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With all regular season fantasy football leagues now finished, Matt and I just wanted to thank all of our great readers for their comments and for helping us reach record traffic levels for a third straight year. We already have plans at a site redesign this offseason, so hopefully the site is even better with the next revision. If you have recommendations for next year, please feel free to reply to this post and we’ll add them to the list of potential changes for the next version of the site. Hopefully everyone held their own in their league and maybe even a few of you won thanks to some of our advice. To everyone who continues feeding their addiction with some playoffs fantasy football, good luck…and to everyone else though, we’ll see you next season!
Updates from January, 2010
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Thanks from the Fantasy Football Geek Blog
Brandon
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Team of the Week - Week 15: Jerome Harrison.
Brandon
Here is the fantasy football “Team of the Week,” listing the players that scored the most points (using standard scoring) over the course of Sunday’s games. This week you’ll notice a few oddities about the list, the first being the existence of two quarterbacks, both who kicked some serious behind and who couldn’t be left off the list. The second is the existence of Jerome Harrison, who rushed for an insane 286 yards (the third highest single game rushing total of all time!) Anyways, with the Monday Night Football game yet to take place (New York Giants @ Washington Redskins) this list may be a bit premature, but here is your team of the week nonetheless…
Pos.
Player
Stats
QB-A Ben Roethlisberger (PIT) 503 passing yards, 7 rushing yards, 3 TD QB-B Aaron Rodgers (GB) 383 passing yards, 22 rushing yards, 3 TD, 2-pt conversion RB Jerome Harrison (CLE) 286 (!!!) rushing yards, 12 receiving yards, 3 TD RB Maurice Jones-Drew (JAX) 110 rushing yards, 30 receiving yards, 2 TD WR Vincent Jackson (SD) 108 receiving yards, 2 TD WR Steve Smith (CAR) 157 receiving yards, -6 rushing yards, 1 TD WR DeSean Jackson (PHI) 140 receiving yards, 9 rushing yards, 1 TD TE Dallas Clark (IND) 95 receiving yards, 2 TD K Matt Prater (DEN) Kicks – 20-29 (2), 30-39 (0), 40-49 (1), 50+ (1), PAT (1) DEF Baltimore 7 points allowed, 2 sack, 4 interceptions, 2 fumble recoveries -
Thursday Night Football: IND @ JAX
Brandon
Although everyone probably already knows (but just in case!), the Colts head to Jacksonville to play the Jaguars on Thursday Night Football tonight. For at least this game it seems that Indianapolis doesn’t plan to do sit any of their stars (unless the score gets lop-sided early I assume.) This means it’s pretty safe to keep Peyton Manning, Reggie Wayne and Dallas Clark in your line-ups as usual. I’m not as confident with Joseph Addai though, as he’s had injury troubles in the past and the team may be more apt to get him to the bench early to ensure he’s healthy down the stretch.
For the Jaguars, Maurice Jones-Drew could have a tough go of it, but you can’t really bench him unless you have an running back corps and can replace him. Mike Sims-Walker has a pretty decent match-up with the Colts coming off a game in which they allowed a 21 reception, 200 yard, two touchdown performance to his old UCF teammate, Brandon Marshall. No one else on the roster is really up for consideration, so I’ll leave it at that. Good luck!
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Who's going to win?
Brandon
This weekend I have a semi-final match-up with one of my fantasy football arch-nemesis’s and definitely need a win. I figured I’d run the rosters by our readers and see if they could help boost my confidence…or not. Either way, I’m just curious what everyone thinks.
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Team of the Week - Week 14: Brandon Marshall Breaking Records
Brandon
Here is the fantasy football “Team of the Week,” listing the players that scored the most points (using standard scoring) over the course of Sunday’s games. This week’s team is led by the man who shares my name, Denver Broncos receiver Brandon Marshall, who broke the single season record for receptions with 21 in a losing effort to the Colts. Anyways, with the Monday Night Football game yet to take place (Arizona @ San Francisco) this list may be a bit premature, but here is your team of the week nonetheless…
Pos.
