Luke Hoover
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Exploiting the Matchups: Week 5 Start/Sit
Despite the Packers' crowded backfield, Luke Hoover can't resist Aaron Jones' upside in a friendly Week 5 matchup with the Lions. → Read More
Exploiting the Matchups: Week 1 Start/Sit
Luke Hoover acknowledges that Week 1 can be wildly hit-or-miss for fantasy lineups, but he still sees obvious upgrades -- including Philip Rivers -- and downgrades. → Read More
Exploiting the Matchups: Full Nelson Time
It’s officially the fantasy playoffs everywhere. Many leagues with six playoff teams got started last week, but of course others are a two-week format. Either way, we’re finally here. As I have in years past, I’m advocating that you use your gut when it comes to getting through the weekend – first, to make those tough lineup decisions and then secondly to house your drink of choice. After all,… → Read More
Exploiting the Matchups: Kizer the Riser
KISS for the playoffs. It’s an easier thing to say than to do, especially when this season has been the moving target of all moving targets. Although the trustworthy players have been few and far between, the advice remains the same as it does most postseasons: Keep. It. Simple. Stupid. Don’t overthink things and don’t roll the dice unless desperation (a.k.a. injury) demands it. By keep it… → Read More
Exploiting the Matchups: Time to Cook the Giants
Who else is as excited as I am that it’s Josh Gordon week? This feels like a band putting out one amazing album and then coming back after a few years of hibernation to start recording again. Aside from Brett Hundley, NFL quarterback, I can’t think of anything else I’m even remotely anticipating with as much excitement this week (I realize you are likely well aware Hundley is an NFL quarterback,… → Read More
Exploiting the Matchups: Hibernation Time for Bears' Howard
In the spirit of giving thanks and on the eve of a holiday that celebrates the wonders of family, food and football, I'm going to keep things short and sweet. You can give thanks for a reprieve from my usual rambling intros. I wrote those exact words last year. And the year before that. So my only advice this week is to go back to the well. Re-use. If it worked before, stick with it. Be thankful… → Read More
Exploiting the Matchups: Sterling Silver
Opportunity is king. We’ve hit that point in the fantasy season when, beyond the small contingent of established stars left standing, we have to think strategically about who is going to touch the football the most at every position and who is in position to produce efficiently with those touches. What quarterbacks will be attempting the most passes due to game flow? And who is throwing to the… → Read More
Exploiting the Matchups: A New Brett in Titletown
Welcome to the miserable world of quarterback streaming, spoiled Aaron Rodgers owners. That constant source of top-notch points is the latest victim in a season where no elite talent seems safe. With Rodgers shelved, the fantasy season will now continue without the services of a trio of players – Rodgers, David Johnson and Odell Beckham – who were arguably the top overall at their respective… → Read More
Exploiting the Matchups: Unleash the Beast
In football, much as it can be in life, sometimes you have to lose something to gain something new, perhaps something even better. In a season wrought with injuries, after a week that saw some extremely big ones, that’s the mantra we need to keep reminding ourselves of. That’s what needs to drive us to find new ways to improve. After all, we’re not even at the halfway point of the season and… → Read More
Exploiting the Matchups: Start Mixon It Up
Fight. Scrape. Claw. Fantasy football is not for the faint of heart. It’s for the grinders. The patient. The relentless. Every week is a chance to make a better decision, to re-evaluate and reconstruct one’s team. To take a chance. To stay the course. The chance element will always keep things interesting, for both the good and the bad. The chance can drive some to the white flag, but it is the… → Read More
Exploiting the Matchups: Cam and Co. Get Sainted
Perhaps I spoke too soon. After a Week 1 that saw the total points scored in the league drop from an average of 22.7 per team for the last four Week 1’s (2013-2016) to 20.2 points per team (a full 2.5 point drop!), I immediately chalked the lack of fantasy action up to an anomaly and told everyone not to worry. Then somehow Week 2 found teams actually go backwards to a 20.1-point average. The… → Read More
Exploiting the Matchups: Rivers Will Flow
The first rule of fantasy football: don't overreact to one week. OK, maybe that's not the first rule, but it's an important one to remember, especially this time of year. Case in point: after one week the top two run defenses are the Cleveland Browns and Dallas ... You've reached the end of our free article preview. See below to find out how you can read the full version of this article.… → Read More
Exploiting the Matchups: Will Bell Go Quiet Week 1?
Fantasy seasons are not won or lost in the first week. Sometimes you can be down big at halftime, make adjustments, lean on unexpected contributors and destroy the hopes and dreams of the Atlanta Falcons. Oh, wait. That's real football. And because of the single-most epic comeback in sports history, the Patriots have the pleasure of bringing us the first game of a new season. Already, just as… → Read More