Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Fantasy Football Tip #215: Use bye weeks to block opponents waiver moves

Fantasy Football Tip #215 simply adding to the 201 tips already in the book Fantasy Football Tips by Sam Hendricks.
If you have played the last 4 weeks on auto-pilot (not looking too closely at your opponent) now is the time to start focusing on his roster and his weaknesses! Starting this week (5) some teams will be on a bye. This week BAL, CLE, DAL, MIA, STL and WAS are all off. In fact, for the next 4 weeks (5-8) 6 teams will be on a bye each week. Then in week 9 and 11 only 4 teams are off. Yes, week 10 is a full schedule. Why do you care? Because your weekly opponent may have some holes in his lineup due to those byes (combined with some inconvenient injuries) and you can exploit that with the waiver wire if needed. If he is short a kicker or defense you probably cannot do much to prevent him getting one, but if there is one great K or D that should go off this week. You could try and outbid him on that player (or D) to block him from getting him. Look at his QB situation especially, 6 of the 32 starting QBs are sitting at home this week. He may not have a starter on his team, if this is the case he needs to go get one from the waiver wire. At the best you can make him bid higher by letting him know you intend to bid big on the one obvious waiver wire QB that is free. All of these tips help you get a small edge on your weekly opponent, and bye weeks make this even easier because weaknesses are blatantly obvious in some cases (Flacco on a bye and Vick banged up).

 



Fantasy Football Guidebook (2nd Edition): Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428650


Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428669

Fantasy Football Basics: The Ultimate "How to" Guide for Beginners available ($10.95) at Amazon
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Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693

Fantasy Soccer: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide for Fantasy Football/Fantasy Soccer ($14.95)
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