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Here we are folks, Week 16!

For many of you this is Championship week and if you have made it this far, Congrats!

This week make sure to get Pat Angerer back in your lineups. He was slwoing down recently and even missed a full game a couple weeks ago with a knee injury. However, he came back solid against Baltimore and then very strong last week against Tennessee. This week he plays a Houston team that will run, run, run. Angerer should approach double digit tackles.

I also would make sure to start Nick Barnett. He is currently ranked 15th in our Week 16 LB Rankings and he is facing a run-first Denver team and Denver could actually be up early in this one and protecting a lead. I expect Barnett to accumulate a bunch of tackles against the RBs and Tim Tebow.

LB Rank	Player Name	Vs	Comments
1	D'Qwell Jackson	BAL	He will see a lot of Ray Rice as Rice tries to top 200 yards again
2	London Fletcher	MIN
3	Patrick Willis	SEA	I like the matchup for him if he can get back on the field this week
4	Colin McCarthy	JAX	Slumping the past couple of weeks but should see lots of MJD and get lots of tackles this week
5	Derrick Johnson	OAK
6	James Laurinaitis	PIT
7	D.J. Williams	BUF
8	Pat Angerer	HOU	Came back in full force last week and will see a whole lot of Foster and Tate here
9	Ray Lewis	CLE
10	Paul Posluszny	TEN
11	Jerod Mayo	MIA	Somehow, someway Reggie Bush has stepped up his game. Mayo may actually be needed to slow him down here. I cannot believe I am saying this
12	David Hawthorne	SF
13	Curtis Lofton	NO
14	Navorro Bowman	SEA
15	Nick Barnett	DEN	Barnett should approach 10 tackles as he tries to slow the running game and spy Tebow
16	James Anderson	TB	Unheralded and quite awesome. More of the norm for Anderson
17	Karlos Dansby	NE
18	Stephen Tulloch	SD	With how well he is playing, Detroit better re-sign him as they have currently toyed with
19	Daryl Washington	CIN
20	Brian Cushing	IND
21	Chad Greenway	WAS	20 or so carries of Roy Helu should mean 8-10 stops for Greenway
22	Lance Briggs	GB
23	Sean Weatherspoon	NO
24	Jamar Chaney	DAL
25	James Harrison	STL	Coming off his suspension to face a poor QB and an even wore OL. This could easily be a mutli-sack game for him
26	Brian Urlacher	GB
27	Von Miller	BUF	Another candidate for the multi-sack game
28	Lawrence Timmons	STL
29	Demarcus Ware	PHI
30	Rolando McClain	KC	The more KC runs the ball and throws over the middle, the more McClain will continue to pad his tackle numbers
31	D.J. Smith	CHI
32	Sean Lee	PHI
33	Rey Maualuga	ARI
34	Jonathan Vilma	ATL
35	David Harris	NYG	He hasn't been exceptional but he has been solid. More of the same this week
36	Kelvin Sheppard	DEN
37	Kevin Burnett	NE
38	Perry Riley	MIN
39	Donald Butler	DET
40	Daryl Smith	TEN
41	Thomas Howard	ARI	Quietly having a very respectable year
42	Mason Foster	CAR
43	E.J. Henderson	WAS
44	DeAndre Levy	SD
45	Michael Boley	NYJ	Best bet amongst the Giants LBs for tackles as the Jets pound the rock and work the middle of the field
46	Clay Matthews	CHI
47	Brian Orakpo	MIN
48	Jordan Senn	TB	Has been pretty good for double digit points since taking over the WLB job
49	Takeo Spikes	DET
50	Paris Lenon	CIN
51	Leroy Hill	SF
52	Wesley Woodyard	BUF
53	Aldon Smith	SEA	He has become a fierce pass rusher and will give the Seahawks and their backup OTs fits
54	Larry Grant	SEA	Jumps into the top-25 if he plays over Willis this week
55	Desmond Bishop	CHI	Jumps into the top-15 if he can play this week

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