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		<title>By: Matt</title>
		<link>http://www.ffgeekblog.com/advice/drool-worthy-matchups-for-the-stretch-run/comment-page-1/#comment-31721</link>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>She&#039;s awesome. I credit our &quot;discovery&quot; by the fantasy football community in 2007 in large part to the weekly link love she was sending us.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>She&#8217;s awesome. I credit our &#8220;discovery&#8221; by the fantasy football community in 2007 in large part to the weekly link love she was sending us.</p>
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		<title>By: Daily Haze: Thursday Night Football Start &#38; Sit &#124; The Hazean</title>
		<link>http://www.ffgeekblog.com/advice/drool-worthy-matchups-for-the-stretch-run/comment-page-1/#comment-31711</link>
		<dc:creator>Daily Haze: Thursday Night Football Start &#38; Sit &#124; The Hazean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] fantasy owners will be drooling over in the coming weeks. Those planning on playing in the fantasy playoffs this year should have a look. [The Fantasy Football Geek [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] fantasy owners will be drooling over in the coming weeks. Those planning on playing in the fantasy playoffs this year should have a look. [The Fantasy Football Geek [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Squish</title>
		<link>http://www.ffgeekblog.com/advice/drool-worthy-matchups-for-the-stretch-run/comment-page-1/#comment-31695</link>
		<dc:creator>Squish</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nice! Just realized you guys got a mention at FFLibrarian! Great job!

http://www.fflibrarian.com/2009/11/heading-into-week-10-with-first-tnf.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice! Just realized you guys got a mention at FFLibrarian! Great job!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.fflibrarian.com/2009/11/heading-into-week-10-with-first-tnf.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.fflibrarian.com/2009/11/heading-into-week-10-with-first-tnf.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Squish</title>
		<link>http://www.ffgeekblog.com/advice/drool-worthy-matchups-for-the-stretch-run/comment-page-1/#comment-31694</link>
		<dc:creator>Squish</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks! I really just more or less combined data I found on different sites. No big hassle there. I meant to add kicker rankings but I can&#039;t seem to find a way to edit my posts :(</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks! I really just more or less combined data I found on different sites. No big hassle there. I meant to add kicker rankings but I can&#8217;t seem to find a way to edit my posts <img src='http://www.ffgeekblog.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Matt</title>
		<link>http://www.ffgeekblog.com/advice/drool-worthy-matchups-for-the-stretch-run/comment-page-1/#comment-31686</link>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nice post yourself!  ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice post yourself!  <img src='http://www.ffgeekblog.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Squish</title>
		<link>http://www.ffgeekblog.com/advice/drool-worthy-matchups-for-the-stretch-run/comment-page-1/#comment-31683</link>
		<dc:creator>Squish</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A lot of my sources like Sidney Rice this week so think about taking him. Kevin Smith is the obvious option to me but I like taking a chance on Rice this week. You can&#039;t expect much from Marshall against Washington&#039;s pass defense and they should be WAY ahead all day. CJ hasn&#039;t shown he&#039;s fully healed yet so I&#039;d wait to begin starting him again.

So your real choices are Sidney Rice or Kevin Smith. The problem is that both of them have a downside. Rice won&#039;t be getting too many looks because his team won&#039;t need to pass and he&#039;s got all kinds of competition at WR on his own team.. Kevin Smith gets looks but has done next to nothing with them. He has only 1 run over 20 yards all season and is averaging only 3.3 YPC. In the end I&#039;d say take Smith if you only need 8 or 9 points (the highest projection I&#039;ve seen for him in PPR is 16 with a low of 4)  and Rice if you&#039;d like more upside (I&#039;ve seen PPR projections as a high as 24 points with a low of 7.8). 

My personal pick is Rice in both standard and PPR.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A lot of my sources like Sidney Rice this week so think about taking him. Kevin Smith is the obvious option to me but I like taking a chance on Rice this week. You can&#8217;t expect much from Marshall against Washington&#8217;s pass defense and they should be WAY ahead all day. CJ hasn&#8217;t shown he&#8217;s fully healed yet so I&#8217;d wait to begin starting him again.</p>
<p>So your real choices are Sidney Rice or Kevin Smith. The problem is that both of them have a downside. Rice won&#8217;t be getting too many looks because his team won&#8217;t need to pass and he&#8217;s got all kinds of competition at WR on his own team.. Kevin Smith gets looks but has done next to nothing with them. He has only 1 run over 20 yards all season and is averaging only 3.3 YPC. In the end I&#8217;d say take Smith if you only need 8 or 9 points (the highest projection I&#8217;ve seen for him in PPR is 16 with a low of 4)  and Rice if you&#8217;d like more upside (I&#8217;ve seen PPR projections as a high as 24 points with a low of 7.8). </p>
<p>My personal pick is Rice in both standard and PPR.</p>
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		<title>By: Squish</title>
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		<dc:creator>Squish</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great post Matt. I&#039;ve been tracking things more in my head but it&#039;s really nice to see it all spelled out on the same page! I&#039;ve definitely been planning to have these playoff matchups anywhere I can. 

