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  Ask the Geeks - Week 10: 24 Hours Until Game-time

  Brandon 1:53 pm on 11/14/2009 | 15 Permalink Reply
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  With the weather absolutely terrible here in the Northeast, I figured it was a good time to answer some of the Ask the Geeks questions that have come in over the past few days. We’ll most likely get one more post up before game time tomorrow, so if you have any last minute questions, make sure to get them in here or leave them as comments on this post!

  Also, make sure to leave your feedback on our commenting system here at FFGeekBlog.com so we can figure out if we need to revise the system or not. Anyways, let’s get to the questions…

  Wolf asks…

  Who would you put your money on…

  Brent Celek @SD
  Shockey @StL
  Carlson @Ari
  Shiancoe @Det

  They’ve all been inconsistent.. who hits the mark with a good matchup.

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  Commenting on FFGeekBlog.com?

  Brandon 4:55 pm on 11/13/2009 | 12 Permalink Reply
  

  As The Fantasy Football Geek Blog continues to grow, Matt and I are noticing a lot more activity from our awesome readers. On certain posts, we’ve gotten upwards of 40-50 comments and with the current format we use, this means that all those comments show up on the main page (FFGeekBlog.com.) This may cause some readers a bit of frustration if they’re searching for a specific post that we’ve published. We’ve already mentioned the “Hide Threads” button, which allows you to collapse all comments on the page, as well as added a new sidebar section (“Latest Posts”) that allows you to view the five most recent posts, but maybe this isn’t enough. We’re interested to how our readers feel about our current commenting format and see if anyone had suggestions on how we could possibly improve it. We definitely don’t want to discourage anyone from commenting, so if you feel that hiding comments on the main page will prevent you from responding to our posts, please let us know. Please let us know what you think and thanks in advance for the input!

  
  

   
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  Hits & Misses - Week 10: Thursday Night Football Edition

  Brandon 4:13 pm on 11/12/2009 | 26 Permalink Reply
  Tags: antonio gates (9), brandon marshall (36), brett favre (34), cedric benson (16), chris johnson (29), david garrard (13), derrick mason (8), devin hester (11), donovan mcnabb (26), drew brees (25), dustin keller (15), hits and misses (9), joseph addai (16), knowshon moreno (4), kyle orton (24), mark sanchez (11), pierre thomas (20), ray rice (8), roddy white (22), santana moss (12), sidney rice (8)

  As I mentioned in an earlier post, make sure to check your rosters before the game tonight so that you don’t get screwed with a starter on your bench (or even worse if there are leagues out there that lock rosters after the first game of the week starts!) Anyways, I wanted to get this post out with time to spare before game-time tonight in case any of the 49ers or Bears players made the list. Here are our “Hits” and “Misses” for week ten, listing players you want to make sure are in your lineup, as well as those you might consider shelving for the week (or at least lowering your expectations!) (More …)

   
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  Ask the Geeks - Week 10: Running back questions galore!

  Brandon 11:20 am on 11/12/2009 | 29 Permalink Reply
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  With the first game of the week less than 12 hours away, I figured it was time to put up our first Ask the Geeks post for week ten. Remember, you can ask the geeks here or simply leave your questions as comments on our posts and we’ll try our best to respond to them as soon as possible.

  David asks…

  I’m doing well in my league right now but I made a pretty big mistake early in the season, trading Addai, and others, for an injured McFadden, and others. I dropped McFadden but picked him up off waivers last week. With Jacobs out this week on bye, I need a second RB, and my other options include Buckhalter and Donald Brown. (I have MJD as my RB1). I’m in first place in my league, so no hope for a waiver pick-up and I’m not willing to trade anyone decent away at this point. My gut says that McFadden will have a decent RB2 game against KC. What do you think? Many thanks for the great site.

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  There's a football game tonight!

  Brandon 10:41 am on 11/12/2009 | 6 Permalink Reply
  

  In case you weren’t aware, the Bears will head to San Francisco to play the 49ers in some Thursday Night Football action tonight. Keep this in mind, as you’ll want to make sure any Bears or 49ers players on your roster are either in or out (depending on who) of your line-up so you don’t get screwed over!

   
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  Week 10 Defenses to Consider

  Brandon 2:55 pm on 11/10/2009 | 6 Permalink Reply
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  Here’s a quick list of teams that are playing some of the lesser offenses in the league this week and who could be available in your league in case you were looking for a plug-in (with the percent owned in parenthesis):

  • New Orleans (99%) @ St. Louis
  • Minnesota (97%) vs Detroit
  • Baltimore (96%) @ Cleveland
  • Denver (90%) @ Washington
  • New York Jets (71%) vs Jacksonville
  • Atlanta (70%) @ Carolina
  • San Francisco (70%) vs Chicago
  • Miami (53%) vs Tampa Bay
  • Tennessee (22%) vs Buffalo
  • Oakland (5%) vs Kansas City
  • Kansas City (3%) @ Oakland

  Unfortunately, most of the defenses matched up against the worst teams in the league are already owned in most leagues out there!

