Fantasy: Don't Count Out Probable Tom
All year long I've been playing the NFL games of our fantasy partner Draft Kings, and every time I've pulled up a game I see the same four dudes vying for a sixth of my salary allotment. Even more than college (thank goodness) the pro game is a quarterback game, and picking the right one for your fantasy team will make or break your week.
Wouldn't you know it, come the Division series those dudes are still right there.
A quick rundown of the buttons: Rodgers has the same calf injury, Peyton's got a thigh bruise, Brady's ankle's still bothering him, and Andrew Luck reports he is so distracted by the whole "that was Peyton's team" angle that he's considering quitting the NFL, tracking down his old college coach, and enrolling at whatever school that is under an assumed name.
I'd tell you to choose somebody else, but it's probably worth a grand of fantasy bucks not to be against the Seahawks' defense right now. Russell Wilson against Carolina is intriguing if he wasn't the same price as the guy in New England, what's his name?
Pre-playoffs you can go cheap but since the big-money QBs are the ones who get this far, you're gonna have to try to get value. That's why I'm rolling with Brady: in these big leagues (this one has 57,500 entries max and is well on its way there) you're hoping to explode—you need to get past 200 fantasy points to win the big bucks—and except that one day a year Flacco goes off Touchdown Tom is the only QB capable of putting up a 40 spot who's not on the elite cost tier. Give him a crisp, clear day in Foxborough and he's been money this year.
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January 8th, 2015 at 5:37 PM ^
Hope Andrew follows through and finds his coach.
January 8th, 2015 at 6:36 PM ^
Ravens Vs. Pats....
Michigan Legend Tom Brady vs. Michigan Legend Jim Harbaugh's Bro in a classic AFC Playoff Matchup.
Who You Got?
http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/page/bruschibreakdown-010815/brus…
January 8th, 2015 at 7:53 PM ^
Burning money if you get started with the NFL this weekend. Much freer money in NBA, golf.
January 8th, 2015 at 8:13 PM ^
but I have the hunch that Flacco and the Ravens will get the upset on the road.
Pack over the fucking Dallas Party Bus
Denver over Indy
Seattle over Carolina
January 8th, 2015 at 8:58 PM ^
Brady's ankle has been bothering him since about 2003, if the weekly injury reports are to be believed.
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