Start’em and Sit’em: Monday night and Tuesday (??) Night games

These Sunday night and Monday night games are so important to fantasy matchups every week. Even if you’ve built a big lead, your opponent can still have some huge games left in the National spotlight and your lead can suddenly evaporate. But, of course, it can go the other way, too. You can catch up [...]

A Letter To Santa From The Big Dead Sidebar

Dear Santa, I have a confession to make. I haven’t really been a good boy this year. Shocking, I know. Between the Tony La Russa DUI jokes, using Jim Hendry’s weight as a punchline and taking countless jabs at Creighton fans, I probably don’t deserve any Christmas presents. But let’s be clear here, I haven’t [...]

7 Fantasy Players on the Downswing

In the playoffs, it is just as important to know what players to sit as it is to know who to start. In that spirit, we have listed 7 guys who you would be wise to stay away from: Kyle Orton–Denver Broncos Now we know that the Denver offense hinges on Orton. The way he’s [...]

Atlanta Falcons trying to inch closer to NFC home field

The Atlanta Falcons, 10-2, head to Carolina to take on the Panthers this afternoon where they look to inch closer to locking up NFC home field advantage throughout the playoffs. Much has been made about the Falcons play in the Georgia Dome, and that is well documented. The Falcons are described as a team which [...]

Start ‘em/Sit ‘em Grades–Week 12

Start/Sit grades Alright, fans of the “Start These Guys, Sit Those Dudes” post, we’re going to do a post each week grading our picks. That’s right grading. No, not like middle school with A+’s and stuff like that. But, you could think of it that way if you want. Consider a ‘10’ to be an [...]

Start These Guys and Sit Those Dudes: Week 12

Let me paint you a picture: My friend James has already scored 126 points on one of his teams after Thursday’s slate of games. It’s a PPR league, but still. That’s incredible. Tom Brady (37 points), Jets D/ST (27), Deion Branch (26), Calvin Johnson (19) and Felix Jones (17) had great games in this league. [...]

Baltimore Ravens-Atlanta Falcons preview

Tonight marks the start of the Thursday night games in the NFL’s regular season schedule. It’s about time. Tonight’s match-up should be a great one, the Baltimore Ravens (6-2) against the Atlanta Falcons (6-2). Outside of the Pittsburgh Steelers-New England patriots game on Sunday, this could be the best match-up of the week and perhaps [...]

Start These Guys and Sit Those Dudes–Special Thursday edition

There may not be a bigger game this week, as the Ravens travel to the Georgia Dome to meet the Atlanta Falcons. In the ESPN power rankings, The Ravens soared to the top of the list and the Falcons are perched at the No. 3 spot (Get it? Because they are birds!). While we could [...]

Can the Tampa Bay Buccaneers upset the Atlanta Falcons?

Few people expected the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to be 5-2 heading into week Nine, can the Tampa Bay Buccaneers upset the Atlanta Falcons this afternoon? The winner of this afternoon’s game takes the early lead towards the NFC South division title. There are two match-ups which should decide the outcome of this game, the Falcons [...]

Start These Guys and Sit Those Dudes: Week 9

Wow we’re in Week 9 already?? Just a friendly reminder: Broncos, Jaguars, 49ers, Rams, Titans and Redskins are out on Bye. Which means Chris Johnson, Kyle Orton, Brandon Lloyd, Frank Gore, Alex and Troy Smith, Michael Crabtree, Vernon Davis, Knownshon Moreno, Vince Young, Randy Moss, Ryan Torain, Donovan McNabb, Santana Moss, Chris Cooley, Sam Bradford, [...]