Sunday, February 27, 2011

Fantasy Football Tips #213 For New QBs-Play Action Pass is their friend

The play action pass is an easy pass for a new or inexperienced QB. They fake a handoff to the RB then turn back on half of the field and look at 2 options on the other side of the field. What could be easier. They either look to primary option down field or dump the ball off to the outlet usually the RB coming out of the backfield. So with rookie, new or inexperienced QBs expect more passes to the RBs (if they can catch) and to 1 primary WR.


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NFL-Player talks Predictions?


Deal gets done but after March 4th CBA expiration. So a lock out will occur.
I predict a deal is done the week before the NFL draft (Draft starts on Thurs 28 April and runs thru Sat 30 April).
So look for a settlement/compromise/deal whatever you want to call it the week of 18-22 April (more than likely on Friday 22 April or even Sat-Sunday thereafter). The NFL will really want it done before the Draft week hoopla.

Outcomes:
-16 game season in 2011, 18 Game season in 2012 and beyond (2 less preseason games)
-Better health care and a baseline pension for retired players
-Cap on first round draft picks compensation-it really is crazy that the 10th pick of the 1st round of the NFL draft can make more before stepping on the field than a vet at the same position.
-Expanded rosters
-Some disciplinary punishment adjustments-either Goodell has to have a more transparent policy on how it is dissed out or some secondary appeal process will be created.
-Some kind of revenue protection scheme to give the owners their share first to compensate for known upfront costs that they are bearing.






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Thursday, February 17, 2011

NFL doldrums+Valentines day argggggggggg!

I seem to remember reading somewhere that Christmas and Valentines day had the most suicides. I cannot speak for Christmas but this past Sunday 13 Feb (the day before Valentines day) was pretty bleak. I can see why some people are affected emotionally by the 14th day in Feb. especially as it is near the first Sunday without football on TV.
I mean think about it. Imagine if you are single and without a girlfriend (I spent most of my adult life in this position so I can throw stones here people). You turn on your TV on the first Sunday without football only to find NBA basketball, golf and wait on it PBA Bowling. Ohhhhh pinch me.

Add to this the terrible dread you have that the upcoming NFL season is going down in flames as the labor negotiations between the NFL players association and the owners rapidly disintegrates.

Lets review:
NO GF on V Day
No football on Sunday
No NFL in 2011'

Ok now I am depressed.









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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Fantasy Football Index magazine 2010 Expert QB Rankings and Overall Results

Congratulations to Pretzel May of FantasyDraftMaster.com the winner
of the 2010 Fantasy Football Index Experts Poll.
The contest involved 20 other analysts/Experts (including myself) and was one of the most wide-open polls in years with a different leader every day and every expert finished below-average in at least one category. What does this all mean? No one can be right all the time and most of us "Experts" are just trying to stay above the mean. More on that later.

Cory Bonini (KFFL) won quarterbacks, followed by Scott Sachs (Perfect Season
Fantasy Football) and Jeffrey Kamys (Dr. Stats Fantasy Sports).

Second place this year goes to Lance Ralls. He was selected by the magazine to participate.
Third place goes to Scott Pianowski (Yahoo! Sports). Scott is always one of the
top finishers in this competition. He always seems to be above average.

The top 11 finishers in this competition win spots in the Mock Draft
Competitions that is part of Fantasy Football Index magazine. Mays will get
first choice of where he wants to select in that draft (first, second, or
whatever). The final three spots in that league go to Kamys, Pappano and
David Dorey (The Huddle). Going into the last position rankings I was 10th but a 16th place finish in QBs sunk me to 16th overall too. My Tony Romo ranking of 4th hurt as his injury killed me. It did not help my case either with Matt Leinart at 16th (these were done in May folks!) and I was highest on Donovan McNabb (8th) then all others. No apologies, I will continue to go out on the limb since some of my other calls (Matt Forte 19th-only 2 others picked him in top 19; Benjamin Watson, TE 20th) are great!


