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Eli Manning: Likely Game-Time Decision

Posted: 7th October 2009 by Ryan Lester in NFL
Eli Manning will not take part in practice until the end of the week at the best as he will get treatment on his foot with hopes that he can play through the plantar fascia injury he suffered on Sunday. Eli's chances of playing will depend on his pain tolerance, whichùif you have evidenced by the time when he played with a separated shoulder in 2007ùis quite high. Peyton Manning has never ...

Fantasy Football Pitfalls: Week Five

Posted: 6th October 2009 by Ryan Lester in NFL
á IÆm going to look at NFL matchups each week and pick five fantasy starters that could be in for a tough week. HereÆs a look at players who could struggle this week. With the bye weeks upon us, you canÆt necessarily sit the guys on this list unless you have great depth, but expect a drop in production. á Carson Palmer, QB, Cincinnati BengalsùThe Ravens donÆt have as nasty of a defense as ...

Fantasy Football Pitfalls: Week Five

Posted: 6th October 2009 by Ryan Lester in NFL
á IÆm going to look at NFL matchups each week and pick five fantasy starters that could be in for a tough week. HereÆs a look at players who could struggle this week. With the bye weeks upon us, you canÆt necessarily sit the guys on this list unless you have great depth, but expect a drop in production. á Carson Palmer, QB, Cincinnati BengalsùThe Ravens donÆt have as nasty of a defense as ...

Fantasy Football: Week 5 Bye Week Alternatives

Posted: 5th October 2009 by Ryan Lester in NFL
Week Five byes: Chicago, Green Bay, New Orleans, San Diego Quarterbacks Tons of talent will be resting this week at the QB position. Drew Brees, Philip Rivers, Aaron Rodgers, and Jay Cutler all are sitting. Hopefully, youÆre matched up with someone in the same boat as you. Solid Alternatives:Brett Favre û The Old Man gets to face St. Louis. Adrian Peterson will get his, but Favre could throw a couple of TDs before ...
Time for another Fourth-and-One roundtable debate.áá Kurt Turneráofáwww.top-fantasy-football.comácame up with this weekÆs topic.ááClick here to see the full article. This weekÆs question: What are your top two buy low/sell high candidates headed into Week Four? Buy Low There are a number of good Buy Low options as several stars have yet to score a touchdown. Running backsáMatt ForteáandáSteve Slatonáare candidates, but prying a running back that was selected in the first round away from ...

NFL Week Four Fantasy Fill-Ins

Posted: 2nd October 2009 by Ryan Lester in NFL
á Putting the final piece of your fantasy football puzzle together IÆve uncovered some guys you can plug in if you are dealing with an injury or tough matchups. Shaun Hill, QB, San Francisco 49ersùFrank Gore is banged up so Mike Singletary will likely lean on his passing game a bit more this week. Going up against the lowly St. Louis Rams makes Hill an interesting play, especially if your starter is on ...

Fantasy Football: Out on a Limb 2009, Volume Four

Posted: 1st October 2009 by Ryan Lester in NFL
á Time for another edition of Fantasy Football Out on a Limb, in which I scour the rosters to select a player who I feel will outperform a higher profile player in that given week. I base my decisions on matchups, how the players are trending, and the ever-important hunch. To mix things up IÆll occasionally do some two-on-one matchups or even pit RB or WR duos against each other. Sometimes IÆll ...

Bye Week AlternativesùWeek Four

Posted: 28th September 2009 by Ryan Lester in NFL
Week Four Byes:á Atlanta, Arizona, Carolina, Philadelphia á QuarterbacksMatt Ryan and Kurt Warner are most difficult to replace. McNabb is also on bye, but youÆve already had to deal with that. Jake Delhomme wonÆt leave fantasy teams scrambling. High-end Alternatives:Jay CutlerùPossibly your starter, but if heÆs not youÆll want to play him against DetroitCarson PalmerùSame boat, only against Cleveland Solid Alternatives:Mark SanchezùRookie will have to air it out to keep up with New Orleans.Trent ...

Get ’em or Don’t Sweat ’em: Week 3

Posted: 28th September 2009 by Ryan Lester in NFL
There were some unusual heroes on Sunday. There always are. LetÆs take a look at them and see if they are worthy of your fantasy rosters. á Jason Campbell, QB, Washington Redskinsá Campbell had a monster game against Detroit with 340 yards, two TDs, and 21 rushing yards. Every now and again Campbell has an outburst like this and then he disappears.á Couple that with the fact that they lost to the Lions.á Heads ...

Fourth & 1 Debate: Which Surprise WR Is for Real?

Posted: 26th September 2009 by Ryan Lester in NFL
Time for another Fourth & 1 Roundtable Debate.ááJunkyardáJakeácameáup with this weekÆs topic.ááClick here to see the full article. Every year there are Wide Receivers that get off to quick starts. The key is sniffing out if they are contenders or pretenders.á The obvious choices early on are the Giants duo ofáMario Manninghamáand Steve Smitháand St. LouisÆáLaurent Robinson. áI would endorse those three, especially the Giants duo first and foremost, but I decided ...