Fantasy stars to watch Thursday night

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It's a glorious day. The regular season kicks off tonight when the defending champion take on the in Seattle. Your fantasy lineup is set and you're ready to rock ... or are you? Did you draft * and * the defense? Uh oh. Do you sit Rodgers, arguably one of the best fantasy quarterbacks in the league during your Week 1 matchup? Find out as we key in on some fantasy players to watch in Thursday night's game. According to coach , "Beast Mode" is ready to "" against Green Bay. We didn't see much of during the preseason. Three carries for 16 yards and a touchdown to be precise. But we all know what he's capable of and despite some preseason whispers of 2014 being his season of decline, Lynch Matt Strahm Jersey  is still poised to be an elite fantasy running back. Don't believe the until you actually see real signs of a decline. owners should feel confident starting him tonight. Second-year running back went in the first round of most fantasy drafts this year and for good reason. At 5-foot-11 and 230 pounds, Lacy is set for a heavy workload as the featured back all season. Green Bay's has improved this offseason too, which helps his potential. The 24-year-old has looked amazing in preseason action averaging Ty France Jersey  5.5 yards per carry on the 11 attempts he received. owners should be confident in Lacy's potential this season but should temper their expectations for him against Seattle's defense tonight. If the game remains close through the first half, Lacy should get a good amount of work, but if Green Bay falls behind early, they may have to lean on their pa sing game.  looked better than ever in the preseason completing 78.6 percent of his pa ses and scoring a total of six touchdowns -- three pa sing and three rushing. With a this season than in 2013, Wilson is a fantasy breakout candidate at his position and was a great value draft pick going in Round 9 or later in most drafts. Seattle is giving him more responsibility this year and he seems more than ready for it with a win under his belt at age 25. Look for Wilson to fire a few deep balls tonight against the . Defense wins championships, right? The Legion of Boom is back and ready to take the league by storm once again. Seattle's defensive unit has an ADP of Round 5 in NFL.com leagues, which is a bit of a reach. Green Bay arguably has one of the best offenses in the league under the direction of Rodgers so this matchup is an interesting one. In three starts against the , Rodgers has never thrown an interception. That may change tonight, but as a fantasy owner, you absolutely cannot bench Rodgers, who likely cost an early round pick. ! He's got and to throw Josh Naylor Jersey  to for (expletive) sake! Nelson a four-year contract extension with the worth about $39 million at the start of training camp. He had career highs in receptions (85) and yards (1,314) last season but was unable to reach double-digit touchdowns. That probably had to do with the fact that Rodgers mi sed almost the entire second half of the season with an injury. Even without Rodgers, Nelson still averaged 11.2 fantasy points per game. Look for the Nelson-Rodgers connection to make up for lost time tonight. Cobb also mi sed much of the second half of 2013 due to a leg injury, but returned in Week 17 to connect with Rodgers for two touchdown catches -- his only two receptions of the game. Since the parted ways with  Manny Machado Jersey and tight end Jermichael Finley has not returned, Cobb is locked in as Rodgers' No. 2 option in the pa sing game. At age 24, the young wideout is in a contract year looking to prove worthy of a big payday come 2015. Rodgers will have to spread the ball around tonight so expect Cobb to get a good amount of work if he can separate himself from defenders. Wideout left a lot of fantasy owners wondering what could have been last year as it took him longer than expected to recover from a hip injury. He looked during the though. Sorry fans, I realize you've probably tried to erase that one from your memory. Well, Harvin is back and fantasy owners are licking their chops at his potential for 2014. If Seattle can just get the ball in his hands a few times tonight, those who start him should be rewarded handsomely. Harvin is one of those special players that have the natural ability to turn nothing into something on short screens and plays out of Kirby Yates Jersey  the backfield, so we expect the to use him in some tonight. Matt Franciscovich is an a sociate fantasy editor at NFL.com. He's extremely excited that . Follow him on Twitter __