This is obviously a big deal in our game, since Manning enters Week 15 as the No. 4 player in season scoring, and third among quarterbacks. We've been warning Manning owners for weeks to have a solid backup in place, just in case he sits, but it appears as long as the Colts keep on winning, you can leave Alex Smith or Kyle Orton on your bench. Indeed, the Colts have clinched home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs, and in the past that would mean key players, like Manning certainly is, might not play enough in season-closing games to be as statistically relevant in fantasy football as we need them to be. But it appears the stock has risen for completing an unbeaten regular season.
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Eric Karabell
Eric Karabell is an ESPN.com senior writer. He has worked at ESPN since 1997 and covered fantasy sports for ESPN since 2001, specializing in baseball and football. Eric appears several times per week on SportsCenter, NFL Live and other ESPN shows, contributes to ESPN Radio and ESPN The Magazine and is the host of the Baseball Today Podcast. He has been honored twice as fantasy sports writer of the year by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association, his blog was named best fantasy baseball series for 2007 and he was inducted into the inaugural FSWA Hall of Fame class in 2010.
Eric grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, and accordingly, favors Philly teams first, his fantasy teams second. He previously served as ESPN.com's lead NBA editor, and is a former Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer sports writer. Eric is also the author of "The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments," published by Source Books and available in bookstores and online.
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