Bruno Boys Fantasy Football

- Written by Cory Steger
- Edited by Marc Caviglia
- Predictions are based on Staff Consensus

There’s one final game left in the season and it looks like it’s going to be a great one. Super Bowl XLVI features the New England Patriots and the New York Giants in a rematch of Super Bowl XLII. You may recall in that game the Giants upset the undefeated Patriots with a few miracle plays down the stretch. The rematch promises to just as epic, with both teams boasting great offenses.

A lot of playoff challenges force you to lock in rosters during the conference championship rounds. However, for those that don’t or for those doing a Super Bowl-only game can take solace in the fact that we’ve got our regular line of fantasy articles, including the Sit ‘Ems. This game appears to be an offensive shootout so not many players graced the list this week, but the ones that did are ones you’ll want to avoid.

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- Written by Brad Berreman
- Edited by Marc Caviglia
- Predictions are based on Staff Consensus

The 2011 NFL season will come to an end on February 5, as Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis will give us a rematch of the Super Bowl four years ago as the New England Patriots and New York Giants will square off.
Fantasy football owners that are still looking to finish well in their playoff leagues obviously don’t have a ton of options at this point, but the two teams offer some of the top options owners have relied on all season like Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski and Eli Manning.

If you are looking for some worthy fantasy starters to secure a victory in your playoff league, feel free to check out our “Fantasy Football Start ‘Ems”for Super Bowl Sunday.

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- Written by Cory Steger
- Edited by Marc Caviglia
- Predictions are based on Staff Consensus

What’s great about the NFL playoffs is we get to watch the league’s elite teams face off against each other. With this week’s AFC and NFC Championship games we’re going to be treated with a pair of games that feature high-powered offenses against stubborn defenses. The Baltimore Ravens, New England Patriots and New York Giants are known faces here. The San Francisco 49ers are the new face but are coming off an impressive last-second win over the New Orleans Saints last week. These matchups have obviously created some very intriguing fantasy matchups. As poor as the Patriots’ defense has been at points this season you can tell from the writeups below that we’re not too fond of the Ravens’ offensive players this week.

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WIth just four quarterbacks remaining and all of them having above average matchups, we have decided to not suggest a quarterback to sit. Instead, take a look at the salary cap of all four signal callers and put together a lineup that works for you.

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- Written by Brad Berreman
- Edited by Marc Caviglia
- Predictions are based on Staff Consensus

The NFL season is winding down, and the “Final Four” is upon us with the Conference Championship Games coming this Sunday. Being down to four teams certainly limits the options fantasy football owners have available to them this week, and with some top tier players (Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees, etc.) having been eliminated there are even fewer clear-cut starters.

If you are looking for some worthy fantasy starters for this weekend in your playoff league, feel free to check out our “Fantasy Football Start ‘Ems” for Conference Championship Sunday.

If you are looking for some worthy fantasy starters beyond the virtual no-brainers, feel free to check out our “Bruno Boys Fantasy Football Start ‘Ems” for the Divisional Round.

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Eli Manning (New York Giants) @ San Francisco

Manning went 21-for-33 for 330 yards and three touchdowns and one interception against the Green Bay Packers last Sunday, and he now has nine touchdowns and just one interception in his last three games. A matchup in the NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers brings a challenge, as the 49ers forced five turnovers and sacked New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees three times last week. That said, Brees did throw for 462 yards and four touchdowns in the game and Manning himself threw for 311 yards against San Francisco back in Week 10. The Giants are likely to have to throw the ball frequently given how tough the 49ers are against the run, so that coupled with how well he is playing makes Manning well worth starting in playoff leagues once again this week.
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- Written by Cory Steger
- Edited by Marc Caviglia
- Predictions are based on Staff Consensus

Looking at the matchup it almost seems to be a mismatch. The Baltimore Ravens play host to the Houston Texans this week. Baltimore, a previous Super Bowl winner and perennial playoff team playing at home against a Texans organization that appeared in its first ever playoff game last week. The Texans start a rookie quarterback who was at one point third on the depth chart. Though the game likely won’t be a blowout it’s evident that we don’t care much for the individual fantasy matchups for the Texans this week either. A third of the players on this list come from Houston, and even though running back Arian Foster isn’t on the list he could be in for a tough game against the league’s second-toughest run defense. To see which of Foster’s teammates, as well as the other players, you should avoid this week take a look at our Division Round - Sit ‘Ems.

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Joe Flacco (Baltimore Ravens) vs. Houston

After taking steps forward in the first three years of his career Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco regressed this season. The Ravens made the playoffs with a first-round bye so the individual failure matters little in that regard, but his career-low completion percentage of 57.6 and the second worst touchdown-to-interception ratio show Flacco took steps backwards. Flacco also has a poor track record in the playoffs, with his only good game coming against the Kansas City Chiefs in the Wild Card round last year. Aside from that game Flacco’s highest quarterback rating in a playoff game was 89.4 against the Tennessee Titans in 2008, and in that game he completed 50 percent of his passes for 161 yards. If the Ravens get things done it will be with running back Ray Rice and their strong defense. Flacco is merely a game manager at this point, and not always a good one at that.

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- Written by Brad Berreman
- Edited by Marc Caviglia
- Predictions are based on Staff Consensus

Fantasy football owners in playoff leagues will see some notable names become available again this week, as Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski and Greg Jennings can be started again and two of the top three scoring fantasy defenses from the regular season (San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Ravens) also return to action this week.

