Week 13 Fantasy Picks

Just 2 weeks left for people to make a push towards the playoffs, so this is most likely a very big week for people on the bubble and every roster spot will be crucial.  For last week, I missed big on a few as Case Keenum and Ben Tate were about as bad as it gets for Houston against a bad Jags defense.  Phillip Rivers, who I did not like, was able to get it going as Hali and Houston, KC's best 2 pass rushers were injured and forced to leave the game early.  Antonio Brown was able to have a decent first half and then was held to one catch in the second, but I still missed on that one.  Bobby Rainey and Ray Rice were not factors last week, which were ones that we did hit on as were Lacey and Kaepernick, who had pretty good games as well.  Greg Olson kept it going as he scored, which is almost becoming a weekly occurrence.  Now, it is time to turn the page and see if we can help make that playoff push.

Quarterbacks

Palmer is starting to make it look
the good old days.  Today should
be one of those days as well.

Carson Palmer, welcome back after some time off this list.  Palmer has put together some good games and
is now traveling to the East coast to face the league's worst pass defense.  Should be able to replicate those numbers he has been putting up.

Alex Smith, I think Andy Reid liked what he saw last week out of Smith and knows that he is going to have to let him loose to keep up with Denver.  This could be a good option as they are at home and DRC will be a game time decision and Champ is still out. 

Josh McCown, playing against a bad Minnesota pass defense, he should keep it going with a lot of great options to throw to for Chicago in the dome at Minnesota.

Running Backs

C.J. Spiller/Fred Jackson, who knows who will get the majority of the carries, but they are playing against a bad Atlanta run defense, so Jackson should be a definite go and Spiller should be more of a desperation as we still don't know how they will use him.

Rashad Jennings/Darren McFadden, not sure if McFadden will be going, but start whoever is dressed tomorrow as they will be doing plenty of running against Dallas' porous defense, especially if Sean Lee still can't go.

Ben Tate/Dennis Johnson, follow the trend and start any running back against New England.  Since Mayo and Wilfork have been down, they have not been able to stop anybody. They are stating that Tate will get the start, but who knows after last week's terrible performance.

Desperation

Donald Brown,  is now getting the start as Trent Richardson has been benched for this week.  Turned in a good performance with 80 yards and 2 touchdowns, the last time Indy played Tennessee.  He has also been catching passes out of the backfield, which is a bonus for PPR leagues.

Stay Away

Bobby Rainey, two weeks in a row for this guy as he faces another tough matchup in Carolina.  Rainey is not good enough to start against a good defense as evidenced from last week.

Eddie Lacy, tough to bench Lacy as he has been doing very well, but Detroit and a motivated Ndamukong Suh are going to do everything in their power to let Flynn beat them tomorrow.

Wide Receivers

Alshon Jeffrey, playing on the other side of Marshall helps a lot and this week, it will help even more that Minnesota will be facing him.  Trestman likes to have his offense throwing the ball a lot, which means there are plenty of targets to go around.

Green Bay Receivers, does not matter which one you would like to pick, they should all put up decent days as the Lions focus on stopping the run as they don't realize that this is now a passing league.  Start each of these receivers with out worry.

Victor Cruz, should have another decent day as the Giants desperately need this win.  Now that the running game is going for New York, the Redskins are going to have a very hard time stopping Eli and company.

Desperation

Denarius Moore/Rod Streater, playing against the Dallas defense and Oakland may need to score a lot of points to keep up with Dallas.  Take your pick and hope for the best.  It seems McGloin like Streater better but you never know with this team.

Michael Floyd, coming off 2 good games, there is a chance that he is turning the corner towards being a consistently good receiver.  It helps that Philly will be on the other side of him this week, so look for him to possibly keep it going.

Roddy White, I am going to give Roddy another go as eventually they are going to take advantage of this talented receiver.  Today may be the day for Mr. White.