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…
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…
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
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
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
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
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
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…
Solid To The End – Late High Value Wide Receiver Draft Picks
There are always high profile fantasy players that get quickly snatched up in the draft. These players often go in the first five to seven rounds and typically put up consistent points for their owners. For most cases they are the top players in the league or the ones that owners feel are the the…
2014 Fantasy Football Draft: Fourth Round Picks
The first 3 rounds have been tough. There has been a lot of big name players going off the board as well as some new names showing up in the top 36 picks. Rolling into the fourth round means that there will be some more big name players going off the board and maybe one…