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A Fevered Fantasy Football Brain

Green Bay Packers tightend Jermichael Finley

My eyelids flung open at 3:13 a.m., and all I could think of – with the fog of sleep swept away by the churning machine of my anxiety – was Jermichael Finley. It was the wee hours of a Wednesday during football season, which, for me and millions like me, means precisely one thing: Waiver […]

We Need To Talk About Jared Cook

Tennessee Titans tight end Jared Cook

You’re racking up credit card charges that’ll make you wretch in January, you’re drinking to excess and humiliating yourself at holiday parties every weekend, and Jared Cook is about to become fantasy relevant again. It’s December. Think of Cook, a physical specimen at 6-foot-5 and 249 pounds who runs the 40 in an astounding 4.5 seconds, […]

Three Ways to Avoid Thursday Night Fantasy Disaster

Tony Gonzalez

Bench Garrett Hartley. That’s about it. It’s going to be hard to mess up this one, dear reader. We have two offenses that run on high-octane gasoline and cocaine, one defense that has proven laughably bad through most of this season, and another that has looked increasingly vulnerable of late. The Saints-Falcons showdown on Thursday […]

We Need To Talk About Dallas Clark

Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Dallas Clark

It’s time for Dallas Clark hipsters to come back to their guy. The owners who, in late 2007 and throughout 2008, latched onto the tight end running seam routes for Peyton Manning’s well-oiled Colts machine and watched him catch 100 passes for 1,100 yards in 2009, should consider hooking up with the old man one more […]

Avoid the Thanksgiving Day Massacre

Matthew Stafford

I’ve been there – you’re going into Turkey Day, locked in the heat of a lethal fake football playoff battle with your buddy or coworker or college friend who snuck his way into your keeper league and has proven a genuine douche bag over the first 11 weeks of the NFL season. You’re ready to […]