they are not bringing it this year. 9 sacks on the year (3 against the woeful Niners offense), 4 INT. They aren't getting pressure on the QB, which lets signal callers pick apart their secondary, which can be suspect even with McAllister and Reed. And the offense isn't going to be bailing them out. Karabell and Engel both ranked BMore #1 this week, and they tied for 12th most fantasy points. Keep starting them (especially against the Rams this week), but don't expect 5th round production out of Rex Ryan's boys for the rest of the season)

Luckily the Pats and Steelers bailed out our gurus this week. The Pats scored a late TD on a fumble recovery against the Browns, the Steelers pitched a shutout against Seattle. Karabell had Tennessee in his top 5, and they scored the sixth most fantasy points this week.