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Another unpredictable week for fantasy football, as players who many owners had given up on -- like Jay Ajayi and Golden Tate -- turned in big performances, and matchups that were supposed to yield big results -- Allen Robinson, T.Y. Hilton -- fizzled.For fantasy footballers, that leaves one burning question with just seven weeks left in most leagues regular seasons: what do we do now?---JAY AJAYI HAS PROBABLY RUINED THE NEXT FEW WEEKS FOR ARIAN FOSTER OWNERSThrough his first four games played this season, Dolphins running back Jay Ajayi had 161 total yards. In four quarters on Sunday, Ajayi -- started in just nine percent of CBSSports.com leagues -- gained 207 total yards, with 204 of them coming on the ground.This muddles the role of Arian Foster, the presumed starter who returned from injury Sunday and played just 11 snaps to Ajayis 48. While Foster was playing well before his injury, Ajayi was tremendous on Sunday, and should alter Miamis best laid plans going forward. Can anyone -- outside of Bill Belichick -- shrink the role of a player who nearly broke the teams single-game rushing record (228, held by Ricky Williams) the following week? Its tough to imagine Foster having a noteworthy role until Ajayi proves to be ineffective -- which is not guaranteed to occur.Expect Ajayi (30 percent owned in Yahoo!, 42.4 percent in ESPN, 56 percent in CBSSports.com) to be this weeks most-added player.---GOLDEN TATE CAME ALIVE (BUT DID WE SEE IT COMING?)Detroits Golden Tate finally had the breakout game his fantasy owners (and millions of former fantasy owners) were waiting for all season. With eight receptions for 165 yards and a touchdown, Tate -- started in just five percent of ESPN fantasy leagues -- bested in one game the 134 receiving yards he totaled through his first five weeks.But while Ajayis game was completely unexpected, Tates was somewhat telegraphed -- Detroit was missing starting tight end Eric Ebron, pass-catching maestro Theo Riddick, and would-be starting running back Dwayne Washington. Additionally, fellow wideout Marvin Jones had previously been dealing with a foot injury. By process of elimination, that left Tate the main beneficiary in a pass-heavy offense.Still, Tates big game at least shows that the Lions are capable of involving him in the offense, and this game could be the springboard from which Tate salvages his season.---MISCELLANY- Aaron Rodgers (294 yards and a touchdown) is getting plenty of hes not elite analysis after Sundays loss to Dallas, but he hasnt been a fantasy disaster. Rodgers is averaging 24.4 fantasy points per game this season and his one bad game came against the leagues best defense (Minnesota), in which he still scored two touchdowns. Rodgers has relatively easy matchups against the Bears, Falcons, and Colts in his next three games. It would be wise to float a low-ball trade offer to his frustrated owner.- Marcus Mariota (284 passing yards, three touchdowns; 64 rushing yards on seven carries) took advantage of a good matchup against the Browns and now has two big games in a row. Mariota owners (or his would-be owners) should be looking for more on the horizon: he has a string of easy opponents lined up the next five weeks, and the Titans have unleashed him as part of the ground attack, with 134 yards in his last two games. For perspective, Mariotas 64 rushing yards on Sunday, in fantasy scoring, are the equivalent of either a touchdown or 150 yards passing.- Terrance West (123 total yards and two touchdowns) looks to be very much for real. Kenneth Dixon (12 total yards) may have his day, but its probably not coming any time soon.- Frank Gore has 75 yards rushing or a touchdown in all but one of his six games this season. He ran for a season-high 106 yards on Sunday and could be the most underrated player in fantasy football.- The Jaguars came off their bye and promptly featured Marqise Lee (six receptions, 61 yards) and Arrelious Benn (51 yards, the teams only receiving touchdown). Despite three games with double-digit targets, Allen Robinson has just one game with more than 55 receiving yards this season. Lee, meanwhile, has at least six targets in his last four games.- Owned in 17 percent of CBSSports.com leagues, Kenny Britt (seven receptions, 136 yards, two touchdowns), has 75 or more receiving yards in four of his last five games. His next five games feature favorable matchups.BYESThe Panthers and Cowboys are on bye in Week 7. 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Still, its a step in the right direction for the former All-Star first baseman.Butler hit a tiebreaking home run off Erasmo Ramirez with one out in the eighth inning and the As held on to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 on Sunday.Ive shown it my career, I can come through in those situations day in and day out, Butler said after helping the As complete a 7-3 homestand. Its one of those things where I really havent had any opportunities to be frustrated. I just havent had my number called a lot. Coming through in those situations, maybe Ill get my number called more.Oakland lost the first game of this series then won the next two on walkoff hits. The As led 2-0 in the finale until Logan Forsythes tying two-run homer in the top of the eighth.Ramirez (7-8) retired Khris Davis on a fly ball before Butler hammered an 0-1 pitch over the wall in center. Its Butlers third home run of the season and first since June 7.Butler also had an RBI single in the first, giving him 18 RBI over his last 35 games.Its tough for a guy that plays every day to try to get himself into a rhythm if hes not, but thats a big hit today, As manager Bob Melvin said. Hes staying positive . but this has been a tough year for him, based on the fact hes asked to do something hes not used to doing.Davis added two hits while Jake Smolinski doubled twice and scored for the As.Ryan Dull (4-2) retired two batters for the win despite giving up Forsythes home run. Ryan Madson pitched the ninth for his 21st save.Home runs have beat us up a lot this year, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. Obviously when you give up that many, theyre coming at the wrong time.Forsythes home run in the eighth ruined an otherwise stellar day for As starter Jesse Hahn.Called up from the minors before the game, Hahn faced just two over the minimum through six innings and allowed only one runner to reach second base before leeaving with a 2-0 lead with two outs in the eighth.dddddddddddd. The right-hander walked one and matched his season-high of five strikeouts.Oakland jumped on Tampa Bay rookie left-hander Blake Snell early and strung together four consecutive one-out hits in the first. Davis had an RBI double and Butler added a run-scoring single to put the As up 2-0.Snell allowed two runs over 6 2/3 innings. He struck out four and walked two.THIN BENCHWith only one fully healthy player (Matt McBride) available off the bench Melvin was asked if he had any pitchers hed consider using as positional players if the need arose. Ive got a couple of guys that would like to do it, Melvin said, specifically mentioning Sonny Gray and Kendall Graveman. I hope I dont get to that point. Position players always think they can pitch . and pitchers who are athletic always think they can play positions.TRAINERS ROOMRays: Desmond Jennings (strained left hamstring) ran the bases and took batting practice without a setback during a minor league rehab appearance. ... RHP Brad Boxberger threw 22 pitches in a rehab outing and is hopeful of rejoining the big league club in Los Angeles.Athletics: Coco Crisp was a late scratch because of neck soreness. He joined Josh Reddick (lower back soreness) on the bench. ... Rich Hill threw 30 pitches while wearing a protective covering on the middle finger of his left hand. Hill, who left his last start after five pitches because of a blister, will continue to throw bullpens for conditioning until the blister heals. ... Arismendy Alcantara was optioned to Triple-A Nashville.UP NEXTRays: RHP Chris Archer (5-13) pitches against the Dodgers in the opener of a two-game series on Tuesday. Archer entered the weekend leading the AL with 147 strikeouts.Athletics: RHP Daniel Mengden (1-1) returns to his native Texas to face the Rangers on Monday. Mengden was born in Houston and attended Texas A&M.- -- -This version correctly shows that the As took three of four games and did not sweep the series. ' ' '