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Sit and Start Week 12

Happy belated turkey day everyone. As most everyone was yesterday I was hugging the TV with a big plate of turkey, gravy, stuffing, and dinner rolls watching the Titans dish out the punishment to the Lions. I would have wrote this piece yesterday but I am afraid my computer keyboard does not like pumpkin pie.  I looked like Frank Caliendo yesterday before the Dallas and Seattle game. Henry the eighth like with a turkey leg in one hand and a beer in the other.  Yesterday was simple as far as picks go, you knew the Titan's would run all over the Lions, you knew Dallas would destroy Seattle, you thought the Arizona/Philly game would be high scoring game. Not a bad day for Warner but he really blew it, Westbrook was the star 2 receiving and 2 rushing Td's. A 2 week span back from injury and he blows up. If your lucky you got a big jump on your opponents. If you are unlucky then you have got some ground to cover much like my opponents do this week so let's get to it.

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Tyler Thigpen - Consistently making his way up the fantasy Qb depth chart, unlike any we have seen in KC before, with the exception of Montana of course. He thrives in this situation, he has made the offense of KC great even though Larry Johnson is bad. This week he draws the Raiders who have 1 good corner and he has more passing options, Definite start this week he has consistently posted double digit numbers the past 4 weeks.

Brett Favre - Not only are the Packers profiting from the last 2 weeks assuring the Jets of a playoff spot, because they get a 2nd round pick.  Fantasy owners have been profiting, not the same Favre over the last two weeks very consistent not to many interceptions he deserves a chance here.

Lance Moore - Bar none the #1 target in NO even with Colston there, Colston may not be 100% but this guy is the show stopper a touchdown in the last 2 weeks and over 100 yards receiving you gotta play him.

Darren McFadden - Laugh if you must, but if you have held on to him this long without production, your not laughing. Kansas City Defense, Is the worst defense I have seen in nearly 10 years. If Fargas doesn't slay them McFadden will.

Leron McClain - If your looking deep this week and you need a guy that has the possibility of a great game or 3-4 points, It is all about McGahee but it should be about McClain.

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Steelers Rb's- Not easy to run on the Patriots this will be an air show.

Patriots Rb's - See above..

Jay Cutler - Last couple of weeks he has had ok games but his turnovers draw him down to nothing, Thigpen would be better and Cassel would be better.

Dwayne Bowe - remember that corner I was talking about when on the Thigpen subject, well he is Nnamdi Asomugha and he will be attached to Dwayne Bowe's hip.

Derek Anderson - Only four  passing touchdowns have been scored on the Colts this year and the Browns are not the type of team to make it 5.

Pickups - Pretty much my usual rant.

Matt Cassel - Not Brady, but not that damn bad.

Leon Washington - Have you watched a Jets game lately?

Mark Bradley - When D Bowe draws the Great corner who does the ball go to?

Bo Scaife  - Who's Alge Crumpler?

D/ST: Miami- Rams are bad!!!!!!!! need I say more?

That is it for this week, enjoy your leftovers and stay tuned to FFCollective for all your latest news and fantasy advice. DivineGuru out. Gobble!!

Living In A Fantasy World, Week 12

By Jay Hathaway, FFC Columnist

    Hey there again, fellow fantasy dorks!  We are now fully all up in week 12, which means for many of you that playoffs are right around the corner, and for others, well, I dunno, go outside and do something productive.  I myself have a few teams that aren't going to be around much longer, so I have been trying to pay more attention to my 5-5ish teams, making last minute desperation moves in order to make the final cut.  For example, I was severely lacking at RB for one team a couple of weeks ago, so I took a chance on Pats RB Benjarvus Green-Ellis while Sammy Morris was out, and it paid off, until last week, when my benched and forgotten Kevin Faulk got most of the run work.  Very annoying.  Anyway, I've dropped 'em both now in favor of Bucs RB Warrick Dunn, being that Earnest Graham is done for the season.  Also, I can finally start Detroit RB Kevin Smith to fill in some voids as well.  It only took 10 weeks for him to get going.  Luckily, patience is one of my better virtues.

Week 11 Sit and Start

If last nights game was a sign of things to come, then we can expect a monster showing for the rest of the weekend and Monday. I watched Matt Cassel come alive in the 2nd half and Brett Favre by using a rookie named Dustin Keller be as consistent as I have ever seen him in a game. Brett said Keller "doesn't know how good he can be."  I choose to say Brett Favre doesn't know how good he can be with Dustin Keller. Best game I have ever seen of Favre in my whole 15 years of watching football. So maybe I will be asked why did I not post my Sit & Start before Thursday games? Well in my opinion in this Thursday game I wouldn't have said to sit very many people and even If I did it would have been silly, most everyone in the game scored well. However Sunday will be a much different story, so let's get to it.

Half Crazy: The Midseason Review

    by Jay Hathaway, FFC Columnist, guitar hero.

