Gridiron Experts are not about to insult your fantasy football intelligence by posting the obvious starts and sits, instead we go out on a limb and try spotting great fantasy match-ups that many people might be overlooking. Star players will always perform, but key players can thrive in one week situations through either an offensive game plan or an excellent match-up. Our goal is to zone in on these perfect match-ups and offer advice that might make your life a little easier. It always comes down to you making the last-minute call with your line-up, but hopefully we can help.

**Week 5** The Randy Moss & Marshawn Lynch trade threw a wrench into the fantasy spokes, forcing  me to delay this week’s Stat’em Sit’em article by a day.

Overall the big question is how can these traded players pick up an offense on the fly? will it be better to wait a week? If you were a coach and acquired a multi-million dollar skilled player, you’d think that getting them to practice 4-5 plays would be a high priority. For Moss, the go-route is nothing that needs to be learned, he should be fine in the huddle and can very easily pick the offense up learning a handful of designed plays.

Lynch on the other hand will have a harder time learning the offense, good thing for him he’ll have the bye week to go over it.

Thomas Jones vs The Colts
The Chiefs are off a bye week and have had time to study the flaws in the Colts defense. Indianapolis is giving up an average of 5 yards per carry and averaging 150 yards a game on the ground. The rotation battle is always a nightmare between Charles and Jones, yet playing in Indianapolis is not a place where you want an inexperienced RB handling the ball. Jones should see a heavy workload and a goal line opportunity or two.

Chris Beanie Wells vs. The Saints
The Cardinals are struggling and will need to rely on the surprisingly productive rushing attack despite the obvious play-calling. We all know what Max Hall brings to the game (not much) so except Arizona try to force the run game early and often. If (more like when) the Saints take a lead on Sunday, Wells can be a productive receiving target to boot. He should have a good fantasy day in week 5.

Santana Moss vs. The Packers
Nobody named Moss had a good fantasy performance in week 4, watch for that to change this week. The Redskins are not the team we thought they’d be with a broken down running game and limp passing defense, so expect a good old fashion shoot-out Sunday.

The Packers do have holes against the run, but McNabb always bounces back from a “dirt-ball” type passing day. Moss wasn’t a factor in Philly, yet the coaching staff will do their best to get him back into the scheme of things for week 5.

Percy Harvin vs. the Jets
Odds are Moss isn’t going to light up the scoring board right away, especially against the Revis coverage, so expect Harvin to reap the benefits. The added study should be more in sync with Favre off the bye week.

Eli Manning vs. the Texans
Manning was bailed out by his defense last week and really hasn’t played well this year. The Texans secondary is a shooting gallery for fantasy points. Great fantasy match-up

Sleeper Pick Fred Jackson vs. Jaguars
With the showcasing of Lynch finally finished, Jackson can settle back into his starting role. With only 20 carries in 4 weeks you know he is dying to have a chance to prove there was no reason to draft C.J Spiller. Jackson Has earned back the starting job, and plans to keep it with an excellent performance this week.

Mike Tolbert vs. The Raiders
The Raiders have a lack-luster run defense and are facing a Chargers team that is beginning it’s yearly hot streak. Tolbert is not the featured guy in San Diego, but has proven he deserves the ball in a split role. I expect a heavy dose of the run game with both RB’s cracking 80 yards each. Tolbert had 100 yards last week on 16 carries.

Brent Celek vs. 49ers
Vick prefers Maclin, Kolbs likes his tight ends (to throw to, I mean). Captain check-down should hit Celek for at least 5 passes on Sunday Night

Kyle Orton vs. Baltimore Defense
The Broncos are facing a tough Baltimore defense that is flying high off a big divisional win. Orton is having an above average fantasy season, yet this might be a game you let some other fantasy quarterback lead your team. The Ravens have allowed only one passing touchdown in 4 weeks.

Matt Schuab vs. Giants Defense
The New York Giants pass rushing confidence along with a banged up Houston receiving core will force the Texans to rely on Arian Foster to lead the way. If you have a better option, take it for week 5. The Giants have the 2nd best passing defense for yardage allowing 139 passing yards a game.

Joseph Addai vs. The Chiefs
The run defense of the Kansas City Chiefs is way better than you think it is. Opponents have been held to an average of 75 rushing yards or less each week. The Chiefs have only allowed one run to crack more than 20 yards all year. Throw those stats into the bowl along with the terrible rushing attack of the Colts and you have the ingredients for bunt cake. Nasty