EXPERTS POLL: Overall (QB, RB, WR, TE, K, DEF)
Points
199,321 *Pretzel May
199,093 *Lance Ralls
199,038 *Scott Pianowski
198,943 *Nathan Zegura
198,794 *Christopher Harris
198,566 *Chris Liss
198,527 *James Serra
198,389 *Gregg Rosenthal
198,299 *Jeffrey Kamys
198,021 *Lenny Pappano
197,546 *David Dorey
197,503 Scott Sachs
197,325 Bob Henry
197,151 Alan Satterlee
197,110 Michael Nazarek
197,029 Sam Hendricks
197,012 Rick Hawes
196,964 Jon Millman
196,939 Cory Bonini
195,630 Louis Tranquilli

198,097 Fantasy Football Index (not officially part of poll)

*--wins spot in Mock Draft League in Fantasy Football Index 2011


EXPERTS POLL: Quarterbacks
Points
61,795 Cory Bonini
61,380 Scott Sachs
61,363 Jeffrey Kamys
61,279 Pretzel May
61,205 James Serra
61,174 Chris Liss
60,653 Nathan Zegura
60,619 Lance Ralls
60,599 Christopher Harris
60,294 Scott Pianowski
60,200 David Dorey
60,120 Jon Millman
60,115 Rick Hawes
60,081 Bob Henry
59,717 Gregg Rosenthal
59,573 Sam Hendricks
59,572 Michael Nazarek
59,498 Louis Tranquilli
58,826 Lenny Pappano
58,093 Alan Satterlee

61,519 Fantasy Football Index (not officially part of poll)


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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

FF Guidebook, FF Tips and FF Basics all recommend www.FootballGuys.com as one of the top pay sites for fantasy football.

I recommend http://www.footballguys.com/ in all of my fantasy football books as one of the top premium (pay) sites for rankings and start sit decisions. http://www.fantasypros.com/ recently announced its top five performers (weekly ranking accuracy) as part of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA) conference. I am proud to see David Dodds of http://www.footballguys.com/ at #2 in the rankings.



Well done David!



And the winners are:

1. John Paulsen of The Scores Report

2. David Dodds of Footballguys.com

3. Andy Behrens of Yahoo!

4. Josh Moore of 4for4.com

5. Site rankings from FantasyFootballNerd.com



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Monday, February 7, 2011

Sam Hendricks, aka FFGuidebook.com, finishes 11th out of 20 Experts in Fantasy Football Index RB rankings, holds on to 10th overall

Thanks to my pick of Matt Forte as the 19th best RB (only 2 other Experts had him in the Top 20), I finished 11th in RBs despite being the highest on DeAngelo Williams (5th) whose injury crushed me in the standings.


With one position left to be graded, Pappano is the overall leader, 136
points ahead of Alan Satterlee (Dynasty Rogues) and 452 ahead of Scott
Pianowski (Yahoo Sports). Rosenthal is sitting in 4th.

The top 11 finishers in the poll win spots in the Mock Draft league that
will published in Fantasy Football Index magazine. Right now, Chris Liss of
Rotowire.com is holding that 11th and final spot. Just on the outside
looking in (needing a good showing in quarterbacks to move up) are David
Dorey (The Huddle), James Serra (First Place Sports Software), Bob Henry
(Footballguys.com) and others.




EXPERTS POLL: Running Backs
Points
37,525 Christopher Harris
37,151 Gregg Rosenthal
37,075 Lenny Pappano
37,019 Alan Satterlee
37,001 Lance Ralls
36,640 Chris Liss
36,423 Scott Pianowski
36,341 Pretzel May
35,960 Jon Millman
35,740 Nathan Zegura
35,725 Sam Hendricks
35,573 Rick Hawes
35,233 Michael Nazarek
35,200 David Dorey
35,144 Bob Henry
34,842 Louis Tranquilli
34,802 Jeffrey Kamys
34,733 James Serra
34,605 Scott Sachs
34,171 Cory Bonini

35,962 Fantasy Football Index (not officially part of poll)


EXPERTS POLL: Overall (RB, WR, TE, K, Def)
Points
139,195 Lenny Pappano
139,059 Alan Satterlee
138,743 Scott Pianowski
138,672 Gregg Rosenthal
138,474 Lance Ralls
138,290 Nathan Zegura
138,195 Christopher Harris
138,042 Pretzel May
137,539 Michael Nazarek
137,456 Sam Hendricks
137,392 Chris Liss
137,346 David Dorey
137,322 James Serra
137,244 Bob Henry
136,936 Jeffrey Kamys
136,897 Rick Hawes
136,844 Jon Millman
136,132 Louis Tranquilli
136,124 Scott Sachs
135,144 Cory Bonini

136,578 Fantasy Football Index (not officially part of poll)





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Sunday, February 6, 2011

What is your preliminary Top 10 for the 2011 fantasy season?

What is your preliminary Top 10 for the 2011 fantasy season?

