If your league has the standard start 1 QB format, then there are a number of quarterbacks this season you should be keeping an eye on who make ideal backups.  An good backup is obviously one who fills in on a bye week with relative success, but an ideal backup is a QB who is just […]

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In most sports a fantasy owner is excited about preseason.  Their team is back playing, their favorite players are competing again and you get a first look at the fantasy sleepers, busts and keepers.  But in football most owners should pray that their players never take the field.  In a sport where the goal of the game […]

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This is quite a week for ole school basketball players in the NBA.   If this were the year 2000, instead of 2008, the significance of Penny Hardaway, Allan Houston, Reggie Miller and Latrell Sprewell looking for new contracts would be the buzz of the NBA fantasy world…. but we skip ahead 8 years and it seems […]

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Clinton Portis/ Ladell Betts:  Portis has been a top 10 fantasy running back since he started in Denver.  Last year he was hurt is preseason which brought him out of the gates slowly, and then only played eight games before going down with a season ending injury.  Complete bust for every owner that drafted him, […]

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Move over top 5, there is a new fantasy TE looking to make his mark.  A position long ruled by Tony Gonzalez, appeared about to be ruled by Shockey, but recently taken over by Antonio Gates now has a new competitor in the mix.  Vernon Davis closed out last season on fire after coming back […]

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In most NFL fantasy drafts the top three rookies being chosen are:
Marshawn Lynch - Might start in Buffalo and put up RB1 numbers
Adrian Peterson - Most expect him to be taking majority of carries in Minnesota by mid-season
Calvin Johnson - An NFL ready receiver from the get-go
These three are the cream of the rookie crop, […]

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I see a number of players slipping in most drafts that normally noone would sleep on. Have these players simply been overtaken by younger talent, are they actually not performing to their potential, or is it simply injury concern?
Donovan McNabb/ Philly Eagles - This one is all about the injuries.  McNabb was on a fantasy MVP […]

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In the past the wide receiver role was one to avoid when looking at youth.  Always go with the sure thing as solid receivers seem to change little year-to-year.  Young receivers take too long to adapt to the game, and come along so slowly that you can easily pick them out a year or two […]

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In my longest running league, a salary based dynasty NBA league, one special team has managed to build and maintain a roster that consists of Kevin Garnett, Yao Ming, LeBron James and Elton Brand.  A pretty nice foursome to start every season with (though of course most owners in the league look on in disgust […]

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Priest who?  Holmie the who?  Am I hearing this right?  Is Priest Holmes really considering a comeback after 22 months of being off to a team which has Larry Johnson? Oh wait…. wait, wait, wait, wait….  LJ is in the middle of a contract dispute.  Isn’t that convenient timing.  Priest Holmes who had been completely written off […]

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