As many of you already know some big names have fallen injury thus ending their 2013 campaigns have been cut short. Prior to this past week, the 49ers lost Michael Crabtree for the season making the signing of Boldin all that more important. The question will be if Boldin can make up for the loss as Boldin is no spring chicken.
The Ravens in their quest to defend the Super Bowl title has seen a defection of defense of players through free agency and retirement but the offense got dealt a blow when Dennis Pita came up lame during practice over the past weekend. The season ending injury promoted the Ravens to sign Vishanthe Shiancoeto a one year term contract.
New head coach Chip Kelley looking to make his Pro debut with the Eagles this year lost an important weapon on offense when Jeremy Maclin tore his ACL during practice this past weekend. Haven't seen any new signing of WR's for the Eagles but I don't see Jackson becoming a tier 1 WR from this as Chip Kelley will lean on McCoy for most of the Eagle production this year.
Another season injury that will not get much play because this player is not a position player is the loss the Denver Broncos will feel with Dan Koppen. Koppen is the center that Manning has come comfortable with and being the fact that Manning has really only dealt with one other center, Saturday, it could pose a little disruption early in the season.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Draft Day
The Commissioner role of Fantasy Football league's can be a thankless job. Last year I was Commish of two leagues and it appears three leagues I will be this year. While I enjoy being Commish, it is a struggle to get league owners to respond to correspondence in a timely manner.
In the Randall Round Up league I am in the process of trying to determine a draft day and time that will work for all owners. Every year, with exception of this past year, at the end of the year round up party we set the day of the draft. Trouble is that even when we set that day, someone will always forget to tell their spouse or just completely space it out. The rest of the responsibilities of a Commish is easy to do and I find a lot of enjoyment in.
I didn't do it last year for the yahoo league, but in the Randall Round Up league I'd post a week in preview of the match ups, then follow it up with a Monday QB post and finally wrap it up Tuesday morning. Successful leagues are ones that all owners are engaged - whether its trash talking, making trades, adding advise - because without the interaction one might as well just go to yahoo.com or another site to play with people you have nothing in common with.
Commissioners that are reading my new blog - What are some of the things you do? What are some things that you wish worked better?
In the Randall Round Up league I am in the process of trying to determine a draft day and time that will work for all owners. Every year, with exception of this past year, at the end of the year round up party we set the day of the draft. Trouble is that even when we set that day, someone will always forget to tell their spouse or just completely space it out. The rest of the responsibilities of a Commish is easy to do and I find a lot of enjoyment in.
I didn't do it last year for the yahoo league, but in the Randall Round Up league I'd post a week in preview of the match ups, then follow it up with a Monday QB post and finally wrap it up Tuesday morning. Successful leagues are ones that all owners are engaged - whether its trash talking, making trades, adding advise - because without the interaction one might as well just go to yahoo.com or another site to play with people you have nothing in common with.
Commissioners that are reading my new blog - What are some of the things you do? What are some things that you wish worked better?
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Fantasy Football resources
One can Bing or Google Fantasy Football and see hundreds of sites that lay claim to having an edge over another. Just as I do in my daily life of everyday news, I try to read several sources to form my opinion on the subject at hand. I also, when it comes to Fantasy Football, go one step beyond the traditional sites and check the local papers in the NFL markets to see what the beat writers are saying about their teams.
ESPN and CBS Sports are great for getting intel with the connections their experts have made but there are other sites with great insight as well. Here are a few of my favorites:
http://fftoolbox.com/
http://www.nfl.com/fantasyfootball
http://www.fftoday.com/
http://www.fantasysharks.com/index.php
What are your favorite sites?
ESPN and CBS Sports are great for getting intel with the connections their experts have made but there are other sites with great insight as well. Here are a few of my favorites:
http://fftoolbox.com/
http://www.nfl.com/fantasyfootball
http://www.fftoday.com/
http://www.fantasysharks.com/index.php
What are your favorite sites?
Sunday, July 21, 2013
2013 NFL Season is here!!!
As we enter the final full week of July, NFL teams are starting up training camp. Here is a link to all the team start dates: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/trainingcamp.
Last year was the first time in a decade that I was not party to 5 Fantasy Football leagues. While not every year do I win the league I am, it is rare that my teams haven't been competitive to the point of still in the mix when week 15 comes around. By no means do I assert my self as an expert or all knowing when it comes to compiling a winning team year after year; yet I do feel confident enough to put this blog together. My hope is that people will come here and share their ideas, concepts and strategies on playing fantasy football. If no one wants to participate that is fine as well as this blog will be therapy for me as it looks like I will again be involved in 4 or 5 leagues this year.
In the leagues that I will be involved with this year, I won't be in one that has the same format. While all of them will be performance based scoring, the methods of draft an degree of Dynasty are very different. Here are the type of leagues I am:
What is your favorite league? How many leagues are you in?
Last year was the first time in a decade that I was not party to 5 Fantasy Football leagues. While not every year do I win the league I am, it is rare that my teams haven't been competitive to the point of still in the mix when week 15 comes around. By no means do I assert my self as an expert or all knowing when it comes to compiling a winning team year after year; yet I do feel confident enough to put this blog together. My hope is that people will come here and share their ideas, concepts and strategies on playing fantasy football. If no one wants to participate that is fine as well as this blog will be therapy for me as it looks like I will again be involved in 4 or 5 leagues this year.
In the leagues that I will be involved with this year, I won't be in one that has the same format. While all of them will be performance based scoring, the methods of draft an degree of Dynasty are very different. Here are the type of leagues I am:
- Yahoo league - prerank draft and no keepers
- Family league - live straight draft with potential keepers - can keep a player for 2 years
- ESPN league - Auction draft with potential keeper - 1 player
- Fantrax league - Auction draft with potential keepers - any # players based on salary escalation scheme.
What is your favorite league? How many leagues are you in?
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