Week 15: Pickups of the Week

TE Jermichael Finley, ---

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Finley is coming off of consecutive 70+ yard receiving games. He's made 22 catches in the past four weeks and has become Aaron Rodgers' target of choice. It's really not surprising that Finley's success coincides with the Packers' turn around. Earlier in the season, Rodgers would hold onto the football forever while looking to hit the home run down field. This meant lots of sacks, and little production for a certain wildly talented tight end. Thankfully, things have turned around. Rodgers seems to have wised up and Finley is showing some definite promise, while immensely boosting his 2010 fantasy draft value. Finley's per game stats are comparable to some of the best players at his position and his ability to break down elite defenses (seven catches, 79 yards and two TDs against Baltimore in week 13; six catches, 128 yards and a TD against Minnesota in week 4) makes him a tantalizing fantasy play against the once-elite Steelers this Sunday.

Houston

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The Rams are this year's Detroit Lions -- punchline to the league's (current) longest running joke. The Keith Null garbage time TD pass aside, St.Louis was thoroughly shut down by the Titans last week, just as they were thoroughly shut down by Chicago the week before... ...and by Seattle before that, and Arizona before that, etcetera, etcetera. Yep, a game against the Rams remains the best thing that can happen to an opposing defense. The Texans, this week's lucky lottery winners, have been improving lately and are coming off a veritable curb-stomping of the Seattle Seahawks. With Cushing, Ryans, Williams and Pollard leading the way, this is an imposing up-and-coming squad that should be in top form to roll over the NFL's whipping boys in week 15.

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