Dolla Dolla Bills Ya’ll – DraftDay Daily League Linkage

This week I’m searching the web for useful articles to help us fill out our DraftDay lineups.  Unfortunately, there just isn’t as much out there (for free) for DraftDay, especially when compared to FanDuel, DraftKings and DraftStreet.  Hit us up on twitter @FantasyCutList if there are any daily league articles you would like us to look at.

Last week’s sojourn into the world of Fanduel taught me a valuable lesson, don’t get stuck in traffic on the NJ Turnpike for a few hours before kickoff if you have a player who’s gameday status are in doubt.  Needless to say I wasn’t able to swap out Julius Thomas in time to field a competitive team.  Lesson learned.  As always, I’m putting my money where my mouth is entering Josh McCown, CL Spiller, DeMarco Murray, AJ Green, Riley Cooper, Ladarius Green Antonio Brown, Dan Carpenter and the Patriots D.  Wish me luck.

XNSports – Fantasy Football Week 14: DraftDay Value Plays – Rating: 3/5 KEEP IT

By C.D. Carter

DraftDay Blog – DraftDay Fantasy Value Picks: NFL Week 14 – Rating: 3/5 KEEP IT

By JoshShep50

4For4 – Week 14 DraftDay Optimal Plays – Rating: 3/5 KEEP IT (WARNING Costs $$$)

By Jonathan Bales

2 Mugs FF – Week 14 Optimal Fantasy Lineups for DraftStreet, FanDuel, DraftDay, & DraftKings – Rating: 2.5/5 CUT IT

By ryan

DraftDay Blog – NFL Picks to Click: Top Week 14 Picks – Rating: 2/5 CUT IT

By JoshShep50

RotoViz – Week 14 DraftDay Salaries vs. Fantasy Pros Rankings – A Value Exercise – Rating: 1.5/5 CUT IT

By: Coleman Kelly

Fox Sports gives a Halpin hand for your Week 14 lineup decisions.

FANTASY FOOTBALL POSITIONAL MATCHUPS – WEEK 14 — by John Halpin (Fox Sports) — 12/5/13

MY RATING: 3.5 / 5

KEEP it.

Halpin gives us a Start/Sit article by another name here, but I think the analysis he does for each player uses more relevant data than most similar articles.  It’s difficult to argue with the picks he makes too.  I just wish he would use some of that Fox Sports juice to add kickers and defenses.  This is the playoffs now, where those matchup become crucial. Besides, we DFS addicts need them too.  I’ve won/lost money on a kicker or defense call.

Disagree with my rating of the aricle?  Go ahead and rate it yourself above.  

 

Related articles

• Harsh Reality, Playoffs Edition: The worst fantasy matchups, Weeks 14, 15 and 16 (sbnation.com)
• Week 14 Fantasy Football Projections: Predicting Top Performers at Each Position (bleacherreport.com)
• Fantasy: Week 14 Mid-Week Report (thefinsiders.com)
• Should You Be Worried About Your Kicker As The Fantasy Playoffs Approach? (sportsgrid.com)
• Fantasy Football Week 14 Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em: With Advice On Alex Smith, Eddie Lacy And … Kim Kardashian? (sportsgrid.com)
• Fantasy Football Power Rankings – Best Fantasy-Friendly NFL Offenses (fantasyteamadvice.com)

RotoViz throws in the towel on the fantasy football playoffs and lands on the Cut List w/this article.

HIGH SCORING ROSTERS – A PPR BEST BALL WHO’S WHO 

by Charles Kleinheksel (RotoViz) — 12/6/13

MY RATING: 2.5 / 5

CUT IT.

Charles goes through a cool exercise here in looking at what players populate winning fantasy rosters.  It’s interesting, yes, but it doesn’t really help you owners that are in the fantasy playoffs win all that much.  It’s more of something to learn from for future reference.

Disagree with my rating of Charles’ article? Rate it yourself, above.

