Breaking News: Ocho Cinco Deactivated for Bengals-Steelers
Number 85 will be unavailable for the Bengals tonight after being deactivated for violating team rules. A lot of fantasy owners were disappointed with his season thus far anyway, so this may or may not affect your decision to start him, but I can say that the right decision this week is:
Sit Chad Johnson.
But what does that mean for the rest of the fantasy options in the Thursday game?
Bengals
Your Bengals prospects were already not looking good due to their opponent tonight, the Steelers. For instance, I wouldn't use any Bengal running back tonight. However, a couple of players take a bigger plunge: WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh and QB Ryan Fitzpatrick.
Housh will see greater defensive attention from the Steelers with 85 on the sideline. He might see more targets but could also see more deflections. Hopefully, Fitzpatrick wasn't your starting option this week.
Chris Henry should get the start and might be worth a flyer.
Steelers
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