Player
Stats
QB Eli Manning (NYG) 391 passing yards, 18 rushing yards, 3 TD, 2 fumbles lost RB Chris Johnson (TEN) 117 rushing yards, 69 receiving yards, 3 TD RB Ray Rice (BAL) 166 rushing yards, 53 receiving yards, 1 TD, 1 fumble lost WR Brandon Marshall (DEN) 21 (!!!) receptions, 200 receiving yards, 2 TD WR Andre Johnson (HOU) 193 receiving yards, 2 TD WR DeSean Jackson (PHI) 178 receiving yards, 1 TD, 1 punt return for TD WR/RB Ryan Grant (GB) 137 rushing yards, 7 receiving yards, 2 TD TE Dallas Clark (IND) 43 receiving yards, 3 TD K Rob Bironas (TEN) Kicks – 20-29 (1), 30-39 (2), 40-49 (0), 50+ (1), PAT (5) DEF Tennessee 7 points allowed, 1 sack, 5 interceptions, 1 TD -
Blogger League Update: 31% Chance to Make Playoffs
Brandon
With the final week of the regular season approaching in The Hazean’s Blogger League and after a two game winning streak, FFGeekBlog.com is still in the running for a playoff spot…but it’s not looking all that good. If you look at the League homepage below you’ll notice that FleaFlicker gives us a 31% chance to make the playoffs (and a 0% chance to earn a first round bye.
) This is a pretty cool feature and something that I haven’t seen any other site provide up to this point. How they calculate the odds is a small mystery to me though and is assuredly not based the players each team has in their line-up. In general I’ve been pretty impressed with FleaFlicker this year and while the UI still doesn’t have the flashy appeal of Yahoo! and other bigger sites, I hope that at least the Blogger League continues using the site in the future. Anyways, wish us luck as we try to clinch a spot and show the fantasy football blogging world that FFGeekBlog is the real deal!
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Thursday Night Football: NYJ @ BUF
Brandon
As usual, just wanted to give everyone a heads up to the fact that there is a game tonight, which could potentially mean your roster gets locked (or players get put on waivers) after game-time tonight. In terms of the players in the game that you should care about, you’ll probably want Thomas Jones and Fred Jackson in your line-ups, but besides them there is no one else all that appealing, since Darrelle Revis will most likely be shutting down T.O.
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Team of the Week - Week 12: New Orleans Loses Tonight!
Brandon
Here is the fantasy football “Team of the Week” for week twelve, listing the players that scored the most points (using standard scoring) over the course of Sunday’s games. With the game of the week yet to take place (New England @ New Orleans) this list may be a bit premature, but here is your team of the week nonetheless…
Pos.
Player
Stats
QB Brett Favre (MIN) 392 passing yards, 3 TD RB Chris Johnson (TEN) 154 rushing yards, 32 receiving yards, 1 TD RB Justin Forsett (SEA) 130 rushing yards, 2 TD WR Miles Austin (DAL) 145 receiving yards, 1 TD WR Donald Driver (GB) 142 receiving yards, 1 TD WR Percy Harvin (MIN) 101 receiving yards, 45 rushing yards, 1 TD TE Antonio Gates (SD) 118 receiving yards, 2 TD K Matt Prater (DEN) Kicks – 20-29 (2), 30-39 (1), 40-49 (1), 50+ (0), PAT (2) DEF New York Jets 6 points allowed, 3 sack, 4 interceptions, 1 TD Go Patriots!
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Team of the Week - Week 11: Detroit Rock City!
Brandon
Here is the fantasy football “Team of the Week” for week eleven, listing the players that scored the most points (using standard scoring) over the course of Sunday’s games. While last weekend’s Team of the Week featured the regulars (Brady, Chris Johnson, Peterson, Randy Moss, etc), this weekend featured some of the most unlikely performances of the season. You know the fantasy world has been turned on its head when the first name you read on this list is Matthew Stafford! Anyways, let’s get to the list…a list which contains players that were possibly on A) someone’s bench or B) free agency…
Pos.
Player
Stats
QB Matthew Stafford (DET) 422 passing yards, 5 TD, 2 INT RB Ricky Williams (MIA) 119 rushing yards, 19 receiving yards, 3 TD RB Kevin Smith (DET) 45 rushing yards, 104 receiving yards, 1 TD WR Terrell Owens (BUF) 197 receiving yards, 1 TD WR Wes Welker (NE) 15 receptions, 192 receiving yards, 11 rushing yards, 0 TD WR Calvin Johnson (DET) 161 receiving yards, 1 TD TE Kevin Boss (NYG) 76 receiving yards, 2 TD K Billy Cundiff (BAL) Kicks – 20-29 (1), 30-39 (2), 40-49 (2), 50+ (0), PAT (0) DEF New England 14 points allowed, 2 sack, 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovery, 1 TD -
Brandon
Does anyone else out there hate these Thursday night football games? I have Panthers receiver Steve Smith in one of my leagues and all I can picture happening is that he has a lousy game tonight and I depress about it for the next three days. However, with Steelers rookie receiver Mike Wallace as my only other option, it appears that I’m going to have to stick with Smith and hope for the best. Of course, if he does well I’ll have a nice head-start going into Sunday’s games, but I’d still prefer all my players play on Sunday (or Monday)…not Thursday.
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Team of the Week - Week 10: Fourth and 2...
