Tag Archive for 'playoffs'

A fantasy viewer’s guide to Sunday’s games

Editor’s note – This is the second part to Jay-Mo’s look at the this weekend’s 2010 playoff games. If you haven’t read the first part yet, you can find it here.
Cowboys at Vikings – Sunday, 1 p.m.
Dallas got off to a great playoff push by stashing its December jinx back in the closet and putting together [...]

Keep a close eye on the playoffs. Use this guide

There are plenty of reasons to keep a close eye on this weekend’s NFL divisional playoff games even if your favorite team is weeks into its April draft planning and your most-hated rival has been knocked out, because there are several 2010 fantasy implications playing out in each game.
Although I buy into EP’s warning not [...]

Playoffs: Uncomfortable Brady, atypical Moss

A team-by-team fantasy review of Sunday’s NFL playoff games:
Patriots
We may have seen the last of a great 10-year dynasty. New England looked slow, out of position and frankly, unenthused to be playing
Tom Brady – Remains uncomfortable in the pocket and still showed effects of his knee surgery, typified by him not running for a score [...]

Playoffs, and their affect on fantasy football 2010

Only two playoff games have been completed so far, and already there’s plenty to talk about looking forward to our 2010 fantasy drafts/auctions/keeper decisions.
Take, for instance, Shonn Greene. He was awesome against the Bengals – 21-135-1 – and had an awesome week – 19-144-2 – during the season. Is Thomas Jones done in NY? Is [...]

NFC North: Loaded with offensive potential

Don’t look now, but the NFC North has become a league filled with offensive powerhouses in 2009. The division used to be highlighted by tough defenses and grind-it-out time-control offensive philosophies, but not this year.
The extra firepower will help any fantasy team wise enough to tap into the potential. Team-by-team previews and predictions include:

Ninja prediction: My 2009 WR sleeper special

 

Anyone who has drafted yet can tell you that the middle- to late-round wide receivers are as appealing as being a high school janitor during the peak of flu season.
No one in their right mind can and should feel good about staring Laveranues Coles or Deion Branch as their WR2 — or even to rely [...]