Ray Rice @ Patriots - Playing against one of the better defenses in football Ray Rice failed to put up start worthy numbers in his first playoff game of the year. Heading to New England, Rice will play against the team he had his best playoff performance against a few years ago when he broke off an 80-yard touchdown run on the first play of the game. The Ravens have come close to finding the Super Bowl in r ...

Ahmad Bradshaw, Brandon Jacobs @ Packers - Hopefully, you watched the Giants play against the Falcons on Sunday, because Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs put together one of the better games, I've seen from them in years. When this duo is at its best, you can see them feeding off the others play, running tough and fighting for every last yard. This was the type of effort that has NFL experts talking about ...

Another playoff fantasy football challenge is upon us as drafts are going on throughout this week, in preparation for the beginning of the post season on Saturday. While I put together player rankings for each position to get you set for the wild-card round, I've gone ahead and put together a cheat sheet for all players in the entire playoffs. While many of you will likely play on ESPN, NFL.com or other maj ...

Kahlil Bell @ Vikings - Heading into the Bears contest against the Broncos, Coach Lovie Smith paid third year back Kahlil Bell a compliment when he pointed out that Bell overall game was closer to that of Matt Forte, rather than Marion Barber. While Barber was the feature runner in Denver, poor play at the end of the game, and penchant for injuries, seemingly put him in the doghouse, and the next week again ...

C.J. Spiller vs. Broncos  - The Bills second year tail back has had an up and down four weeks as the teams' starter, since taking over from Fred Jackson after he was lost to injury. That said, last weeks' performance against the Dolphins was the kind of production that could have sent your team to the Super Bowl, if you had him in the lineup, as he rolled up over 150 yards of offense and scored two touchdow ...

Key RB Injuries - In recent days, a bunch of injuries have surfaced to key running backs as we get set for the most important week of the season. Below I have a quick writeup, as it stands on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the progress reports for these running backs as we get close to Saturday, as the league will be playing most of it's games a day early, before Christmas. Maurice Jones-Drew (ankle) - After a hot ...

Adrian Peterson @ Redskins - It's tempting to look past Adrian Peterson mire ten carries against the Saints, and rank Peterson as the usual RB-1 stud he is when healthy, but with Toby Gerhart playing well, I have my concerns. I'm sure those fantasy owners who actually made it to the Super Bowl with Peterson in the lineup last week, are feeling the same way, but if healthy, he's likely a must play on your te ...

LeSean McCoy @ Cowboys - Only time will tell how the season finally ends for LeSean McCoy, but if I had to give out an award for the overall fantasy MVP of 2011, he would get my vote. It's not just McCoy's almost 1,600 total yards from scrimmage or his 20 touchdowns, it's the consistency in which he's totaled these numbers. McCoy has failed to score a touchdown in only one game this year, and with Super Bow ...

Maurice Jones-Drew @ Falcons - Count me in as one of the non-believers in Maurice Jones-Drew's odds of performing at a high level this year. Coming off microfracture knee surgery in the off-season, I was concerned that Jones-Drew was likely to bust for fantasy owners down the stretch as was hard to imagine he would play this well after so many touches, on a knee like that. Not only is Jones-Drew playing wel ...

Steven Jackson vs. Bengals - If you look at the numbers, the odds of Steven Jackson being a trust-worthy option this week aren't promising, as the Rams are one of the worst teams in football, and they will be matched up against a top ten run defense. In Jackson's defense, the Rams offensive line showed flashes of better run blocking than I've seen on film since they played the Browns, five weeks ago. While ...