So after a miserable week 1 of the NFL season for me, week 2 looked a lot better. First and foremost, the Jets (my favorite team) beat their rivals, the New England Patriots. Above everything fantasy related, I route for the Jets over any fantasy player on my team. I took great pleasure seeing the Jets win.
Moving on to fantasy, this week I went 2-1. As stated in an earlier post, who you decide to start each week makes a big difference in whether you will win your game or not. This week I made one of the best decisions of my fantasy career. The last hour before I could make a change to my roster on Sunday, I decided to sit Tom Brady and start Michael Vick as my QB. Michael Vick was not even on my team but I was able to pick him up off of waivers because no one else had him on their team. It turns out, by picking up and starting Vick, I won the game. If I did not start him and decided to start Brady I would have lost by 1 point. It is times like this when I think fantasy football is not only about luck, but there is also some skill involved.
Fantasy Tip of the week: It is important to check the waiver wire each week to see who is still available to be picked up. Sometimes new players emerge to become standouts. It is very rare that you will start with the same team in the beginning of the season that you will end with. You are going to drop players who get hurt and who do poorly in favor of new players who were not popular before the season started. So each week, check out who is emerging in the NFL and pick these people up.
-Riley
Riley -- Interesting little twist with the addition of waiver players. Maybe there is a little skill involved in this!
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Riley
ReplyDeleteI read your blog today and got answers to many of my questions about Fantasy Football. I have never played and never took time to fully understand the selection process and the scoring system works. Your blog explained it well.
Cool move on picking up Vick. I watched that game and the one the week before. He has surprised a lot of folks.
How do you make changes to the lineup? Can you make changes during the game? Thanks for helping me understand how it all works.
David
David,
ReplyDeleteFirst, you have to make any changes to your lineup for that week before any game that week is played. For example, since the Eagles played at 1:00 on Sunday, I had to add Vick and take out Brady by 12:59. At 1:00 your rosters lock and you can no longer make changes.
I run my league through ESPN.com. On the site, you have your starting roster along with your bench players. You just click on the players you want to start and click "submit." Like anything, the Internet and technology has even made fantasy football easier. I hope this answers your questions and thanks for reading.
Mike