Week 13 of the NFL season, for some of you fantasy football players, is the final week of your regular season. For others, you may have one to two more weeks left in your season.
This week, you cannot afford to suffer a loss.
It’s why you have to start a player like Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch.
Lynch has been one of the best running backs in the NFL over the last five weeks. In those five games, he has five touchdowns and 467 yards. That has put Lynch as a Top 10 running back in fantasy football, and someone that is a must-start every single week.
This week against a struggling Philadelphia Eagles defense, Lynch will have another huge day where he rushes for over 100 yards with a touchdown.
On the year, the Eagles are giving up 110 yards per game to running backs. Against the Patriots last week, the Eagles gave up two rushing touchdowns to BenJarvus Green-Ellis. Before that game, Green-Ellis had zero touchdowns in his four previous games.
Start Lynch, as you can expect a huge day.
Carolina Panthers, DeAngelo Williams
Williams has struggled this year, but against a terrible rush defense from the Indianapolis Colts, Williams went off for 69 rushing yards and two touchdowns.
This week, Williams faces an even more terrible rush defense in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tampa Bay ranks 30th in the NFL in rushing defense, giving up 140 yards per game. Meanwhile, the Panthers are one of the better teams running the ball, averaging 135 yards per game.
Against the Colts last week, the Panthers rushed for 201 total yards with their three touchdowns coming from the run. Williams did have two of those scores to improve his total to three on the season.
Williams is a must-start this week against the Buccaneers and their bad run defense.
Miami Dolphins, Reggie Bush
It’s amazing, but Bush has been a must-start on fantasy rosters during the last five weeks.
Over his last five games, Bush has four touchdowns and 475 combined yards. He has been a double-digit fantasy performer in each those five games.
Bush has crept up into the Top 20 of fantasy running backs during this five-game stretch.
This week against the Oakland Raiders, he will go off for another big game. The Raiders come in with a defense that ranks 27th against the run, giving up 135 yards per game. What makes Bush an even bigger threat is his ability to be a factor in the passing game.
Bush will have a game where he rushes for 80-100 yards and has another five catches for 45-60 yards.
Tennessee Titans, Chris Johnson
Welcome back to fantasy football relevance, Mr. Johnson.
Before last week’s breakout game, Johnson was having an awful year. With his 23-carry, 190-yard performance, it has shot Johnson back into a must-start player on your roster.
This week, against a bad rushing defense in Buffalo, Johnson will continue his comeback as a relevant fantasy player.
The Bills have the 21st-ranked rushing defense, as they are giving up on average 124 yards per game to running backs. Last week, they were ripped apart by a struggling Jets offense for 138 total rushing yards. The week before that, Buffalo was torn apart by Miami’s running attack for 95 yards.
This week, you have to start CJ, as he will have another game of more than 120 rushing yards with a touchdown.
San Francisco 49ers, Frank Gore
Why should you start Gore this week? Two words, one team—St. Louis Rams.
The 49ers face the worst rushing defense in the Rams this week. This Rams team is so bad, they are giving up 159 yards per game to opposing running backs.
They were shredded by Dallas’ DeMarco Murray for 258 yards in Week 7. Last week, they gave up a huge day to the Arizona Cardinals’ Beanie Wells. Wells rushed 228 yards with a touchdown last week.
Gore has been a disappointment over the last couple of weeks. However, this game against the Rams will be a rebound game for the 49ers running back.
These running backs will carry you to a playoff-clinching victory this week. Start all five of these players, because they will rush for 100-plus yards with a touchdown or two.
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