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I see you rolled your way into the semi’s. Dios mio Bobby Massie Jersey , man. Unfortunately, the Peanut Punchers did not. Once again, I am knocked out in the first round of the playoffs in the WCG league - this time to a late Monday Night Football comeback on the TD from Chris Carson to lose by 2 points.A couple of bad starts contributed to my demise as I went with Courtland Sutton over Tyler Boyd and started Jeff Wilson Jr. over the Kansas City backs. But you can’t think like that - you set your lineup with whatever information is at your disposal and you let the chips fall where they may. I’ve got two teams left in the hunt for a championship. One of the important pieces of playoff fantasy football came into sharp focus for one of those teams last night. I had planned to start Melvin Gordon and Spencer Ware, but injuries to both players forced me to go to the bench. Unfortunately, I only protected Gordon with Justin Jackson and did not find a spot on the virtual bench for Damien Williams. While Jackson salvaged his night with a 4th quarter TD (and a better throw from Rivers would’ve given him a 2nd), Williams was the big winner in the random running back sweepstakes. Hopefully you benefited from his big night. Additionally, if you had the gall to start Mike Williams for the Chargers, you took all of Keenan Allen’s points and profited. Well done.The playoffs can be extra stressful if you let it get to you. My advice to you for the next week and half would be as follows:If you haven’t already https://www.thebearsfanshop.com/Adrian-Amos-Jersey , handcuff your running backs with their backups unless you’ve got a good running back in reserve. Damien Williams showed us why.Grab your defense for week 16 if it’s not on your roster already.In fact, if there’s a good defense out there - grab it anyway to play keep-away from your opponent.Set your lineup with what YOU think is the right combination of players. Don’t rely on everyone else’s opinion because in the end, you have to own it.But if you need help, we’re here to offer free advice - but remember, you get what you pay for.Finally, once you set your lineup, walk away. Don’t follow the scores in real time. Either watch some real football games or go do something else with your day. Stressing about the playoffs isn’t worth it.Good luck!If you do want any advice or want to complain about getting Williams’ed by Damien and Mike, hit up the comments or find me on Twitter @gridironborn For the 11th straight year Jordan Howard Color Rush Jersey , I’m bringing you who I believe will be the ten most important Chicago Bears for the upcoming season. At #3 is the kicker (whoever that may be), so GM Ryan Pace better hope he gets it right this year." Latest NewsNewsRoster Analysis10 Most Important Bears of 2019: #3 The kickerNew,48commentsFor the 11th straight year, I’m bringing you who I believe will be the ten most important Chicago Bears for the upcoming season. At #3 is the kicker (whoever that may be), so GM Ryan Pace better hope he gets it right this year.CDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:10 Most Important Bears of 2019: #3 The kickerTwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailRyan Pace (probably): “How are you on field goals 43 and in?”Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesWhile a member of the Chicago Bears, Robbie Gould made 85.4% of his field goals. Since the Bears parted ways with him before the 2016 season, Chicago kickers have gone 76%.It has been a parade of ineptitude that went from Connor Barth to Cody Parkey with a little Mike Nugent and Cairo Santos mixed in. The Bears went through an exhaustive kicking try out this offseason and they’ve settled on two contenders for training camp, but you can bet they’ll be watching the waiver wire looking for any better options that could pop up.The way it stands now Eddie Jackson Jersey , Bourbonnais will have Elliott Fry battling Eddy Pineiro for the right to kick for the defending NFC North champs. Fry was last seen kicking in the AAF where he made all 14 of his field goals, and Pineiro was last a member of the Oakland Raiders where he missed all of 2018 while on injured reserve. Neither of these guys have stood out this offseason according to the beat writers that have been allowed to cover the team, but kicking is a weird discipline. All it could take is a tweak here or there and all of the sudden they become money. Sometimes all it takes is putting in the extra work to get that muscle memory firing to become NFL worthy. This is why the percentages from NFL kickers almost always jumps up from when they were in college. Gould only made 53.8% of his field goals as a senior at Penn State, but has gone on to a fantastic NFL career. Baltimore’s Justin Tucker has been over 90% as a pro for seven years, but as a senior at Texas he only made 81% of his FGs. Free agent Matt Bryant, whom some Bears’ fans want to see come to Chicago, was 80% at Baylor in 1998, but as a pro for the last 17 years he’s kicking at an 86.2% clip. Either Fry or Pineiro could win the job for the Bears and go on to a splendid career https://www.thebearsfanshop.com/Allen-Robinson-Jersey , but with the team sitting in a legit Super Bowl window this is a big gamble. General manager Ryan Pace has done a fantastic job rebuilding the Bears since the Phil Emery / Marc Trestman era, but the one glaring gaffe on his resume has been figuring out the placekicker position. You can bet his pro scouts will be all over the 31 other teams just waiting to pounce if anyone decent is cut loose. I’m putting the kicker position at #3 on my list this year, but this could very well also be Pace as he’s tasked with getting the job done right this time.