Welcome back to the Startability Index where I take your player requests and advise you to start or sit by assigning a number between 1-10. 10 being a must start. Think of it like any other start-sit column except with weight, a focus on middle-of-the-roa...
What a brutal week it's been for fantasy owners. Massive injuries to Dalvin Cook and Chris Carson shattered many a backfield. Meanwhile, dreaded bye weeks are here so we have to eliminate our options from Washington, Denver, Atlanta and New Orleans. Given...
Oh fantasy, how I’ve missed you. Other than some start/sit videos for SI last year and wayward advice on social media I have largely been out of the fantasy dispensary business for the past couple of years. Corporate media job. Focused on other NFL cove...
Sometimes, ok, most of the time, even I don’t know what’s really happening in fantasyland this season. Misuse of players, random emerging quarterbacks and phantom timetables for return from injury can all make fantasy feel like a wasteland of confus...
To start or not to start is always the core question for fantasy football purveyors. Week 6 is particularly messy with the curtain closed for the season on Julio Jones and the uncertainty of Calvin Johnson this week. Ar...
Time to stop whining about your savaged roster or those six - yes SIX - teams on bye this week. After all, you have a fantasy win ripe for the taking. Let me help you. As always the Startability Index focuses on players at the margins, the ones who wil...
Here’s a decent costume idea: Dress up as a fantasy winner. How do you do that? Affix dollar bills to your body, along with pictures of your starters and throw a crown on your head. But in order to pull this costume off with authority, you need to pic...
Holy cow, we’re already to Week 10, which means fantasy playoffs are around the corner! If you’re still hanging out in places like this reading advice, congrats, you’re probably in contention. So let’s get to this week’s Startability Index whi...
Before we delve into Week 11’s all-important Startability Index, a word of caution about late season trading. Fantasy playoffs are on the horizon, which means many owners are desperate and clamoring for a way to extend their season. Outside of Weeks 1-4...
Let’s be honest about something. Without fantasy football this season would suck, at least in comparison to recent years. Last week offered a reprieve from what had been mostly bad match-ups but unfortunately Week 12 brings the mismatches back. Outside ...
