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I doubt that I'll get a trade for him, so what sleepers are probably out there in the free agency?

WRs are the easiest position to fill off the wire. Don't know who's available in your league this week but at least a couple of these guys ought to be...

Antonio Chatman, Bryant Johnson, Courtney Roby
- All filling in for injured starters for at least the next couple of weeks. Chatman and Johnson should get the benefit of opposing defenses doubling Donald Driver and Larry Fitzgerald.

Bobby Engram, Isaac Bruce
- Both due to return from injuries. Engram is the safer play, since he was having a pretty good season until he went down.

David Givens, Amani Toomer, Marcus Robinson, Doug Gabriel; Shaun McDonald
- Toomer's coming on, Robinson may be hot right now, Givens is getting more looks than Branch and Gabriel can be a beast when he gets on the field. Givens probably the safest play, Robinson and Gabriel are risks that could pay off handsomely.

Antonio Bryant and Az Hakim may be available as well and are both decent plays. Antwaan Randle El is probably available too, but I wouldn't jump on him given his occasional stone hands and the Steelers' QB situation.

Charles Rogers will likely be playing the WR1 and may be worth a shot just for that despite Detroit's offensive disarray.

Johnson HAS to play well eventually. Doesn't he?

Like rogermexico pointed out in his thread, surely you can find a better WR.

He can play like Jerry Rice on Scooby Snacks the rest of the way. Last I checked, receivers only put up fantasy points if the QB can get them the ball, and the line still isn't givving Carr time for downfield strikes. (Though to be fair Jabar Gaffney's been consistent pointswise in Johnson's absence. Not helping so much on the field, but not costing anyone fantasy games.)

I'm benching Donovan vs. Washington and playing Eli vs. th' Niners. Lack of faith or right place right time?
YOU MAKE THE CALL!

Has Eli shown us anything on the road yet (erm, no. Unless you count the road game against the Saints). That said, if you take TO's word for it McNabb's not getting any healthier, and Denver may have just showed a pretty good, and pretty pissed off defensive unit how to handle him. Though if he plays there is that whole not-running-the-ball thing...

It's a tough call, but I'd go with Manning. He has to grow up sometime, might as well be now. And even if the Niners are healthy on defense now he ought to be able to chuck it to Shockey, rinse and repeat. Plus, y'know, Amani Toomer sightings have been reported.

Oh, and, uh, so Eli Manning @SF vs. D-Mac @WAS is looking pretty good right now. That roaring sound you hear is LJ Smith owners rejoicing over TO's suspension.

In the WR department, I'm thinking Wilford (JAX WR2) is a decent pickup. Burleson (MIN WR1) too. My league has a very shallow bench, so I'm not big on one-week plays, otherwise I'd be taking a good look at Bryant Johnson (ARI WR2).

RBs: EBennett, DStaley, SGado, GJones, JWells.

Advice: If Jones cannot go this weekend, rookie Cedric Benson will get the starting nod for Chicago, while Adrian Peterson should get a few touches as well. On the season, Jones has 753 yards on 167 carries and six touchdowns in eight games. He also has 17 receptions for 66 yards.

i'm leaning toward domanick but last week ricky did me right. thanks.

holy shit - fredo didn't finish last.

worst possible outcome on that drive. GOD.

-- Pleasant Plains /// (pleasant.plain...), November 13th, 2005 10:59 AM. (Pleasant Plains ///) (link)

GUESS WHAT I GET TO DO IN EIGHT HOURS.

C'mon Chet Taylor. C'mon Chet Taylor.

Johnny Knox or Hakeem Nicks? I like both but I think I favor Knox in the matchups.

I AM NOT GOING TO HELP YOU BEAT ME

by the act of choosing to play me, you are helping me beat you

Whoever's got Larry Fitzgerald might want to consider playing him this week. List of Saints defensive injuries:
Darren Sharper (Safety) Out
Roman Harper (Safety) Doubtful
Pierson Prioleau (Safety) Questionable
Chris Reis (Safety) Out
Tracey Porter (CB) Out
Jonathan Casillas (LB) Out

Is Javier Arenas going to be worth a damn this season?

Looks like he had an ankle injury to overcome. He's a fast corner, but not a shut-down corner by any means. His return yardage will probably be his greatest asset.

Trying to decide whether to give him one more week or not.

off-week terribleness call

W/R: Brandon Jacobs vs Dez Bryant vs Kevin Walter

Based on my team's current record I will not be giving fantasy advice to anyone.

I'd play Dez, but I'm in the same boat as polyphonic.

kevin walter is a solid fantasy wr. if the texans offense is clicking he will get points. kc defense has been tight this year but houston are at home and they will get a lot of the ball.

I say Dez --http://images.chron.com/blogs/askacat/hatcat.JPGis clearly trying to get him involved in the passing attack and he's been targeted a number of times in every boys game I've seen.

dez may be injured tho'?

