The Island is Calling

A week from now, on August 1,  I will hop on my bike and pedal from Southdale shopping center in Edina, Minnesota to Treasure Island Resort and Casino near Red Wing, Minnesota. Then the next day I’ll wake up early and ride back to Apple Valley, Minnesota.  Of course, as you can probably tell from [...]

NFL Strength of Schedule

I always find NFL strength of schedule analysis to be a bit overrated because it is based solely on last year’s winning percentages and does not account for the changes made since via free agency and the draft. Nor does it account for injuries. Case in point: does anyone think the New England Patriots will [...]

Radio Show

It was good to be back on the radio airwaves today!
I joined Paul Charchian and John Tuvey in studio at KFAN Radio this morning to talk fantasy football for an hour. Our primary topic was sleepers and I touted Shaun Hill, Ray Rice, and Justin Gage as three of my favorite underrated players this preseason. [...]

The Case for Auctions

The draft is and may always be the most popular way to distribute players in fantasy football. It’s a shame, though, because using an auction is a much better method. There are a lot of old-timers out there who steadfastly refuse to try an auction for reasons ranging from “we’ve always used a draft, so [...]

Curse of the Top Scorer

As I was doing some research today for an article at FFChamps.com I came across a rather troubling revelation. I was writing a little something about Packers kicker Mason Crosby because he led the NFL in scoring last year with 141 points and I cited the fact that no kicker has led the [...]

Another Mock Done

I realize it’s early and the season doesn’t start for another three months, but I’ve participated in several fantasy football industry expert mock drafts already this year. In fact, we just held our first one of the preseason over at FFChamps.com. I gathered some familiar faces from my days at Fanball.com along with some [...]

Expert Mock Draft

Mock… yeah. Draft… yeah. Ing…yeah. Yeah… yeah!
I just wanted to let all of you know that I have organized the first fantasy football Expert Mock Draft of the preseason for FantasyFootballChamps.com and it will take place this upcoming Monday, June 9 at 9:30 pm ET. Those of you who are FFChamps subscribers will be [...]

Young Gets First Shot

The Broncos’ release of Travis Henry on Monday means that second-year sprinter Selvin Young is entrenched as the Broncos starting running back… for now. Simply put, no Broncos’ back job is ever safe as long as Mike Shanahan is head coach. That being said, Young sits atop the depth chart and should be [...]