If you are looking for some worthy fantasy starters beyond the virtual no-brainers, feel free to check out our “Bruno Boys Fantasy Football Start ‘Ems” for the Divisional Round.

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Eli Manning (New York Giants) @ Green Bay

Manning went 23-for-32 for 277 yards and three touchdowns against the Atlanta Falcons last week, and has now thrown just one interception in his last three games heading into a Divisional Round game against the Green Bay Packers this weekend. The Packers allowed the fourth-most fantasy points (16.9 per game) to opposing quarterbacks during the regular season, including the most passing yards (311.8 yards per game) to the position. When the two teams played in Week 13, Manning threw for 347 yards and three touchdowns with one interception and one lost fumble in the game. The Green Bay secondary has been very opportunistic this season, with a league-high 31 interceptions, but that is not enough to dampen Manning’s potential and he is a sure-fire fantasy starter for the Division Round.

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- Written by Cory Steger
- Edited by Marc Caviglia
- Predictions are based on Staff Consensus

Although the regular season has come to a close there are still fantasy football playoff challenges to be played, and we’ll be here throughout every round with coverage as we would for a normal week of football. That includes the list of this week’s Sit ‘Ems - players you don’t want to consider putting into your lineup for various legends. Two matchups that get a lot of focus in this week’s Sit ‘Ems are the Cincinnati Bengals at the Houston Texans and the Pittsburgh Steelers at the Denver Broncos. The Bengals and Texans are both starting rookie quarterbacks, while the Broncos are their inconsistent offense face a tough test against a tested Steelers defense.

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Tim Tebow (Denver Broncos) vs. Pittsburgh

Trying to predict what Denver quarterback Tim Tebow will do on a weekly basis would be about as accurate as predicting the lottery. Even in his bad games Tebow still managed to score an OK amount of fantasy points, like in a Week 16 loss to the Buffalo Bills when he turned the ball over five times and still registered 12 fantasy points. However, with Tebow you’re taking a risk and that risk could result in a game like Week 17 when he completed 6 of 22 passes for 60 yards with no touchdowns, one interception and one fumble for negative one fantasy points. He could not have a worse matchup this week going against the playoff-test Steelers. Pittsburgh allowed just one quarterback to score more than 10 fantasy points in the last six weeks of the regular season, and that was in Week 15 when the San Francisco 49ers’ Alex Smith scored 12 fantasy points. Don’t expect Tebow to have any kind of success against that defense.

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- Written by Brad Berreman
- Edited by Marc Caviglia
- Predictions are based on Staff Consensus

The 2011 NFL regular season is over, and some fantasy football owners are surely saying good riddance to a bad season while others will jump at the chance to continue their success during the “second season.” Regardless, the playoffs offer another chance at fantasy glory and with fewer options to choose from making lineup decisions can be at least a little bit easier.

We will keep giving recommendations on players to start right through the NFL playoffs, so if you need help finding some top starting options to help get off to a nice start in your playoff league feel free to check out the Wild Card Weekend edition of our “Bruno Boys Fantasy Football Start ‘Ems”.

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Matthew Stafford (Detroit Lions) @ New Orleans

Stafford played all 16 games in a season for the first time in his career in 2011, and the results showed with over 5,000 passing yards and 41 touchdown passes. He finished particularly strong, with 12 touchdown passes and 1,284 passing over the final three games of the season, and gets a good opportunity to keep that momentum going against the New Orleans Saints on Wild Card weekend. The Saints ended the regular season allowing 16.6 fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks (sixth-most in the league), and that was with allowing multiple touchdown passes just once in their final five games. Stafford threw for 408 yards himself against the Saints in Week 13, with one touchdown and one interception, and may be able to put up a similar yardage total in what should be a high-scoring game this weekend.

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—Written by Brad Berreman
—Edited by Marc Caviglia
—Predictions are based on Staff Consensus

Throughout the season, we have scoured the waiver wire to recommend players for fantasy football owners to add to their roster each week. It’s not a perfect science, obviously, and each year some players that were recommended made a bigger impact than others. Often times a key waiver wire pickup early in the season helps a fantasy owner win their league title and that was the case again in 2011. Many players thatwere not high on draft boards became key contributors throughout the season and it’s time to recognize those guys.

Our list of Waiver Wire Pick Them Ups Of The Year” no matter the position, features impact rookies, recognizable veterans that had a resurgence as well as some unproven young players that finally got an opportunity to show their stuff.

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The NFL season is in full swing and we are once again going to be doing LIVE Q & A sessions on BrunoBoys.net throughout the 2011 season. In fact, for the third consecutive year we are going to have DAILY LIVE CHAT from Week 1 to Week 17. That is right Bruno Boys Nation, starting today until the last Sunday of the regular season we will host a LIVE CHAT to help you dominate your fantasy football league. Now it’s time to get you started with another edition of Week 16 LIVE Q & A.  Here is some more information about today’s chat:

DATE: SUNDAY JANUARY 1,  2012

TIME:  11:30 AM - 1:00 PM ET

HOST: BRUNO BOYS CAVIGS, BRUNO BOYS ALLIE & BRUNO BOYS RICH

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Now, let’s jump right in so that you can start asking the Bruno Boys staff your Week 17 fantasy football questions!

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