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Mail Call: NFL Edition

tom-bradyIf you would like to email your questions or comments, you can reach me at craver@rotoassist.com

Q: Do you think that Michael Vick will have fantasy value this year?
Layla- Atlanta, GA

A: Well, he will have very limited value unless Donovan McNabb gets hurt. If that happens Vick will definitely be worth rostering. But with a healthy McNabb and Brian Westbrook, there won’t be much of a need for Vick outside of the occasional Wildcat lineup.

Q: Who will have the best year out of these three QBs, Peyton Manning, Drew Brees or Tom Brady?
Rudy- Boston, MASS

A: That depends on whether you mean fantasy or reality. I’m going to assume you mean fantasy since this is a fantasy sports website. Brees will have a better season than both Brady and Manning. Brady will be close but Brees will throw the ball more and have a healthy Marques Colston to target. Brady will probably make it to the Superbowl again while having the second best fantasy season for QBs and Manning will do just fine this year staying inside the top 5 QBs. Read the rest of this entry »

Top Fantasy Wide Receivers 2009

larry-fitzgerald(2)Here is the list of wide receivers and their projected value for the 2009 Fantasy Football Season.  I’ve taken the liberty of listing each player’s bye week along with their auction value.  I hope this helps you out in your quest for a Fantasy Football Championship.  Remember, these ranks are set for standard Fantasy Football Leagues.  Don’t forget about Marvin Harrison.  He is still a free agent but he has something to prove and he can still contribute if he lands on a team with a good QB.  Keep checking back because these rankings will change as the preseason goes on and the regular season nears.

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Rank Player Bye Overall Auction
1 Larry Fitzgerald, ARI 4 9 $42
2 Andre Johnson, HOU 10 11 $40
3 Randy Moss, NE 8 14 $37
4 Calvin Johnson, DET 7 17 $35
5 Roddy White, ATL 4 19 $28
6 Steve Smith, CAR 4 23 $25
7 Greg Jennings, GB 5 24 $25
8 Reggie Wayne, IND 6 26 $23
9 Anquan Boldin, ARI 4 28 $21
10 Marques Colston, NO 5 30 $20

Top Fantasy Tight Ends 2009

gonzalezHere is the list of tight ends and their projected value for the 2009 Fantasy Football Season.  I’ve taken the liberty of listing each player’s bye week along with their auction value.  I hope this helps you out in your quest for a Fantasy Football Championship.  Remember, these ranks are set for standard Fantasy Football Leagues.  Zach Miller has become sort of a safety cushion for JaMarcus Russell and will be targeted a lot this year.   Keep checking back because these rankings will change as the preseason goes on and the regular season nears.

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Rank Player Bye Overall Auction
1 Tony Gonzalez, ATL 4 45 $17
2 Jason Witten, DAL 6 50 $15
3 Antonio Gates, SD 5 52 $14
4 Dallas Clark, IND 6 58 $13
5 Owen Daniels, HOU 10 72 $9
6 Chris Cooley, WAS 8 79 $9
7 Greg Olsen, CHI 5 98 $5
8 Zach Miller, OAK 9 106 $3
9 John Carlson, SEA 7 112 $2
10 Visanthe Shiancoe, MIN 9 121 $1

The Missing Links

Every now and then I will give you guys a roundup of some interesting links to other sites that I feel can be very helpful to you in your quest for Fantasy Sports domination. Check them out but make sure you come back to get my insight on all of the latest action in the NFL, MLB and NBA Fantasy Worlds. Good luck.

talentedroto_FH3The Talented Mr. Roto has some very good points to make in his Draft Day Manifesto pointing out things from common mistakes made on draft day to what you will need to be fully prepared for your draft.

fft_bannerfftoolbox.com is a wonderful pre-draft tool that allows you to enter your league’s specific scoring system and it recalculates the overall rankings of the top 100 players in your league’s draft according to whatever you enter for scoring. I can’t say enough about how great of a tool this website is when it comes to pre-draft studying. You will definitely be surprised with some of the outcomes. Read the rest of this entry »

Top Fantasy D/ST 2009

Pittsburgh SteelersHere is the list of Defense/Special Teams and their projected value for the 2009 Fantasy Football Season. I’ve taken the liberty of listing each player’s bye week along with their auction value. I hope this helps you out in your quest for a Fantasy Football Championship. Remember, these ranks are set for standard Fantasy Football Leagues. Make sure your league counts Special Teams with Defense or you might end up with a Bears Defense that doesn’t get credit for a Devin Hester kickoff or punt return TD. Keep checking back because these rankings will change as the preseason goes on and the regular season nears.

