We’re just short of halfway through the fantasy football season. We all kind’ve know where we stand in our league and what positions we need to improve. We can also tell where the roster has depth.

Depth is a beautiful thing in fantasy football and not something that you want to take for granted, especially not even halfway through the season. Far too often I see fantasy players trade depth away in a panic to patch up a different position to all of a sudden lose a player to injury the next week. Now all of a sudden a strength from a week ago has become a dire weakness.

I’m not advocating to be against trading, but take your time and explore all of your options. Know your worth kings and queens! A fair deal is a fair deal, but I’m against giving discounts because I feel like I can afford to.

That was a completely unplanned rant. Most are. Sometimes you just tap some keys until something semi-coherent comes out. I do not have needles to share with you, but what I do have are rankings for week 7. The Packers, Raiders, Steelers, and Seahawks are on vacation.

I hope your fantasy baseball seasons went well. Congratulations to Grey, Rudy, and Matt Truss on fantastic showings in the industry leagues. Now it’s time for playoff baseball and as I’m writing this, my Cubs are in a pinch. Football will prove to be a nice distraction if I get my heart broken this evening. The Bears and Buccaneers are on a bye this week and the Thursday night game is between the Patriots and the Colts. Here are my rankings for Week 5.