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Fantasy Football Players of the Year 2011
Posted by showtime in Fantasy Sports, SHOWTIME, Sports on January 7, 2012
Another fantasy football season is in the books. Seven and I continued our tradition of not letting any co-workers win the work league. My team lead the league the entire season but then stumbled in the playoffs and Seven took the championship… basically a reverse scenario of last year. Then, in our family league, I ended up taking that one over my 12yr old son in the championship game… no mercy! My other team finished first during the regular season but also stumbled in the playoffs (similar roster as my work league) so overall it was another successful year of fantasy football for us. Even though it is sad to see another season end, it is time to recognize those players that surprised us, impressed us, or made us pull our hair out. It is time for the Droppin Fantasy Football Players of the Year:
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QB of the Year | Drew Brees– Drew had more down games than Rodgers but I give him the edge for two reasons. First, Drew wasn’t ranked as high as Rodgers to begin the season so in my mind he exceeded expectations. Second, he came up big in the playoffs. He carried my son’s team to the championship and at the end of the day, that is all that matters. Rodgers is the reason two of my top teams ended the season without the trophy. Maybe a little sour grapes there. |
| Biggest surprise: Cam Newton – I didn’t think Cam would perform well in the NFL but apparently I underestimated his physical skills. He still has a long way to go but those rookie numbers cannot be ignored. Biggest disappointment: Mike Vick – I know he was dealing with injuries but many of the pre-season rankings had him going very high and he just didn’t bring it this year. You couldn’t depend on him at all this year from a fantasy pov and given his draft rankings, you need more from that pick than he gave you. | ||
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RB of the Year | Ray Rice– Rice was on all of my draft lists but I wasn’t fortunate enough to get him on any of my teams. I expected him to be the guy and with AP & Foster dealing with injuries this year, Ray rose to the top. Consistency is key when looking for a RB and you will be hard pressed to find a more consistent RB than Ray Rice this year. |
| Biggest surprise: Marshawn Lynch – it took Seattle about 9 weeks to unleash the rainbow… I mean beast but once he got going, it was lights out. Not to mention that you most likely picked him up off the waiver wire as he was undrafted in many leagues. In the words of Rocky Balboa, “this is how winning is done!”Biggest disappointment: Chris Johnson – we knew about the holdout and I knew better than to take him but luckily his draft stock fell so I wasn’t counting solely on him. We all thought things had clicked late in the season but alas, it was a mirage. Darren McFadden is an honorable mention here – if it weren’t for his early season performances and the fact that he was injured instead of just sucking, he could have given CJ a run for his money. |
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WR of the Year | Calvin Johnson– Calvin did have four games where he disappeared but the way he started and finished the year was fantastic. He scored nearly 20 pts a game for the first five and then averaged 25 for the last three weeks (14,15,16) when it counted. |
| Biggest surprise: Victor Cruz – this was a fun category this year. You had receivers like Wes Welker who bounced back in a big way. Greg Jennings was a stud as expected until his injury and then you also can’t forget Jordy Nelson’s rise. You even saw AJ Green step up big for the Bengals and Laurent Robinson step in for the Cowboys (more on the other Boys WR in a moment). WR were a very important part of the fantasy scene this year and it was fun to watch it all unfold. The emergence of Victor Cruz at first was only seen as a fill in for Nicks and Manningham when they were injured but he quickly proved that he is a big play threat and had 6 games near the 20 pt mark.Biggest disappointment: This is a tie between DeSean Jackson, Dez Bryant (I’m excusing Miles Austin & Andre Johnson because of his injuries). The Eagles all around were disappointments so not much more needs to be said about DeSean. Dez has all the skills to dominate but hasn’t yet put it all together and is too up and down – I didn’t have him this year but he must have driven fantasy owners crazy. | ||
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TE of the Year | Rob Gronkowski – Rob disappeared during the playoffs and Jimmy Graham was more consistent but Gronk was unbelievable at times this year. He had about 7 games around the 20 pt mark and at TE, especially where he was drafted, you got to give it to him. |
Who is the Madden 11 cover athlete?
Posted by Seven in Entertainment, Fantasy Sports, SEVEN, Sports, Video Games on February 5, 2010
Well thats up to you.
Apparently EA and Doritos have teamed up to allow the fans to decide who should be the cover athlete of Madden 11 this fall. Click on the link below and you can vote for Jared Allen, Drew Brees or Reggie Wayne. Personally, I’ve never been a fan of defensive players on my Madden cover and I’m not sure Reggie Wayne deserves it over Brees who has had a great year. Then again, I’m not sure I want the curse to be on Brees seeing as how I won’t Fantasy Football with him heading up my squad this season. Decisions, decisions…
http://www.doritoschangethegame.com/index.html
The League
Posted by showtime in Fantasy Sports, Sports on September 22, 2009
FX announced its comedy scheduling plans, setting a release date for its new ensemble series “The League.” “The League,” about a fantasy football league from producers Jeff Schaffer (“Curb Your Enthusiasm” and Jackie Marcus Schaffer (“Disturbia”) will premiere Oct. 29 and run Thursdays at 10:30 p.m. after new episodes of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.”
