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The Hive – Week 14 edition

Welcome back to The Hive!! For many of us, its playoff time, and for many others this week decides a playoff birth. This week marks the return of some IDP stalwarts from injury, as the Denver LB duo of DJ Williams and Nate Webster should be back in full effect, and Jets LB David Harris returns from a groin injury. Let’s take a look at who should start and who should sit in this critical week of fantasy football action!

How we rank `em!

Giddyup! – YEEEHAW!!

SINS! – solid if not spectacular

Hellno! – Get it? Got it? Good.

Oakland @ San Diego Thursday 5:15pm PT

OAK

Giddyup! – Gibril Wilson, Thomas Howard, Kirk Morrison

SINS! – Jay Richardson, Chris Johnson

Hellno! – Derrick Burgess, Michael Huff

SD

Giddyup! – Eric Weddle, Stephen Cooper

SINS! – Shaun Phillips, Cromartie/Jammer, Chargers DL’s

Hellno! – no one you would normally roll with

Jacksonville @ Chicago Sunday 10am PT

JAX

Giddyup! – Daryl Smith, Justin Durant

SINS! – Gerald Sensabaugh, Brian Williams

Hellno! – Rashean Mathis

CHI

Giddyup! – Briggs/Urlacher, Charles Tillman

SINS! – Kevin Payne, Adewale Ogunleye

Hellno! – Nathan Vasher

Minnesota @ Detroit Sunday 10am PT

MIN

Giddyup! – Chad Greenway, Jared Allen, Antoine Winfield

SINS! – Cedric Griffin, Nap Harris, Ben Leber

Hellno! – no one you would normally roll with

DET

Giddyup! – Ernie Sims, Paris Lenon, Daniel Bullucks

SINS! – Kalvin Pearson, Lions CB’s

Hellno! – Dewayne White

Cincinnati @ Indianapolis Sunday 10am PT

CIN

Giddyup! – none

SINS! – Rashad Jeanty, Dhani Jones, Bengals CB’s, Chris Crocker

Hellno! – Nedu Ndukwe

IND

Giddyup! – Melvin Bullitt, Robert Mathis, Dwight Freeney

SINS! – Colts CB’s, Freddy Keiaho, Buster Davis (starting for Brackett)

Hellno! – Bob Sanders, Gary Brackett

Philadelphia @ New York Giants Sunday 10am PT

PHI

Giddyup! – Stewart Bradley (fallen off a bit in recent weeks, but this is a tasty matchup), Trent Cole, Mikell/Dawkins

SINS! – Akeem Jordan, Juqua Parker

Hellno! – Eagles CB’s

NYG

Giddyup! – Antonio Pierce, Justin Tuck

SINS! – Aaron Ross, Matthias Kiwanuka

Hellno! – no one you would normally roll with

Cleveland @ Tennessee Sunday 10am PT

CLE

Giddyup! – D`Qwell Jackson, Sean Jones

SINS! – Brodney Pool, Shaun Rogers, Browns CB’s

Hellno! – no one you would normally roll with

TEN

Giddyup! – Keith Bulluck, Cortland Finnegan, Albert Haynesworth, Stephen Tulloch, Kyle Vanden Bosch

SINS! – Chris Hope, Nick Harper, Michael Griffin

Hellno! – Chris Carr

Atlanta @ New Orleans Sunday 10am PT

ATL

Giddyup! – Falcons LB’s, Erik Coleman, John Abraham

SINS! – Chris Houston

Hellno! – no one you would normally roll with

NO

Giddyup! – Jonathan Vilma

SINS! – Saints DB’s, Fujita/Shanle

Hellno! – Will Smith

Houston @ Green Bay Sunday 10am PT

HOU

Giddyup! – DeMeco Ryans, Xavier Adibi

SINS! – Texans DB’s, Mario Williams (a must start, but temper your expectations against Chad Clifton)

Hellno! – Amobi Okoye

GB

Giddyup! – AJ Hawk, Aaron Kampman

SINS! – Charles Woodson, Brandon Chillar

Hellno! – Atari Bigby

Miami @ Buffalo (in Toronto, Ontario) Sunday 1:05pm PT

MIA

Giddyup! – Joey Porter, Yeremiah Bell

SINS! – Channing Crowder, Matt Roth

Hellno! – Dolphins CB’s

BUF/TOR

Giddyup! – Paul Posluszny, Terrence McGee

SINS! – Kawicka Mitchell

Hellno! – no one you would normally roll with

New York Jets @ San Francisco Sunday 1:05pm PT

NYJ

Giddyup! – Abram Elam, Kerry Rhodes, Eric Barton

SINS! – Jets CB’s

Hellno! – David Harris (back this week, but I wouldn’t mess with him his 1^st week back)

SF

Giddyup! – Patrick Willis, Justin Smith, Nate Clements

SINS! – Michael Lewis, Walt Harris, Manny Lawson, Takeo Spikes

Hellno! – no one you would normally roll with

New England @ Seattle Sunday 1:05pm PT

NE

Giddyup! – Jerod Mayo, Brandon Merriweather

SINS! – Tedy Bruschi, Ellis Hobbs, Seymour/Warren

Hellno! – Deltha O’Neal

SEA

Giddyup! – Seattle LB’s (but keep an eye on Leroy Hill’s stinger), Josh Wilson

SINS! – Seattle DE’s

Hellno! – no one you would normally roll with

Kansas City @ Denver Sunday 1:05pm PT

KC

Giddyup! – Bernard Pollard, Derrick Johnson (moves to MLB this week)

SINS! – Chiefs CB’s

Hellno! – no one you would normally roll with

DEN

Giddyup! – DJ Williams (unlike David Harris, DJ could have played last week but was held back, and should be close to 100% this week)

SINS! – Nate Webster

Hellno! – Champ Bailey, Wesley Woodyard

St Louis @ Arizona Sunday 1:15pm PT

STL

Giddyup! – OJ Atogwe, Jason Craft

SINS! – Rams LB’s

Hellno! – Leonard Little

AZ

Giddyup! – Karlos Dansby, Adrian Wilson

SINS! – Darnell Dockett, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie

Hellno! – no one you would normally roll with

Dallas @ Pittsburgh Sunday 1:15pm PT

DAL

Giddyup! – Demarcus Ware, Ken Hamlin

SINS! – Zach Thomas

Hellno! – Cowboys CB’s

PIT

Giddyup! – Steelers LB’s

SINS! – Troy Polamalu, Aaron Smith

Hellno! – no one you would normally roll with

Washington @ Baltimore Sunday 5:15pm PT

WAS

Giddyup! – Rocky McIntosh, London Fletcher

SINS! – Carlos Rogers, Chris Horton, LaRon Landry, Jason Taylor

Hellno! – Andre Carter

BAL

Giddyup! – Terrell Suggs, Ray Lewis

SINS! – Ravens DB’s, Haloti Ngata

Hellno! – Bart Scott

Tampa Bay @ Carolina Monday 5:30pm PT

TB

Giddyup! – Barrett Ruud, Ronde Barber, Jermaine Phillips

SINS! – Gaines Adams, Derrick Brooks, Tanard Jackson

Hellno! – no one you would normally roll with

CAR

Giddyup! – Chris Gamble, Thomas Davis, Jon Beason, Julius Peppers

SINS! – Chris Harris, Charles Godfrey, Charles Johnson

Hellno! – Ken Lucas

That about wraps things up for week 14!! Good luck in all of your IDP matchups this week, and see you here for week 15!!