Trade Doctrine

FANTASY FOOTBALL EARLY SEASON TRADES RW Doctrine- “Always deal from a position of strength in fantasy football trades.”Plan ahead. Put yourself in position to be on the winning side of fantasy football trades that will take place starting just after week 3.Losing teams will panic, and their owners will be looking to make trades if

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Sack Cutler

Sack Cutler Byron Lambert, Rosterwatch.com Don’t worry he is used to it I promise. I was a Cutler owner last year and yes he helped me get off to a decent start and yes it was his first year in Martz’s system, leaving optimism for improvement. Jay Cutler does have undeniable talent and represents what

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Swimming the Shallows: 2011 Draft Day Strategy

Swimming the Shallows: 2011 Draft Day Strategy Byron Lambert, Rosterwatch.com You always hear talk about how “deep” a fantasy draft is and how a value based draft strategy will lead you to a promise land full of fantasy riches and harems of beautiful women whom admire your fantasy trophies. Well this year I propose is

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Runners – Redskins

WASHINGTON REDSKINS Running Backs Fantasy Breakdown Thinking about drafting a Redskin Running Back? Buy some Tylenol. Ryan Torain  (ADP- 87) 2010 Season (Redskins) Rushing: 742 Yards, 4 TDs  | 18 receptions, 125 Yards, 2 TDs In 10 games (and only 8 starts) last season, Torain racked up over 850 yards and 6 Total TDs. The

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Larry Fitzgerald and Desean Jackson

Larry Fitzgerald and Desean Jackson Byron Lambert, Rosterwatch.com They did almost end up with identical stats last year but it sure didn’t feel like it. Trading Larry Fitzgerald for Desean Jackson mid season was instrumental in my title run last year. The difference? Desean put up the same stats in two less games and was

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The Bears have themselves a new Tank

It may be premature, but I’m ready to call the Roy Williams experiment in Chicago a wash. Out of shape and underperforming, the former UT standout continues to drop the ball in every sense of the saying. This does not bode well when he also has a hungry Johnny Knox nipping at his heels. Considering

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Preseason Week 4 Pre-Roll

The last week of the preseason. You can smell football in the air. And Preseason Week 4 is what football is all about. I know, its the last week of the preseason. Preseason is meaningless to begin with, I get it.  Even in this strike-shortened year, teams are not taking any risks coming into Week

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Fantasy Thoughts Preseason WK 3 Redskins Ravens

Preseason Week 3 Redskins / Ravens Thoughts for Fantasy FootballOn the highlights, you will see Joe Flacco drop back to pass (with excellent blocking from Ray Rice) for a thread-the-needle TD pass to Anquan Boldin. He pumps his fists with emotion after capping a 12 -play, 80-yd drive against the Redskins. It makes for good

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Arian Foster

Arian Foster:  Worthy of putting a ring on it, or just a fantasy fling? Dorian Colbert, Roster Watch There’s been much discourse over the preseason about how high Arian Foster, Houston RB and last year’s fantasy darling, should be valued in this season’s draft.  Those high on him say he should go as early as

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When Push Comes To Shove

2011 Fantasy Football Draft: WR Flexibility While I think all positions in a twelve team draft are littered with depth questions this year, I do believe the WR group is shallow up-top while strong through a deep second tier. Although there is a complete drop off in talent after round six or seven; rounds four

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