Fantasy Football's Week 13 Start and Sits

By Chad Samuels

Fantasy Football’s Week 13 is here. It is a short week and the stress has mounted.

This is the last week in most ESPN leagues, while most CBS Sports and others end next week.

This week will also decide the fate of many fantasy squads’ playoffs participation.

This week, we are going to do change the column a bit.

It is Thanksgiving week, and not only will we be spending time with family having some turkey and stuffing. Hopefully, you will be able to sit down and watch a little football.

Since you can spend all day watching games (three to be precise), it is very important to have your fantasy teams ready this Thursday.

So, this week, our start and sit will look at those three games: Tennessee at Detroit, Seattle at Dallas, and Arizona at Philadelphia.

I will break down each matchup and list the starts and sits from them.

We will finish off on a start and sit of the week, which will be selected from games other than on Thursday...

Tennessee vs Detroit

Tennessee is coming off their first loss from the Jets last week, so how will they rebound?

The good news is there is not another team in the league you want for a rebound game than the Detroit Kittens.

From a fantasy perspective, Detroit should have owners salivating. Looking at the last three games, Detroit has given up more fantasy points to running backs than every team but the St Louis Rams.

They also have been consistent in giving up points to tight ends and defenses have been just feasting on the “Kittens” as well.

Surprisingly, because people can run the ball so well on them, it leaves little opportunity for opponents to pass the ball. Because of this in the past three weeks, Detroit is in the top 10 of fantasy points allowed to quarterbacks and wide receivers.

Tennessee has one of the better defenses though the injury to Albert Haynesworth is a concern. Albert was able to return against the Jets and should play this week.
Still, Tennessee should be solid on defense.

Over the last three weeks, Tennessee has been quite good.
The Titans are 11th in fantasy points allowed to Quarterbacks, fourth to Wideouts and 10th to Tight ends.

The Titans’ Achilles' heel recently has been the run defense.
Tennessee ranks 29th in fantasy points allowed to Running backs.
Defensively, Tennessee is also good at limiting sacks and not turning the ball over.

From this game, I suggest starting Chris Johnson, LenDale White, Kevin Smith, Calvin Johnson, Bo Scaife, and Titans Defense.

Bubble Starts would be Daunte Culpepper and Justin Gage.

I would sit Kerry Collins, Shaun McDonald, Mike Furrey, and Detroit defense.

Seattle vs Dallas

Dallas has gotten on track with two wins after the bye. Tony Romo is looking good and Terrell Owens had a day most owners were giddy over. Martellus Bennett caught another TD, while Mike Holmgren’s final season very well could end in a whimper.

Speaking of whimpering, Jason Witten should be playing with his broken rib. Look for him to be ineffective because of injury for a few more weeks.

Hasselbeck has not been able to spark the offense since his return. Versus quarterbacks, both teams give up about 18.5 fantasy points a game, while versus running backs the Cowboys have been very good in shutting them down and Seattle has been horrid.

This trend continues versus wide receivers and defenses. The one area where Seattle’s defense excels over the Cowboys fantasy wise is...

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