To better understand the projection tweaks, Tom Nadratowski (Defense) and I (offense) will publish a comment sheet on players that are expected to score over 50 fantasy points and have moved +/- 5 fantasy points from our last set of projections. These numbers include changes of 8/28 as compared to the projections on 8/21. Enjoy, David Dodds

Name	Pos	Team	8/28 Pts	8/21 Pts	Diff	Comments
Shane Matthews	QB	Was	210	84	126	Named the starter of Fun-N-Gun
Gus Frerotte	QB	Cin	168	101	67	Named the starter over Jon Kitna.
Trent Dilfer	QB	Sea	203	188	16	Looks like he may miss just one game.
Kordell Stewart	QB	Pit	279	270	9	Lots of weapons.
Vinny Testaverde	QB	NYJ	224	216	8	Looks comfortable in West Coast Offense this year.
Brian Griese	QB	Den	291	285	6	Has everything in place to be very successful.
Brett Favre	QB	GB	282	287	-5	Where are the WRs?
Tim Couch	QB	Cle	230	238	-8	Aching, but expects to play week 1.
Mark Brunell	QB	Jac	247	258	-12	No Jimmy Smith yet.
Danny Wuerffel	QB	Was	52	172	-120	Matthews is the #1 QB now.
Lamar Smith	RB	Car	140	90	50	Foster's injury is Smith's gain.
Olandis Gary	RB	Den	131	84	47	Handed starting job when Portis fumbled 3 times.
William Green	RB	Cle	149	106	43	Won starting job.� Looked good in GB game.
Jamal Lewis	RB	Bal	185	148	37	Team limiting him, but he looks all the way back.
Warrick Dunn	RB	Atl	161	129	32	Continues to run with the first team.
Jerome Bettis	RB	Pit	161	141	21	Best OL - Forget the preseason.
Curtis Martin	RB	NYJ	236	225	10	Lamont Jordan won't take away goal line TDs as previously thought.
Dorsey Levens	RB	Phi	68	61	8	Running hard.
Kevan Barlow	RB	SF	147	140	6	Power back would be great if Hearst was not on team.
Michael Pittman	RB	TB	191	185	6	Running strong.
Cory Schlesinger	RB	Det	56	50	6	Will vulture TDs from James Stewart.
Thomas Jones	RB	Ari	178	184	-6	OL injury hurts running game.
Duce Staley	RB	Phi	170	180	-10	Levens and Westbrook will vulture carries.
Charlie Garner	RB	Oak	168	178	-10	Crockett vultures TDs.
Amos Zereoue	RB	Pit	104	115	-11	Bettis has firm lock on job for now.
Mike Alstott	RB	TB	116	128	-12	Unclear role.� Pittman looks good.
James Stewart	RB	Det	161	173	-12	Team is going to struggle scoring rushing TDs.
Stephen Davis	RB	Was	201	218	-17	Spurrier wants to pass.
TJ Duckett	RB	Atl	128	148	-20	Dunn continues to play with first team.
Clinton Portis	RB	Den	119	147	-29	Fumble, Fumble, Fumble.� Gary starts for now.
Jamel White	RB	Cle	95	130	-35	Lost starting job to William Green.
DeShaun Foster	RB	Car	90	146	-56	Injury costs him 4-5 weeks.
Randy McMichael	TE	Mia	56	44	11	Rookie is impressing in camp.
Alge Crumpler	TE	Atl	58	52	6	Goal line option.
David Sloan	TE	NO	71	66	5	Bigger part of the offense.
Frank Wycheck	TE	Ten	79	84	-5	Less of a role with Mason and George playing so well.
Kyle Brady	TE	Jac	53	64	-10	Will need to stay and block more.
Kevin Lockett	WR	Was	71	23	48	Looks good in Spurrier's offense.
Brandon Stokley	WR	Bal	96	73	23	Looking great in camp.� Has no competition.
Derrick Alexander	WR	Min	88	67	21	Should play opposite of Moss at some point this season.
Antonio Freeman	WR	Phi	63	44	19	Signed with Philadelphia.� Could be #2 WR there.
Antwaan Randle El	WR	Pit	59	42	17	Rookie has been impressive.� Starts while Ward heals.
Bill Schroeder	WR	Det	105	93	13	#1 WR in Detroit
Johnnie Morton	WR	KC	144	134	10	Clear #1 WR on Chiefs.
Jerry Rice	WR	Oak	117	109	9	Porter wants his job, but will have to wait.
Shawn Jefferson	WR	Atl	64	57	7	Ahead of Willie Jackson right now.
Donald Driver	WR	GB	52	45	7	Currently the starter opposite of Glenn.
D'Wayne Bates	WR	Min	72	66	7	Offense looks very good.� Improved player being pushed by Alexander.
Corey Bradford	WR	Hou	97	91	6	#1 in Houston for what that's worth.
