September 12th, 2012 --- Written by
ep
Welcome back everyone for another year of fantasy football contests. That’s right, we have two contests running. A salary cap league at www.yahoo.com and the perfect lineup contest at www.nfl.com.
We have 11 teams in the Yahoo league so we’re going to start there this week, where Denver2426 spent all but .36 of his $100 cap to ace the field. Denver’s lineup scored 94.86 points to edge 69ers (92.06) in a neck-and-neck battle in Week 1.
Continue reading ‘Chinstrap Ninjas 2012 Fantasy Football Contests Week 1 results’
August 21st, 2012 --- Written by
jzak
If you really, truly want to dominate those oafish office goons in the workplace fantasy football league, the secret is in two simple steps … at least in terms of drafting your fantasy kicker and team defense.
Click … and rip.
Start by clicking here to watch a short, but very valuable, video clip. It is one of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite movies of all time. It will only take several minutes. I’ll still be here when you get back and we’ll discuss step No. 2.
OK? Did you soak in all that Robin Williams had to say? Good. Now pull out your favorite fantasy football magazine, turn to the fantasy kicker and team defense ranking pages and rip them out. Continue reading ‘Fantasy football 2012: Click-and-rip strategy to drafting a team defense and kicker’
August 16th, 2012 --- Written by
jzak
Alliteration is one of my favorite writing tools. Want to make a reptile sound more sinister? Describe it as a slithery, slinking snake. Say that phrase three times really fast. You can almost hear a snake hissing its disapproval.
Or what about Gary’s goldfish gulping grapes greedily? Who cares if goldfish don’t eat grapes – the alliteration quickly sets the tone and gives you a certain mental picture.
How about this one: Graham, Gronkowski and Gates are great! If you want, we can accentuate the “great,” holding it out like Tony the Tiger feasting on Frosted Flakes. Continue reading ‘Fantasy football 2012: Redraft tight end rankings … the top 18′
March 4th, 2012 --- Written by
jzak
When buying auto insurance, you can put all your eggs in the gecko basket, roll the dice with Allstate’s “Mayhem” or bake a pecan pie with Progressive’s Flo. But what if you could compare all the potential quotes side-by-side? What if you polled Americans and then developed an overall ranking based on their comments across the board?
That is what composite rankings do for fantasy sports.
The following Top 20 fantasy catchers for 2012 are based on rankings from ESPN, USA Today, Sports Illustrated (CNNSI), MLB.com and the current ADP. Each of those rankings were added up and scored accordingly, and the following master list of catchers is the final result. Continue reading ‘Fantasy baseball 2012: Top 20 composite catchers’
February 28th, 2012 --- Written by
Consigliere
Here is my first mock draft of the year. I won’t project any trades but ill comment on possible trades that may happen in the comments on each pick. Continue reading ‘A look at the 2012 NFL draft with an early mock of the first round’
October 7th, 2011 --- Written by
jzak
Receiving a comment on my Week 4 emergency start options, I was excited to see what it had to say. I expected someone to give me an e-high five for my mention of Laurent Robinson (7-for-116) or Jason Campbell (17 fantasy points in most league formats) or even Kendall Hunter (a respectable 11 points in PPR leagues).
Instead, the message was a complaint suggesting I ruined this person’s season because he started Jacoby Ford over DeSean Jackson, killing his chances of winning and somehow over-embellishing that into a season-killing move.
Of course, I never suggested starting Ford over DeSean. The concept of these emergency start options are that they are guys you can typically find on your league’s wire who can patch an unexpected hole on game day.
By all means, before you start any of the following, use the fantasy fundamental about starting your studs first and foremost. More on that here. If you, however, need a last-second bye-week fill-in and are up against the ropes, the following players have a chance to shine in Week 5: Continue reading ‘Fantasy football 2011: Emergency plug-and-play options to save your Week 5 lineup’
