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Fantasy Football Week 8 Rankings

Week seven of the NFL season saw, not one Buffalo Bills Running Back go down, but two! So with CJ Spiller and Fred Jackson out this week the burning question becomes who is higher in the week 8 rankings between Anthony Dixon and Bryce Brown? Does it matter as they face a stout Jets run defense? Of course it matters, it’s fantasy football!

Dare we start Darren McFadden against the Browns? How high does Sammy Watkins climb in the rankings? How far down the rankings did Matt Ryan slide? All these questions can be answered when you check out my early fantasy football week 8 rankings.

Make sure you check back before you set your lineups as the rankings will change as information becomes available.

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Episode 022: Fantasy Football Rich Hribar

Episode 022: The Fantasy Coach Podcast

Fantasy Football Edition: Fantasy Football Draft Strategy

Featuring: Rich Hribar (@LordReebs) of The Faked Goods Podcast

About My Guest: Sports and pop culture tweets all day. Fantasy Football Redraft Meteorologist for @xnsportsDyno/DFS @thefakefootball and A-Z@rotoviz. 1/2 of the @fakedgoodspod @fswa #49ers Fan.

Episode Summary: Rich and I try to get everyone ready for their fantasy football drafts by taking a peek at our redraft strategy. We go over everything from when to finally pull the trigger at quarterback to how to avoid being a year too late on a guy.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Outlook for XNSports

Episode Rundown:

Intro
We get to know Rich and find out how he pumps out all of that fantasy football goodness.
Should we be scared of Round One Running Back Busts this year?
When should the top tight ends be considered? Jimmy Graham, Rob Gronkowski etc.
Are the RBs in the second and third round that much better of a gamble then the ones in the fourth and the fifth.
When should we finally pull the trigger at QB?
Is Reggie Wayne a value or should we avoid him this year?
The Denver Brocos’ Wide Receiver situation with the concussion suffered by Wes Welker.
Late round Keeper Targets.
Players who could suffer from game flow issues.
The Coach’s Office (brought to you by RevoLabels.com)
Outro

You can Download this episode as well as the previous three on Itunes and Stitcher Radio.

Thank Yous For Episode 022: I want to thank Rich Hribar for coming on the podcast and sharing some of his golden fantasy football stats with me. I would also like to thank C-Quel for providing the intro music as well as the outro beat. You can Find all of C-Quel’s current music available here.

The Curse of the Playoff Bye

Congratulations to everyone in fantasy land who have made it to the playoffs. A big gold star goes out to those of you who managed to get first round byes thanks to your successful regular seasons. While a week without fantasy football stress sounds like the perfect antidote to pressure endured over the last few weeks of the regular season, beware. A weekend of lounging comfortably and relaxing with your family while others are glued to their televisions, computers and smartphones can actually be your undoing.

Bye weeks for actual NFL players are spent on the golf course or catching up on long neglected household chores. Clean yards and gutters are fine and dandy for NFL players, but yard and gutters will remain a blight on my neighborhood until the league championship is mine.

While you occasionally glance at the scores and check the updates on Monday for injuries, your opponents will have the upper hand of firsthand knowledge. While you adjust your starters based on box scores and injury reports, your opponents will be using their eyes and ears to help them gain an advantage. The box score does not tell the entire story of a game. For instance, you would never know about a snowstorm in Buffalo or a torrential downpour in Miami by reading the stats. You might just be looking at the stats with blinders on, not realizing the starting quarterback was knocked out in the second quarter leading to your receiver having a terrible day.

John Skelton turning it over, again

I suggest you play the week. Pick your starters by doing your homework. Watch the games with a keen eye. Spend your weekend looking for trends such as Denarious Moore being benched again, or Steve Smith getting more targets with Brandon Lafell on the mend. Has Colin Kaepernick actually found a go-to receiver in Michael Crabtree? Does John Skelton throw the ball to Larry Fitzgerald constantly, or does he get hooked faster than I would while performing at the Apollo Theatre?

Injuries are a huge part of the sport and a huge obstacle for fantasy owners. If you have been playing musical chairs with your second running back, you may want to give the job to Montell Owings this week. His bruising style and fresh legs might just be the answer to your RB2 prayers. Danario Alexander is obviously the guy to start if you have injury concerns at receiver. I would have pushed for Cecil Shorts III to overtake any of your other WR2 options, but a concussion suffered against Buffalo has me, and everyone else who rode his hot streak into the playoffs, concerned. If I were the coach and GM in Jacksonville, I wouldn’t risk a possible superstar when we have nothing to play for.

Russell Wilson has been consistent enough to overtake Phillip Rivers, and quite possibly Eli Manning, as a starter for your fantasy team. I would ride him one more week if you have Ben Roethlisberger on your bench. I wouldn’t play him over Tony Romo, Cam Newton, or even Colin Kaepernick yet.

Good luck, and hit me up on Twitter @Coachesser for any start/sit questions you might have.