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The starting roster scramble is about to begin in earnest for fantasy football owners. With several bye weeks of the 2009 NFL regular season on the docket this weekend, fantasy owners will spend precious team management time plugging holes in rosters left by idle players. Complicating matters for several owners are injuries to both starting fantasy players and those on the bench. Those in an extreme pinch will need to seek salvation ...

The week of the wide receiver has come and gone. Hopefully you had at least Roddy White in your starting lineup. Several of the wide receivers who exploded in Week Five were not rostered in a majority of fantasy leagues.á But they will be the most popular additions this week when waivers are processed tomorrow. And it all starts with the man who filled in for Roy Williams in Dallas ... Miles Austin, ...

Calvin Johnson's fantasy owners can breathe a collective sigh of relief. Megatron was limited in practice last week due to a thigh injury but suited up for Sunday's game against the Steelers anyway. Then he went down with a knee injury during the Pittsburgh game and could not return. However, there is good news after Johnson went through some medical tests on Monday. Detroit head coach Jim Schwartz characterized Johnson's injury as ...

Most NFL teams hand out internal progress reports at each of the quarter points of the regular season: After four games, eight games, 12 games, and 16 games. Fantasy owners should utilize a similar approach to gain a better understanding of the ever-changing fantasy landscape. Every fantasy league is different in terms of fantasy scoring, so the rankings below may not be reflective of your league. But they do offer some insight ...

In a deal done early Wednesday morning, former Cleveland Browns wide receiver Braylon Edwards has been traded to the New York Jets. In the ESPN report, there is no mention of what the Jets had to give up in order to obtain Edwards.á This trade comes on the heels of a Braylon Edwards-Lebron James feud caused by Edwards alleged assault on one of the NBA playerÆs friend.á No word on whether ...

On the heels of his breakthrough performance on Sunday night against the Chargers, Rashard Mendenhall has given the Steelers something to think about. With Willie Parker sidelined by turf toe, Mendenhall took the reins of an offense that was destined to become his when the Steelers drafted him in the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft. However, MendenhallÆs journey to this point has been all but an ascension to glory. He talked ...

The starting roster scramble is about to begin in earnest for fantasy football owners. With the first bye weeks of the 2009 NFL regular season on the docket this weekend, fantasy owners will spend precious team management time plugging holes in rosters left by idle players. Complicating matters for several owners are injuries to both starting fantasy players and those on the bench. Those in an extreme pinch will need to seek ...

Eli Manning most likely paced a majority of his fantasy football owners to big leads on Sunday on the back of his three-touchdown effort against the Chiefs. But in the fourth quarter, he, the Giants, and his fantasy owners received a legitimate scare. Manning was replaced by David Carr (*gasp*) pretty early in the fourth after the Chiefs punched in a touchdown. I was watching the game on StatTracker and thought it ...

Fantasy football owners in deeper leagues may have their first case of swine flu with which to deal. More on that at the end of this story. First, I wanted to hit on some story linesùinjury and non-injury relatedùfrom the fourth weekend of football. Rashard Mendenhall finally looked like the SteelersÆ running back of the future last night. Playing for the injured Willie Parker, Mendenhall ran with confidence and even played well ...

Now that Marshawn Lynch is back from suspension and due to play for Buffalo this weekend, fantasy owners of both he and Fred Jackson are scouring the web for information on the expected time share. I mentioned a few days ago that Jackson has performed well enough in LynchÆs stead to warrant significant playing time and touches going forward. But as the week has progressed to this point, it appears as ...