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Jeff (53)
Tommy (53)
Mal (51)
Ken (44)
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TJ (29)Cedric Benson is inactive, so get Bernard Scott in your line-up!
Justin Forsett makes a great start for the Seahawks with Julius Jones sitting out today as well.
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Ask the Geeks - Week 12: Thanksgiving Hangover Edition
Brandon
Hopefully everyone’s Turkey Day hang-over is gone and all of the Thursday games left your team in prime spots to clinch the playoffs (or a BYE) this week! Here is the last batch of Ask the Geeks for week 12. If you have any last minute questions, feel free to leave them as a comment on one of our posts and hopefully Matt or I (or any of our readers) can get back to you with some advice before game-time. Good luck and may the fantasy football gods be with you!
e-roc asks…
If I win this weekend, I secure a playoff spot and possibly a Bye, so this is pretty huge…
Please pick 2 RB: MJD (@ SF), T.Jones (v. CAR), McCoy (v. WAS).
Please pick 2 WR: SSmithNYG (@ Den), SSmithCAR (@ NYJ), TJHoush (@ StL), Cotchery (v. CAR)
Lastly, D.Bowe is a FA in our league… Would you swap any of my WRs for him? KC finishes Wks 15-17 with CLE, @CIN and @DEN. Thanks!
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Hits & Misses - Week 12: Happy Thanksgiving!
Brandon
Here are our “Hits” and “Misses” for week twelve, listing players you want to make sure are in your lineup, as well as those you might consider shelving for the week (or at least lowering your expectations!) With Turkey Day right around the corner and a record three games being played tomorrow, we needed to post the hits and misses ASAP this week. As usual, I left off a few obvious picks from the list, including Ricky Williams running over the Bills, Larry Fitzgerald smoking the Titans secondary and Greg Jennings beating up on the Lions, but there is still plenty of picks to go around. Hopefully everyone has a great holiday weekend, filled with lots of fantasy football points! -
Week 12 Defenses to Consider
Brandon
Here’s a quick list of teams that are playing some of the lesser offenses in the league this week and who could be available in your league in case you were looking for a plug-in (with the percent owned in parenthesis):
- Philadelphia (99%) vs Washington
- Cincinnati (94%) vs Cleveland
- Green Bay (93%) @ Detroit
- Dallas (89%) vs Oakland
- San Diego (78%) vs Kansas City
- Miami (60%) @ Buffalo
- Atlanta (39%) vs Tampa Bay
- Seattle (26%) @ St. Louis
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The Wire - Week 12: Bottom of the Barrel
Brandon
Here are our waiver wire candidates for week twelve. As usual, you’ll find players who are either [Startable], a [Stopgap] to get you past a BYE or injury, [Worth a look] and spot on your bench, or [One-week-wonder]s who don’t warrant a roster spot, so you make your roster moves accordingly. You’ll also see the percent owned (in Yahoo! leagues) in parenthesis. All I can say about the cast of characters on this week’s list is that hopefully you don’t have to rely on them too much…otherwise you’re in big trouble.
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Team of the Week - Week 11: Detroit Rock City!
