Time to get your waiver on

I'm SportsCentering it up right now, catching up on highlights from yesterday's games, which are of course peppered with some somewhat painful Chris Berman "and there goes Matt Forte, running is his forte" classics. You can't imagine my delight at being able to watch every moment of the Broncos vs Cowboys game yesterday from the comfort of my own home. No highlight reel or special sports bar trip necessary for this Broncos fan! I did check out two new sports bars this weekend though: Ocean's 8 in Park Slope at a reader's suggestion for some college football and St. Mark's Ale House in the East Village for Sunday Night Football - two totally different feels but I liked them both; too bad both are a train ride away.

Now let's all pause for a moment and relish the Broncos' 4-0 status. It's a thing of beauty. Who knew?

Thank you all for humoring me there, we can move onto today's links:

There are a handful of good recaps out there. First up, Fantasy Hulks' Mr. Monday Morning: Week 4. It's a nice little reminder of how badly Mendenhall, Gates, and Calvin Johnson beat up on my fantasy teams this weekend. Let's just say only a small number of my fantasy leagues are likely to emerge unscathed this week.
Check out CBSSports.com's First Response: Forte, Slaton pick it up, which includes a few names you might want to think about adding to your squad.
For a review of new injuries, see Rotoworld's Week 4 bumps and bruises.
Some good game nuggets (and harsh words for McFadden) from Fantasy Joe's Slaton comes out strong, unlike McFadden.
Now, waiver wire time:

The Bruno Boys have their Pick Them Up (note, if you're desperate for a TE, check out their advice) and Cut Them Loose articles ready to roll.
FootballDocs of course have their Waiver Wire advice up already - note, this is the first week they'll be posting their drop suggestions, which will go up later today.
ProFootballWeekly's Fantasy Ticker: Week Five has your "hot purchases" as well as buy low and sell high candidates.
Fanhouse's Waiver Wire Wonders: Mr. Massawho? doesn't include any new names from the other links above, but might give you some new reasons or inspiration for upgrading your team.

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...

bigboid said…

I do have to admit, I was in the "prove it first" camp when it came to Steve Slaton this past week, despite his name showing up on everybody's Start list. His rushing yardage was pretty pitiful in the first three games, and he hadn't sniffed the end zone, so I had him on my bench against the Raiders. That'll teach me to bench anybody playing Oakland!!

11:56 AM

Anonymous said…

Hey Sara,

I have Roy Williams of the Cowboys, He has had only one good week. Is he worth holding onto?

3:44 PM

Bigboid, the Texans running game was hurt by the lose of their Center to an "High Ankle Spain" early this season. It really won't matter who the put in as RB, because the O-line simply isn't as good with the backup center directing the blocking. A high ankle spain can take up to a year to heal, too.

Steve Slaton, simply got hurt by that one O-Line injury unfortunately, because the Texans lack the depth there.

10:35 AM

FFLibrarian, your now 0-4 after four games in your 96 player league. What happened to your chances?!?!

Lacking waive wire action?

10:38 AM

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