Brandon
Here is the fantasy football “Team of the Week” for week ten, listing the players that scored the most points (using standard scoring) over the course of Sunday’s games. This is a sad day for Patriots fans, having to witness yet another come from behind victory by Peyton Manning and the Colts, capped off by an “interesting” call on fourth down at the end of the game! Anyways, today’s list had very little surprises (except the kicker) and is basically a “who’s who” list of fantasy football superstars…
Pos.
Player
Stats
QB Tom Brady (NE) 375 passing yards, 3 TD, 1 INT RB Chris Johnson (TEN) 132 rushing yards, 100 receiving yards, 2 TD RB Adrian Peterson (MIN) 133 rushing yards, 10 receiving yards, 2 TD WR Randy Moss (NE) 179 receiving yards, 2 TD WR Brandon Marshall (DEN) 134 receiving yards, 9 rushing yards, 2 TD WR Reggie Wayne (IND) 126 receiving yards, 2 TD TE Brent Celek (PHI) 47 receiving yards, 1 TD K Connor Barth (TB) Kicks – 20-29 (0), 30-39 (0), 40-49 (0), 50+ (3), PAT (2) – Who? He made three 50+ yard field goals? DEF Tennessee 17 points allowed, 2 sack, 2 interceptions, 2 TD -
There's a football game tonight!
Brandon
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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Matt
We’d be able to announce the winner of the $50 NFL.com gift card contest today if it weren’t for the two folks who picked Ben Roethlisberger (nobody picked Orton, which is shocking, simply shocking). Thanks a lot guys!
Buy hey, maybe you’re right and Big Ben will be too much for the usually-stifling Denver D. If Ben doesn’t have a huge game, the winner will be randomly selected from the four contestants who picked Kurt Warner, who went from five INTs last week to five touchdowns (and zero picks) this week. Pretty embarrassing for the Chicago D, but a very nice pick by the four of you who were willing to give him a shot at redemption.
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Team of the Week - Week 9: Tampa Bay wins a game...and is the top defense of the week?
Brandon
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 -
Brandon
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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Vote for FFGeekBlog.com in the FFLibrarian Readers' Choice Poll
Brandon
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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Team of the Week - Week 8: Ryan Moats?
Brandon
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 -
Matt
Just a quick note – I did a little Wordpress optimization tonight that hopefully should make the blog load a little faster. If you notice any weird side effects, please let us know.
And speaking of baseball – Chase Utley pretty much owns C.C. Sabathia, huh?
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Team of the Week - Week 7: Not Your Ordinary Bengals
Brandon
Here is the fantasy football “Team of the Week” for week seven, listing the players that scored the most points (using standard scoring) for the current week. In our innagural post last week, it was the New England Patriots that dominated the list, but this week it was definitely the Cincinnatti Bengals time to shine. (Oh yeah, in case I forgot to mention, Miles Austin is for real!)
Pos.
Player
Stats
QB Carson Palmer (CIN) 233 passing yards, 5 TD RB Shonn Greene (NYJ) 144 rushing yards, 2 TD RB Cedric Benson (CIN) 189 rushing yards, 1 TD WR Miles Austin (DAL) 171 receiving yards, 2 TD WR Chad Ochocinco (CIN) 118 receiving yards, 2 TD WR Vincent Jackson (SD) 142 receiving yards, 1 TD TE Vernon Davis (SF) 93 receiving yards, 3 TD K Nick Folk (DAL) Kicks – 20-29 (0), 30-39 (2), 40-49 (1), PAT (4) DEF San Diego 7 points allowed, 5 sacks, 3 inteceptions, 1 TD, 1 Blocked Kick -
Team of the Week - Week 6: Patriots Lead the Way
Brandon
Starting this week, the Fantasy Football Geek Blog will feature a new regular post called ”Team of the Week,” listing the fantasy football team that would have scored the most points (using pretty standard scoring) for the current week. It’ll be interesting to see if we ever have a reader who has the exact team listed, but the odds of that are probably pretty low. Anyways, here is your Team of the Week for week six…
Pos.
Player
Stats
QB Tom Brady (NE) 380 passing yards, 6 TD RB Maurice Jones-Drew (JAX) 133 rushing yards, 45 receiving yards, 3 TD RB Ray Rice (BAL) 77 rushing yards, 117 receiving yards, 2 TD WR Randy Moss (NE) 129 receiving yards, 3 TD WR Wes Welker (NE) 150 receiving yards, 2 TD WR Marques Colston (NO) 166 receiving yards, 1 TD TE Zach Miller (OAK) 139 receiving yards, 1 TD K Ryan Longwell (MIN) Kicks – 20-29 (2), 30-39 (1), 40-49 (1), PAT (3) DEF Green Bay 0 points allowed, 5 sacks, 3 inteceptions