   
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  The Wire - Week 10: The Return of Chris Chambers

  Brandon 5:21 pm on 11/09/2009 | 55 Permalink Reply
  Tags: alex smith (12), andre caldwell (3), beanie wells (5), brandon pettigrew (4), chris chambers (10), correll buckhalter (8), derrick ward (5), devery henderson (7), dustin keller (15), earl bennett (6), jamal lewis (21), james jones (6), jason hill, joey haynos, josh freeman (5), Justin Fargas (17), kevin boss (12), ladell betts (2), laveranues coles (9), malcom floyd (4), mark sanchez (11), matt cassel (26), mike wallace (6), patrick crayton (5), robert meachem (15), sammie stroughter (2), the wire (12), Vince Young (9), zach miller (10)

  Here are our waiver wire candidates for week ten. As usual, you’ll find players who are either [Startable], a [Stopgap] to get you past a BYE or injury, [Worth a look] and spot on your bench, or [One-week-wonder]s who don’t warrant a roster spot, so you make your roster moves accordingly. You’ll also see the percent owned in parenthesis (and if you see an asterisk by the players name, it means they’re on a BYE this week.)

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  Team of the Week - Week 9: Tampa Bay wins a game...and is the top defense of the week?

  Brandon 9:45 am on 11/09/2009 | 2 Permalink Reply
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  Here is the fantasy football “Team of the Week” for week nine, listing the players that scored the most points (using standard scoring) over the course of Sunday’s games. Overall, it was the big names that put up big numbers this week, but we had a few wildcards. Greg Olsen finally made an appearance this week with his three touchdowns, but it was the Tampa Bay defense that was the biggest surprise. You have to feel bad for Packers fans at this point, after losing to Favre twice and giving the Bucs their first win of the season…

  Pos.	Player	Stats
  QB	Kurt Warner (ARI)	261 passing yards, 3 rushing yards, 5 TD
  RB	Michael Turner (ATL)	166 rushing yards, 14 receiving yards, 2 TD
  RB	Chris Johnson (TEN)	135 rushing yards, 25 receiving yards, 2 TD
  WR	Larry Fitzgerald (ARI)	123 receiving yards, 2 TD
  WR	Randy Moss (NE)	147 receiving yards, 1 TD, 1 two-pt conversion
  WR	Mike Sims-Walker (JAX)	147 receiving yards, 1 TD
  TE	Greg Olsen (CHI)	71 receiving yards, 3 TD
  K	Stephen Gostkowski (NE)	Kicks – 20-29 (0), 30-39 (3), 40-49 (1), PAT (1)
  DEF	Tampa Bay (?!)	28 points allowed, 6 sack, 3 interceptions, 0 fumble recoveries, 2 TD, 1 blocked kick, thousands of depressed Packers fans

   
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  Brandon 10:17 am on 11/08/2009 | 12 Permalink Reply
  

  In the Blogger League, I just accepted a trade, giving up Peyton Manning (gasp!) and Bernard Berrian for Ben Roethlisberger and Miles Austin. What does everyone think? I also have Matt Ryan as my backup quarterback, so I wasn’t too worried about depth there. My only real good receiver though was Chad Ochocinco, so now I have a solid duo there.

  Anyways, good luck everyone this week!

   
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  Ask the Geeks - Week 9: Game-time edition

  Brandon 10:12 am on 11/08/2009 | 13 Permalink Reply
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  Again, before we get started with the questions, I just wanted to remind everyone that we’re running a contest for a $50 NFL.com gift card, which you can win by simply picking the quarterback who will score the most fantasy points this week. The entries will be cut off soon, so get your pick in quickly!

  Anyways, here are our final Ask the Geek questions for week nine. If you have any more questions, you can leave them as comments on the post and hopefully some of our excellent readers can help you out (if we’re not able to get to them.)

  Shirley asks…

  I have both Slaton & Moats in one league (non-PPR, start 2 RBs, one flex spot). Coach Kubiak announced that Moats would be the starter so should I start Moats and sit Slaton? My other RBs are Frank Gore, Ricky Williams and Beanie Wells.

