The 4 Downs: Week 12 – Matchups to watch

When we look at the NFL week 12 schedule it is easy to pick out some juicy fantasy matchups for this weekend. With top WRs and QBs matching up against some of the best secondaries in the league and great runningbacks facing up against some top run defenses, this week we’ll see who the real fantasy studs are that we can count on. 1st Down | Julio Jones vs Patrick Peterson Coming into this week, Julio Jones leads the NFL in receiving with 1105 yards. With A.J. Green of the Bengals picking up a potential season ending injury last week, Jones has almost 200 more receiving yards than the man in second on that list, Mike Evans. Jones is once again having another career year and no one has been able to halt him in his tracks this season. Jones even burnt stud Seahawks CB Richard Sherman for nearly 140 yards during their matchup earlier this season. Julio has a long list of cornerbacks that he has embarrassed. In the Falcons week 12 matchup against the Cardinals, he will face a player on that list in CB Patrick Peterson. The last time Jones and Peterson faced off in Atlanta it [...]