Things are tightening up in fantasy football leagues.
With nine weeks of action in the books, there is only a month or so left in the regular season. And while some teams are riding high at 7-2 or 6-3 and others still are 3-6 or 2-7 and trying to figure where it all went wrong, a great many fantasy managers are 5-4 or 4-5, fighting tooth and nail to keep their postseason hopes alive.
For those teams, wins and losses are that much more vital. There's little margin for error. Make a mistake setting your lineup and take a loss because of it, and that could be that—the playoffs can go from practical goal to pipe dream in the blink of an eye.