Before the weekly rankings, a mini-rant…

Like most other football fans in the United States, I will be unable to watch Thursday’s Cowboys-Packers showdown on the NFL Network. Like most other households, I do not have the NFL Network on my cable TV system. Sorry, NFL owners, you guys really blew it here. Don’t you make enough money already by just selling the TV rights to other networks? Why do you have to be greedy to try and get a few extra percent on a Thursday night package? I, for one, hope the NFL owners come to their senses and shut down the NFL Network and sell the Thursday package to the highest mainstream bidder.

Good luck to all this fantasy football season!

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

Quarterbacks 1. Tom Brady, NE 2. Ben Roethlisberger, Pit 3. Tony Romo, Dal 4. Derek Anderson, Cle 5. Matt Hasselbeck, Sea 6. Carson Palmer, Cin 7. Drew Brees, NO 8. Peyton Manning, Indy 9. Brett Favre, GB 10. Kurt Warner, Ari 11. John Kitna, Det 12. David Garrard, Jax 13. Matt Schaub, Hou 14. Jeff Garcia, TB (inj) 15. Philip Rivers, SD 16. Rex Grossman, Chi 17. A.J. Feeley, Phi 18. Jay Cutler, Den 19. Kellen Clemens, NYJ 20. Eli Manning, NYG 21. Brodie Croyle, KC 22. Joey Harrington, Atl 23. Jason Campbell, Wash 24. Vince Young, Ten 25. Gus Frerrotte, Stl 26. John Beck, Mia 27. Daunte Culpepper, Oak 28. Trent Edwards, Buf 29. Trent Dilfer, SF 30. Tarvaris Jackson, Min 31. Kyle Boller, Bal 32. Vinnie Testaverde, Car 33. Byron Leftwich, Atl (inj) 34. David Carr, Car (inj) 35. Donovan McNabb, Phi (inj) 36. Alex Smith, SF (inj) 37. Marc Bulger, Stl (inj) Running Backs 1. LaDainian Tomlinson, SD 2. Brian Westbrook, Phil 3. Willie Parker, Pitt 4. Marion Barber, Dal 5. Steven Jackson, Stl 6. Joseph Addai, Ind 7. Reggie Bush, NO 8. Jamal Lewis, Cle 9. Frank Gore, SF 10. Andre Hall, Den 11. Maurice Jones-Drew, Jax 12. Ryan Grant, GB 13. Adrian Peterson, Min 14. Earnest Graham, TB 15. Edgerrin James, Ari 16. Justin Fargas, Oak 17. Clinton Portis, Wash 18. Kolby Smith, KC 19. Chester Taylor, Min 20. LenDale White, Ten 21. Maurice Morris, Sea 22. Laurence Maroney, NE 23. DeShaun Foster, Car (inj) 24. Thomas Jones, NYJ 25. Rudi Johnson, Cinn 26. Adrian Peterson, Chi 27. Kevin Jones, Det 28. Warrick Dunn, Atl 29. Fred Taylor, Jax 30. Willis McGahee, Bal 31. Reuben Droughns, NYG 32. Julius Jones, Dal 33. Kenny Watson, Cin 34. Kevin Faulk, NE 35. Jesse Chatman, Mia (inj) 36. Najeh Davenport, Pitt 37. Chris Brown, Ten 38. Michael Pittman, TB 39. DeAngelo Williams, Car 40. Anthony Thomas, Buf 41. T.J. Duckett, Det 42. Ladell Betts, Wash 43. Michael Turner, SD 44. Kenton Keith, Indy 45. Correll Buckhalter, Phil 46. Lamont Jordan, Oak 47. Aaron Stecker, NO 48. Ron Dayne, Hou 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. Jason Wright, Cle 58. Tatum Bell, Det 59. Tony Hunt, Phil 60. Chris Henry, Ten (susp) 61. Larry Johnson, KC (inj) 62. Travis Henry, Den (inj) 63. Shaun Alexander, Sea (inj) 64. Jerious Norwood, Atl (inj) 65. Derrick Ward, NYG (inj) 66. Marshawn Lynch, Buff (inj) 67. Brandon Jacobs, NYG (inj) 68. Selvin Young, Den (inj) 69. Ahman Green, Hou (inj) 70. Cedric Benson, Chi (IR) 71. Ricky Williams, Mia (IR) Tight Ends 1. Antonio Gates, SD 2. Kellen Winslow, Cle 3. Tony Gonzalez, KC 4. Jason Witten, Dal 5. Chris Cooley, Wash 6. Jeremy Shockey, NYG 7. Ben Watson, NE 8. Heath Miller, Pitt 9. Dallas Clark, Ind 10. Donald Lee, GB 11. Alge Crumpler, Atl 12. Tony Scheffler, Den 13. Vernon Davis, SF 14. Greg Olsen, Chi 15. Eric Johnson, NO 16. Desmond Clark, Chi 17. Owen Daniels, Hou 18. Chris Baker, NYJ 19. Leonard Pope, Ari 20. Alex Smith, TB 21. L.J. Smith, Phi 22. Jeff King, Car 23. Randy McMichael, Stl 24. David Martin, Mia 25. Quinn Sypniewski, Bal 26. Daniel Graham, Den 27. Visanthe Shiancoe, Min 28. Marcus Pollard, Sea 29. Zach Miller, Oak 30. Marcedes Lewis, Jax 31. Robert Royal, Buf 32. Bo Scaife, Ten 33. Anthony Fasano, Dal 34. Jerramy Stevens, TB 35. Bubba Franks, GB (inj) 36. 