Tom Brady, Brain Westbrook, Peyton Manning, Carson Palmer, Steven Jackson, and Randy Moss. What do they all have in common? They all went in the first round in the SoB Fantasy Football League. Guess what? They have performed far below expectations. Seriously, the first round is supposed to set the pace for your whole draft. Hell, your whole season. At least we can learn from our mistakes. Now for the headlines.

Westbrook Has Broken Ribs

Philadelphia Eagles RB Brain Westbrook suffered two broken ribs during Sunday’s game against Washington. If the Eagles were smart, they would not play Westbrook in Week 6 because they have the bye week in Week 7 which would give him two weeks to rest.

Continue reading Fantasy Football Report: Week 5 »

OK, OK, I know what you’re thinking. Why the hell am I doing a draft preview for baseball now? Well frankly, I can do what I want but, that’s not the point. Let’s not lie to ourselves. As soon as the regular season ended, you were already planning your first round draft pick for next season. Well I was anyway. Even before that, if your team was not in a fantasy playoffs, you were thinking of the ways you would do things differently. If you haven’t, then let me give you my thought proess for who I think should be the top 12 picks in the 2009 draft.

This is of course before players are traded or when they join new teams via free agency.

#1. Albert Pujols (1B), St. Louis Cardinals: Fantasy owners drafting back in March were turned off by the threat of Albert Pujols’ elbow tearing even further and needing surgery. Well, the elbow held up for the entire season and Pujols finished with a .357 AVG, 37 HR, 116 RBI to go with .462 OBP and .653 SLG. To put it bluntly, Pujols was the best fantasy player of 2008. He did not start off hot and fizzle out or catch fire at just the end of the season. He was consistently the best player out there and has regained his status as #1 player in fantasy baseball.

Continue reading TGIF: Fantasy Baseball Draft, 2009 »

Four weeks out of seventeen. Your season is just about 25% over. If your team sucks, then accept it. If you’re team is great, then bask in the glory. Some players have reached a point where they are just not going to come through for you (I am looking at everyone on the Bengals here). Speaking of the Bengals, Its time to get to our first headline of the Week 4 recap.

Carson Palmer Sits Out Week 4 Against Cleveland

Bengals’ QB Carson Palmer, nursing a sore elbow, missed Sunday’s game against the Browns. He injured it in Week 3 against the Giants and was benched in order to rest his injury. Ryan Fitzpatrick started in his place and couldn’t stop the bleeding in Cincinnati by throwing three picks and failing to beat the Browns. Palmer says he will play in Week 5 against the Cowboys.

Continue reading Fantasy Football Report: Week 4 »

The fantasy baseball season has officially come to an end. The laughter, the tears, the tears, the tears, and more tears. Oh god the tears. I personally have been curled up into a ball and sobbing like a little baby. Since this is the very last Wrap-Up of the 2008 season, we will not be including headlines since they will not impact you’re rosters anymore. We will however do the hot players on offense and the hot players on pitching. Why? Because I love those stats baby and I know you do too.

The stars of week 25.

OFFENSE

Felipe Lopez (2B,3B,SS,LF), St. Louis Cardinals: What a player to have for your stretch run. Lopez had an amazing 17 hits including 3 doubles and a home run. He drove in 7 and scored 10 runs. And look at that, he even stole a base to boot.

Continue reading Fantasy Wrap-Up: Week 25 (9-22 - 9-28) »

No, I’m not referring to Acclaim’s classic NFL video game series, NFL Quarterback Club. I’m reffering to an elite club of NFL players that rarely see the field. They are the five best backup quarterbacks in the NFL: players you usually want to never see because your team’s starter is a better player and leader. But, when called upon, the backup quarterback is expected (perhaps unfairly) to perform extremely well.

This season, seemingly more than any other in recent history, has seen a significant number of injuries to starting NFL QBs, headlined by Pats QB Tom Brady missing the entire season due to injury. If you play in a fantasy league with two QBs (or perhaps even three), you better know who your QB’s backup is. So, who are the five best quarterbacks you never want to see (in terms of fantasy value)? Continue reading TGIF: The NFL Quarterback-up Club »

Week 3 is all said and done, and the sting of the Patriots’ blowout loss is slowly waring off (unless you faced Ronnie Brown). Even if you’re 0-3 like SoB’s Geoff and reader Kris in the SoB Fantasy Football League, there’s still time to rebound and sneak into the playoffs. You just need to start winning…and fast.

As for Week 4, there are many byes affecting many teams…read on to find out who will not be playing… Continue reading Fantasy Football Report: Week 3 »