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Rank Player Bye Overall Auction
1 Pittsburgh Steelers, PIT 8 87 $8
2 New York Giants, NYG 10 94 $6
3 Tennessee Titans, TEN 7 103 $4
4 Baltimore Ravens, BAL 7 111 $3
5 Minnesota Vikings, MIN 9 119 $2
6 New York Jets, NYJ 9 124 $1
7 Philadelphia Eagles, PHI 4 129 $1
8 Miami Dolphins, MIA 6 136 $1
9 New England Patriots, NE 8 138 $1
10 Chicago Bears, CHI 5 140 $1

Viking Quest: Favre Edition

viking-favreBrad Childress and the Minnesota Vikings have finally announced that Brett Favre will be coming out of retirement to play for the Vikings this year. His deal is reported to be worth between $10-12 million for one year (obviously so he can put on this charade again next year). This instantly makes an already good Vikings team into a Superbowl contender. Now, I’m not saying that the Vikings will win the Superbowl now that they have Brett Favre. But, I am saying that their team just got a whole lot better.

What does this mean for fantasy managers? Well, it gives us another option at QB for one. Is it a great option? No, not really but you could have worse QBs on your team. Everyone knows what to expect from Favre. Truthfully, the Vikings with Favre aren’t much different than the New York Jets with Favre. The Vikings have roughly the same offense as the Jets and the Jets actually had a better defense than the Vikings last year according to Yahoo Sports. It just should be a little easier for Favre now that he is healthy and back in the NFC.

Tommy Everidge Links…

Here are a few good links if you want to check out the latest news on Tommy Everidge. I know there are a lot of local people out there searching for stuff on him so here you go. I will update this page as more news comes out about Tommy so check back every now and then.

Tommy has a chance

Tommy RBI

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Top Fantasy Kickers 2009

p1_gostkowskiHere is the list of tight ends and their projected value for the 2009 Fantasy Football Season.  I’ve taken the liberty of listing each player’s bye week along with their auction value.  I hope this helps you out in your quest for a Fantasy Football Championship.  Remember, these ranks are set for standard Fantasy Football Leagues.  Kickers are a dime a dozen in Fantasy Football.  Just pick a guy on a team that has a good offense and you’ll get a good amount of points from him.  Robbie Gould is a very good kicker and now the Bears have an offense.  Keep that in mind on draft day.   Keep checking back because these rankings will change as the preseason goes on and the regular season nears.

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Rank Player Bye Overall Auction
1 Stephen Gostkowski, NE 8 151 $1
2 Ryan Longwell, MIN 9 152 $1
3 David Akers, PHI 4 153 $1
4 Nate Kaeding, SD 5 154 $1
5 Mason Crosby, GB 5 155 $1
6 Jason Elam, ATL 4 156 $1
7 Nick Folk, DAL 6 157 $1
8 Robbie Gould, CHI 5 158 $1
9 Rob Bironas, TEN 7 159 $1
10 Neil Rackers, ARI 4 160 $1

Vick Is an Eagle

michael-vickMichael Vick has signed a two year contract with the Philadelphia Eagles.  The first year is worth $1.6 million and the the second year is an option year at $5.2 million. This was a bit of a surprise seeing that the Eagles were one of the teams that had already said that they weren’t interested in signing Vick.

So, what does this mean for Vick and the Eagles? More importantly, what does this mean for fantasy managers? Well, it won’t mean anything until Vick is allowed to actually play a game. He may miss up to the first six weeks of the season but no more than six weeks. Commissioner Roger Goodell has said that he will make a decision by week six as to when Vick can play. As of now he will be allowed to play in preseason games and fully practice when the regular season starts. Read the rest of this entry »

Top Fantasy Quarterbacks 2009

drew-brees-5Here is the list of quarterbacks and their projected value for the 2009 Fantasy Football Season.  I’ve taken the liberty of listing each player’s bye week along with their auction value.  I hope this helps you out in your quest for a Fantasy Football Championship.  Remember, these ranks are set for standard Fantasy Football Leagues.  Keep in mind that if JaMarcus Russell doesn’t show improvement from last year in the first few games, Jeff Garcia could be in line to start a lot of games.  Keep checking back because these rankings will change as the preseason goes on and the regular season nears.

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Rank Player Bye Overall Auction
1 Drew Brees, NO 5 12 $39
2 Tom Brady, NE 8 16 $36
3 Peyton Manning, IND 6 22 $27
4 Kurt Warner, ARI 4 34 $19
5 Aaron Rodgers, GB 5 39 $18
6 Philip Rivers, SD 5 42 $17
7 Matt Ryan, ATL 4 47 $16
8 Tony Romo, DAL 6 54 $14
9 Donovan McNabb, PHI 4 59 $13
10 Jay Cutler, CHI 5 62 $12