How Thursday Night’s Steelers-Panthers Game Impacts Your Fantasy Team

December 24, 2010   ·   Ryan Lester   ·   Jump to comments

The fantasy playoffs rolled into Championship Week, as the Steelers smoked the Panthers in another Thursday Night dud.

Having players go in the Thursday night games gives you a little bit of an advantage. If your players do well, you can perhaps be a little more cautious with your team; if your players failed to put up good numbers, perhaps you will want to take a bigger risk, hoping to make up some ground.
You also get a feel for your matchup depending on how your opponents players did.
Let’s take a look at how fantasy owners will be feeling about their players.

Quarterbacks: Big Ben (320 yards, passing TD, two rushing yards, rushing TD) had a great game.
If he’s your fantasy quarterback, you’re in excellent shape. If you’re going up against him, you have your work cut out.
If you used Jimmy Clausen (72 yards, INT), you were likely playing in the toilet bowl.
Running Backs: There were three possible running ...

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