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Phil Thompson: How to deal with Elliott's suspension and Bills trades in fantasy football

Sammy Watkins is a Ram. Jordan Matthews joins the Bills.

Ezekiel Elliott's on the shelf for the first six weeks, after playing chicken with an NFL suspension and finally losing.

See, this why you don't do fantasy football drafts before the first week of preseason. After Friday's developments, I put fantasy managers in two buckets: the people who've already picked Elliott and are sticking pins in a hastily made voodoo doll, and the rest of us, who are throwing bricks through our draft boards.

Thanks, NFL. Next you'll pull the rug on us by not lifting Martavis Bryant's suspension. Oh well, no use crying over spent draft picks, let's just run down how to adjust to each situation from a fantasy football perspective.

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