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For the first time, I’m participating in a fantasy football league. It’s hosted by the NFL on NFL.com and I believe our league was started by my softball coach.

I’ve enjoyed football for a long time, but being in a fantasy league really causes you to scrutinize the players as individuals. My buddy at work is right: when you play fantasy, you can’t just enjoy the games anymore.

There are two questions that I’m wrestling with right now. The first is whether Wes Welker is going to play or not this weekend. I got burned last weekend by starting Welker and not hearing that he missed the game until it was too late. At the moment, it’s believed he’ll play, but is a mostly-injured Welker going to be more productive than a somewhat-injured Steve Breaston? Are both better than Torry Holt?

The other question relates Brady vs. Flacco. Who’s going to have a better game – Brady versus the Falcons or Flacco versus the Browns? I still think Brady’s getting over his knee injury and facing a lot of pressure. The Browns are 0-2, but their pass defence hasn’t been as shabby as the record might suggest.

I suspect I’ll have to wait until almost game time to lock in my answers, but I’m open to suggestions.