What to Watch in Training Camp (MIN thru WAS(

I will put the favorite first.

MIN Has Mike Wallace changed for the better? Has AP?

NE RB Who? 

NO Does Brees crumble with life after J Graham and Kenny Stills?

NYG WR Is Victor Cruz back? Was OBJ just a season phenom?

NYJ QB Geno Smith or Ryan Fitzpatrick

OAK Can they get it all together? 

PHI QB Sam Bradford or Nick Foles?

PIT Does Martavis Bryant get lost in shuffle by Marcus Wheaton?

STL RB Does Todd Gurley start week 1 or is he on the PUP?

SD Does Keenen Allen bounce back from last year?

SF Does Carlos Hyde get the entire load or share with Reggie Bush? Does Torrey Smith fit in?

SEA What kind of production does jimmy Graham have?

TB RB Doug Martin vs Charles Sims

TEN RB Bishop Sankay vs rookie David Cobb

WAS QB? Will RG3 be the starter the entire time? Week 1? 

Arian Foster Injures Groin-May Need Surgery. Will miss time.

Arian Foster sinks fantasy teams already foolish enough to take a risk on him (count me in as one such fool-for example with the 1.12 pick in the recent Pros vs Joes FFPC Challenge). He injured his groin and the word on the street is survey is required and he may be out 6-8 weeks or longer. The Texans could place him on PUP and keep him out 8 weeks of the regular season and then bring him back week 10 after the Houston bye in week 9.

Draft implications-Foster loses almost half of his FF points in 2015. Drop him to RB35

Draft Alfred Blue as his immediate replacement. Chris Polk might sneak in there too or another vet. Watch this carefully over the next few days or weeks. 

Ask the Expert Question: Which incoming rookie are you most looking forward to watching this preseason?

Which incoming rookie are you most looking forward to watching this preseason?

Amari Cooper. What's not to love: 4.4 speed, 4th overall draft pick paired with a young, up-and-coming quarterback in Derek Carr. Cooper runs a great route and has the pro level experience most rookies lack. Think OBJ but with da Raiders. I am excited about his possibilities!
 

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What To Watch in Training Camps (ATL thru MIA)

I will put the favorite first.

AZ-RB battle-Andre Ellington vs David Johnson. Johnson may be more of a third down back but if he shows flash and Ellington gets hurts…..

ATL- RBBC? Tevin Coleman vs Devonte Freeman

BAL WR1? Steve Smith vs Breshad Perriman vs Kamar Aiken vs Marion Brown vs ?

BUF QB? EJ Manuel, Matt Cassel or Tyrod Taylor

CAR Does Kelvin Benjamin have a rookie slump? Offseason hammy issues and overweight for OTAs does not bode well

CHI Does Kevin White make an impression in a Marc Tressman offense?

CIN Does Tyler Eifert breakout?

CLE RB? Isaiah Crowell, rookie Duke Johnson or Terrence West. The Browns are going to run a lot.

DAL Who is the RB who gets all the carries? Joseph Randle or Darren McFadden

DEN How does a Gary Kubiac Offense effect Peyton Manning and Emmanuel Sanders? Is CJ Anderson the real deal? 

DET RB Joique Bell vs Ameer Abdullah

GB Jordy Nelson or Randall Cobb or does Devante Adams move up

HOU QB? Brian Hoyer or Ryan Mallett and now with Arian Foster injury-watch battle between Alfred Blue and Chris Polk for the starting RB job. 

IND New Additions Andre Johnson and Frank Gore-how do they mesh?

JAX Does Blake Bortles take a step up with TJ Yeldon at RB and Allen Robinson back to receive?

KC Will a WR ever score a TD? Does J. Maclin fit in?

MIA Which new pass catcher steps up with Tannehil. Jordan Cameron looks like a great fit since MIA used their TE Clay a ton last year. Rookie Devante Parker has great talent. Vet Greg Jennings joins the Dolphins from MIN and hot shot Kenny Stills comes over from NO. 

2015 Kicker Rankings

Kickers    *=Dome
1 Stephen Goskowski-NE/4 (13.07)
2 Adam Vinatieri-IND/10 * (15^th)

3 Steve Hauschka-SEA/9     (17^th)                                                  

4 Justin Tucker-BAL/9

5 Mason Crosby-GB/7

6 Connor Barth-DEN/7

7 Dan Bailey-DAL/6 *

8 Matt Bryant-ATL/10 *     

9 Cody Parkey-PHI/8          

10 Nick Novak-SD/10

11 Matt Prater-DET/9 *

12 Shaun Suisham-PIT/11

13 Caleb Sturgis-MIA/5

14 Phil Dawson-SF/10        

15 Dustin Hopkins-NO/11 *

16 Blair Walsh-MIN/5 * But still playing at Bank field?

17 Josh Brown-NYG/11

18 Dan Carpenter-BUF/8

19 Randy Bullock-HOU/9 *

20  Mike Nugent-CIN/7

21 Robbie Gould-CHI/7

22 Graham Gano-CAR/5

23 Chandler Catanzaro-AZ/9 *

24 Greg Zuerlein-STL/6 *   

25 Cairo Santos-KC/9

26 Nick Folk-NYJ/5

27 Sebastian Janikowski-OAK/6

28 Kai Forbath-WAS/8

29 Patrick Murray-TB/6

30 Josh Scobee-JAX/8

31 Ryan Succop-TEN/4

32 Travis Coons (Garrett Hartley-released)-CLE/11

NFFC Does it Again with Great $100 off Offer through Fanduel.com

Here's the deal for 2015: By depositing $50 into your current or new Fanduel account, you will automatically receive a $100 discount off ANY NFFC event. It's as easy as that.

