Fantasy Football Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups and Advice

December 5, 2011 By 8 Comments
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Unless your league is crazy and plays in Week 17 (which, make no mistake, is crazy), this week is either the final one of the regular season or the first week of the playoffs.  Consequently, it’s not a time to get too cute by picking up obscure free agents and plugging them into your lineup.

Quite frankly, I’m not sure any of these guys are plug and play options, but if you’re in a pinch and looking at the waiver wire for potential help this week or depth down the stretch, here are a few guys you might be considering.

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Fantasy Football Week 12 Waiver Wire Advice and Pickups

November 21, 2011 By 12 Comments
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With bye weeks now a thing of the past, fantasy owners have one less thing to worry about as the playoff push begins.  However, it’s also a great time to start looking ahead to identify guys who can help you during the fantasy playoffs and to pick them up while you can.

This week we’ll look at not only guys who can help in the short-term but also those who may pay dividends when it matters most.

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Fantasy Football Week 8 Stock Report: Battle, Braylon UP; Murray, DJax DOWN

October 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Did you know that every team that is on a bye this week has a winning record?  I’m not sure if that has ever happened before but I’ll send John Clayton an email and see what he says. One of those teams on the bye, the Bears, has a running back that has two labels thrown at him. Is Matt Forte underrated or undervalued?  He may be both. The Bears front office better figure it out soon.

Now for this week we have some interesting picks for you, but a lot of them are on the down side of the stock.  I had one person ask me how I could have DeMarco Murray down this week after his big game last week; easy.  Just look at Adrian Peterson’s stats after he set the NFL record for yards in a game.  Stay here: he scored 5 points.

We have a special treat for you in this installment of the stock report: kickers, tricks and more.

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Fantasy Football Week 8 Start Em, Sit Em Lineup Advice, Projections, and Roster Q&A

October 25, 2011 By 89 Comments
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I’mmm baaaaaaccccckkkkk!

Did you miss me?

Jon has himself a busy schedule this week, so he texted me this morning and asked if I’d be up for reprising my role as the author of our weekly Start/Sit column here at MSF. I have to admit, as soon as I saw his text I was pretty pumped.

Doing these posts every week, week after week, can admittedly be a bit of a grind, as I learned over the last couple of years; so I was happy to let Jon take it over this year and focus my efforts in other areas. But I’ve missed the weekly challenge of poring over matchups and stats and trends to figure out which players to recommend to you as starts and sits.

So it’s good to be back in the saddle.

Anyway, It’s not like I’ve been totally absent. I still offer commentary on Jon’s posts, answer questions in the comment sections, and monitor the @FantasyMSF Twitter account. So I haven’t really given you a chance to miss me even if you wanted to. Now though, for the first time all year, I have to go on record with start and sit picks.

I’m ready. Let’s roll.

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Fantasy Football Week 8 Waiver Wire Advice and Pickups

October 24, 2011 By 33 Comments
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Yesterday was a brutal Sunday in the NFL, both in terms of injuries and the quality of play.  With so many prominent fantasy players banged up and six more teams on bye in Week Eight (Atlanta, Chicago, Green Bay, New York Jets, Oakland, and Tampa Bay), the waiver wire will once again be a popular destination.

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Fantasy Football Week 6 Waiver Wire Advice and Pickups: Tebow, Torain, Colt, Carter, Cassel, and more

October 10, 2011 By 8 Comments
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Compared to the last couple weeks, there were relatively few impactful injuries during Week Five.  Couple that with the fact that a number of the teams on bye next week (Arizona, Denver, Kansas City, San Diego, Seattle, and Tennessee) aren’t exactly offensive juggernauts, and you might think there aren’t many worthy pickups on the waiver wire this week.

To a certain extent, you’re right.  There are very few must-adds this week, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t guys out there who can help your team the rest of the way, possibly as soon as this week. (For more Week 6 analysis, here is this week’s Start/Sit column.)

As always, the players listed here are owned in fewer than 50% of Yahoo! leagues.

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Fantasy Football Week 5 Start Em, Sit Em: Start/Sit Picks, Player Projections, and Week 5 Lineup Advice

October 4, 2011 By 106 Comments
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Injuries!

Andre Johnson is gone.  Ben Roethlisberger is banged up.  Miles Austin is on the mend.  Marques Colston is back, but when will he get on track?

With the bye weeks now here, the time has come when fantasy leagues are truly won and lost.  If you drafted well, and got a little lucky, you should be near the top of the standings.  But nobody can ever completely escape the injury bug.  Managing your lineup properly when byes and injuries attack is what separates the good owners from the great ones.

So let’s look at the Week Five games and decide who to start and who to sit this week.

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Fantasy Football Week 4 Start Em, Sit Em Picks, Player Projections, and Lineup Advice

September 26, 2011 By 154 Comments
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Week Three is over, and you are probably wondering one thing: How is a guy that’s giving such great advice 0-3 in his own fantasy league?

I wish I knew…injuries have just killed me…and I’ve lost each week by an average of 1.2 points. Just heartbreaking.

Some of you are probably in the same boat as me. Even if you aren’t, it’s the time in the fantasy football season when leagues are won and lost. Now is when we have to start making the tough calls.

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Week 10 Fantasy Football Sleeper Focus | Camarillo, Green-Ellis, Mason, Curtis, Hill

November 5, 2008 By 3 Comments

Week 10 Fantasy Football SleepersIt’s grind time with playoff positions being decided over the next three to four weeks. Last week I directed all of my attention to answering your questions. This week, back to some sleeper advice. Here are a few players who should still be available on waiver wires that could make a positive impact on your teams this week for bye or injury fills.

BenJarvus Green-Ellis-RB-New England Patriots. The law firm of Ben,Jarvus,Green and Ellis has been a carbon copy of Tim Hightower in Arizona. Green-Ellis has been a goal line stud, as he has a touchdown in each of his last three games, averaging 12 plus carries a game.

Derrick Mason-WR-Baltimore Ravens. I said before that Derrick Mason was Joe Flacco’s favorite target, and after last week it was confirmed. When in trouble, Joe Flacco always looks for Derrick Mason to save him. This has happened with such consistency that I feel Derrick Mason is worth a start if you need help at the WR position.

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