Starting a player to negate an opponents. (1 Viewer)

[BassNBrew]

Are there any circumstances where you would consider a hedge play when you do not have the clear advantage?

For example, the team I play this week starts both Chris Chambers and Randy McMichael. His other WR's are Holt and Chad Johnson in a start 3 WR league.

I have both P. Manning and Ferotte.

Overall when looking at players and matchups, I'd rate my team at a disadvantage or an even matchup at best. Definetely not the favorite.

Under normal circumstances I would never sit Manning for Ferotte, plus the idea of hedging that I picked up from this thread states that it is not the best idea as the underdog. But, if you can hedge two of the opponents players is it a better idea?

Absolutely a bad idea. As an underdog, you want to avoid playing anyone with a link to his starters. The only circumstance where I'd start Ferotte over Manning was if I had LT and LJ at RB and he was starting Cartwirght and Kevin Jones.

 

[Doug Drinen]

I was just watching Dan, Shannon, and Boomer give their picks and I realized that it provided a nice demonstration of the basic idea that people are talking about here. Dan has a 3-game lead over Boomer and a 6-game lead over Shannon. It's time to pick the Seahawks-Titans game. Suppose* that Boomer and Shannon picked the Titans. Now what do you do if you're Dan? If you want to maximize your wins, you take Seattle. But if you take the Titans, Boomer and Shannon can't gain on you, and your lead is guaranteed to stay intact. The parallels are obvious, but just in case....Being a favorite in your fantasy matchup = Dan having a lead establishedPicking the Seahawks = playing the guy you think is going to score the most pointsPicking the Titans = hedging to maximize your chances of winning the game, even though it means likely scoring fewer points.Obviously, things are rarely this clear in an actual fantasy matchup, and it's not possible to tie your score to your opponent's in such a definite way. Also, it's only a good idea under certain circumstances. For instance, if it was week 2 or if Dan's lead was only one game, I'm not sure going with the Titans would be such a great idea. But in this case it would be.Just a thought. * - this isn't what actually happened, just a hypothetical.