Fantasy Focus: Hot & Not Week 9
If you owned either a handcuff to a starting running back or a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers offense, you may have been quite happy with your return on investment this week. Meanwhile, the owners of some usual fantasy studs and early draft picks may have been disappointed with how things turned out. As always, let’s take a look at some of the best and worst performances in this week’s edition of Hot and Not.
Fantasy Focus: Week 8 Injuries
Topping the sporting news and fantasy news this week, the top ranking fantasy running back, Le’Veon Bell, is out for the rest of the season with a torn MCL. Week 8 provided a gut-wrenching round of injuries. Three players ranking in the top 100 by Advanced Sports Logic’s “Machine” were ruled out for the remainder of the season, while several others followed as questionable for Week 9. This week, the injury round up will look into these injuries and provide reasonable replacements to claim on waiver wires for this week.
Fantasy Focus: Week 9 Busts
We wish all of our players rocked every week. Alas, some get rolled or at least lag behind their usual production. Here are some we're concerned might not make fantasy news in Week 9.
Fantasy Focus: Hot & Not Week 8
Looking at this week’s fantasy leaderboards, it looks as though passing dominated during Week 8, as quarterbacks and pass catchers made up the bulk of the best performers and the entire Hot list for this week. Meanwhile, quite a few teams were affected by late injury scratches, mid-game injuries, and players who just did not show up. Let’s take a look at a few players who may have either saved or ruined your chances at winning with Week 8’s Hot and Not.
Arian Foster continues his frustrating streak of injuries with a season ending Achilles tendon tear that made headlines in sporting news. An upcoming Week 8-bye has many fantasy owners scrambling to find viable RB replacements for the fallen Foster. The Texans will also look for candidates to fill Foster’s shoes; even with a record of 2-5, the AFC South division is still open for the taking. However, with continued offensive struggles, what is the future for the Texans and the injury prone Foster?
Fantasy Focus: Week 8 Busts
We examine some players owners should think twice about before using in Week 8...
Fantasy Focus: Week 8 Waiver Pickups
Plenty of owners' seasons have been torn apart by underperforming or stars, but this week's waivers may be able to heal some wounds. We broke down who to pickup off of the wire in week eight.
Fantasy Focus: Hot & Not
Ah, week 7. Now starts the portion of the year where Bye weeks start to ravage your roster. Many top picks are out either this week or in the next couple of weeks, so it’s time to start looking for waiver wire saviors. This week’s lists focus on a few players who you might have leaned on more heavily in place of your usual stars. Quite a few waiver wire heroes cropped up, but there was also a fair share of busts as well. See more as we look at this week's "Hot and Not."
Fantasy Focus: Week 7 Sleepers
Bye weeks are messing with fantasy football owners this week with the likes of Aaron Rodgers, Matt Forte, Emmanuel Sanders and Tyler Eifert out. Here are some plug-and-play options to help.
Fantasy Focus: Injury Report
Knee injuries have plagued the QB position. MCL sprains in particular have been a nagging occurrence for many starting QBs this season. The injury roundup will highlight starting QBs that are on the NFL injury list and possible backups for their Week 7 matchups.
