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Smart Waiver Wire Moves For Football

Fantasy football players always have to keep up with the best waiver wire moves. When you have great players on your team, you should look for handcuff players to pick up on waivers. In fantasy football terms, handcuffed players are those that will inherit great starting roles when the main players go down due to injury. A great example of this many years ago was the San Diego Chargers. LaDainian Tomlinson was the main running back, but when he got hurt, Michael Turner took over

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Corner Infielders: The Foundation Of A Winning Team

Building a good baseball team starts with the corner infielders. They are the anchor of the infield, providing a combination of power from first base and defense from third base.

First base is a power position. Whoever plays first has to hit for power, but not necessarily average. Defense, while desirable, is not a priority. Power trumps defense at first. A good player typically hits third or fourth in the batting order. Home runs and high slugging percentage are the hallmark of the type of player for this position. When

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Should You Draft Closers Or Trade For Saves?

One of the hardest positions to draft for on your fantasy baseball team is your closer. While there are some closers out there who get the job done every year, there are just as many closers out there who have one or two great years, only to flame out rather quickly. In addition, since every team out there need’s a closer, you may be able to get just as many saves out of a closer on a bad

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The Wide Receiver-Wide Receiver Draft Strategy

A good wide receiver can really amp up a mediocre fantasy football team. So what are the keys to drafting high fantasy scoring wide receivers?

Of course, as with any player, look at scores from the previous year to get an idea of how a receiver might perform. Better yet, look at the last three years to see if he is a consistent contributor. But if a player has signed with a new team or there have been significant changes to the existing team,

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Should Your First Draft Pick Be A Running Back?

Fantasy football differs in many areas to the team on the field. Quarterbacks reign on the field, but in fantasy football running backs are key.

Running backs have the most potential for points in conventional scoring leagues. They touch the ball more than any other player (besides the quarterbacks) on the offense. Most leagues will give one point per 10 yards rushing. Most teams’ feature back will rush for between 80 and 100 yards, giving you 8 to 10 points each week. They also get the most chances at the goal line to punch the ball into the

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Planning the Perfect Fantasy Football Party

It’s almost time again to start planning for Fantasy Football season. The draft is done and the rosters are full – who’s on your team? We’ve got the best advice for getting prepared to host the fantasy kickoff party to end all kickoff parties…
Get the right TV: You need a plasma. A big screen, plasma TV and don’t skimp on the HD. While you’re at it, get satellite from a provider

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Winter Movers and Shakers

The baseball season regular season is an endurance testing 162, the marathon of fantasy sports for mentally strong owners. Then again, even in the out-of-season winter months, between player movement and off-season surgeries, a fantasy baseball player’s calendar is fully booked. In case you’ve fallen behind in your preparation as we amble towards an early spring draft date, here’s a look at some of the higher profile moves of the summer and how they should play out in 2011.Adrian Gonzalez (SD to Boston) Though he’s put up more than capable numbers during his time spent in San Diego, Petco Park is traditionally a graveyard for power hitters. Still, Gonzalez has managed 30 homeruns in each of the past 4 seasons, including a career high 40 long balls in 2009. With the lefty slugger now stroking to the short right porch at Fenway Park, 40 homers stands as closer to a floor projection than his potential ceiling. Throw in a supporting cast of much higher merit and A-Gon is poised for career highs in both HRs and RBI this coming season.Adrian Beltre (Boston to Texas) Beltre has hit over .300 and/or broken the 100 RB plateau in just two seasons, 2004 and 2010, both contract years. Immediately following his last contract, Beltre dropped from a .334 avg, 48 HRs and 121 RBI to a .255 avg, 19 HRs and 87 RBI. The third baseman just signed a 5-year deal check back in 2015 when the then 36-year old Beltre suddenly finds his 3^rd wind. Regardless of who’s batting around him or what kind of launching pad he calls home, don’t expect such impressive numbers without a payday looming.

