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 ...

After a disappointing return last week, if you happened to make it to the Super Bowl this week, it's hard to sit Adrian Peterson this week. For what it's worth, while other players like Sam Bradford and Ben Roethlisberger are likely out after playing on ankle injuries, Peterson seemed to come out of the loss fine and according to Vikings beat-writer Tom Pelissero's on Tuesday; Peterson is now considered clo ...

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 ...

Start'em Tim Tebow vs. Patriots - If you've been rolling with Tim Tebow weekly, this is going to be a great week to have him as the Broncos get set for a huge game at home against the Patriots. Maybe Tebow won't have the success he had through the air a couple of weeks ago against the Vikings, but he should come close. With the playoffs in site, Denver's crowd will be rocking, and this should be a very fun ...

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 ...