Fantasy Football Stock Up/Stock Down: Justin Forsett

Stock up/stock down…it’s a fantasy sports article idea almost as old as the Prodigy internet service (which, by the way, served as my introduction to fantasy baseball a looooong time ago). What it may lack in originality though, it more than makes up for usefulness and accessibility.

That’s why I’m going to make it a staple of our weekly fantasy football coverage here at MSF Fantasy Sports.

This morning, in the first edition of Fantasy Football Stock Up/Stock Down, I’ll run through a list of players whose stock is either rising or falling in my eyes due to a change in workload, injury concerns, matchups, or just a shift in my general trust level with them.

Remember: your fantasy football team is a lot like a relationship. (Huh?) If you don’t trust your significant other, it will lead to instability and turmoil in your relationship. If you don’t trust your starters and your bench players, instability and turmoil will similarly plague your fantasy football team.

And yes, I just went there for a comparison.

Who cares. Let’s talk names.

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Video: Fantasy Football 3-2-1 for Week 1

One of the new features that I am stoked to bring you this year is video content. We’ve got a pretty badass setup in the office now, so I figured I better take advantage and use it as another excuse to study and talk about fantasy football during work hours.

Mission accomplished.

Our fantasy video content will evolve as the season goes along, but one weekly feature that I know we’ll publish consistently is the Fantasy Football 3-2-1 series. (And don’t you dare make fun of me for calling it “Fantasy Football 1-2-3″ in the introduction. I’m a blogger not a news anchor, and I was going off the top of my head.)

The content of the 3-2-1 series will obviously be dictated by that week’s relevant fantasy news, and will include key guys to watch for, waiver wire suggestions, general lineup tips, trade advice, start/sit recommendations, etc. It won’t be as rigid as I describe in the video.

Just know that I’ll bring the goods every week in my quest to help you all win your matchups.

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Fantasy Football Week 12 Start Em, Sit Em Lineup Advice and Projections

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This post is from 2009!

Click for the 2010 Fantasy Football Week 12 Start em, Sit Em Projections

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I realized this weekend why I love fantasy sports so much.

As many of you know, I am both an Indiana basketball fan and a Cleveland Browns fan. Thus, my Sunday began with watching the Hoosiers at 9:30 am as they desperately tried to salvage one win in the Puerto Rico Shootout and was then followed by heading to the Browns Backers meetup to watch Cleveland battle the Detroit Lions.

To say that I was desperate to see one of my teams capture a victory would be an understatement.

Unfortunately, both the Hoosiers and Browns did on Sunday what they have proven oh-so-good at doing over the last two years: snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Indiana was done in by a banked-in three pointer with five seconds left after relinquishing a five point lead with five minutes to go. The Browns were done in by a pass interference call on Matt Stafford’s desperation Hail Mary pass, which was followed by an un-timed down that resulted in a touchdown.

One Sunday, two excruciating losses for my two beloved teams. And that is why I love fantasy sports. Without my fantasy football teams to track, what reason would I have as a sports fan not to run out and jump off of my balcony right now?

And on that positive not, let’s look ahead to Week 12 of the fantasy football season!

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Week 11 Sleepers and Waiver Wire Steals: Justin Forsett and Jason Avant

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Week 10 is gone and you are now one of four people.

You are one of the few who are cruising your way into the playoffs, in the driver’s seat, in first place…

Or are you the one who would be in the playoffs right now if the season ended today, but you have three weeks left and a ton of pressure from the teams right below you…

Or you are one of the many who are clawing their way from being one of the non-playoff teams and trying everything to move into one of the final playoff spots…

Or is your season done and now you are just trying to screw everyone else.

Regardless of which one you are, (hopefully you’re in groups one through three) you are reading this because you are looking for more information to help you this week.

So who are this week’s sleepers and waiver wire steals?

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