Jay-Mo, who provided Sloppy Potatoes with an excellent post about a playoff system in NCAA football last week, has done it again. This time he takes a look at some of the skill players that will be available in the 2009 NFL draft over at Chinstrap Ninjas.
Here’s an excerpt:
I’m starting to like Pat White, of West Virginia, and Josh Freeman, of Kansas State. White’s recent performance in the Senior Bowl opened a lot of NFL eyes, as it should for fantasy owners watching who takes a chance on him. Just the potential for touchdowns makes him worth a late fantasy pick. I foresee Wildcats quarterbacks overtaking the old goal line hogs of former days, Jerome Bettis, Marion Butts and Mike Alstott.
My take: White has the biggest fantasy impact.
Click this link to read the full post.
Yep, crazy talk. Or is it?
Over at www.chinstrapninjas.com I’ve outlined a handful of reasons why you may want to avoid the player that has vaulted himself into Best WR in the Universe conversation with his postseason performance.
An excerpt:
However, he’s going to be the first WR taken in about every draft, and he’s going to be taken way higher than he probably should simply because of his amazing postseason performance.
We also have to consider that in some drafts, the chips will fall exactly as they need to and you’ll have to take Fitzgerald. However, I’m about to tell you that your best bet might be to avoid Fitzgerald in 2009 fantasy drafts.
For those of you who just snorted beer or soda or coffee up your nose, let’s not laugh too hard. Here are my reasons not to pick Larry Fitzgerald in 2009:
- First, to think he’ll replicate this ridiculous level of focus and strength — really it’s been superhuman — throughout an entire season, is asking a lot. Seriously, think about it.
Click here to read the entire post at Chinstrap Ninjas.
Tags: Fantasy Football
In the inaugural edition of the Ninja Mailbag over at www.chinstrapninjas.com, I’ve answered three questions from one of our readers, Jay-Mo.
Here’s an excerpt:
If I had to choose the top rookie that will be picked in 2009 fantasy drafts right now, and I do, I’d go with Chris Wells, Ohio State. The dude only played in nine games but went over 1,000 yards and scored eight TDs. But, I think Iowa’s Shonn Greene will be the best running back to come out of the 2009 class.
To read the whole story go here.
I just reviewed my hits and misses from last week over at www.chinstrapninjas.com.
If you have not yet checked out the site, please do. Here is an excerpt from my review:
I tried to stay away from the absolute sure things, that’s why I didn’t pick any Giants against the Browns… I finished 3-3, .500 as expected, but I had one miss that was monumentally awful.
I picked the Patriots’ Ben Watson as a big hitter, he responded with 0 yards on exactly 0 catches. Not even a 1-for-12 that would have netted PPRers 2.2 points. It should be marked down as three misses in one, but fortunately for my record, that’s not how it works.
To read the whole post, click here.
Tags: Fantasy Football
Yep, I’ve co-launched a new Web site with a co-worker that is strictly fantasy sports based. Oh, don’t worry, there’ll be fantasy sports here, but it’ll be teasers over to www.chinstrapninjas.com. We have great plans for it, and want you to come join us.
Here’s an excerpt from my welcome letter:
We want to build a ninja army, a whole nation of fantasy sports assassins helping each other dice up the competition. However, unlike ninjas, we don’t want to spend all of our time in the shadows. When divisions are clinched, championships are won, and your rewards are raining from the sky onto you, we want everyone to know a ninja did it. And we all want to know about it. We want to celebrate it here at Chinstrap Ninjas. Let us know how you did it, what players put you over the top and what players you beat along the way.
Of course, I’ll still be on www.sloppypotatoes.com pretty regularly with video game news, reviews and random thoughts, lists etc. Fresh SP posts, like my post about some games I’d like seen brought to XBLA, will be as frequent (infrequent?) as they have been over the last few months, meaning once or twice a week. This one doesn’t count, a new post is coming within the hour. Those guys over at Bungie are making us Halo 3 fans continue to drool. And there was a new countdown yesterday, in case you missed it. No funny business this time though.
Tags: Fantasy Football, Fantasy sports, Halo 3, list, Sports
Today is the final day of one of the most awesome vacations on record. So much done, but so little done. Among the things I wanted to do was beat a videogame. I have about 800 or so that are on a will-finish pile, dating back to the PS2, GameCube and Xbox.
I played a couple games of NCAA Football 09, a little Geometry Wars 2 and when a friend stopped over we played a little Halo 3, Gears of War and Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 multiplayer, but for the most part I did not really sit down for a gaming session. It’s a little disappointing, but the days were too jampacked with other things. Golf, tennis, many drinks, more golf, a few more drinks and a couple fantasy football drafts.
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Tags: 365, Fantasy Football, Halo 3, list, Sports