    Week 9 is over and many of us are finding ourselves half-crazy, halfway to gone, half-drunk on the drama that has been the 2008 NFL season.  Ah, it seems like just yesterday that the Heartbreak Kid Tom Brady broke the hearts of many a fantasy owner that took him with their oh-so important first pick, going down in the first game with a season-ending injury.  Then there was Willie Parker looking like this year's LT right out of the gates, only to fall to injury for most of the first half.  Some of you thought that this would be the breakout year for Vince Young and the Titans.  Well, you were half right.  Then, there were those of us that took the Lions' 4-0 preseason start as a sign of a fantastic year.  I believe I actually said to someone, "Our road to the Super Bowl starts in Atlanta!"  Sigh.  My delusions aside, there have been some really incredible and incredibly dreadful performances that warrant some recognition, an award if you will.  Being that I think each player is unique, I have named these awards to personally match the players themselves.  I have no actual trophies to hand out, but being mentioned on the pages of a website of such high repute as the FFC is a fine prize in itself.  So congrats to those of you savvy owners who found success in the first half, and to those who didn't:  There is still time to draft a fantasy basketball team.

   

Sit and Start Week 7

I am glad I didn't do this column last week the situation was horrible, matter of fact I had one of my lowest scoring weeks in a long time. I lost 105-24, In a auction league. This league my first auction league and I have pretty much given up on it. I am 1-5 and I have LT and Randy Moss with good players surrounding them, what a let down.  This week everyone was a let down Joseph Addai & Tony Romo hurt, and If that were not enough Fred Taylor took a hellacious helmet to helmet hit and yup you guessed it, broke. There is however good news for all these breaks. Addai has a great backup by the name of Dominic Rhodes. Definite pickup this week as he is going against a not so great Green Bay run D. Fred Taylor has Mojo "the juice" Drew who when Taylor went out, went off. Romo's backup isn't a rookie but is a old rusty veteran you know the kind of rusty that makes a squeak when you try to close an old rusty door. The good thing about it is that he has a plethora of receivers to throw to. Which looks like the 2007 Patriots. He has the 2 deep men, Owens (moss) and Williams (stallworth) and the slot man Crayton (welker). Yes when Romo returns it will seem so that "It's begging to look a lot like Christmas" down there in Texas. Jerry Jones spared no expense on his Cowboys this year. Pacman Jones and now Roy Williams. Sorry Tony you may have a hard time affording Ms. Simpson that big rock this year, because Roy Williams just took your Christmas bonus.  You figure he would have learned what she was capable of after he looked at Nick Lachey's music career after they got married. Anyways on with this weeks TORTURE!

Players and Pine-riders, week 6

One third of the season is over.  By now most of you are already getting a pretty good idea of what your roster is going to look like for the rest of the season, aside from the odd pick-up to replace an injured or slumping player.  No doubt some of you are sitting pretty, but I'm sure many of you are getting heartburn.  I'm talking to YOU, LJ owners.  LJ may have burned my prediction to sit him in week 4, but I have to admit that I felt a bit of redemption after his 2 yard (!) performance last week.  Personally, I find myself more and more torn every week about starting my Lions players.  I want to start Calvin Johnson and Roy Williams, but who is going to throw to them?  Jon Kitna has lost his mind and now his back hurts.  He reminds me of the pissy French-Canadian goalie from the movie Slapshot ("My allergy to de fans has returned!").  No team kills talented QBs like the Lions.  Yes, I'm a Lions fan.  Yes, I have been hitting the cocktails a little harder lately.  We'll be OK, we just have to win the next 10.

Start & Sits for Week 5

A week away from the column and I feel like it has been a month. Brett Favre finally got to lead the point standings. For him Six touchdowns is unheard of, Cotchery went off and so did Coles. Not to mention that rookie TE, I placed on my Pickups at the start of the season, Dustin Keller. No immediate impact so I dropped him. Bobby Engram and Deion Branch are headed back. The rookie running back that everyone wanted to see but never got to start finally starts and is out for the season (Mendenhall). Everyone thinks the Pats are going to "fix" their offense against the Niners.  Well San Fran's defense is not that horrid but maybe they do.  Your question may be with all these matchups who do I start?  Who's speaking the truth and who is just running their Yap. Funny word for the mouth isn't it? Well I will give you some golden boys and some not so golden boys this week. Your Jets are on bye so it's pretty much affirmed Favre isn't going to throw 6 TD's this week.

Start and Sit, Week 4

Wow, almost a month down and this is already shaping up to be one of the more unpredictable seasons in recent memory.  That's a good thing, because it gives fantasy dorks like us tons of material to fill these fine pages with.  And so, I will now pass on my thoughts on the smart plays and the potential duds for this upcoming week 4.  Now, hopefully you don't need me to tell you to start a stud like Frank Gore or Jay Cutler, so I will concentrate on borderline players that may have you going crazy, trying desperately to make that last minute decision whether to bring 'em or bench 'em.  Hopefully I can help you.  If not, remember that this is a volatile game we play, so don't go blaming me when your co-workers seek an explanation for your morose demeanor following a Sunday pummeling.  Just take it like a man.

Sit and Start Week 3

Generally after week 2 the fantasy stars have had their chance to shine and have done so. Lets get to the thick of it.