BYE WK Replacement Players
Bye Week Replacement Players
The ultimate goal in Fantasy Football is to draft a team that you can start each week without any line-up guesswork. Unless you get hit with injuries, the first few picks in your fantasy draft should start every game, and only get benched when they’re on a bye week. Bye weeks in fantasy football are basically opportunities for other teams to upset you, because you’re without your work horses. This is Gridiron Experts top bye week replacement player list, to ensure you have the best fantasy weapons each week even when your stars are on a bye. WR’s are not much of a problem as there is plenty of depth at that position; RB’s and QB’s are harder to replace, so we’ll be focusing on those two positions.
WK 4
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QB |
Top Bye week fill in |
Match up |
Reasoning |
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T.Brady P.Manning E.Manning M.Hasselbeck |
J.Delhomme T.Edwards J.Campbell |
ATL at CAR BUF at STL WAS at DAL
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-Big numbers at home for S.Smith -STL pass def was ranked 21st in 07 -Always have shoot outs |
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RB |
Top Bye week fill in |
Match up |
Reasoning |
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J.Addai, L.Maroney B.Jacobs J.Jones |
T.Jones (NYJ) S.Young D.Williams |
ARZ at NYJ DEN at KC CAR at ATL |
-Jones will get a heavy workload -Divisional game -D.Williams will still be starting at this point. Dome game |
WK 5
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QB |
Top Bye week fill in |
Match up |
Reasoning |
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D.Anderson
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J.Kitna |
CHI at DET |
-Divisional game at home |
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RB |
Top Bye week fill in |
Match up |
Reasoning |
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S.Jackson J.Lewis T.Jones |
M.Lynch |
BUF at ARZ |
-Good match for Lynch. *This is a tough week for back up players |
WK 6
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QB |
Top Bye week fill in |
Match up |
Reasoning |
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B.Roethlisberger |
B.Favre |
CIN at NYJ |
Favre and Jets fans licking their lips |
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RB |
Top Bye week fill in |
Match up |
Reasoning |
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W.Parker L.Johnson M.Lynch |
R.Bush E.Graham |
OAK at NOR CAR at TB |
-Home game vs. average run def -Divisional game |
WK 7
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QB |
Top Bye week fill in |
Match up |
Reasoning |
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D.Garrard D.McNabb
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M.Schaub J.Campbell |
HOU at DET CLE at WAS |
-Big day for A.Johnson -Top this type shoot out |
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RB |
Top Bye week fill in |
Match up |
Reasoning |
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B.Westbrook M.Jones-Drew M.Turner
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L.White T.Jones |
TEN at KC NYJ at OAK |
-TEN to run all day on young D-line -great pass def, but can’t stop the run in Oak |
WK 8
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QB |
Top Bye week fill in |
Match up |
Reasoning |
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C.Palmer
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D.McNabb J.Campbell |
ATL at PHI WAS at DET |
-Great day for WR core in Philly -Westcoast Offense will torch DET (look at phi/det 07) |
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RB |
Top Bye week fill in |
Match up |
Reasoning |
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A.Peterson R.Grant |
R.Williams E.James |
BUF at MIA ARZ at CAR |
-Divisional game at home -ARZ will run hard on the road to avoid mistakes |
WK 9
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QB |
Top Bye week fill in |
Match up |
Reasoning |
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D.Brees P.Rivers |
J.Cutler M.Bulger J.Russell |
MIA at DEN ARZ at STL ATL at OAK |
-DEN at home off a bye week -Divisional game at home -Will earn his paycheck |
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RB |
Top Bye week fill in |
Match up |
Reasoning |
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LT F.Gore |
M.Jones-Drew D.Mcfadden / M.Bush
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JAC at CIN
ATL at OAK |
-CIN will have completely fallen apart by now. - Hard to say who’ll be starting, but great match-up |
WK 10
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QB |
Top Bye week fill in |
Match up |
Reasoning |
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T.Romo |
M.Schaub |
CIN at HOU |
-Shoot out in Houston |
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RB |
Top Bye week fill in |
Match up |
Reasoning |
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W.McGahee M.Barber C.Portis |
M.Turner S.Young R.Bush
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NO at ATL DEN at CLE NO at ATL |
-Divisional game at home -Big road game, Den will try to pound the rock and keep Anderson sitting -Dome game for Bush to cut & dance |
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