For rankings, assume 4-pt TD passes and non-PPR scoring; 1 point for every 10 rushing or receiving yards (and every 20 passing yards), 6 points for all rushing or receiving touchdowns



1 Michael Vick: If he plays all 16 games, a big if...
2 Arian Foster: #1 stays #1 until proven otherwise
3 Adrian Peterson: What's not to love and hate with AP
4 Chris Johnson: One of the games most gifted RBs
5 Jamaal Charles: KC will use him early and often...I hope
6 Maurice Jones Drew: Hope for the best, expect the worst
7 Peyton Hillis: Gutsy RB that even CLE cannot ruin
8 Michael Turner (Darren McFadden, LeSean McCoy, or Frank Gore could have gone here as well-injury concerns for all push them to the back)
9 Roddy White: Mr. Consistent at WR
10 Andre Johnson: Reggie Wayne could go here too

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Saturday, February 5, 2011

Sam Hendricks (FFGuidebook.com) finishes 8th of 20 in the Fantasy Index Magazine WR Rankings contest for 2010

After my 8th place finish (out of 20 Experts) in the WR rankings for 2010, FFGuidebook.com is now 10th overall and qualifies for the 2011 Mock Draft with 2 big categories remaining to be graded. RB will be next and QB rankings will be evaluated last. The WR rankings are below, followed by the overall rankings.

EXPERTS POLL: WIDE RECEIVER RESULTS
Points
30,220 Lenny Pappano
29,430 Alan Satterlee
29,359 Bob Henry
29,230 Jeffrey Kamys
29,062 James Serra
29,017 Lance Ralls
28,998 Nathan Zegura
28,991 Sam Hendricks
28,976 Gregg Rosenthal
28,919 Scott Pianowski
28,858 Pretzel May
28,766 Louis Tranquilli
28,764 Rick Hawes
28,527 Christopher Harris
28,524 Michael Nazarek
28,480 Chris Liss
28,378 Jon Millman
28,338 Cory Bonini
28,239 David Dorey
27,591 Scott Sachs

29,386 Fantasy Football Index (not officially part of poll)


EXPERTS POLL: OVERALL STANDINGS (WR, TE, K and DEF)
Points
102,590 James Serra
102,550 Nathan Zegura
102,321 Scott Pianowski
102,305 Michael Nazarek
102,146 David Dorey
102,134 Jeffrey Kamys
102,120 Lenny Pappano
102,100 Bob Henry
102,040 Alan Satterlee
101,731 Sam Hendricks
101,701 * Pretzel May
101,521 Gregg Rosenthal
101,519 Scott Sachs
101,473 Lance Ralls
101,324 Rick Hawes
101,290 Louis Tranquilli
100,973 Cory Bonini
100,883 Jon Millman
100,753 Chris Liss
100,670 Christopher Harris

100,617 Fantasy Football Index (not officially part of poll)

* -- currently in 11th place (top 11 finishers qualify for 2011 Mock Draft
league in Fantasy Football Index magazine).






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Friday, February 4, 2011

Sam Hendricks (FFGuidebook.com) finishes 5th out of 20 Experts in TE rankings at Fantasy Football Index magazine

A stronger finish in the TE rankings has pushed me into 10th overall.

So far we have the results are in for DEF, K and TE. I advanced in the overall rankings to 10th.

The top 11 finishers in this poll will win spots in the Mock Draft League that will be published in the 2011 edition of Fantasy Football Index magazine.


EXPERTS POLL: Tight ends
Points
19,460 Scott Sachs
19,443 Cory Bonini
19,399 Chris Liss
19,268 Lance Ralls
19,227 Sam Hendricks
19,162 David Dorey
19,148 Nathan Zegura
19,110 James Serra
19,105 Rick Hawes
19,095 Michael Nazarek
19,094 Jon Millman
19,039 Scott Pianowski
19,021 Bob Henry
18,969 Christopher Harris
18,907 Pretzel May
18,890 Louis Tranquilli
18,847 Lenny Pappano
18,841 Gregg Rosenthal
18,779 Jeffrey Kamys
18,254 Alan Satterlee

18,419 Fantasy Football Index (not included in poll)



EXPERTS POLL: Overall (TE, PK & D/ST)
Points
74,036 Scott Sachs
73,943 David Dorey
73,865 Michael Nazarek
73,660 James Serra
73,660 Nathan Zegura
73,485 Scott Pianowski
73,060 Jeffrey Kamys
72,904 Pretzel May
72,897 Bob Henry
72,848 Sam Hendricks
72,731 Cory Bonini
72,659 Alan Satterlee
72,620 Rick Hawes
72,605 Gregg Rosenthal
72,548 Louis Tranquilli
72,529 Jon Millman
72,492 Lance Ralls
72,381 Chris Liss
72,311 Christopher Harris
71,972 Lenny Pappano

71,339 Fantasy Football Index (not included in poll)

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Thursday, February 3, 2011

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18 Week Season in 2012?


