Bears-49ers Thursday Night Football Fantasy Start/Sit Analysis

Thursday night football is here, which means that our usual lineup setting routines are now thrown out of whack.

Though the Thursday night game won’t affect every team every week, most of us, across all of the leagues that we play in, will most likely have a key decision or two that will have to be made three days earlier than before.

This is annoying and can lead to the unnecessary benching and/or starting of players. The trade-off, however, is an extra night with an NFL game.

Sounds reasonable to me.

Because I know that many of you will be late to the party in realizing that you have to decide on your Bears and 49ers players by tonight, I have taken the liberty of doing the dirty work for you. Here is your 49ers-Bears fantasy analysis, complete with start/sit recommendations so you don’t even have to think about it.

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NFL Week 10 Betting Previews and Spread Picks: Bears-49ers, Colts-Patriots, Cowboys-Packers

From the Pacquiao Cotto odds to the NFL to UFC 105, we have quite the sports weekend ahead of us. Though boxing threatens to take center stage, there are some serious NFL matchups to watch this week.

First, we have Chicago visiting San Francisco for the season’s first Thursday night football game on the NFL Network. Then Sunday afternoon gives us a pivotal NFC battle between the reeling Packers and the streaking Giants.

And finally, on Sunday night, we get the game everyone is always waiting for: Colts-Patriots, which will not doubt be another great one.

Let’s run down the particulars of each game and then make a few picks:

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