You remember the days when fantasy owners could trot out guys like Priest Holmes, Shaun Alexander and LaDainian Tomlinson every week, without question? Of course that was long before the two-back system became the bee's knees.
And for a few years, the use of "change-of-pace" RBs became the bane of fantasy owners. But a week into the 2009 season, it looks like there's a handful of guys poised to be productive fantasy back-ups in a timeshare situation...
September
Anyone who's ever bemoaned the two-back system or protested a trade can tell you that you'll never find a more comedically-dramatic place than a fantasy football league.
It looks like the folks over at FX are harnessing that drama for a new "semi-scripted" show....
July
The best fantasy owners are restless by nature; never happy with their rosters, constantly scouring the waiver wire, looking to snag the next big game-changer. With the 2009 Fantasy Baseball season just a week old, there's a handful of players who have already climbed out of relative obscurity and are being added to rosters everywhere.
Here's six largely undrafted guys who are off to hot starts that may or may not last...
April
While it's way too early to tell what Jay Cutler's impact will be in terms of wins and losses for the Chicago Bears, it's never too early to look at his influence in the realm of fantasy. I mean, it is called fantasy football.
So, here's a 'Pick Six' of players who could be influenced by Cutler blowing into the Windy City...
April
March
March
Some Americans were sitting on their sofas last night awaiting President Obama's arrival on Jay Leno and others were chewing their fingernails down to nothing, waiting for upsets that could ruin every NCAA bracket in the nation.
Yesterday's 16 games started the NCAA tournament with a bang. As I had previously written, I felt the talent this year was way to good to think that any team had it easy through their bracket. Last night proved it. ...
March
"It's only spring training!" That's the rally cry of homers who see their team's top guys facing injuries prior to the start of the regular season. And they're right: Most will make a full-recovery.
But it's tough to ignore that injury indicator next to a player's name as you prepare to click that big "DRAFT" button, assembling your 2009 fantasy rosters....
March
Baseball is game of averages and, over the course of a season, there's a pretty large group of players that average-out to be solid performers.
Translate that into the sport's fantasy counterpart, and your looking at very large pool of viable talent to select from on draft day. And after three or four rounds of the draft have passed, everybody is sporting a solid roster. It's the draft's final rounds that can make or break teams....March
October