To Start Or To Sit, That Is The Question.

There is more to fantasy football than just drafting a team. Managing a team is a grind that lasts the whole season. There are responsibilities like waiver wire pickups, trades, smack talk and deciding which guys to start. Deciding which guys to start is a very important skill to have as a fantasy owner. There are a few questions an owner must ask before deciding to bench a starter or start a bench player:   
      

1.   Make sure the guy is playing that week. Trust this advice, I have started someone off my bench because he had a good match up and he ended up getting hurt in practice.
2.  Decide which player has a truly better match up. If the team your player is going against has truly bad defense against the run, than start that player. No matter what, start that player. Any mediocre running back can have a good game against the bottom five run defenses in the league. The same goes for pretty much any position but for running backs most of all.
3.  Make sure your player is going to get the most touches on his team. Nothing is more aggravating than seeing your guy loses touches to some random guy.
4. If the team your guy plays for has a horrible defense and your guy is a running back, sit that guy. His team will only try to pass in order to play catch up. But, if your guy is a wide receiver or quarterback, start that guy. Carson Palmer and Dwayne Bowe both crushed garbage time points when their teams were getting blown out.
5. Never sit a guy because he projected less points than another guy. Projections do not amount to jack squat.
6.  Last but not least, go with your gut. Do NOT think too much about your guys. Whatever decision you make first, go with that choice.