Start’em and Sit’em: Sunday’s early games

December 26, 2010 by Tony Andracki  
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DET @ MIA Start: Calvin Johnson You have to. If you’re in the Championship, Calvin is one of the guys that got you there. Big-time players make big-time plays in big-time games. Man, I sounded like Ron Jaworski there. Brandon Marshall Same as above about big-time players. Marshall’s been having a down year, but had [...]

FF All-Matchup Team: Start These Guys in Week 16

December 22, 2010 by Tony Andracki  
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It’s Championship Week in Fantasy Football! For many of you, this is the last week of the season. Either you are fighting for the league title or just trying to earn some pride points and net third place or another victory. And I’ll bet you’re still questioning who you should start and who you should [...]

Start’em and Sit’em: Sunday night and Monday Night games

December 19, 2010 by Tony Andracki  
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Things could get pretty tricky in the final two games of the Week 15 slate, with three NFC North teams involved in the week’s big contests. However, on two of them, the No. 1 QBs are both believed to be sitting due to injury (Brett Favre is out with a shoulder injury; Aaron Rodgers with [...]

Start’em and Sit’em: Sunday’s afternoon games

December 11, 2010 by Philip Lasseigne  
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STL @ NO Start: Marques Colston, WR, New Orleans Saints–While Colston’s season started off slow like the rest of the Saints’ offense, he has come back in a big way. He has five touchdowns in his last six games and has the second-most receptions in the league on the season. Coupled with the fact that [...]

My Interview with a Patriots Blogger

I want to thank Chris Ranson of our fellow Rant Sports Patriots Chronical for taking time out of his busy day to talk about this weekend’s game. Jonathan: How do the Patriots do it every year? Chris: The New England Patriots succeed off of consistency.  They have a defensive minded coach in Bill Belichick, a [...]

Rising and Falling Tight Ends

December 8, 2010 by Philip Lasseigne  
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With fantasy football playoffs in full swing, it’s important to plug the best players in every starting slot on the roster. While the quarterbacks, running backs and receivers are the “sexy” fantasy players, tight ends are many times the forgotten players on a fantasy roster. Sure, Antonio Gates, Tony Gonzalez and Dallas Clark are worth [...]

Start/Sit: Special Thanksgiving Edition

November 24, 2010 by Alex Reside  
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Here’s what you’ve all been waiting for: The Special Thanksgiving Edition of Start and Sit. I hope you are setting your lineups and preparing to hunker down for a long day of sitting in your relative’s basement hiding from your crazy cousin whom you are ashamed to admit that you are related to. Let’s just [...]

What We Learned in Fantasy Football from Week 9

November 12, 2010 by Alex Reside  
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I saw an actual fantasy football fantasy this week. A friend of mine (who will rename anonymous under the pseudonym “Dusty Mills”) put up 184 points in a standard ESPN league. This was an incredible feat and if you have a bottle of champagne in arm’s reach of where you are sitting, please pop one [...]

Start ‘em/Sit ‘em Grades–Week 8

November 4, 2010 by Tony Andracki  
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Alright, fans of the “Start These Guys, Sit Those Dudes” post, we’re going to do a new 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 A+ [...]