December 1, 2006, 3:40 PM

Week 13: Fantasy Matchups

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Engel By Scott Engel
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Every week, we preview all of the upcoming games from a fantasy perspective. To help you with lineup decisions, we give you matchups to exploit, some key starting choices and advice on whom to leave on your bench.

Arizona at St. Louis: The Cardinals continue to have a lot of trouble running the ball, so don't expect anything more than decent yardage numbers from Edgerrin James, who could score from short range. Matt Leinart will continue to throw a lot, which should translate into good numbers for Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin, but Leinart still has questionable decision-making skills under heavy pressure. He could be intercepted more than once and is not a good starting option. Steven Jackson will continue to be busy as both a runner and receiver and will take much pressure off Marc Bulger. Torry Holt has been quiet recently, but this is an ideal matchup for him to finally find the end zone again.
Start and Smile: Larry Fitzgerald, Anquan Boldin, Steven Jackson, Torry Holt
Watch and Worry: Matt Leinart

Atlanta at Washington: The way to attack the defenses of both teams is to focus on their secondaries, but neither side has a lot of weaponry. Michael Vick should hook up with TE Alge Crumpler often, and will post good overall numbers. Vick won't have an outstanding statistical day but he should throw more than one TD pass. You could start to see more of Jerious Norwood this week, but not enough to start him. Jason Campbell will be conservative, but effective again, and should rediscover Santana Moss. Ladell Betts will get a lot of work and should score from short range.
Start and Smile: Alge Crumpler, Ladell Betts
Watch and Worry: Warrick Dunn

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