Fantasy Football Librarian

Well my fantasy football friends, it's finally official: I'm moving to New York City this summer. I've got lots to do before I move and I'll likely be in transit in early August (don't worry, the FF posts will keep on coming!) but the good news here is that barring a miracle I'll be jobless when I first arrive in New York meaning this blog will be overwhelmed by my posts. Seriously. I won't have anything to do other than explore NYC and post to the blog so prepare yourselves for lots of info. It should be awesome. I'm thinking of having some sort of FFLibrarian happy hour in the city once I've settled in but we'll see - one friend thinks that might just be a big nerdfest but I have more faith in you all. To the links! It's rare that you actually see a fantasy expert plead with the public to avoid drafting a player...but such is the case with Rotoworld and Visanthe Shiancoe in Shiancoe is a No-Go in '09 . I should take a moment to no...

I'm digging all of the positive feedback I've seen in the comments and e-mails from those of you who want to be part of the FFLibrarian league. So I know this might disappoint some of you but I think the best way to organize this many interested people might be to do a weekly contest format rather than a season-long format. That way those of you who can't commit during part of the season, or those who just get into it late, can still participate. I would absolutely report on the winner each week and you'd be awarded a prize or two. I'm thinking it will still be a lot of fun even though it won't involve some of the more complex FF thinking like waiver wires and trades...what do you think? And if some of you want to be in a league together in an unofficial FFLibrarian league I can certainly arrange that for you and act as a collector of interested names/e-mails. But enough on future leagues and on to links: ESPN's projections are up . We're talking 500+...

Every week my library offers some sort of professional development seminar for faculty and staff within the library and this week's session, which I'm headed to in an hour or so, is on stress management. Best part? It's led by a psychologist whose first name is Serenity. What are the chances that she was born with the name Serenity?? Maybe I should change my name to Touchdown or something...speaking of name changes, if you didn't already heard, Chad Johnson has officially been permitted to wear his new last name on his jersey this year - it'll read Ochocinco , all one word. Anyway. Let's get to the football before I'm in some sort of uber de -stress zone... CBS Sports has their first 14-team mock draft up - I've mocked with some of these guys before and they really know what they're doing so I think it's worth taking a look at where guys are falling. They'll be cranking out plenty of rounds over the next 10 days or so. I'm going back th...

I woke up at 5:30 this morning to drive my husband and friends to the start of a big 10K here in Boulder. Since then I've basically spent the entire day watching other people exert themselves: I saw thousands of people running in that 10K, watched the Rockies get demolished by the Dodgers, and am now enjoying Game 4 of the Nuggets vs Lakers ...come on, Nuggies ! Sadly my day of sports observation involved no football other than catching up on what few headlines are making waves. I'm hoping to slip in a few football links for you at the end of this holiday weekend... KFFL's PPR and non-PPR rankings are up and it's oh so good to see them. Take a look at these cheat sheets and get (re)acquainted with the latest position rankings. It's interesting to see Maurice Jones-Drew at the #1 RB spot in the PPR rankings (he's the #2 RB in the non-PPR ranking), especially after having just read this article from No- Offseason .com on a mock draft where MJD went #1 overall ...

Happy Memorial Day weekend! This is a weekend full of fun and crowds here in Boulder (think 50,000 people running the Bolder Boulder 10K) and we'll be capping the weekend off with a Rockies game (they're playing the Dodgers, my husband's favorite team) on Monday afternoon. Can't wait. Onto today's links to tide you over for the weekend: Rotoworld's QB Dynasty Rankings and RB Dynasty Rankings are available for your perusal - arranged by tiers, each player's age and value score are noted. It gives me a bit of a chill to see Denver's Kyle Orton listed below JaMarcus Russell. An interesting read on why run defenses seem to be less important when it comes to winning games from Advanced NFL Stats - Thoughts on the Apparent Unimportance of Run Defense . Ultimate Fantasy Football Strategy brings us an analysis of average draft position (ADP) with reasons why you might want to reach for that top tier WR late in the first round rather than the classic RB pi...

The beautiful thing about a conference in California is that 2-hour lunch breaks can be spent by the pool. I'm digging this conference's style and now that I'm done with my presentation here, I can kick back and relax. And post about football. So let's get to today's links... Ultimate Fantasy Football takes a look back at breakout wide receivers from the 2008 season - check out their success rate at predicting the breakouts though I'm not entirely sure I feel like Vincent Jackson was a breakout WR last year. Convince me otherwise if you think he was. Carson Palmer and all Bengals receivers are a huge question mark for the 2009 season - what's going to happen with the Bengals and if Palmer is back to his old self, who stands to benefit? Take a look at Rotoworld's Pancake Blocks blog for some Palmer musings. Those who own Steve Slaton in a dynasty league will be pleased to see that Kubiak is counting on more production out of Slaton this year . I do...