So, PPR league, the score for this week's game is currently 136-99. I'm winning, and I've played all my players. My opponent still has Chris Johnson left to play. What do you guys think? Am I gonna win this one?

i have 3 fantasy teams and am caretaking 1 for a friend on vacation and 3 of those 4 teams have a decent sized lead but are facing chris johnson. i am hoping that dude slips and breaks his leg getting off the bus.

I have a 7 pt lead, TN's return guy and one of Jax's TEs vs. Johnson. Figure I'll be saying "dammit!" by the end of the night.

I know Johnson is probably gonna have a huge day. I just hope he has a small enough day that I keep my lead.

I think I'm just going to let it autodraft for me next year. I couldn't do any worse.

apparently Carolina Steve Smith is playing this week. What do you guys think -- start Smith at flex or Seahawks' Mike Williams?

i think you play Smith if he's healthy.

moore is starting for carolina right? that makes smith a better play than clausen would, obv

always feel like I get burned not playing a guy who is starting but "banged up" i.e. Gates this week.

the rule is: if you start a guy who is banged-up, he will either not play or barely play. if you bench a guy who is banged-up, he will score 3 TDs.

nicks and gates playing that role :(((((((( giving up on gates already for marcedes lewis.

gotta go with nicks

My team: http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/clubhouse?leagueId=525972&teamId=6

So this point in the season I'm second place in the league, and I've got some killer players (only lack of depth is at QB). Briefly for those who don't want to click the link, I've got Arian Foster, AP, LeSean McCoy, Mike Williams (Sea), Miles Austin, Mike Wallace (Pit), Steve Smith (Carolina), and Lee Evans. (I also have Anthony Armstrong + Nate Burleson.) I feel like I can dish out Lee Evans and maybe someone like Mike Williams or even Anthony Armstrong for a strong starting option, but I stink at doing trades. I'm soliciting any advice. Another team offered DeAngelo Williams for Lee Evans + Mike Williams, but I'm iffy on DW being a legit starter this year. What do you guys think? Any trades you can recommend me pursuing or should I sit on what I've got? I always feel like I blow it around this time of the year, either by making a stupid trade that I didn't need to do (I dished out Steve Slaton two years ago which ended up costing me the league championship) or missing a great opportunity to unload excess decent guys for a real starter.

I had DW in both of my leagues and I finally just dropped him off in one because he's dead weight. I'd keep Lee Evans, actually, because Ryan Fitzpatrick not only likes to throw, but he's pretty good at it.

DW is still a good back but he and Stewart can't do much until they establish a consistent passing game.

braylon edwards vs. gb
crabtree vs den
felix jones vs jac
steve smith (car) vs stl
ronnie brown vs cin

gotta pick one for my flex spot
braylon edwards...right?

Foster > 30 points tnite = I win
Foster < 30 points tnite = I lose

Arian Foster is a fantasy champ.

ug...so my starters were roddy white and moss da boss.

i picked up kenny britt last week off waivers, but now he's fucked...

i got patrick crayton...

any good sleepers i could look at picking up off waivers?

Blount, maybe? Not much of a sleeper anymore but might still be available in your league?

Steve Johnson (Bills) has had a TD in the last five games, and usually gets a fair amount of yards. xp

Mike Thomas?

Bookmark fix (compulsory Arian Foster cheers)

mordy to the bookmark rescue again. forks, stop fucking around with our threads dude.

sry

Miles Austin or Mike Williams (Sea)?

Just flip a coin.

trying to ship them both off for a WR i can trust

i know no one cares about yr fantasy football team but i scored the third most points in my league this season and i'm missing the playoffs bc of my matchup record. so lame.

yeah that is miserable

Seems to be how it goes

drafted tnite. thoughts? i feel pretty good tho yahoo algorithmic analysis weren't huge fans.

QB Matt Stafford
WR Antonio Brown
WR Keenan Allen
RB Lesean McCoy
RB Frank Gore
TE Gary Barnidge
WR/TE Flex Jeremy Maclin
K Hauschka
D Cincinnati

Bench
Larry Fitzgerald
DeSean Jackson
Tyler Lockett
Ameer Abdullah
Charles Sims
Zach Miller

the first time in over a decade i'm not fielding a team

No I Love NFL Fantasy League this year makes me sad. :(

i follow the TV writer shawn ryan (the shield, terriers etc.) who made an open pick 'em for a script-winning contest so i joined that, but yeah would be nice to being going up against ilxors

iirc DJP won the pick 'em last year (which was just me, him and johnny fever i think lol)

i never had enough focus to play two leagues (my rl league of record + ilx league) which wasn't really fair to ilx bc i inevitably dropped out of updating roster midway thru season :(