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So I've made it to my league's Super Bowl, and I'm pretty confident in my starters, but I have a lot of options with my flex positions. Right now I have Jason Witten (who I'm pretty comfortable with) and Michael Crabtree in my two flex slots. My other viable options left on the bench are Michael Turner, Miles Austin, Danario Alexander and Cecil Shorts. All of them have better matchups than Crabtree, but Turner and Austin are sharing their workloads pretty heavily and my faith in Alexander was a bit shaken last week. Shorts, I have no real complaint about, and I could easily sub him in. Any input would be appreciated.
— Mike
It's a tough call. Let's start with the receivers. I would take Austin (vs. New Orleans) and Shorts (vs. New England) over Crabtree (at Seattle) and Alexander (at N.Y. Jets) on matchups.
Now we come to the case of Turner. We know the story: not many yards, but he's the goal-line back in a strong offense. He's not the most exciting of your options; those honors go to Austin and Shorts, given that they could be in high-scoring games.