Fantasy Football Librarian

For those of you who are looking for any opportunity to stretch out the fantasy season as long as possible, take a look at NFL.com's Playoff Challenge . As the rules note, points are based on the stats that your players accumulate during the playoffs and you are given 300 "units" to buy your 8 players (some of whom can be changed as the playoffs roll on). It's free, you could possibly win a trip to the 2009 Super Bowl, and for those of you who want to make it a little more interesting, you can play in the FFLibrarian's Challenge group. I've set up a private group by that name and anyone who is interested is more than welcome to join in by clicking on this link . There is a chance that link might not work, in which case you can just e-mail me and I'll send the group invitation your way. There are all sorts of other postseason competitions going on - the FF Goat is on a search for more of them , so check back with him for other ideas. Or read Rotoworld'...

Greetings football fans. Every week I look through all of the start/sit links that I provided yesterday , Wednesday and today (see the solo link below) and give you a list of the most common names found under both start and sit for the week. First, there is one start/sit sites that I haven't linked to yet this week: CBS Sports' Week 17 Start 'em and Sit 'em . Onto consensus picks... QB Start: Derek Anderson, Kurt Warner, Marc Bulger Sit: Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Philip Rivers, Big Ben RB Start: Kenny Watson, AP1, Clinton Portis, Frank Gore, Jamal Lewis, LenDale White Sit: Joseph Addai, Earnest Graham, Selvin Young, Shaun Alexander, Marion Barber WR Start: Steve Smith, Brandon Marshall, Braylon Edwards Sit: Joey Galloway, Reggie Wayne, Plaxico Burress, Chris Chambers TE Start: Desmond Clark, Jason Witten, Tony Scheffler Sit: Antonio Gates, Alge Crumpler, Jason Witten (on both lists!) Kicker Start: Scobee, Graham, Rackers Sit: Stover, Janikowski, Kasay D/ST Start: Wa...

The last week of the regular season has arrived. Many of you are still vying for a FF championship so let's get right to this week's start and sit links. I posted a few yesterday , and will likely have more up tomorrow, too, though the number of sites that are still offering up fantasy wisdom is dwindling rapidly. FF Goat's Must See Fantasy Football Start 'em Sit 'em and Sleepers for Week 17 FanNation's Start 'em, Sit 'em: Week 17 - focuses on safe bets for this tricky week and players you might want to avoid. Bruno Boys' Week 17 Start 'em or Sit 'em podcast NFL.com's Start 'em & Sit 'em: Week 17 Ask the Commish's Sit or Start for Week 17 FF Xtreme's Fantasy Football Start and Bench Advice: Week 17 FFSharks' Start/Bench List Week 17 If you're looking for news on which players may or may not be playing this week, a few sites to check out are Rotoworld's headlines section , FF Xtreme's Breaking News Wire...

Sorry for the pause in normal fantasy football posting this week - that's what happens around the holidays I suppose. Below you'll find a few links to both waiver wire articles and start/sit articles. Waiver wire help: FF Goat's Playoff FF Sleeper and Waiver Wire Watch Week 17 CBS Sports' Playing the Waiver Wire: Above and beyond Rotoworld's Waiver Wired: The 2007 Waiver Awards - more of a retrospective but scroll down to see this week's advice. Bruno Boys' Work the Wire, the Waiver Wire - Week 17 FoxSports' Waiver review: last call! Start or sit (okay, so there aren't really all that many up yet): Pigskin Addiction's Start/Bench - Week 17 ProFootballWeekly's Week 17 fantasy matchups to exploit or avoid Not exactly a start/sit, but the fantasy mailbag at NFL.com has some helpful info. For those who are totally done with the 2007 season, read FF Xtreme's 2008 Mock Draft . Oh yeah. It begins. I'll be back tomorrow with more start/sit ...

First, Merry Christmas! Second, my fantasy championships update since a surprisingly large number of you are curious. There are few things more unfortunate than watching your fantasy team lose the championship game while watching the utterly miserable performance of your favorite NFL team on Christmas Eve. So let's just say the Broncos game last night was not a particularly joyous experience for me. That said, I am now a fantasy football champion. I was playing in three championship games this weekend and won in one of the leagues, while coming in second in the other two. I wish I could report that I was a champ three times over, but I'll take a win in one league. Hope the rest of you were very successful and are celebrating a victorious fantasy season - and of course enjoying the holiday season with your family and friends. In less than an hour, my husband and I are hoping into a relatively hideous bright blue rental car and making the 7 hour drive from the D.C. burbs to see h...

Hi IDP fans. Looking for some info on defenders for your championship game this weekend? Read on: Fantasy Insider Online's Week 16 Gridiron IDP Roundup The Hive is once again MIA. If you're really desperate, check out Fantasy Sharks for The Hive later this weekend, but don't get your hopes up. CBS Sports' Witness for the Defense: Week 16 FFToolbox's Week 16: IDP Sleepers - second spot I've seen Omar Gaither's name mentioned for this week... SportingNews.com's IDP Zone: Ride old steadies to a title Best of luck to everyone this weekend. I'm still trying to determine how much time I'll have tomorrow to check in on my 3 leagues, given that I'll be spending most of the day with family and friends at various Christmas parties. It doesn't seem socially acceptable yet to bring my laptop to those parties to watch my stats. But I've been having a great time back at home and hope the rest of you are enjoying the holidays as well.

Better late than never! Read on for the most common start or sit suggestions for Week 16. QB: Start: Carson Palmer, Kurt Warner, Matt Hasselbeck, Derek Anderson Sit: Eli Manning, Marc Bulger, Shaun Hill RB: Start: Jamal Lewis, Fred Taylor, Laurence Maroney, Ryan Grant, LenDale White Sit: Clinton Portis, Shaun Alexander, Oakland RBs, Thomas Jones, Travis Henry WR: Start: Anthony Gonzalez, Kevin Curtis, Marques Colston, Chad Johnson, Braylon Edwards Sit: Laveranues Coles, Derrick Mason, Bernard Berrian, Reggie Williams TE: Start: Dallas Clark, Jason Witten, Tony Gonzalez Sit: Owen Daniels, Alge Crumpler, Vernon Davis Kicker: Start: Josh Brown, Jason Hanson, Rob Bironas Sit: Jason Feely, Kris Brown, Matt Stover Defense/ST: Start: Tampa Bay, Arizona Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys Sit: Carolina Panthers, Philadelphia Eagles, Houston Texans I'll be back later today with the IDP post - but now it's time to see family and friends!