FANTASY FOOTBALL IN-SEASON FEATURES

There's the obvious revenge factor, countered by the fact that Philly knows pretty much everything about McNabb. More importantly, there's a Philly secondary that allowed multiple TD tosses in its first two games (shutting out David Garrard on the road is nothing to be proud of). Wouldn't you take a chance on an angry QB with a favorable match-up?

Washington tight ends have scored in three of the last four meetings with Philly. In 2008 it was Cooley going off for 8-109-1; last year Cooley broke his leg in the first Eagles game, opening the door for Fred Davis to post 8-78-1 and 4-43-1. Philly has already allowed a 100-yard game to a tight end this season, and with Cooley essentially option 1A in the passing game he makes a solid play again this week.

Yet another soft matchup for Vick; only one team has allowed more passing yards than the Redskins. And while Washington has held two of the three quarterbacks they've faced to just one passing score, if you add in what Vick will do with his feet this should be yet another big fantasy outing.

On the surface it appears as if the Redskins haven't allowed much to running backs, but that's only because the opposing backfields' touches have been fractured. Dallas backs combined for 128 yards from scrimmage in the opener, Texans running backs (paced by Arian Foster's 138) totaled 172 combo yards, and the Rams RBs had success even after Steven Jackson went down in amassing 148 combo yards with two RB TDs. McCoy himself reached triple-digit yardage from scrimmage last season, so if Vick doesn't steal too many looks he makes a solid fantasy play.

Don't expect Anderson's 52% completion percentage to play well against a San Diego secondary that's held each of its first three opponents to just one passing TD.

Mike Sims-Walker has the only WR TD against the Chargers this year, and that took a bunch of throws in garbage time. Thankfully, Anderson throws a bunch at Fitzgerald—some of them even close enough for Larry to catch. You can't bench him, but there's little question Fitz's QB is putting a damper on his fantasy production.

With Steve Breaston out for at least a couple weeks with a knee injury and Early Doucet still banged up as well, Williams will be the guy running patterns opposite Fitzgerald. You know, the guy Derek Anderson ignores while throwing everything Larry's way.

The Cards haven't seen much in the way of quarterback talent, but that hasn't stopped them from giving up at least 225 yards and a TD in every game. Those could be halftime numbers for Rivers, who has taken this offense on his back and rolls in with three straight multiple touchdown efforts and at least 298 yards in every game.

Gates is essentially the Chargers No. 1 receiver and brings a three-game scoring streak into this tilt against a defense that just let Zach Miller go for 64 yards and a TD.

San Diego's defense has been nothing special, but with Derek Anderson missing the mark half the time there's at least a chance a Bolt could take one the other way.

The Giants have seen only one legit QB thus far this season, and Peyton Manning had his way with them to the tune of 255 and three. This may be the last time this comparison is ever made, but Cutler is much closer to Manning than either Matt Moore or Vince Young, so after an off week against the Pack expect him to bounce back with another set of the video game numbers a Mike Martz offense is known for.

Ignore Forte's rushing numbers; he contributes nothing there. This week he'll also find it tough to help in the passing game as the Giants have allowed only one RB to top 50 receiving yards in the last 21 games. He remains a must-start in PPR leagues, but in other formats he's on the fringe—his starting status salvaged only by the thinned talent pool of the first bye week.

Olsen won't put up the kind of yardage he did last year, but he's a red zone favorite of Cutler's and causes the same kinds of match-up problems that allowed Dallas Clark to score against the Giants earlier this season.

The Bears have allowed two straight quarterbacks to top 300 yards, but held both to a single touchdown; Manning is fresh off a 386-yard effort in which he failed to find the end zone. He's a tough start in a TD-heavy league, but all those 300s suggest he'll be a big-time helper in yardage-heavy leagues.

No team has given up fewer RB rushing yards than the Bears, but that may be because no team has had fewer rushing attempts against them than the Bears. Bradshaw has been plenty productive with subdued carry totals (20, 17, 15) and brings a little something to the table as a receiver as well. It's not a great match-up, but nothing the Bears are doing defensively demands that you take Bradshaw out of your fantasy mix.

In each of the past two games the Bears have allowed three opposing receivers to either top 50 yards or score. With so little separating the Giants' receivers—Smith is the most targeted and has the most catches, Manningham has the most yards and has been the most consistent, and Nicks has four of Big Blue's five WR TDs—none are great plays, but all are at least good fantasy starts this week.

Last year Brady blasted Miami for 332 and 352 yards; his yardage totals have been down a bit thus far this season, but he does have multiple TD tosses in each of his three games—all against top 10 pass defenses from 2009. And while Miami currently ranks among the tougher defenses against the pass, the only quarterback the Dolphins have held under 225 yards this season just got cut. No reason to sit Brady this week, unless you're really not a fan of the hair or the Comcast commercials.

Miami has allowed RB TDs in back-to-back games, and the Pats have a history of cobbling together ground-game success against the Dolphins; last year Laurence Maroney posted 20-82-1 in the front end of the season series, while three backs combined for 25-96-1 in the rematch. BJGE has been the Patriots' feature back of late, but that could change on a whim; last week Danny Woodhead saw some work and scored a TD, as did Green-Ellis. You're taking a risk any time you put a Patriots back in your fantasy lineup, but this week the reward suggests it's probably worth it.

Henne is coming off a 363 and 2 showing against a very good Jets defense, so a young New England secondary that's already given up multiple TD games to Carson Palmer, Mark Sanchez, and Ryan Fitzpatrick should feel like a breath of fresh air. Henne lit up the Pats for 335 and two in the back end of last season's series and should at minimum put up solid bye-week plug-in numbers here.

Remember when the Dolphins unleashed the Wildcat on an unsuspecting Patriots defense and Brown rolled up 113 yards and four TDs? Since then he's had just 85 total rushing yards in two games. Brown is still ceding just enough carries to Ricky Williams that his yardage even in softer match-ups isn't much fantasy help, so he's at best a fringe starter here.

Like Brown, Williams has been bottled up since contributing his own 16-98 to the Wildcat game, with 129 rushing yards and a score in three meetings with the Patriots. If Brown's share of the load isn't enough to make him a fantasy play, Ricky's lesser share won't be much help, either.

Marshall put up 8-64-2 on the Patriots last season as a member of the Broncos, so he knows his way around the New England secondary. And considering the Pats have allowed the third-most WR receptions this season and already given up 159 and 1 to Chad Ochocinco and TDs to Braylon Edwards, Jerricho Cotcher, and Steve Johnson—all bigger, more physical receivers, much like Edwards—there's little reason to expect Marshall to settle for much less than a redux of those Denver numbers.

Fasano scored last week and the Patriots have given up two TE TDs already this year, so if you're really in a bind you could stretch for fantasy help here. But Fasano is used so infrequently that you're bound to find a better opportunity elsewhere.