2012 RB Rankings

RB

1 Arian Foster-HOU/8

2 Ray Rice-BAL/8

3 LeSean McCoy-PHI/7

4 M.J. Drew-JAX/6

5 Chris Johnson-TEN/11

6 Darren McFadden-OAK/5

7 Jamaal Charles-KC/7

8 Matt Forte-CHI/6

9 Marshawn Lynch-SEA/11

10 Adrian Peterson-MIN/11

11 Ryan Mathews-SD/7

12 Steven Jackson-STL/9

13 Fred Jackson-BUF/8

14 Darren Sproles-NO/6

15 Demarco Murray-DAL/5

16 A. Bradshaw-NYG/11

17 Frank Gore-SF/9

18 Michael Turner-ATL/7

19 Reggie Bush-MIA/7

20 T. Richardson-CLE/10 (R)

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2012 QB Rankings for Fantasy Football

QB

1 A Rodgers GB

2 Cam Newton CAR

3 D Brees NO 

4 T Brady NE

5 M Stafford DET6

6 Michael Vick PHI

7 Tony Romo DAL

8 Peyton Manning DEN

9 Eli Manning NYG

10 Philip Rivers SD 

11 Matt Ryan ATL

12 B Roethlisberger PIT

13 Matt Schuab HOU

14 Andy Dalton CIN

15 Ryan Fitzpatrick BUF

16 Jay Culter CHI

17 Carson Palmer OAK

18 Robert Griffin III-WAS (rushing TDs 6 Pts)

19 Alex Smith SF 

20 Kevin Kolb-AZ

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Sam Hendricks, aka FFGuidebook.com agrees to compete in five Expert Drafts in 2012

So far I have agreed to do the following Expert Drafts in 2012.

More to follow...

1) Fantasy Football Index League (Invite only for rankings winners  from the previous year) (Draft Saturday 19 May)

2) Fantasy Football Index magazine Auction League

3) Fantasy Football Pro Forecast magazine Standard League (Draft 15 May)

4) Fantasy Football Pro Forecast magazine PPR League (Draft 17 May)

5) Pros vs Joes FFPC (Won my league last year, the only Expert to do so!) (Draft in July)

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4th place finish in Fantasy Sports Writers Association (FSWA) 2012 Fantasy Basketball league

Extra Point Press author Sam Hendricks finishes 4th in the Fantasy Sports Writers Association (FSWA) Fantasy Basketball league 2012. After staying 2nd or 3rd most of the season, Sam lost ground in the last two weeks to finish 4th. Congratulations go to winner Eric McClung.

Sam's team FFGuidebook.com won the "Most categories won" trophy. 

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2012 NFL Draft 1st round Winners and Losers

The NFL conducted the first round last night starting at 8 PM EST. 

The first two picks were no secret as the Colts took Andrew Luck, QB with the first pick and Washington followed that up with another QB in Robert Griffin III. I like RG3 in the short term for FF production because he has some talent around him and the Redskins HC can get a lot out of a mobile QB like RG3. Luck finds himself without much of a supporting cast. Do not expect much from IND for the next 2-3 years. 

Who did well last night?

Winners

CLE- Trent Richardson is real deal, I had Brandon Weeden ahead of Tannehill but I think Browns reached for him a little early

NE-moved up twice to get good defenders that they needed

CIN-addressed two critical needs RG and CB

PIT-may have got steal of draft with their G DeCastro-much much needed OL help

JAX-they absolutely needed a WR and got Blackmon who IMO is a standup guy

DET-Shore up OL with Riley Reiff

AZ-Michael Floyd may be better then Blackmon IMO

Losers

BUF- the draft is deep in WRs and CBs and they go with a CB when they need a LT and WR and OLB more

SEA-I am not sold on Bruce Irvin as a 1st rd pick

SF-A. J Jenkins was a reach at WR in 1st rd  when they added Manningham and Moss in offseason

Overall there were 15 Offensive Players drafted and 17 Defensive

4 QBs, 3 RBs, 4 WRs but no TE or K

4 OL

10 DL

2 LB

5 DB

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FFGuidebook.com and predictions for the 2012 NFL Draft tonight

I thought the NFL draft would play out like this:

1st Round NFL Draft Mock

NFL DRAFT 

1 IND                       Andrew Luck          QB

2 WAS (From StL)  Robert Griffin III     QB

3 CLE (From MIn)  Trent Richardson     RB

4 MIN                      Matt Kalil                OT

5 TB Morris Claiborne     CB                       

6 Stl  Justin Blackmon      WR                  

7 JAX Melvin Ingram         DE                     

8 MIA Ryan Tannehill       QB

9 CAR Fletcher Cox            DT                    

10 BUF  Riley Reiff              OT                  

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11 KC Dontari Poe             DT                   

12 SEA Michael Floyd          WR                  

13 AZ Quinton Copies       DE                       

14 DAL   Mark Barron             S               

15 PHI Luke Kuechly          ILB                  

16 NYJ  Michael Brockers DT                

17 CIN  Courtney Upshaw    DE                  

18 SD  Dre Kirkpatrick       CB                   

19 CHI   Dave DeCastro        OG                

20 TEN Stephon Gilmore CB 

21 CIN Joe Adams WR

22 CLE Brandon Weeden QB             

Other 1st round notables:

26 HOU Kendall Wright WR

30 SF Stephen Hill WR

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NFL Schedule out and bye weeks...

BYE WEEKS
WEEK 4
Indianapolis, Pittsburgh

WEEK 5
Dallas, Detroit, Oakland, Tampa Bay

WEEK 6
Chicago, New Orleans, Carolina, Jacksonville

WEEK 7
Atlanta, Denver, Kansas City, Miami, Philadelphia, San Diego

WEEK 8
Buffalo, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Houston

WEEK 9
St. Louis, New England, NY Jets, San Francisco

WEEK 10
Cleveland, Green Bay, Arizona, Washington

WEEK 11
Tennessee, Minnesota, NY Giants, Seattle


Nothing crazy here but some observations:
-Week 7 is the only "black"Sunday with 6 bye week teams
-Week 4 may not even be considered a bye week as IND is one of the two teams and may not have any FF players worthy of drafting there this season with P Manning moving on to DEN
-Week 11 Looks bleak for RBs as Chris Johnson, Adrian Peterson (hopefully finally healthy by then, and Marshawn Lynch all get to sit for the week). Honorable mention is week 6 with Forte, MJD and whichever RB is the flavor of the month at CAR and NO.

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