Archive for November, 2011
Posted: Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 | NFL.com Staff Tags: NFL Fantasy Live podcast, Andrew Siciliano, Elliot Harrison, Michael Fabiano
Michael Fabiano and Elliot Harrison talk fantasy running backs, wide receivers and which defense you may want to pick up for week 10.
Posted: Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 | NFL Playbook Staff Tags: Playbook picks, Brian Baldinger, Matt Millen, Solomon Wilcots
Playbook analysts Solomon Wilcots, Joe Theismann, Brian Baldinger and Matt Millen make their picks for Week 10:
Posted: Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 | NFL.com Staff Tags:
With Darren McFadden out for another week, Michael Bush will start for Oakland. But his matchup shouldn’t excite fantasy owners.
Posted: Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 | NFL.com Staff Tags: Three and out, Ahmad Bradshaw, Brandon Jacobs, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Eddie Royal, Eric Decker, Jahvid Best, Kevin Smith, New York Giants, Tim Tebow, Willis McGahee
The Broncos could go option full-time to help Tim Tebow; Ahmad Bradshaw sits out practice again and no one knows when Jahvid Best will be back.
Posted: Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 | NFL.com Staff Tags: Data Points, Aaron Rodgers, Dan Marino, Drew Brees, Philip Rivers, Tom Brady
We’re halfway through the season and the usual suspects are still on pace to shatter Dan Marino‘s single-season passing record. Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers all are in position to break the mark of 5,084 yards.
Posted: Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 | NFL Playbook Staff Tags: Marcel Reece, Oakland Raiders, Playbook
The NFL has become a league in which spread sets are becoming the norm for offenses and the fullback has become virtually non-existent – or so you think.
Posted: Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 | NFL.com Staff Tags: First and 10, Al Davis, Baltimore Ravens, Chicago Bears, Dave Dameshek, Derrick Mason, Drew Brees, Jason La Canfora, Joe Paterno, Michael Fabiano, New England Patriots, NFL Films, Penn State, Philadelphia Eagles, Ronde Barber, Steve Wyche
Time flies when you’re having fun, and the 2011 NFL regular season is already half over. With that in mind, we asked eight NFL.com and NFL Network analysts for their award winners at the halfway point and revised predictions for the postseason, and the results are in.
Posted: Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 | jasonfsmith1 Tags: Fantasy QB rankings, Ben Roethlisberger, Carson Palmer, Eli Manning, Matt Cassel, Matthew Stafford, Philip Rivers
For this week’s quarterback rankings, there are no byes, remember. We’re skipping a week before they finish up in Week 11. That means you play all of the Holy Five: Rodgers, Brady, Vick, Brees, and Newton — regardless of matchup. This makes picking the next five best QBs extremely difficult because they’re all available. Here’s how I rank them six through 10 for Week 10.
Posted: Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 | Steve Wyche Tags: Cover Two Podcast, Chicago Bears, Curtis Painter, John Beck, Philadelphia Eagles, Tim Tebow
In conjunction with NFL.com’s midseason awards and projections this week, the podcast looked heavily at what teams have a realistic shot at the playoffs — like Chicago — and what teams are on greased skids to start getting heavily into draft preparation.
Posted: Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 | Adam Rank Tags: Three and out, Darren McFadden, DeSean Jackson, Mike Tolbert, Ryan Mathews
A look at three of the top stories in fantasy football on Tuesday morning.
Posted: Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 | Adam Rank Tags: Monday Nightmare, DeSean Jackson, Jason Avant, LeSean McCoy, Lindsay Soto, Matt Forte
Regular readers of this space know that Monday night was not going to be a good one for me. I had scored the second-most points in our NFL Network league and was looking pretty good until I noticed that Lindsay Soto was rolling out Matt Forte, LeSean McCoy and DeSean Jackson. We know how this one was going to end, right?
Posted: Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 | jasonfsmith1 Tags: Blog Log Blog, Alex Smith, Anquan Boldin, Brady Quinn, Calvin Johnson, Eddie Royal, frank gore, Greg Olsen, Jay Cutler, Joe Flacco, Kellen Winslow, Matt Forte, Matt Ryan, Michael Turner, Oakland Raiders, Ray Rice, Roddy White, Ryan Torain, San Diego Chargers, Todd Heap
With the first Thursday night game of the year around the corner, Jason Smith breaks down previous Thursday night games and finds one position has generally excelled above all others.
Posted: Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 | NFL.com Staff Tags: First and 10, Aaron Rodgers, Al Davis, Chas Henry, Eli Manning, Joe Flacco, Mike Shanahan, New England Patriots, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Philip Rivers, Roy Helu
If you missed the New York Giants’ Super Bowl flashback against the New England Patriots, or Sunday night’s stirring final drive by the Baltimore Ravens against the Pittsburgh Steelers, NFL Network’s got you covered with a special edition of “NFL Replay” Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET.
Posted: Monday, November 7th, 2011 | NFL.com Staff Tags: Fantasy Faux Pas, Chris Johnson, John Skelton, Julio Jones, robert meachem, Roy Helu, Ryan Torain, Tom Brady, Vincent Jackson, Willis McGahee
Willis McGahee runs wild with one hand, Vincent Jackson exploding for three touchdowns and, of course, shanahanigans all conspired to drive fantasy owners to distraction in this week’s edition of Fantasy Faux Pas Monday.
Posted: Monday, November 7th, 2011 | NFL.com Staff Tags: John Harbaugh, Baltimore Ravens, Joe Flacco, The Coaches Show
John Harbaugh has done a few impressive things lately, including quoting Theodore Roosevelt. The other is utilizing the spread formation to get the most out of QB Joe Flacco in the shotgun, a move that might be more geared for the long-run.