Week 15 Fantasy Rankings: Chris Johnson and Fantasy Stiffs Worth a Start

If you made it this far with these fantasy duds on your team, it’s time to be rewarded for your fantasy faithfulness and enjoy a bountiful gathering of points.

Players like Chris Johnson and Cedric Benson have been duds for the better part of this season, but their sporadic output may be just enough to get you to the Promised Land this week.

Start the following players with confidence, and watch as the fantasy championships fall into your lap. Enjoy winning!

Chris Johnson—The Tennessee Titans will need a huge day out of their starting running back Chris Johnson with Matt Hasselbeck ailing. That’s where the Indianapolis Colts come in.

Despite being stifled the last time these teams played, Johnson has been rounding into the CJ2K form we were accustomed to from last season over the past few weeks.

There aren’t enough talented players left on that Colts defense to hold Johnson under 150 yards of total offense on Sunday.

Cedric Benson—After running the ball strong last week 21 times for 91 yards against arguably the toughest run defense in the NFL of the Houston Texans, it's onto the team giving up the most yards per game.

The St. Louis Rams are terrible against the run each and every week, and this week is no different. Benson will use and abuse that Rams defense.

With injuries to the Rams defense and Benson’s tough running, expect over 100 yards rushing with at least one touchdown. Cincinnati should destroy St. Louis.

Beanie Wells—Despite having one of the worst games of his career last week, fantasy owners should be starting Arizona Cardinals running back beanie Wells this week with confidence.

While his ever-hurting knee is always something to worry about, the Cardinals have shown time and again that they are willing to give the full workload to Wells.

When the Cardinals take on the eighth-worst run defense of the NFL in the Cleveland Browns this week, you should expect 22 carries for 115 yards and a score. Maybe even more.

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