Christopher Harris of ESPN climbing his way out of the Underground w/this Defensive Matchups article

ANALYZING DEFENSIVE MATCHUPS by Christopher Harris (ESPN) — 12/6/13

MY RATING: 5 / 5

KEEP IT.

I really enjoy the pocast Harris does with Field Yates called Fantasy Underground, and I loved this article.  He looks at the latest statistical performances and trends in defenses, which enables us to better understand upcoming fantasy playoff matchups than by looking at season-long stats or ranks.  He also studies something I’ve been becoming quite interested in lately, which is the use of the “slot receiver” and what that term even means anymore.  Fantastic article that will help you understand the landscape of football and fantasy football.

Disagree with my rating of Christopher’s article?  Rate it yourself, above.

Tweet(s) of the Day 12/6/13: The RB Matchups for Week 14 Edition

Chet G. of The Fake Football and Rotoworld has a great tweet about the Bears Defense which illustrates why DeMarco Murray could be a huge play this weekend:

Ray Rice, Benny Cunningham, Eddie Lacy, Brandon Jacobs, and Reggie Bush all had their most rushing yards on the season against the Bears

— Chet (@Chet_G) December 6, 2013

@Chet_G And Adrian Peterson

— Josh Moore (@4for4_Josh) December 6, 2013

After a mid-week surprising health concern, Reggie Bush appears healthy and ready for Week 14. This affects both his and Joique Bell’s value. Keep monitoring it.

Reggie Bush returned to #Lions practice Friday, he “didn’t seem limited” during drills

— Gridiron Experts (@GridironExperts) December 6, 2013

Oh Oakland…the game of running back musical chairs due to injury continues for the Raiders:

#Raiders RB Rashad Jennings still not cleared as far as concussion tests go; limited again at practice. RBs McFadden & Stewart are out Sun.

— Vic Tafur (@VicTafur) December 6, 2013

May be Marcel Reece time

— Chet (@Chet_G) December 6, 2013

And finally, for my fellow Daily League-obsessed:

General #DFS statement for Friday: Le’Veon Bell is not cheap but nicely priced in dailies this week. Combo with Ray Rice could be golden.

— Sky (@Sky_Razzball) December 6, 2013

Related articles

• Reggie Bush misses practice again, throwing fantasy status into question (sbnation.com)
• CoachSpeak: Reggie Bush and Joique Bell (prideofdetroit.com)

Book of Eli – Rotoworld’s not quite ready to turn the page

Rotoworld – Week 14 Sleepers – Rating: 3/5 KEEP IT

By Nick Mensio

Really this is just another matchups article, highlighting a few of the more favorable situations for under-the-radar players in anticipation that they will take advantage of the matchup and go off… wait, I guess that’s the definition of a sleeper.  Mensio does a good job of pulling out 12 players that could produce this week.  Unfortunately, if you are in a 10 team or more league most of these players are likely already owned.  Still if your squad is held together with spit and mud and you are entering the playoffs with all the confidence of a man with diarrhea who’s about to sneeze then you should check out the article and keep hope alive.  If you are strolling into the playoffs with a team of studs then this article is not worth your time.

Rankings Linkage: All the Week 14 Rankings you can handle

(FP #1) Legion Report – Jordan Tozzi – Positional Rankings

A thing occurred to me today, I haven’t really examined fantasy football’s most accurate weekly ranking site according to Fantasy Pros, the Legion Report.  The Legion Report is a simple website.  Really simple.  They basically only do waiver wire, studs and duds and rankings articles and the aforementioned weekly rankings articles just happen to be the best in the business.

