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Barnes and Noble and BN.com are now offering 15% off one Extra Point Press book purchased between now and the end of 16 Jan. Enter code D8C7C9J at checkout. That means Fantasy Football Guidebook can be $16.95 or Fantasy Football Tips will be $9.35. Great deals for those after holiday gift cards!!!!

Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting ($10.95) http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fantasy-football-tips-sam-hendricks/1017000616

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95)
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Fantasy Football (Soccer to Yanks): The Ultimate "How-to" Guide for Fantasy Football/Fantasy Soccer ($14.95) http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fantasy-football-sam-hendricks/1100639984

Fantasy Football Guidebook(2nd Edition): Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football ($19.95) 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
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Congratulations to the winners of the National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC) for 2011

The National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC) winners:
NFFC Classic (a 14 team high stakes event):

Michael Treffiletti beat 279 other teams in the National Fantasy Football Championship’s Classic event and took home the $100,000 grand prize. The 35-year old Albany, New York native has a 14 year history of playing fantasy football. He is a seven year veteran of the NFFC.


Oh and in case you did not hear, Michael beat his brother, as Joe Treffiletti also had one of this season’s finest teams. When the playoffs began Michael’s team was the No. 2 seed in the playoff competition while Joe’s was fourth. Week 16 began with both brothers one and two in the standings.


Victor Cruz was one of Michaels waiver wire pickups and he proved critical in week 16.  But Tony Romo let him down by departing his game early with an injury and zero points. That departure crushed many FF fans that Sunday. But Michael came back when NO Scored on their last play from scrimmage with a late TD to Darren Sproles-the record setting TD pass with minutes left in the MNF game--to win the NFFC Classic. And what of his brother Joe? A very respectable third place finish. 
George Melbrod Rancho finished 2nd winning $15,000.


What did his team look like? He drafted Gronkowski in the 8th and Sproles in the 10th. Cruz and SF K David Akers were waiver wire pickups.

NFFC Primetime Event (a 12 team high stakes event):
1st Place: Dave Clum Pembroke Pines, Florida Primetime $100,000
2nd Place: Bradley Shairson Hermosa Beach, California Primetime $15,000 


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

Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428669

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

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693

Fantasy Football (Soccer to Yanks): The Ultimate "How-to" Guide for Fantasy Football/Fantasy Soccer ($14.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936635011

Ask the Expert Question: In a playoff fantasy league with a single draft for the entire postseason, who should be the first player selected?

Which player, performance, or fantasy trend was the biggest surprise to you this season?

The record setting year for QBs was a surprise. On the bright side, I predicted lots of good TE depth, an injury plagued year, a poor performance from Peyton Hillis and the sinking of the Titanic.

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 2011, 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).



Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428669

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

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

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693

Fantasy Football (Soccer to Yanks): The Ultimate "How-to" Guide for Fantasy Football/Fantasy Soccer ($14.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936635011

Fantasy Sports Writers Association (FSWA) Players of the Year Named

I am proud to announce that all of my FSWA ballot players were named as players of the year with the exception of IDP London Fletcher.

FSWA members named Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers the 2011 Fantasy Football Most Valuable Player.

Drew Brees and Rob Gronkowski tied for second, with LeSean McCoy and Cam Newton coming in fourth and fifth, respectively.

In Rookie of the Year voting, Newton dominated, receiving every first place vote cast. A.J. Green finished second, followed by DeMarco Murray (third) and Julio Jones and Andy Dalton (tied for fourth).

The 2011 All-Fantasy Team:

QB: Aaron Rodgers
RB1: LeSean McCoy
RB2: Ray Rice
WR1: Calvin Johnson
WR2: Wes Welker
TE: Rob Gronkowski
K: David Akers
IDP: London Fletcher

This is the fourth year FSWA members have helped to select the official fantasy football awards. 





Fantasy Football Almanac 2011: The Essential Fantasy Football Reference Guide (10.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936635003

Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428669

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

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

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693

Fantasy Football (Soccer to Yanks): The Ultimate "How-to" Guide for Fantasy Football/Fantasy Soccer ($14.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936635011

FFGuidebook.com (aka Sam Hendricks) finishes 2011 Fantasy Football season in 6th overall out of 51 Experts in the 411fantasy.com Rankings Contest

In Week 7 Paul Greco (Fantasy Pros 911) set a 411Fantasy.com record with a 28-point effort, which propelled him into a commanding lead over a field of 50 fellow experts. It was enough to sustain him for the next 10 weeks and Greco held on to win the 2011 411Fantasy.com Expert’s Contest.


Greco has worked in the Fantasy Sports industry since 2007. As a member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association, Greco made his mark on the industry by teaming up with legendary fantasy baseball analysis Lenny Melnick to help create FantasyPros911 along with Patrick DiCaprio and Tony Cincotta. Greco also is the Associate Editor at BaseballDigest.com and co-owner of Gotham Sports Media Inc. Along with Cincotta, Greco has co-hosted the FantasyPros911 show for the last two years on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports radio. His body of work includes contributing to USA Today’s Sports Weekly, World Championship of Fantasy Football Magazine, Gotham Baseball Magazine, and Baseball Digest.

Greco actually took the lead in Week 6 with a 19-point effort, but it was his 28 points in Week 7 that gave him a one point lead, which is rather large in this format (that’s what she said). He backed it up with two second place finishes in Weeks 10 and 11 and his lead swelled to 1.73 points. But he would average 12.83 points over the last five weeks which allowed several, namely Schauf, Jamey Eisenberg (CBS Sportsline), John Paulsen (Fantasy Shrink), Scott Pianowski (Yahoo Sports) and Sam Hendricks (FF Guidebook) to gain ground and threaten to steal the title.