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Mid Season Duds

Brett Favre Forgive us, we know you are certainly tired of hearing the name. But only 1 season after he came to Prince’s favorite franchise and partied like it was 1999, many fantasy owners were expecting the rager to continue on for another season. Blame the Sidney Rice injury, blame sext messaging, blame the battering toll of almost 2 full decades of NFL games, whoever the culprit, somebody definitely laid a deuce in the coat closet. It looked as if there might be signs of life with Randy Moss making his prodigal return, but that short lived experiment couldn’t even make it to Sidney Rice’s return, at which point Moss and Rice split wide with Harvin over the middle could’ve made even Viking ghosts Jeff George and Daunte Culpepper look like 2010 Pro Bowl contenders. Yes, Favre surpassed the 400 yard mark against the Cardinals just a week after Moss’ departure, but do you really want Old Man Bret manning your starting roster spot?Shonn Greene There is simply no reason a 25-year old second round ADP running back should be lose a position to a 31-year old veteran cast-off, even if that cast-off is one of the most prolific RBs in NFL history. LaDainian Tomlinson is outperforming Shonn Greene by nearly every measuring stick thus far. Hopefully Greene owners drafted LT as a handcuff so they at least got 1 valuable commodity out of the Jets backfield. On the bright side, Tomlinson looks to be running out of steam as games progress, averaging just 3.4 yards per carry in weeks 6 and 8, and 3.7 in week 9. Whether this trend continues or results in any less carries remains to be seen.

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Mid Season Mixed Bag

Jahvid Best Through 2 Weeks he looked like a runaway Rookie of the Year candidate and a must start running back, immediately nearing the upper echelon. Yet, after those first 5 touchdowns, Best has been unable to find paydirt in his last 5 contests. We aren’t ready to write Best off completely, as he still has some value in his contributions in the passing game and is still getting the Lion’s share of the Lions’ carries, but a little more of that early-season big play capability would be a welcome return.Jamal Charles It appears everyone but the Chiefs know what a talent they have in Charles, yet Kansas City seems reliant on running Thomas Jones first and Charles second. Not a recommendation for a complete abandonment of Jones altogether, as the 2-back system has been proven to work, however, Charles is obviously the better player in this duo, at least at this stage in their respective careers. When he gets enough carries to work with, Charles has done everything in his power to put up valuable fantasy numbers, but whether the split begins to favor the younger back as the season progresses is no guarantee. With only 2 TDs to date, this yardage totals are solid, but the total specs could be better, more of a product of his role in the offense than level or performance.

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Mid Season Studs

Darren McFadden A lot of analysts projected the Raiders run game might produce a solid runner this year, albeit most opted for Michael Bush. Those who drafted late in the preseason were likely helped out by Bush’s hand injury, realizing McFadden would get the early crack at the job. Despite missing two weeks due to injury, McFadden has shown no sign of relinquishing his strong hold on the starting RB job, involved heavily in both the run and pass game. It appears as if all the talent in the world is finally panning out with the inept JaMarcus Russell now out of the picture, with Run DMc looking like the can’t-miss prospect everyone was so high on coming out of Arkansas.Calvin Johnson Heading into the Week 7 Bye, Megatron racked up 437 yards and 5 TDs, including 4 in weeks 4 through 6. Not that impressed? Consider he spent 5 and a half of those 6 games catching passes from Shaun Hill, not to mention had a Week 1 TD called back on an openly questionable call. In Stafford’s first week back from injury sense he took the business end of a Julius Peppers belly-flop, Johnson added 101 yards and 3 TDs to his season totals. Impressive thus far, explosive going forward, get on the bandwagon now. One small setback, against Revis and the Jets no less, shouldn’t worry any owners out there.Arian Foster There’s really not much more you can say about Arian Foster. No, he hadn’t replicated his Week 1 231-yard 3 TD explosion onto the scene consistent running numbers, then week 9 happened. A week 5 no-show against the Giants remains the only black mark on his season record so far, already topping 100 yards in 4 of 7 contests, plus solid contribution on the receiving end thus far, an added bonus.