Arizona Cardinals
Michael Floyd/ John Brown/ Larry Fitzgerald/J.J. Nelson (Wide Receiver): Michael Floyd is practicing on Wednesday. This gives him a better shot of playing on Sunday as he looks to return from a hamstring injury. Floyd is the clear number 1 receiver when he is in and fully healthy no other wide receiver on the team is as big or physical as Floyd. Brown missed practice on Wednesday as his hamstring injury is to both hamstrings making it more severe than Floyds. Brown still managed to get into the end zone at under 100 percent but with the emergence of J.J. Nelson the Cardinals might not risk Browns health this week. Fitzgerald is locked in as the primary receiver especially when Floyd is out with injury. He is one of the healthier wide receivers the Cardinals have along with J.J. Nelson. If Brown misses time this week Nelson will be the third wide receiver in this offense and after last week we can see how big of an impact he can make. Nelson also looks to have a great rapport with Carson Palmer. This week these guys take on a defense that has given up the 6th most fantasy points to wide receivers in the NFL, all of them are worth a start unless they are injured.
Chris Johnson (Running Back): The 49ers have given up the 4th most fantasy points to running backs this season and currently Chris Johnson is dominating the offensive touches. Johnson should be a high RB2 for this week's matchup.
Carson Palmer (Quarterback): Palmer is going up against a defense that has given up the 6th most fantasy points to quarterbacks all season long. Palmer has 11 touchdowns and 1,054 yards in the last 3 games alone....he is unequivocally the start of the week.
San Francisco 49ers
Shaun Draughn (Running Back): Possibly the only fantasy option in this offense. Draughn typically puts up solid flex numbers however this Cardinals defense has given up the 13th fewest fantasy points to running backs.
Anquan Boldin (Wide Receivers): He has gotten 90 plus yards in three of the last four games however the Cardinals give up the 14th fewest fantasy points to wide receivers and Boldin will likely see some of Patrick Peterson.