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Colts vs Titans

I'm am going to nickname this game the Outback Comeback Bowl. I see Peyton Manning and Chris Johnson both bouncing back from awful back to back performances.

Saint: Manning and C. Johnson

I am still leaving the Colts run game as my sinner. I see Kerry Collins having a rusty night also. unless you are in a 2 QB league Collins should be on the bench.

Sinner Indy RB and Kerry Collins

As far as wire hires.
there is no one standing out that should be noted for this game. I say the colts finally put it together against the titans and win a key divisional game.


Written by
Childs Dunbar

With the Thursday night game coming up tonight. JD and Childs put out their Saints, Sinners, and Wire Hires


Texans: (Childs)

Saint: Andre Johnson with no helmet, and just gloves burns the Eagles secondary. After the game Andre is carried off the field by Gary Kubiak screaming "Courtland Finnegan, I coming for you boy!!"
Sinner: Arian Forster with get his carries but look for Ward or even Slaton to steal some carries from him. Foster is coming of 30 rushes and 9 cathes last week vs TEN. and on a short week he could be worn on by the end of the game.
Wire Hire: Joel Dreessen is a top target since Owen Daniels is still OUT.

Eagles: (JD)
Saint: Jeremy Maclin should be able to torch the Texans secondary.
Sinner: Brett Celek will lose touches since the Eagles WR will be too busy running down the field alone.
Wire Hire: Jason Avant should be next in line to be picked up in any league. he will be a nice addition this week to your roster, especially in a PPR league.


Look for our Podcast this week and make sure to send in your questions.

Happy Thanksgiving weekend everyone! While Childs and JD actually did get the chance to see other Thanksgiving morning for a while, it seemed more appropriate to hang out and talk about things other than fantasy football (you know, kids, familes and the like). Ok, we talked a little about fantasy football, but we didn't record a show. However, we do have our Saints, Sinners and Wire Hires for this Sunday's matchups, so take a look below to see what we think.

Green Bay @ Atlanta
Saints: James Jones, Matt Ryan
Sinners: Brandon Jackson, Michael Turner
Wire Hires: James Jones, Jason Snelling

Pittsburgh @ Buffalo
Saints: Hines Ward, Steve Johnson
Sinners: Rashard Mendenhall, Fred Jackson
Wire Hires: Heath Miller, None

Carolina @ Cleveland
Saints: David Gettis, Peyton Hillis
Sinners: All other Panthers and Browns
Wire Hires: None

Tennessee @ Houston
Saints: Nate Washington, Arian Foster
Sinners: Randy Moss, Joel Dreessen
Wire Hires: Rusty Smith, Joel Dreessen

Jacksonville @ New York Giants
Saints: Marcedes Lewis, Mario Manningham
Sinners: Mike Thomas, Brandon Jacobs
Wire Hires: None, Kevin Boss

Minnesota @ Washington
Saints: Percy Harvin, Chris Cooley
Sinners: Visanthe Shiancoe, Donovan McNabb
Wire Hires: Sidney Rice, Anthony Armstrong/Keeland Williams

Miami @ Oakland
Saints: Brian Hartline, Darren McFadden
Sinners: Ronnie Brown, Jason Campbell
Wire Hires: None, Zack Miller

Kansas City @ Seattle
Saints: Jammal Charles, Matt Hasselbeck
Sinners: Matt Cassel, Justin Forsett 
Wire Hires: None for either team

Tampa Bay @ Baltimore
Saints: Mike Williams, Ray Rice
Sinners: Josh Freeman, Anquan Boldin
Wire Hires: None on either team

Philadelphia @ Chicago
Saints: Jeremy Maclin, Greg Olsen
Sinners: LeSean McCoy, Jay Cutler
Wire Hires: Jerome Harrison, Greg Olsen

St. Louis @ Denver
Saints: Stephen Jackson, Knowshon Moreno
Sinners: Sam Bradford, Jabar Gaffney
Wire Hires: Danny Amendola, None

San Diego @ Indianapolis
Saints: Vincent Jackson, Jacob Tamme
Sinners: Antonio Gates, Donald Brown
Wire Hires: Randy McMichael, Blair White

San Francisco @ Arizona
Saints: 49ers Defense, Larry Fitzgerald
Sinners: Vernon Davis, Beanie Wells
Wire Hires: None on either team


Good luck in Week 12 everyone!

