As fantasy leagues head into the playoffs, Jason Smith looks at garbage points — those points that come late in lopsided games — and how useful they can be in the pursuit of a fantasy championship.

Kevin Kolb could return for Arizona this week, which might not be good news for Larry Fitzgerald.

In the NFL, defensive coordinators wish stopping a team was as simple as stopping one guy.

In the latest Three and out: Miles Austin could be gone awhile, Ryan Mathews could be back soon and Frank Gore is uncertain.

Ahmad Bradshaw is out indefinitely, Willis McGahee is no lock to return Sunday while it’s anyone’s guess when Felix Jones will be back.

There’s no question that DeMarco Murray should be the starter for the Cowboys.

With injured starter Felix Jones out, DeMarco Murray had a chance to step up and seized the opportunity in the biggest of ways, setting a franchise record with 253 rushing yards on 25 carries.

Friday is the last chance to have your say in who wins top honors for last weekend’s games by voting for the NFL’s Hardest Working Man award, the Rookie of the Week, Air & Ground Player of the Week, and Never Say Never Moment of the Week.

The Cincinnati Bengals’ trade of disgruntled quarterback Carson Palmer to the Oakland Raiders on Tuesday stands as one of the biggest draft-day deals in NFL history.

An injury to Jason Campbell has the Raiders searching for a new QB; the Cowboys could be shuffling their backfield in the wake of an injury to Felix Jones; and Jahvid Best could miss more time with another concussion.

The latest entry in the “Stand by Your Embattled Quarterback” movement comes courtesy of Jason Witten.

As we will highlight in our “Tale of the Tape” this week — the Giants versus the Bills — we take particular interest in if and how a defense can get to the quarterback.

We enjoyed bantering with you all with our LeBron James conversation. Now, we’ll return the favor by answering a few of your mailbag questions.

Joseph Addai is the latest fantasy back to suffer a hamstring injury, meaning fantasy owners will once again need to shuffle their lineups.

Twitter-nation wasn’t shy about asking questions this week.