Skip to main content

Extra little firework for the 4th

It was a tremendous weekend here - my niece was born in the wee hours of July 4th! My sister and baby are doing well and I am over-the-moon excited about the little one. I'll head up to Boston to meet her in a couple of weeks; just hoping I can wait that long. Happy, joyous times here!

Let's hope the great news continues and we get some real progress on the NFL season front. There are big meetings today (aren't they all big though really?) as the labor talks continue, so fingers crossed. In the meantime, let's get to the latest fantasy football articles out there:
  • ProFootballFocus.com's Fantasy: 2011 Top 150 overall players are up, based on their updated auction values and projections. 
  • A little while back, Razzball.com looked at the latest ADP (average draft position) numbers and put together a list of guys that you might want to target in this year's drafts. They're taking another stab at it based on updated ADPs - You down with ADP? Yeah you know me #2.
  • I love rankings as you have probably guessed by my consistent linking to them - and of course the annual rankings analysis. I think they're just such interesting fodder for draft prep, particularly when they're slightly unique or different than the standard. For example, The Huddle's Better Than Average Player Rankings - this link goes to RBs - and basically tells you how effective each player was in the context of all other players in that position. I definitely spent a little while with this one - hope you enjoy as much as I did. 
  • ProFootballWeekly.com has us covered with all the buzz coming out of the NFC and AFC so far from a fantasy standpoint.
  • FantasyFootballCafe is taking a look to the future - dynasty leaguers will want to scope out their Dynasty Dynamos for suggestions on players you might want to snag this year, squirrel away on your bench until they've ripened accordingly.
  • I love how early Smitty and FantasyFootballXtreme are with their projections every year - always a highlight to see Week 1 Projections from these guys. Makes it seem like the season isn't so far off. Fingers still crossed.
  • Finally, I know some of you are sitting around with great FF articles churning away in your brains, and you're thinking how you ought to get down to business and start writing rather than just reading. Turn to Razzball.com's How to Become a Fantasy Football Writer for inspiration. Or intimidation. Or something in between.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Labor Day FF links

Happy long weekend! Here's hoping most of you are free to enjoy the 3-day weekend and the relaxation and fun that comes with it. I spent my Sunday participating in 3 fantasy football drafts scattered throughout the day and night, but I think I've finally wrapped up my drafts for the year. So like many of you I'm now turning my attention to the Week 1 games! But before we get to some player rankings and prep for Week 1, I want to make sure that all you experts out there are aware of the upcoming deadline for the annual accuracy contest that I run with the Fantasy Sports Trade Association. I compare preseason positional rankings from experts to the final outcome of the fantasy season to see which site had the most accurate preseason rankings, and this year's deadline is fast approaching: September 9th by kickoff. Check out the info on the FSTA site for more details and be sure to e-mail me your submissions. Now, onto Week 1! First up, let's get to some of this...
4 comments
Read more

2010 Week 2 consensus start/sit

Greetings and happy weekend. I've got this week's consensus start/sit for you which is a tally of all the start/sit votes that players received in the various start/sit articles that I linked to earlier in the week. So while these aren't my personal recommendations, I do think knowing what the consensus is could be of help when making lineup decisions...so enjoy! Note: the players are listed in no particular order. QB Start: Michael Vick, Kyle Orton, Matt Ryan, Jason Campbell Sit: David Garrard, Alex Smith, Jay Cutler, Vince Young, Carson Palmer RB Start: LeSean McCoy, Darren McFadden, Ahmad Bradshaw, Brandon Jackson Sit: Tim Hightower, C.J. Spiller, Beanie Wells, Ronnie Brown WR Start: Santana Moss, Legedu Naanee, Malcolm Floyd, Mike Williams (TB), Dez Bryant Sit: Randy Moss, Michael Crabtree TE Start: Chris Cooley, Todd Heap, John Carlson, Jermichael Finley Sit: Jermaine Gresham, Owen Daniels, Tony Scheffler, Jeremy Shockey, Bo Scaife Kicker Start: La...
1 comment
Read more

A hiatus

Update:  It is with a very heavy heart that I tell you all that yesterday, August 30th, I delivered our stillborn daughter, Caroline Mary. This has been an almost surreal and definitely heartbreaking experience and I appreciate the support in each and every one of your notes. Caroline will be honored and loved always. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your thoughts and prayers - they mean the world to our family. I have been a very poor blogger this month and feel I owe you all an explanation, particularly as this is crunch time for draft prep. I hope this is not too personal of a look into my life since I know most of you are just here for the football. I am nearly 18 weeks pregnant and we have learned that our baby (a little girl!) has triploidy, a chromosomal abnormality that means she has three copies of every chromosome instead of the normal two. The doctors have explained that it's a completely random occurrence and fairly rare that she has made it this far along, but tha...
226 comments
Read more