With every team back from the bye, Childs and JD talk about all the Week 11 matchups. Childs also expresses his deepest man love for Keiland Williams taking him over Adrian Peterson(!) in a bet against JD. Good luck in Week 11 everyone!

JD and Childs bring you up to date on all the news and injuries, and give you our thoughts on the Week 10 match-ups. Childs also makes two ill-advised bets against Brandon Marshall, taking Nate Washington and Percy Harvin over Marshall this week. JD's winning both of those bets. Good luck in Week 10 everyone!

In this special edition of the Steal Your League podcast, Childs and JD preview the Thursday night match-up (Baltimore at Atlanta) and talk about our split decision this week in our head-to-head match-ups. We'll be back on Friday with more news, injuries and the rest of the Week 10 match-ups. Get your lineups in and good luck with your players in the Thursday night game!

Childs and JD talk about the fantasy impact of Randy Moss' move to the Titans, all the injuries on the Concussion Discussion, and our Saints, Sinners and Wire Hires for all the Week 9 mtachups. Plus we talk about facing each other in two different leagues this week. Childs is going to roll JD in one league (JD has Frank Gore and Ryan Torain on bye), but the other's going to be tight. Good luck to everyone in Week 9!

Childs and JD talk about the huge number of injuries and preview all the Week 8 match-ups, while both getting suckered into a horrible bet between Ronnie Brown and Beanie Wells. There's no good side to that bet. Good luck in Week 8 everyone!

After a hiatus, Childs and JD return with their analysis for the Week 7 matchups. We talk about the new helmet-to-helmet rule enforcement, some devastating injuries for fantasy owners (anyone heard of that guy Dallas Clark?), and our Saints, Sinners, and Wire Hires for this week's games. Good luck in Week 7 everyone!

Last week it was a trip to Vegas that derailed our podcasting. Totally our fault.  This week it wasn't our fault. We actually recorded an entire show and it was awesome - without a doubt the best fantasy football podcast ever recorded. Clearly, however, the recording software thought otherwise and recorded nothing but static.

For those of you eagerly awaiting the next show (and that's all of you), we promise that we'll get one out next week. In the meantime, we did pick our Saints, Sinners and Wire Hires for Week 6 that you can see below. We know it's not as satisfying as hearing us BS for an hour, but hopefully when our picks go off, you'll forgive us.

Remember that our Saints are guys that we recommend to start that normally wouldn't in fantasy match-ups (or, in some cases, they might be the only guy worth starting on that team), our Sinners are guys that we're recommending to sit who usually start and our Wire Hires are guys that you can pick up an play in that match-up if your desperate for a starter.


Seattle @ Chicago
Saints: Marshawn Lynch, Jay Cutler
Sinners: Matt Hasselbeck, Matt Forte
Wire Hires: Golden Tate, Johnny Knox

Miami @ Green Bay
Saints: Davonne Bess, Donald Driver
Sinners: Miami RBs, Brandon Jackson
Wire Hires: Davonne Bess, Andrew Quarless (this week) Donald Lee

San Diego @ St. Louis
Saints: Philip Rivers, Stephen Jackson (I now pronounce you, Mr. and Mrs. Obvious)
Sinners: Legadu Naanee, Sam Bradford
Wire Hires: Danny Amendola & Brandon Gibson, Mike Tolbert

Baltimore @ New England
Saints: Ray Rice, Aaron Hernandez
Sinners: T.J. Houshmandzadeh, BenJarvus Green-Ellis
Wire Hires: None, Fred Taylor

Detroit @ New York Giants 
Saints: Jahvid Best, Ahmad Bradshaw
Sinners: Shawn Hill, Eli Manning
Wire Hires: Brandon Pettigrew, Brandon Jacobs

Atlanta @ Philadelphia
Saints: Tony Gonzalez, LeSean McCoy
Sinners: Roddy White, Kevin Kolb
Wire Hires: Falcons D, Brent Celek

Cleveland @ Pittsburgh
Saints: Peyton Hillis, Ben Roethlisberger
Sinners: Colt McCoy, Mike Wallace
Wire Hires: Colt McCoy, Heath Miller (Childs LOVES Heath Miller because "Big Ben Likie")

