"Ask the Expert" Question: Should the NFL encourage playoff teams to keep healthy players playing even in meangingless games in week 16 and 17?

Fantasy Football Index Magazine "Ask the Expert" Question for the Week:
Do you believe there's anything the NFL can (or should) do to encourage playoff teams to keep healthy players playing even in meaningless football games in week 16 and 17?

The simple answer is no. The NFL should not manage a team and coerce them to play players to create meaningful games. If the NFL were to try that, I fear it is a slippery slope that could lead to even bigger problems in the future. Until last week I thought a perfect season was reason enough to try to win a football game.
I guess I was wrong. I have listened to many of the arguments for and against what the Colts did on Sunday. I would have kept them in to win the game. If the starters do not play in week 17, then I believe they were serious about injury concerns. But if Peyton (or the other starters pulled) starts week 17, just to keep his streak going, then I do not know what to think of their decision.


ASK THE EXPERTS appears weekly at http://www.fantasyindex.com/ with answers to a new question posted Thursday morning.

Sam Hendricks is the author of Fantasy Football Guidebook, Fantasy Football Tips and Fantasy Football Almanac 2010, all available at his website, http://www.ffguidebook.com/, at all major bookstores, and at http://www.amazon.com/. He is a 19-year fantasy football veteran who regularly participates in the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF), National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC) and finished 7th overall in the 2008 Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC). This year he is 6th overall in the Fantasy Football Players Championship (out of 228 players) going into Week 14.

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How did FFGuidebook.com do in Week 16?

Week 16 Results for FFGuidebook.com
How did we do in Week 16? Fabulous. Super Bowl Champ in my local league and a strong push in the Fantasy Football Players Championhsip -Championhsip Final Week.

This weeks Result/Overall Ranking (W/L or TP) BOLD = improvement

Fantasy Football Players Championship“Joe Montana”Main Event League #10 Above average Week 16 (16th of 228 in Overall) but out of the money.

Local Lakenheath League-Winner and Super Bowl Champion

Draftmaster Leagues

Pros vs Joe’s DraftExperts (Draftmasters) Loss 12th (Losing Chad Pennington, Jamal Lewis and Daniel Owens for the season did not help this DraftMasters team)

Fantasy Index Expert Auction (Draftmasters) Loss 4th

FFPC 77 DraftExperts (Draftmasters) Loss 8th
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2-3 (76-60-1 overall)

NOTE in DraftMaster/Expert leagues that are not H2H a win is defined as beating half of the opponents scores for the week.

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Fantasy Football Guidebook author to appear on Authorshow radio program

On Monday Jan. 4, 2010 Sam Hendricks, the author of Fantasy Football Guidebook and Fantasy Football Tips, will appear on the Authorshow. You can listen to the entire interview at http://www.authorsshow.com/.

Sam will discuss Fantasy Football, his books, and other hot topics of interest.
Don't miss this great interview with the author of three and soon to be four Fantasy Football books.

The complete interview will remain on request at http://www.authorsshow.com/ for the 3 months following the 4 Jan appearance.

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Fantasy Football Basics: (releases 1 June 2010)

How did FFGuidebook.com do in Week 15?

I am catching a flight to Copenhagen Denmark for Christmas with my relatives. So this will be short.

27th in the Fantasy Football Players Championship Overall. I need a really big game to move into the money positions.

Won in local league and advance to Super Bowl

Fantasy Index Magazine "Ask the Expert'

Perceived "third-down backs" like Jamaal Charles, Jerome Harrison and Justin Forsett have had big games over the latter part of the season. It's early, but which of these runners (or some other No. 2 back of your choice) do you think will have the most fantasy value next season?


LeSean McCoy. I do not see Brian Westbrook as an Eagle next year. He has had two concussions this year in a relatively short time span and is concerned about them and his playing career. In the mean time, PHI has a great crop of young players in D. Jackson, J Maclin and McCoy. The Eagles are 7-1 so far without Westbrook and seem to run more often.

Fantasy Football Tips sells over 300 copies in 3 weeks!

Fantasy Football Tips has sold over 300 copies the past 3 weeks and has surpassed Fantasy Football Guidebook with the resulting 6 month sales history.

Both books are on sale at http://www.bn.com/ and Fantasy Football Guidebook is on sale at Amazon.com as well.

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Last day for 30% off of Fantasy Football Tips or Fantasy Football Guidebook at BN.com

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