FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume II, Issue XLVIII
Welcome to our 62nd edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. Our archive of past editions is available right here on The FantasyDrafthelp.com Blog and specific links to past editions are available on the front page of FantasyDrafthelp.com.
In this week's edition:
^ NFL Week 13 Preview
^ NFL Week 13 Best Waiver Wire Pickups
NFL Week 13 Preview
Here’s a few standard preface notes:
^ Notwithstanding the claims of any website to be your “home for Sunday morning injury report news,” nothing beats Google News – nothing. Entering a player name into this search engine trumps any other means of gathering information because it culls the data from an unbelievably wide variety of sources.
^ Especially earlier in the season, it’s always good to refer to a strong baseline of where players should have been drafted – and nothing beats FANTASY FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2009.
^ Unless there are any injury questions, we never discuss “gimme” players. Such core players should be started week in and week out unless there is any question surrounding their playing status. Winning teams only need to worry about “playing the matchups” with one, two or (at the most, during bye weeks) three spots in the lineup. Some websites promise you a crystal ball for how to manage high-risk, high-reward juggling during the season. We don’t. We play the percentages. That approach may be boring, but it’s highly effective and much more intellectually honest in what we promise you.
^ By the way, here are your core players who should not be benched if healthy
QB: Brady, Brees, P Manning, McNabb, Rivers, Rodgers, Romo, Warner
RB: M Barber, R Brown, Forte, Gore, Grant, S Jackson, Jacobs, C Johnson, Jones-Drew, Peterson, Portis, Slaton, Tomlinson, Turner, Westbrook, D Williams
WR: Boldin, Bowe, Colston, Fitzgerald, Jennings, A Johnson, C Johnson, Houshmandzadeh, V Jackson, Marshall, Moss, Ochocinco, S Smith (Carolina), Wayne, R White
TE: Clark, Gates, Gonzalez, Witten
^ Here are the players added to that list since the start of the year:
RB: Benson
WR: Burleson, Driver, S Smith (NY Giants)
TE: H Miller, V Davis
^ And here are the players who were on our list, but have been removed from it:
RB: Lynch
WR: Owens, R Williams
^ Links for each game take you to the CBS Sports home page for each game, with stats, analysis and even video previews.
^ All times listed are EDT.
^ Of the non-gimme players we like this week, the stronger plays are the ones in all caps.
Week 13
Sunday, Dec. 6
New England at Miami, 1 p.m. RB Maroney, WR WELKER, RB R Williams
Philadelphia at Atlanta, 1 p.m. RB McCoy, WR Maclin, TE CELEK, All-out on Falcons marginal players
Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m. TE Winslow, All-out on Panthers marginal players
St. Louis at Chicago, 1 p.m. All-out on marginal Rams players, WR Hester, TE Olsen
Detroit at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. All-out on marginal Lions, QB PALMER, WR Coles, WR Caldwell
Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. QB Young, WR Britt, RB Britt
Houston at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. QB SCHAUB, QB Garrard, WR Sims-Walker
Denver at Kansas City, 1 p.m. QB Orton, RB Moreno, RB Charles
Oakland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. TE Z Miller, All-in on marginal Steelers
New Orleans at Washington, 1 p.m. All-in on marginal Saints (with only RB Bush questionable due to injury), WR S Moss
San Diego at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m. RB Sproles, WR Floyd, All-out on marginal Browns
San Francisco at Seattle, 4:15 p.m. WR Crabtree, QB Hasselbeck, TE Carlson
Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 4:15 p.m. WR AUSTIN, WR Manningham
Minnesota at Arizona, 8:20 p.m. All-in on marginal Vikings (including all three top WRs), RB B Wells
Monday, Dec. 7
Baltimore at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m. RB RICE, All-out on marginal Packers
NFL Week 13 Best Waiver Wire Pickups
NOTE: We only recommend plausible pickups; our threshold is 40% or less ownership in CBSSports.com leagues. As such, players may show up on our list multiple weeks if they fall below that percentage and if we still believe in their upside potential.
