With playoffs either starting now in some leagues or a week away, the playoff push is upon us. This means only one thing, doing whatever it takes to make it to the playoffs or to advance to the next round of playoffs taking one week at a time is key. Lets focus on the match ups with the teams more then the match ups with individual players themselves. As of right now the top 5 defenses that are worst against the run are: St Louis, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Tampa Bay and Oakland with Carolina just behind them. Now most of the teams they are playing this weeks are obvious starts in any league. If you have Ray Rice, Maurice Jones Drew, Micheal Turner, Marshawn Lynch, or even Rachard Mendenhall then those are easy starts. A sleeper from one of these match ups I will talk about is the Packers running back that isn't seen or heard of from much but recently has been getting more touches in recent weeks. That is Brandon Saine in very deep leagues, he hasn't had much attention until last week he did get a total of 10 touches for over 40 yards. With James Starks not practicing this whole week yet Saine could be the 2nd running back behind a bad Ryan Grant. If you need a flex player for a position and maybe want to take a flyer against a bad rushing team and a team who gives up 6th most total points against running backs in general.
One of the biggest flops of this week could be Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger and company in the passing game. Cleveland Browns surprisingly are tops in the league against the passing game. Only giving up 173 yards a game, and tied for second in the league with only 11 touchdowns given up on the year. Look for a heavy dose of run from the Steelers in a game that probably wont be close. Another game that I have a feeling will turn into a passing game is the Chicago Bears against the Denver Broncos. With both teams defenses being stingy against the run, both teams maybe forced to pass the ball even though either one really wants to. If this does happen both Caleb Hanie and Tim Tebow could have top 12 fantasy days from quarterbacks. Or both teams could keep forcing the run and it could turn into a 10 to 7 game for whoever wins. Its a gamble but could pay dividends if it falls the right way.
Playoffs are among us and i wish everyone the best of luck in there march to the championship of everyone's respected leagues. Any comments on a player you think will succeed or fail that I didn't mention let me know in the comments.
i think that the chargers bills game will turn into a passing game and nerither team is great against the pass nor the run so i think the game could be close, forcing both teams to air it out to try and gain the lead so rivers and fitzpatrick i think could both potentially be in for a good game.
ReplyDeletei agree with that as well just didn't get to them. I have liked what i have seen from Rivers in the last couple weeks. He has been a solid QB and that Bills defense doesn't stop anyone. Fitz on the other hand I'm up in the air on that one but could definitely possible.
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