Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
San Diego Chargers Rank  Player Projections QB 7 Philip Rivers Pass: 270, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0  RB 20 Mike Tolbert Rush: 60, 0 TD Rec: 2-20, 0  RB 27 Ryan Mathews Rush: 50, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0 WR 11 Malcom Floyd Rec: 6-90, 1 TD  WR 39 Vincent Jackson Rec: 3-40, 0 TD  WR 72 Vincent Brown Rec: 2-30, 0 TD TE 4 Antonio Gates Rec: 5-60, 1 TD K 4 Nick Novak FG: 3/3 XP: 2/2 DEF 28 Defense / ST   View all Week 17 Rankings or Projections		Oakland Raiders Rank  Player Projections QB 12 Carson Palmer Pass: 260, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0 RB 5 Michael Bush Rush: 90, 1 TD Rec: 4-30, 0 RB 45 Marcel Reece Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0 WR 20 Denarius Moore Rec: 6-80, 1 TD WR 23 Darrius Heyward-Bey Rec: 5-80, 1 TD WR 85 T.J. Houshmandzadeh Rec: 1-20, 0 TD TE 28 Kevin Boss Rec: 3-30, 0 TD K 6 Sebastian Janikowski FG: 2/2 XP: 3/3 DEF 17 Defense / ST

Chargers Club has won 6 of past 7 at Oak... QB Philip Rivers (4,314) needs 186 passing yards to join DAN FOUTS ('80-81), WARREN MOON ('90-91), PEYTON MANNING ('09-10) & DREW BREES ('10-11) as only players with 4,500+ passing yards in consecutive seasons... For career, Rivers is 25-3 (.893) as starter in Dec./Jan. Is 4-1 as starter at Oak. & has 7 TDs vs. 3 INTs & 95.9 passer rating... RB Ryan Mathews (1,091) reached 1,000 rush yards for 1st time in career. RB Mike Tolbert (19) needs 1 rush TD to reach 20 career... Last week, TE Antonio Gates (588) surpassed HOFer CHARLIE JOINER (586) for most catches in franchise history. Has 9 career TD catches vs. Raiders... WR Vincent Jackson (1,077) needs 91 rec. yards to surpass career-best of 1,167 in '09. WR Malcom Floyd averages 20.3 yards per catch in '11 (36 catches, 729 yards). Rookie WR Vincent Brown had career-best in catches (5) & receiving yards (97) in only meeting vs. Raiders... LB Shaun Phillips has 11.5 career sacks vs. Raiders, most vs. any team.

Raiders Club has won 10 of past 12 against AFC West opponents... In 4 career starts vs. SD, QB Carson Palmer has completed 88 of 123 passes (71.5 pct.) for 1,322 yards with 11 TDs vs. 2 INTs & 129.5 passer rating. Palmer averages 333.3 passing yards per game at home as starter with Raiders... In last game vs. SD, RB Michael Bush had 242 scrimmage yards (157 rush, 85 rec.), most by Raider since '63 (ART POWELL, 247 on 12/22/63). Bush (911) needs 89 rush yards to reach 1,000 for 1st time in career... WR Darrius Heyward-Bey has career-best in catches (55), receiving yards (845) & TDs (3) in '11. Heyward-Bey is averaging 101 receiving yards per game in past 3. Rookie WR Denarius Moore had 123 receiving yards & career-high 2 TD catches in only meeting vs. Chargers. Had career-long 61-yard TD reception last week... LB Kamerion Wimbley had career-high 4 sacks in last game against SD... S Matt Giordano has career-best 4 INTs in '11. Had INT against Chargers in Week 10.