To declare someone a turkey, the arbitrary criteria established is that the player has played in at least eight games and was generally considered to be a high fantasy selection. Although injured guys have burned many fantasy teams this season (as they do every season), there is not a lot you can gripe about in that case and they are not considered turkeys.

Quarterbacks

Marc Bulger leads the group of fantasy football turkey quarterbacks, having thrown six touchdown passes and accumulated 1757 passing yards in eight games.

Running Backs

Thomas Jones heads a large group of running back turkeys. Jones has played in all ten Jets games, averaging 84 total yards per game, and is still looking for his first touchdown of the season.

Frank Gore, a consensus top-six pick entering the season, is averaging 60 yards-per-game on the ground and has only three scores.

Shaun Alexander also accumulated less than 500 rushing yards in eight games (with two touchdowns) before sitting out with a variety of ailments.

Although Rudi Johnson has played only seven games (so by the arbitrary criteria should not be on this list), he receives special mention for having far and away the worst yards-per-carry average of any NFL running back with over 100 carries.

Wide Receivers

Lee Evans was expected to be a big-play component of the Bills offense, but has mustered only two touchdowns in 2007.

Steve Smith started the season strong, but with Vinnie at quarterback, Smith has only ten receptions for 94 yards and no touchdowns total for the past three games.

Calvin Johnson was expected to be Randy Moss as a rookie, but alas he is just another ok rookie wide receiver – 24 receptions in nine games.

Darrell Jackson was expected to be just the possession receiver that Alex Smith needed to take the 49’ers to the next level. Averaging 30 receiving yards per game does not get the job done.

Good luck to all this fantasy football season!

Below are the weekly player rankings. As a reminder, these rankings are specific to the Week Twelve match-ups.

