QB Start: Matt Schaub, Houston Texans After failure to live up to the pre-season hype, Schaub has been forgotten in many fantasy circles. This could prove costly.  In his last three starts he's completed 66 percent of his passes, thrown five touchdowns against zero interceptions, averaged just shy of 250-yards

Toby Gerhart, RB – Minnesota Vikings (16 percent owned)With Adrian Peterson suffering from a sprained ankle that was “unbearable,” rookie battering ram Toby Gerhart could be in for a huge day when the Vikings host Buffalo, owners of the league’s worst run defense (167 yards per game).   Even if Peterson

Tonight is truly a historic match-up. Two teams battling for the first overall pick AND to only be one game out of the division lead after 11 games.  The people at ESPN must be going apoplectic trying to sell advertising revenue. Things being what they are, the winner of this

New England Patriots at Detroit Lions As more than one commentator has noticed, the Patriots are employing the same game plan that made them the dominant team for the first part of the 21st century. They are spreading the ball around to a bunch of unsung heroes on offense; have

WR Start: Mario Manningham, New York Giants The Giants wide receiver position has been ravaged by injuries. With Hakeem Nicks and Steve Smith out, Manningham will get a major boost in targets, and defensive attention.  Even with a full compliment of wideouts Manningham received 55 targets, and his rapport with

Mike Goodson, RB – Carolina Panthers (33 percent owned) Back to back weeks with a 100 yard rusher is nothing new for the Carolina Panthers – doing that without their top two backs is.   After a solid game at Tampa that was attributed to a soft matchup, Goodson impressed

Victor Martinez Is Headed To Detroit The Detroit Tigers continued their aggressive offseason approach today by adding Victor Martinez to their roster for a reported 50 million dollars over four years.  Martinez is obviously a huge upgrade for the Tigers over Gerald Laird and Alex Avila, although Avila will have

Tonight's Monday Night clash is a big game for both teams, a win by SD keeps them just one game off the division lead, a Denver win means both teams are two games back.  As usual San Diego seems to get better as the season progresses, they've won 7 straight November

It’s so long, farewell and adieu to DeAngelo Williams.  The pint-sized running back from Memphis University went Kyle Orton two years ago, blowing everyone’s expectations away. His 20 touchdown performance in 2008 landed him in the top tier of fantasy backs.  Williams went in the first and second rounds of

Every week there’s that one guy that comes from nowhere to score big numbers.  And when I mean nowhere, I mean he wasn’t on anyone’s team, on anyone’s projections or in anyone’s crystal ball.   This column started out by highlighting players owned by less than 50 percent of Y!