Ask the Expert Question: Which incoming rookie (any position) are you currently most interested in for the upcoming season? Why?

Which incoming rookie (any position) are you currently most interested in for the upcoming season? Why?

Leonard Fournette is my choice for rookie of the year. He can and will have an immediate impact. TJ Yeldon and Chris Ivory are no threat based on last years performances. The Jags are going to use their #4 overall pick a ton. If he can become a three down back (I think he can), then 1500 combined yards is a possibility. With a little improvement in the OL and a better RB in the backfield, Jacksonville could be on the road to a winning record.

ASK THE EXPERTS appears weekly at http://www.fantasyindex.com/ with answers to a new question posted Thursday morning.

Sam Hendricks is the author of Fantasy Football Guidebook, Fantasy Football Tips and Fantasy Football Basics , all available at http://www.ExtraPointPress.com/, at all major bookstores, and at http://www.amazon.com/ and www.BN.com. He is a 25+ year fantasy football veteran who regularly participates in the National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC), Fantasy Football World Championship (FFWC) and finished 7th and 16th overall (out of 228 top players) in the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC). He won the Fantasy Index Open in 2013. In 2015 he won his Pros vs Joes Challenge division and finished 5th overall. 

Check out the latest book from Extra Point Press…a military thriller from Sam Hendricks Just One More...

Fantasy Football Tips (2nd Edition): 230 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting ($12.95) www.amazon.com/dp/1936635151

Books from Extra Point Press:

Fantasy Football Guidebook (2nd Edition): Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428650

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fantasy-football-guidebook-sam-hendricks/1008633837

Fantasy Football Basics: The Ultimate "How to" Guide for Beginners available ($10.95) at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428634

Pros vs Joes Team from first 2017 Draft

Loved the way my team turned out. I made a few mistakes but that is always going to happen in a live draft.


Here is a recap:


QB
Andrew Luck
Joe Flacco
Ryan Tannehill


RB
Todd Gurley
Isaiah Crowell
Frank Gore
Kenneth Dixon
Terrence West
Robert Kelley


WR
Julio Jones
Sammy Watkins
Kelvin Benjamin
Rishard Mathews
Josh Doctson
Zay Jones
Cooper Kupp
Terrence Williams
Calvin Johnson
Torrey Smith


TEZach Ertz
Tyler Eifert
Charles Clay


K
Dustin Hopkins
Jason Myers
Kai Forbath


DEF
PHI
PIT
BUF




In a best ball format I like to have three at QB, TE, K and Defense. The extra team covers the bye weeks and provides the extra when someone is hurt or faces a tough matchup. I could have gone just two QBs since Andrew Luck is so good he could end up being the starter for 15 of the 16 weeks (his bye week the exception). One can make a case for drafting an extra RB or WR and capping QB at two when you get a top-5 QB. I probably should have done this and skipped Tannehill as QB3 and instead gotten another WR.


Also if you are going to go with less than three players any where DEF is the best spot since DEF never get hurt and can play all the time. Again I could have gone with just 2 defenses especially since I like both PHI and PIT as Top-12 defenses/ST.


So I could have/ should have gone two QBs and Def and had two better WRs...time will tell.


The draft was a bit odd as there was more value than I expected.


Of course Calvin Johnson in the 27th is a lottery pick hoping he comes back from retirement this year. If so that is a home run pick.


What do you think?
In hindsight I went with Robert Kelley in the 12th and should have gone a WR such as Corey Coleman, Mike Wallace or Quincy Enunwa. That would have given me more balance.

One hour until first 2017 Pros vs Joes Draft!

Just 60 minutes until the first draft of the 2017 Pros vs Joes Contest (sponsored by the Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC)). 




I am a Division winner from 2012 and 2015 (so two of the past five years!!!!!!)

Draft is tonight at 8pm ET. There are 6 Pros (myself included drafting from the #5 spot) and 6 “Joes” made up of chosen FFPC Main Event participants. 

Format is 28 round, draft and forget (called Draft Experts at FFPC). Prize for winning the league (I have done it twice in the eight years I have played) is a 2018 FFPC Main Event Entry (worth over $1,850).

