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Week 9 will be here before you know it. Get on the waivers now before it's too late. More articles will be added as the week progresses. Most Valuable Network's Work the Wire, the Waiver Wire Fantasy Football Docs Pick Up Drop ProFantasySports.com's Waiver Wire FFToday's Through the Wire

Yesterday I spent several hours basking in the sun (that's code for turning pale red and gaining even more freckles) at INVESCO Field watching a great Broncos/Colts game and squinting from my exceedingly high seat over to the jumbotron to try and read the fantasy stats as they scrolled across. I do love my Broncos - we made a trip out to Broncos training camp this August which only cemented my high opinion of Jason Elam, Al Wilson, Nick Ferguson, Tony Scheffler, Jay Cutler...the list goes on. So it was great to watch them again live and in action [photo from denverbroncos.com/Ryan McKee]. And Peyton Manning is basically a sacred man in our household. So all told I thoroughly enjoyed being at the game (particularly with thanks to the half-priced tickets legislation at Mile High that made this trip possible). Yet I couldn't help but wish that I was at home with several games to choose from on tv and constant fantasy stats access. That seems so wrong. Of course part of it is proba...

Still expecting big things out of an IDP who really has yet to get going this season? Or perhaps looking for a bye replacement for the week? Check out The Hive and IDP Report for help in sorting through all the IDPs that might still be available in your league.

Hoy hoy! The snow is coming down like crazy here in Colorado...makes me want to curl up with a laptop and report back on Week 8 advice for fellow fantasy footballers. So here is this week's list of Start/Bench sites - I'll update the links as the sites go live. Enjoy! NFL Start 'em Sit 'em Fantasy Sharks Start-Bench List SI Start 'em Sit 'em Fantasy Football Docs Bench/Start Ask the Commish CBS Sportsline Start 'em Sit 'em Coach Box's Wheelock's Start/Bench Recommendations NFL Freaks Start-Bench List ProFantasySports Start 'em Bench 'em

Here you go - some articles to give you a hand for Week 8. Check em out. Fantasy Football Docs Pick Up/Drop Fantasy Football Jungle Wire Work FFToolbox Waiver Wire Bargains

This was a tough weekend in my world of football. I returned to my alma mater over a long weekend for my 5 year reunion and went to the Northwestern vs. Michigan State game. The one which made history thanks to NU's complete inability to hold onto their 35 point lead? Yes. In some small way, being there and being surrounded by thousands of other sad Wildcats fans was easier than watching this defeat at my house. I also have had a rough weekend in the fantasy world thanks to some bye week replacements and some generally hideous performances. [However, I was delighted to see Gonzo return to his old ways!] So on that note, for those of you who, like me, need some serious help in getting out of a football funk this week, I will be scouring the www for help. Stay tuned. And on a completely different note, cheers to Scott for a great Chicago Marathon , injured knee and all. You're the best.

So I'm finally going to bring myself to admit that I lost yet again to Scott. Not once, but twice. LT nailed the coffin shut with his outrageous 4 TDs. It hurts. Hopefully I'll have a chance to redeem myself before the season ends. Good work, Scott. In the meantime, some articles for the upcoming Week 7: ProFantasySports.com's Waiver Wire FoxSports.com's Starts and Flops FantasyFootballSharks.com's Waiver Wire

Here are a few articles to help with IDPs on bye; or just replacing bad IDPs. FFToday.com's IDP Notes FantasySharks.com's The Hive So it turns out that the janitor here does not actually live in a closet here at the library. She has a home but she spends the vast majority of her day in her closet here...much to the dismay of her hard-working coworkers it seems. But in other news, apparently several lab rats have escaped from their lab homes/cages and made their way across campus to the library. They are living here somewhere in the walls or in the stacks and are supposedly quite large. I've also heard a rumor that there is a "brunette Fabio-type of guy" that works in the basement. That is pretty entertaining. I'm feeling like there's no limit to things that could happen here. So here's to the weekend and many hours of football ahead.

Hoy hoy fantasy footballers and welcome to Week 6. This weekend is a big one for me - in all my many years of FF (3) I have never beaten my husband. This week I play him in not just one but two leagues. Scott, you're going down. So let's get down to business here. The Week 6 Start/Bench sites I will be looking at this week are below. I'm starting the cycle over again this week and will be analyzing the TE predictions. And speaking of TEs, Tony Gonzalez, where have you been this year? You're worrying me, Gonzo. Can it really be that the disappearance of Trent Green is the only reason that you can't put up decent numbers? FantasySharks Start-Bench List NFL Start 'em Sit 'em SI Start 'em Sit 'em Fantasy Football Docs Ask the Commish CBS Sportsline Coach Box's Wheelock's Start/Bench NFLFreaks Start-Bench List

After analyzing this week's Start/Sit sites for WRs I have reached the conclusion that one should never use these sites for WR help. WR performances are just too varied from week to week and apparently no one can very accurately predict which players will do well and which won't. So my best advice? Don't use these sites for WR help unless you are so desperate that you're willing to listen to advice that is perilous at best. Of the 8 sites that I looked at, only 2 ended up with suggested starters that performed better than their suggested benchers. Sad. So here are the top two performers of the week: 1. CoachBox Start/Bench Suggested starters average ranking for the week: 28.5 Suggested starters average fantasy points for the week: 6.5 Suggested benchers average ranking for the week: 42.5 Suggested benchers average fantasy points for the week: 6.21 2. SI Start 'em Sit 'em Suggested starters average ranking for the week: 32.75 Suggested starters average fantasy po...

