Us fantasy football players are incredibly reactionary. Why aren’t we more anticipatory? Instead of waiting for Running Back C to blow up for 151 total yards and three touchdowns, put in your clairvoyant contacts and give yourself a chance to feel conspicuously clever.
You’re probably one of innumerable fantasy managers who’ll try to lay claim to the wavering Ryan Moats wave on your league’s waiver wire. (I was and still am. Shhhh.) Want more? Keep reading…
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Check out these statistics:
Receptions: 16
Yards: 421
Touchdowns: 4
That’s from ONE player in TWO games.
And you should trade the only man who can lay claim to them. Now. Want more? Keep reading…
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Alex Rodriguez has come a long way.
That was an unconscious observation as this 2009 baseball season unfolded. How profound was his turnaround, though; it hit me like a ton o’ Mizuno Maples.
A FOX Sports poll asked readers whether A-Rod has proven himself with his 2009 playoff showing. Or is he still a postseason patsy? Or, is it TBD, get back to me after the World Series? Want more? Keep reading…
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Is the Choice yours?
Furthering the need for Tashard Choice to be an integral part of the Ghidorah in the Dallas Cowboys‘Â backfield: Wade Phillips said an MRI revealed that Marion Barber III sustained a fractured thumb against the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 5.
Don’t panic; Phillips said Barber will start against the Atlanta Falcons this week, and it’s not expected to hamper his ability to carry or catch the football. But Barber is periodically dinged, nicked up, limited. Felix Jones (knee) has yet to prove that he can stay healthy for more than three weeks in a row. Want more? Keep reading…
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Bye, bye, bye, baby, bye bye. Bye weeks are almost through. Well, if you live in the future, like I have recently. As I’ve been saying, you can never be too prepared.
Week 8 could hit you right where it counts. Clubs with recliners fully extended: Cincinnati Bengals, Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Washington Redskins.
I brought you replacements for your QBs and RBs as well as wideouts and tight ends for Week 7. I’ve given you the game plan for Week 8 quarterbacks and running backs. It’s time to hit on the receivers and tight ends who might ease your mind in Week 8; it’s a fine time to be missing one of the latter. Want more? Keep reading…
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Maurice Jones-Drew isn’t happy with the way the Jacksonville Jaguars played on Sunday in their 41-0 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. Or the way his offense has performed in the first five weeks, period.
Rush Limbaugh wasn’t pleased to find out that he had been dropped from a group attempting to buy the St. Louis Rams. Dave Checketts, chairman of the NHL’s Blues and front man for said bid, made the announcement on Wednesday. Want more? Keep reading…
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Bye weeks can take the wind out of a fantasy football team’s sails faster than you can sing “Legedu Naanee.” Sing, you say? Try it some time, trust me. Rolls off the tongue like a lullaby.
I already detailed some ways to prepare for the absences of your quarterbacks and running backs as well as wide receivers and tight ends in Week 7. Week 8’s role call may leave you a bit more stunned. Teams taking breaks: Cincinnati Bengals, Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Washington Redskins. Want more? Keep reading…
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You don’t tell your players to look ahead. Focus on this week’s opponent. Take care of business one game at time…
In fantasy football, that’s poppycock; Week 7 is the beginning of a dangerous three-week stretch on the NFL schedule.
A couple of days ago I discussed how to begin preparation for this stormy forecast, beginning with quarterbacks and running backs. High-end wide receivers and tight ends aren’t as scarce in Week 7, but that doesn’t mean you’re not in a bind. Clubs on holiday: Baltimore Ravens, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, Seattle Seahawks and Tennessee Titans. Want more? Keep reading…
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Every fantasy football player is a little anxious when bye weeks roll around. They’re no sweat, for the most part, though. Usually, four NFL teams are off on any particular weekend, so byes don’t debilitate any fantasy football squad to the point that it can’t be competitive against that week’s opponent.
I’m sure you make arrangements for particularly handicapping byes a week in advance, especially when players with enticing matchups for that particular set of games are floating in your league’s free-agent pool. Want more? Keep reading…
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The Indianapolis Colts have given up a shade more than 32 fantasy points per game wide receivers this season. That’s out of character for a defense which for the past five or six years has routinely been among the toughest to pass on; last season they gave up about 10.5 fewer points per game to the position.
Obviously Indy’s 2009 pace is drastically distorted by the Arizona Cardinals‘ showing Sunday night; Larry Fitzgerald, Anquan Boldin, Steve Breaston and, to a much lesser extent, Jerheme Urban combined for 22 catches, 267 yards and a TD in the 31-10 loss. The Colts were down underrated corner Kelvin Hayden (hamstring) and ‘backer Gary Brackett (knee), who’s solid in coverage. They were also without safety Bob Sanders (knee), but that’s nothing new. Want more? Keep reading…
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