Our heroes got back on the bike this week, fans! After a really down week for IDPs in week 14, Sunday saw plenty of sacks, interceptions and tackles piled up by our favorites. Mario Williams' sacks and Nick Barnett's sacks and tackles tied them for Hero of the Week. Even though we expanded Heroes to 12, plenty of worthies failed to make the grade. Double digit tacklers Keith Brooking, Lawyer Milloy and Freddie Keiaho and double sacker Brent Hawkins would have been Heroes in many weeks. Putting up scores were Eugene Wilson, Ronde Barber and Shaun Phillips with interception returns for 6, and David Bowens who blocked a punt and returned it for a TD.

Heroes	Last Week's Stats	Comments
Adalius Thomas, NE	8 tackles, 1 assist, 1.5 sacks, 2 fumbles forced	Adalius combined with Seau to lead the Pats as they ground out a W over the Jets.
Junior Seau, NE	7 tackles, 2 assists, 2 sacks	A great blast from the past!  Remember when Junior used to put up this kind of game routinely?
David Thornton, TEN	8 tackles, 2 assists, 1 interception, 1 pass defensed	David made sure the Titans stayed in playoff contention with a fine effort against Kansas City.
Mario Williams, HOU	5 tackles, 2 assists, 3.5 sacks	The Sackman of the Week kept the surprising Texans in playoff contention with their big W over Denver.
O. J. Atogwe, STL	4 tackles, 2 interceptions, 2 passes defensed	This O.J. had a good week - unfortunately his team didn't.
Nick Barnett, GB	13 tackles, 2 sacks	Nick tied for top Tackler of the Week and added 2 sacks for good measure.  It's no wonder GB won so easily.
Atari Bigby, GB	3 tackles, 1 assist, 2 interceptions, 2 passes defensed	Atari bounced around like a video game hero as he made plays all over the field.
Scott Fujita, NO	7 tackles, 3 assists, 2 sacks, 1 fumble forced	The Saints still have a decent shot at the playoffs.  Scott led the D that made that possible.
Kevin Gregg, BAL	11 tackles, 1 sack	Kevin never stopped coming - but his efforts went for naught as the Ravens gave up Miami's first win of the season.
Jason Taylor, MIA	4 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 pass defensed, 1 blocked kick	Jason had a lull earlier in the year but has come back strong.  His fine effort helped the Dolphins to finally get off the schneid.
Andre Carter, WAS	4 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 fumble forced	The Giants played like stumblebums, and Andre was there to help them stumble.
Gerald Alexander, DET	13 tackles, 2 assists	With all the plays that San Diego put up someone had to pile up some tackles.  Gerald was the man.
Zeroes	Last Week's Stats	Comments
Kyle Vanden Bosch, TEN	1 tackle	The grotesque artist Hieronymus Bosch painted many gruesome scenes of hell.  Gruesome and grotesque - good descriptions of Vanden Bosch's effort.
Clint Ingram, JAC	blanked	Ingram didn't appear in the box score - and you hardly found him on the field, either.
Ian Gold, DEN	1 tackle	His owners had struck gold the last few weeks but hit fool's gold yesterday.
Elvis Dumervil, DEN	1 tackle	Another occurrence of Elvis not being in the building.  There have been far too many of those in the season's second half.
Leon Williams, CLE	1 tackle	There are 55 players with the last name of Williams in the NFL.  Leon tied for most ineffective on defense.
Corey Williams, GB	1 tackle, 1 assist	And Corey's the other half of the Williams defensive disconnection.
Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, GB	blanked	KGB came up with his second straight poor effort as he wasted a great match up against the O-lineless Rams.
Greg Ellis, DAL	1 assist	Ellis finally put up a stinker after a string of solid efforts.
DeWayne White, DET	1 tackle, 1 assist	White had loads of chances to make plays as the Chargers hung up 75 plays and 51 points on Detroit.  Too bad he seemed to forget how.
Osi Umenyiora, NYG	blanked	Umenyiora played like the entire Giants team - a bunch of sleepwalkers.