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Public service announcement of the week: Take a bite out of tough fantasy decisions! This is a stressful and anxious time of year for fantasy owners. Win or go home is a popular mantra thrown around league message boards, mixed in with all that lame smack talk and weekly scoring (or lack thereof) complaints. But the win or go home mantra is never more true than now. If you made it to the ...

Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful. As long as you love me so, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... A little tune-age to get you in the holiday spirit this morning, but that is more than just a popular Christmas song lyric. It also is a forecast for tonight's game between the Browns and Steelers in Cleveland. It may or may not snow ...

The Houston Texans placed running back Steve Slaton on injured reserve on Wednesday, ending what had been a disappointing season for the second-year running back. Citing numbness in his arms and hands due to a neck injury, Slaton was shut down out of concern for his future health. Plus, the Texans are all but eliminated from the AFC playoff race at this point so there was no need to rush Slaton ...

Now that all NFL teams have 12 games in the books, the fantasy rankings for all of the leagueÆs best players have been established heading into the fantasy football postseason. And, man, a lot has changed since week one. Some of these names were among the top fantasy players after the first four weeks of the season. And again with the midseason fantasy rankings. Conversely, a lot of the names on the list ...

Halfway through the work week, but just a day away from the first NFL game of Week 14, a game which will kick off the 2009 fantasy football playoff season. This week was officially declared fantasy football playoff week last Friday here at The Hazean, and we have had a few items so far that should help fantasy owners this weekend. A quick recap of what playoff-related material has been posted ...

Fantasy playoffs are here, people, and, if you are the lucky few who will be seeing postseason action, I send my congratulations. It is win-or-go-home time. While I am always an advocate of starting your studs, sometimes those guys can get hurt and leave fantasy owners scrambling for players. If that scenario seems fitting for you, look no further than below because The Hazean has your back.á A few potential week 14 waiver ...

After Indianapolis locks up home-field advantage this weekend, how will the team handle its biggest stars down the stretch of the regular season? It seems every year this problem arises for fantasy owners of Colts players. But this year, the New Orleans Saints are crashing the party as well as the Colts' counterpart in the NFC. Both are undisputed fantasy juggernauts. Playoff fantasy rosters are filled with the likes of Peyton Manning, ...

Anybody get burned by the DeAngelo Williams scratch yesterday? Hopefully fantasy owners of DWill had Jonathan Stewart ready, as he had a good showing in Williams’ absence. The good thing for fantasy owners was that there was some forewarning. Williams did not practice all week and was looking awfully doubtful to play by Friday. More on Williams and the Panthers’ running game situation below. But before this week’s MMR, a little fantasy lagniappe ...

Most fantasy leagues start the fantasy postseason in Week 14, which means there is just one gameùtonight's battle between Green Bay and Baltimoreùbefore the playoff pictures will be painted in fantasy leagues. How are your teams doing? Mine, six-for-six this year. Locked up three postseason berths yesterday and had three in the bag going into Week 13. OK, enough with the patting of my own back. Plenty of waiver-wire fodder this week for ...

Working near Cleveland, I deal with a lot of Browns fans on a daily basis. They are a pretty resilient group for the most part, but these certainly are trying times for the Dawg Pound. One Browns fan gave me a piece of advice yesterday for this weekendÆs Browns-Chargers game: Start all of your Chargers in fantasy leagues. Sounds reasonable, right? It makes a lot of sense. The Browns areàwellàawful this season. No ...