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. Larry Fitzgerald, Ari 8. Marques Colston, NO 9. Hines Ward, Pitt 10. Wes Welker, NE 11. Chad Johnson, Cin 12. Plaxico Burress, NYG 13. Brandon Marshall, Den 14. Anquan Boldin, Ari 15. Torry Holt, Stl 16. Bernard Berrian, Chi 17. Greg Jennings, GB 18. Bobby Engram, Sea 19. Dwayne Bowe, KC 20. Roy Williams, Det 21. Joey Galloway, TB 22. Santana Moss, Wash 23. Reggie Brown, Phil 24. Chris Henry, Cin 25. Donte Stallworth, NE 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. Kevin Curtis, Phil 33. Calvin Johnson, Det 34. Kevin Walter, Hou 35. Roddy White, Atl 36. Arnaz Battle, SF 37. Shaun McDonald, Det 38. Brandon Stokley, Den 39. Joe Jurevicius, Cle 40. Steve Smith, Car 41. Deion Branch, Sea 42. Lee Evans, Buff 43. James Jones, GB 44. Muhsin Muhammad, Chi 45. Amani Toomer, NYG 46. Ronald Curry, Oak 47. Lance Moore, NO 48. Ernest Wilford, Jax 49. Michael Jenkins, Atl 50. Brad Smith, NYJ 51. Nate Washington, Pitt 52. Reggie Williams, Jax 53. Mike Furrey, Det 54. Cedric Wilson, Pitt 55. Brandon Jones, Ten 56. Sidney Rice, Min 57. Ted Ginn, Jr., Mia 58. Drew Bennett, Stl 59. Josh Reed, Buff 60. Dennis Northcutt, Jax 61. Jerry Porter, Oak 62. Anthony Gonzalez, Indy 63. Darrell Jackson, SF 64. Roscoe Parrish, Buff 65. Isaac Bruce, Stl 66. Mark Clayton, Bal 67. Nate Burleson, Sea 68. Drew Carter, Car 69. Andre Davis, Hou 70. Devery Henderson, NO 71. Marty Booker, Mia 72. Derrick Hagan, Mia 73. Antwaan Randle El, Wash 74. Vincent Jackson, SD 75. Bobby Wade, Min 76. Demetrius Williams, Bal 77. Bryant Johnson, Ari 78. Matt Jones, Jax 79. Terrance Copper, NO 80. Joe Horn, Atl 81. Seneca Wallace, Sea 82. Samie Parker, KC 83. Troy Williamson, Min 84. Javon Walker, Den (inj) 85. Eddie Kennison, KC (inj) 86. Marvin Harrison, Indy (inj) 87. Patrick Crayton, Dal (inj) 88. Santonio Holmes, Pitt (inj) 89. Laveranues Coles, NYJ (inj) 90. Ashley Lelie, SF (inj) 91. D.J. Hackett, Sea (inj) Team Defenses 1. New England Patriots 2. Pittsburgh Steelers 3. Minnesota Vikings 4. Washington Redskins 5. San Diego Chargers 6. Dallas Cowboys 7. Denver Broncos 8. Detroit Lions 9. Indianapolis Colts 10. Seattle Seahawks 11. Miami Dolphins 12. Tennessee Titans 13. Philadelphia Eagles 14. New York Jets 15. Tampa Bay Bucs 16. Arizona Cardinals 17. Jacksonville Jaguars 18. Kansas City Chiefs 19. Green Bay Packers 20. St. Louis Rams 21. San Francisco 49ers 22. Atlanta Falcons 23. New Orleans Saints 24. New York Giants 25. Carolina Panthers 26. Chicago Bears 27. Buffalo Bills 28. Houston Texans 29. Cleveland Browns 30. Oakland Raiders 31. Cincinnati Bengals 32. Baltimore Ravens Kickers 1. Nick Folk, Dal 2. Mason Crosby, GB 3. Jason Elam, Den 4. Phil Dawson, Cle 5. Neil Rackers, Ari 6. Rob Bironas, Ten 7. Josh Brown, Sea 8. Nate Kaeding, SD 9. Shayne Graham, Cin 10. Shaun Suisham, Wash 11. Steven Gostkowski, NE 12. Robbie Gould, Chi 13. David Akers, Phil 14. Kris Brown, Hou 15. Ryan Longwell, Min 16. Jason Hanson, Det 17. Jeff Reed, Pitt 18. Josh Scobee, Jax 19. Jay Feely, Mia 20. Mike Nugent, NYJ 21. Adam Vinatieri, Indy 22. Jeff Wilkins, Stl 23. Sebastian Janikowski, Oak 24. Joe Nedney, SF 25. Matt Bryant, TB 26. Rian Lindall, Buff 27. John Carney, KC 28. Morten Andersen, Atl 29. John Kasay, Car 30. Olindo Mare, NO 31. Lawrence Tynes, NYG 32. Matt Stover, Bal