Mailbag: Harrison, Charles, Benson, playoff talk 

December, 9, 2009
12/09/09
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Welcome to the fantasy football playoffs. In general I see fewer e-mail questions by this time of the season, mainly because so many fantasy owners are looking ahead to next season. Most teams do not make the playoffs, and there rarely seems to be much pride in whether you finish in seventh place or 10th. I'm going to try to hold off on the keeper questions for 2010, though, and deal with the here and now. Let's get right to the Week 14 mailbag and see if we can get to more e-mails in the space allotted. As always, if you missed my chat session (each Wednesday, 3 p.m. ET), click on this link.

Bret Berger (Clemmons, N.C.): "Eric, I'm in a bit of a predicament. I squeaked into the playoffs and now have a difficult roster decision. I am looking at either Jerome Harrison against the Steelers or Mike Wallace, assuming Hines Ward doesn't go."

Eric: First of all, whether you're still unbeaten or barely made the playoffs, it's a new season now. I think Harrison is the call here. He'll have the better spot in my Thursday flex rankings. Harrison looked fine last week, and while I could see Wallace having a big game as a starter, Brady Quinn's recent improvement makes Harrison relevant, and safer.


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