The fantasy football playoffs started with a bang on Thursday with Derrick Henry getting a ton of bench points for his owners. I saw a couple of people on twitter complaining that they were playing against Derrick Henry. That’s even more brutal because points are theoretically harder to come by in deeper leagues.
Are there any Derrick Henry performances around the corner today? Probably not, but Chris Godwin and DJ Moore should be in your lineups if you’re on the fringe of sitting them.
Weather
It’s going to be pretty cold in the midwest, but I don’t see the cold affecting any fantasy stats. Keep an eye out on the weather in Tampa. Big thunderstorms are expected during the afternoon.
Injuries
James Conner – Out
Melvin Gordon – Out
T.Y. Hilton – Questionable
Matthew Stafford – Questionable
Keke Coutee – Questionable
Joe Flacco – Questionable
DeSean Jackson – Out
Isaiah Crowell – Questionable
it’s extremely hard to have a team that played henry actually BE in the playoffs
late week OBJ rule out complicates things here, have these starting:
QB wentz (but allen is possible start maybe)
RB (2) chubb, barkley
WR (2) k.allen, shepard (i’m guessing this becomes easy with him for WR #2 here, he’s always done well when OBJ is out, usually HAD done well (till just lately) when engram was out)
TE (1) brate, herndon
util (1) options:
– richard,
– barber (@ NO horrible matchup should be million passing yards game for TB),
– jeffery (horrible matchup, been horrible since tate steals so many targets now),
– a.miller (pretty good matchup, LAR 13th vs WR #2, 21st vs WR #1’s, 27th vs other WR depending on how miller is used),
– j.jackson (good matchup, but worried ekeler might get enough to make this not the play)
– coleman (good matchup, but ATL’s offense has been horrible for at least 3 weeks now, GB 27th rush D)
1. wentz @ DAL (bad matchup), or j.allen vs NYJ (great one)
2. best flex?
@Fundle Bundle Life: maybe a 12 teamer where 8 teams make playoffs there might be a few, but very hard to have henry being started almost ever this year and that team made playoffs. i’d venture to guess that any playoff team that started henry very likely normally would’ve owned and started probably connor and/or breida, then got beat to samuels and j.wilson (and likely jackson as well) in waivers this past week. or it’s a league where the playoffs are weeks 15-17 and the team that started henry either is inactive OR very little active and has just left him in all/most of year.
I’d stick with Wentz actually, I just don’t trust Josh Allen yet. Actually with storms expected, Barber is my play at Flex for you
@MB: crap, how much does this lower brate, humphries, evans, godwin (not going to bench kamara or MT on NO side), as i have all of those somewhere.
It lowers them quite a bit. I think Evans and Godwin are fine though
@MB: probably too late now but i’d think landry and michel both are still ahead of godwin anyway? i had the godwin vs landry at WR #2 in one spot with michel in flex.
Hope you went Landry haha
Hi. I’m in a half point ppr . I have a bye this weekend .
Njoku was dropped . Do I pick him up and drop Evan Engram in preparation for next weekend ?
I also have Vance McDonald.
Thanks
Yeah I like Njoku slightly more
Couple tough calls today (.5 ppr):
Qb: wentz, Lamar or baker
Wr: Godwin or A-rob
Te: Samuel’s or cook
Flex: dalvin or gus edwards
Wentz, Godwin Samuels and Dalvin
How could Beckham do this to us first week of playoffs?!?!!?
That leaves me with DJ Moore or Shepard to fill in?
And let’s hope TY suits up or it’s def on to next year.
Thanks
T.Y. is in! I’d go with D.J. Moore
.5 PPR league
Russell Wilson or Lamar Jackson?
Flex: Fitzgerald, Jeff Wilson, Ekeler or DJ Moore?
Lamar and Jeff Wilson
Scratch that. Wentz
@MB: I mean Russell, my bad
Would love a little guidance – i’m very torn.
Pick top 2 (WR3 & Flex):
Sutton, Ware, Baldwin, Tate and Carson
I’m leaning starting Ware in my Flex and Sutton as WR3; however, i’m slightly concerned with ware vs. the ravens D/ST. Would you consider starting Tate or Carson over Ware in my Fled? Please help!!
I’m thinking the same way that you are, I’m also leaning Ware
#1 seed, but I’ve got a tough call at FLEX …
AP
Jaylen Samuels
Stefon Diggs
Amari Cooper
Hmm.
I’m leaning Cooper!
@MB:
Go ahead and frame this one, MB!
I’m going to go ahead and pat the hell out of my own back for this one haha
Can’t decide on my ppr flex Mack Gollaway or D.J. Moore. Please help
I think D.J. Moore has the highest floor
Who would you say has the highest floor of the 3?