Quarterbacks 1. Tom Brady, NE 2. Peyton Manning, Indy 3. Ben Roethlisberger, Pit 4. Tony Romo, Dal 5. Matt Hasselbeck, Sea 6. Derek Anderson, Cle 7. Brett Favre, GB 8. Matt Schaub, Hou 9. Carson Palmer, Cin 10. Drew Brees, NO 11. Vince Young, Ten 12. Kurt Warner, Ari 13. John Kitna, Det 14. Marc Bulger, Stl 15. Eli Manning, NYG 16. Philip Rivers, SD 17. Kellen Clemens, NYJ 18. Jason Campbell, Wash 19. Rex Grossman, Chi 20. Jay Cutler, Den 21. David Garrard, Jax 22. Jeff Garcia, TB 23. Brodie Croyle, KC 24. Kyle Boller, Bal 25. Joey Harrington, Atl 26. A.J. Feeley, Phi 27. John Beck, Mia 28. J.P. Losman, Buf 29. Daunte Culpepper, Oak 30. Tarvaris Jackson, Min 31. Trent Dilfer, SF 32. Vinnie Testaverde, Car 33. Byron Leftwich, Atl (inj) 34. David Carr, Car (inj) 35. Donovan McNabb, Phi (inj) 36. Alex Smith, SF (inj) Running Backs 1. Joseph Addai, Ind 2. LaDainian Tomlinson, SD 3. Brian Westbrook, Phil 4. Marion Barber, Dal 5. Willie Parker, Pitt 6. Steven Jackson, Stl 7. Reggie Bush, NO 8. Jamal Lewis, Cle 9. Edgerrin James, Ari 10. Selvin Young, Den 11. Maurice Jones-Drew, Jax 12. Ryan Grant, GB 13. DeShaun Foster, Car 14. Maurice Morris, Sea 15. Laurence Maroney, NE 16. Chester Taylor, Min 17. Earnest Graham, TB 18. LenDale White, Ten 19. Justin Fargas, Oak 20. Clinton Portis, Wash 21. Willis McGahee, Bal 22. Kolby Smith, KC 23. Thomas Jones, NYJ 24. Frank Gore, SF 25. Jesse Chatman, Mia 26. Reuben Droughns, NYG 27. Rudi Johnson, Cinn 28. Kevin Jones, Det 29. Warrick Dunn, Atl 30. Fred Taylor, Jax 31. Julius Jones, Dal 32. Cedric Benson, Chi 33. Ahman Green, Hou 34. Kenny Watson, Cin 35. Najeh Davenport, Pitt 36. Michael Pittman, TB 37. DeAngelo Williams, Car 38. Anthony Thomas, Buf 39. Adrian Peterson, Chi 40. Ladell Betts, Wash 41. Michael Turner, SD 42. T.J. Duckett, Det 43. Kenton Keith, Indy 44. Correll Buckhalter, Phil 45. Aaron Stecker, NO 46. Ricky Williams, Mia 47. Ron Dayne, Hou 48. Chris Henry, Ten 49. Leonard Weaver, Sea 50. Musa Smith, Bal 51. Brian Leonard, Stl 52. Michael Robinson, SF 53. Vernand Morency, GB 54. Leon Washington, NYJ 55. Brandon Jackson, GB 56. Maurice Hicks, SF 57. Lamont Jordan, Oak 58. Jason Wright, Cle 59. Tatum Bell, Det 60. Tony Hunt, Phil 61. Larry Johnson, KC (inj) 62. Adrian Peterson, Min (inj) 63. Travis Henry, Den (inj) 64. Shaun Alexander, Sea (inj) 65. Mike Bell, Den (inj) 66. Jerious Norwood, Atl (inj) 67. Chris Brown, Ten (inj) 68. Derrick Ward, NYG (inj) 69. Marshawn Lynch, Buff (inj) 70. Brandon Jacobs, NYG (inj) 71. Priest Holmes, KC (inj) 72. Kevin Faulk, NE (inj) Tight Ends 1. Antonio Gates, SD 2. Kellen Winslow, Cle 3. Tony Gonzalez, KC 4. Ben Watson, NE 5. Jason Witten, Dal 6. Jeremy Shockey, NYG 7. Heath Miller, Pitt 8. Chris Cooley, Wash 9. Greg Olsen, Chi 10. Dallas Clark, Ind 11. Donald Lee, GB 12. Alge Crumpler, Atl 13. Tony Scheffler, Den 14. Vernon Davis, SF 15. Eric Johnson, NO 16. Desmond Clark, Chi 17. Owen Daniels, Hou 18. Leonard Pope, Ari 19. Alex Smith, TB 20. Chris Baker, NYJ 21. L.J. Smith, Phi 22. Jeff King, Car 23. Randy McMichael, Stl 24. Quinn Sypniewski, Bal 25. Daniel Graham, Den 26. Visanthe Shiancoe, Min 27. Marcus Pollard, Sea 28. David Martin, Mia 29. Zach Miller, Oak 30. Marcedes Lewis, Jax 31. Robert Royal, Buf 32. George Wrighster, Jax 33. Bo Scaife, Ten 34. Anthony Fasano, Dal 35. Jerramy Stevens, TB 36. Bubba Franks, GB (inj) 37. Todd Heap, Bal (inj)