1 Gartrell Johnson
2 Mark Clayton
3 Billy Cundiff
4 Chris Redman
5 Chris Jennings
In this week's edition:
^ NFL Week 13 Preview
^ NFL Week 13 Best Waiver Wire Pickups
NFL Week 13 Preview
Here’s a few standard preface notes:
^ Notwithstanding the claims of any website to be your “home for Sunday morning injury report news,” nothing beats Google News – nothing. Entering a player name into this search engine trumps any other means of gathering information because it culls the data from an unbelievably wide variety of sources.
^ Especially earlier in the season, it’s always good to refer to a strong baseline of where players should have been drafted – and nothing beats FANTASY FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2009.
^ Unless there are any injury questions, we never discuss “gimme” players. Such core players should be started week in and week out unless there is any question surrounding their playing status. Winning teams only need to worry about “playing the matchups” with one, two or (at the most, during bye weeks) three spots in the lineup. Some websites promise you a crystal ball for how to manage high-risk, high-reward juggling during the season. We don’t. We play the percentages. That approach may be boring, but it’s highly effective and much more intellectually honest in what we promise you.
^ By the way, here are your core players who should not be benched if healthy
QB: Brady, Brees, P Manning, McNabb, Rivers, Rodgers, Romo, Warner
RB: M Barber, R Brown, Forte, Gore, Grant, S Jackson, Jacobs, C Johnson, Jones-Drew, Peterson, Portis, Slaton, Tomlinson, Turner, Westbrook, D Williams
WR: Boldin, Bowe, Colston, Fitzgerald, Jennings, A Johnson, C Johnson, Houshmandzadeh, V Jackson, Marshall, Moss, Ochocinco, S Smith (Carolina), Wayne, R White
TE: Clark, Gates, Gonzalez, Witten
^ Here are the players added to that list since the start of the year:
RB: Benson
WR: Burleson, Driver, S Smith (NY Giants)
TE: H Miller, V Davis
^ And here are the players who were on our list, but have been removed from it:
RB: Lynch
WR: Owens, R Williams
^ Links for each game take you to the CBS Sports home page for each game, with stats, analysis and even video previews.
^ All times listed are EDT.
^ Of the non-gimme players we like this week, the stronger plays are the ones in all caps.
Week 13
Sunday, Dec. 6
New England at Miami, 1 p.m. RB Maroney, WR WELKER, RB R Williams
Philadelphia at Atlanta, 1 p.m. RB McCoy, WR Maclin, TE CELEK, All-out on Falcons marginal players
Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m. TE Winslow, All-out on Panthers marginal players
St. Louis at Chicago, 1 p.m. All-out on marginal Rams players, WR Hester, TE Olsen
Detroit at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. All-out on marginal Lions, QB PALMER, WR Coles, WR Caldwell
Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. QB Young, WR Britt, RB Britt
Houston at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. QB SCHAUB, QB Garrard, WR Sims-Walker
Denver at Kansas City, 1 p.m. QB Orton, RB Moreno, RB Charles
Oakland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. TE Z Miller, All-in on marginal Steelers
New Orleans at Washington, 1 p.m. All-in on marginal Saints (with only RB Bush questionable due to injury), WR S Moss
San Diego at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m. RB Sproles, WR Floyd, All-out on marginal Browns
San Francisco at Seattle, 4:15 p.m. WR Crabtree, QB Hasselbeck, TE Carlson
Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 4:15 p.m. WR AUSTIN, WR Manningham
Minnesota at Arizona, 8:20 p.m. All-in on marginal Vikings (including all three top WRs), RB B Wells
Monday, Dec. 7
Baltimore at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m. RB RICE, All-out on marginal Packers
NFL Week 13 Best Waiver Wire Pickups
NOTE: We only recommend plausible pickups; our threshold is 40% or less ownership in CBSSports.com leagues. As such, players may show up on our list multiple weeks if they fall below that percentage and if we still believe in their upside potential.
1 Gartrell Johnson
2 Mark Clayton
3 Billy Cundiff
4 Chris Redman
5 Chris Jennings
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