Dave Gerczak and Eric Balkman will be covering this draft pick-by-pick live on The High Stakes Fantasy Football Hour. The link is below:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hsff/2017/07/24/2017-ffpc-pros-vs-joes-fat-stacks-division-1

Also, if anyone wants to watch the draft board live, it will be on the FFPC YouTube channel. The link for that is below:

https://www.youtube.com/HighStakesFantasyFootball

2017 Pros vs Joes Starts Tonight!

2017 Pros Vs. Joes Starts Tonight Follow the action live on The HSFF Hour and YouTube As a reminder, tonight is the night we kick off the first of six drafts in the 2017 FFPC Pros vs. Joes Challenge! Each of the six league winners will receive a free entry into the 2018 FFPC Main Event, which has a value of $1,750, and it all starts tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET. The entire high stakes fantasy football community will be watching these drafts live on YouTube.com/HighStakesFantasyFootball. In addition, all six of the Pros vs. Joes drafts will be covered LIVE on The High Stakes Fantasy Football Hour podcast with David A. Gerczak and Eric Balkman. Tune in to hear the pick-by-pick action plus interviews from the Pros and the Joes live as they draft their squads. Here is the draft order for tonight's Fat Stacks Division #1: 1    PRO    Jeff Ratcliffe - ProFootballFocus 2    JOE    Chris Holland 3    PRO    Nelson Sousa - ScoutPro.com 4    JOE    Chris Lutz 5    PRO    Sam Hendricks - ExtraPointPress.com 6    JOE    Shelby Stewart 7    PRO    Jake Ciely - FNTSY Sports Network 8    JOE    Wayne Achterberg 9    PRO    Corey Parson - FNTSY Sports Network 10    JOE    Richard Green 11    PRO    Mike Visconti - FantasySportsCentral.com 12    JOE    Leon Hughes Division winner in 2012 and 2015 Here is the remaining schedule for the 2017 Pros Vs. Joes Drafts: Division #2: Say My Name! - Monday 9p ET Division #3: No More Half Measures - Tuesday 10p ET Division #4: Los Pollos Hermanos - Sunday, July 30th 8p ET Division #5: I Am The Danger - Monday, July 31st 9p ET Division #6: Better Call Saul! - Tuesday, August 1st 10p ET TONIGHT'S LIVE STREAMING DRAFT BOARD (NO AUDIO) The High Stakes Fantasy Football Hour normally airs Friday nights at 10/9c, and the Fat Stacks episode can be heard here. You can also hang out with the high stakes players in the show's chat room if you want to listen live, but you can always catch the replay of the show on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network on Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. ET as well as terrestrial radio stations all over North America in syndication. Plus, on-demand streaming is available for listening anytime via iTunes, YouTube, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, TuneIn Radio, Spreaker, or Overcast as well.

Tonight’s Pros vs Joes competitors

I am drafting from the 5th spot

The other competitors and draft spots are listed below:

Sunday July 23 @ 8 PM EST
1	PRO	Jeff Ratcliffe – ProFootballFocus
2	JOE	Chris Holland
3	PRO	Nelson Sousa – ScoutPro.com
4	JOE	Chris Lutz
5	PRO	Sam Hendricks – ExtraPointPress.com
6	JOE	Shelby Stewart
7	PRO	Jake Ciely – FNTSY Sports Network
8	JOE	Wayne Achterberg
9	PRO	Corey Parson – SiriusXMFantasyRadio
10	JOE	Richard Green
11	PRO	Mike Visconti – FantasySportsCentral.com
12	JOE	Leon Hughes

Drafting live tonight in Pros vs Joes Contest Follow Along Live!

Getting ready for the first draft of the 2017 Pros vs Joes Contest (sponsored by the Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC)). 

Draft is tonight at 8pm ET. There are 6 Pros (myself included drafting from the #5 spot) and 6 “Joes” made up of chosen FFPC Main Event participants. 

Format is 28 round, draft and forget (called Draft Experts at FFPC). Prize for winning the league (I have done it twice in the eight years I have played) is a 2018 FFPC Main Event Entry (worth over $1,850).

Dave Gerczak and Eric Balkman will be covering this draft pick-by-pick live on The High Stakes Fantasy Football Hour. The link is below:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hsff/2017/07/24/2017-ffpc-pros-vs-joes-fat-stacks-division-1

Also, if anyone wants to watch the draft board live, it will be on the FFPC YouTube channel. The link for that is below:

https://www.youtube.com/HighStakesFantasyFootball

Ask the Expert Question: Which veteran player (any position) that changed teams this offseason are you most interested in for the upcoming fantasy season? Why?

Which veteran player (any position) that changed teams this offseason are you most interested in for the upcoming fantasy season? Why?

Marshawn Lynch as the Oakland RB. He has had a year off to rejuvenate. He is playing behind one of the better offensive lines in front of his hometown with a chip on his shoulder. Now for the possible negatives-he is 31 and coming off an injury riddled 2015 season. Does he have anything left in the tank? I like the mix with the Raiders and see his incentive laden contract as motivation to be a top 10 RB!

