Just when we thought we knew all there was to learn about the Packers offense…they discover a running game. Ryan Grant shredded the Raiders for 85 rushing yards and a pair of touchdowns. So far this season, Green Bay’s RBs had been a non-factor. But with James Starks out of action, Grant could have some value. Especially with a game at Kansas City next week. Where has the Bills’ offense gone? At the start of the year, they were one of the top offensive outfits in the league, led by Ryan Fitzpatrick, Fred Jackson and Stevie Johnson. They started to decline midway through the year, but fell off a cliff after Jackson’s injury. Sunday, they posted just 281 yards of total offense [...]

Jay Cutler>‘s absence has led to panic in Bears Nation. The feeling is neatly captured in “Cutty Come Back,” a parody song that would make “Weird” Al Yankovic proud.

Adrian Peterson is a game-time decision for Minnesota this week, meaning fantasy owners should stay on alert in case he plays. And have a contingency plan ready in case he doesn’t.

Amid a recent rash of YouTube footage depicting young people in various states of disrepair over the failures of the Vikings, Jets and Eagles — we catch wind of this.

Watching tape in preparation for the Giants this weekend, Rob Ryan has to be licking his lips or plucking his gray beard; however excitement manifests with the Cowboys defensive coordinator, he must have shown plenty of it after seeing New York’s situation at offensive tackle.

With both Laurent Robinson and Miles Austin back at Cowboys practice, Robinson’s fantasy value is in flux. But fantasy owners could do worse than to take a chance on Robinson for another week.

When Cam Newton was taken No. 1 overall in April, all eyes were focused on him. Analysts wanted to know whether he was just a one-year wonder at Auburn, a product of a spread system, an athlete with only a slight grasp of the passing game. Throughout the 2011 season, with every “Superman” celebration, after 26 touchdowns, he has proven those questions to be mute.

The Peyton Manning-less Colts’ 0-12 record and their anticipated use of a first-round draft pick on a quarterback has brought us to this: How difficult would it be for the team to trade the four-time NFL MVP?

“Playbook” analysts Solomon Wilcots, Joe Theismann and Brian Baldinger make their picks for Week 14.

Elliot Harrison and Michael Fabiano talk fantasy matchups for Week 14 and are joined by special guest Kurt Warner to talk quarterbacks who are dominating in 2011. In Hour Two, Fabiano and Harrison go back to the fantasy cantina to discuss RB and WR sits and starts for your fantasy playoff squad.

Now that the fantasy playoffs are here, Jason Smith says it’s time to go with the quarterbacks you’re familiar with.

Several big name fantasy players are trying to fight their way back from injuries to play in Week 14, but fantasy owners should be wary of all of them.

Some casual observers might view Thursday night’s matchup between the Browns and Steelers, on paper, as a lopsided affair.

The “Cover Two Podcast” delivers a lot of football talk by football people with weekly guests from around the NFL. We flipped things this week and were joined by hip-hop legend Malik “Phife Dawg” Taylor of the iconic group A Tribe Called Quest.

While watching film with Joe Theismann this week, he wondered what Aaron Rodgers’ completion percentage would be if you took dropped passes out the equation. Drops, throwaways, and spikes are all incompletions that a QB is usually not responsible for. What would happen if we took these out of the equation? The result was what we call a “True QBR” rating.