Updates from August, 2010

  • NFL leaders through week 3 (of the preseason)

    Brandon 2:29 pm on 8/30/2010 | 0 Permalink Reply
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    Here are the leaders through the first three weeks of the preseason…which are the most important weeks. Week four could possibly jettison some 4th stringer up the ranks, but that shouldn’t impact your thoughts on him going into the fantasy football season. In terms of the numbers, you can see Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are already in mid-season form. Arian Foster Matt Forte and Ryan Mathews are showing that they may be the real deal as well and at this point, both make solid RB2′s to start the season. As for the receivers, the only guy worth drafting is a tight end…although Max Komar is a pretty cool name guys worth drafting are a tight end and MAYBE Jabar Gaffney…but even he’s a stretch.

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    (Stats via NFL.com)

     

  • Sidney Rice to miss half the season

    Brandon 12:13 pm on 8/24/2010 | 11 Permalink Reply
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    In case you haven’t yet heard, Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Sidney Rice has had hip surgery and will miss upwards of half the 2010-11 NFL season. Obviously that means you probably don’t want to draft him for your fantasy football team…at least not until the last couple rounds, if you must. With Percy Harvin suffering with migraines, this means that WR Bernard Berrian and TE Visanthe Shiancoe (and Javon Walker?) will most likely be Brett Favre’s top targets heading into the season. Draft accordingly!

     

  • NFL leaders through week 1 (of the preseason)

    Brandon 10:43 am on 8/18/2010 | 0 Permalink Reply
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    Here are your offensive yardage leaders through the first week of the preseason. Keep in mind that the Bengals and Cowboys have already played two games. Also note, you should not draft any of these players, except Aaron Rodgers, Julian Edelman and possibly Bernard Scott.

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    (Stats via NFL.com)

     

  • 2010 NFL Draft starts tonight!

    Brandon 10:52 am on 4/22/2010 | 0 Permalink Reply
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    In case you’re living under a rock, we just wanted to remind you that the first round of the NFL Draft is tonight, with the second and third rounds on Friday, while the final rounds will be on Saturday. Here’s hoping the Patriots put their 12 draft picks (four in the first two rounds) to good use. There are a lot of holes to fill and the Jets and Dolphins aren’t taking it easy this off-season!

    P.S. I’m still trying to decide how I feel about the Patriots signing Torry Holt. Hopefully he’s not the next Joey Galloway!

     

  • Brandon Marshall traded to Miami Dolphins

    Brandon 10:29 am on 4/14/2010 | 1 Permalink Reply
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    It’s a sad day when a player with your name (you’re obligated to root for him right?) is traded to a division rival of your favorite team :-( There’s no way I will be buying a Brandon Marshall – Miami Dolphins jersey!

    Anyways, I have to think that this move makes Chad Henne a viable fantasy quarterback next season…although it would still be best to have him as a back-up until you see what he’s capable of with a serious wide receiver in the mix. The Broncos passing game is downgraded tremendously unless Eddie Royal can figure out how to play football again. Poor Brady Quinn…just when he thought he might have a chance to succeed.

     

  • Quinton Ganther to start for Redskins

    Brandon 4:45 pm on 12/09/2009 | 32 Permalink Reply
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    Looks like Quinton Ganther will get first crack at a bad Raiders run defense on Sunday, with Rock Cartwright being demoted to backup status. At this point Ganther makes a decent flex play and possibly RB2 if you’re really struggling, but I’m a little worried that it will end up being a time-share in the Washington backfield when push comes to shove.

     

  • Jamal Lewis done for the year?

    Brandon 4:34 pm on 12/02/2009 | 9 Permalink Reply
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    For those of you struggling at the running back position (or those of you who have Jamal Lewis on your roster,) you might consider picking up Chris Jennings, who could very well be the new starting running back for the Cleveland Browns. Apparently Jamal Lewis suffered a concussion in last weeks game and could be calling it quits for the season (and therefor his career, since he mentioned he would retire after this season.) While Jerome Harrison was backing up Lewis early in the season, it’s been Jennings that has spelled Lewis recently and should be the first in line to get additional carries. This weekend the Browns play a San Diego team that while better recently, hasn’t been the greatest the league has to offer in terms of stopping the run, so Chris Jennings could be a possible RB2 or flex candidate.

     

  • Reggie Bush out this Sunday?

