Fantasy Football 2019: Thursday Night Football Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em Week 11
By Kole Berrey
This week it’s the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday Night Football! Who should you start and who should you sit in fantasy football for this big AFC North match-up?
Football is weird. Fantasy football is weirder.
I have a team in fantasy right now with Carson Wentz, Le’Veon Bell, Chris Carson, Julio Jones, Keenan Allen, Amari Cooper and George Kittle. That team is 2-8 and in dead last in a 12-person league.
Football can be weird like that as well.
Going into the season, many would have thought Week 11’s Thursday Night Football game between the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers would have major divisional and playoff implications. That isn’t the case, as the Steelers are fighting for Wild Card positioning and the Cleveland Browns are fighting to stop fans from rioting after a very disappointing start to the season.
For a lot of you, the fantasy playoffs are right around the corner. To the rest, our fantasy seasons haven’t gone the way that we had hoped. That doesn’t mean we can’t play spoiler to those still fighting for their playoff lives. If you can’t make the postseason, might as well ruin someone else’s season, right?
That is where I come in. Thursday night offers a ton of interesting match-ups and possibilities. Star players like James Conner, Odell Beckham, and JuJu Smith-Schuster are no longer every week locks. Conner because of injury, and the two receivers because of the disappointing weeks they have shown they are capable of.
Usually, this is where I say that I won’t talk about any obvious names. If you have Nick Chubb, you are starting him. But even Nick Chubb has question marks with the return of Kareem Hunt. Everyone is fair game in this week’s Start and Sit spots.
Let’s get down to business. (Okay, but for real, start Nick Chubb. He is a beast)
*PPR format, all stats courtesy of fantasypros.com