New Orleans @ Tampa Bay
Saints: Ladell Betts, Earnest Graham (Trust me)
Sinners: Marques Colston, Mike Williams
Wire Hires: Ladell Betts, Earnest Graham

Kansas City @ Houston
Saints: Dexter McCluster, Arian Foster
Sinners: Duane Bowe, Matt Schaub
Wire Hires: Tony Moeaki, Jacoby Jones

New York Jets @ Denver
Saints: LaDainian Tomlinson, Kyle Orton
Sinners: Santonio Holmes, Jabar Gaffney
Wire Hires: None

Oakland @ San Francisco
Saints: Michael Bush, Vernon Davis
Sinners: Zack Miller, Michael Crabtree
Wire Hires: Michael Bush, None

Dallas @ Minnesota 
Saints: Tony Romo, Percy Harvin (Love, love, love Harvin)
Sinners: Felix Jones, Visanthe Shiancoe
Wire Hires: Marion Barber, Tarvaris Jackson

Indianapolis @ Washington
Saints: Donald Brown/Mike Hart, Ryan Torain
Sinners: Reggie Wayne, Chris Cooley
Wire Hires: Mike Hart, Anthony Armstrong

Tennessee @ Jacksonville
Saints: Kenny Britt, Marcedes Lewis
Sinners: Vince Young, Mike Sims-Walker
Wire Hires: Kenny Britt, Marcedes Lewis


Good luck in Week 6 everyone!

Welcome Followers,

So Las Vegas stopped us from recording the podcast this week. We started monday out in Vegas then returned Saturday night instead of thursday night. Hey its Vegas.

Have no fear though we still have you covered for all of your fantasy news and starts for week 5. We have posted all of our Saints, Sinners, and Wire Hires for this week below. Good Luck and don't forget to send us your questions.

Ravens vs Broncos
Saints: Anquan Boldin & Kyle Orton
Sinners: Ray Rice & Laurence Maroney/Correll Buckhalter
Wire Hires: Derrick Mason & Brandon Lloyd

Bills vs Jaguars
Saints: MJD & Ryan Fitzpatrick
Sinner: Mike Sims-Walker & Fred Jackson
Wire Hire: Tuquan Underwood & Fred Jackson

Chiefs vs Colts
Saints: Reggie Wayne & Dwayne Bowe
Sinners: Joseph Addai & Jamaal Charles
Wire Hire: Dexter McCluster (KC)

Rams vs Lions
Saints: Sam Bradford & Shaun Hill
Sinners: Steven Jackson & Javid Best
Wire Hire: Brandon Pettigrew (DET)

Falcons vs Browns
Saints: Roddy White & Peyton Hillis
Sinners: Michael Turner & Mohammad Massaquoi
Wire Hire: Harry Douglas & Jake Delhomme

Buccaneers vs Bengals
Saints: Mike Williams & Cedric Benson
Sinners: Carnell Williams & Terrell Owens
Wire Hire: LeGarrette Bloundt (TB)

Bears vs Panthers
Saints: Matt Forte & DeAngelo Williams
Sinners: Johnny Knox & Johnathan Stewart
Wire Hire: Todd Collins & David Gettis

Packers vs Redskins
Saints: Jermichael Finley & Santana Moss
Sinners: Greg Jennings & Chris Cooley
Wire Hire: John Kuhn & Ryan Torain

Giants vs Texans
Saints: Hakeem Nicks & Arian Foster
Sinners: Ahmad Bradshaw & Matt Shaub
Wire hire: Danny Ware & Kevin Walter or Owen Daniels

Saints vs Cardinals
Saints: Marques Colston & Tim Hightower
Sinners: Jeremy Shockey & Beanie Wells
Wire Hire: Max Hall & Lance Moore

Chargers vs Raiders
Saints: Mike Tolbert & Bruce Gradkowski
Sinners: Malcolm Floyd & Michael Bush
Wire Hire: Mike Tolbert & Michael Bush

Titans vs Cowboys
Saints: Kenny Britt & Dez Bryant
Sinners: Nate Washington & Felix Jones
Wire Hire: Kenny Britt & Martellus Bennett

Eagles vs 49ers
Saints: Brent Celek & Vernon Davis
Sinners: DeSean Jackson & Michael Crabtree
Wire Hire: Mike Bell & Anthony Dixon

Vikings vs Jets
Saints: Percy Harvin & LT
Sinners: Brett Favre & Marc Sanchez
Wire Hire: Santonio Holmes (NYJ)

Childs and JD talk about all news, injuries, all the Week 4 matchups and guys that you can use on your first bye week to fill in. And for some reason, we make a bet on Denver WRs. It's anyone's guess who'll win that one. Good luck in Week 4!

