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So here we are, week 13. For a lot of us, this week will determine our place in the fantasy playoffs - will you get a bye? Could you sneak in under the wire and get that 6th seed? All-important starts and sits this week and I'm here to help out. With a #11 overall ranking on FantasyPros last week, put some trust in the rankings and add a little bit of your own ingenuity to make everything count this week! Guys that I like this week include: Tyrod Taylor, Kenyan Drake, Marvin Jones, Sammy Watkins, Paul Richardson, and Jason Witten. Pay attention, use the experts but trust your gut, and win some fantasy matchups!

The first week of the fantasy playoffs is here (for the majority of leagues, anyway), and there are already quite a few difficult decisions to make for fantasy team managers. Who can fill in for Gronkowski now that he'll be suspended for a week? What do you do with a QB that has a bad defensive match-up? I hope to answer some of these with a no-nonsense ranking of most, if not all, of the players that you'll need to choose from for this week's upcoming football festivities. Recommended plays include: Matt Ryan, Jamaal Williams, Frank Gore, C.J. Anderson, Michael Crabtree, Jamison Crowder, and Stephen Anderson. Pay particularly close attention to that last one, because the tight end position has been pretty flat except for a few bright spots this year and he's been thrust into a good opportunity going forward.

Here's looking at you! By virtue of reading this, I must assume that you have made it to the second round of the playoffs in your league(s) and are looking for some advice to get to the championship game! Well, I won't disappoint - let's jump straight into the good stuff. Some of my picks for this week are: Matthew Stafford, Mike Davis, Marquise Goodwin, Robert Woods, and Jack Doyle. Best of luck in Week 15, see you back here again next week!

Week 16 for most of us is championship week - the pinnacle of fantasy football and the summation of all of your hard work on research, drafts, pickups, starts, and sits throughout the season. Make it count! Don't go into this final battle unprepared! Through the rankings below, I've provided my analysis of this week's match-ups to help you in making some of the tough decisions that may be ahead for your team(s) this week. Best of luck! Players expected to perform at an above-average level this week include: Alex Smith, Samaje Perine, Kerwynn Williams, Devin Funchess, Mike Wallace, Jamison Crowder, Ricky Seals-Jones, and the Chicago Bears.