Good luck to all of you in the playoffs and looking to make noise in the playoffs. Next week Playoffs!!!
Quarterbacks - Kushton Slater
Must start - Tom Brady, New England
Brady has thrown for two or more touchdowns in six straight games and gone for over three hundred yards passing in three of his last four games. The Colt's just recently fired their defensive coodinator and their newly hired defensive coordinator's first game will come against the AFC's top-scoring offense. This should get them one game closer to locking up Adrew Luck as the first pick in the draft.
Must sit - Joe Flacco, Baltimore
Flacco has only thrown 2 or more touchdowns once since week 3. The Browns defense currently leads the league in passing yards allowed per game @ 175 and is one of four teams that have allowed less than 12 touchdown passes so far this year. On the other hand, the Browns rank 29th against the run, which means more Ray Rice and less Joe Flacco in this contest.
Sleeper - Matt Moore, Miami
Moore has been tearing it up his past four games. He's averaging over 220 yards per game with seven touchdowns and only one interception. He'll be facing a Raider's defense this week that has allowed the fifth most fantasy points to opposing QB's. Oakland has no one who can cover Brandon Marshall one-on-one, so expect that chemistry between Marshall and Moore to continue this Sunday.
Running Backs - Eric
Must Start - LeGarrette Blount, TB RB
The Panthers have allowed the most fantasy points to opposing RB than any other this year. We have seen in the past that Blount is no Lynch, but he def can make some people miss and drag them as well. Blount has over 100 yds the past 2 games and is almost a lock to get another 100 on the ground with a godd possibility of a TD as well.
Must Sit - Steven Jackson, Stl RB
Jackson, the past 2 weeks has a total of 106 rushing yards against Seattle and Arizona. This week he plays the #1 rush defense in the 49ers. The 49ers have done a great of holding opposing RB to under 100 rushing yards and 0 rushing TD's this season.
Sleeper - DeAngelo Williams, Car RB and/or Jonathan Stewart, Car RB
The RB tandem have been better in recent week and this week they play the teams that give up the most FP to opposing RB (none more than Carolina themselves). D-Will had a good week last week scoring 2 TD against a run porous Indy D. If you are in dire need of a RB one of these 2 guys will hopefully get in the endzone and put open up the offense for Newton.
Wide Receivers - Jake
Must Start - Laurent Robinson, Dallas Cowboys
Robinson is getting many redzone targets the last few weeks, and it shows with at least 1 TD in five straight games. Playing against the abysmal Cardinals corners, there is no reason this won't continue. I personally saw the Cardinals allow a sub-par Sam Bradford to show flashes of brilliance last week, so I can only imagine what Tony Romo will do to them.
Must Sit - Dwayne Bowe , Kansas City Chiefs
If you saw Bowe just stand there during the last play of the Steelers game last week, you can get an idea of how much he doesn't care about this season. On the road in Chicago with Tyler Palko still probably throwing to him (or Kyle Orton, it doesn't matter) will make it a tough day to want to slot him in.
Sleeper - Deion Branch, New England Patriots and Johnny Knox, Chicago Bears
The Patriots play the horrid Colts, who give up yards in bunches and struggle against the deep threat. Branch is among the top receivers in yards after catch this season, and it wouldn't surprise me to see him to have a very hot first half on Sunday. Knox has put in over 200 yards and 2 TD's the last two weeks, and is clearly Caleb Hanie's favorite target. Much like Robinson above, there is no reason not to continue to ride the hot hand.
Tight Ends - JMACisBACK
Must Start- Rob Gronkowski, NE vs IND ( Also Graham vs DET, Gates vs JAX)
He is a no brainer play every week at this stage, but he is a bona fide top 5-10 overall Pass Catcher , period, WR , TE, etc. Take advantage of him vs the weak secondary of Indy and reap the benefits of yet another big game for this truly elite talent.
Must Sit- Jake Ballard, NYG vs GB
Look for the Pack to contain Ballard this week , while Eli looks early and often to Nicks and Cruz this week. Plenty of better safer options this week than Ballard. ( others to sit , Owen Daniels vs ATL , Dallas Clark vs NE)
Sleeper - Brandon Pettigrew, DET vs NO
I imagine Stafford will have to check down quite a bit this weekend in what could be a high scoring affair between the two teams. Pettigrew is a big target and you know NO will key heavily on Calvin, thus making Pettigrew the match up to potentially exploit this week for fantasy owners.
Team Defense/Special Teams - zadelstein
Must Start - New England Patriots
The Patriots have not been anywhere close to the best defense this year, failing to score points on a regular basis and only getting 2 touchdowns all year. That being said, they scored those 2 TDs in the past 3 games and have forced 6 turnovers in those games. This week they play the worn out Colts, which in itself should be reason to start the Pats. They will get points this week!
Must Sit - Detroit Lions
The Lions have been a top 10 defense this year, forcing 23 turnovers in 11 games and scoring 4 TDs. This week they face the Saints in New Orleans where they have given up a negative amount of points in most scoring systems. If you have any options, sit the Lions this week or be prepared to lose some points.
Sleeper - San Diego Chargers
The Chargers are in the bottom 3 in defense this year, but this week they face the Jacksonville Jaguars who have given up double digit points to opposing defenses in all but 3 weeks this year. If you need a step in for your defense, check out the Chargers.
