Football news

Well, its Monday the 15th of August and there is absolutely nothing to talk about as far as fantasy football is concerned.  So for the time being (until there is real fantasy new to report) this will be a football news blog as well.  But as you know, I will still answer your questions from the comment box.  So on that note, lets get started.  So to start off with, Chris Johnson wants to much money than he deserves.  I mean he's a great player.  But there are a few running backs (such as Adrian Peterson) that also deserve more money but don't get it.  The thing is, he's not happy just being the highest paid running back in the league.  But he wants to be the highest paid player in the NFL.  Now I don't know what your opinion about that is, but I think it's ridiculous that he wants all this money.  But this brings me to my next topic.  Players and money.  People play in the NFL and any other professional sports league to play the game they grew up playing.  That's the dream of many people in the world.  Well while they are making all this money playing football, there are people in the world starving,  and dying of thirst.  Those people who are living in those parts of the world where there is famine, would trade places with all these complaing football players in a heart beat.  Well that's all for today.  Be sure to keep following my blog.  And keep a look out for my new online radio show that I will post the link for any day now.  Also remember that you can ask questions on any football subject whether it be real football or fantasy any time and I will answer them ASAP.

Happy Sunday

Well it's the first day of the week for my awesome blog that is now one week old!!!  It was a good weekend while it lasted right?  So anyway, let's get to the fantasy football part.  So on Thursday, the NFL started there unfortunate annual preseason.  We saw some good debuts for players like Cam Newton and Donovan Mcnabb for the Minnesota Vikings.  Although the preseason may seem like just pointless football, it actually shows what some unproven players are capable of doing.  Good examples of this include are Tim Tebow.  He was once a quarterback that we all made fun of for not being ready for the NFL.  But now people in Denver seem like they can't survive without him being the starter.  So since there is not much info to talk about today, let me end today's blog post with a few short notes.  First off, I will start a new section of the blog where I will answer questions you my fans leave in the comment section of each of my blog post.  Second, that online radio show of fantasy football is now a definite and the first show will be next week.  I will post the link in every post starting tommorw.  Well see you all tomorrow.  And remember, post questions in the comment section, and I am guaranteed to answer them.

Fantasy Preseason (Part 1)

Yesterday, I finished up explaining what you can do to help better your fantasy football team through the drafts.  Now, here is how you can improve your team after the draft, but before the season A.K.A preseason.  So you have just drafted your team and you have some doubts about it.  Maybe it's the defese that you have an issue with or maybe you need another reciver.  What ever your problem may be,  there are only two solutions.  Free agency and trades.  Free agency is one of the most key things to keep a close eye on.  With free agency, I was able to pick up great players such as the San Diego defesnse/special teams.  Although this seems like a minor addition, it helped me win a few games.  As a side note for today, today starts the real NFL preseason.  Well that's all for today folks.  GO EAGLES!!!!!!

Fantasy Drafting (Part 3)

OK folks, today is the last day in my series of fantasy drafting advice collums.  I have decided to continue my fantasy do and dont's in another post.  So without further ado, here is advice for how to draft in the later rounds in your fantasy football drafts.  So in the later rounds, you should consider some factors.  Are you in need of a good defense.  Or do you just have that one roster spot you just want to fill.  Well first of all, you should NEVER have two defenses on your team.  The reason for this is because the other defensive team is now wasting your roster spot.  The later rounds is for drafting a good kicker or maybe a sleeper pick.  If you looked at my blog post yesterday, you know that I ranted about how great Arian Foster was.  Well I looked at my team last year and admired it.  I stumbled apon my draft info and saw I took Arian Foster with the very last pick of the draft.  I know crazy right?  Well although short, I am done my post for the day.  Be sure to stay tuned for more info on my new online radio show.

Fantasy Drafting (Part 2)

So yesterday I explained how to draft in the early rounds of your fantasy football drafts.  Well today I will explain how you can draft good to great players in the middle rounds of all fantasy football drafts.  In the early rounds after you have drafted your starting running backs (and maybe a quarterback), you should now look at drafting your receivers.  The reason why you draft them so late is because the sleepers in the draft are good and plentiful.  As well as possibly getting a great player.  Remember when we didn't know who Arian Foster was and you decided to pick him up in mid draft or maybe the end to possibly get an OK player for when your great starters have a bye week?  Well I remember doing the same thing.  I even started him the first week.  He got forty one points and Sports center said the next day they over 80% of people who owned him didn't even play him in there starting lineups.  Another great example of this is Mike Vick.  As a passionate Philadelphia fan I am, I didn't even think he was going to play at all last year.  But I decided to draft him anyway as more of an honorary pick.  Well by the next week, he became a pretty useful player.  Today I will also like to explain some drafting dont'ts.  One thing you really should avoid doing in drafts is to pick a rookie who has a lot of hype around him.  For example Cam Newton.  He isn't even the starter according to the depth chart released yesterday.  Another thing you don't want to do in drafts is to draft a player who might be a starter this year.  An example of this is Tim Tebow.  Everyone expects that the Broncos are going to trade Kyle Orton to the Dolphins.  But as of now, it's not happening.  That's all for today.  Come back tommorow for more draft dont's and late round drafting advice

Fantasy Drafting (Part 1)

OK here is the first real post of my new blog, Fantasy Football Today.  So today and over the next few days, we will be talking about drafting strategies and how drafting can make or break a team.  So in the early rounds, some people think that getting that great quarterback or great receiver will make there team great.  Well it won't.  The key to good early drafting is running backs.  In most leagues, the roster spots include two running backs and a flex position which can either be taken up by a running back, a wide receiver, or in some leagues a tight end.  In the first two rounds, you need to draft running backs.  The reason for this is because there are few great running backs in the NFL.  In most leagues, running stats are the biggest impact in the points system (or stat average in rotissary leagues).  Since passing stats are not much of an impact in points and also there are many good quarterbacks in the league, you don't need to get a great quarterback so quickly.  The same thing goes for receivers.  There are probably more receivers than any other position in the NFL.  Since receiving stats are not the biggest impact in scoring either, you don't need to jump at Larry Fitzgerald with the fifth overall pick in the draft.  Tomorrow, I will cover mid round drafting strategies and what to do in those particular situations.  As a side note, I am starting an online radio show on www.blogtalkradio.com.  More details will be available later.

Introduction

Hello.  This is my very first post on what I hope will be a succsesful blog, Fanatsy Football today.  Today I will just explain why I am making a blog, and what I intend to do for others with this blog.  I am making this blog because I enjoy writing in my spare time, and also because I am a huge sports geek.  With this blog, I intend to help people win there fantasy football leagues.  I plan on doing this by post great advice that will help you become succsesful.  I will post information that is relevant to the current time (for example, not giveing draft advice when it's week 6 and your trying to decide whether to start Steve Smith or Jeremy Maclin).  Starting tommorow and for the many difficult fantasy weeks ahead, I will give all my fans the advice they need in order to win your fantasy football leagues.