    Brandon 4:34 pm on 11/20/2009 | 7 Permalink Reply
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    Throughout most of his NFL career, I wouldn’t have cared a whole lot whether Reggie Bush played or not. However, now that I actually have him on my best fantasy football squad AND because he’s actually putting up decent numbers these days, I’m very nervous about the thought of him not occupying the W/R spot on my roster this weekend. It’s looking more and more like it’s heading that way too, with Reggie nursing a knee bruise. Not helping the situation is the fact that the Saints are undefeated and have no need to risk injuring one of their most dynamic players any further. Keep an eye on this situation until he’s ruled out for sure, but with such an enticing match-up against Tampa Bay, I won’t be happy if he takes the week off.

     

  • Thursday Night Football: MIA @ CAR

    Brandon 9:08 am on 11/19/2009 | 0 Permalink Reply
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    Just like last week, keep in mind that there is a Thursday Night Football game tonight, as the Dolphins head to Carolina to play the Panthers. With Ronnie Brown out for the season now, you definitely want Ricky Williams in your line-up tonight, so don’t forget to set your rosters this afternoon!

     

  • Brandon 9:28 am on 10/16/2009 | 1 Permalink Reply
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    Jets’ wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery will miss this weekend’s game with the Bills, so make sure you bench him and put in an alternate. On a side note, this seems like an unfortunate time for an injury for Cotchery, with Braylon Edwards now in town and quickly becoming one of Sanchez’s favorite targets. I’m sure Jerricho wants to get out there as soon as possible so he doesn’t become forgotten/expendable.

     

  • Matt 3:54 pm on 10/14/2009 | 2 Permalink Reply
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    The Mike Sims-Walker suspension mystery has been solved. If you’d like to know what he was doing when he missed his curfew, you can either read this update from the Jags’ reporter or the lyrics to this Bloodhound Gang song.

     

  • Brandon 2:11 pm on 10/08/2009 | 6 Permalink Reply
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    Bad news for those clinging to hopes that Derrick Ward or Earnest Graham might have some fantasy value this year. Greg Olson, Tampa Bay’s offensive coordinator, has stated…

    We went into the season kind of with the mentality of let’s work Cadillac in. Maybe we can rotate him with the other backs. But as good as he’s looked here early on in the season, I think it’s time we become more committed to Cadillac Williams as a full-time guy.

     

  • Braylon Edwards traded to Jets

    Brandon 10:06 am on 10/07/2009 | 4 Permalink Reply
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    Just when you thought the 49ers signing of Michael Crabtree was the biggest news of the day, Braylon Edwards goes and gets traded to the New York Jets for Chansi Stuckey (and more)! This is great news for those of you lucky enough to win the Mohamed Massaquoi (Browns’ rookie receiver) sweepstakes in this weeks waiver wire. However, I’m not sure it helps Jericho Cotchery’s value all that much.

     

  • Brandon 10:55 am on 9/01/2009 | 0 Permalink Reply
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    With the server finally back up and running, let me just put up a few notes that I wanted to mention over the past day or so…

     

  • Preseason week 2 leaders

    Brandon 6:39 pm on 8/24/2009 | 0 Permalink Reply
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    Now that we’ve got two weeks of preseason stats, the leaderboard is starting to get a little more interesting and realistic from a fantasy football point of view. Historically, the third week has been where the starters play the longest, but here’s a glimpse (compliments of NFL.com) of the leaders after two games so far…

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  • Quick hits from week two of the preseason

    Brandon 9:18 am on 8/24/2009 | 1 Permalink Reply
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    Just a few notes from the weekend preseason games…

    • Falcons running back Michael Turner continued to look great in the preseason, rushing seven times for 65 yards and a score against the Rams. In non-PPR leagues, he’s a top three running back without a doubt.
    • Bears new quarterback Jay Cutler made a good recovery from his first week struggles, throwing for 121 yards and a touchdown on 8 of 13 attempts. Cutler will be solid for the Bears and is start-able in all league formats.
    • Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel looked a heck of a lot better this weekend than he did in week one of the preseason, completing nine of fourteen passes for 99 yards and a touchdown to receiver Dwayne Bowe. I wouldn’t be comfortable with Cassel as the starter on my fantasy football team until he puts up a few more good performances though and even then, he’s still more likely to be a bye-week/injury fill-in. In terms of Bowe, you can forget all that talk of him being demoted to second string due to poor conditioning, as he’s clearly established himself as the best receiver on the team and makes a decent-WR1/great-WR2 going into the season.
    • Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo looked sharp, throwing for 192 yards on 18 of 24 attempts. Although he is still working on his chemistry with receiver Roy Williams, he still has Jason Witten and some other receivers to spread the ball to in the meantime.
    • In just two offensive series, veteran tight end Tony Gonzalez caught three passes for 32 yards and a touchdown from quarterback Matt Ryan. While there was talk that he was still trying to get the system down, this is a pretty good sign that by the time the season starts, Gonzo will be ready to pick up right where he left off last season…racking up the yards and touchdowns.
     

