By Will Robinson

First, I hope everyone reading this (hi Mom!) had a great Thanksgiving break last week and enjoyed some great family time, food and, of course, football. I took last week off because 1) I went home for the break, but mostly because 2) my computer’s motherboard died. That was fantastic.

I’m back now when you most need me: the final week of the regular season. For most leagues, this is the final week of play to secure a playoff spot. I know I’m barely hanging in there. Many of you are too.

Just keep fighting by placing football players of whom you have no real association with and root hard for them to score. That’s what I’ll be doing!

“Gun-to-my-Head-Sleeper-Matchups” of the Week

Matt Hasselbeck – The very aging and inconsistent Hasselbeck has a nice matchup against the free falling Bills. Sometimes you get the bad. Sometimes you get the bad. I think this week is more of the latter than the former. Continue reading »

Before I cover the usual fantasy tips for the rest of Week 11, I feel like I have to put stance ahead for Tim Tebow.

All he does is win football games, as he’s 4-1 this season when starting games. However, he can’t hit receivers to save his life. He needs to improve as a passer. Plus, there are two important things to note:

1. Tebow was not the primary force for Denver’s victory: The lights out defense was.
2. Though ultimately Tebow did lead the game-winning driver, quarterback wins are an awful stat. Writers will never do away with it as a stat, but can they? Please?

On to the rest of Week 11!

(Byes: Indianapolis, New Orleans, Pittsburgh and Houston)

“Gun-to-my-Head-Sleeper-Matchups” of the Week

Ryan Fitzpatrick – Oh, Fitz. After you received your pricey contract extension, you have not performed well. But Miami is next! Surely, you won’t do crappy this week, right? Right??
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And for that reason, I’m sorry for the delayed post. Though I probably would not have mentioned to play Denarius Moore or Michael Bush (oops), it caused some to make uninformed decisions; perhaps starting poor players (can anyone say Ryan Mathews? Frustrating.)

But here’s what I can do, nothing special: sleepers/busts for the other 15 games in Week 10. Feel free to follow or ignore as always.

No more bye weeks, by the way. This is where e’erything gets real(er).

“Gun-to-my-Head-Sleeper-Matchups” of the Week

Mark Sanchez – Look, Mark Sanchez has not been consistent with judgments on or off the gridiron – I can only defend him so much. But the Patriots have taught us to start quarterbacks against their defense – they are straight up worse than people defending Joe Paterno. Well, maybe not. But that’s a debate elsewhere. Moving on… Continue reading »

Will Robinson is back to enlighten you with fantasy tips for Week 9.

Here are some fantasy pointers for Week 9 of the NFL season. For most, the playoffs are a few weeks away, so this is do or die time for teams. Get it done.

(Byes: Detroit, Minnesota, Carolina and Jacksonville)

“Gun-to-my-Head-Sleeper-Matchups” of the Week

Matt Cassel – Cassel is facing the lowly bad f***ing pathetic Dolphins and their horrid pass defense. Matt Cassel against bad defenses this season (Indy) has been great. He will have a nice day.

Shonn Greene – Buffalo’s fantasy run defense is not good as its stats have shown – it allowed a bunch of points to the Giants and the Raiders. Greene could have a good performance.

Mario Manningham – Pittsburgh exposed the Pats’ bad secondary. Manningham, who has been quiet this season, will get great looks, particularly with Hakeem Nicks out. And, Eli Manning has been great this season fantasy-wise, so a double Manning plus Ham (think about it…) connection could be nice.
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