Ask the Expert: Which coaching hire, either recent or still pending, do you see as having the most fantasy impact on next season?

Which coaching hire, either recent or still pending, do you see as having the most fantasy impact on next season?

For those not following along at home, our choices in the category of new coaches are: Ron Rivera (CAR), Jim Harbaugh (SF), Leslie Frazier (MIN) and Jason Garrett (DAL). Those teams looking for a coach (DEN, CLE and OAK) are considering Jon Gruden, John Fox, Mike Mularkey (ATL OC) and Marty Mornhinweg (PHI OC) among others.
Final answer: the next DEN coach will have to make decision about Tim Tebow. That could prove to be very important for 2011.



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, Fantasy Football Basics and Fantasy Football Almanac 2010, all available at his website, http://www.ffguidebook.com/, at all major bookstores, and at http://www.amazon.com/. He is a 20-year fantasy football veteran who regularly participates in the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF), National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC) and finished 7th and 16th overall (out of 228 top players) in the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC).


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Here is my 2010 FSWA Fantasy Football Player Ballot

As a member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association (FSWA) I am asked each year to complete a ballot, here is how I filled in an all-fantasy team lineup and ranked ALL FIVE finalists for each of the following categories …

Most Valuable Player:

1 Michael Vick, QB, Eagles
2 Arian Foster, RB, Texans
3 Peyton Hillis, RB, Browns
4 Tom Brady, QB, Patriots
5 Calvin Johnson, WR, Lions

Rookie of the Year:

1 Mike Williams, WR, Buccaneers
2 Jahvid Best, RB, Lions
3 Sam Bradford, QB, Rams
4 LeGarrette Blount, RB, Buccaneers
5 Chris Ivory, RB, Saints

Best Value Pick:
1 Arian Foster, RB, Texans
2 Brandon Lloyd, WR, Broncos
3 Peyton Hillis, RB, Browns
4 Darren McFadden, RB, Raiders
5 Michael Vick, QB, Eagles


2010 All-Fantasy Team,
QB Michael Vick
RB Arian Foster
RB Peyton Hillis
WR Roddy White
WR Brandon Lloyd
TE Jason Witten
K Sebastian Janikowski
DEF NE Patriots
IDP Jerod Mayo NE

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Ask the Expert: In a fantasy playoff league (let's assume 10-team league, 4-point TD passes, no PPR, and one draft for the entire playoffs), who 1st?

In a fantasy playoff league (let's assume 10-team league, 4-point TD passes, no PPR, and one draft for the entire playoffs), who would you make the No. 1 overall pick?

The first step in this type of playoff contest is to determine how many games each team will play. Do this by picking the winners of each game week by week till the Super Bowl.

I use Vegas odds for the first week and as a guide for who might advance in later games.

I predict single games for SEA, KC, NYJ, GB, ATL and CHI; 2 games for IND , BAL and PIT; 3 games for PHI and NE and 4 games for NO as the wildcard team advances to try and repeat as SB champion (NE vs. NO). Drew Brees gets the nod as he will play one more game than any other and he is the big play guy in a format such as this non PPR league.


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, Fantasy Football Basics and Fantasy Football Almanac 2010, all available at his website, http://www.ffguidebook.com/, at all major bookstores, and at http://www.amazon.com/. He is a 20-year fantasy football veteran who regularly participates in the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF), National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC) and finished 7th and 16th overall (out of 228 top players) in the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC).


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Tip #211: Watch the NCAA Bowl Games to check on NFL draft prospects

Watch the college bowl games with an eye to the top draft picks in the upcoming NFL draft. This year some of the networks went so far as telling you on the 2 minute ticker at the bottom of the TV screen where the players in each game were expected to go in the NFL draft. Example, Andrew Luck Stanford QB expected to go overall #1 and is the #1 QB, where as Tyrod Tayor Va Tech QB was expected to be the #25 WR in the draft.

Use these games to watch the talent before you have to draft them in April!




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Congratulations to Les Sandlin, winner of 2010 FFPC Pros vs Joes Challenge

While a Joe (Les Sandlin) took the overall title, the individual division championships were split at 4 leagues a piece. The league winners were as follows:

League #1 - Rudy Ruettiger's Underdogs - SteeltownD
League #2 - Rod Tidwell's Money Makers - Sandman's Time
League #3 - Forrest Gump's All-Americans - Day Drinker Josh
League #4 - Paul Crewe's Mean Machine - The Fantasy Consultant.com
League #5 - Uncle Rico's Sweet Mechanics - Northside Day Drinkers
League #6 - Bobby Boucher's Foosballers - FantasyFreakinFootball.com
League #7 - Charles Jefferson's Z-28's - RotoExperts.com
League #8 - Steve Lattimer's Juice Crew - BFDFANTASYfootball.com

I finished 5th in League #7
Remember this is a Draft Masters-No transaction league-draft and forget. No lineups, no trades no adds /drops





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Congratulations to David Dodds, winner of 2010 Fantasy Index Auction League

2010 Fantasy Index magazine Mock Auction League drafted May 16, 2010

1 David Dodds, FootballGuys.com
2 Cory Bonini KFFL.com
3 Scott Pianowski YAHOO SPORTSTeam

10th FFGuidebook.com

But to be fair injuries to Ryan Grant, DeAngelo Williams and Anthony Gonzalez doomed this team from the start.



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Time to vote for the 2010 Fantasy Sports Writers Association awards

Who would you vote for?

Most Valuable Player (listed in alphabetical order):
Tom Brady, QB, Patriots
Arian Foster, RB, Texans
Peyton Hillis, RB, Browns
Calvin Johnson, WR, Lions
Michael Vick, QB, Eagles

Rookie of the Year (listed in alphabetical order):
Jahvid Best, RB, Lions
LeGarrette Blount, RB, Buccaneers
Sam Bradford, QB, Rams
Chris Ivory, RB, Saints
Mike Williams, WR, Buccaneers

Best Value Pick (listed in alphabetical order):
Arian Foster, RB, Texans
Peyton Hillis, RB, Browns
Brandon Lloyd, WR, Broncos
Darren McFadden, RB, Raiders
Michael Vick, QB, Eagles

The 2010 All-Fantasy Team, top performing:
QB,
RB
RB
WR
WR
TE
K
DEF
IDP (Individual Defensive Player)

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