It’s time to start positioning your team for the playoffs in fantasy football, and this week is a big one to get a win before the next two weeks with six teams on a bye each week. This week only the Giants and 49ers don’t have a game on the schedule, and we also get a unique 9:30 AM start time between the Falcons and Lions in London. Make sure to get your lineup set for the unusually-early start time. To help you get the right players in your lineup, check through the following slides for my start/sit advice and a flier if you’re hitting the waiver wire in need of last-minute help.
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Getting players in the best matchup is always a key although the strategy can be taken too far as well. If you have two players whose values are usually in the same ballpark, one way to decide who should be in your lineup or on the bench is the strength of their opponents. Pinpointing favorable matchups to attack and unfavorable ones to avoid can be key to fantasy success and getting your much-needed win.
Before we start, here’s the usual disclaimer–these start/sit recommendations are not absolute. If you don’t have a comparable replacement due to a roster crunch, sometimes you are forced to go with a player in a bad matchup. It’s important to understand the matchups, but don’t overthink and sit down a matchup-proof star or replace a regularly-productive player with a scrub. If you have lineup-specific questions follow @FansidedFantasy on twitter and hit us up with your question there. I’ll do my best to make sure you get an answer as soon as possible and definitely by kickoff.
Each week in this post, I also try to highlight a flier at each position who could have a big week despite being fairly lowly ranked in one-week salary leagues. These fliers aren’t meant to be used except in case of emergency, but they represent a significant gamble that does carry legitimate upside. At the very least, these players should be monitored for future consideration.