Due to the Yankees winning the World Series, I felt compelled to take a break from the fantasy column to bask in their glory. I have a work with 3 Phillies fans in my office, I said nothing to them during the series, but after the series, let's just say they all received "suspicious" voice mails from Hideki Matsui. Something about how Ryan Howard should give up baseball and do something that God intended someone with a nose like that to do..... like dig for truffles in France. (With a poor Japanese accent of course). GOOD TIMES!
So this week instead of the sit/start format, we're gonna change it up a bit. Playoffs are right around the corner, now is the time to start planning waiver wire/trade pickups that will help you get through the playoffs.
Every year someone goes rolling into the playoffs with an ungodly record only to get booted in the next to last round. THIS IS DUE TO POOR PLANNING FOLKS. Winning teams start resting studs to save them for the playoff push. Now is the time to start thinking the same.
What I look for is strength of schedule for upcoming match ups. Look for running backs that have a steady dose of KC/OAK/SD/CLE/DET/TB/NE (yup new England is in there). These teams give up the most yards per carry in the league. Researching who is playing who week to week gets important here.
Look for receivers that get DET/TEN/ARI/KC/STL/CIN/JAX/MIA/ATL On average these teams give up in excess of 240 yard passing per game. If you have decent (and I'm not even talking Peyton, Drew, Tom) QB as a starter, they are going to get their yards.
As far as TEs go, be happy with a guy who gets you, 5-8 pts per game. TEs that consistently do that are already taken and won't be found on waivers. Just get someone who doesn't throw the bagel at you during playoff weeks.
That's it, no picks this week, just strategy. Good luck in your leagues this week.
The Captain
So this week instead of the sit/start format, we're gonna change it up a bit. Playoffs are right around the corner, now is the time to start planning waiver wire/trade pickups that will help you get through the playoffs.
Every year someone goes rolling into the playoffs with an ungodly record only to get booted in the next to last round. THIS IS DUE TO POOR PLANNING FOLKS. Winning teams start resting studs to save them for the playoff push. Now is the time to start thinking the same.
What I look for is strength of schedule for upcoming match ups. Look for running backs that have a steady dose of KC/OAK/SD/CLE/DET/TB/NE (yup new England is in there). These teams give up the most yards per carry in the league. Researching who is playing who week to week gets important here.
Look for receivers that get DET/TEN/ARI/KC/STL/CIN/JAX/MIA/ATL On average these teams give up in excess of 240 yard passing per game. If you have decent (and I'm not even talking Peyton, Drew, Tom) QB as a starter, they are going to get their yards.
As far as TEs go, be happy with a guy who gets you, 5-8 pts per game. TEs that consistently do that are already taken and won't be found on waivers. Just get someone who doesn't throw the bagel at you during playoff weeks.
That's it, no picks this week, just strategy. Good luck in your leagues this week.
The Captain
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