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Week 8 Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Advice on Fantasy Football Stars to Play or Bench

Knowing when to start or sit a top fantasy football star looks like the main theme going into Week 8.

In Week 7, owners who knew to throw Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck into the fire received 23 points, while those who believed in Eli Manning of the New York Giants got six.

Look, it's never easy to sit a star player, which on its own has a fluctuating definition based mostly on name recognition and ownership percentage. But it's one of the proven ways to get ahead of the competition if an owner has an adequate replacement.