Tuesday, November 17, 2009
NFL Notes
A look around the league regarding Week 10:
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Monday, November 16, 2009
Week 10 Observations
We've beaten to death Bill Belichick's decision to go for it on 4th and 2 in Sunday night's game (the best take on it I've seen is here), but the real takeaway is how much Cris Collinsworth, Al Michaels, Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison felt it was their duty to spout the conventional wisdom without even attempting to analyze Belichick's basis for the decision. Throw in Bob Costas, and it's appalling that five guys collectively making more than $10 million a year to interpret the sport for us didn't even consider the issue from a probability standpoint. Sadly, the NBC crew is probably the best one on TV. (Update: Jon Gruden just defended Belichick's call on MNF - good for him).
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Week 10 Live Blog
Posting a little early today - there's a few huge games on the docket. I like how the big games are all spread out.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
NFL Notes
A look around the league regarding Week 9:
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Monday, November 9, 2009
Week 9 Observations
These will be brief since I just got off a plane to NY and have to catch up on some other stuff.
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Sunday, November 8, 2009
Sunday Live Blog
Sorry this is a tad late today.
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Saturday, November 7, 2009
The Intelligence of Randy Moss and Tom Brady
Insightful
commentary by Bill Belichick about why Moss and Brady are all-time greats. Also, my favorite player, Lawrence Taylor, and Emmitt Smith. (h/t Scott Pianowski).
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
NFL Notes
A look around the league regarding Week 8:
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Monday, November 2, 2009
Week 8 Observations
The Giants are broken right now, and it's unclear how long they will take to fix. Eli Manning insists his foot isn't bothering him, but the entire team on both sides of the ball is out of sync. The home game against the Chargers next week might be just what the doctor ordered for the offense, but unless the Giants generate a bigger pass rush, find a solution at free safety and get linebacker Michael Boley back to help out in coverage, Philip Rivers will light them up. No one on the team except Corey Webster (and occasionally Terrell Thomas) can cover anyone right now. Read all of Week 8 Observations
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Week 8 Live Blog
It's the Bengals' bye week, so I think I'll try out the NFL Network for a while to check out their red zone feature. At some point, though, I'm going to want to follow a specific game.
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Friday, October 30, 2009
DVR's Gold Sheet
By popular demand, I've included an additional set of picks for the Week 8 slate. Enjoy, but remember that just because I would do it doesn't mean it's a good idea.
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New Fantasy Football Show on FX
So...did anyone watch THE LEAGUE last night?
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
NFL Notes
A look around the league regarding Week 7:
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Monday, October 26, 2009
Week 7 Observations
If you drafted upside players like Miles Austin, Michael Crabtree, Chris Wells or Shonn Greene, it was nearly impossible to keep them through the early part of the season, but now it's paying off. I dropped Austin who I drafted in three leagues, and Crabtree in one, but I did hold onto Greene in two. With Leon Washington out for the year, and the Jets likely to rein in Mark Sanchez, Greene should be one of the better timeshare backs in the league.
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Sunday, October 25, 2009
Week 7 Live Blog - Fantasy Factor Lineup
We're now partners with the folks at
Fantasy Factor, and they have a number of weekly and daily games.
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Saturday, October 24, 2009
Hall of Fame WRs
Continuing the
theme from some previous posts, let's take a look at the active WRs who might wind up in Canton.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Jeff Fisher wears Manning jersey
Jeff Fisher is getting some backlash for wearing a Peyton Manning jersey at a charity event this week.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
NFL Notes
A look around the league regarding Week 6:
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Monday, October 19, 2009
Week 6 Observations
How good is Chris Johnson? He rushed for 128 yards in a 59-0 loss. So much for the favorite announcer stat (used to justify the supreme importance of the running game) where every time running back x gets 100 yards, his team wins. Luckily for me, I got the Titans at +60 due to some late line movement.
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Epic Quarterback Fail
This is how bad it got yesterday... if I had started Derek Anderson and his 3.97 fantasy points, I would have significantly improved my team's performance.
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Sunday, October 18, 2009
Week 6 Live Blog
I'm without Calvin Johnson in five leagues today, but I'm actually glad that the Lions made him inactive. I'd rather have that definition and not risk re-injury. He'll be a lot better off two weeks from now, after the bye.
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Friday, October 16, 2009
Embarrassment of Riches
I'm in a 12-team NFL.com Expert League, and I have too many good players. The team is 5-0 and has 100 points more than the next highest team. This is a good problem to have, but it's hard to decide who to start each week, and I'm trying to put together 2-for-1 and 3-for-2 trades to make my decisions easier and my overall starters better. It's a 1-QB, 2-RB, 3-WR, 1 FLEX, PPR league. Here's the team:
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
NFL Notes
A look around the league regarding Week 5:
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Monday, October 12, 2009
Week 5 Observations
Joseph Addai/Donald Brown are the AFC version of Tim Hightower/Beanie Wells - everyone knows which player is the better runner, but the vet is the team's dump-off option in the flat and gets most of the work.
Use late-game players at your own peril. Mike Sims-Walker was deactivated at the last minute because he violated the team's itinerary, and a couple weeks ago Steve Breaston, who was likely to start in place of Anquan Boldin, was a last-minute scratch, and Boldin played. At least with players in the early games, you have plenty of subs to choose from (even from your waiver wire). Not so with late-game scratches.
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Sunday, October 11, 2009
Week 5 Live Blog
My tough call this week - Donald Brown vs. Kevin Smith? Neither are good options this week, in terms of their respective matchups. I went with Brown, because of Joseph Addai's hand injury.
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
NFL Midseason Draft
A few of us got together last night to do a 10-team midseason draft. It was standard scoring (no PPR), and we start 1 Team QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 2 FLEX (RB/WR/TE), 1 TE, 1 Team K. It was 20 rounds, and it's a best-ball format, i.e., you get your ideal starting lineup every week. There are no add/drops, trades or moves of any kind.
Thanks to Yahoo! Sports' Scott Pianowski for setting it up.
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
NFL Notes
A look around the league regarding Week 4:
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Monday, October 5, 2009
Week 4 Observations
We already had the Giants Steve Smith in the top 20, but is he really a top-five receiver going forward? I'd say no and put him in the latter half of the top-10 because rarely does a receiver with his physical skill set (excellent route-running/hands, decent speed, average size) put up huge numbers all year. The exceptions are receivers who play with Peyton Manning, receivers who played in the Greatest Show on Turf and Jerry Rice while playing with Joe Montana and Steve Young (though Rice was probably a little faster). If Eli Manning plays at this level all year, and the Giants throw the ball all year, Smith can be top five. But top 10, i.e., Derrick Mason in his best seasons, is probably more realistic. And not a bad thing by any means.
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Sunday, October 4, 2009
Week 4 Live Blog
A lot of game-time decisions for running backs this week, most of them starting. But I'm avoiding both Kevin Smith and Clinton Portis this week. How about you? What were your tough decisions?
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
NFL Notes
A look around the league regarding Week 3:
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