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Ok, we are in the home stretch towards the playoffs now. Still another four teams on a bye, and more players out with injury, meaning every week is hyper critical. This is the time to really figure out what your team is. Are you middle of the pack and need to start winning out to make the playoffs? Or are you in great shape and assured of the postseason? If you’re middle of the pack, you need to focus on winning now. Every week matters, so your focus should be about maximizing your roster and bench for this week, and the next, not hanging onto some project that we hope will pop in a few weeks. Conversely, if you KNOW you’re making the playoffs, you can start stocking up on backups to your stars and looking for/trading for players with good playoff schedules. If it’ll help, here’s Fantasy Life’s rest of season rankings so you can evaluate what you have or want to acquire. And before we start, a quick reminder – any Utilization stats you read below come from Dwain McFarland and his incredible Utilization Report on FantasyLife.com. A reminder to catch Fantasy Football Happy Hour every weekday at Noon ET on YouTube and of course, it’s also available on Peacock, NBC Sports NOW, and wherever you get your podcasts. And every Sunday morning we do Fantasy Football Pregame from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET on Peacock and the NFL on NBC YouTube channel. Let’s get to it. Thanks as always to my producer Damian Dabrowski for his help at various points in this column. Here we go. These are the 10 Facts You Need to Know Before Week 10:
