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This is one of those funny scenarios where you get accustomed to a guy on one team for so long, you kind of lose track of where he is when he resurfaces. Najeh Davenport is a Steeler, my friends, no longer the guy on top of your waiver wire every year with a "GB" next to his name. And you know what? He's been there for an entire season already.

Before training camp broke, the Steelers quietly released former 49ers starter Kevan Barlow, making it very clear that Najeh Trenadious Monte Davenport would be the No. 2 back behind Willie Parker.

Most of us in the fantasy world took this with a shrug. "So what?" we collectively asked aloud. And we had every right to do this. Davenport had never rushed for more than 420 yards in a season, and his 6-1, 247-pound frame seemed more suited for tumbling over a pile of lineman into the end zone than it was for gracefully running end around and scrambling for 6.4 yards per carry. But guess what? Davenport has -- so far this season -- done the latter, and totally eschewed the former. He has nary a touchdown, but has managed 89 yards on 14 carries, as well as three receptions for 28 yards.

Want to see a list of players Najeh Davenport has more rushing yards than over the first two games?:

Deuce McAllister
Fred Taylor
Ladell Betts
Ronnie Brown
Reggie Bush
LaDainian Tomlinson

And these rushing yards weren't even the reason we would have picked up Davenport in the first place. He was supposed to be the touchdown vulture, the Jerome Bettis of the Steelers' running game to complement Willie Parker. Instead, he's had a well-balanced attack of 40-plus yards per game, and is still in a good spot to be that goal-line back. So laugh all you want at the six-year pro's constant inability to deliver on the quasi-hype of being a big bruiser who should score touchdowns but never does. Once he gets into the end zone a couple times, he's going to be a guy who rushes for 40 yards on top of a couple scores. That's Ladell Betts territory, my friends. And, for our purposes, he's at least an option to consider if you're panicked for a running back in Week 3.

Without looking below, I want you to tell me what team Jeff Webb plays for. Just take, say, three guesses.

You ready for the answer?

Kansas City.

With all the talk surrounding Dwayne Bowe and Samie Parker (… to a much lesser extent than Bowe), and the few fans of "Hard Knocks" on HBO watching Bobby Sippio on the waiver wire, Jeff Webb quietly, very quietly, managed 59 yards receiving on four catches this past week.

Significant on its own? To a degree. Webb led the Chiefs in receiving in Week 2, ahead of Tony Gonzalez and the cadre of receivers hoping to fill the spot left open by Eddie Kennison's injury. But what stands out here -- and this is why it is sometimes beneficial to watch the games -- is that Brodie Croyle was responsible for 34 of those yards.

Croyle is probably the fan favorite to take over as the starting QB in Kansas City, following consecutive rather lackluster performances from Damon Huard: two sub-200-yard games, with three interceptions against just one touchdown. Sometimes bringing in a new quarterback has very little effect on the receivers. Other times, it results in a 51-point explosion and raises the fantasy value of a couple guys in the shadows (Joe Jurevicius, for example). With Croyle just about ready to jump behind center and take over the sorry K.C. offense, one would have to believe that Webb would immediately step into a much more prominent role. Keep in mind, even with Huard as the No. 1 QB, there is still no standout No. 2 receiver. The rookie Bowe has been forced to No. 1 due to injuries, but the rest of the depth chart is littered with guys you've either never heard of, or who have disappointed in the past.

So what do we know about Webb?

He entered the league out of San Diego State, his middle name is Leon, and … scene! There's not much else to go on, besides news reports scattered over the past two seasons that indicate Herm Edwards likes him a lot, and considered him to be one of the more improved players in the offseason. This would, naturally, lead us to believe that no matter who is behind center this week, Jeff Webb has a chance to grab the No. 2 reins (or, let's be honest, the No. 1, which is also wide open), and solidify his spot in the Chiefs' receiving corps before Eddie Kennison returns.

Heiden's numbers are a tad inflated over the past few seasons because of the general absence of Kellen Winslow, which gave Heiden a bunch of starting nods in Cleveland. However, most fantasy players remember Heiden from his out-of-nowhere 104-yard, 2-TD game in Week 2 of 2005 against the Packers.

This is your "ahhhhhh riiiggght … now I remember that guy!" moment. Perhaps you were the owner who snatched him up off the waiver wire immediately after the game, started him intermittently throughout the rest of the season in hopes of recapturing some of that magic … and then was treated to games of 8 yards, 4 yards, zero yards, and the occasional 55-yarder, just to keep you believing. By the end of 2005, he had become that guy who had one ridiculous week, a handful of decent weeks, and then a bunch of horrible weeks; naturally, you started him each of those horrible weeks and benched him for the decent ones. He was, in short, Steve Heiden: Fantasy Tease.

Fast-forward to 2007. Winslow is back in the mix, and Heiden has been relegated to No. 2 tight end positioning. So what makes him so attractive? Besides the sultry stare in his ESPN "Player Card" photo?

We here at Hail Mary think that it's the fact defenses will be focusing more on Winslow, Edwards and Jurevicius. If you take those three out of the mix, Heiden might be the next best option. This, of course, can't be backed up by numbers this season, as Heiden has two catches through two games for 30 yards. But Monday marked a new era for the modern-day Browns. The Post-51-point era. Secondaries are on notice; the Browns have offensive weapons, and they aren't afraid to use them. If Winslow, Edwards and Jurevicius are all covered, why not dump it off to Heiden a few times for 12 yards each? And it is this thinking that makes him a solid choice for a Hail Mary in Week 3.

This week, we're actually going to give you a bit of useful information (brought to you by Coke Zero):

Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski is 1-for-5 in field goals for the season. On paper, this looks pretty bad, but a closer look at his kicking breakdown reveals that Janikowski is 0-for-3 from beyond 50 yards, and has also missed one in the 40-49 range. Inside the 40, though, he is a perfect 1-for-1. So, yes, his numbers look bad, but if you need a kicker, consider that Janikowski has been asked to kick some pretty long field goals so far.

Nando Di Fino is a fantasy analyst for TalentedMrRoto.com and ESPN.com. You can e-mail him at Nando@TalentedMrRoto.com.