Week 13:
QB: Big Ben (NO) or Tony Romo (Phi)
WR: Martavis Bryant (NO), Odell BJ (@Jax), Brandon Marshall (@Det), Roddy White (Ari), TY Hilton (Was)
RB: LeSean McCoy (@Dal), Lamar Miller (@NYJ) or Latavius Murray (@StL) --One slot saved is DeMarco Murray, No-Brainer there--
TE: Greg Olsen (@Min)
K: Stephen Gostkowski (@GB)
DST: NYG (@Jax) or SF (@Sea)
I picked up Odell and Latavius Murray off the waiver wire and dumped Vincent Jackson (only 2 TDs with so-so yardage in-between) and Delanie Walker (Olsen gets too many targets to substitute and did this to make room for Odell).
My league is a standard non-PPR on Yahoo. I'm in 1st place (9-3) and clinched a playoff berth last week.
For this week, if I'm going to start Martavis Bryant shouldn't I, on principle, start Big Ben as well? What gives me pause is Philly's defense has given up the 2nd most fantasy points to QBs. Is having DeMarco Murray enough of an incentive to start Romo instead? Now that I have so many productive receivers, I'm just not sure which way to go. If Latavius Murray is cleared to play against the Rams, I'd like to experiment by starting him over McCoy. Is the matchup for L.M. good enough here to do that?
For the playoffs, I took a gamble on Latavius Murray at a modest risk that Vincent Jackson won't suddenly explode the last four weeks. Another reason was to be sure no one else was going to get him -- a worthy risk? This is also the reason why I've kept Lamar Miller even though I rarely used him. Once I'm in the playoffs, the choices for receiver may become difficult. How would you judge the best possible matchups for them? From what you see overall, what other tweaks would you advise?
