Every Sunday morning starting at 10:00 CT (11:00 ET) we are here to answer your last minute start/sit questions.
Zach will be the main man today, so fire off whatever questions you have and he’ll be sure to take good care of you.
Fantasy Football Week 6 Stock Report: Daniel Thomas, Darrius-Heyward Bay UP; Matt Schaub, Reggie Wayne DOWN
October 15, 2011 By 4 Comments
Luckily for a lot of owners, there are not many major players who have a bye this week, except for my team…but I have faith in Jay Cutler!
Regardless, there may be some surprises this week from a few highly unknown RBs. This position may very well be the most important for owners in terms of touches for players, but on the professional level it is the most dispensable position, as almost anyone can succeed in the right situation.
If you are itching to see how Tim Tebow is going to follow up his breakthrough game in Week 5, then you are going to have to wait until next week, but if you want to hear a bunch of media chatter about him just turn on ESPN.
Having said that, we have a lot of good stuff for you in this week’s Stock Report.
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Fantasy Football Week 6 Injury Report: Updates on BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Rashard Mendenhall, Daniel Thomas, and more
October 14, 2011 By 1 Comment
We have lots of injury updates heading into week 6 of the NFL season, including the latest on running backs Rashard Mendenhall, BenJarvus Green-Ellis, and Daniel Thomas, so let’s get to it.
Fantasy Football Week 6 Player Rankings at QB, RB, WR, TE, K, D/ST
October 13, 2011 By 8 Comments
Yesterday, Jon Washburn posted his player rankings (for the rest of the season, not Week 6-specific) and discussed the fantasy potential of the new guy playing quarterback for the Broncos (what’s his name???). This came on the heels of his weekly start/sit column and Andy Bottoms’ always excellent waiver wire pickups piece.
Today, via the folks at PlayThisGuy.com, we bring you player rankings specific to Week 6 at QB, RB, WR, TE, D/ST, and K, as well as another opportunity – because we love you all so much (and because they throw a little money our way for our time) – to participate in a freeroll tournament with real money prizes at stake.
Fantasy Football Week 6 Player Rankings
October 12, 2011 By 15 Comments
A few weeks ago, Verizon Wireless contacted MSF with an amazing opportunity. If I agreed to try out one of their phones (equipped with NFL Mobile) and one of their tablets, and blog about my experiences, they would give me the phone, give me the tablet, and fly me to Chicago to stay in the Hard Rock Hotel and attend the Packers/Bears game.
If you are thinking, “No way…that’s too good to be true”… you aren’t alone. Unbelievably though, there were no “catches,” and the experience has been amazing. Over the course of this season, I’ll be updating you on my experience with Verizon’s products – the good and/or the bad, as my opinions are my own and beholden to no one – but so far so good.
There seem to be several constants in American sports:
- Always cheer for the “underdog.”
- Always cheer for the “good guy.”
- And, oddly enough, always cheer for the “unorthodox guy.”
Unless, of course, that guy happens to be Tim Tebow.
Fantasy Football Week 6 Start Em Sit Em Picks and Player Projections for Hillis, Hernandez, Dez, Stevie J, and more
October 10, 2011 By 106 Comments
Is 2011 going to be the highest scoring fantasy season of all time? All signs indicate that it could be. Last season, seven players finished the season with more than 270 points (ESPN Standard Scoring). After four weeks this season, a staggering 18 players were on pace to beat that mark…and nine of them were QBs.
Like I said at the beginning of the season, gone are the days of fantasy rule by the RBs. Of those 18 players, only 5 are RBs…simply a staggering thought to anyone living in 2006 or before.
Fantasy Football Week 6 Waiver Wire Advice and Pickups: Tebow, Torain, Colt, Carter, Cassel, and more
October 10, 2011 By 8 Comments
Compared to the last couple weeks, there were relatively few impactful injuries during Week Five. Couple that with the fact that a number of the teams on bye next week (Arizona, Denver, Kansas City, San Diego, Seattle, and Tennessee) aren’t exactly offensive juggernauts, and you might think there aren’t many worthy pickups on the waiver wire this week.
To a certain extent, you’re right. There are very few must-adds this week, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t guys out there who can help your team the rest of the way, possibly as soon as this week. (For more Week 6 analysis, here is this week’s Start/Sit column.)
As always, the players listed here are owned in fewer than 50% of Yahoo! leagues.
