Ryan Mathews vs. Bills - After a hot start to the season, Ryan Mathews fell victim to injury and poor performance that plagued his rookie season. Despite solid play from Mike Tolbert and what seems like a million injuries on the offensive line, Mathews has had two of his better games of his career in the past two weeks. This week Mathews has another fantastic matchup against a Bills defense that was gashed ...

Miles Austin, Laurent Robinson vs. Giants - The Cowboys expect Miles Austin to return this week barring a setback in practice, and that's bad news for Laurent Robinson fantasy owners. Robinson and Austin are worth using as WR-3 plays, but I'm a little concerned about both heading into this game. On one hand, you have Robinson and while he's been great a shoulder injury, slowed his performance down to a craw ...

Marshawn Lynch vs. Eagles - After a horrible first half of the season, Marshawn Lynch has been great over the past month. In three of his past four games, Lynch has eclipsed the 100 yard mark three times, and has a touchdown score in every game. With Tarvaris Jackson playing threw a partially torn pectoral muscle the Seahawks have had to lean on Lynch as their go to option on offense, and he's helped them s ...

Roy Helu vs. Jets - I'm going to go out on a limb and say I believe Mike Shanahan when he says that Roy Helu is the teams' starting tailback, "for sure" after his break out performance against the Seahawks. Going back and watching the film, it's easy to see why Shanahan seems to feel that Helu is ready to be the teams' starter, as he consistently showed a good pad level, with a lung at the point of attack, ...

Steve Johnson @ Dolphins - After a hot start to the season, Steve Johnson just hasn't been the same player since week three as the Bills have relied more on the feet of Fred Jackson to win games. Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick finally hooked up with Johnson on a deep route against the Jets a few weeks ago, but a case of the flue and a shoulder injury, limited Johnson to an ineffective stat-line, in the teams' ...

Brandon Jacobs vs. Eagles - Tom Coughlin continues to have a wait and see approach to Ahmad Brashaw's bum foot, and as long as the shifty play maker is out of the lineup, power back Brandon Jacobs should be in PPR fantasy lineups. Jacobs may not catch many receptions, but he will be the main runner in the offense and will likely carry a majority of the load, even if Bradshaw is available this week. Coming o ...

Laurent Robinson @ Redskins - In case, you were a non-believer in Laurent Robinson's abilities to produce, he showed up again with two touchdowns against the Bills this week. Robinson has played like fantasy starter since his first opportunity to play against the Redskins during the teams' week three game on Monday night football. Audio: Laurent Robinson A Weekly Starter Going Forward It's likely that Miles ...

Marshawn Lynch @ Rams - What a season it's been for Marshawn Lynch fantasy owners, as we've watched him struggle out of the gates, to starting look like a viable runner, then being a game-time scratch against the Browns, and finally playing out of his mind over the past two weeks. After Lynch's back injury against the Browns, I was done with him after he admitted that Lynch had been bothered by the injury a ...

Frank Gore vs Buccaneers - Due to an ankle injury, the 49ers actually started rookie Kendall Hunter against the Eagles, but Frank Gore responded with 15 carries for 127 yards and a game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter. Gore will likely be on a pitch count again vs the Buccaneers, but he clearly showed big-play ability in Philadelphia and will face another beatable run defense at home. Hunter will ge ...

Darren McFadden vs Patriots - If you thought, Darren McFadden would struggle after a breakout year, think again, as the Raiders new super star has to be considered one of the true elite fantasy players around. McFadden looks even better than last year, and his 70-yard touchdown against the Jets was an impressive display of vision, foot work, and speed as he blew by the Jets secondary. Audio: Darren McFadden ...