As I said a few weeks ago it was a good idea to target Hightower who was low value then. I traded for him in several leagues and now my mouth is watering over his SF, DET, STL series of matchups which have Arizona as a team ranked in the top 5 of projected playoff fantasy scoring in every standard FF position.

As it is now, for weeks 14-16 the top 5 at each position for projected (based on the average points given up by the teams on their schedule those weeks) are:
QB - Hard to be able to do anything here. All the good QBs are already taken. However, Henne may be a viable fill-in down the stretch for Ryan and Orton owner&#039;s (ranked 32nd worst and 27th worst playoff QB schedules respectively)
1. SD
2. MIA
3. STL
4. ARI
5. NO

RB - Watch the Jamaal Charles/Kolby Smith situation very closely. Go after Hightower if you can. I guarantee he pays off down the stretch. Also be the first to jump on Fred Taylor if he comes back.
1. KC
2. NE
3. WAS
4. ATL
5. ARI

WR - I&#039;m ignoring STL and MIA because their offenses suck but at this point consider trading AJ or R. Moss for VJ or Fitz for a matchup upgrade down the stretch. 
1. MIA
2. STL
3. SD
4. NO
5. ARI

TE - More or less doesn&#039;t mean anything since they don&#039;t have reliable options (save SF)
1. TEN
2. CIN
3. SF
4. ARI
5. HOU

DEF - Keep these in mind especially because a lot of them are available. I&#039;ve had defenses in the Championship game win me as many titles as any other position.
1. NYG
2. NE
3. ARI
4. BAL
5. OAK

Anyway, just thought I&#039;d add some stuff in. For a wider range of values go here:
http://www.fftoolbox.com/football/strength_of_schedule.cfm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post Matt. I&#8217;ve been tracking things more in my head but it&#8217;s really nice to see it all spelled out on the same page! I&#8217;ve definitely been planning to have these playoff matchups anywhere I can. </p>
<p>As I said a few weeks ago it was a good idea to target Hightower who was low value then. I traded for him in several leagues and now my mouth is watering over his SF, DET, STL series of matchups which have Arizona as a team ranked in the top 5 of projected playoff fantasy scoring in every standard FF position.</p>
<p>As it is now, for weeks 14-16 the top 5 at each position for projected (based on the average points given up by the teams on their schedule those weeks) are:<br />
QB &#8211; Hard to be able to do anything here. All the good QBs are already taken. However, Henne may be a viable fill-in down the stretch for Ryan and Orton owner&#8217;s (ranked 32nd worst and 27th worst playoff QB schedules respectively)<br />
1. SD<br />
2. MIA<br />
3. STL<br />
4. ARI<br />
5. NO</p>
<p>RB &#8211; Watch the Jamaal Charles/Kolby Smith situation very closely. Go after Hightower if you can. I guarantee he pays off down the stretch. Also be the first to jump on Fred Taylor if he comes back.<br />
1. KC<br />
2. NE<br />
3. WAS<br />
4. ATL<br />
5. ARI</p>
<p>WR &#8211; I&#8217;m ignoring STL and MIA because their offenses suck but at this point consider trading AJ or R. Moss for VJ or Fitz for a matchup upgrade down the stretch.<br />
1. MIA<br />
2. STL<br />
3. SD<br />
4. NO<br />
5. ARI</p>
<p>TE &#8211; More or less doesn&#8217;t mean anything since they don&#8217;t have reliable options (save SF)<br />
1. TEN<br />
2. CIN<br />
3. SF<br />
4. ARI<br />
5. HOU</p>
<p>DEF &#8211; Keep these in mind especially because a lot of them are available. I&#8217;ve had defenses in the Championship game win me as many titles as any other position.<br />
1. NYG<br />
2. NE<br />
3. ARI<br />
4. BAL<br />
5. OAK</p>
<p>Anyway, just thought I&#8217;d add some stuff in. For a wider range of values go here:<br />
<a href="http://www.fftoolbox.com/football/strength_of_schedule.cfm" rel="nofollow">http://www.fftoolbox.com/football/strength_of_schedule.cfm</a></p>
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		<title>By: The don</title>
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		<dc:creator>The don</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Speak to me ohh fantasy gods i have a choice 
sidney rice
Brandon Marshall
Kevin Smith ( rb)
Who deserves my starting roster spot this week?
oh and calvin johnson</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speak to me ohh fantasy gods i have a choice<br />
sidney rice<br />
Brandon Marshall<br />
Kevin Smith ( rb)<br />
Who deserves my starting roster spot this week?<br />
oh and calvin johnson</p>
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		<title>By: Matt</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;d prefer to pretend that game doesn&#039;t exist. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d prefer to pretend that game doesn&#8217;t exist. <img src='http://www.ffgeekblog.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: e-roc</title>
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		<dc:creator>e-roc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Does this imply that you&#039;re giving the edge to the Chiefs this weekend v. Oakland? Who&#039;s going to suck less?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does this imply that you&#8217;re giving the edge to the Chiefs this weekend v. Oakland? Who&#8217;s going to suck less?</p>
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