Fantasy playoffs will be here in a week or two, depending on your league setup. Nervous?

The thought of leaving your comfortable post near the top of the standings and heading into the cutthroat world of the postseason can be sobering. It should be. The postseason is all that matters. I take serious issue with fantasy leagues that payout to regular-season winners. Marty Schottenheimer went 14-2 with the San Diego Chargers and got fired. If the regular season doesn’t matter in the NFL, it shouldn’t matter for the fantasy world leeching off of it.

So with an eye on the playoffs, bolster your roster this next week. The time for trades has passed, either literally because of trade deadline restrictions, or logically because it’s just insane to make a drastic move this late. Plus, swindling big names from a non-playoff team is a good way to get your thumbs broken.

Keep your thumbs intact. Hit up the waiver wire.

Bryce Brown (running back, Philadelphia Eagles, 5.0-percent owned in ESPN leagues)

If you turned on Monday Night Football this past week (and God help you if you did) and did not know that LeSean McCoy was out for the Eagles, you would have watched Bryce Brown’s performance without a second thought. Same long strides, same quick side-to-side moves, but he was running with a bit more liveliness than usual, and the statistics were piling up. Maybe it’s the coaching in Philadelphia, but the replacement running back Brown looked identical to McCoy and ran just as effective — 19 carries, 178 yards and two touchdowns. The Eagles are atrocious, so despite the cries of their sad, disgusting fans, they won’t rush McCoy back from his serious concussion. Brown is a must-add.

Mohamed Sanu (wide receiver, Cincinnati Bengals, 1.1-percent owned)

The Bengals are rolling and Sanu has played an integral role in their success. For eight games, Cincy’s offense was solid outside of the redzone, but once they entered that 20-yard line, it all went to hell. Incompletions, fumbles, field goal after field goal — it was a disaster. And the rookie Sanu was worthless in those games, catching a total of only five passes. Now, he’s emerged. And more importantly, he’s emerged as a red zone threat. He’s caught a touchdown pass in each of the last three games — all blowout Bengals wins — and his role in the offense should stay the same moving forward.

Plus, this scenario has occurred in each of Cincinnati’s first 11 games, and it’s almost guaranteed to happen again. On the goal line, quarterback Andy Dalton will receive the snap, drop back two steps and loft one to the back left corner of the endzone. It will be caught. It always is. And it will either be A.J. Green or Mohamed Sanu on the receiving end. So, if you’re a gambling man, pick up Sanu and yourself a 50-percent chance at a touchdown.

Jack is a senior in LAS. He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @JCassidy10.