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Week 17 Matchup: Cleveland at Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

Player Injury
Status
YTD Average
Fantasy Pts
Quarterbacks
Average 16.8ppg and CLE Allows 17.9ppg (+ 6%)
Ben Roethlisberger   17.8
Charlie Batch   9.5
Byron Leftwich   9.5
Bruce Gradkowski   1.2
Running Backs
Average 16.0ppg and CLE Allows 20.0ppg (+ 26%)
Jonathan Dwyer   6.5
Isaac Redman   5.5
LaRod Stephens-Howling   5.0
Baron Batch IR 2.0
Will Johnson   1.6
Wide Receivers
Average 21.5ppg and CLE Allows 25.5ppg (+ 19%)
Antonio Brown   8.5
Emmanuel Sanders   4.3
Plaxico Burress   3.4
Jerricho Cotchery   1.7
David Gilreath   0.2
Tight Ends
Average 9.2ppg and CLE Allows 6.2ppg ( -33%)
Heath Miller IR 8.6
Matt Spaeth   1.5
David Paulson   0.6
Kickers
Average 7.4ppg and CLE Allows 6.4ppg ( -13%)
Shaun Suisham   7.4
Defensive Linemen
Average 10.0ppg and CLE Allows 14.4ppg (+ 44%)
Brett Keisel   3.6
Steve Mclendon   2.3
Cameron Heyward   1.9
Al Woods   0.7
Linebackers
Average 27.0ppg and CLE Allows 24.2ppg ( -10%)
Lawrence Timmons   8.7
Larry Foote   7.2
LaMarr Woodley   5.0
Jason Worilds   4.1
Brian Rolle   2.0
Chris Carter IR 1.5
Defensive Backs
Average 27.3ppg and CLE Allows 28.4ppg (+ 4%)
Ryan Clark   7.3
Troy Polamalu   5.9
William Gay   5.1
Cortez Allen   5.0
Ike Taylor IR 3.8
Josh Victorian   3.7
Curtis Brown IR 2.3
Robert Golden   1.7

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Cleveland

Player Injury
Status
YTD Average
Fantasy Pts
Quarterbacks
Average 12.8ppg and PIT Allows 12.5ppg ( -3%)
Brandon Weeden   12.3
Thaddeus Lewis   11.5
Brian Hoyer   7.9
Jason Campbell   5.0
Running Backs
Average 16.7ppg and PIT Allows 13.8ppg ( -18%)
Trent Richardson Pro 13.6
Brandon Jackson   3.7
Montario Hardesty   3.5
Dion Lewis   2.6
Chris Ogbonnaya   2.0
Wide Receivers
Average 19.7ppg and PIT Allows 19.0ppg ( -4%)
Josh Gordon   6.9
Jordan Norwood IR 6.9
Davone Bess   6.4
Greg Little   5.6
Travis Benjamin   4.5
David Nelson IR 3.1
Josh Cooper   1.8
Tight Ends
Average 6.4ppg and PIT Allows 6.4ppg (+ 0%)
Gary Barnidge   2.8
Kellen Davis   2.5
Jordan Cameron   2.2
Brad Smelley   0.3
Kickers
Average 7.3ppg and PIT Allows 7.1ppg ( -2%)
Shayne Graham   8.6
Defensive Linemen
Average 21.1ppg and PIT Allows 18.3ppg ( -13%)
Ahtyba Rubin   3.8
Desmond Bryant   3.1
John Hughes   2.8
Billy Winn   2.8
Phil Taylor   2.4
Ishmaa'ily Kitchen   1.3
Linebackers
Average 20.9ppg and PIT Allows 23.1ppg (+ 11%)
D'Qwell Jackson   8.0
Craig Robertson   5.6
Paul Kruger   5.4
L.J. Fort   5.1
Jabaal Sheard   4.3
Quentin Groves   4.0
James-Michael Johnson IR 3.4
Emmanuel Stephens IR 2.3
Tank Carder   1.5
Defensive Backs
Average 31.0ppg and PIT Allows 31.2ppg (+ 0%)
Joe Haden   6.3
Buster Skrine   5.5
T.J. Ward IR 5.4
Christopher Owens   4.1
Tashaun Gipson   3.9
Raymond Ventrone   3.5
Eric Hagg   3.1
Trevin Wade   2.1

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