Pricer's Picks - week 14
 

The playoffs are here. Is your team ready?

Hey, might as well get your thoughts on my squad going into the playoffs. I already have an idea what I might do but no harm in getting other opinions.

Standard categories, start 1QB,3WR,2RB,1TE,1K,1DEF
Current lineup:
QB: Palmer
WR: Bowe, Maclin, D.Alexander
RB: Charles, B.Brown
TE: Daniels
K: Tucker
DEF: Pittsburgh
Bench: Big Ben, Wallace, E.Sanders, A.Roberts, McCoy, F.Jones

Big Ben will go in if he's healthy, and in that situation I'm considering putting in Wallace over Maclin in the hopes that he'll get targeted more, and give me 'tandem' production. Bowe isn't great but as long as he keeps getting targets there's a chance at a decent day. I can't sit Alexander, though with playing Pittsburgh it might be a bit counter productive. Don't think there's much on FA.

Thoughts?

My keeper team I recently acquired didnt make the play-offs. :( I have some work to do in the off season.

My lone playoff team....so sad.

One major decision and another one that has been thrown at me because Nelson is likely out.

Newton or Ryan? They play each other this week IN CAROLINA. Ryan's stats over the past few weeks have been terrible and I really need to make the right call because Im up against a team with Brady, Hernandez, Marshall and Bryce Brown.

With Nelson likely out....Avery or Josh Gordon. Yep...that's where Im at.

Going to use this chance to whine a little. I won my 14 team league normal season with a 10-3-0 record, but my team is in trouble. My opponent last week opened with a total of 10 points to Brees, Sproles and White and then followed up with 2 points to Decker etc...but then my team underperfomed as well and made it way too exciting. I had a 15 point lead when MNF kicked off and had my Nicks going vs his Bradshaw, and ended up winning with 83 vs 80 points which are season lows for both of us.

But...what do I do now...managed to lose Jennings as my RB2 this weekend as well, and I also just read some bad reports about McCoy and Harvin. I dumped Ivory today and tried to get Owens, Thomas, Louis Murphy, Jeffery or Riley Cooper from the waivers in that order. Ended up geting Murphy, so my squad right now is:

QB: Freeman
RB: Foster, McCoy, Turbin, Tate, Pierce, Jennings
WR: AJ Green, Dez Bryant, Nicks, Harvin, Murphy
TE: Gronkowski, Lewis
DEF: Browns, Kicker: Graham

I've highlighted the obvious starters, but have to add one RB and a flex. I'm not considering McCoy, Harvin, Jennings or Gronkowski as they are all most likely out for at least another week, and more likely for the season.

So, it comes down to pick two from : Tate@NE, Turbin vs Ari, Pierce@Was, Murphy(wr) vs ATL.

Not much to find on the waivers:
RB: R Brown, Draughn, Bolden, Goodson, Kuhn, Carter, Powell, Snelling, Royster, Grant, White, Jacobs,
WR: Ogletree, Walter, Streater, Morgan, Underwood, Hill, Hixon, Henderson, Avant, Jeffery, D Baldwin, R Cooper, Brazill

Any input is appreciated...

EDIT: Harvin was just put on IR and is done for the season. Picked up Avant.
EDIT2: Dropped Muprhy and picked up Dallas Clark. I like his matchups the next two weeks, and one of our WR spots is a WR/TE, so I could use Nicks as my flex and play Clark/Avant in the WR/TE spot.

EDIT3: New summarize of my options: It is basically pick three from Tate@NE, Turbin vs Ari, Pierce@Was, Avant(wr)@TB, Lewis(te) vs Jets, Clark(te) vs PHI

Freeman or Dalton??

Colston or Blackmon??

Walsh or Suisham??

Ben is playing this week, gotta get him in there over Palmer. I think Wallace should be in your lineup over Maclin regardless though. Maclin is not startable right now. No one on the Eagles outside of Bryce Brown should be in starting lineups this week. Wallace, Bowe, and DX is scary to me, but it's what you have to work with and there is optimism to be had with all of them this week.

Love the RBs, TE, and D this week. WR and QB are question marks. Need to hope that Ben is back and plays well, Brady Quinn continues to get Bowe involved, and DX can continue his hot streak against a tough Steelers pass D.

feel free to post those questions too. It's never too early to talk about next season!

My gut says Cam this week. He has been on a bit of a roll the last couple of weeks while Ryan has been going the other direction. As you well know though, it is very close.

Josh Gordon without hesitation. He is one of my favorite upside plays this week for teams facing opponents with strong lineups.

Thanks, appreciate it.