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2012 Fantasy Football Metrics (In Publish Order)

• Super Bowl 2013 Final Thoughts...

• Armstead, Armond | DL | USC-Toronto-NE | 2013 NFL Draft Report

• The Big Question Being Overlooked With Colin Kaepernick...What If Kryptonite Exists?

• Let Me Tell You How It Feels To Be Dumb, But I Will Not Concede...A Colin Kaepernick Update, and a 2011 NFL Draft QB-Class Update...

• 15 Last Second Christmas Stocking Stuffers Potentially Available on the Waiver Wire in Dynasty Leagues -- for a Cheap 2013 Investment...

• The Week-16 Team-Defense "Deep Sleeper" Salvation -- the Indianapolis Colts?

• What DO you do for your starting Fantasy Football QB in Week-14? Is there really logic in yanking Rodgers or Ryan or Brees or Brady this week?

• Injury Metrics: Lisfranc Injury Case Study...

• The Best Defenses for the Fantasy Football 2012 Playoff Stretch, and Knowing When to Sell a Winner...

• Week-13 = Saints vs. Falcons Game Recap -- CAUTION! You Are About To Go Off The Rails With Me If You Read This...

• A Discussion of Rob Gronkowski Alternative TE Options for Fantasy Football, and a Recap of Week-11 -- Colts vs. Patriots (11/18/12)

• Re-Watching the Week-11 Texans vs. Jags Game -- and a Fantasy Football Analysis of Every Throw to Justin Blackmon, and Jalen Parmele Commentary Going Forward

• Dwayne Allen or Coby Fleener for Dynasty Leagues.

• Gabbert-bashing, the Genesis of FFM and Moneyball, the TV Show Gold Rush, and What Tom Brady has to do with a Jags-Colts Recap...

• Injury Metrics: The Pierre Garcon Foot Injury Case Study...

• The Thing About "Finding" Your Pierre Thomas on Monday Night

• The Upcoming Magic of the Denver-Defense for Fantasy Football 2012

• The Jimmy Graham Sunday Night Contingency Plan...

• Nine Things Our Computer Whispered To Me About Fantasy Football Weeks 7-13

• Injury Metrics: The Hakeem Nicks Foot Injury Case Study...

• Week-6 Fantasy Football 2012 Box Score Notes -- Titans vs. Steelers...aka Steelers-Rant, aka Ben Roethlisberger Fantasy Football Opportunity 2012

• Geno Smith and Matt Barkley for Dynasty/Fantasy Football 2013, if you are wondering...

• Week-6 Fantasy Football 2012 Waiver and Trade for/away Considerations (10/9) Version 2.0

• Week-6 Fantasy Football 2012 Waiver and Trade for/away Considerations (10/8) Version 1.0

• You probably didn't see or care about the transaction concerning RB Jonathan Grimes, but you should for Fantasy Football...

• Week-5 Fantasy Football 2012 Waiver and Trade for/away Considerations (10/2) Version 2.0

• Week-5 Fantasy Football 2012 Waiver and Trade for/away Considerations (9/30) Version 1.0

• What A Difference A Couple Injuries Can Make...What To Do When You Have no RBs For Week-4?

• Week-4 Fantasy Football 2012 Waiver and Trade for/away Considerations (9/23) Vers. 1.0

• Injury Metrics: A John Skelton Injury Case Study...

• Injury Metrics: Week-3 -- Garcon, Nicks, Bradshaw, Hernandez

• With The Aaron Rodgers Thursday Night Performance You Are Probably Going to Lose, So Get Over It!!!

• Injury Metrics: A Greg Childs Injury Case Study...

• The Next Rob Gronkowski?

• Week-1 Waiver Considerations, Trade Possibilities, and the "Don't Panic Yet" Names...

• The DeAngelo Williams Fantasy Football Opportunity for One Night Only, and Something You Must Know for the Rest of 2012

• Injury Metrics: A Ryan Mathews Injury Case Study...

• Just a quick note on David Wilson for the 2012 Fantasy Football Draft/Dynasty Rookie Draft

• Looking Into My Crystal Ball For The Next Julio Jones WR Breakout Story...

• Chris Johnson is the single worst mistake you can make in the 1st-Round of the 2012 Fantasy Football Draft

• Week-1 Preseason Recaps

• The other top-10 Fantasy Football WR, that I have up my sleeve, that the mainstream doesn't...

