Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
New York Jets Rank  Player Projections QB 3 Mark Sanchez Pass: 220, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0 RB 3 LaDainian Tomlinson Rush: 60, 0 TD Rec: 2-20, 0 RB 5 Shonn Greene Rush: 30, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0 WR 4 Santonio Holmes Rec: 5-80, 1 TD WR 6 Braylon Edwards Rec: 4-60, 1 TD WR 11 Jerricho Cotchery Rec: 2-30, 0 TD WR 14 Brad Smith Rec: 1-10, 0 TD TE 3 Dustin Keller Rec: 2-20, 0 TD K 3 Nick Folk FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3 DEF 3 Defense / ST   View all Conference Championships Rankings or Projections		Pittsburgh Steelers Rank  Player Projections QB 2 Ben Roethlisberger Pass: 270, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0 RB 2 Rashard Mendenhall Rush: 80, 0 TD Rec: 2-10, 0 RB 8 Isaac Redman Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0 WR 2 Mike Wallace Rec: 8-90, 1 TD WR 7 Emmanuel Sanders Rec: 4-60, 1 TD WR 10 Hines Ward Rec: 3-30, 0 TD TE 1 Heath Miller Rec: 4-50, 1 TD K 1 Shaun Suisham FG: 4/4 XP: 2/2 DEF 2 Defense / ST

Teams meet for 2nd time in postseason. Steelers are 1-0 vs. Jets in playoffs.

Jets Marks 1st time team has reached AFC Championship Game in consecutive seasons. Jets are 1st team in NFL history to win at least 2 road playoff games in back-to-back seasons... Head coach REX RYAN's 4 playoff wins & .800 win pct. (4-1) rank 1st among Jets all-time coaches... QB Mark Sanchez has 4 postseason road wins, tied for NFL record among starting QBs. With 127.3 passer rating vs. NE, Sanchez owns 2 of top 4 marks in club postseason history (139.4 on 1/9/10 at Cin.) & is only Jets QB w/ 100+ passer rating in multiple road playoff games (min. 15 att.)...Jets are 4-0 when posting 100+ rush yards under Ryan. Club has 6 rush TDs in past 5 playoff contests... Incl. last week (76 rush yards, 1 TD), RB Shonn Greene has registered at least 75 rush yards with 1 TD in 3 postseason games & Jets are 3-0 in such contests. RB LaDainian Tomlinson posted 1st postseason receiving TD (7 yards) of career vs. Patriots. Tomlinson's 7 postseason TDs (6 rushing, 1 receiving) rank 1st among active RBs... WR Santonio Holmes has won 5 consecutive postseason games, including MVP performance (9 receptions for 131 yards with game-winning TD) in Super Bowl XLIII with Steelers. Has 4 receiving TDs in 6 career playoff games. 10 of WR Braylon Edwards' 12 career postseason rec. (83.3 pct.) have been for 1st downs. Posted 8 receptions for 100 yards in Week 15 win at Pit. WR Jerricho Cotchery had 5 receptions for 96 yards vs. NE. Caught five passes for 102 yards (20.4 average) in last season's AFC Championship Game... Defense registered 5 sacks last week, most by Jets in postseason since 1985... LB Calvin Pace recorded sack in each of past 2 postseason games. DE Shaun Ellis' two sacks last week tie Jets postseason record. LB David Harris led team w/ 9 tackles & registered 3rd career (1st postseason) INT vs. Patriots... Pittsburgh-native LB Jason Taylor recorded 4th quarter safety in reg-season game at Pit. CB Drew Coleman posted career-high 10 tackles, first multiple-sack game (2) & 2 FFs vs. Pit. in Week 15. Coleman & DT Sione Pouha each recorded first career postseason sack last week... In Week 15 at Pit., KR-PR-WR Brad Smith totaled 140 yards on three kickoff returns (46.7 average), including a 97-yard TD. KR-CB Antonio Cromartie averages 31.8 yards per kickoff return (191 yards on 6 kickoff returns) in 2010 postseason...Jets had 3 players selected to 2011 Pro Bowl (T D'BRICKASHAW FERGUSON, C Nick Mangold, CB Darrelle Revis).

Steelers Host 11th Conference Championship Game, most among all teams since 1970. Clubs' .627 postseason win pct. (32-19) ranks 1st in AFC (2nd NFL, Green Bay .628). With win, Pittsburgh can tie Cowboys for most postseason wins (33) & Super Bowl appearances (8)... MIKE TOMLIN can become 2nd head coach (JOE GIBBS) to reach 2 Super Bowls in 1st 4 seasons. Is 27-9 (incl. 3-1 in postseason) all-time at Heinz Field. Has won 4 consecutive postseason games... QB Ben Roethlisberger is 38-12 (.760) at home in regular season & 4-2 at Heinz Field in postseason. Is 2-1 in AFC Championship Games & has passed for 756 yards w/ 5 TDs for 93.0 passer rating... RB Rashard Mendenhall (46 rush yards, 2 rush TDs) joined JEROME BETTIS & AMOS ZEREOUE as only Steelers RBs to rush for 2 TDs in player's 1st postseason game. Rushed for 99 yards with 1 TD vs. Jets in regular season... WR Hines Ward has 4 100-yard receiving games at home in postseason during his career. Has 19 receptions for 287 yards (71.8 per game) & 2 TDs in AFC Championship Games. Posted reception in 15 consecutive playoff games & can surpass HOFer JOHN STALLWORTH (15) for most consecutive playoff games with at least one catch. WR Mike Wallace had 7 catches for 102 yards (14.6 average) vs. Jets in Week 15. Averaged an AFC-best 21.0 yards per catch in 2010 reg. season... TE Heath Miller has 24 receptions for 280 yards w/ 3 TDs in past 5 playoff games... Pro Bowl C Maurkice Pouncey became 1st Steelers rookie center to start all of his team's games... Pit. has not allowed 100-yard rusher in 15 consecutive postseason games, tied w/ Bal. for 2nd-longest current streak (Redskins, 17). Did not allow 100-yard rusher in regular season... Steelers defense vs. Bal. allowed only 28 net yards in 2nd-half, 4th-lowest 2nd-half total in NFL postseason game since 1970... Pro Bowl LB James Harrison last week registered 3 sacks, tied for 2nd-most in franchise postseason history. LB LaMarr Woodley needs 1 sack to become 10th player w/ 10 postseason sacks since 1982... CB Ike Taylor & Pro Bowl S Troy Polamalu each have 3 career postseason INTs. S Ryan Clark registered 1st postseason INT of career vs. Bal. LB James Farrior played in three postseason games with Jets.