Playoffs for an oddly setup league. Full pt ppr, but only (1) bench spot. Needless to say every week there’s good people available on the waiver.
I need some advice for the playoffs…Roll w/ Goff throughout the playoffs facing the following Def(Chi, Phi, Az and SF) or pick up D. Watson(Ind, Nyj, Phi and Jax)
I own Chi D facing (Rams, GB, Sf and Minn) but am thinking about dropping them for Den D (Sf, Clev, Oak and Chargers)for the final few weeks
Am I over analyzing both my QB and D, each who helped me get to the dance or is my thought process correct in targeting matchups?
Thanks in advance
JRJ
I’m fine rolling with Goff for the playoffs but I would roll with Den D/St for the playoffs
Ppr.. Drake over Coleman in flex?
I have Coutee coming off 2 lost weeks.. Sterling Shep is available on wires
Grab Shep for Coutee and play him
PPR, start 3 out of Mccoy, S Michel, Ingram, and Spencer Ware. QB L Jackson or J Allen? Thanks.
Allen, McCoy, Ingram, Ware
Also D question.. do I trust Bears D to at least break even tonight.. or pick up a Arizona, Jets, KC, or Philly D
They should break even but if you want some points probably Arizona
Need to replace OBJ< PPR. Callaway, Marquis or Tyrel. Cobb, Crowder and Foster on ww too. Who you got?
I’m leaning Tyrell
Luck or Mayfield? Cousins or Lamar?
PPR: Richards, Crow, Gore, Ridley, Monty or Dixon?
KC or Dallas?
and thanks!
Flacco inactive. Does that put Lamar > Cousins?
Yes
Luck, Richard, and Dallas. No Problem!
With news that OBJ is out, would you roll the dice with Evan Engram or stay with Jordan Reed?
(This question brought to you by the hellscape that is Tight End.)
Sticking with Reed
YOOO MAN…
PICK 1 PPR
J JACKSON
WARE
J WILSON JR
SUTTON
Wilson Jr.
Which one of these guys would you cut if you had to drop a player: trequan smith, pettis, a robinson, hmm Howard. .5ppr. Thanks
Haha Howard is tempting but Trequan
Hey dude, 2 questions for ya.
.5 ppr
Gallup or Daesean?
Need RB2, TE and Flex from this bunch:
Mack, Josh Adams, Jaylen, Njoku, Ekeler & Justin Jackson
gracias totales!
Daesean, Adams, Njoku, and Jaylen
@MB: awesome, thanks
A Robinson or sutton?
Sutton
Pick 2 PPR league:
Zay Jones, Tyler Boyd, Pettis, Spencer Ware, or Antonio Callaway.
Pettis and Ware
Just wanted to say thanks for doing this, MB.
Good luck with your own teams today!
I appreciate it! You as will.
Rams or Seahawks DST?
Seahawks
haha landry is back in CLE’s plans again. meanwhile, was coffee cake (drake) just a decoy listed healthy when not today or is this just MIA turning their 4-5 years of stupidity up to 11?
Apparently Njoku isn’t.
@MB: no, not much on him.
whew i’m lucky shepard and barkley got their TD’s early, that game has shutdown attempting to score anymore in 2nd half written all over it. just let barkley hit his 100 rushing yards (1 more) for my bonus and i’m ok with total production here, obviously barkley might have a HUGE day going rest of way, doubting they let eli try to help WAS back into that game. i am playing against c.thompson though, THAT might not go well, this has him written every which way on him rest of game.
WOW, another 52 yards. ok, well he’s already got 32.6 points in the first half in this league thus far with only one TD.
@Fundle Bundle Life: would’ve been kewl if NYG kept their foot on the gas and barkley got like 300 total yards, and then won probably 57 or something to like 10.
brees/kamara just like last week, might take people into then out of the playoffs. good thing my only kamara/ingram spot is on bye.
I played against Brees in my main home league. I’m in a pretty good spot going into tonight
good lord is ATL bad at football. GB’s D isn’t good.
at least jeffery is back to being a part of the offense, screw g.tate. i did bench him for j.jackson and michel in 2 spots, but next week when OBJ is back i’ll have to bench shepard for jeffery yet again. the wentz vs j.allen didn’t end up being much at all different overall due to all allen’s TO’s.
Allen should have been better in the spot he was in yesterday
@MB: absolutely as of the first half (before his 2nd TO i think) he looked to be having a 40ish point (in my league) game again. he did get his 100 rushing bonus, but very little else. turns out wentz beat him by under 2 points. but wentz, my god PHI has spent a LOT of games looking like shit in the 1st half to end up with decent points but they gotta start the game when the game actually starts.
– did you see that rotoworld actually accused NYG of sitting OBJ when not really hurt to tank but WAS wouldn’t go along with it, hilarious.