The Final Top 25:


1. Paul Greco (Fantasy Pros 911) 17.38

2. Matt Schauf (Draft Sharks) 17.23

3. Scott Pianowski (Yahoo Sports) 16.92

4. John Paulsen (Fantasy Shrink) 16.85

5. Jamey Eisenberg (CBS Sportsline) 16.77

6. Sam Hendricks (FF Guidebook) 16.77

7. Brad Evans (Yahoo Sports) 16.69

8. Adam Conn (411Fantasy) 16.62

9. Jeff Boggis (Fantasy Sports Empires) 16.54

10. Adam Helbling (411Fantasy) 16.23



11. Jake Ciely (RotoExperts) 16.23



12. Andrew Feingold (RotoExperts) 16.15



13. Ross Mandel (NFL Draft Bible) 15.92



14. Ken Zalis (Fans FF) 15.77



15. Brandon Funston (Yahoo Sports) 15.77



t16. Jeff Thitoff (97.1 The Fan) and Dave Richard (CBS Sportsline) 15.54



18. Jason Sarney (Fantasy Phenoms) 15.54



19. Tristan Cockroft (ESPN) 15.38



20. Tommy Landry (RotoExperts) 15.31



21. Eric Karabell (ESPN) 15.23



22. Andy Behrens (Yahoo Sports) 15.23



23. Jody Smith (Gridiron Experts) 15.08



24. Mike Gilbert (RotoExperts) 15.08



25. Chris Morgan (RotoWire) 15.0





Week 11 article after placing first.

http://411fantasy.com/2011/11/24/hendricks-writes-the-book-on-rankings/




Fantasy Football Almanac 2011: The Essential Fantasy Football Reference Guide (10.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936635003

Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428669

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

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

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693

Fantasy Football (Soccer to Yanks): The Ultimate "How-to" Guide for Fantasy Football/Fantasy Soccer ($14.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936635011

Ask the Expert Question: In a playoff fantasy league with a single draft for the entire postseason, who should be the first player selected?

In a playoff fantasy league with a single draft for the entire postseason, who should be the first player selected?


Drew Brees, as I see NO going to the SB and thus playing 4 playoff games.

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 2011, 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).

Fantasy Football Almanac 2011: The Essential Fantasy Football Reference Guide (10.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936635003

Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428669

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

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

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693

Fantasy Football (Soccer to Yanks): The Ultimate "How-to" Guide for Fantasy Football/Fantasy Soccer ($14.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936635011

Sam Hendricks and FFGuidebook.com 5th of 51 Experts thru Week 16

Patrick Welsh (Fantasy Pros 911) was Week 16’s co-winner with 23 points. He was joined by CBS Sports guru CBS Sports guru Dave Richard as each expert eclipsed his season high by three points (both in Week 7).

Leader board through Week 16:
(first numer is adjusted for dropping lowest weekly score; number in parenthesis is the weekly average):

Leaderboard through Week 16:

1.  Paul Greco (Fantasy Pros 911) 17.15 (15.56)

2. Matt Schauf (Draft Sharks) 16.62 (15.38)

3. Jamey Eisenberg (CBS Sportsline) 16.54 (15.63)

4. Adam Conn (411Fantasy) 16.54 (15.0)

5. Sam Hendricks (FF Guidebook) 16.46 (15.0)

6. John Paulsen (Fantasy Shrink) 16.31 (15.0)

7. Andrew Feingold (RotoExperts) 16.15 (15.06)

8. Brad Evans (Yahoo Sports) 16.08 (14.94)

9. Scott Pianowski (Yahoo Sports) 15.92 (14.94)

10.  Ken Zalis (Fans FF) 15.77 (14.75)

11. Jeff Boggis (Fantasy Sports Empires) 15.77 (14.69)

12.  Jason Sarney (Fantasy Phenoms) 15.77 (14.56)

13. Jake Ciely (RotoExperts) 15.62 (14.69)

t14.  Jeff Thitoff (97.1 The Fan) 15.54 (15.0)

t14. Dave Richard (CBS Sportsline) 15.54 (15.0)

16. Adam Helbling (411Fantasy) 15.54 (14.63)

17. Ross Mandel (NFL Draft Bible) 15.38 (14.38)

18. Brandon Funston (Yahoo Sports) 15.15 (14.31)

19. Eric Karabell (ESPN) 14.85 (14.33)

20. Jared Smola (Draft Sharks) 14.85 (14.31)

21.  Jody Smith (Gridiron Experts) 14.85 (14.29)

22. Tristan Cockroft (ESPN) 14.85 (13.88)

23. Robb Perkins (FF Trader) 14.62 (13.88)

24. Mike Gilbert (RotoExperts) 14.54 

Week 11 article after placing first.

http://411fantasy.com/2011/11/24/hendricks-writes-the-book-on-rankings/

Fantasy Football Almanac 2011: The Essential Fantasy Football Reference Guide (10.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936635003

Fantasy Football Tips: 201 Ways to Win through Player Rankings, Cheat Sheets and Better Drafting ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428669

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

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

Fantasy Baseball for Beginners: The Ultimate "How-to" Guide ($10.95) www.amazon.com/dp/0982428693

Fantasy Football (Soccer to Yanks): The Ultimate "How-to" Guide for Fantasy Football/Fantasy Soccer ($14.95) http://www.amazon.com/dp/1936635011