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Irresistible force versus immovable object: What happens when a top running back collides with a top run defense? We’ll find out this week, when four of the league’s top 7 rushers and four of the league’s top 6 run defenses meet – and it’s happening within the confines of just two NFL games.
San Diego at Minnesota and Baltimore at Pittsburgh are the games, and fantasy owners of LaDainian Tomlinson, Adrian Peterson, Willis McGahee and Willie Parker are left to wonder how their nearly unbench-able stars will perform this week. Based on other recent meetings of top run defenses, there might not be a 100-yard rusher in the bunch.
The rushing performances of the leading rushers in meetings of top-6 run defenses (at the time) over the past two seasons are presented below.
2007
Week 7: Minnesota at Dallas
Adrian Peterson: 63 yards
Marion Barber: 96 yards
Week 6: New England at Dallas
Kevin Faulk: 47 yards
Julius Jones: 51 yards
Week 2: San Diego at New England
LaDainian Tomlinson: 43 yards
Laurence Maroney: 77 yards
2006
Week 16: Baltimore at Pittsburgh
Jamal Lewis: 77 yards
Willie Parker: 29 yards
New England at Jacksonville
Laurence Maroney: 48 yards
Maurice Jones-Drew: 131 yards
Week 12: Pittsburgh at Baltimore
Willie Parker: 22 yards
Jamal Lewis: 66 yards
Week 8: New England at Minnesota
Heath Evans: 35 yards
Chester Taylor: 22 yards
Week 5: Pittsburgh at San Diego
Willie Parker: 57 yards
LaDainian Tomlinson: 36 yards
Week 4: San Diego at Baltimore
LaDainian Tomlinson: 98 yards
Jamal Lewis: 34 yards
Week 2: Pittsburgh at Jacksonville
Willie Parker: 20 yards
Fred Taylor: 92 yards
Source: FANTASY FOOTBALL INDEX research
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