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Welcome back to Fantasy Checkup, where our medical professionals provide us analysis of significant injuries that could affect your fantasy lineups. Come back each Friday to hear what Brion Gardner, the staff orthopedist at Camp Lejeune, and Mackie Shilstone Executive Director of The Fitness Principles have to say about each week's injury report.

There's no consensus for the best wide receiver play this week. Some names at top include Vincent Jackson, DeSean Jackson, Andre Johnson, Calvin Johnson and Larry Fitzgerald and Santonio Holmes.

Here's the top five from 10 of the best sites on the Web:

KFFL: Vincent Jackson, Brandon Marshall, Larry Fitzgerald, Reggie Wayne, Randy Moss.

Fantasy Guru: Andre Johnson, Wayne, Hines Ward, Fitzgerald, Wes Welker.

FFToolbox: DeSean Jackson, Fitzgerald, Johnson, Marshall, Moss.

FFToday: Andre Johnson, Fitzgerald, Wayne, Donald Driver, DeSean Jackson.

FFJungle: Fitzgerald, Andre Johnson, Moss, Chad Ochocinco, Wayne.

RotoWire: Andre Johnson, Fitzgerald, Wayne, Moss, Marques Colston.

Bruno Boys: Johnson, Fitzgerald, Moss, Wayne, Vincent Jackson.

Junkyard Jake: Andre Johnson, Fitzgerald, Colston, Wayne, Steve Smith.

Hatty Waiver Wire Guru: Holmes, Ward, Wayne, Sidney Rice, Fitzgerald.

Fantasy Sharks: Calvin Johnson, Rice, Andre Johnson, Wayne, Anquan Boldin.

Maurice Jones-Drew tops the list of best running back plays this week, with a few votes also going to Chris Johnson and Adrian Peterson.

Here are the top five projections from 10 of the most-visited fantasy sites on the Web:

Fantasy Guru: Jones-Drew, Peterson, Johnson, Steven Jackson, Ray Rice.

FFToolbox: Johnson, Jones-Drew, Peterson, Rice, Jackson.

RotoWire: Peterson, Jones-Drew, Johnson, Jackson, Rice.

Yahoo: Jones-Drew, Peterson, Johnson, Rice, Jackson.

ESPN: Jones-Drew, Johnson, Peterson, Jackson, Rice.

Fantasy Football Jungle: Johnson, Jones-Drew, Peterson, Jackson, Ricky Williams.

KFFL: Jones-Drew, Jackson, Peterson, Rice, Johnson.

Bruno Boys: Jones-Drew, Johnson, Peterson, Jackson, Rashard Mendenhall.

FFToday: Johnson, Jones-Drew, Rice, Jackson, Peterson.

Walter Football: Peterson, Jones-Drew, Johnson, Jackson, Rice.

Drew Brees has a favorable matchup against Tampa Bay, and he's the top quarterback play this week according to most fantasy experts. Here's a roundup of the top five quarterbacks to start from 10 go-to fantasy Web sites.

Fantasy Guru: Peyton Manning, Kurt Warner, Drew Brees, Tom Brady, Brett Favre.

FFToolbox: Aaron Rodgers, Ben Roethlisberger, Brees, Favre, Brady.

FFToday: Brees, Warner, Rodgers, Manning, Donovan McNabb.

Bruno Boys: Brees, Brady, Manning, Roethlisberger, Favre.

KFFL: Favre, Brees, Rodgers, Brady, Manning.

Yahoo: Brees, Rodgers, Manning, Brady, Matt Schaub.

NFL.com: Brees, Brady, Manning, Schaub, Rodgers.

ESPN: Brees, Manning, Brady, Warner, Rodgers.

Rotowire: Brees, Manning, Brady, Favre, Schaub.

Fantasy Football Jungle: Brady, Schaub, Warner, Brees, Manning.

Injuries to Ronnie Brown, Michael Turner and Cedric Benson have sent fantasy owners scrambling to fill significant vacancies on their rosters, making this week probably the busiest of the season on the waiver wire.

Here are recommendations from some go-to sites on the Web:

Fantasy Guru: Jason Snelling, Justin Forsett, Chris Chambers, Sammy Morris, Jamaal Charles.

FFToolbox's Deep League Pickups: Josh Freeman, Rock Cartwright, Bernard Scott, Sammy Morris, Robert Meachem.

FFToday's Through the Wire: Jamal Lewis, Scott, Darren McFadden, Forsett, Michael Bush, Larry Johnson.

Bruno Boys: Bush, Charles, Forsett, Scott, Snelling.

Fantasy Football Jungle: Forsett, Johnson, Jake Delhomme, Jason Avant.

The Hazean: Snelling, Forsett, LeSean McCoy.

Chris Johnson led the way among the highest rated running backs entering Week 10, surpassing his projection by almost 10 points.

That's especially significant because Johnson was projected for 25.4 points as the top running back play this weekend, according to Fantasy Football Nerd's list.

Here's your top 10:

1. Johnson 25.4/35
2. Ray Rice: 22.5/15
3. Adrian Peterson: 22/26
4. Michael Turner: 19.3/11
5. Frank Gore: 17.1/18
6. Maurice Jones-Drew: 16.8/20
7. Steven Jackson: 16.7/23
8. Thomas Jones: 16.3/13
9. Pierre Thomas: 16.2/3
10. DeAngelo Williams: 14.8/12

Jones-Drew deserves special recognition for his apology to fantasy owners who started him after kneeling on a run that was sure to be a touchdown. The strategy worked as Jacksonville kicked a field goal with three seconds to play, leaving no time on the clock in a 24-22 win against the New York Jets.

