The Hive – Week Twelve Edition

The Hive – Week 12 Edition

Welcome back to The Hive! Ahhhh, Thanksgiving. Time for turkey, pie, and lots of football! We are in the home stretch of the fantasy season, and in most leagues the pretenders have been separated from the contenders. The fantasy playoffs for some leagues start in the next 2 weeks, which is unbelievable. Seems like yesterday I was preparing for my IDP drafts. Time sure flies by. Keep in mind that with the Thursday games upon us The Hive comes to you before the Thursday and Friday injury reports are out, so don’t forget to check out my Twitter feed @ http://twitter.com/thehiveIDP for the latest up-to-date IDP injury updates and roster maneuvers!

How we rank `em-

Giddyup! – start with confidence

SINS! –

Solid

If

Not

Spectacular

Hellno! – HELL. NO.

Thanksgiving Football (start time in parentheses)

Green Bay

@ Detroit (9:30am Pacific Time)

GB

Giddyup! – Charles Woodson, Nick Collins

SINS! – Packers LB’s, Cullen Jenkins

Hellno! – Aaron Kampman (see my Twitter feed for my thoughts on his future value)

DET

Giddyup! – Larry Foote, Louis Delmas, Cliff Avril (pretty much useless the past couple weeks, but had his best game of the season vs GB earlier this year, a dice roll for sure, but I think it will pan out.)

SINS! – DeAndre Levy

Hellno! – no one you would normally consider

Oakland

@ Dallas (1:15pm Pacific Time)

OAK

Giddyup! – Kirk Morrison, Tyvon Branch (The Hive = the only IDP column on Earth that was pimping Branch in August. You are welcome.)

SINS! – Thomas Howard, Chris Johnson

Hellno! – Raiders DL’s

DAL

Giddyup! – Demarcus Ware (poor, poor Bruce)

SINS! – Bradie James, Terrance Newman, Jay Ratliff

Hellno! – Dallas safeties

New York

Giants @ Denver (5:20pm Pacific Time)

NYG

Giddyup! – Boley/Blackburn (nice spot starts for those hurting for a LB), Justin Tuck

SINS! – Osi Umenyiora, Giants DB’s

Hellno! – no one you would normally consider

DEN

Giddyup! – DJ Williams, Champ Bailey (just a feeling, Eli has gotten pretty bold lately)

SINS! – Andra Davis, Elvis Dumervil

Hellno! – Brian Dawkins (I don’t trust the neck injury this week)

Early Sunday Games – Start time: 10AM Pacific

Miami

@ Buffalo

MIA

Giddyup! – Bell/Wilson, Randy Starks

SINS! – Dolphins LB’s

Hellno! – no one you would normally consider

BUF

Giddyup! – Schobel/Kelsay, Poz/Scott

SINS! – Byrd/Wilson

Hellno! – Marcus Stroud (out last week, check the injury reports and see if he is a go this week. If he does go, I’d bump him up a notch)

Carolina

@ New York Jets

CAR

Giddyup! – Jon Beason

SINS! – Julius Peppers, Panthers DB’s

Hellno! – Landon Johnson (put on IR this week)

NYJ

Giddyup! – David Harris, Shaun Ellis (red hot right now)

SINS! – Calvin Pace, Darrelle Revis, Marques Douglas

Hellno! – Kerry Rhodes (not a big fan of his for IDP purposes regardless, but rumors are that he is being benched for Eric Smith. Wowza.)

Cleveland

@ Cincinnati

CLE

Giddyup! – none

SINS! – Robaire Smith, Pool/Elam, Shaun Rogers, Trusnik/Maiava

Hellno! – no one you would normally consider

CIN

Giddyup! – Leon Hall, Dhani Jones

SINS! – Robert Geathers, Jonathan Joseph

Hellno! – no one you would normally consider

Arizona

@ Tennessee

ARI

Giddyup! – Antrel Rolle, Karlos Dansby

SINS! – Adrian Wilson, Gerald Hayes, Calais Campbell

Hellno! – Cards CB’s

TEN

Giddyup! – Cortland Finnegan, Nick Harper

SINS! – Titans LB’s, William Hayes, Hope/Griffin

Hellno! – Kyle Vanden Bosch (think he misses Hayensworth yet?)

Washington

@ Philadelphia

WAS

Giddyup! – London Fletcher, Andre Carter (think he likes having Haynesworth on board?)

SINS! – Doughty/Landry, Rocky McIntosh, Brian Orakpo

Hellno! – Albert Haynesworth (his impact on those around him is much greater than any potential impact on your IDP roster)

PHI

Giddyup! – Quentin Mikell, `Spoon, Trent Cole

SINS! – Joe Mays, Eagles CB’s

Hellno! – no one you would normally consider

Tampa

Bay @ Atlanta

TB

Giddyup! – Tanard Jackson, Barrett Ruud

SINS! – Sabby Piscatelli, Jimmy Wilkerson

Hellno! – Barber/Talib

ATL

Giddyup! – Erik Coleman, Curtis Lofton

SINS! – Thomas DeCoud, Mike Peterson, Jonathan Babineaux

Hellno! – Stephen Nicholas, John Abraham

Seattle

@ St. Louis

SEA

Giddyup! – David Hawthorne

SINS! – Jordan Babineaux, Leroy Hill, Pat Kerney

Hellno! – Aaron Curry (now out on nickel packages – ouch)

STL

Giddyup! – James Laurinaitis, OJ Atogwe

SINS! – Ron Bartell, Chris Long (actually showing something the last few weeks, let’s see if he can keep it up)

Hellno! – no one you would normally consider

Indianapolis

@ Houston

IND

Giddyup! – Antoine Bethea, Jerraud Powers

SINS! – Gary Brackett, Robert Mathis

Hellno! – Dwight Freeney (sit until he heats up again)

HOU

Giddyup! – Brian Cushing (DROY?), Bernard Pollard

SINS! – Mario Williams, Dunta Robinson

Hellno! – no one you would normally consider