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Fantasy Football Week 6 Sunday Morning Start, Sit Live Chat
October 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Fantasy Football Week 6 Updated Rankings
October 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I typically weekly rankings on Monday or Tuesday every week. Over the next 72 hours, there is always injury and strategy information that becomes available that impacts my view of players. So I try to post updated rankings on Friday or Saturday to reflect those changes.
Here is this week’s Friday injury update and below are my updated rankings for Week 6.
Friday Injury Updates: Rodgers, Johnson, Vick, and more
October 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It’s Friday, so let’s talk about all of the important injuries heading into the weekend.
For the Green Bay Packers, it might be easier to list who isn’t hurt than to list who is. This team is absolutely snake-bitten with injuries this year.
For those of you who own the Green Bay defense, or in IDP leagues, Clay Matthews has not been practicing and is a long shot to play this weekend against Miami. Here are some other names on the injury report from the Green Bay D: Brandon Chillar, Charles Woodson, Ryan Pickett, Nick Collins, Cullen Jenkins, Nick Barnett. Wow. It might be a good week to sit the Green Bay D.
The most important injury in Green Bay though is Aaron Rodgers.
Fantasy Football Week 6 Player Rankings
October 12, 2010 By
As each week passes during a fantasy football season you slowly start to see the weekly rankings shuffle a bit. Some guys are outperfoming what we expected while others are underperforming. Though I am not prone to overreacting, five weeks is a pretty decent sample size and weekly rankings have to reflect that…or they are worthless.
This week’s rankings do reflect a changing of the guard as Philip Rivers and Miles Austin come in at #1 after sterling Week 5 performances and week in, week out consistency. I also think Frank Gore should explode against an Oakland D that can be run on.
Who else is ranked where? Click to find out.
Fantasy Football Week 6 Waiver Wire Sleeper Picks
October 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Week 5 is almost in the books – only tonight’s incredibly fascinating Jets-Vikings game is left – and, as is usual on a Monday morning, there is plenty of carnage that will affect fantasy teams moving forward.
Does your team have Aaron Rodgers? He was concussed yesterday and could miss Week 6. Were you counting on Mark Clayton as one of your top three receivers? He’s out for the rest of the year. Do you own Knowshon Moreno? He still can’t get that troublesome hamstring to cooperate.
Of course, the bye weeks don’t stop just because your team has injury issues, and there are four more this week. Carolina, Arizona, Cincinnati, and Buffalo are all off this week. That means holes in your fantasy lineups, and that means you need some waiver wire sleeper suggestions.
Lucky for you, that’s what we do on Mondays so you can get a leg up on your competition.
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NFL Week 6 Injury Updates: Cotchery, Mendenhall, MegaTron, and more
October 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Fantasy Football Deeper Sleeper Alert for Week 6: Torry Holt
October 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It dawned on me a couple of days ago while going through the Week 6 schedule that we have a very underrated reunion story taking place this week. Unfortunately, it is during one of the least compelling and meaningful games on the schedule from a “real” standpoint.
I am speaking, of course, about Torry Holt, one of the greatest players in Rams history, who will be hosting his former team this weekend as a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Even though it is not a game getting much attention, that doesn’t mean the game won’t be very meaningful from a fantasy standpoint.
In fact, quite the contrary. When the Jaguars and Rams meet up this weekend, with their two combined victories and zero percent chances to make the playoffs, I propose that the events could dictate the outcome of many a fantasy matchup this week. Why?
23rd and 30th.
Those are the overall defensive ranks of the Rams and Jags, respectively.
Which brings me to Torry Holt as a sleeper selection for your Week 6 lineups.
Friday Morning Would…You Start Brandon Jacobs or Ahmad Bradshaw?
October 16, 2009 By 4 Comments
Two of the hottest names in fantasy football this week are teammates Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs of the New York Giants.
The reasons for the buzz around these two, however, are starkly different.
Jacobs has made news this week because of what appears to be growing frustration with his own subpar performances of late, and perhaps even jealousy at the success of his backfield mate. Bradshaw is generating buzz because he has rushed for 278 yards on only 37 carries over the past three weeks.
With the Giants facing their most stern defensive test of the season this Sunday — against the undefeated New Orleans Saints — which Giants running back will make the better Week 6 start: Brandon Jacobs or Ahmad Bradshaw?
