I’m usually a “glass-half-full” type of guy. In the spirit of Christmas, I definitely should look at the positive first, but today you can call me the Grinch because I’m about to rip some players for either playing out of their minds when they shouldn’t have or failing to show up when they should have dominated.

It’s the week 16 edition of Tales from the Strong-Side, Championship Week edition. Here’s some updated news, numbers and match-ups to get you ready for this week…

Week 16 is set to kick-off on Thursday night with the Texans and Colts. Here’s my preview of the match-up, from an IDP standpoint and some news and numbers surrounding the game…

Championship Week is upon us, for most of us, as is the Christmas season. Hopefully, a Fantasy Championship will get wrapped up and placed under your tree. Before we move on to week 16, we’ll recap week 15 and I offer some more names to look for on your IDP waiver wire…

Below is a list of some names that Craig Davis and Mike Woellert think could be worth a shot on your roster. This list will be updated throughout the day Monday, just in time for waiver wire openings on Tuesday through Friday, depending on when your waivers process.

(Updated 1-13) Latest: – Broncos WR Eric Decker is still suffering from that sprained MCL and hasn’t practiced all week. He hasn’t been ruled out yet, but there’s literally no chance he plays this weekend; The Rams get their man while the Dolphins’ coaching search continues. Jeff Fisher agrees to coach St. Louis, choosing the promise of brighter days ahead with Sam Bradford

“The Wes Welker I’d like to remember from 2011 isn’t the one who made a disastrous drop in the next-to-last drive against the New York Giants in Super Bowl 46, but the one who had a career-high 1569 receiving yards (122 catches) and a career-high 9 touchdowns in the regular season.”
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“We’ve already ran through our2012 NFL Mock Draft 1 – 16, and we saw the potential for a few surprises—like the possibility of the Bengals upsetting the Texans , so let’s close out the first round of the draft with the final 16 picks. The interesting aspect of this part of the draft is the [...]”
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“UPDATE – February 5th, 2012: With the 2012 Senior Bowl behind us, it’s time to really hone in on the 2012 NFL Draft and what better way than to propose our very own 2012 Round 1 Mock Draft. This is a complete update over the original draft with additions and subtractions, so if a few [...]”
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“If you are an NFL purist like myself, you couldn’t have asked for a better game than last night’s Giants’ Super Bowl win over the Patriots by a score of 21-17. Just like Super Bowl 42 produced the HELMET CATCH, Mario Manningham continued his playoff hot streak with an unbelievable grab near the sidelines while [...]”
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“When you look at the needs of each team in the league, it seems like 80 percent of them need one or two new safeties. With the emergence of freakazoid athletes at the tight end position, the position is now more important and more difficult to fill than ever before. Gone are the days of a “strong” and [...]”
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“It’s getting toward the end of Super Bowl week, which means the endless breakdown of the upcoming Super Bowl is starting to get stale for most casual fans. By sheer coincidence, the media is given another pipeline of stories because of what is going on with the legendary quarterback who plays for the team in Indianapolis, which [...]”
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“One look at the Bengals’ 2011 squad and you never would have thought they’d be good enough to make it to the playoffs. With rookie Andy Dalton under center, I thought they would be a 5-11 or 6-10 team at best. But things are looking up for the Bengals going into the offseason, despite losing [...]”
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“In our Chicago Bears mock draft, we examine a few paramount team needs, but more importantly, we’ll also get into the many decisions this team will have to face on draft day, and the months before. One of the major issue for the Bears this off-season, is the bevy of players who are either restricted [...]”
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“While the 2012 NFL salary cap has not fully been decided yet, you can believe it is going to be at about 125 million dollars, not a dramatic change from 2011. Considering that the last off-season was extremely limited in terms of time constraints and other factors due to the lockout, you can believe that [...]”
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