As there are 6 teams on bye for the first time ever, this coming Week 6 will be a challenge for many to fill in their bye slots. Here are a few articles to help: NFL Fantasy Extra Daily Dish Football Docs Pick-up/Drop Advice ProFantasySports.com's The Box Score Bandit

Here are a couple of articles to help with any last minute decisions you might need to make. Both are Week 5 rankings from FoxSports.com - just different authors and styles: Mark Harmon's Week 5 rankings - blurbs on the big and small players of the week Roger Rotter's Week 5 rankings - projected stats by position and matchup Happy 90th birthday to my grandmother!

Time to get your IDPs in order. For info, check out The Hive - and ProFantasySports should have their IDP Report up pretty soon, too. In the meantime, check out FoxSports.com's game predictions, which are organized by matchup. I'll have the link take you to the Colts/Titans game since Peyton Manning is kind of a big deal in our house (photo from athlon sports). Check back with me in a few years to see if my firstborn is actually named Peyton. In other news, I just found out that one of our janitors is actually living in the closet just down the hallway from my office. She removes the trash bin that normally resides in there and makes the closet her home. While this brings up all sorts of Seinfeld references I think the big questions floating around right now are 1) does the closet have a light (I certainly hope so) and 2) how long will this gig last for her? This just makes me completely grateful that the home I return to every night is bigger than 6X6 and doesn't smell...

Good morning fellow fantasy footballers. This week's analysis of the start/bench sites will include the websites listed below. Peruse at your leisure but keep in mind the growing track record they've all developed over the past several weeks. In fact, I think I might start up a small chart as a reminder of how each site has ranked - that will be forthcoming. FantasySharks Start-Bench List NFL Start 'em Sit 'em SI Start 'em Sit 'em Fantasy Football Docs Ask the Commish CBS Sportsline Coach Box ProFantasySports (comes out over the weekend) NFLFreaks Fantasy Football Cafe

Did you by chance pick up Daunte thinking that he was going to be back to his old 2004 antics? (Yes, I did.) And suddenly you're in a panic now that he couldn't even dominate the Texans? (Yes, I am.) If you're thinking that it's time to move on, before you make any rash trades or crazy decisions, my buddy Ethan Conway has created an excellent spreadsheet on potentially available starting QBs. Conway lists the QBs with their remaining schedules and the pass defenses they will be up against (based on performance from Weeks 1 to 4). It's even color-coded (scroll to the right for the key). Conway is in that sweet spot between grad school and a job and clearly has way, way too much time on his hands. But if the outcome is a helpful chart like this, then Conway, may you have this much free time every football season.

Need a little midweek help on your lineup? Or maybe like me you're just happy to still see Marques Colston topping all these get-em-while-you-can lists. Whatever the reason, here are some articles to help you through your Wednesday. ProFantasySports.com Waiver Wire - as the title indicates, this article gives a rundown on possible pickups off the waiver wire and why these guys are worthy of being your bye fill-in. Or your Daunte fill-in. FantasySharks Week 5 Waiver Wire - again, more waiver wire advice. Word to the wise, this guy uses a lot of exclamation points so if you're just settling into your day and your cup of coffee (as I am)...then beware the uber-enthusiasm here. FFToday Through the Wire - I like this one for its deeper analysis. When you're in a league where a lot of the waiver wire guys noted in these articles are already picked up, you need something like this to look deeper and find those overlooked players.

Week 4's analysis of how well the start/bench sites predictions for QB are below: SI Start 'em Sit 'em Suggested starters average ranking for the week: 11.75 Suggested starters average fantasy points for the week: 19.62 Suggested benchers average ranking for the week: 24.67 Suggested benchers average fantasy points for the week: 6.09 Finally SI steps up. Not only did their starters actually perform well but their benchers did not. At last the quality predictions I was expecting from them! All of their starters performed in the top 20 with an average of almost 20 points - not bad at all. Ask the Commish Sit or Start Suggested starters average ranking for the week: 12.83 Suggested starters average fantasy points for the week: 18.96 Suggested benchers average ranking for the week: 19 Suggested benchers average fantasy points for the week: 12.51 So one of the reasons I really think they did a great job this week is because ATC chose 6 QBs that performed in the top 10 of the wee...

Need some updates on your players after yesterday's games? Or in preparation for tonight's game? Check out ProFantasySports.com's player and team updates or get a review with Fanball's Sunday Observations . Still not enough? Try Fabiano's article on emerging sleepers for even more Monday morning info.

I realize it is impossible to keep my personal weekly FF battles out of this blog and so this morning I will just take a moment to relish the fact that I am about to go 3-0 in a big way. My point totals in all three games have blown away everyone else in the leagues and it's almost too great of a feeling. I've asked my sister to remind me of this awesomeness the next time I go 0-3 or have to live through a 2nd half as sad as the Northwestern/Penn State game this past weekend (In fact, I think I might have scared off my old friend Kevin with my extreme reaction to NU's demise...). So is it all of the extra research I've been doing and providing on this blog that has been the difference or just dumb luck?