Feel my Madness
Posted by showtime in Fantasy Sports, SEVEN, Sports on March 18, 2009
Okay so in one of those, I called my shot moments I decided to quickly throw out my picks for the 2009 NCAA tourney. So this will be quick and dirty but here you go:
Midwest-
- First Round- Louisville, Ohio St, Utah, Wake, WV, Kansas, BC, MSU
- Second Round- Lousiville, Wake, Kansas, BC
- Regional Semis- Louisville, Kansas
- Midwest Winner – Louisville
West
- First round-UCONN, BYU, Purdue, Washington, Utah St, Missouri, Maryland, Memphis
- Second Round-UCONN, Washington, Missouri, Memphis
- Regional Semis-Washington, Memphis
- West Winner – Memphis
East
- First Round- Pitt, Tenn, FSU, Xavier, UCLA, Villanova, Texas, Duke
- Second Round- Pitt, FSU, Villanova, Duke
- Regional Semis-Pitt, Duke
- East Winner- Pitt
South
- First Round – UNC, Butler, West KY, Zags, ASU, Syracuse, Clemson, OK
- Second Round – UNC, Gonzaga, Syracuse, Clemson
- Regional Semis – UNC, Syracuse
- East Winner – UNC
Final 4-Lousiville over Memphis and UNC over Pitt
And from there…come on do you even read this site? We are Tarheel fans BABY!
UNC 78-70 over the Cards.
Of course if Lawson doesn’t get better then I call a do-over.
I quit Fantasy Football!
Posted by showtime in Fantasy Sports, SEVEN, Sports on October 14, 2006
It’s official. I’m giving it up. Throwing in the proverbial towel. I can’t go on like this anymore. I mean it almost feels like all the players and coaches in the NFL got together over the off season and decided to do everything bass-ackwards just to mess with the millions of junkies out there who pour their blood sweat and tears into drafting a team that with a little know how and a whole lot of luck can beat the odds and win their leagues. Well I won’t stand for it anymore. I mean tell me what I am supposed to do when even LT, the best back in the league is suddenly sharing carries with Michael freakin Turner.
That’s not even bringing up the QB situation. Guess who is a top 5 fantasy QB this season? DAVID CARR & REX GROSSMAN people! Only Peyton Manning even looks remotely close to living up to his fantasy potential this season. Everyone else is a complete wash.
And wide receivers? Come on its like teams are purposely conspiring to ensure that nobody gets back to back 100 yard games.
Something has to change with Fantasy Football. The current system just doesn’t work for today’s game. Their is too much parity in the league and while that might make for entertaining football it doesn’t highlight superstars the way it used to and that leads to inconsistency from key players. This might seem “challenging” to some and you might even say that it separates the good owners from the bad. I say it has reduced Fantasy Football to pure dumb luck.
There are some people out there who think they have a solution for the future, you’ll hear terms like “team running back” or even the idea of “optimal Fantasy Football”. There may be something to that but it will take a revolution in the system to change things.
That’s why I’m hanging up my fantasy clipboard and headset. I’m done with fantasy football.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go set my rosters. Hey just because I don’t like it doesn’t mean I can’t still win right?
Fantasy Draft – Numero Uno
Posted by showtime in Fantasy Sports, SHOWTIME on August 31, 2006
Last night was my first of many upcoming fantasy drafts for SHOWTIME. There was actually a draft party and so the war room was in full swing, six owners there live, the other six were participating from various locations across the country. By the end of the night the room was hot and musty but when the smoke cleared, my fellow owners graded each team and gave me an A- (there were only two other owners who received and A-) and three of them have me playing in the championship game and two thought I can go all the way. We will see, there is a lot of risk to my lineup and I grabbed a couple of back-ups hoping that they will pan out at some point. This draft is always intense and I have not faired very well in the past as you do have to dig a little deeper in these 12 team leagues and I have been drafting early on. Last night I drafted 11th and it was a refreshing change of pace. Let me know what you think of my roster:
Starters: QB – Jake Delhomme, RB – Ronnie Brown, RB – Lamont Jordan, WR – Chris Chambers, WR – Reggie Wayne, TE – Heath Miller, K – Josh Brown, DEF - Colts
Reserves: QB – Byron Leftwich, RB – Kevan Barlow, RB – Correll Buckhalter, RB – Michael Turner, RB – DeAngelo Williams, WR – Reggie Brown, WR – Terry Glenn
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