Brandon
Here is the fantasy football “Team of the Week” for week eleven, listing the players that scored the most points (using standard scoring) over the course of Sunday’s games. While last weekend’s Team of the Week featured the regulars (Brady, Chris Johnson, Peterson, Randy Moss, etc), this weekend featured some of the most unlikely performances of the season. You know the fantasy world has been turned on its head when the first name you read on this list is Matthew Stafford! Anyways, let’s get to the list…a list which contains players that were possibly on A) someone’s bench or B) free agency…
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Player
Stats
QB Matthew Stafford (DET) 422 passing yards, 5 TD, 2 INT RB Ricky Williams (MIA) 119 rushing yards, 19 receiving yards, 3 TD RB Kevin Smith (DET) 45 rushing yards, 104 receiving yards, 1 TD WR Terrell Owens (BUF) 197 receiving yards, 1 TD WR Wes Welker (NE) 15 receptions, 192 receiving yards, 11 rushing yards, 0 TD WR Calvin Johnson (DET) 161 receiving yards, 1 TD TE Kevin Boss (NYG) 76 receiving yards, 2 TD K Billy Cundiff (BAL) Kicks – 20-29 (1), 30-39 (2), 40-49 (2), 50+ (0), PAT (0) DEF New England 14 points allowed, 2 sack, 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovery, 1 TD -
Ask the Geeks - Week 11: Game-time Edition
Brandon
Here’s the last batch of Ask the Geeks for week eleven. If you have any last minute questions, feel free to leave them as a comment on one of our posts and hopefully Matt or I (or any of our readers) can get back to you with some advice before game time. Either way, good luck and hopefully everyone can start clinching some playoff spots!
Heath asks…
who should start week 11 at the flex RB/WR position.
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Reggie Bush out this Sunday?
Brandon
Throughout most of his NFL career, I wouldn’t have cared a whole lot whether Reggie Bush played or not. However, now that I actually have him on my best fantasy football squad AND because he’s actually putting up decent numbers these days, I’m very nervous about the thought of him not occupying the W/R spot on my roster this weekend. It’s looking more and more like it’s heading that way too, with Reggie nursing a knee bruise. Not helping the situation is the fact that the Saints are undefeated and have no need to risk injuring one of their most dynamic players any further. Keep an eye on this situation until he’s ruled out for sure, but with such an enticing match-up against Tampa Bay, I won’t be happy if he takes the week off.
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Brandon
Not that it has any impact on fantasy football at this point, but it appears that the Buffalo’s recently-made-backup quarterback Trent Edwards could be on his way out of town soon. I just imagine him signing with a UFL team, then, along with J.P. Losman, causing the league to fold as everyone realizes that quarterbacks not good enough to play for the Bills are starting for half the league’s teams.
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Hits & Misses - Week 11: Playoffs approaching
Brandon
Here are our “Hits” and “Misses” for week eleven, listing players you want to make sure are in your lineup, as well as those you might consider shelving for the week (or at least lowering your expectations!) This week I returned to my previous ways of leaving the most obvious players off the list (Drew Brees @ TB, Maurice Jones-Drew vs BUF,) so we’re left with players you may actually have to think about starting or benching this week. In most leagues the playoffs are rapidly approaching, so this could be a huge week for your team and hopefully some of our advice can help you clinch a spot! Anyways, here we go with the hits and misses…
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Brandon
Just wanted to share a humorous tweet sent out by the outspoken Saints tight end, Jeremy Shockey, regarding the possibility of LeBron James ever playing in the NFL…
everyone trust me Lebron James could not play in the NFL! espn is crazy to even think he could even make a practice squad. hes a 4.9 40 time
After the success of Antonio Gates and Tony Gonzalez in the NFL, I’m pretty sure fantasy football managers would be salivating at the prospect of seeing James in the NFL. All I know is that he’d immediately be the best receiver on the Browns the day he stepped on the field.
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Brandon
Does anyone else out there hate these Thursday night football games? I have Panthers receiver Steve Smith in one of my leagues and all I can picture happening is that he has a lousy game tonight and I depress about it for the next three days. However, with Steelers rookie receiver Mike Wallace as my only other option, it appears that I’m going to have to stick with Smith and hope for the best. Of course, if he does well I’ll have a nice head-start going into Sunday’s games, but I’d still prefer all my players play on Sunday (or Monday)…not Thursday.
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Ask the Geeks - Week 11: Thursday Night Football edition
Brandon
With another Thursday Night Football game quickly approaching, it seemed like a good time to get to the first batch of Ask the Geek questions that have been piling up. As usual, you can leave your inquiries here or leave them as comments on this post!
Also, make sure to leave your feedback on our commenting system here at FFGeekBlog.com so we can figure out if we need to revise the system or not.
