Little Week 6 sumpin' for everyone

My mom is coming to visit this weekend - she's going to be the family guinea pig on the fancy wifi-enabled buses that run from DC to NYC (yes, seems a little odd to call a bus fancy). My sister lives here in NYC, too, which means my mom will be in complete heaven spending all weekend with her girls (if you know my mom, I promise you could see her visibly gushing with excitement for this weekend) and I can't wait to have her here in my new home. Sadly it will be cool and rainy all weekend here in NYC - perfect football-watching weather, right? Well perhaps I can talk my mom into watching some football with me...

Now to today's links!

Is Bradshaw better than Jacobs? Rotoworld explains why it's time to buy low on Jacobs now.
LOTS of good stuff in IDP Wednesday - Week 6 from Numbers & Guts; good pickups, bye week fillers, and those teams that allow their IDPers lots of tackle opportunities.
The Fifth Down's Week 6 in Fantasy Football Matchups is up with my weekly recommended reading list at the bottom - check it out!
More IDP info with RotoExperts - IDP: Matchups to Watch has 10 matchups each for DLs, DBs, and LBs to keep an eye on this week.
Along those same lines but with offensive skill players, see ProFootballWeekly.com's Ten Most Intriguing Players of Week Six.
Wondering about the value of some of your players? Thinking about making a trade? Take a look at The Sports Outlaw's Ballin' or Fallin' - Week 6 for some info on guys who are shooting up or down the fantasy value meter.

And the slew of start/sit links and rankings up today:

FootballDocs' Start Sit
Junkyard Jake's Sleepers/Creepers
Rotoholics' Starters and Sitters - Week 6 - I like the different levels of starts and sits here (can't miss, strong, borderline, and weak starts plus bench warmers).
FFToolbox's Week 6: Start 'Em and Sit 'Em
Mac Bros have their Start/Sit rankings up by position
More position rankings from Fantasy Hulks
Mr. Fantasy's position rankings - link goes to QBs (I'm intrigued to see Deion Branch listed in the top 40 this week but not Nate Burleson - as Fantasy Check notes, Burleson is top dog on KFFL's projections for WRs this week).

Labor Day FF links

Happy long weekend! Here's hoping most of you are free to enjoy the 3-day weekend and the relaxation and fun that comes with it. I spent my Sunday participating in 3 fantasy football drafts scattered throughout the day and night, but I think I've finally wrapped up my drafts for the year. So like many of you I'm now turning my attention to the Week 1 games! But before we get to some player rankings and prep for Week 1, I want to make sure that all you experts out there are aware of the upcoming deadline for the annual accuracy contest that I run with the Fantasy Sports Trade Association. I compare preseason positional rankings from experts to the final outcome of the fantasy season to see which site had the most accurate preseason rankings, and this year's deadline is fast approaching: September 9th by kickoff. Check out the info on the FSTA site for more details and be sure to e-mail me your submissions. Now, onto Week 1! First up, let's get to some of this

2010 Week 2 consensus start/sit

Greetings and happy weekend. I've got this week's consensus start/sit for you which is a tally of all the start/sit votes that players received in the various start/sit articles that I linked to earlier in the week. So while these aren't my personal recommendations, I do think knowing what the consensus is could be of help when making lineup decisions...so enjoy! Note: the players are listed in no particular order. QB Start: Michael Vick, Kyle Orton, Matt Ryan, Jason Campbell Sit: David Garrard, Alex Smith, Jay Cutler, Vince Young, Carson Palmer RB Start: LeSean McCoy, Darren McFadden, Ahmad Bradshaw, Brandon Jackson Sit: Tim Hightower, C.J. Spiller, Beanie Wells, Ronnie Brown WR Start: Santana Moss, Legedu Naanee, Malcolm Floyd, Mike Williams (TB), Dez Bryant Sit: Randy Moss, Michael Crabtree TE Start: Chris Cooley, Todd Heap, John Carlson, Jermichael Finley Sit: Jermaine Gresham, Owen Daniels, Tony Scheffler, Jeremy Shockey, Bo Scaife Kicker Start: La

A hiatus

Update: It is with a very heavy heart that I tell you all that yesterday, August 30th, I delivered our stillborn daughter, Caroline Mary. This has been an almost surreal and definitely heartbreaking experience and I appreciate the support in each and every one of your notes. Caroline will be honored and loved always. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your thoughts and prayers - they mean the world to our family. I have been a very poor blogger this month and feel I owe you all an explanation, particularly as this is crunch time for draft prep. I hope this is not too personal of a look into my life since I know most of you are just here for the football. I am nearly 18 weeks pregnant and we have learned that our baby (a little girl!) has triploidy, a chromosomal abnormality that means she has three copies of every chromosome instead of the normal two. The doctors have explained that it's a completely random occurrence and fairly rare that she has made it this far along, but tha

Unknown said…

12StepDrop also just posted its Contentions Starts and Sits: Week 6.

11:42 AM

NumbersAndGuts said…

Thanks for the post.

12:12 PM

Mike said…

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1:10 PM

Anonymous said…

Hello Sara.

I was wondering who you will pick between these Tightends

Shiancoe or Marcedes Lewis?

Jonah

1:28 PM

FFL,

Your thoughts please! I have both Big Ben & Hasselbeck, need to start 1. I already have L. Fitz, I need to start either V. Jackson or Nate Burleson. Most boards have them flip flopped. Big Ben faces the terrible Det D, but how much will they rely on the passing game? Vincent J. has been a beast but they are facing your own tough Broncos D who have YET to allow a 100 yard receiver. On the other hand, Seattle is against the worst passing D in the Cards. Your thoughts please!!

1:48 PM

Matt said…

The footballdocs link is pointing to the rotoworld article.

1:55 PM

squishy squid said…

Need advice: Currently, I have McGahee, who is sharing all his work with Rice, and Sammy Morris. Who should I start? My other RB is Kevin Smith.

6:02 PM

Bobbert said…

@caro.

I feel McGahee is still worth a look... i know he had a pair of down weeks, but he is this year's "TD Vulture of the Year"

8:04 PM

Fantasy Football Librarian said…

I kind of like Sammy Morris to be honest...a messy backfield like BAL, I know, but he's got more potential this week I think.