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The playoffs have come to an end in my leagues but I am sure there are plenty of you out there still needing some last minute advice. Or maybe just interested in who the big players of the week might be with such an odd week in terms of studs and duds. With so many playoff implications, this week promises to be an unusual stat week. So here are the start/sit sites for Week 17 NFL Start 'em Sit 'em FantasySharks Start/Bench List FootballDocs Bench/Start Advice CBS Sportsline Start 'em Sit 'em CoachBox's Start/Bench Recs NFLFreaks Start-Bench List ProFantasySports Start 'em Bench 'em RotoWorld's Last Minute Decisions Happy college bowl season to you all. We have an annual family bowl pool that involves about 30 family members and pets hedging their bets on the bowl games. I'm happy to report that I am currently tied for third right now - back by only two games. Perhaps I'll have more luck with the bowl pool than I did with fantasy football this yea...

First, football. Here are the Start/Bench sites for Week 16. Best of luck to you all. FootballDocs Bench/Start Advice CBS Sportsline Start 'em Sit 'em Coach Box's Wheelock's Start/Bench Recs FantasySharks Start/Bench List NFL Freaks Start-Bench List ProfantasySports Start 'em Bench 'em SI's Start 'em, Sit 'em NFL Start 'em Sit 'em A massive snowstorm hit Denver yesterday - we were supposed to fly out of Denver back to Washington, D.C., for Christmas. This did not happen. After a trip out to the airport and getting two flights cancelled, we returned back to Boulder by bus. The normal 1 hour bus ride took over 7. It was fairly awful. The roads were parking lots with cars stranded all over the place. Thankfully, we finally made it back home at about 8:30 last night and are stuck here in Colorado until Saturday. On Saturday we are on the highly coveted flight to Baltimore (not even our original destination) through San Francisco. Ouch. But we...

This week might be a little light on posts since we will be traveling back east to be with our families for the holidays [ornament from Designer Ornaments]. I'll do what I can though in getting the bench/start sites up here on Thursday. For now, a few articles on waiver issues (is anyone even scouring the waivers still?) and other advice for those of you dominating the playoffs. Or those of us just trying to maintain our pride in the consolation rounds... FootballDocs Pick-up/Drop Advice Fabiano's Strange Happenings in Fantasy Playoffs RotoWorld's The Morning After FoxSports.com's Stars & Flops

While even you best defensive plans can go awry and the Julius Peppers players of the world can let you down unexpectedly, it definitely pays to check out the IDP reports each week to see who the "experts" would start or sit. So here's your weekly IDP update: FootballSharks.com The Hive, Part I FoxSports IDP Nation ProFantasySports IDP Report

Welcome to Week 15, fantasy footballers. The addition of a Saturday night game is sure to bring some of us a little holiday cheer - personally, I'd say having a game to watch on 4 different days of the week is like Christmas come early. But holiday parties call this Saturday night and I'm not sure I can request that the host turn on Cowboys/Falcons. We'll see. In the meantime, here are the week's start/sit advice sites. Enjoy! FootballDocs Bench/Start Advice CBS Sportsline Start 'em Sit 'em Coach Box's Wheelock's Start/Bench Recs FantasySharks Start/Bench List NFL Freaks Start-Bench List ProfantasySports Start 'em Bench 'em SI's Start 'em, Sit 'em NFL Start 'em Sit 'em

Looking for some advice for your lineup as Week 15 quickly approaches? While I definitely support the ol' dance-with-them-that-brung-you mentality, I also think the waiver wire could pose some very interesting options for those of you desperately needing to secure your place in playoffs. For example? I dropped Jason Elam last week (a spectacular kicker but with that hamstring tweak I wasn't taking any chances) and picked up Josh Scobee. Scobee went nuts and gave me something like 14 or 15 points. Even with a missed field goal. So get out there and see if there might be someone on the waivers worth picking up. RotoWorld's Waiver Wired FoxSports Quick Hits: Recap - notes on favorable matchups for Week 15 NFL Daily Dish - Fabiano's waiver list from 12/11 And on another note, tonight at the Walnut Brewery in Boulder, we will be celebrating Scott and Kevin's 240th b eer and thus the culmination of their membership in the Mug Club. Soon their 32 oz mugs will be sitting ...

In this last week of games before playoffs, I had a truly magnificent fantasy week. Forget the fact that the MNF game hasn't even happened yet - I'm still going to go 3-0 in my leagues this week and while it's an awesome feeling it's also rather bittersweet. I am extremely sorry to say that I did not make it to the playoffs in any of my 3 leagues (see below for explanation). So that said, I feel immense pleasure in going 3-0 in a big way this week just to prove that my teams are still fighting (thank you, Jones-Drew! [photo: David E. Klutho/SI]). I stayed up late last night running some 3-way ANOVAs to try and determine the variance between the means of each player in each of my teams and came up with the conclusion that my teams are still awesome (fine, so I didn't actually run the ANOVA and I haven't even thought about what an ANOVA test is since fall of 2000 in a required stats class that I put off until my senior year of college but actually really enjoyed)....

Since your defenders can help you win or lose a game far more than we all sometimes realize, here's a little help in the IDP world: ProfantasySports IDP Report RotoWorld IDP Nation FantasySharks The Hive - two editions this week, here's #1 and #2

This past weekend one of my fantasy teams lost by less than 1 point, pulling me out of the top 4 spots and thus out of the playoffs. Not cool. I plan to dominate the consolation round when the time co mes, though the prospect of being the #5 team at best is still pretty disheartening. I'm hoping the rest of you had better luck and if you're still searching for advice on start and bench calls, I'm guessing it's likely you're a champ. So here you have it, Week 14's Start/Sit sites - the links will be updated as the sites go live... FootballDocs Bench/Start Advice CBS Sportsline Start 'em Sit 'em Coach Box's Wheelock's Start/Bench Recs FantasySharks Start/Bench List NFL Freaks Start-Bench List ProfantasySports Start 'em Bench 'em SI's Start 'em, Sit 'em NFL Start 'em Sit 'em

As we go into Week 14, just another reminder that some of you will need to get your lineups set by the Thursday game. Though if you don't know that by now, I'm guessing you might not be making it to the playoffs. So here are a few waiver wire articles and some thoughts on next season - already. If your season is basically over, I suggest taking a look at the big playermakers right now and making some mental notes about who to pick up come next August. Or if you're in a keeper league, grab em now. CBS Sportsline Fantasy & Reality RotoWorld's Waiver Wired Week 14 FootballDocs Pickup/Drop Advice

Last night I found myself in a rare place where I actually cared more about an entire NFL team than about individual player stats. Quite honestly, that doesn't happen all that often (trust me, I feel a significant amount of angst over that as a football fan). We had some friends over last night for a Jay Cutler Era party - I mean how could you not? I had my fingers triple-crossed that Cutler would have a monster debut, making the late season QB switch a little more credible. This past August I had gone down for an afternoon of Broncos training camp and was completely impressed by Cutler in action. So for most of the season I have had him sitting on the bench of my dynasty/keeper league, just waiting for him to explode onto the scene. That hardly happened last night. However, as my friend Jody said, there might just have been shades of Elway in Cutler's performance. The ultimate compliment from a guy like Jody who is a lifelong Broncos fan. But for the most part the game was alm...