
Whaaaaaaa? Marion Barber might not be the only option in Dallas??? Go on ...
Winning your fantasy draft is easy. And free. Well actually, the free part is easier than the easy part, if that makes sense. (Why? Because you only need to hit up FleaFlicker and rock out all the free fantasy football you can find.)
But easy isn't hard, and before I actually start confusing myself, let's cut to the chase: there are tons of "sleeper" backs in fantasy football drafts this year. And, handily, they can be broken up into convenient little tiers.
Power Naps
Chester Taylor, MIN -- I know, right? He's not even really a sleeper, just because he'll see tons of carries. But the fact, whether or not you choose to recognize it with your number one overall pick, is that Adrian Peterson hasn't finished a full season of football since he started getting money to play football. Or, if you prefer, since high school. If he goes down again, Taylor will be an absolute monster.
Ronnie Brown, MIA -- Brown just returned to practicing sans cast but all you hear out of Miami is "Ricky this, Ricky that", because everyone thinks Ricky Williams will start and carry the rock for the Fins. I'm not buying it, personally. Brown was a top five running back on easily the worst team in the entire league -- one that should have been passing from the 10 minute mark of the first quarter based on deficits -- until he got injured. Sure, he might not dive right in and be a dominant back, but when he's your RB3 or RB4, the upside is too good to pass up.


Look, I understand that attempting to predict regular season success by sorting through preseason (exhibition, whatever) statistics makes roughly the same amount of sense as the average Ewok, but there is one thing you can tell from preseason numbers. When your gut tells you a particular player is going to have a bad year, it never hurts to confirm that hunch by looking at their performance in the pointless games. Let's take a look at some of the duds so far through the 2008 exhibition season.
So, you're closing in on your Fantasy draft and you've done your draft lottery and you realize you won't be grabbing one of the coveted prizes that is LaDainian Tomlinson or Adrian Peterson. Who doesn't want the thrill of picking #1? Who wouldn't want the assurance of having the sure thing. Yet, it's not the end of the world. Relax, it happens.
ESPN Scoopmaster Chris Mortensen is reporting that the
I'll start off by giving an arm-bash to
While the offensive line might not represent a direct draft day decision for your roster, few areas of knowledge can offer a competitive advantage in fantasy football like having a good grasp of the various units of trench soldiers around the league. Over the course of a couple weeks, I'll break down every NFL team's offensive lines into five tiers:
With the news of 