Fav5 Week 17 Pickups

On 01.02.10, In Fantasy Football, by Ed Jones

It is the last week of regular season fantasy football. Some teams are fighting for playoff positions while some teams are fighting to help their star player get bigger stats. Since some teams are out of the playoffs and their star players are near milestone stats.

1. Fred Jackson Buf – He wants 1,000 yards rushing and he will get it. He has 850 yards right now. So that will give him 150 yards this Sunday. Especially considering he will be playing against the Colt’s second-teamers.

2. Chris Johnson Ten – He will get the ball early and often. He is just 128 rushing yards short of 2,000 yards. The man will do everything he can to win the MVP race.

3. Calvin Johnson Det – It doesn’t matter who throws him the ball. It could be Drew Stanton then Daunte Culpepper, oh wait that was last week’s game. And he still had 128 yards from scrimmage. He is their number 1 target and some could say their only target.

4. Vernon Davis SF – Last week he had a 2 yard touchdown reception that Alex Smith gift wraped to him. Expect to see more of the same this week. Antonio Gates holds the record with 13 touchdowns while Davis has 12 and wants the record badly.

5. Ray Rice Bal - He keeps getting big yardage games. He had 31 touches for 155 yards from scrimmage. The Ravens need him to play well if they want to get into the playoffs.

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