Written By: Eric Olinger
This is one of the best times in Fantasy Football Dynasty Leagues. After 7 weeks it’s basically the half way point for Fantasy Seasons and we pretty much know which teams in our leagues are playoff bound and which ones are storing canned goods for a long cold winter. In Dynasty Leagues, now is the time to be hammering out trade offers to the bottom feeders. If you feel you’re in a position of power to make a long legit playoff run, you can mortgage the future slightly and trade future draft picks and or fluky type players to bolster your lineup. It’s sort of kicking a guy when he’s down, but anyone who has been on the “wrong end” of a fantasy team through 7 weeks knows, sometimes you just have to swallow it and build towards the future. So this week’s BUY/SELL article will hopefully help you make some future planning decisions.
This is one of the best times in Fantasy Football Dynasty Leagues. After 7 weeks it’s basically the half way point for Fantasy Seasons and we pretty much know which teams in our leagues are playoff bound and which ones are storing canned goods for a long cold winter. In Dynasty Leagues, now is the time to be hammering out trade offers to the bottom feeders. If you feel you’re in a position of power to make a long legit playoff run, you can mortgage the future slightly and trade future draft picks and or fluky type players to bolster your lineup. It’s sort of kicking a guy when he’s down, but anyone who has been on the “wrong end” of a fantasy team through 7 weeks knows, sometimes you just have to swallow it and build towards the future. So this week’s BUY/SELL article will hopefully help you make some future planning decisions.
BUY
David Hawthorne- MLB-
Seattle Seahawks
We’ve been
sticking to our guns here at IDPGuru about Hawthorne and in week 7 he finally paid off.
Anyone that is not fortunate enough to have the Sunday Ticket and actually had
to watch this dumpster fire of a game, I’m sorry! But if you did, you seen 3
things. 1) Charlie Whitehurst is HORRIBLE. 2) The Roughing the Passer penalty
on Kam Chancellor’s sack of Colt McCoy was complete BS. 3) Hawthorne is healthy and a freaking beast. He
will haunt Montario Hardesty’s dreams at night. In one of my IDP Dynasty
Leagues, he actually got dropped the week leading up to this game and I was
super excited to pick him up. He had 11 tackles (7 solo), a sack, a pass
defended, and an interception. He is definitely a guy you want on your team for
the playoff run.
Aaron Maybin- OLB- NY
Jets
I’m probably showing my age a
bit here but Aaron Maybin is like Eddie Murphy’s character in “Trading Places”.
Rich and highly touted (1st round draft pick), then a worthless bum
(cut by 2 teams in just a few short months), and then picked up off the streets
and placed in a posh Penthouse (pass rush specialist for the NY Jets).
Hopefully he doesn’t expose any insider trading and have the Jets brass
arrested. If he does, you heard it here first. But anyways, Maybin has played 4
games with the Jets and already has 3 sacks and 3 Forced Fumbles. For anyone
that lost Mario Williams or for some reason was relying on Shawn Merriman
(puke!) for production, Maybin is a boom or bust player in “Big Play Leagues”
that reward highly for sacks. Rex Ryan did say however that his snap count will
definitely increase.
LaMarr Woodley- OLB- Pittsburgh Steelers
I
definitely get the feeling the Steelers defense is coming back around. Woodley
has been on fire lately tallying up 5.5 sacks in the last 3 games (ARZ, JAX,
TEN). But the exciting thing is the amount of tackles he’s also racking up (8
total vs JAX and 7 total vs ARZ). For a guy that has mostly been a sack only
kind of guy, it is encouraging. The Steelers D only gets better as the year goes
on and with 4 games vs the Ohio teams plus games vs St. Louis and KC still on
the schedule, Woodley could be in store for a huge 2nd half.
Jason Babin- DE-
Philadelphia Eagles
As a guy
that has played well all year, he won’t be a cheap buy but as the season
progress, hopefully the Eagles offense does too. The Eagles rush defense his
really bad. They need Vick and Co. to put a lot of points on the board so the
highly touted CB’s can make plays and guys like Babin and the soon-to-be
healthy Trent Cole can pin their ears back and attack opposing QB’s. The next 3
games definitely set up well for Babin, they play 3 straight home games against
DAL, CHI, and ARZ. After being quiet the last 2 weeks, Babin should wake up for
the next 3.
SELL
Derrick Johnson- MLB-
KC Chiefs
This is exactly what I was
talking about in my week 6 article. This guy is frustrating to no end. After
being quiet all year (“pile jumping” to record assists), he BLOWS UP against Oakland to the tune of 12
solo and 1 assist. Michael Bush must have had Derrick Johnson on his fantasy
team because I swear to God it looked like he was a kid running through the
yard to jump into his Daddy’s arms. This week vs. San Diego I’m sure he’ll return to the world
of “3 solos and 4 assists”. In leagues that don’t separate solos from assists,
eat up. But in leagues that do and reward for big plays, this guy isn’t worth
the headache. Trade him for someone more dependable while you can.
Kavell Conner- WLB- Indianapolis Colts
Conner has
been on a slow downward trend since a huge 3 week stretch from weeks 2-4 where
he totaled up 38 tackles. But in the last 3 games, he’s only had 18 total.
Conner is a bit of a question mark because he can be the
man but teams seem to be going for blood every week against the Colts.
Evidently, they took exception to Manning’s dominance over the years, who knew?
But this, in addition to the pain in the ass scorekeeper of the Colts giving
out assists like freaking Kit Kats at Halloween and solo tackles like they’re
God damn gold, and the fact that he has zero big plays this year (sacks,
INT’s), Conner is going to be all over the place. His season totals are impressive
enough that you may be able to move him for a guy like Jason Babin.
James Farrior- MLB- Pittsburgh Steelers
Farrior has
been partying like it’s 2003 these last few weeks but it’s not going to last.
Either because of Harrison’s return and Timmons move back to the middle, or
simply because his own 36 year old body cannot take the pounding manning the
middle week after week, this ride is about over. He had back to back big games
before pedestrian numbers against Arizona
last week, but that was more a lack of opportunities. Repeatedly going 3 & out kills tackle numbers. He’s not the kind of guy I want to depend on moving
forward. He’s been a nice BYE week fill-in, but that’s it.
DeMeco Ryans- MLB-
Houston Texans
The Texans Defense has been a
real surprise this year, but they’re starting to catch some unfortunate luck
with key injuries. They lost Mario Williams for the year and now they lose
Danieal Manning for 4 weeks. This may lead to a slightly less effective defense
that could see a few more snaps a game but Ryans has been beat to hell. He’s
still not right from the Achilles injury he suffered last year, the elbow
injury he suffered in the pre-season, and now he’s got a hamstring injury too.
All this adds up to Ryans having the mobility of Frankenstein. He doesn’t play
in Dime packages and is far less effective in Nickel packages playing next to
Cushing. He’s not worth the effort.Thanks for reading! Comments, suggestions or questions are welcome below or by email at ericolinger@idpguru.com. You can also follow my active Twitter feed @Olinger3781.
Last Updated: October 26, 2011
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