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  Brandon 10:03 am on 11/07/2009 | 0 Permalink Reply
  

  I was just thinking, with the holiday season coming up, a $50 NFL.com gift card would make a great present for any football fan out there. Coincidentally, we’re still running our contest to win a free one, so make sure to head over and pick the top fantasy quarterback of the week for your chance to win it!

  Also, if you’re looking for some additional start/sit advice for this week’s games (maybe FFGeekBlog’s wasn’t enough for some crazy reason?!), try heading over to our friend the Fantasy Football Librarian’s site for some more suggestions.

   
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  Ask the Geeks - Week 9: What's the deal with Steve Slaton?

  Brandon 10:25 am on 11/06/2009 | 46 Permalink Reply
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  Before we get started with the questions, I just wanted to remind everyone that we’re running a contest for a $50 NFL.com gift card, which you can win by simply picking the quarterback who will score the most fantasy points this week. Make sure to head over and make your pick before the games start this weekend!

  Anyways, here is our first round of Ask the Geek questions for week nine. Remember, you can ask the geeks here or simply leave your questions as comments on our posts and we’ll try our best to respond to them as soon as possible. Our first question focuses on a common topic of this week…what is the deal with Steve Slaton?

  Will asks…

  Like many I was victimized by the Steve Slaton benching (Thanks Gary Kubiak!). Should I stick with Slaton this week against the Colts or should I try Julius Jones against the Lions?

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  Hits & Misses - Week 9: Baseball is finally over!

  Brandon 11:42 am on 11/05/2009 | 29 Permalink Reply
  Tags: aaron rodgers (30), alex smith (12), brandon jacobs (20), desean jackson (12), eli manning (19), heath miller (7), jake delhomme (13), jason witten (5), knowshon moreno (4), Laurence Maroney (9), Matt Hasselbeck (11), matt schaub (19), michael crabtree (9), mike sims-walker (12), miles austin (5), pierre thomas (20), rashard mendenhall (8), ryan grant (21), santonio holmes (9), steve smith (26)

  Now that baseball is finally over, we can focus on the sport that should have a spotlight at this point in the year…football. Before we get to the players though, remember to enter in our contest to win a $50 NFL.com gift card simply by predicting the top fantasy quarterback of the week (my QB “hits” might help you out!) Also, if you’re feeling generous, head over to the Fantasy Football Librarian’s site and vote for FFGeekBlog.com in her first annual Readers’ Choice Poll.

  Anyways, that’s enough self-promotion…here are our “Hits” and “Misses” for week nine, listing players you want to make sure are in your lineup, as well as those you might consider shelving for the week (or at least lowering your expectations!) (More …)

   
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  Vote for FFGeekBlog.com in the FFLibrarian Readers' Choice Poll

  Brandon 10:23 am on 11/04/2009 | 1 Permalink Reply
  

  While we’re running our own contest/promotion (for a $50 NFL.com gift card!), we figured it would be nice to plug a fellow blogger’s own promotion…the 1st Annual FFLibrarian Readers’ Choice Poll. Now it’d be a lie if we told you we were advertising her survey purely out of the kindness of our hearts, as we’re hoping that our awesome readers might be able to notch a few votes for FFGeekBlog.com there! We’re in the running for our waiver wire (The Wire) and start/sit (Hits & Misses) advice, as well as favorite fantasy football blog and some other stuff I believe, so head on over to the Fantasy Football Librarian’s site and vote away!

   
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  Week 9 Defenses to Consider

  Brandon 10:08 am on 11/04/2009 | 0 Permalink Reply
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  Here’s a quick list of teams that are playing some of the lesser offenses in the league this week and who could be available in your league in case you were looking for a plug-in (with the percent owned in parenthesis):

  • Green Bay (96%) @ Tampa Bay
  • New England (84%) vs Miami – You’ll have to cross your fingers that the Patriots can slow down the Wildcat and the rest of the Dolphins running game if you go this direction though.
  • San Francisco (58%) vs Tennessee
  • Atlanta (51%) vs Washington
  • Seattle (43%) vs Detroit
  • Jacksonville (14%) vs Kansas City

  Also, remember to send in your entry for the top fantasy quarterback of week nine for your chance to win a $50 NFL.com gift card!

