We Need to Talk About Vick Ballard
You may remember Vick Ballard from his role as Neo from “The Matrix” during his inhuman dive into the end zone against the Titans in Week 8. The dude contorted his body and scored the most incomprehensible touchdown of the year. He showed a lot on that run, including a little wiggle and surprising acceleration for […]
Three Ways to Avoid Thursday Night Fantasy Disaster
The populist movement known as #FreeCJSpiller reached its apex a couple weeks ago, when the electrifying Buffalo Bills running back was averaging more than seven yards a touch, mowing down defenses at will, while head coach Chan Gailey insisted on maintaining an even timeshare with infinitely less talented backfield mate Fred Jackson. Nothing against Jackson. […]
We need to talk about Danario Alexander
Danario Alexander, the shot of life into the decaying corpse of the Chargers’ passing game, is more than a waiver wire flier, more than a guy worth a plug and play and a prayer for a fluky 80-yard score this week against the Broncos. Alexander is the 24-year-old free agent signing last seen in a […]
Three Ways to Avoid Thursday Night Fantasy Disaster
Thursday night’s game, pitting the Indianapolis Colts against the hopeless, hapless, helpless Jacksonville Jaguars, is about as sexy as a New Jersey Housewife without her standard three pairs of Spanx, or you sunken in the couch on a Sunday, unshowered and covered in potato chip crumbs while you cry into your beer about that muddy […]
Working The Wire: Week 10
I think the inimitable Chris Wesseling said it best when he tweeted last week that fantasy football is a patient man’s (or woman’s) game. Keep that firmly in mind as you poke around your various waiver wires this week. You may land a nice waiver wire player on Wednesday or Thursday. Bravo, friend. But don’t […]
3 Ways To Avoid Thursday Night Fantasy Disaster
Uncertainty plagues every fantasy footballer, every week, every lineup decision, no matter how glaringly obvious. But it’s especially on Thursdays that we hesitate, we hold fire because we don’t want to trot out our borderline plays just to see them flop on the national stage and set you squarely behind that seemingly immovable eight ball. […]
Working The Wire: Week 9
I’m writing this, banking on everyone having some semblance of an Internet connection by Wednesday or Thursday. Frankenstorm, however, might destroy your fake football preparations. These, friends, are First World Problems. There’s still decent value on the waiver wire, so don’t ignore unclaimed players this week. I’m not going to tell you to grab Jonathan […]
3 Ways to Avoid Thursday Night Disaster: Week 8
See, Thursday nights don’t have to be your terrifying fake football nightmare. Last week, I recommended three ways to safeguard against the all-too-common Thursday Night Football fantasy football debacle – benching the guy who goes bananas, playing the boom or bust guy who posts a nice, round zero in your fantasy roster. All three picks […]