Even scrap-heap pickup Chris Chambers managed to put up a 100-yard game for me this week.

The theme for my teams this week was leaving wide receiver points on the bench. In all, between my two teams, I left five 100-yard receiving games on the bench. After getting uneven play from the position throughout the season, the Outlaws of the Marsh had an unbelievable week from its wide receivers. All five of the team’s wideouts had either 100 yards or scored a touchdown. Normally, I would be kicking myself for leaving three 100-yard receivers (Derrick Mason, Mario Manningham, Chris Chambers) on the bench, but on Sunday, those were actually the three lowest scoring wideouts on the Outlaws’ roster as both starters, Jerricho Cotchery and Mike Sims-Walker, had more than 80 yards and a touchdown each. Throw in some balanced scoring up and down the lineup, and it was enough to give the Outlaws just under 100 points and a 19-point lead, with kicker Rob Bironas ready to chip in some more tonight. The Outlaws will improve to 8-3 and strengthen its grip on second place in the league.

My other team, The Thamesmen, also got plenty of production from its wide receiving corps but didn’t get the most out of it. The Thamesmen left Sims-Walker (91 yards, TD), Calvin Johnson (161 yards, TD), and Desean Jackson (107 yards, TD) on the bench in favor of Sidney Rice and Vincent Jackson. Rice paid off with 89 yards and a pair of TDs, but Jackson had his second straight subpar game, which presents a bit of a dilemma about whether to bench him in favor of one of the other guys even though he has been the best wideout on the Thamesmen this season. It’s a good thing Rice exploded, because everyone else in the starting lineup underperformed Sunday, from Tom Brady’s meager one TD pass to Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice combining for about 11 points — about half of their projections. Nonetheless, thanks to my opponent’s even more subpar day, I’ve already secured victory despite a pedestrian 73 points, which will move The Thamesmen’s to 9-2, firmly entrenched in first place.

Week 11 Highs and Lows

After catching a TD on Sunday, Chansi Stuckey is sacrificed to the football gods by the Browns offense in hopes of convincing them to let Cleveland play the Lions the rest of the season.

• It’s a bizarre week when Matthew Stafford and Brady Quinn outscore the likes of Tom Brady, Philip Rivers, and Peyton Manning — in fact, not just outscore, but completely outclass, at least in fantasy production. But that’s what happens when you get to play against Division II schools … I mean, the Browns and Lions. Thanksgiving came early for the immovable objects that are the Cleveland and Detroit offenses as they got to face each other’s defense, and the result was two stat lines that neither of these quarterbacks will likely see again: 422 yards, 5 TDs, 2 INTs for Stafford; 304 yards, 4 TDs for Quinn. Of course, considering that Stafford was owned in 13 percent of Yahoo! leagues and Quinn in only 5 percent, that’s a whole lot of points down the drain.
• Speaking of wasted QB production, who started Alex Smith (227 yards, 3 TDs, INT)? Of course, most of that came after the Packers jumped all over the 49ers. Speaking as a 49ers fan, I want Shaun Hill back.
• After a bit of a slow start to the season, Ryan Grant has been picking up steam. His 129-yard, 1-TD outing Sunday marked the third time in the last six weeks that he has put up double digit fantasy points. Of course, playing a softer schedule helps. Those three games came against the Browns, the Bucs, and the fading 49ers. Still, Grant has received more consistent carries since the team’s Week 5 bye, and he’s got another softy coming up this week in the Lions. Just be prepared for a dip in production when he goes up against the Ravens and Steelers after that.
• Hello, Terrell Owens. Where have you been all year? Oh right, stinking it up in the frozen hell of Buffalo like I knew you would. TO finally had a breakout game Sunday with 197 yards, including a 98-yard TD. If you’re kicking yourself for leaving those points on the bench, don’t. That’s as fluky as it gets, and he’ll go back to his usual three catches a game soon enough.
• Thanks to his team’s lackluster play, Vernon Davis has kind of flown under the radar a bit despite his stellar season. The 49ers tight end is on pace for more than 80 catches, just under 1,000 yards, and more impressively, almost 13 TDs. Those are Antonio Gates numbers back when Antonio Gates was actually getting end-zone love. And Davis has done it regardless of who’s at quarterback, and that’s a good thing considering who is at quarterback for the 49ers.

Since he’s a former Tar Heel, I’m required to like Madison Hedgecock. But if he dares to steal any more TD catches from their rightful owners …

• Anyone who owns Giants wide receivers must have thrown up their hands in disbelief over the fact that Eli Manning could break out of his slump Sunday and throw three TDs, and yet have none of those go to one of his wideouts. Instead, tight end Kevin Boss caught two and Madison Hedgecock — yes, former UNC fullback Madison Hedgecock, who had one career TD before Sunday! — caught the other.
• If you need help at quarterback, consider Matt Cassel, who is owned in just 47 percent of Yahoo! leagues. Aside from two inexplicable stinkers against the Raiders and a 3-INT game against the Chargers, he has actually been pretty good this year. It seems like 200-some yards and two TDs are about his upper limit, and he’s managed two TDs in five games this year. The downside is that he will put up an occasional stinker, and you really can’t predict when that’ll come, since he played well against the Steelers on Sunday and yet has put up ugly numbers in both games against the Raiders this season.