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| 1 | Chris Johnson | 11 | Aaron Rodgers |
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| 5 | Andre Johnson | 15 | Miles Austin |
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Each week a group of Fantasy Football "Experts" sit around a bar table discussing the latest from around the league. We discuss everything from cheerleaders to the guys that wash the jocks. Eric Stashin likes that one. This week, over a few beers, we found ourselves discussing different strategies on how to help those Fantasy Football teams that have started out slow through the first four weeks. I posed the following question to the guys :
Here's what they had to say. From http://www.LestersLegends.com It depends on what type of struggling team you are. Are you scoring points yourself? Perhaps you happened to draw Drew Brees when he erupted for 6 TDs in Week 1, and Chris Johnson, Frank Gore, or Andre Johnson when they exploded in Week 2, and maybe you faced MoJo in Week 3 when he went for 3 TDs, and San Fran D last week for good measure. If you have been snakebitten by top scorers, but are holding your own in points, I would say don't do anything drastic. Work the waiver wire like you normally would. Don't make any desperate moves. Either the matchups will have a way of evening things out or it's just not your year. However, if you are struggling to score points yourself, that's when you need to take action. Take a look at your team and don't be afraid to cut any dead weight. If your guy is still struggling through four weeks, perhaps it's time to cut bait. Be aggressive. If you have Chris Johnson and a bunch of nobodies, perhaps it's time to see what you can get for him. If you can get a mid-level RB like Joseph Addai and a rock solid WR, it's will probably help you in the long run. You get an adequate RB and a major upgrade at a key position. I know it's tough because if you're not scoring points you likely don't have many Sell High guys. Another thing you can do is be aggressive with your Defenses and Kickers. If you don't have an elite D, you'll have to play the matchup game. Don't simply plan week to week though. Everyone does that. Look two weeks out. That way when everyone is scrambling to make great pickups this week, you're a step ahead of the game. With Kickers, look to see which teams are allowing the most Kicker points. It's not necessarily the worst teams, because often they allow more PATs than anything. You want to find a bent-but-don't-break D that gives up yards, but gets tough in the red zone. That way you are likely to get multiple FG opportunities. It's not impossible to climb out of the hole. You just have to work a little harder and get some luck on your side. From http://footballjabber.com/ Time to re-access the situation, which means there are some moves to be made. The age old saying that you have to start your studs no longer applies if that stud RB of yours that you drafted in the first couple of rounds is putting up RB3 numbers consistently. It's easy to hang onto name power and watch yourself fall to an average season. If you have some late round sleeper or waiver wire gem on your roster that is consistently putting up a decent number for you, and has a schedule that suggests he can keep doing the same, see if you can cash in on that name power of your not so productive bust. Another obvious but maybe not so obvious solution is the waiver wire. Is your defensive squad up to par? Those are points my friend. We see people kind of sit on defensive teams because of name power (again), past performance, and just plain lazy ownership. Look at your options on the wire. Teams like Denver, San Fran, and New Orleans may be sitting there waiting to be scooped up. By all means one of these options outweighs the Tampa Bay legend, because legends won't do anything for you next Sunday in Fantasy Football. From http://Top-Fantasy-Football.com If you're low man in points and staring 0 wins and 4 losses in the face you need to make some moves. Getting back into the race takes wavier wire pickups and trading those name brand players on your team. I'm talking about putting together a 2 for 1 deal or 2 for 1.5. Going into week five we have a good indication of who is safe to sell high and buy low. Take your top name brand players and maybe some mid/low level guy and trade them for an upgrade. Lets say you need a WR & TE, you also have two good QB's in Peyton Manning and Joe Flacco. You need to take some risk and trust Flacco will continue to produce and trade Manning! For example: (and this varies based on point systems but you should get the idea here) Peyton Manning and some backup, for Steve Smith (NYG) or Reggie Wayne and Dallas Clark or Antonio Gates - this trade helps you - I know you don't want to trade Manning but you want to win right? Or take LT and TO (it's time to let them go before the stock is to low) and trade them for a producer from a guy that has two in the position and really doesn't need the other. Also don't just send the trade offer, email or call the person and sell the trade to them. "Man you know TO will start to produce" and "LT is just shaking off the rust, this is LT we're talking about!" but the truth is the chargers can't run and the defense has been atrocious which means LT will have limited chances to make plays as they air it out. T.O could improve as the O-Line gets better but you don't have time to wait! From http://www.fantasyfootballfools.com If you're 2-2 or 1-3, you need to take a serious assessment of your team at this point in the season. Are your studs showing up? Have you put points on the board? If you're putting up a good fight compared to the other scoring totals in your league, you might have run into a bit of bad luck and just picked the wrong week to play the teams who had Matt Schaub or Chris Johnson or Adrian Peterson. Otherwise, your team needs some work, and you're going to have to get dangerous. For starters, drop all your backup tight ends, kickers and defenses and any sleepers that haven't awakened. There's no reason to have that kind of depth unless you're in an extremely deep league with a very complicated waiver system. Extra defenses and kickers steal a roster spot and prevent you from acquiring talent that may help you one week at a time. You could be using that extra tight end spot to rotate in the hot waiver wire of the week like Glen Coffee, Rashard Mendenhall or Mike Sims-Walker. If your sleeper picks haven't lived up to their hype yet, it's safe to let them go. You need reliable performers at this point and a shot-in-the-dark pickup or two to get you winning now, not at the end of the season. If things are really serious--1-3 folks, I'm