Ahh, it's always nice to have a little extra time at the airport before a flight (off to Anaheim for a library conference). Somehow I seem to have whittled away most of my gate time though so I'll just throw up a few quick links for you and hope to have more up tomorrow morning. Thoughts from Rotoworld on why you shouldn't worry about getting fantasy points out of your Colts players (a follow-up to this week's MMQB). A new voice for Monday Night Football: goodbye Tony Kornheiser, hello....Jon Gruden . I actually enjoyed Gruden's commentary during the NFL Draft weekend so I'm interested in seeing how this pans out for MNF. More Rotoworld thoughts - this time on why Darren McFadden is a must-have for dynasty/keeper league owners. AdvancedNFLStats.com brings us a look at rookie QBs - should rookie QBs start (not so much from a fantasy viewpoint) or be benched? The Hazean's Monday Morning Rehab is up for your review - I'm I crazy for liking Maroney this ...

I've been traveling a lot over the past week so I've been trying to answer a few e-mails from the road and have noticed that my iPhone inexplicably no longer seems to recognize my name, Sara, as a real word. It keeps trying to auto-correct my name - first it tried "data" (which perhaps would've confused my mom if I had signed my e-mails "love, data") and then it went with SARS (even better: "love, SARS "). Gotta love smart technology, right? Anyway, I'm back from vacation (see the photo to the left that shows one of the many awesome views we saw while hiking in Canyonlands NP) and gearing up for a work conference in Anaheim next week - a coworker and I are hitting up Disneyland one night; haven't been since I was a kid. Will it still be fun?? I'm hoping to keep my blogging up but if I'm quiet again next week, blame it on the library conference. So much to learn when you ready Fantasy Sharks' Fantasy News: Special Dynasty E...

I think this might be the longest I have ever gone without putting up a post - my apologies and I hope you all haven't been missing your football links too much! I wrapped up an awesome weekend with family and my husband and I are now in Moab , Utah with some friends. Tomorrow morning we're waking up early for a day hike in The Needles District of Canyonlands National Park . The topography here is just unreal - good stuff.  I'll be back with my regular postings later this week, but in the meantime, here are a few links to keep you happy... CBS Sports has some advice on which veteran football players you're going to want to consider come fantasy draft day in The new value of some fantasy veterans - take a look at which guys will shine, which will disappoint and which surprise. Tony Gonzalez seems to fit right into the Atlanta offense - will Gonzo's value take a hit after all in fantasy drafts?? I'm feeling the start of an overrated value run on Gonzo; not tha...

What's happenin ' football fans? It's a beautiful day here in Boulder, my family is flying in for a long weekend and I'm about to take about 5 days of vacation to see my family and then head to Moab , Utah for a few days...what could be better? How about a few football links? Rookie IDP analysis - love it. Can you tell I'm a sucker for basically anything that has to do with IDPs ? There just isn't enough IDP analysis out there - this one comes from FFManiaxs in Fantasy Impact of 2009 Rookie IDPs . Brett Favre , I don't even know what to say about you... When you put your mind to it, there are all sorts of nerdy things you can do with fantasy stats - I'm pleased to see FFToolbox has pulled together a Fantasy Football Consistency spreadsheet - I mean who doesn't love consistency in FF? I like seeing Roddy White's nice growth over the past few years and of course you can see the Jeremy Shockey demise here, too. Very cool. I'll be returnin...

On this fine Cinco de Mayo day, let's all celebrate and turn our attention to fantasy football... A reader pointed me back in the direction of Fantasy Football Breakdown , a site I had not visited in awhile, and I'm already salivating as I look at the various sorting I can do with their offensive line rankings and strength of schedule info . As I've probably made known in the past, I really value o-line information since it really gets to the heart of our bread and butter positions in fantasy football: RBs and QBs . But play around with that site a bit since you can get rankings for all positions for the full fantasy season or just fantasy playoffs. The Hazean takes a look at Dallas receivers sans T.O. I was definitely a Patrick Crayton believer in the past but as The Hazean points out, he might just be the odd man out this season. Fantasy Sharks is getting all "J" here (think Myers-Briggs personality type...) and posting long-term assessments on some of t...

I'm back from a family trip to Michigan and am gearing up for another family weekend - we have 6 of our nearest and dearest coming in this week for my husband's graduation - while also trying to get some finishing touches on our condo before we put it on the market next week. So if my posts are short and sweet this week, don't be surprised since I think my mind is in about ten different places right now. But don't worry, my mind is always on football to some extent... Pigskin Addiction has a little something that those playing in IDP (individual defensive player) leagues might like - a 2009 Top 100 Rookies ranking including IDPs . Good stuff. Hatty Waiver Wire Guru is starting to crank back into action for the football season - if you found Hatty's advice helpful during the 2008 season and are in the market for dynasty player rankings, then consider buying the premium draft guide that he's preparing for $5 . Not a bad price at all for advice from a group of kn...