It might seem trite, but occasionally what differentiates the good fantasy teams from the best are the flex options. As many top seeds in the fantasy postseason have found out already this season, every point matters, and seeding means little. Depth means more. Top seeds were successful in Week 15 in ESPN.com standard leagues a mere 52 percent of the time; No. 2 seeds had it even rougher, escaping to the next round of the postseason only 48 percent of the time. Sure, some of this can be blamed on top players underperforming, but in other cases, perhaps their flex position was simply not used wisely.
With that, we bring you the Week 16 flex rankings of this fine 2010 season, as we combine the best of the running backs and wide receivers into one tidy list. Maybe Santa Claus will bring everyone 25 points from the flex spot this week ... or maybe a Terrell Owens-sized piece of coal will be waiting.
Good luck to all in Week 16 and beyond; remember that there are games on Thursday and Saturday night this week. Most of all, Merry Christmas to you and yours.
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Eric Karabell
Eric Karabell is an ESPN.com senior writer. He has worked at ESPN since 1997 and covered fantasy sports for ESPN since 2001, specializing in baseball and football. Eric appears several times per week on SportsCenter, NFL Live and other ESPN shows, contributes to ESPN Radio and ESPN The Magazine and is the host of the Baseball Today Podcast. He has been honored twice as fantasy sports writer of the year by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association, his blog was named best fantasy baseball series for 2007 and he was inducted into the inaugural FSWA Hall of Fame class in 2010.
Eric grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, and accordingly, favors Philly teams first, his fantasy teams second. He previously served as ESPN.com's lead NBA editor, and is a former Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer sports writer. Eric is also the author of "The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments," published by Source Books and available in bookstores and online.
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