Outside of the top 10, Ladell Betts was the biggest overachiever. He was projected for seven points and finished with 17 as the replacement for Clinton Portis, who may not get back on the field this season.

If you had a projected top 10 wide receiver this week, you most likely were disappointed. Only Reggie Wayne and Randy Moss exceeded expectations, while the rest of the top 10 underperformed.

Here are the projection vs. production results from Fantasy Football Nerd's top 10 for Week 10:

1. Larry Fitzgerald: 16/13
2. Wayne: 14/24
3. Marques Colston: 13.8/1
4. Vincent Jackson: 13.8/1
5. Moss: 13.4/29
6. Hines Ward: 12.2/2
7. Chad Ochocinco: 11.9/2
8. DeSean Jackson: 11.6/9
9. Roddy White: 11.5/9
10. Wes Welker: 11.4/9

The list of underachievers is especially crowded this week at wide receiver, with Colston, Vincent Jackson, Ward and Ochocinco all narrowly avoiding the dreaded fantasy collar. Other underperfomers included Miles Austin, whose two points were well below his projection of 10.7.

The biggest overachiever outside the top 10 was Brandon Marshall, who was projected for 9.2 points but accounted for 25.

Sidney Rice also continued to make a case as an elite WR1 with 201 receiving yards, good for 20 fantasy points. Rice was projected to score 10.7.

The top projected quarterbacks for the most part didn't disappoint, with all but three exceeding expectations.

As usual the top 10 come from Fantasy Football Nerd's aggregate projections. Here's the list, with projected points followed by actual points.

1. Drew Brees: 24.6/20
2. Peyton Manning: 20/37
3. Ben Roethlisberger: 20/7
4. Aaron Rodgers: 19.4/20
5. Brett Favre: 18.6/19
6. Kurt Warner: 18.6/25
7. Tom Brady: 18.6/33
8. Philip Rivers: 17.9/21
9. Tony Romo: 17.3/17
10. Donovan McNabb: 17/30

The biggest overachievers were Manning, which is a remarkable accommplishment considering he was the No. 2 rated quarterback this week, along with Brady and McNabb.

Speaking of Manning and Brady, Sunday night's game was as good as it gets for fantasy players who own either player. Manning was his usual brilliant self, and Brady clearly is back in 2007 form after a slow start recovering from knee surgery last season.

Meantime, Roethlisberger, perhaps the only other quarterback who deserves mention with Manning and Brady as the best quarterbacks in the NFL, was the biggest underachiever with 174 yards and no touchdowns. It was Roethlisberger's first game without a touchdown pass.

Welcome back to Fantasy Checkup, where our medical professionals provide us analysis of significant injuries that could affect your fantasy lineups. Come back each Friday to hear what Brion Gardner, the staff orthopedist at Camp Lejeune, and Mackie Shilstone Executive Director of The Fitness Principles have to say about each week's injury report.

Chris Johnson beats out Adrian Peterson as the best running back play this weekend according to the average ranking of 10 of the most popular fantasy sites. Johnson leads the NFL in rushing, and he's facing the league's worst run defense in Buffalo.

Peterson has a favorable matchup against Detroit, but it's not nearly as good as Johnson. The Lions rank 17th against the run.

Here's the top five from those 10 sites. Click on the respective links for each site's complete rankings.

RotoWire: Johnson (vs. BUF), Peterson (at DET), Ray Rice (at CLE), Maurice Jones-Drew (at NYJ), Thomas Jones (vs. JAX).

Fantasy Guru: Johnson, Peterson, Michael Turner (at CAR), Williams, Rice.

FFToolbox: Peterson, Johnson, Ray, Jones-Drew, Turner.

FFToday: Johnson, Rice, Peterson, Williams, Steven Jackson.

Yahoo: Peterson, Johnson, Rice, Turner, Jones-Drew.

KFFL: Johnson, Rice, Peterson, Jones, Williams.

Bruno Boys: Johnson, Rice, Turner, Peterson, Frank Gore (vs. CHI).

Walter Football: Johnson, Peterson, Williams, Rice, Jones-Drew.

Fantasy Football Jungle: Peterson, Johnson, Rice, Turner, Williams.

ESPN: Johnson, Peterson, Rice, Turner, Williams.

Larry Fitzgerald is the top wide receiver play this week among 10 popular fantasy football sites. Fitzgerald faces the 17th-ranked pass defense in Seattle, which has given up 12 passing touchdowns. That's tied for eighth most.

KFFL: Fitzgerald, Randy Moss, Wes Welker, Vincent Jackson, Reggie Wayne.

Walter Football: Fitzgerald, Wayne, Moss, Jackson, Colston.

Fantasy Football Jungle: Colston, Moss, Fitzgerald, Wayne, Jackson.

Bruno Boys: Fitzgerald, Colston, Moss, Jackson, Wayne.

ESPN: Fitzgerald, Moss, Wayne, Colston, Jackson.

Yahoo: Fitzgerald, Colston, Wayne, Moss, Jackson.

NFL.com: Fitzgerald, Wayne, Moss, Jackson, Colston.

CBS Sports (Jamey Eisenberg): Fitzgerald, Moss, Colston, Jackson, MIles Austin.

FFToolbox: Fitzgerald, Wayne, Moss, Brandon Marshall, Welker.

RotoWire: Fitzgerald, Wayne, Jackson, Moss, Austin.