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The fingers of Matt Forte owners rest firmly on the panic button heading into Week Four. Another stinker by the popular first-round pick will send his owners into a fantasy football frenzy. Especially because some already are comparing Forte to former Bears running back busts Curtis Enis and Rashaan Salaam. Ouch. After a rookie season in which he exploded onto the scene as the Bears' featured running back and never looked back, ...

Three weeks into the season, and I think we have a clear cut leader for Fantasy Football Rookie of the Year and a bunch of others chasing him. Rookies around the league are getting more opportunities to contribute and they are performing well. No one is performing better than this weekÆs leader, however. á 1. Mark Sanchez, QB, Jets Sanchez was winning the first two weeks and now he is putting up ...

Fantasy owners with high waiver wire priorities will be looking to get their hands on this weekendÆs hottest prospects, hoping to strike gold once again. Mario Manningham was the hottest addition after week two of the fantasy football season. He only delivered a 55-yard performance against the Buccaneers in week three, but a semi-dud like that was kind of expected after two solid weeks. Stick with him. Who will be this weekÆs ...

It took three weeks, but fantasy owners now have to deal with the first season-ending injuries to fantasy-relevant players. Not that there were few injuries to fantasy players over the course of the weekend. Frank Gore is down for at least two weeks, Donovan McNabb has missed the last two weeks, and Kevin Smith is being listed as week-to-week with a shoulder injury. Until this point, however, fantasy owners have not ...

Another NFL regular season weekend in the books and another slew of injuries plaguing fantasy rosters this morning. After the first two weekends of the regular season, there had not been a major shakeup as in yearÆs past. Donovan McNabb went down early in week one but gave owners three touchdowns before the exit. And his was not a season-ending injury, though it did leave his owners with at least a two ...

Sometimes a minor tweak is all your fantasy roster needs to make a major difference. Early in the fantasy football season, it is important not to hit the panic button after the first week. Or even the second week for that matter. An 0-2 hole, while not desirable, is not insurmountable. While considering a trade here or there is not a bad thing early in the season, it does not always take ...

Took another trip home to The Big Easy last night, so this morning’s intro is going to be a little dated. Luckily, there was no live football action last night to worry about missing. But there is always something going on in fantasy football. Wavier claims were processed yesterday for the majority of you in competitive leagues. How does your league handle the waiver-wire process? Do you think it is a fair ...

Hard to make an accurate assessment after two weeks, but I am going to throw this out there and see what you all think. This year’s rookies are not even close to last year’s class. Am I going to get killed in the comments for that? Highly doubtful. With the exception of New York Jets’ quarterback Mark Sanchez, I think it's safe to say this year’s crop has underwhelmed considerably. Good thing ...

Anyone stay up for the ending of the Miami-Indianapolis game last night? Worst two-minute drill ever. Chad Pennington and the Dolphins’ offense are not really suited for fast football. I swear I have never seen a team so lazy and slow to the ball after each play in such a crucial spot. Ironically, Miami did have a chance to win the game on a couple occasions. The first came on a deep ball ...

Oh boy. The change from summer to fall—which officially happens tomorrow—also usually signals the beginning of flu season for much of the nation. Flu shots have been advertised heavily at my office the last week or so. Similarly, the switch from preseason football to regular season football ushers in the injury bug in a big way. Big fantasy football names went down this week across the league, regardless of position. One first-rounder did ...