Muhsin Muhammad	WR	Car	138	132	6	Go to guy in Carolina.
Keenan McCardell	WR	TB	106	100	6	Gruden will get him the ball too.
Wayne Chrebet	WR	NYJ	82	76	6	Jets offense looks potent. 2nd year in West Coast.
Santana Moss	WR	NYJ	74	68	6	Much improved.� Will see a lot of plays.
Derrick Mason	WR	Ten	156	150	6	Looks great in preseason.
Rod Smith	WR	Den	172	166	6	Looks healthy.
Willie Jackson	WR	Atl	75	80	-5	Shawn Jefferson #2 at the moment.
Oronde Gadsden	WR	Mia	65	70	-5	Diminished role in 2002.
Curtis Conway	WR	SD	130	136	-6	Will have trouble repeating 2001 success.
Eddie Kennison	WR	KC	55	61	-6	Default #2, but he is lame.
Jabar Gaffney	WR	Hou	85	91	-6	Cory Bradford looks better than Gaffney.
Jimmy Smith	WR	Jac	144	150	-6	Still not with team.� This is getting ugly.
Rod Gardner	WR	Was	144	151	-7	Spurrier is going to involve everyone.
Az-Zahir Hakim	WR	Det	104	111	-7	Looks to be #2 in Detroit behind Schroeder.
Jerry Porter	WR	Oak	56	64	-8	Still Brown and Rice show for one more year.
Michael Westbrook	WR	Cin	96	105	-9	Needs to practice sometime.� Injuries hurt him.
Todd Pinkston	WR	Phi	79	88	-10	May get bumped to #3 with Freeman signing.
Robert Ferguson	WR	GB	58	71	-13	Injuries costing him the #2 job.
Hines Ward	WR	Pit	94	109	-15	Appendectomy slows him early.
Travis Taylor	WR	Bal	123	143	-20	Not much better than Brandon Stokely
Jose Cortez	PK	SF	79	54	25	Winning camp battle with Chandler.
John Hall	PK	NYJ	103	96	7	Offense looks very solid.
Todd Peterson	PK	Pit	113	107	6	Recipient of exposive offense.
Jeff Chandler	PK	SF	72	73	-1	Looks like he will lose SF job, but should kick for someone.
Owen Pochman	PK	NYG	80	87	-7	Injured and may miss some time.
Sebastian Janikowski	PK	Oak	115	127	-12	Missing everything in sight.
Will Demps	DB	Bal	96	0	96	Elevated to first squad.
Jason Belser	DB	KC	79	0	79	Slated to replace DB Woods.
Matt Stevens	DB	Hou	81	65	16	Rookie QB = more IDP points.
Ed Reed	DB	Bal	84	72	12	With the offense struggling he will benefit.
Brian Walker	DB	Det	104	94	10	No matter who the QB is, the O will struggle. Good news for Lion IDPs.
Marlon McCree	DB	Jax	97	89	8	This team looks like it will struggle on offense, especially without Smith.
Donovan Darius	DB	Jax	105	99	6	This team looks like it will struggle on offense, especially without Smith.
Anthony Mitchell	DB	Bal	0	48	-48	Demoted in favor of Demps.
Jerome Woods	DB	KC	0	95	-95	His broken leg requires surgery: He's done for the year.
Kavika Pittman	DL	Den	45	0	45	Replaces Hayward at DE.
Frank Ferarra	DL	NYG	41	0	41	New starting DE.
Leonard Little	DL	STL	70	74	-4	Concussion effects to linger into week 1 at least.
Cornelius Griffin	DL	NYG	74	79	-5	The offense is playing better than I expected, so he is downgraded.
Michael Strahan	DL	NYG	80	85	-5	The offense is playing better than I expected, so he is downgraded.
Tony Brackens	DL	Jax	74	84	-10	His knee is just not healing, and now there's talk of season ending surgery.
Reggie Hayward	DL	Den	0	51	-51	Unseated by Pittman.
Kenny Holmes	DL	NYG	0	73	-73	Ousted by Frank Ferarra
Darren Hambrick	LB	Cle	83	0	83	Promoted to 1st team.
Dan Morgan	LB	Car	126	104	22	This team is still rough on offense, so Morgan gets an upgrade.
Chris Claiborne	LB	Det	123	113	10	No matter who the QB is, the O will struggle. Good news for Lion IDPs.
Wali Rainer	LB	Jax	134	126	8	This team looks like it will struggle on offense, especially without Smith.
T.J. Slaughter	LB	Jax	93	99	-6	Dislocated elbow will make him miss a month.
Barry Gardner	LB	Phi	99	107	-8	He has not been playing as well as expcted, and is losing ground to Kirkland.
Micheal Barrow	LB	NYG	145	154	-9	The offense is playing better than I expected, so he is downgraded.
Anthony Denman	LB	Cle	0	75	-75	Darren Hambrick is the new starter.