Safety Kenny Phillips (knee), center David Baas (shoulder) and tackle David Diehl (shoulder) won’t work as the Giants begin preparing for their game Monday night against the Redskins in Washington.

Wide receiver Domenik Hixon will practice. He missed the game against the Packers with an ankle injury suffered at Cincinnati on November 11.

Running back Ahmad Bradshaw remains on the list with a sore foot. He has recently practiced just once a week, but Coughlin said, “Ahmad’s always out there, whatever he does. Maybe we’ll use him a little bit, but not a lot.”

Linebacker Jacquian Williams, who was inactive for the last five games with a knee injury, will do individual drills and “whatever else he can do and how fast we can push him along,” Coughlin said.

Running back Ryan Torain and Kregg Lumpkin, who were signed on Tuesday, will work with the scout team and perhaps get a snap or two with the offense. Coughlin said there is a “possibility” they will play in Washington.

It would be nice to get the speed of Jacquian Williams back on the field, whether it be this week or next.  He could be a great asset down the stretch, and into the playoffs.

This being the normal first practice of the week having the guys at the top of the list out is not all that concerning, but the Giants and their fans will certainly want to keep an eye on Kenny Phillips’ status as the week progresses.

It’s that time of the Fantasy Football season that most owners dread; between the injuries & under-performing players you have enough to deal with. Now you have to add in bye weeks!? This is where things can start getting tricky.

Don’t panic though, there’s always a viable backup option on the waiver wire. Below is a suggestion for free agents in each position you may be looking to fill a void.

Quarterback

Ryan Tannehill – Dolphins

If you are struggling in the quarterback position, or if your mediocre QB isn’t living up to your expectation, make sure you add Tannehill as soon as possible. This rookie from Miami is putting up impressive numbers every week & after Sunday’s performance with Brian Hartline, it seems those two could be a force to be reckoned with.

Running Back

Jackie Battle – Chargers

I’ve had my eye on Battle for a few weeks now and even added him to my roster last week. I’ve been kicking myself for two days for not starting him! In my defense how should I have known he was going to rush for 39 yards & a rushing TD, accompanied with 42 receiving yards & a TD. It’s unclear whether you can expect this kind of performance out of Battle every week but if you are in need of a running back, you should scoop him up quickly.

Wide Receiver

Brian Hartline – Dolphins

As I stated above, Miami has a new dynamic duo: Tannehill & Hartline. On a whim last week I picked up Hartline to replace a WR on bye week. Would you believe he scored be 30+ points?! #winning If he is still available in your league, I
definitely suggest adding him to the roster.

Tight End

Greg Olsen – Panthers

After a slow start to the season, Olsen recorded six catches for 89 yards & a touchdown versus the Falcons this weekend. He’s only owned in 17.6% of fantasy leagues, so if you are in need of a TE he should be available in your league.

Defense – Chargers

In Week 4 the Chargers defense managed to rack up six turnovers which helped them record over 21 fantasy points. While that may have only been one week, the Chargers defense has been putting up solid numbers this season & are worth the
pick up if your defense is under-performing this season.

The show will be called “The Blue and Green Review” and will center on the New York Football Scene.  My co-host will be Kristine Reese who writes and follows the New York Jets.  The plan is to have guests from opposing teams, either blog writers or media types, each week to discuss match-ups and what to look for in the upcoming game of the week.  We will talk fantasy football, have a survivor pool, and will feature a very special guest we call our “Resident Wiseguy” to pick the games of the week.

Make plans to join us live, or watch at your convenience as the week progresses.

Ladies and gentlemen, boy and girls your 2011 Fansided Keeper Fantasy Football Champion is yours truly. The championship game was close but in the end I beat up a team by the name of “Romosexual Chocolate.” They had Tony Romo as their QB and we all know he chokes in championship games!

This says it all:

CONGRATULATIONS

After a first round bye, I beat down Team Bartolis 98-83 and now move on to play some team called  ”Romosexual Chocolate.” I think their name speaks enough about them. He beat me in our only regular season match up, but Drew Brees had a dud game and two other players scored “0″ points for me. Below is our match-up for the Championship game.

ROMOSEXUAL CHOCOLATE BOX SCORE
STARTERS
SLOT	PLAYER, TEAM POS	OPP	STATUS ET	PTS
QB	Tony Romo, Dal QB	Phi	Sat 4:15	–
RB	Shonn Greene, NYJ RB  P	NYG	Sat 1:00	–
RB	Maurice Jones-Drew, Jac RB  Q	@Ten	Sat 1:00	–
RB/WR	Kahlil Bell, Chi RB	@GB	Sun 8:20	–
WR	C.J. Spiller, Buf RB, WR	Den	Sat 1:00	–
WR	Roddy White, Atl WR	@NO	Mon 8:30	–
TE	Jason Witten, Dal TE	Phi	Sat 4:15	–
D/ST	Chiefs D/ST D/ST	Oak	Sat 1:00	–
K	Mason Crosby, GB K	Chi	Sun 8:20	–

TEAM BRANT BOX SCORE
STARTERS
SLOT	PLAYER, TEAM POS	OPP	STATUS ET	PTS
QB	Drew Brees, NO QB	Atl	Mon 8:30	–
RB	Roy Helu, Wsh RB  Q	Min	Sat 1:00	–
RB	Jackie Battle, KC RB	Oak	Sat 1:00	–
RB/WR	Wes Welker, NE WR  P	Mia	Sat 1:00	–
WR	Hakeem Nicks, NYG WR	@NYJ	Sat 1:00	–
WR	Jabar Gaffney, Wsh WR	Min	Sat 1:00	–
TE	Rob Gronkowski, NE TE	Mia	Sat 1:00	–
D/ST	Bengals D/ST D/ST	Ari	Sat 1:00	–
K	Stephen Gostkowski, NE K	Mia	Sat 1:00	–

The ESPN Fantasy Gods are projecting a victory by Team Brant with a 128 to 122 FINAL score. Gronk and Brees are beasts!

Eli Manning:

In the first few weeks, I was going with more pricey quarterbacks that were sure things. Even though Eli Manning is known to throw a pick or two, he’s been finding the end zone with quite a bit of regularity and is a great value pick here. Manning bounced back from a bad opening game against Washington to throw two TDs against the Rams and then four against the vaunted Eagles secondary. Arizona is not known for its defense, so look for Eli to have another big day…

But Eli’s not the only aspect of the Giants gaining attention this week — the Gaints defensive secondary is also coming under fire with Cardinals’ star receiver Larry Fitzgerald looking to light things up in Arizona this week.

Larry Fitzgerald vs. Giants

While the Eagles failed to exploit the Giants’ ravaged secondary last week, don’t expect the same from Fitzgerald. He now has a touchdown in each of his last two games, and Kevin Kolb is getting more and more used to playing with the elite WR. Look for Fitzgerald to carry the Cardinals’ offense this week in what could easily turn into a shootout.

I don’t know that I see the Giants defense giving up a ton of big plays through the air this week — and even if they do I certainly expect the goal line defense to let the Cardinals waltz into the endzone. Bend but don’t break is the name of the game with the Giants defense, but Aaron Ross and Corey Webster each had good game last week and have shown progress since the beginning of the season. Coupled with stellar play from JPP, Jaquain Williams, and Michael Boley — this could be a very lopsided game with the Giants convincingly owning this one on both sides of the ball.