I hope the NFLPA and the owners come to agreement over the CBA soon. I have looked into my crystal ball and I believe we will have a 2011 season and it will be a 16 game/17 week season. But indications are that beyond 2011 it could well be a 18 game/20 week season with 2 less preseason games (Season starts 2 weeks early) and the playoffs extend right up until a week before the Super Bowl. Yes yes move the Pro Bowl back to obscurity after the SB.

What will a 18 game NFL season mean for Fantasy Football?

It will mean a 20 week season with 2 bye weeks for each team and 18 regular season games.

I expect bye weeks in weeks 4-10 and then repeated in weeks 11-17. Why? Because no team wants their bye week to be early. This years week 4 byes seemed too early and players complained. Could you see any team wanting their bye in week 1 or 2? No way.

Week 20 probably will be off limits for the same reasons we avoid week 17 Super Bowls now (apathy and players sitting to rest for playoffs).

So I expect a 19 week season for FF. The playoffs may be limited to weeks 18 and 19 due to bye week issues. So a 2 week playoff contest to include the Championship game.

14 team leagues can play a game against each other team (13 games) and perhaps have 4 weeks of ALL PLAY where each team plays every team that week. Optimally these all play games may start with week 1 and last for all of the Non-bye weeks-so start the season with ALL PLAY in weeks 1-3?

12 team leagues? Yikes

16 Team leagues-15 game regular seasons-each team plays all the other teams, playoffs in weeks 16-18 with everyone realizing that 2 of those weeks may have bye week teams so some strategic drafting may be introduced into FF drafts from now on. I.e late bye weeks become more important.

We will see...

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Sam Hendricks and FFGuidebook.com finish 4th in Fantasy Football Index projections/rankings contest

Alan Satterlee of Dynasty Rogues is the winner of the Defense portion
of the Experts Poll that appeared in the last issue of Fantasy Football
Index magazine, Scott Sachs (Perfect Season Fantasy Football) finished in second, Michael Nazarek (Fantasy Football Mastermind) took third and Sam Hendricks (FFGuidebook.com) finished in fourth in the category.

Defenses were scored using the system of 6 points for TDs, and 2 points for
every sack, interception, fumble and safety. Touchdowns include scores on
returns of interceptions and opponents fumbles, as well as kickoffs, punts
and blocked kicks. Arizona scored 3 TDs that didn't count (2 offensive
fumble recoveries and a fake field goal by Jay Feely).

With two categories scored, David Dorey (The Huddle) is the current overall
leader, following by Nazarek and Sachs. The QB, RB and WR categories are
still to come.

FF Index also are scoring their own picks that appeared in the news-stand edition of
Fantasy Football Index. They haven't done well yet, finishing
below-average in defenses and next-to-last in kickers.


EXPERTS POLL: DEFENSES
Points
33,312 Alan Satterlee
33,136 Scott Sachs
33,092 Michael Nazarek
33,012 Sam Hendricks
32,972 David Dorey
32,904 James Serra
32,892 Rick Hawes
32,850 Lenny Pappano
32,746 Gregg Rosenthal
32,706 Scott Pianowski
32,686 Pretzel May
32,644 Bob Henry
32,604 Jeffrey Kamys
32,210 Lance Ralls
32,174 Christopher Harris
32,108 Nathan Zegura
32,032 Louis Tranquilli
31,758 Jon Millman
31,752 Cory Bonini
31,456 Chris Liss

32,466 Fantasy Football Index (not officially part of poll).



EXPERTS POLL: OVERALL (Defenses & Kickers)
Points
54,781 David Dorey
54,770 Michael Nazarek
54,576 Scott Sachs
54,550 James Serra
54,512 Nathan Zegura
54,446 Scott Pianowski
54,405 Alan Satterlee
54,281 Jeffrey Kamys
53,997 Pretzel May
53,876 Bob Henry
53,764 Gregg Rosenthal
53,658 Louis Tranquilli
53,621 Sam Hendricks
53,515 Rick Hawes
53,435 Jon Millman
53,342 Christopher Harris
53,288 Cory Bonini
53,224 Lance Ralls
53,125 Lenny Pappano
52,982 Chris Liss

52,920 Fantasy Football Index (not officially part of poll).