Childs and JD discuss all the Week 3 matchups along with all the news and injuries that you need to know about to make any last minute decisions for tomorrow's games. The board bet this week: Matt Ryan (Childs) v. Kyle Orton (JD) - total fantasy points with 6 points per TD pass. Should be interesting!

If you happened to catch last week's podcast, we debuted a new segment called Saints, Sinners and Wire Hires. On our podcast every week, we'll discuss our Saints, (guys that we recommend to start that normally wouldn't in fantasy match-ups) our Sinners, (guys that we're recommending to sit who usually start) and our Wire Hires (guys that you can pick up an play in that match-up if your desperate for a starter).

Without further ado, here's our list of Saints, Sinners and Wire Hires for the Week 2 matchups:

Buffalo v. Green Bay
Saints: Greg Jennings
Sinners: C.J. Spiller
Wire Hires: Brandon Jackson

Miami and Minnesota
Saints: Davone Bess, Percy Harvin
Sinners: Ricky Williams, Bernard Berrian
Wire Hires: Davone Bess

Kansas City and Cleveland
Saints: Jammal Charles, Jerome Harrison
Sinners: Mohamed Massaquoi
Wire Hires: Tony Moeaki, Evan Moore

Chicago and Dallas
Saints: Dez Bryant
Sinners: Jay Cutler
Wire Hires: Tashard Choice

Baltimore and Cincinnati 
Saints: Ray Rice, Cederic Benson
Sinners: Joe Flacco, Chad Ochocinco
Wire Hires: Todd Heap, Jordan Shipley

Arizona and Atlanta
Saints: Roddy White, Tim Hightower
Sinners: Tony Gonzalez, Derek Anderson
Wire Hires: Harry Douglas, LaRod Stephens-Howling

Pittsburgh and Tennessee
Saints: Rashard Mendenhall, Chris Johnson
Sinners: Hines Ward, All WRs
Wire Hires: None

Tampa Bay and Carolina
Saints: Mike Williams, DeAngelo Williams
Sinners: Cadillac Williams, Matt Moore
Wire Hires: Kareem Huggins, Mike Goodson

Philadelphia and Detroit
Saints: LeShawn McCoy, Jahvid Best
Sinners: Michael Vick, Calvin Johnson
Wire Hires: Michael Vick, Tony Scheffler

Seattle and Denver
Saints: Eddie Royal, Justin Forsett
Sinners: John Carlson
Wire Hires: Mike Williams

St. Louis and Oakland
Saints: Darren McFadden, Mark Clayton
Sinners: Laurent Robinson
Wire Hires: Mark Clayton, Danny Amendola

Houston and Washington
Saints: Arian Foster, Chris Cooley
Sinners: Matt Schaub, Donovan McNabb
Wire Hires: Texans D, Jacoby Jones

New England and New York Jets
Saints: Wes Welker, L.T.
Sinners: Fred Taylor, Mark Sanchez and Jets WRs
Wire Hires: Brandon Tate

Jacksonville and San Diego
Saints: MJD, Phillip Rivers
Sinners: Mercedes Lewis, Ryan Mathews
Wire Hires: Legedu Naanee

New York Giants and Indianapolis
Saints: Ahmad Bradshaw, Pierre Garcon
Sinners: Hakeem Nicks, Joseph Addai
Wire Hires: Mario Manningham, Austin Collie

New Orleans and San Francisco
Saints: Pierre Thomas, Vernon Davis
Sinners: Reggie Bush, Frank Gore
Wire Hires: Lance Moore

Good luck again everyone!

Childs and JD get you ready for Week 2 of the NFL season with all the fantasy relevant news, our Concussion Discussion, and our Saints, Sinners and Wire Hires segment. We also answer a few of your fantasy questions, and make a wager between Darren McFadden and Pierre Thomas. Good luck this week!

