Fantasy Football Librarian

Seems like a few of the usual suspects from the start/sit world didn't get the memo that football starts tonight .If they had, I'd like to think they would've lent a hand to those of us whose lineups must be set stat. Fortunately there are still a handful of sites that are up and prognosticating: FootballDocs Bench/Start Advice CBS Sportsline Start 'em Sit 'em Coach Box's Wheelock's Start/Bench Recs FantasySharks Start/Bench List NFL Freaks Start-Bench List ProfantasySports Start 'em Bench 'em SI's Start 'em, Sit 'em

Looking for some advice on your IDPs this week? ProFantasySports IDP Report FantasySharks The Hive - link will be updated when The Hive goes live FFToday IDP Notes

Maybe, like me, your already less-than-stellar TE went down with a leg injury this past weekend and you're sitting there looking at the waiver wire and quietly cursing every single person in your league for hoarding TEs (I mean is Dan Campbell as good as it gets?). Or you're just pissed at tight ends for not actually being better this season. Where's the performance? Regardless, it's waiver wire time for week 13. Here's some help: FootballDocs Pick-up/Drop Advice SI's Late Sleepers CBS Sportsline's Fantasy & Reality: Who Can You Trust? FoxSports Waiver Watch RotoWorld's Waiver Wired

Clearly the idea of having NFL games on as many nights of the week as possible is awesome, so I'm kind of excited about this whole Thursday Night Football thing. However, it really throws a wrench in the lineup situtaion - in my CBS league we must have our whole lineup set one hour prior to the kickoff of the first game. Anyone else in this situation? If so, get ready for several weeks of gambling on those game time decision guys. Like Marques Colston [photo: Wash Post] and his ankle injury - do I play Colston or Henderson in Week 13? It adds an extra challenge right when we are all battling for playoff spots. Should keep things interesting and I highly recommend that you all check your league/host rules for any changes that this TNF tradition might bring.

The Pats came into this week's game without having beaten a winning team this season. I believed in the Bears - and perhaps the strength of the NFC - a little too much. I should've listened to SI's Dr. Z and his forecast for the week. (Yes, I am referring to an actual paper resource for fantasy - unless of course you've gone to the trouble of putting your subscriber info into SI's site and you are exclusive enough to read the online version .) Or perhaps I should've just listened to Pete and Katie: one hardcore lifelong Pats fan and one New Englandish transplant sister of mine - I made a wager with them at halftime of the Bears/NE game that the Bears would win. And the Bears and I both lost. Humble pie for me. While I really needed Brady to crash and burn for playoff reasons, all hope is not lost yet. Lucky for Pete and Katie, I won't go nuts like this guy did , but I am definitely liking the sounds of double or nothing. Wait, against Detroit? Hmm, well craz...

If you're anything like me, you're probably feeling completely disoriented about which day of the week it is. And when do you get to watch the NFL again? And see your fantasy stats roll by again? Seems like a long time since Thursday's games. So here's a little something to tide you over until tomorrow. Oh and welcome to the Cutler Era, my fellow Denverites. FFToday.com's Steppin' Up/Down NFL.com's Burning Questions for Week 12 RotoWorld.com's Last Minute Decisions

And let's not forget those defenders - here's a little love for that other side of the ball. Read on for IDP advice: ProFantasySports IDP Report FantasySharks The Hive And since I feel like this is not enough, here's another waiver wire article for you: Fox Sports/Rotter Waiver Watch