I'm intrigued by something I just read in this post on Rotowire's fantasy football blog. Blogger Peter Schoenke believes there's pretty solid consensus for the top five picks in '08 ("Tomlinson, A. Peterson, Westbrook, Addai, S. Jackson") and weighs who he'd take with the 6th spot (I'd go with Lynch, but that might be the Bills bias talking).
I was just perusing the Yahoo Roto Arcade fantasy football mock draft, minding my own business, when I stumbled across this flabberghastination (that's a word now because of this pick): Jamal Lewis with the 10th pick. Despite Lewis' very nice season last year, I'd never, ever take him that high, and here's why.
Couldn't say I saw this one coming. AOL already runs its own fantasy sports leagues (which I've never tried), but they must not be attracting many users, or they must prefer Fleaflicker's technology over their own. I can't imagine Fleaflicker holding out for too much money, so it may have been a pretty painless way for AOL to reign in a competitor before they got too big. Now they've just got to worry about Yahoo, CBS Sportsline, Fox Sports, ESPN, NFL.com, FantasyPlayers.com, and about 100 other smaller sites. No biggie.
I'm actually kind of a politics geek too, so I'm totally signing up for this. This may be a sign of depression setting in - are there seriously like three more months before Yahoo opens up the fantasy football signups?
Here are the details on the deal. Does anyone really use Fanball for anything other than player news? I've never found any of their offerings to be all that compelling.
Brandon and I are in a keeper league that got its start in the '06 season. I'm the commish, and I've been pretty happy with the system we have in place for keepers. It's relatively conservative, it's fair, and it rewards good judgment on player potential while not going so far as to slam the door shut on teams who didn't make the best keeper decisions the previous season. The system we use is after the jump, and after using it for two seasons, I feel comfortable recommending it.
At least, unless he's not a man of his word, that is:
...and I'm already sick of all the Tony Soprano jokes we're going to be treated to by Boomer, Kornheiser, and that greasy moron who arbitrarily pushes buttons on Around the Horn. Why, you ask, are we going to be hearing so many jokes involving Tony Soprano and the excellent HBO drama named after his fictional family?
If you're participating in a league with friends (or one of those online contests) that applies fantasy rules to playoff football, we'd love to hear about it. Use the comment portion of this post to share your experiences and recommendations.
For all of you that made your league's championship game this weekend, tonight begins your last match of the season, so good luck! Hopefully we can answer some last minute questions to get you that trophy.
We're at least as qualified as Funston.
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