Sometimes fantasy analysts do far more harm than good. Convincing arguments are made on television and print for you to bench a struggling star for this week's "waiver wire gem." Let's look at a couple examples:Take week 10 of this year. Andre Johnson was coming off a four catch, 35 yard performance during a sloppy game in Chicago. Week 10 was a bye for the Packers, and James Jones had a four catch, 61 yard and one touchdown game in week 9. Greg Jennings was going to miss week 11, that meant another start for Jones and an extra week to practice with the baaaddddd maaannnn Aaron Rodgers. CBS Sportsline let their readers know that James Jones is a week 11 sleeper, and Andre Johnson was on bust alert. Obviously Johnson owners had been pretty frustrated up to that point in the season, and if they had James Jones they were already flirting with benching Johnson for Jones. CBS just pushed owners of the edge. Here's how week 11 wound up for both:Jones - 2 catches, ...
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November 26, 2012
