As if things were not bad enough for the Washington Redskins, they lost their top target in tight end Chris Cooley for the season. Cooley broke his foot in the Skins Monday night loss to the Eagles.

Fred Davis Steps In

Once Cooley was done for the game second year tight end (from USC) Fred Davis took over and had a good game. For the night, Davis totaled eight catches for 78 yards and a garbage time touchdown.

Fortunately, for the Redskins Davis showed them a lot of promise as they desperately need someone to fill Cooley’s shoes.

From a fantasy football perspective Davis is worth a look if you had Cooley on your team.

Someone will have to catch the football on this poor offense and Davis could be the man that produces for them.

Brian Westbrook Goes Down

Early in the game Eagles running back Brian Westbrook went down with a concussion and was done for the game. This injury actually knocked out Westbrook as he was laying on the ground for a decent amount of time.

Given that the Eagles are on a short week before the play their next game, I can’t imagine he will start. This would be totally irresponsible by the Eagles to put a guy in with this kind of concussion on less than a weeks rest.

Look for LeSean McCoy to get the start this week against the Giants. McCoy impressed his teammates and coaches this offseason but he has failed to do much this year.

If you need a starter this week as a bye week fill in you could do much worse than McCoy.

DeSean Jackson Takes Flight

The Eagles No.1 receiver DeSean Jackson only touched the ball three times on offense but he had two big time touchdowns. The first one was a 67-yard touchdown run on a reverse and the second was a bomb down field from Donovan McNabb.

Jackson is playing like a top ten fantasy receiver this year and I expect him to keep it up. His only weakness is that he’s not a good touchdown maker inside the red zone, but he’s hitting the deep ball enough to be feared by all opponents.

NFL Fantasy Football Player Rankings writer Sean E. Douglas: fantasy-info.com