looking at you--trade your best player away, no matter who it is. It sounds crazy, but if you can get a lesser stud and a player with upside, do it. Two lesser studs? Even better. Your current stud obviously can't carry you every week, so there's no reason to let another area of need flap in the breeze when a trade could help you put more points into your starting roster. Don't settle on the first offer you receive. Shop your top player and take the best offer you can get. These two moves should make your better in a hurry. Live in the now, and perhaps you'll still be in the playoff race by Week 8. From http://www.Junkyardjake.com Going into Week 5 some teams have struggled out of the gate. For those teams that are 2-2 or 1-3, what "expert" strategies would you suggest tohelp teams try to get back into the chase. A 1-3 start in fantasy football isn't necessarily a dire situation that should cause you to begin contemplating your fantasy hockey team strategy. For one thing, given the crazy volatility associated with football games in general, a bad start for your fantasy football team may not even be your fault. This is especially the case in head-to-head leagues. There are of course some ways you can help mitigate the annoying fluctuations for your fantasy team: 1) Barring known injuries, or obvious dysfunctional offensive team situations, continue to start your star players. For example, Larry Fitzgerald is off to a relatively slow start, but he is a guy you should continue to insert in your lineup. 2) Try to stay away from players on the aforementioned 'dysfunctional offensive units'. For example, there is probably no reason to hope for a miraculous turnaround for the St. Louis Rams passing game, so dropping Donnie Avery for Kenny Britt is probably a tactical move that makes sense. Similarly, there is nothing wrong with purging your team of any or all Oakland Raiders. 3) When faced with lineup decisions between relatively similar players, try to select the player in the most advantageous matchup situation. This is especially important when selecting wide receivers, since they tend to have the highest variation in performance. For example, this week if faced with a decision between Santonio Holmes versus Detroit or Roddy White versus San Francisco, Holmes might be the choice with the best upside. 4) When scanning the waiver wire, try to fill your bench with those players that appear to show the most recent involvement in the team offense. For receivers, this can be of course inferred by recent pass target information. For runningbacks, try to observe the most recent distribution of carries, including the frequency of use at the goalline. From http://www.KFFL.com Well, you aren't necessarily out of the chase when your record is 2-2. Even at 1-3, you shouldn't consider yourself out of it. A high draft pick, such as the Carolina Panthers' Steve Smith, might not be performing up to your expectations - they could easily turn it around with a few favorable matchups. To me, when you are 1-3, it's time to assess your players to see if you can really expect them to turn things around. Don't be afraid to call a spade a spade. If you don't feel they can return to form, it could be time to move them; don't feel married to a player just because they were ranked high before the season. You could take a few shots on riskier players by spending a few more dollars on them with your waiver bids to make sure you acquire them. Still, you aren't out of it; players should become available that can help your roster. For example, in the last week the Oakland Raiders and New England Patriots have seen running backs Darren McFadden (knee) and Fred Taylor (ankle), respectively, go down with injuries. This has opened up time for a couple of running backs - Sammy Morris, Michael Bush and Justin Fargas - that you can likely add to boost your stable. Don't get me wrong, I'd rather be sitting at 4-0, but there is still a lot of football left and plenty of time to make up that ground. Make sure you do the research on each player and prepare for your bye weeks, but a three-game deficit is nothing a lot of planning and a little luck can't turn around. From http://rotoprofessor.com/football/ Four weeks in is still early, as many different factors may have contributed to your slow start. Depending on your situation will certainly dictate your course of action. Do not do something drastic just for the sake of doing something to “shake things up”. Giving up on a player who has gotten off to a slow start is asking for regret. Just because Michael Turner, Brian Westbrook or LaDanian Tomlinson are not performing as you would have expected, trading them for pennies on the dollar will only make things worse. The best thing you can do is not panic. That’s not to say not to make moves, either via the waiver wire or trades, but do it intelligently. Aside from injuries, four weeks is not enough time to simply write off a player and chalk about his season as lost. It is more likely that the stars are going to turn things around and put together some blow away weeks as opposed to continually struggle the entire season. From Paul "I'm freakin out man" I've been receiving a lot of these types of e-mails over the last week. Listen, first things first. Relax!!! This is not the time to jump over board. You still have time to salvage your season. Start by taking a look at your playesr bye weeks. Is your team prepared to have strong starters over the next three weeks? If not, it might be time to trade a player of value on yours going into the bye week to ensure your team is at its strongest. Next, look at the waiver wire and plan now for later. What does that mean? If you have multiple players going on a bye, you want to make sure you get the replacements now instead of scrambling the week you need to make moves. Finally, you can post questions with anyone of these fine "experts" in this round table and they'd be more than happy to help you out. So remember, relax, don't panic, the season isn't over for your fantasy team. Make the right moves and you'll give your fantasy team the best opportunity to win. Trackback(0)
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  written by Billy Craver, October 09, 2009
This was great. Lots of guys I follow so it was nice seeing it all in one spot.
Really like the FREAKING OUT MAN! That movie is a classic
LOL
written by Brian Taylor, October 08, 2009
WOW!!! This is one of the best ever. That was funny as hell. Way to keep things like Greco. That's why you're one of the best and most entertaining guys out there.
Thanks for the laugh
written by top-fantasy-football, October 08, 2009
You broke out the "Relax".. nice!
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