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Week 11 Pass Defense: No Longer Shorts Weather

We’re 11 weeks into the season now and still dealing with bye weeks, but congratulations, this is finally it.  The good news for many fantasy teams is you don’t have to worry about a matchup with the...

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Week 11 Rush Defense: My Vote’s Still For Bush, Not Gore

Sorry Chris Johnson owners, you’re going to have to start someone else this week.  Just think of it like one of the first three weeks of the season again, only this time you know you shouldn’t start...

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Week 12 Pass Defense: Hanging with Chad

No more bye weeks!  This is great news for everyone whose team isn’t riddled with injuries.  QBs seem to be dropping like flies with concussions and other assortments of injuries, but for some teams...

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Week 12 Rush Defense: What Can Brown Do For You?

With the bye weeks finally behind us, now all you have to worry about are injuries.  Unfortunately, there are quite a few of those which makes week 12 an interesting one, especially when looking at the...

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Week 13 Pass Defense: I’m Sorry Mr. Jackson

For many leagues, this is the final week before the playoffs.  With bye weeks behind us and the end of the season in sight, matchups have never been more important. Sure, The Titans may not have been...

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Week 13 Rush Defense: Charles In Charge

After allowing Beanie Wells into the end zone twice this past weekend, The Rams are officially one of the worst run defenses in the NFL.  Interestingly enough, they face one of the best run defenses in...

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Week 14 Pass Defense: Save Your Team, Bench a Cowboy

The Cincinnati Bengals have been exceptional against the pass this season.  Sure, you might be able to get some yardage against them, but scoring a TD through the air is not an easy feat when this...

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Week 14 Rush Defense: Knowshon MoreYes

Thursday Night Football this week has quite the interesting RB matchup.  On one side we have Knowshon Moreno who hasn’t exactly been elite, but he has received 20 carries in each of the last two weeks...

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Week 15 Pass Defense Matchups: Broncos are Ravenous for Fantasy Points

It doesn’t matter who’s on your fantasy team, the Broncos/Raiders is going to be the game to watch.  This is a relatively nightmarish matchup on both sides of the ball, but not exactly for the reasons...

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Week 15 Rush Defense: No Power Ballards

Although Stevan Ridley did score a TD against one of the best rush defenses in the league on Monday, he did so in the 4th quarter after The Patriots had already solidified a victory.  He also had 39 of...

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Week 16 Pass Defense Matchups: He’s not a rookie, he’s a Newton

It all comes down to this, at least for the vast majority of fantasy leagues.  With fifteen weeks in the books, fantasy teams suddenly need to start worrying about which teams will bench their star...

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Week 16 Rush Defense: No Going Greene This Week

The top rush defenses this year have been The Texans, Broncos, 49ers, Buccaneers, Chargers, and Steelers.  However, DeMarco Murray, Mark Ingram, Mike Tolbert, and Danny Woodhead each scored at least...

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Week 17 Rush and Pass Defense: Time to Bench Your #1 Pick?

So you’re in a fantasy league that plays all 17 weeks huh?  That can always be rough for the teams whose early round picks are resting comfortably on the bench because their playoff seed is locked up....

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Week 1 Players to Play/Avoid: There will be plenty of Lacy-er matchups for...

The start of the fantasy season is finally here!  By now, you have likely completed your draft and you’re just counting the seconds until Thursday’s game between the Ravens and Broncos (exactly 161,722...

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Week 2 Players to Play/Avoid: Forte Will Show Off His Forte

Alright, a little self-promotion before we get started.  I don’t mean to brag, but I put up 206 points in the Razzball Writer’s League for week 1; outscoring the next closest team by more than 25...

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Week 3 Players to Play/Avoid: The Chronicles of Ridley

Holy injuries Batman!  The number of concussions, questionable statuses, and long-term injuries has been staggering this year.  Thought you could count on Roddy White, Eddie Lacy, Larry Fitzgerald,...

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Week 3 Players to Play/Avoid: Plenty of Broyle-ing Points

Poor Nate Burleson.  Just when you think he’s going to be a consistent fantasy producer, he goes and breaks his arm in a car crash.  That’s incredibly sad news for him and his fantasy owners, but those...

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Week 5 Players to Play/Avoid: Kerley Fries the Falcons’ D

As an Eagles fan, it’s been a rough week for me.  The silver lining, however, is that the rest of the NFC East is also struggling. Speaking of struggling, Chris Johnson hasn’t exactly been a lock in...

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Week 6 Players to Play/Avoid: Big Day for Greg Little?

With Julio Jones likely out for the season, now might be a good time to take a gamble on Harry Douglas or make a trade for either Steven Jackson or Roddy White if you can get them.  When an offensive...

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Week 7 Players to Play/Avoid: Randle On

Nick Foles is doing everything he can to keep his job in Philadelphia and as it turns out, everything he can is quite a bit.  With three TDs and zero interceptions, Foles put up a passer rating of...

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Week 8 Players to Play/Avoid: Stacy’s Mom…Isn’t Starting Him This Week

With Nick Foles showing the world why Michael Vick was the starting quarterback for Philadelphia, Reggie Wayne tearing his ACL, Doug Martin injuring his shoulder (DO NOT DROP HIM YET), and the future...

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Week 9 Players to Play/Avoid: CJ’s OK

Jason Avant was the second best receiver for Philadelphia with 54 receiving yards, but as soon as Vick came out of the game, I knew it was curtains for my run of great sleeper picks.  That just means...

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Week 10 Players to Play/Avoid: Foles Gold

So you need to find a temporary replacement for Aaron Rodgers huh?  Is no one safe anymore?  Luckily, there are some QBs with pretty solid matchups this week that might be available to you.  Jake...

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Week 11 Players to Play/Avoid: Cruz Relying on Manning’s Control

Both Calvin Johnson and A.J. Green are in tough matchups this week, but you’re going to play them anyway.  Why?  They’re just too talented to bench.  Baltimore is incredibly good at protecting against...

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Week 12 Players to Play/Avoid: Different Shades of Brown

Although there are plenty of players capable of rising above a bad matchup, terms like “Revis Island” would not exist if it wasn’t at least somewhat true.  Take T.Y. Hilton, for instance.  After the...

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Week 13 Players to Play/Avoid: When the Le’Veon Breaks

For many fantasy football leagues, this is the week that decides whether or not you’re in the playoffs.  The good news is that a lot of the top tier talent has fantastic matchups.  Adrian Peterson,...

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Week 14 Players to Play/Avoid: No Luck

It’s playoff time for many fantasy leagues and that means every game counts just a little bit more than it did before.  For players like Adrian Peterson, a tough matchup against Baltimore doesn’t mean...

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Week 15 Players to Play/Avoid: Weather or not

All season long, I’ve been talking about matchups with an opposing team, but what about an opposing weather condition?  Fantasy owners who started Matthew Stafford, Calvin Johnson, or Reggie Bush were...

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Week 16 Players to Play/Avoid: Charles in Charge

Sure, you got a few points out of him last week, but if you want to win your league championship game, you need to bench Jamaal Charles. Oh good, you’re still reading. Benching a player just because...

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Week 17 Players to Play/Avoid: Manning Up?

If you’re reading this article, you’re probably in one of those fantasy leagues that play all 17 weeks.  On the plus side, you get one more week of fantasy football fun.  However, that could also be a...

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