ASK THE EXPERTS appears weekly at http://www.fantasyindex.com/ with answers to a new question posted Thursday morning.

Sam Hendricks is the author of Fantasy Football Guidebook, Fantasy Football Tips and Fantasy Football Basics , all available at http://www.ExtraPointPress.com/, at all major bookstores, and at http://www.amazon.com/ and www.BN.com. He is a 25+ year fantasy football veteran who regularly participates in the National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC), Fantasy Football World Championship (FFWC) and finished 7th and 16th overall (out of 228 top players) in the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC). He won the Fantasy Index Open in 2013. In 2015 he won his Pros vs Joes Challenge division and finished 5th overall. 

Check out the latest book from Extra Point Press…a military thriller from Sam Hendricks Just One More...

Fantasy Football Tips (2nd Edition): 230 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting ($12.95) www.amazon.com/dp/1936635151

Books from Extra Point Press:

Fantasy Football Guidebook (2nd Edition): Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428650

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fantasy-football-guidebook-sam-hendricks/1008633837

Fantasy Football Basics: The Ultimate "How to" Guide for Beginners available ($10.95) at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982428634

Footballguys.com Players Championship (FPC)

Just $350 to enter (or three teams for $1,000-buy a 3 pack saves you $50 a great deal).

The Grand Prize is $250,000!
Over 2 milllion in prizes will be awarded for the 2017 season.

Drafts are online and held daily. They started the beginning of June and run up until the kickoff game Thursday 7 September with the last one starting their draft at 6pm ET that day.

Rules are Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC) standard:
-start 2 flex players (RB/WR/TE)
-TEs get 1.5 PPR everyone else 1 PPR
-Kickoff and Punt return TDs count for individual players
-Starting roster is 1/2/2/1/1/1+2 flex
-Draft 20 players
-11 week regular season, 2 week playoff/championship and 3 week overall championship format
-2 weekly waiver wires

League Prizes include a 2018 FFPC Main Event entry (or $1500 cash) for League Champion (week 13 championship winner) and $500 for 2nd place (loser of week 13 championship game).

The Championship round (weeks 14-16) pays out to 770th place!

What are you waiting for?
I have signed up for a FPC league. 
See you online.

Toughest Pros vs Joes Division?

I am honored to be drafting in the 2017 Pros vs Joes Contest Sponsored by the Fantasy Football Players Championship.

My league is “The Fat Stacks” and is the first league drafting. 
Our draft is Sunday 23 July at 8pm EST. Two weeks from today!

The other competitors and draft spots are listed below:

Sunday July 23 @ 8 PM EST
1	PRO	Jeff Ratcliffe – ProFootballFocus
2	JOE	Chris Holland
3	PRO	Nelson Sousa – ScoutPro.com
4	JOE	Chris Lutz
5	PRO	Sam Hendricks – ExtraPointPress.com
6	JOE	Shelby Stewart
7	PRO	Jake Ciely – FNTSY Sports Network
8	JOE	Wayne Achterberg
9	PRO	Corey Parson – SiriusXMFantasyRadio
10	JOE	Richard Green
11	PRO	Mike Visconti – FantasySportsCentral.com
12	JOE	Leon Hughes

Here is a link to the webpage where the other leagues and draft times are listed.

http://fantasymojo.com/ffpcdata/index.php/2017/06/24/prosvsjoes/

Someone asked me which division I thought was the toughest.
To me that was an easy call. The last league...”Better Call Saul” which drafts on Tuesday 1 August at 10pm EST. 

See the owners listed below.....

Talk about tough....Kimra Schleicher (2016 FFWC Champ), Matt Schaub  (Draftsharks.com), Darren Armani (aka FantasyMojo.com), Scott Fish (from the world famous Pro-Am Scott Fish Bowl), Roger Gonzalez who I have played against several times before and Michael Nazarek (FFMastermind.com) to name a few in this “Group of Death”

Tuesday August 1 @ 10 PM EST
1	JOE	Bradley Kirkland
2	PRO	Jay Myers – DynastyFootballWarehouse.com
3	JOE	Kimra Schleicher
4	PRO	Matt Schauf – DraftSharks.com
5	JOE	Steven Rizas
6	PRO	Darren Armani – FantasyMojo.com
7	JOE	Bob MacGilvray
8	PRO	Scott Fish – Fanball.com
9	JOE	Roger Gonzalez
10	PRO	Michael Nazarek – FFMastermind.com
11	JOE	Nolan Ortiz
12	PRO	Raymond Summerlin – Rotoworld.com