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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

The 2010 FFLibrarian/F.S.T.A. preseason accuracy results released

I advocate using a premim pay site for your FF research.

I recommend http://www.footballguys.com/

as a great site. I am proud to blog that they finished 8th out of 50 such sites in this years 2010 FF Librarian/FSTA acuracy contest http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/fantasy-football-accuracy-rankings-for-2010/



Web sites that were interested in participating in the contest were asked to submit their preseason rankings for the top 25 QBs, 50 RBs, 50 WRs, and 20 TEs based on the standard scoring system below:

Passing Yards (25 yards per point)
Passing Touchdowns (4)
Rushing Yards (10 yards per point)
Reception Yards (10 yards per point)
Rushing & Receiving Touchdowns (6)

Interceptions & Fumbles Lost (-2)

The 2010 FFLibrarian/F.S.T.A. preseason accuracy results are as follows:

Most Accurate Rankings Across All Positions:

1. Bruno Boys

2. Ask the Commish

3. FOX Sports (Roger Rotter)

4. The Big Lead (Geoff Decker)

5. Fantasy Football Trader

6. The Mac Bros

6. RealTime Fantasy Sports

8. Footballguys

9. Pro Football Weekly

10. Draft Analyzer

10. ESPN

10. FFToday.com

10. KFFL

14. Fantasy Football Geek Blog

15. Draft Sharks

15. FantasySharks.com




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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Fantasy Football Index Experts Poll-Kickers results from 2010

Congratulations are in order for Nathan Zegura of The Fantasy Consultant. He
is the winner in the Kickers Portion of the Fantasy Football Index Experts
Poll.

These are the scores from the picks published in the 2010 edition of Fantasy
Football Index. FF Index asked 20 different fantasy football analysts to rank
their top 20 at each position ­ quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers,
tight ends, kickers and defenses. Then they scored the selections, using a
complex grading system that awards points (in varying degrees) for every
selection. The higher you rate a player, the more he counts towards your
score.

Zegura is the winner. Two of the all-time leaders in the Experts Poll
competition, David Dorey (The Huddle) and Scott Pianowski (Yahoo Sports)
finished second and third.

The kicker position was more polluted than usual this year because of an
unusually high number of injuries and roster moves. Stephen Gostkowski, Matt
Prater and Jason Hanson all missed significant times. Garrett Hartley was
replaced for a while in New Orleans, Shayne Graham sat out the first half of
the season, and the Steelers gave up on Jeff Reed. So experts tending to
rank those guys highly tended to take a beating in the scoring system, which
grades every pick.

Nevertheless, Zegura was the clear winner, outscoring everyone by six
hundred points. There was almost as much difference between Zegura as the
rest of the field combined. Zegura's best picks were ranking David Akers 2nd
(Akers wasn't in the top 5 on most boards), and he was by far the highest on
Billy Cundiff (10th) who beat out Shayne Graham in Baltimore and went on to
have a Pro Bowl season.

A reminder on how the scoring works. If a kicker scored 100 NFL points (and
for kickers, NFL and fantasy points are the same ­ they didn't do bonuses for
long field goals or penalties for missed kicks) than that would be his
³multiplier² or scoring number. If you ranked him first, that pick would be
worth 2,000 points ­ 20 x 100. If you ranked him 2nd, that would be worth
1,900 points ­ 19 x 100. Third would equal 1,800 points (18 x 100) and so
on.

When you score all 20 points by all 20 experts, Zegura comes out on top.

FF Index will score all of the categories separately over the next week. The
winner will be the expert with the most overall points (QB, RB, WR, TE, K
and DEF).

The Fantasy Football Index picks aren't part of this competition. FF Index host
and run the competition, but they have never been part of it themselves.
Nevertheless, they do score their choices to see how they do. Not well this time.
Their picks finished with 20,454 points, which would be next-to-last in this
group. In other words I would have beaten them. I am hoping for a better performance in the upcoming categories.

EXPERTS POLL: KICKERS
Points
22,404 Nathan Zegura
21,809 David Dorey
21,740 Scott Pianowski
21,678 Michael Nazarek
21,677 Jeffrey Kamys
21,677 Jon Millman
21,646 James Serra
21,626 Louis Tranquilli
21,536 Cory Bonini
21,526 Chris Liss
21,440 Scott Sachs
21,311 Pretzel May
21,232 Bob Henry
21,168 Christopher Harris
21,093 Alan Satterlee
21,018 Gregg Rosenthal
21,014 Lance Ralls
20,623 Rick Hawes
20,609 Sam Hendricks
20,275 Lenny Pappano




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