The NFL is on the verge of breaking the single-season record for 400-yard passing games. And we’re only through Week 5. Perhaps the most surprising part is just who is putting up these gaudy numbers so far.

Eli Manning tops Jason Smith’s list of the fantasy quarterbacks outside of the top five to target.

We have reached the quarter pole and hopefully all of you are undefeated at 4-0. Let’s look at some of the top stories for Tuesday.

Get an early clue about next year’s Class of 2012 when the Pro Football Hall of Fame releases its preliminary list of nominees on Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET. Log onto NFL.com or tune into NFL Network for full coverage.

On Tuesday, we told you that five quarterbacks are still on pace to break Dan Marino‘s single-season passing yardage record. As it turns out, 2011 is shaping up to be a banner year for passing efficiency as well.

Kenny Britt is officially out for the year, which could open opportunities for a trio of Titans receivers.

With so many quarterbacks posting big numbers this season, Jason Smith wonders who are the top 12 to target?

For all these months during the lockout, rookie quarterbacks Christian Ponder and Jake Locker looked like they had inside tracks to be their respective teams’ starters. Then we got back to football.

Matt Hasselbeck doesn’t have a ton of fantasy value, but he sure helps the stock of the players around him in Tennessee.

The Vikings are looking at four to five veteran QBs, a source with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday, and as I’ve been reporting since before the lockout, Donovan McNabb is a top option.

Terrell Owens could be back for the end of the preseason, but fantasy owners should temper expectations for the aging wideout.

If the Ravens release Willis McGahee as expected, the fantasy appeal of Ray Rice is going to rise quickly.

Reports of an imminent labor deal between NFL owners and players might have been exaggerated. Or maybe not. The players — or, more accurately, the NFLPA’s executive committee — are in Washington, where they could vote on a proposed labor deal Thursday. The owners are meeting in Atlanta, examining the deal on their end. Keeping it all straight for you are NFL Network reporter Albert Breer and NFL Network insider Jason La Canfora.

Plaxico Burress will return to the NFL in 2011 after a two-year absence. But can he make an immediate impact for fantasy owners?

As we mourn the passing of Hall of Fame tight end John Mackey, it got NFL.com seniuor writer Steve Wyche to thinking about how Mackey revolutionized his position back in the ‘60s. Could there be such a revolutionary in today’s NFL?