Fantasy Player Projections

Matthew Stafford

This season hasn't been all bad for Detroit's signal caller. He trails Drew Brees by just 22 yards for the passing lead, and Stafford has picked up his touchdown pace in recent weeks, with nine in his past five games.

Mikel Leshoure

Leshoure has to be excited by what he saw Seattle's rushing game do to Arizona last week (284 yards, 6.8 yards per carry). The Lions have been hungry for a game that allows them to have balance on offense. Wish granted.

Joique Bell

Bell has been the better all-around back, but it appears Detroit is committed to keeping Mikel Leshoure as its primary rusher. Bell still does well as a multi-purpose tool and could see 15 or more touches in this contest.

Calvin Johnson

Tramon Williams did a fine job of "limiting" Johnson in Week 14, and the Lions' receiver still finished with 10 catches for 118 yards. That makes six straight 100-plus-yard games for Johnson. Arizona will serve up No. 7.

Kris Durham

Matthew Stafford's former college teammate made a pretty one-handed grab against Green Bay but hung his quarterback out to dry on an interception. He has good height but not enough promise for fantasy owners to bother with.

Brandon Pettigrew

Pettigrew's bum ankle kept him out for most of the Lions' loss to Green Bay. With the team's second, third and fourth wide receivers out, the Lions need Pettigrew to keep defenses from crowding Calvin Johnson.

Tony Scheffler

Depending on Brandon Pettigrew's availability, Scheffler could have a nice week against a Cardinals defense that surrendered 134 yards and a touchdown to Seattle's tight ends last week.

Jason Hanson

Hanson is just 18 points shy of setting a single-season best for points, with 132. The Cardinals' woeful defense will allow him to get closer to that mark this week.

No question, Ndamukong Suh and Nick Fairley make up the best interior line duo in the league. Beyond that, fantasy owners just can't trust this unit.

John Skelton

At the start of the week, Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt wasn't sure who his starter would be for Week 15. Quite frankly, fantasy owners don't care.

Beanie Wells

A quick recap of Wells' rushing stats since rejoining the team in Week 11: 48 yards, 22, 18. Fantasy owners were hoping he would carry the momentum he built at the end of 2011 into 2012; instead, Wells has been his same old disappointing self.

Larry Fitzgerald

Even Fitzgerald's father spoke up this week about how bad things have gotten in the desert. We feel for Fitzgerald, but we no longer trust him. The rest of the Cardinals have tainted his fantasy value.

Andre Roberts

One thing no fantasy expert predicted prior to the start of this season: That after 13 games Roberts would be leading the Cardinals in receiving yards, touchdowns and catches of 20-plus yards.

Rob Housler

The bright spot in last week's 58-0 drubbing by Seattle -- if there can be a bright spot in a game like that -- was Housler's seven-catch effort. The one-time unknown is projected to catch more than 50 passes this year. Not bad.

Jay Feely

Feely has averaged just 6.0 points per game this season for Arizona. It could be worse -- or could it?

Before losing nine straight, the Cardinals were at one time 4-0. And before the season got turned upside down, this fantasy defense was respectable.