If you are a new user and don't have a Fanduel account, just click on the green box that says "Claim Now." Once you put $50 into this new account the NFFC will be notified and the NFFC will take $100 off ANY NFFC team in 2015. Easy enough.

If you already have a Fanduel account, just follow these steps: 
1) Make a deposit of $50 or more
2) Email kyle@fanduel.com to request the discount
3) You'll get $100 taken off your NFFC purchase

I did this the last two years and I am doing it again this year. Take advantage of this great deal!

The NFFC does not begin charging for NFFC events until Aug. 1st, so they have plenty of time to take the $100 off your bill before any charges are made. If you sign up for this discount after they've already charged the entry you wanted discounted they'll send a check for $100 to your mailing address. Simple enough.

Fanduel.com will also be live in Las Vegas on Sept. 9-12 at the Bellagio to meet  NFFC customers and to be part of the NFL Viewing Party on Thursday Night. They are sponsoring the NFFC Thursday Night party in an Executive Penthouse Suite at the Bellagio, so come and join them and the NFFC for that NFL Opener. Food and drink will be provided to everyone FREE. And they'll be involved in promoting their weekly contest this year that is sure to have a big, big grand prize and even offer some weekly NFFC/Fanduel contests that will include entries into the 2016 NFFC Classic or Primetime. Should be fun.

This is another benefit to NFFC owners and one that will save each of you money. This baseball season, the N had 580 owners who took advantage of this offer, saving $58,000, and we expect an even higher number in the NFFC. We're proud to be working with Fanduel.com and saving everyone $100 if they choose to participate in this offer. Win money with us and win money in the daily games with Fanduel.com. It doesn't get any better than that.

And kudos to Fanduel for allowing returning Fanduel members to receive the $100 off. Not every DFS company does that. Some only give discounts to new users, but Fanduel is allowing ALL NFFC MEMBERS to benefit from this discount. It really is a worthy promotion to NFFC's great customers, so take advantage of it.

TE PPR Rankings Updated

TE      PPR
1 Rob Gronkowski-NE/4 (1.08)
2 Jimmy Graham-SEA/9 (3.03)
3 Greg Olsen-CAR/5(5.11)
4 Travis Kelce-KC/9 (5.06)
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5 Martellius Bennett-CHI/7 (6.08)
6 Zach Ertz-PHI/8 (8.05)-Sleeper (Draft Ertz, Cam or Witten)
7 Jason Witten-DAL/6 –wait on him TE12 (10.07)
8 Jordan Cameron-MIA/5 (9.08)
9 Delanie Walker-TEN/4 (11.10)
10 Julius Thomas-JAX/8 (65/700/5 Tds) (ADP TE6, 7.09) overrated
11 Dwayne Allen-IND/10 (11.01)
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12  Josh Hill-NO/11 (TE 10 10.09 but Ben Watson????)
13 Tyler Eifert-CIN/7 (TE20 14.09) (Love him here!!!!)
14 Heath Miller-PIT/11 (16.12) VALUE
15 Charles Clay-BUF/8 3^rd receiver in run offense (15.12)
16 Larry Donnell-NYG/11 (14^th)
17 Kyle Rudolph-MIN/5 (14^th)
18 Austin Seferian-Jenkins –TB/6 (Rookie QB relief valve/13.07)
19 Vernon Davis-SF/10 –sleeper, ABoldin open up, 15.03
20 Antonio Gates-SD/10 (wait on him--ADP TE21, 8.11 or worse))
---------------------Not much left----------------
21 Jordan Reed-WAS/8 Avoid! (16^th)
22 Coby Fleener-IND/10 (TE13, 11.10) Over valued
23 Owen Daniels-DEN/7 (TE14, 11.11) Over valued
24 Ladarius Green-SD/10
25 Eric Ebron-DET/9 (16^th)
26 Jared Cook-STL/6 (20^th)
27 Maxx Williams ®/Dennis Pita (career inj?)/Crockett Gilmore-BAL/9
28 Mychal Rivera/Clive Walford ® -OAK/6
29 Jace Amaro-NYJ/5
30 Jacob Tamme-ATL/10
31 Richard Rodgers-GB/7
32/ Niles Paul-WAS/Garrett Graham-HOU/9 / Jermaine Gresham-AZ (fantasy zombie)

33 Rob Housler-Cle/B Pettigrew-DET/A Quarless-GB/S Chandler-NE

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