Wide Receivers 1. Randy Moss, NE 2. Terrell Owens, Dal 3. T.J. Houshmandzadah, Cin 4. Braylon Edwards, Cle 5. Reggie Wayne, Ind 6. Andre Johnson, Hou 7. Plaxico Burress, NYG 8. Larry Fitzgerald, Ari 9. Marques Colston, NO 10. Hines Ward, Pitt 11. Wes Welker, NE 12. Chad Johnson, Cin 13. Roy Williams, Det 14. Brandon Marshall, Den 15. Dwayne Bowe, KC 16. Torry Holt, Stl 17. Bobby Engram, Sea 18. Joey Galloway, TB 19. Santana Moss, Wash 20. Bernard Berrian, Chi 21. Greg Jennings, GB 22. Donte Stallworth, NE 23. Anquan Boldin, Ari 24. Reggie Brown, Phil 25. Chris Henry, Cin 26. Chris Chambers, SD 27. Roydell Williams, Ten 28. Jericho Cotchery, NYJ 29. Donald Driver, GB 30. Ike Hilliard, TB 31. Derrick Mason, Bal 32. D.J. Hackett, Sea 33. Kevin Curtis, Phil 34. Lee Evans, Buff 35. Kevin Walter, Hou 36. Ronald Curry, Oak 37. Shaun McDonald, Det 38. Brandon Stokley, Den 39. Joe Jurevicius, Cle 40. Steve Smith, Car 41. Deion Branch, Sea 42. James Jones, GB 43. Brad Smith, NYJ 44. Muhsin Muhammad, Chi 45. Amani Toomer, NYG 46. Lance Moore, NO 47. Calvin Johnson, Det 48. Mike Furrey, Det 49. Ernest Wilford, Jax 50. Michael Jenkins, Atl 51. Arnaz Battle, SF 52. Nate Washington, Pitt 53. Reggie Williams, Jax 54. Cedric Wilson, Pitt 55. Brandon Jones, Ten 56. Ted Ginn, Jr., Mia 57. Roddy White, Atl 58. Drew Bennett, Stl 59. Josh Reed, Buff 60. Dennis Northcutt, Jax 61. Jerry Porter, Oak 62. Darrell Jackson, SF 63. Roscoe Parrish, Buff 64. Isaac Bruce, Stl 65. Mark Clayton, Bal 66. Nate Burleson, Sea 67. Andre Davis, Hou 68. Sidney Rice, Min 69. Devery Henderson, NO 70. Marty Booker, Mia 71. Derrick Hagan, Mia 72. Antwaan Randle El, Wash 73. Vincent Jackson, SD 74. Drew Carter, Car 75. Bobby Wade, Min 76. Demetrius Williams, Bal 77. Bryant Johnson, Ari 78. Matt Jones, Jax 79. Terrance Copper, NO 80. Jerehme Urban, Ari 81. Joe Horn, Atl 82. Seneca Wallace, Sea 83. Samie Parker, KC 84. Troy Williamson, Min 85. Javon Walker, Den (inj) 86. Steve Smith, NYG (inj) 87. Terry Glenn, Dal (inj) 88. Eddie Kennison, KC (inj) 89. Anthony Gonzalez, Indy (inj) 90. Marvin Harrison, Indy (inj) 91. Patrick Crayton, Dal (inj) 92. Santonio Holmes, Pitt (inj) 93. Laveranues Coles, NYJ (inj) 94. Ashley Lelie, SF (inj) Team Defenses 1. Pittsburgh Steelers 2. New England Patriots 3. Indianapolis Colts 4. Dallas Cowboys 5. San Diego Chargers 6. Jacksonville Jaguars 7. Arizona Cardinals 8. Kansas City Chiefs 9. New Orleans Saints 10. Green Bay Packers 11. Seattle Seahawks 12. New York Giants 13. Denver Broncos 14. Tampa Bay Bucs 15. Washington Redskins 16. Detroit Lions 17. Tennessee Titans 18. Carolina Panthers 19. Minnesota Vikings 20. Oakland Raiders 21. Chicago Bears 22. Baltimore Ravens 23. Buffalo Bills 24. Houston Texans 25. St. Louis Rams 26. Cincinnati Bengals 27. Cleveland Browns 28. San Francisco 49ers 29. Miami Dolphins 30. Atlanta Falcons 31. New York Jets 32. Philadelphia Eagles Kickers 1. Nick Folk, Dal 2. Robbie Gould, Chi 3. Josh Brown, Sea 4. Shayne Graham, Cin 5. Mason Crosby, GB 6. Matt Stover, Bal 7. Steven Gostkowski, NE 8. Jason Elam, Den 9. Rob Bironas, Ten 10. Nate Kaeding, SD 11. Shaun Suisham, Wash 12. Neil Rackers, Ari 13. Kris Brown, Hou 14. Ryan Longwell, Min 15. Phil Dawson, Cle 16. Jason Hanson, Det 17. Jeff Reed, Pitt 18. Josh Scobee, Jax 19. Adam Vinatieri, Indy 20. Morten Andersen, Atl 21. Jeff Wilkins, Stl 22. Sebastian Janikowski, Oak 23. Joe Nedney, SF 24. Matt Bryant, TB 25. Jay Feely, Mia 26. Rian Lindall, Buff 27. Dave Rayner, KC 28. John Kasay, Car 29. Olindo Mare, NO 30. Lawrence Tynes, NYG 31. Mike Nugent, NYJ 32. David Akers, Phil

How many more weeks will D.J. Hackett put up monster numbers before being moved up the rankings?