Demaryius Thomas @ Patriots - After being the top receiver taken at the 2010 draft, injuries have plagued Demaryius Thomas and limited his ability to flash the skills that had many hyped about his NFL prospects coming out of Georgia Tech. While Thomas took over fellow receiver Eric Decker's role as Tim Tebow's number one receiver a month ago, it was his dominant performance against Ike Taylor on Sunday that ...

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 ...

Victor Cruz vs. Cowboys - While fellow top receivers like Calvin Johnson, Jordy Nelson and Roddy White could fall victim to a short workweek because their teams are headed for the playoffs, second year standout Victor Cruz and the Giants will be fighting for their playoff lives, on Sunday Night against the Cowboys. While Cruz had a couple of average games against the Cowboys and Redskins in recent weeks, he ...

Jeremy Maclin @ Cowboys - After suffering a minor setback to his hamstring injury against the Dolphins, Jeremy Maclin came back against the Jets to finish second on the team in targets with five and totaled three receptions for 57 yards. More importantly, Coach Andy Reid confirmed that Maclin finished the game without re-aggravating his hammy. In what should be a better matchup against the Cowboys, Maclin i ...

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 ...

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 ...

Julio Jones @ Saints - In recent weeks rookie receiver Julio Jones has proven to be the Falcons new top big-play threat. This was what the Falcons had hoped for when they traded up to select him in the first round, and now fantasy owners should view him as a top ten play this week. Maybe it was just garbage time, but if you go back and look at some of the receptions, Jones was making in the fourth quarter a ...

Jabar Gaffney @ Giants - If you're like me than you have a hard time buying into believing in Jabar Gaffney as an option to trust with your playoff life on the line, but Gaffney has earned WR-3 trust, with this play of late. While Santana Moss had the big touchdown reception last week, it was on a trick play where receiver Brandon Banks found him open on blown coverage. Gaffney on the other hand, has proven ...

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 ...

Quarterbacks Jake Locker - For the second time in the last month Jake Locker stepped in to play significant time as Matt Hasselbeck fell to injury. This time, Locker almost led his team back to a victory at the last minute. Not only did Locker play a good game he had a solid fantasy stat-line with 282 yards passing, a touchdown pass to go with 36-yards rushing and a sweet 6-yard touchdown run. At this point ...