Thursday Night Football. Do you generally avoid using players in this game each week, try to use them, or does it have no bearing on your decisions? Why?
First what should you expect? Lower scoring and less fantasy points (FP). Generally, the TNF is a lower scoring affair (exceptions are Thanksgiving games and the Week 1 Kickoff game where teams have a ton of time to prepare). Defenses seem to benefit the most from the short turnaround time (3-4 days) between these affairs, probably because of the lower scoring. QBs have a noticeable drop in FPs. WRs take a hit too as you would expect if the one throwing them the ball suffers. Oddly enough TEs seem to excel in Thursday games, but I think this comes from QBs who have less time to prepare and thus dump it off more. RBs tend to be about the same. Regardless of the rules of thumb above, if you have a stud QB don't even think about benching him for a TNF game; instead temper your expectations and expect more from his TE. Bottom line-If you have a Thursday night player about equal with another playing on Sunday-avoid the TNF player.
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Sam Hendricks is the author of Fantasy Football Guidebook, Fantasy Football Tips and Fantasy Football Basics , all available at his website, http://www.ffguidebook.com/, at all major bookstores, and at http://www.amazon.com/. He is a 20+ year fantasy football veteran who regularly participates in the National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC), Fantasy Football World Championship (FFWC) and finished 7th and 16th overall (out of 228 top players) in the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC).
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