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Sprouts, start/sits, and rankings

Those of you who have been following along with the Five Game Parlay I've been participating in with Fighting Chance Fantasy know that I got a bit too sure of myself (and the Eagles) last week and set myself up for a brussels sprouts extravaganza - I promised to provide photo documentation of me eating a sprout if the Eagles didn't cover against the Raiders last week and trust me, I do not want to eat a sprout. But you fine people have given me several sprout recipes, and I'm a woman of my word, so tonight we'll be fixing up several sprout dishes. Should be an interesting dinner.

So let's get to some start/sit links and other good stuff...
Wish me luck with the brussels sprouts...
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Unknown said…
here's a doozy, Larry Johnson playing the 27th worst rush D (chargers) or Ricky Williams playing the 5th best run D (saints)... looking at Miami to maybe upset the Saints, and it's not like they will pass all day if they are down...LJ has been good against bad D's but are the Chargers really that bad? i see that game as a pick-me-up for the Chargers... comments, advice? i'm leanin' LJ...
1:33 PM
Fantasy Football Librarian said…
I'd go LJ. And that pains me since I'm just not a fan of his but the difference in matchups is pretty big - plus LJ isn't really splitting time the way Williams is. For me it's combo of a NO-is-that-good and yes, SD-is-that-bad.
1:12 PM
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