Early surprises

In my Yahoo leagues, a few of the fantasy studs - Marion Barber, Frank Gore, Reggie Bush, Marshawn Lynch, Brian Westbrook and Drew Brees - you'd expect to be in the top 15 in scoring through three weeks are there. But guess who else is posting huge numbers? Jay Cutler (who ranks No. 1), Michael Turner (No. 2), Philip Rivers (No. 3), Aaron Rodgers (No. 5), rookie Matt Forte (No. 10) and Kurt Warner (No. 12).

So who are the biggest early-season surprises so far? Who cares, right ... because there's no telling whether they're going to keep it up or break out of their funk. Well, you should care ... so that you know who you can safely buy low or sell high on. Or maybe even so you know who to pick up to replace your guy who's not performing. (Believe it or not, J.T. O'Sullivan - who ranks 12th among QBs in total fantasy points so far - is still available in over 50% of Yahoo leagues.) Or you can pinpoint who to credit for your 3-0 start or who to blame now that you're 0-3.

• Did you know rookie Chris Johnson leads the AFC in rushing through three weeks?

• In addition to Cutler, Rivers, Rodgers, Warner and O'Sullivan (all of whom I've already mentioned), Jason Campbell also has more fantasy points so far than Peyton Manning.

• 29 receivers - including Eddie Royal, Chansi Stuckey, Brandon Lloyd, Ike Hilliard, Hank Baskett and Brandon Marshall - who missed Week 1 - have more points so far than Randy Moss.

• LaDainian Tomlinson's backup, Darren Sproles, has more fantasy points than Brandon Jacobs. The Saints' Pierre Thomas has more than Steven Jackson. The Ravens' Le'Ron McClain has more than Larry Johnson.

OK, great, so those guys are off to slow starts or had one bad week (out of three). What's it really mean? Hard to say. But you have to admit it is pretty unbelieveable that ...

• Torry Holt, who had 1,188 receiving yards in 2006 and 1,189 in 2007, has 122 through his first three games.

• Chad, who's had six consecutive seasons of more than 1,150 yards and had 93 catches for 1,440 last season, has eight catches for 88 yards.

• Braylon Edwards, who had 1,289 yards and 16 TD catches a year ago, has 73 yards and hasn't found the end zone yet.