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Hot Off The Wire – Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

Hot Off The Wire – Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

With the season into full swing, bye weeks coming every week, and teams making adjustments to fill in both injury and vacation players, there are certainly some options on the waiver wire that should be considered if there is a need.  Keep in mind, at this point, most options are either one-week plays, or possible…

Hot Off The Wire: Week 4 Waiver Pickups

Hot Off The Wire: Week 4 Waiver Pickups

Let the bye weeks begin.  Week 4 is the first bye week of the season and it’s one of the biggest in terms of number of teams out.  There will be 6 teams on bye this week, which means there will be a lot of owners out on the wire looking for defenses and kickers. …

Fantasy 911 Week 3

Fantasy 911 Week 3

There were a lot of key fantasy players cropping up on the injury reports this week both at the beginning and midweek. With the practices completed and the teams assessing their options, the pictures are starting to become a little more clear.  The running back position is especially hot this week with a few players…

First and Five – Week 3 Running Back Starts

First and Five – Week 3 Running Back Starts

After the dust settled on week 2 and waiver claims came in, there were many owners looking at their running back situations and assessing where they were at.  Owners that were able to claim one of the decent options might have good workhorses to put up points in week 3.  Looking at the week ahead…

Week 3 Thursday Night Fantasy Starts

Week 3 Thursday Night Fantasy Starts

There’s all sorts of old adages when it comes to Thursday night fantasy football.  Running backs tend to do better, quarterbacks don’t fare so well, home kickers go off, waterboys turn into unicorns and grant wishes to players, and well you get the idea.  There are no forces at work on Thursdays that can predict…

Week 3 Hot Off The Wire

Week 3 Hot Off The Wire

Some weeks are pretty quiet on the waiver wire, especially on non-bye weeks, but this week is neither.  There were some key injuries to top fantasy players and their backups are certainly worth considering if you either have one of the starters, or need an solid option to play in week 3.  The week 3…

Going Yard – Week 2 Game Changers

Going Yard – Week 2 Game Changers

What a great weekend of football. There were plenty of highlights, big plays, and upsets.  For the fantasy world, there were a couple of late surprises that really hit some owners hard, and those that were able to cash in got the prize.  Going over the week 2 games, there are some fantasy studs that…

First and Five – Week 2 Fantasy Flex Starts

First and Five – Week 2 Fantasy Flex Starts

Going into week 2 games, there were a quite bit of developments that were unexpected and surprising.  The deactivation of Adrian Peterson, along with reports of a new drug policy, plus the on-going saga of the Rice situation.   With so many distractions, it might be easy to forget the fact that there are some NFL…

Week 2 Hot Off The Wire

Week 2 Hot Off The Wire

With all of the NFL games completed for week 1, we head into week 2 and look at the top waiver wire picks for fantasy football.  Football is a dangerous sport, and each week there are injuries and other scenarios that help add or drop fantasy value for players.  Normally, when a player is getting…

Going Yard – Week 1 Game Changers

Going Yard – Week 1 Game Changers

Football is back!  Great to see live games and huge plays again.  The NFL was packed with great games this weekend that seem to do flip-flops from one half to the other. There were a number of games that look like blow-outs when they started, only to end up being close games with completely opposite…

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