Brandon Marshall now suspended only one game, lights fantasy skyrocket
If you haven’t drafted yet, I’m sorry. Life just isn’t fair. Cry me a river and try hosting a party in a cave or under a rock so that the rest of your league doesn’t hear this news.
If you have drafted, you just might be sitting on fantasy gold if you snagged Brandon Marshall late. [...]
Q&A QB: How to Draft First Overall in Nine-Team Division
Q&A QB is a new head-smacking, hard-hitting, name-taking question and answer series where Jacob assists readers and his Twitter followers in perfecting their draft strategy and winning their league. This post is the first run at it. Let Jacob know what you think in the comments, and if you’d like to be featured in a [...]
Training Camp Uppers and Downers
It’s almost football season. Training camp battles are starting, Favre is reinstated and back as an active player (which means he is thinking about retiring) and coins are flipping in Chicago to decide who will throw the rock for 2008. Smell that fresh air? Behind that freshness, the little taint of grass and sweat is [...]
The Favre Effect on Fantasy Football Drafts
After the long, over-hyped saga of rumors and speculation, Brett Favre should turn in his request for reinstatement and show up to the Green Bay Packers training camp this weekend.
Even though Favre and the Packers administration are talking, the Packers haven’t changed their stance on backing Aaron Rodgers as the starter, so it looks like [...]
The Third-Year Breakout Wide Receiver Theory and Why It’s Coincidence
I don’t put much faith in the third-year breakout theory for wide receivers. It’s no perfect science but merely a common coincidence.
A wide receiver’s breakout year has more to do with when the receiver becomes comfortable in the offense than when they hit year 3 of their career.
Receivers–unless they fall into a good situation–usually don’t [...]