   
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  The Wire - Week 9: Desperate Times

  Brandon 1:18 pm on 11/03/2009 | 49 Permalink Reply
  Tags: alex smith (12), antonio bryant (18), beanie wells (5), correll buckhalter (8), daniel fells (2), deion branch (11), dustin keller (15), fred davis (7), jamaal charles (7), jamal lewis (21), jeremy maclin (5), joel dreessen, Justin Fargas (17), kevin boss (12), lance moore (9), larod stephens-howling, Laurence Maroney (9), laveranues coles (9), leonard weaver (3), malcom floyd (4), mark sanchez (11), Matt Hasselbeck (11), maurice morris (6), mike bell (9), mike thomas (2), mike wallace (6), patrick crayton (5), ryan moats (3), sammie stroughter (2), ted ginn (7), the wire (12), tony scheffler (7), Vince Young (9), zach miller (10)

  Here are our waiver wire candidates for week nine. As usual, you’ll find players who are either [Startable], a [Stopgap] to get you past a BYE or injury, [Worth a look] and spot on your bench, or [One-week-wonder]s who don’t warrant a roster spot, so you make your roster moves accordingly. You’ll also see the percent owned in parenthesis (and if you see an asterisk by the players name, it means they’re on a BYE this week.)

  Before we start, don’t forget to enter in our contest to win a $50 NFL.com gift card!

  This week the talent is really starting to fall off the cliff, with the only real interesting additions to the list being Texans’ running back Ryan Moats and Chargers’ receiver Malcom Floyd…but even they don’t raise all that much excitement. Anyways, here’s the guys that are still available out there in case you’re in desperate need of help at a position. Hopefully you don’t have to rely on these guys too much!
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  Team of the Week - Week 8: Ryan Moats?

  Brandon 9:46 am on 11/02/2009 | 10 Permalink Reply
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  Here is the fantasy football “Team of the Week” for week eight, listing the players that scored the most points (using standard scoring) over the course of Sunday’s games. This week was pretty slow for most of the positions, but there were some huge performances by running backs (and not the one’s you might have expected!)

  Pos.	Player	Stats
  QB	Aaron Rodgers (GB)	287 passing yards, 52 rushing yards, 3 TD
  RB	Chris Johnson (TEN)	228 rushing yards, 11 receiving yards, 2 TD
  RB	Ryan Moats (HOU)	126 rushing yards, 25 receiving yards, 3 TD
  WR	Reggie Wayne (IND)	147 receiving yards, 1 TD
  WR	Vincent Jackson (SD)	103 receiving yards, 1 TD
  WR	Greg Jennings (GB)	88 receiving yards, 1 TD
  TE	Dustin Keller (NYJ)	76 receiving yards, 1 TD
  K	Rob Bironas (TEN)	Kicks – 20-29 (1), 30-39 (0), 40-49 (2), PAT (3)
  DEF	Chicago	6 points allowed, 1 sack, 2 interceptions, 3 fumble recoveries, 1 TD, 1 Blocked Kick

   
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  Brandon 12:39 pm on 11/01/2009 | 3 Permalink Reply
  

  I’m heading out to a 5.5 mile road race right now, so I won’t be able to respond to any more last minute line-up questions. If Matt signs on before game-time, maybe he can respond to some, but otherwise good luck and hopefully everyone makes the right choices!

   
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  Ask the Geeks - Week 8: Boo!

  Brandon 1:35 pm on 10/31/2009 | 6 Permalink Reply
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  Here are the rest of the Ask the Geek questions for the week. With the organization of a Halloween party in the works, I most likely won’t be getting to any more questions today (maybe Matt will), so in advance I wish everyone the best of luck! Anyways, let’s get to your inquiries…

  AO asks…

  I can start 2 recievers in addition to Andre Johnson and to pick from I have:

  Sidney Rice
  Mario Manningham
  Micheal Crabtree
  Devin Hester

  I am feeling Hester against the Browns and Sidney Rice as a more consistent producer with the long ball likely. Thoughts?

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  Hits & Misses - Week 8: Happy Halloween!

  Brandon 11:07 am on 10/29/2009 | 39 Permalink Reply
  Tags: adrian peterson (32), alex smith (12), andre johnson (19), brandon marshall (36), brett favre (34), david garrard (13), deangelo williams (17), derrick mason (8), devin hester (11), donovan mcnabb (26), jeremy shockey (7), Matt Forte (25), matt ryan (19), michael crabtree (9), mike sims-walker (12), ryan grant (21), steve slaton (18), steven jackson (13), tony gonzalez (13), tony romo (26)

  With Halloween right around the corner, hopefully your fantasy teams are in for more treats than tricks! While there is no game on Sunday night due to the World Series, I’m excited for the treat we’ll all get on Monday night when we actually get to see a good football game (Falcons @ Saints), instead of what we were forced to witness last week. Make sure to set your rosters early on Saturday so that you don’t forget while you’re nursing that post-party hangover on Sunday!

  Anyways, here are our “Hits” and “Misses” for week eight, listing players you want to make sure are in your lineup, as well as those you might consider shelving for the week (or at least lowering your expectations!) We start it off with a few big name running backs that you may be concerned about… (More …)