Working The Wire: Week 10
I think the inimitable Chris Wesseling said it best when he tweeted last week that fantasy football is a patient man’s (or woman’s) game. Keep that firmly in mind as you poke around your various waiver wires this week. You may land a nice waiver wire player on Wednesday or Thursday. Bravo, friend. But don’t […]
3 Ways To Avoid Thursday Night Fantasy Disaster
Uncertainty plagues every fantasy footballer, every week, every lineup decision, no matter how glaringly obvious. But it’s especially on Thursdays that we hesitate, we hold fire because we don’t want to trot out our borderline plays just to see them flop on the national stage and set you squarely behind that seemingly immovable eight ball. […]
Working The Wire: Week 9
I’m writing this, banking on everyone having some semblance of an Internet connection by Wednesday or Thursday. Frankenstorm, however, might destroy your fake football preparations. These, friends, are First World Problems. There’s still decent value on the waiver wire, so don’t ignore unclaimed players this week. I’m not going to tell you to grab Jonathan […]
3 Ways to Avoid Thursday Night Disaster: Week 8
See, Thursday nights don’t have to be your terrifying fake football nightmare. Last week, I recommended three ways to safeguard against the all-too-common Thursday Night Football fantasy football debacle – benching the guy who goes bananas, playing the boom or bust guy who posts a nice, round zero in your fantasy roster. All three picks […]
Working The Wire: Week 8
We’re entering the second half of the fantasy year, and your waiver priority could determine the acuity of your make-believe football misery for the next two months. Let’s jump right into it, and see which waiver wire wonders are going to prolong your winning ways or provide a temporary reprieve from your Sunday afternoon teeth […]
The Sneakiest Fantasy Plays of Week 7
Sneaky plays, sometimes, are all we have. Especially during this horrid Week 7 bye week, when so many fantasy fiends can’t just plug in their elite runners and catchers and throwers, having to actually apply higher brain functions to construct a full lineup this week. Unless you’re in one of those ultra-competitive four-team leagues […]
3 Ways to Avoid Thursday Night Disaster
Thursday Night Football, besides being an effective methadone delivery for football addicts whose pigskin-addled brains can’t take a six-day NFL layoff, is a curse on fantasy footballers everywhere. Anyone who has had a fantasy stud deliver an unmitigated dud on Thursday night understands my hatred for the league’s early-week game. Aaron Rodgers posted a horrifying […]
Working the Wire: Week 7
This is a dark time for fantasy footballers. Bye weeks are wreaking their unholy havoc on our best-laid plans, stripping our team of the depth you worked so hard to secure during your fake football drafts. Woe is us. There are six teams on their bye weeks this coming Sunday and Monday – the most […]