Slowly but surely, CBSsportsline.com’s juggernaut Dave Richard is within my sights. With one or two solid weeks I could sit atop the fantasy pedestal next to our 2008 champ Jonathan Phillips of Roto Experts.  Read, win, repeat.

Quarterback
1. Drew Brees, New Orleans – Could have an epic performance (again) against the flailing Falcons.
2. Kurt Warner, Arizona
3. Matt Schaub, Houston
4. Donovan McNabb, Philadelphia – Despite the big win for the G-Men last week, the secondary is in shambles.
5. Philip Rivers, San Diego – Brady busted finger; Manning against a tough Broncos pass defense…. Rivers wins the shootout in Dallas.

Running Back
1. Chris Johnson, Tennessee – With Vince Young on the wrong side of questionable, his value actually may dip, but adding 5-10 more touches to his workload should help keep him in the top five. No matter – Can’t avoid this match up.
2. Thomas Jones, N.Y. Jets – Kellen Clemens under center doesn’t help, but against Tampa it won’t hurt either.
3. Ray Rice, Baltimore
4. Adrian Peterson, Minnesota
5. Jamaal Charles, Kansas City – Nobody circles running backs without tackling them like the Buffalo Bills.

Wide Receiver
1. Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona
2. Andre Johnson, Houston
3. Anquan Boldin, Arizona
4. DeSean Jackson, Philadelphia – Considered Colston, but Brees spreads the love too much. Jackson is McNabb’s only deep threat as evidenced by his six TDs all 35 yards or over… including a 54 yarder in their first meeting.
5. Wes Welker, New England – Moss draws Chris Gamble, allowing Welker to take advantage of the remaining Carolina scrubs. If Brady’s status changes for the worse between now and tomorrow morning, Colston will replace Welker.

Tight End
1. Antonio Gates, San Diego
2. Vernon Davis, San Francisco
3. Tony Gonzalez, Atlanta
4. Brent Celek, Philadelphia – Giants allowing 125 yards per game to TEs over the last month…. per game!
5. Jason Witten, Dallas

Kicker
1. Garrett Hartley, New Orleans
2. David Akers, Philadelphia
3. Rob Bironas, Tennessee – If V.Young is out, Bironas may fall in favor of Kaeding or Carpenter.
4. Billy Cundiff, Baltimore
5. Neil Rackers, Arizona

Defense
1. Baltimore
2. Green Bay
3. Tennessee
4. N.Y. Jets – Technically Pittsburgh was my #4 (lousy injured Polamalu)  dropping the Jets down one and the Saints out of the Top five.
5. New Orleans

Which one of these quarterbacks will have the most fantasy points?

Jason Campbell
Jay Cutler
Kyle Boeller
Ryan Fitzpatrick

Against the Chiefs, Fitz and T.O. will get back on track

Which one of these running backs will have the most fantasy points?

Knowshon Moreno
Brandon Jacobs
Jamaal Charles
Ryan Grant

No offense, Tito’s man crush.

Which one of these wide receivers will have the most fantasy points?

Lee Evans
Antonio Bryant
Santana Moss
Josh Morgan

Morgan has 12 receptions (on 16 targets), 99 yards and a TD the last two weeks. Opportunity knocks again against the Cardinals.

Which one of these defenses/special teams will have the most fantasy points?

Arizona
Washington
Tampa Bay
Cincinnati

Had the Redskins ready to roll this week, until the news of Haynesworth and Hall came through. Cardinals, who were impressive against the Vikings, move up accordingly.

Which one of these running backs will have the most fantasy points?

Matt Forte
Kevin Smith
Julius Jones
Cadillac Williams

It’s not that I like Jones, it’s that the others have dreadful match-ups. Even in a possible 60-40 split with Forsett against the Texans, I might drop Jones a bit in my rankings, but still keep him higher than the other three.

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