Pittsburgh Steelers
Le'Veon Bell (Running Back): Bell should be a huge factor in this offense this week and every week until Big Ben returns. Bell saw a lot of great chemistry with Michael Vick and the quarterback's tendency to scramble a lot should provide a lot of check downs out of the pocket for Bell. Bell will carry the offensive workload.
Antonio Brown/Martavis Bryant (Wide Receivers): Brown has a tough job ahead of him as he will struggle at putting up points with Vick as his quarterback. Brown will get a lot of targets sure but Vick will likely be able to deliver even half of them. Also the introduction of Bryant back into the fold should give Vick a newer, bigger, red zone option.
San Diego Chargers
Keenan Allen (Wide Receiver): If Stevie Johnson and Malcom Floyd are out Allen could be in for the biggest game of his career. Allen has big games when both of those receivers are in so having the lion's share of the targets should make him a great fantasy play this week.
Antonio Gates/Ladarius Green (Tight End): Green had a pretty solid week last week so it would be shocking to see Gates get absolutely all of the targets especially if 2 of their best wide receivers are sitting out. If they are both Gates and Green could be viable fantasy options.
Melvin Gordon/Danny Woodhead (Running Back): The only person the Johnson and Floyd situation affects here is Woodhead. He is the premier passing down back for the Chargers and should see an uptick in targets if the Chargers come into this game without two of their starting wide outs. Gordon should have a field day with this Steelers defense but his production against a medium strength defense should be telling for how he produces for the rest of the year.
Philip Rivers (Quarterback): Rivers should have an easy time taking apart the Steelers secondary. There really are not guys putting Rivers under constant duress or pressure so he should be well equipped to handle the Steelers defense. Rivers is a great start this week.
