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 ...

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 ...

Steve Smith vs. Falcons - The Falcons did a respectable job against Steve Smith week six as he posted a mire five receptions for 66 yards, but things could be different this time. Atlanta has struggled against the vertical passing game for most of the year, and with corner back Brent Grimes sidelined for at least a few weeks, Smith will have opportunities. Even a gimpy Andre Johnson hooked up with third-str ...

Chris Johnson vs. Saints - Hopefully, you showed patience in Chris Johnson and didn't trade him away earlier in the season, because he's clearly back to being the player we remembered from years ago. Many of you that drafted Johnson have likely had a hard road to the playoffs, but if you've survived this long, you're in position to do some damage. With Johnson showing his old burst in the secondary and the ...

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, ...

LeGarrette Blount vs. Panthers - It took a couple of games for LeGarrette Blount to return to form after returning from a knee injury, but this big running back has been a stud of late. Two weeks ago we saw Blount rip off one of the more impressive touchdown of the season across the NFL, and last week he busted out one of his trademark hurdles over corner back Jason McCourty on his way to a 35-yard receptio ...

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' ...