  • Brandon 9:20 am on 8/11/2009 | 1 Permalink Reply
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    Looks like the Jay Cutler and Devin Hester are already working well together and Matt Snyder from Fanhouse writes:

    “You’ll still be able to get Hester as a WR3 in the majority of fantasy leagues, and it’s looking like he’ll be an absolute steal.”

    I agree with Snyder and will definitely be targeting Hester in my draft this year, as I have a lot of faith that Cutler will get him the ball a lot. In the same article, Snyder writes about Darrius Heyward-Bey:

    “(he) is already dealing with his second training camp injury. First, it was a tweaked hamstring, and now it’s a bum toe. Even if he exits camp healthy, he’s got fantasy bust written all over him for 2009. Teammates Chaz Schilens and Johnnie Lee Higgins are being drafted later but will both have better seasons.”

    Seems he is pretty confident that Heyward-Bey will NOT be contributing to your fantasy team this year. While I’m not quite as pessimistic, it’s very hard to expect anything from Raiders receivers (besides TE Zach Miller) until we’ve seen that JaMarcus Russell has improved dramatically this preseason.

     

  • Which teams don't want Terrell Owens - and which teams might

    Matt 5:19 pm on 3/07/2009 | 5 Permalink Reply
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    It’s the web page Drew Rosenhaus hopes you never see – ProFootballTalk.com is maintaining a running list of teams that have (wisely) stated they have no interest in signing Terrell Owens. I’m not going to copy and paste it here since it seems kind of douche-ish to copy the entirety of someone else’s work instead of linking to it. I was somewhat surprised that the list includes the Raiders, who were the first team that came to everyone’s mind when they wondered, “Who would drop a boatload of cash on a notorious locker room cancer who has gotten along with precisely nobody in his career and has at most two more productive seasons left in him?” It’s also interesting to see the that none of the three of the other teams in the NFC East are interested, which means T.O. won’t get the chance to avenge his ouster wearing the uniform of a division rival.

    Of course, just because a team isn’t on this list doesn’t mean they’re thinking about acquiring him. Some teams might even consider the prospect of hiring T.O. so preposterous that they don’t even think it’s worth stating the obvious. Of the remaining NFL teams that might be interested, which ones might actually give him a chance? (More …)

     

  • Housh's a Hawk. Now to figure out where that puts him.

    Matt 7:52 pm on 3/02/2009 | 0 Permalink Reply
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    Now that we know T.J. Houshmandzadeh (whose name I can just now finally spell from memory) is officially headed to Seattle, I’m trying to figure out where to move him on my cheat sheet. Given that he’ll be 32 around the start of next season, he’s obviously someone to approach with caution in keeper leagues, but for redraft purposes, I’m probably even more enthusiastic about him than most.

    This isn’t the most exciting fantasy situation he could have landed in, but it’s far from the worst. Housh will be Bobby Engram on steroids (er… you know what I mean). He’ll catch a hundred passes and get a ton of red-zone looks.

    The only wideouts I can say for sure that I like more than Housh at this point are Larry Fitzgerald, Andre Johnson, Randy Moss, and Steve Smith. After that, a lot will depend on the draft and the preseason, but I think it’s safe to say that he’ll fall in the top ten for me.

     

  • 2009 Pro Bowl rosters announced

    Brandon 10:01 pm on 12/17/2008 | 5 Permalink Reply
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    If you haven’t seen them yet, the 2009 Pro Bowl rosters were announced today and you can see the entire teams here. I’ve already been reading articles mentioning Panthers running back DeAngelo Williams (2nd in NFL for rushing touchdowns, 4th in NFL for rushing yards), Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers (leads the NFL in passer rating and touchdown passes) and Texans rookie running back Steve Slaton as the biggest snubs, while listing Jets quarterback Brett Favre (leads NFL in interceptions) and Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown (17th in NFL for rushing yards, got 4 of 10 touchdowns in one game) as the most undeserving of a roster spot. After reviewing the stats, a few other snubs, who will probably make it anyways after guys drop off due to injuries/injury worries/laziness, include Chicago rookie running back Matt Forte and Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson (tied for 2nd in NFL in receiving touchdowns.) I’ll open it up to the forum for anyone else’s opinions on the selections…

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