Childs and JD get you ready for another fantasy football season with three all new Steal Your League podcast segments:

• Our Concussion Discussion, where we discuss the most recent fantasy relevant injuries and the impacts on other players,
• Our Saints, Sinners and Wire Hires, where we discuss who we recommend one guy per matchup to start that you otherwise wouldn't (Saints), one guy you normally start that you should sit (Sinners) and one guy probably on your waiver wire that we think will be a good play this week if your desperate for a starter (Wire Hires), and
• Our Question Time segment, were we take fantasy questions from you our dedicated listeners! You can ask us fantasy questions on our Facebook page or on Twitter, where you can follow us @stealyourleague

Good luck during Week 1 everyone! And TGIF - Thank God It's Football (season)! 

With every team battling the inevitable training camp injuries and depth chart madness, Childs and JD talk about the fantasy relevant updates from across the league. This one's long, so think about taking a break after the AFC North!

Childs and JD talk about all fantasy relevant news since the our last podcast on July 20th. We talk Favre and the Vikings (as little as we can get away with), T.O., and some injuries and interesting deep sleepers that have already emerged in the first few days of training camp.

Childs and JD talk about all the news since our last show, we take some listener questions and we also talk about the results of our mock draft (you can read about how we did it and see the results in our last post or just review the draft results in full screen mode). They argue draft strategy for those with picks towards the end of the first round - JD's for taking elite WRs, Childs argues for QBs - and talk about JD's crazy love for Michael Crabtree and Childs' equally crazy love for Roddy White among others.

Yesterday, JD and Childs took part in a 12 team mock draft, but mind you, it wasn't your average mock draft. We used standard scoring and a pretty average lineup structure (QB, 2RBs, 3WRs, TE, K, DEF, and 6 bench spots), but we each took six teams and alternated turns. JD's teams, along with first round pick position, are:

• Utah Saints (1)
• Fighting Artichokes (3)
• Butte Pirates (5)
• Los Angeles Saints (7)
• Purple Pounders (9)
• Watersmeat Nimrods (11)

Childs' teams are:

• Clam Jammers (2)
• San Antonio Saints (4)
• Willy Mays Hayes' (6)
• New Orleans Saints (8)
• Cobra Kia (10)
• Funky Lizards (12)

We decided to draft just among ourselves instead of in a mock draft lobby, mostly because we wanted to know where we stood, but also we didn't want to run into the inevitable Patriots fan who takes Lawrence Maroney as their first RB and Julian Edeleman in the 5th round and flushes the whole draft down the toilet. You can see the results of this draft below, and you can also view the results across your whole screen by going here.

You can hear us argue about draft strategy and some particular players who might have gone a bit too high (or low) on our next podcast. We'll also be tracking the progress of each team during the season to see how well we drafted this early in the 2010 season. We'll only be doing regular lineup changes - no trades or waiver moves period. Keep following the Steal your League blog for updated periodically throughout the season.

JD and Childs break down all the draft and free agent moves for each team in the NFC West since the Super Bowl, and give you the fantasy outlook for each team heading into the 2010 season.

JD and Childs break down all the draft and free agent moves for each team in the AFC West since the Super Bowl, and give you the fantasy outlook for each team heading into the 2010 season.

JD and Childs break down all the draft and free agent moves for each team in the NFC North since the Super Bowl, and give you the fantasy outlook for each team heading into the 2010 season.

JD and Childs break down all the draft and free agent moves for each team in the AFC North since the Super Bowl, and give you the fantasy outlook for each team heading into the 2010 season.

JD and Childs break down all the draft and free agent moves for each team in the NFC South since the Super Bowl, and give you the fantasy outlook for each team heading into the 2010 season.

JD and Childs break down all the draft and free agent moves for each team in the AFC South since the Super Bowl, and give you the fantasy outlook for each team heading into the 2010 season.

JD and Childs break down all the draft and free agent moves for each team in the NFC East since the Super Bowl, and give you the fantasy outlook for each team heading into the 2010 season.

In the first podcast in the series of eight, JD and Childs break down all the draft and free agent moves for each team in the AFC East since the Super Bowl, and give you the fantasy outlook for each team heading into the 2010 season.

In this very special edition of the podcast, Childs and JD finally are together in the same room for the show and JD's sister Genneysa Case joins us to talk about our league and all the games from this week. She has some sage advice my friends, so listen close. Happy new year!!