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 ...

Running Backs Evan Royster - With Roy Helu's injuries giving him problems partaking in full practices, Coach Mike Shanahan decided to hold him out and go with fellow rookie Evan Royster as the feature back. Royster responded with 132 yards rushing on nineteen carries against the Vikings defense. When it comes to Shanahan's zone blocking scheme, it's more a matter of whether Shanahan will settle on one tailb ...

Mailbag Questions 1. RB Help - Stevan Ridley, Ryan Torain 2. Tight End Help - Pettigrew, Keller 3. Lineup Advice - Blount, Graham, Starks Subject: RB Help Do you suggest hanging on to Ridley?? Is Torain a safe start, meaning he's going to get his carries? Non-ppr league, standard. Reply Hey Scott, I would hang on to Ridley for now. As for Torain, I have him as a top fifteen running back this week against th ...

Fred Jackson @ Giants - When things are going your way, they can really go your way as Fred Jackson's career year, as the Bills head out to face a Giants defense that gave up three touchdowns to Beanie Wells week four and close to one hundred yards and a score to Marshawn Lynch, last week. If those running backs can torch this group, what will arguably the best fantasy back of 2011 to do them? Jackson made ...

Shonn Greene vs Dolphins - While the Jets failed to beat the Patriots, it seems they left use some clues as to what Rex Ryan when he said, "Ground and Pound is Back" this past week. Shonn Greene carried the football 21 times for 81 yards and a touchdown score, and while those aren't earth shattering numbers the fact that the second running back in touches was a total of two by LaDainian Tomlinson, should te ...

Heading into the first bye weeks of the season, it's time for fantasy owners to focus on the depth of their squads, to add useful options, while regular starters are out. Week five we have the Cowboys, Browns, Rams, Dolphins and Ravens all out, which means many of you are likely looking for a running back to help out. WK 5 Rankings – QB | RB | WR | TE | K/D | Flex | DL | LB | DB | Start/Sit | Stevan Ridley ...

After receiving consistent questions about flex play decisions on our weekly mailbag, I've decided to list a weekly top flex play ranking article out each week to give you an idea of my top 75 options to start. I will have this list updated on Fridays as injuries and weekly news changes the outlook of many fantasy players around the league. These flex play rankings consist of running backs and wide receiver ...

Last season was a horrible disappointment for Beanie Wells as a late preseason knee injury forced him out of action to begin the season and contributed to a lack of success on the field. With the addition of Ryan Williams in the second round of this years' draft, many fantasy owners have written off Wells as a potential top twenty fantasy back of the future, but I'm not ready to give way to that thinking. W ...