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Fantasy football Week 1 start, sit, sleeper picks

The season kicks off Thursday night with the Falcons at Eagles, so fantasy football fans are setting their lineups. It's also the easiest time to miss on picks because we haven't seen team's real offenses.

But the offseason and preseason has given us some clues how players might perform in Week 1. Here are players to start, sit or plug-in as flex sleepers.

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Philip Rivers, QB, Chargers vs. Chiefs: These are not the same Chiefs who pinned six interceptions in two games on Rivers last season. There are several new names in the secondary (Marcus Peters is gone) and the one name you could count

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