(FP #2) RotoExperts.com – QB | RB | WR | TE | DEF

(FP #3) The New York Times – Sablich Brothers – Positional Rankings

(FP #4) Tags Fantasy Football – Mike Tagliere – Positional Rankings

(FP #5) Rotoworld.com – QB | RB | WR | TE, DEF, K

(FP #6) Pro Football Focus – Mike Clay – Positional Rankings (Costs $$$)

(FP #7) The Score – Justin Boone – Positional Rankings

(FP #8) ForensicFantasy.com – Kyle Wachtel – Positional Rankings

(FP #9) Bloomberg Sports – Positional Rankings

(FP #10) Fox Sports – Positional Rankings

SportsIllustrated.com – Positional Rankings

SportsWunderkind.com – Positional Rankings

Mastersball.com – Positional Rankings

FFToday.com – QB & RB | WR & TE | K & DEF | IDP

USAToday.com – Positional Rankings

Yahoo.com – QB | RB | WR | TE | K | D/ST

LockerRoomFantasySports.com – Positional Rankings

DynastySportsEmpire.com – Positional Rankings

BretskyBall.com – QB | RB | WR | TE | K | D/ST

TheFantasyFix.com – Positional Rankings

JuanElway.com – QB | RB | RB-PPR | WR | WR-PPR | TE | TE-PPR | D/ST

Razzball.com – Positional Rankings

ProFootballRosters.com – QB | RB | WR | TE | K | D/ST

BrunoBoys.net – QB | RB | WR | TE | DEF | K

ESPN.com – QB | RB | WR | TE | K | D/ST

FantasyTrade411.com – Positional Rankings

XNSports.com – Positional Rankings

FantasySmackTalk.com – Positional Rankings

FantasySharks.com – QB | RB | WR | TE | FLEX | K | DEF

RotoBaller.com – Positional Rankings

LestersLegends.com – QB | RB | WR | TE | DEF | K

RotoProfessor.com – QB | RB | WR | TE | DEF | K

FantasyKnuckleheads.com – QB | RB | WR | TE | DEF | K

KFFL.com- QB | RB | RB-PPR | WR | WR-PPR | TE | TE-PPR | DEF | K

FFToolbox.com – QB | RB | WR | TE | DEF | K | DL | LB | DB

There’s Nothing Fugazi about ‘Fantasy & Reality’ by CBS Sports’ Dave Richards

FANTASY AND REALITY: THE POWER OF TRUST by Dave Richards (CBS Sports) — 12/4/13

RATING: 4 – 4.5 / 5

KEEP IT.

Dave Richards gives incredible sensible fantasy football advice here, grounded in stats and logic.  And he shows his work too. We love that here.

Disagree with my rating of Dave’s article? Please rate it yourself, above.

Related articles

• Bull & Fox: Fantasy Football Week 14 with CBS Sports’ Dave Richard (cleveland.cbslocal.com)

Pro Football Rosters delivers a piece of fools gold and lands on the Cut List

SOLID GOLD, FOOLS GOLD: WEEK 14 by Nate Tarpey — 12/4/13

MY RATING: 2.5 / 5

CUT IT.

I don’t disagree with the calls Nate makes here at all.  I just wish he provided a bit more substance in his explanations and a few more players.

Disagree with my rating of Nate’s article? Rate it yourself, above.

Pro Football Rosters: Cha Cha Changes…Scott Strandberg switches it up and it’s a Fantasy Playoffs gem

CAN YOU HEAR ME KNOCKING? WEEK 14 by Scott Strandberg (Pro Football Rosters)

MY RATING: 4.5 / 5

KEEP IT.

In this weekly column, Strandberg usually picks three guys that are hot commodities on the waiver wire and analyzes each’s value going forward.  But, as Scott says, the waiver wire is dead.  It’s the playoffs and either you’re out or your roster should be set.

So instead, he decides to do a little something different involving handcuffs, and dropping players that you may be surprised to see.

I might just disagree with the safety of dropping Sproles for PPR owners specifically.  Otherwise, it’s a really solid piece.

Agree with my rating of Scott’s article? Rate it yourself, above.

Related articles

• Week 14 Waiver Wire: Breaking Down Most Intriguing Pickups (ridenpine.com)
• Fantasize Me: Must-Adds for Fantasy Football Week 14 (ridenpine.com)
• Week 14 Waiver Wire pickups – Week 1 Fantasy Football Playoffs 2013 (fantasyteamadvice.com)