Wildcard Weekend’s Best Fantasy Plays: WRs, TEs and Defenses
Ranking quarterbacks and running backs for Wildcard Weekend was a fairly simple task, with elite options facing appealing matchups in the opening week of the postseason. Naming top wide receivers and tight ends is a slightly messier task, which much more room for all-out screaming matches on the Twitter Machine. So read on, and scream […]
Fantasy Football Keeper Watch: Quarterbacks to Consider for 2013 and Beyond
When keeping a fantasy quarterback, the decision can be easier at some times than others. The four most consistent players are exactly who you would expect. In the last six seasons, only Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, and Peyton Manning have reached the top 10 in standard scoring at least five times. Brees is […]
Wild Card Weekend’s Best Fantasy Plays: QBs and RBs
I don’t care who wins the Super Bowl. I’ve said that before, and even in this time of postseason frothing at the mouth, I stand by it. Real football is of no interest to me. Give me stats, give me fakeness – just don’t make me pretend to care about the playoffs. ESPN and NFL.com […]
Detroit Lions Should Fire Someone, Anyone
The Detroit Lions are the worst professional sports team in recent memory, and the worst team in all of football in the past decade. Since 2002, the franchise has compiled a record of 51 wins and 118 losses. The team has never won a Super Bowl, their last three NFL Championships came in the 50s, […]
Fantasy Football Keeper Watch: Wide Receivers to Consider for 2013 and Beyond
Who should you keep at the receiver position? Do you aim for up-and-comers? Try to predict the 2007 Randy Mosses and 2012 Calvin Johnsons? Dig for a 2011 Laurent Robinson and Victor Cruz? Or stick it out with low-risk, low-reward soldiers like Marques Colston and the old Hines Ward, who yield roughly 80 catches, 1000 […]
Ridiculous FanDuel Values for Week 17
Let’s cut through coachspeak and sift through a few FanDuel plays at ludicrously rock-bottom prices. No matter the bluster head coaches spew over these next few days, major fantasy football commodities are going to have their hind parts on the pine come Sunday, perhaps after the first series, maybe after the first half. Rolling the […]
We Need To Talk About Michael Vick
I promise I’m not trolling you. It’s Week 17, the time for fake football owners who truly hate themselves and play until the bitter, unpredictable final week of the NFL’s regular season. Many of your studliest studs, no matter what vagaries their coaches speak this week, will take a seat on Sunday because their teams […]
Three Ways To Avoid Saturday Night Fantasy Disaster
If we must suffer, at least there will be points to be had. These pre-Sunday games have been a special kind of torture for so many fantasy owners in 2012. Thursday nights spent agonizing over every snap, every throw, every fumble and interception and field goal and touchdown, hoping to various deities that our guy […]