The Kicker – Fantasy Football’s Evolutionary Appendix
“Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.” – Pablo Picasso Fantasy football has come a long way since emerging from the primordial soup of newspapers and box score scouring. In many ways, however, its evolution has remained stagnant. While it is certainly necessary to maintain a semblance of normalcy to cater to the masses, the [...]
Fantasy Reaction: Brandon Gibson Signs With Miami
Miami Dolphins General Manager Jeff Ireland continued his free-agent shopping spree this week when he signed receiver Brandon Gibson to a three-year deal. The move netted mixed reviews in the NFL community — Gibson had not exactly been good with the Rams, though he did score five times as many touchdowns as any other Dolphins [...]
Fantasy Reaction: Jared Cook Signs With St. Louis
The fantasy tease continues. Year after year, Jared Cook entices us with promises of long touchdowns and pots of gold at the end of rainbows. The speedy tight end has never been short on talent, but he has yet to deliver on his promise in the NFL. There have been the occasional offensive explosions, but [...]
Fantasy Football 2012 Awards Banquet
Last fantasy football season, like any other, was interesting and wildly unpredictable. The Year of the Tight End turned out to be the Year of the Quarterback. Nine cracked 300 standard points and 13 scored more than 265, and those don’t include late-season darling Colin Kaepernick. Rob Gronkowski broke his arm and his fantasy owners’ [...]
Defensive Fantasy Points Against – Weeks 5-8
Forecasting fantasy output can be a lot like predicting the weather. A lot of variables go into playing Nostradamus, and most of us are like Sex Panther—60 percent of the time, we’re right every time. Taking opposing defenses into account when projecting or ranking offensive players is paramount. If your running back is facing the [...]
2012 Quarterly Report – First Quarter Boom or Blues
We are already through the first quarter of the fantasy season, and fantasy owners are already tearing their hair out. Some fantasy studs have been duds, and we have had our usual fare of unexpected brilliance. Andre Roberts has already been hit by the regression bug. Chris Johnson might have finally broken through. Will Matthew [...]
Draft Steals and White Elephants – WR and TE
Jordy Nelson did wind up being the second-best fantasy receiver behind His Eminence, the Lord Megatron — so say we all forever and ever — but how did he accomplish this? A 73 percent catch rate helped quite a bit as he was targeted just 93 times, 58 fewer than Calvin Johnson. That is the first red flag for Nelson, who operates in an offense with a quarterback who spreads the ball around.
Draft Steals and White Elephants – QB and RB
When you overdraft players, you lose at fantasy football. When you lose at fantasy football, you become very angry. When you are very angry, you smash your hand against a brick wall. When you smash your hand against a brick wall, your career as a concert pianist ends. When your career as a concert pianist [...]
Fantasy: Bearing Gifts – Why Jay Cutler Will Be a Top-10 Quarterback in 2012
Elite fantasy quarterbacks are few and far between, and I use that term selectively. I am referring to those who are worthy of a first- or second-round pick — the $40-plus quarterbacks, the 2012 Aaron Rodgers or 2008 Tom Brady. (Fantasy owners still curse Bernard Pollard’s name for taking Brady out in Week 1 that [...]
Fantasy: Reggie Bush, Fantasy Stud
By now you may have heard that Reggie Bush wants to lead the league in rushing this season. That may have drawn a chuckle from you. I want a toilet seat made out of solid gold, but that’s just not in the cards, is it? – Not so fast regarding Bush. -