James asks…
Getting close to end of regular season and i am going to be one of those teams fighting for a playoff spot. This week is a must win for my team. But i lost Turner for this week(hopefully only 1 week,) I am starting Cutler, Colts D. and Olsen @ T.E. I need help deciding on 2 RBs and 2WRs.
WR Options= Sims-Walker, Boldin, Evans, and Roddy White.
RB Options= Jamaal Charles, Jamal Lewis, Knowshon Moreno, and Justin Forsett.Please let me know who you would expect to be the most productive lineup this week.
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Thursday Night Football: MIA @ CAR
Brandon
Just like last week, keep in mind that there is a Thursday Night Football game tonight, as the Dolphins head to Carolina to play the Panthers. With Ronnie Brown out for the season now, you definitely want Ricky Williams in your line-up tonight, so don’t forget to set your rosters this afternoon!
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Brandon
Chiefs receiver Dwayne Bowe has been suspended four games without pay for taking performance enhancing drugs. Hopefully he is not on your team! Chris Chambers will most likely get a few more looks per game based on this news.
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Week 11 Defenses to Consider
Brandon
Here’s a quick list of teams that are playing some of the lesser offenses in the league this week and who could be available in your league in case you were looking for a plug-in (with the percent owned in parenthesis):
- Pittsburgh (99%) @ Kansas City
- Green Bay (83%) vs San Francisco
- New England (81%) vs New York Jets
- Cincinnati (74%) @ Oakland
- Arizona (69%) @ St. Louis
- San Diego (69%) @ Denver
- Jacksonville (12%) vs Buffalo
- Cleveland (8%) @ Detroit
- Detroit (4%) vs Cleveland
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The Wire - Week 11: The Replacements
Brandon
Here are our waiver wire candidates for week eleven. As usual, you’ll find players who are either [Startable], a [Stopgap] to get you past a BYE or injury, [Worth a look] and spot on your bench, or [One-week-wonder]s who don’t warrant a roster spot, so you make your roster moves accordingly. You’ll also see the percent owned in parenthesis. This week we start off with a number of backup running backs who could have some immediate fantasy impact due to injuries to starters Michael Turner, Cedric Benson, Clinton Portis and Julius Jones.
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Remember to vote on the FFGeekBlog.com commenting system if you haven’t done so yet. Who knows if we’ll end up changing anything, but we just want to see how our readers feel about it!
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Brandon
Just read a funny post on Deadspin.com about fantasy football for the elderly. While their rules are a bit simpler than what we’re used to, I guess I have to support anything that gets more people involved with fantasy football!
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Team of the Week - Week 10: Fourth and 2...
Brandon
Here is the fantasy football “Team of the Week” for week ten, listing the players that scored the most points (using standard scoring) over the course of Sunday’s games. This is a sad day for Patriots fans, having to witness yet another come from behind victory by Peyton Manning and the Colts, capped off by an “interesting” call on fourth down at the end of the game! Anyways, today’s list had very little surprises (except the kicker) and is basically a “who’s who” list of fantasy football superstars…
Pos.
Player
Stats
QB Tom Brady (NE) 375 passing yards, 3 TD, 1 INT RB Chris Johnson (TEN) 132 rushing yards, 100 receiving yards, 2 TD RB Adrian Peterson (MIN) 133 rushing yards, 10 receiving yards, 2 TD WR Randy Moss (NE) 179 receiving yards, 2 TD WR Brandon Marshall (DEN) 134 receiving yards, 9 rushing yards, 2 TD WR Reggie Wayne (IND) 126 receiving yards, 2 TD TE Brent Celek (PHI) 47 receiving yards, 1 TD K Connor Barth (TB) Kicks – 20-29 (0), 30-39 (0), 40-49 (0), 50+ (3), PAT (2) – Who? He made three 50+ yard field goals? DEF Tennessee 17 points allowed, 2 sack, 2 interceptions, 2 TD
