Fantasy Football Librarian

Oh hey, Week 8

2022-10-27T12:43:00.002-04:00

It's been a busy month (year? decade?) in my world. My kids have a funny way of doing approximately 100 things all at the same time as each other but in different places. I love this lucky life I lead and adore watching my kids do their thing be it cross country or soccer or gymnastics or art class or baseball or now basketball season. But whew, this lifestyle we created keeps us on our toes.

We have rankings, we have start/sit lists so let's get after it.

The FantasyPros.com's Week 8 Primer is always a good launching place and I want to highlight Pat Fitzmaurice's rankings since he's my go-to when in doubt.
5th Down Fantasy's Week 8 fantasy football rankings
Numberfire's Week 8 fantasy football player rankings
CBS.com's Week 8 Start'Em & Sit 'Em: Wide Receivers
Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Week 8: Defenses from NFL.com
Fabiano's Start 'Em, Sit 'Em on SI or Week 8 Rankings
The Athletic's Fantasy Football Rankings Week 8: Sleepers, starts, sits
PressBox's 2022 Fantasy Football: Week 8 Start 'Em, Sit 'Em, Picks and Busts notes how the Bengals offense is firing on all cylinders. My oldest son drafted Burrow and Mixon and this light-switch-on as of late for their offense has been a dang good thing for his fantasy team. Here's hoping Monday night proves to be another great night for the Bengals.
FlurrySports.com's Start 'em, Sit 'em Week 8 WRs

Here's to your fantasy success ahead!

Week 5 Waiver Wire Advice

2022-10-03T11:58:00.000-04:00

Our newly 12-year-old son has been asking for an aquarium for a few years now, so over the weekend, we bit the bullet and got him one for his birthday. These things are way more work than I think he (or I?) realized but the main issue we have right now is that we have 3 rascally young cats...and oh, this aquarium is too delightful for them. We found one cat sitting on top of it trying to drink from the open filter sliver and another on his giant back legs peering - and there aren't even any fish in it yet! They'll be ready when the fish arrive; ready to feast.

May you be ready to feast on this week's waiver wire pickings, though honestly I'm not sure there are a ton of juicy contenders on this list. Read below for advice if you're curious about what to make of Zach Wilson or Michael Gallup moving forward, or who to stash for the bye weeks, etc.

FantasyNerds.com's Waiver Wire Rankings
ProFootballNetwork's Early Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups
RotoBaller's Waiver Wire Express - Week 5 Lightning Round - note when you click on each player they highlight that you can get a nice strength of schedule visual for going forward.
NFL.com's video Kay Adams' Week 5 fantasy waiver wire targets
FantasyPros.com's Week 5 Waiver Wire Rankings
CBSSports.com's Early Week 5 Week Waiver Wire

For some other thoughts, take a look at FFToday.com's Rest of the Way Rankings (QB & RB) article, which may also be of help in making any waiver or trade transactions.

Enjoy some MNF tonight!

Start/Sit Week 4 and a smattering of rankings

2022-09-28T12:58:00.002-04:00

It's been awhile, my fantasy football friends. I have lofty intentions of getting several posts up here each week, but life is busy and I will do my best. So in the intervening 6 years since I've posted regularly on here, our family added another child (now there are 3!), moved back to Boulder for a sabbatical year and then returned to Knoxville, and we have basically been chugging along like many of the rest of you. My two boys (who turn 12 and 9 soon) are in a fantasy football league for the first time this year with their buddies, which ostensibly is the just the dads (and mom!) playing one another of course. But my oldest is taking it super seriously and what kind of Fantasy Football Librarian would I be if I didn't step up my game for him? So I'm back - and am interested in the fantasy landscape - lots of the same awesome sites out there, but many new ones as well. I'll try to incorporate a mix. Please be sure to let me know if my 2006 ways aren't working in 2022 for you and I'll spice things up. Happy Week 4!

5th Down's Week 4 fantasy football start 'em or sit 'em
The Athletic's Week 4 goodness - sleepers, rankings, SOS matchups, etc (some content still to come as the week goes on)
SI's Start 'Em Sit 'Em Running Backs (other positions linked off of here but keep your free article quotient in mind)
NFL.com's Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Week Four - links to all the positions are listed here
SportingNews's Start 'Em Sit 'Em: NFL Week 4 lineup advice, best matchups, DFS picks
Pro Football Network's Early Fantasy Football Start/Sit Week 4
Fantasy Data's Start 'EM Sit 'EM Week 4
FantasySP's Week 4 NFL Start 'em & Sit 'em Quarterbacks: Lock and Load Trevor Lawrence
The Fantasy Footballers have a Who Should I Start? tool comparing two players. Some content is premium only, but there's some basic matchup info included as well as their rankings.
WalterFootball goes game-by-game with start and sit suggestions in Fantasy Football Start em, Sit em
I like how NumberFire's Week 4 Fantasy Football Start or Sit divides things up into starts with confidence, consider if needed, and bench if possible.
Sportskeeda's Start 'Em Sit 'em 2022 NFL Week 4: Wide receivers (top 10 ranking listed at bottom)
Rotoballer has Week 4 Defense (DEF) covered with streamers, tiers, all the team defense details you'll need!

There are a handful of rankings up already with more to come. Start Week 4 with:

FantasyPros's Fantasy Football Rankings - Week 4 (this link goes to standard scoring, so adjust PPR as needed)
The Game Day's positional rankings found here
Pressbox's Fantasy Football Rankings - Week 4
ESPN's Fantasy Football Rankings: Week 4