• The Stevan Ridley Fantasy Football love affair you are having behind Shane Vereen's back...how could you?

• I May Have Figured Out Why Some Are Emotionally Fighting an Early TE-QB/QB-TE 2012 Fantasy Football Draft Philosophy -- Because the NFL Thinks We Are Dumb, and our Minds are Corrupted

• You Mock Lin-sanity and/or Tebow-Mania, but Many of You Have a Similar "Condition" Killing Your Fantasy Football Decision Making Process...

• Enter Rookie RB Robert Turbin into the 2012 Fantasy Football Discussion...(subtitle: The Marshawn Lynch Valuation "Bubble" Burst)

• The Risk with Aaron Hernandez for Fantasy Football 2012.

• The Jake Locker 2011 "head-fake"...

• 2012 NFL Supplemental Draft Profile -- RB Ed Wesley, TCU

• 2012 NFL Supplemental Draft Profile -- WR Josh Gordon, Baylor

• 2012 NFL Supplemental Draft Profile: DE/OLB Montez Robinson, Georgia

• 2012 NFL Supplemental Draft Profile -- DB Quaylon Ewing, RB Adam Harris, WR Houston Tuminello, LB Larry Lumpkin, OT Adrin Haughton

• "I thought NFL analysts would be smarter than this..."

• The Completely Over Hyped San Francisco 49ers Fantasy Football 2012 Team-Defense...

• The 2012 Fantasy Football Draft Guide Launch -- Version 1.0...

• Why I Lost a House Bid, and Why Many Will Blow it in the 2012 Fantasy Football Draft...

• The Kendall Wright "tell" for Pierre Garcon's 2012 Fantasy Football prospects...

• The "Cincinnati Seahawks" 2012 Team-Defense play?

• Arian Foster enters the Shark Tank 2012 -- "Will you invest in Foster as your #1 overall Fantasy Football pick in 2012"?

• Apple Pie for Breakfast, and a Look at Dynasty League Patience with a Shane Vereen and Ricky Stanzi update...

• "Bending it" like Beckham for a 2012 Fantasy Football TE...

• Fantasy Football’s next Jamaal Charles (circa-2010)…

• Are you kidding me with the Buffalo Bills-Defense for Fantasy Football 2012?

• Going on a Blind Date with Andrew Luck or Robert Griffin III...

• My 3rd Favorite Fantasy Football 2012 Rookie RB was Drafted in 2009...

• 2012 NFL Draft: Draft Grades as of 4-30-2012

• NFL Draft 2012: Statistical Analysis of TE Coby Fleener, Stanford

• Blair White Hysteria -- Denver get used to this with every "free" WR that is available...

• Detroit Lions 2011 Fantasy Football Review, 2012 Dynasty League Thoughts

• "Flip This House," the Jacob Tamme edition...

• NY Jets 2011 Fantasy Football Review, 2012 Dynasty League Thoughts

• Mike Tolbert joins the NFL's RB "Hoarders" franchise.

• Pretending I’m Peyton Manning, Part 3 of 2 (not a typo)

• Pretending I’m Peyton Manning (Part 2: “Fantasy Football 2012 Winners & Losers”)...

• Introducing to College Football Metrics

• Pretending I’m Peyton Manning (Part 1 of 2, “The Choice”)...

• A non-Rashard Mendenhall 2012 World View

• Carolina Panthers 2011 Fantasy Football Review, 2012 Dynasty League Thoughts

• Chicago Bears 2011 Fantasy Football Review, 2012 Dynasty League Thoughts

• Cincinnati Bengals 2011 Fantasy Football Review, 2012 Dynasty League Thoughts

• NFL Draft CBs: In Search of the Next Darrelle Revis

2011 Fantasy Football Player Metrics and Scouting Reports 

• The 2011 Week-17 Fantasy Football "Fool's Gold" Has Arrived - Fantasy Football 2011-2012

• The Potential "A+" Fantasy Football WR of 2012...(subtitle = Trading A.J. Green for Julio Jones) - Fantasy Football 2011-2012

• "Searching for the Next Aaron Rodgers" -- an Update on the 2012 QB class, and our "College QB Scouting Formula"...

• The Nate Washington Fantasy Football Data You Have to Know for Week-16... - Fantasy Football 2011

• The Media Can Not Be More Wrong" Bowl -- Tebow vs. Brady in Week-15

• 2011 New England Patriots Long-Shot Fantasy Football plays ahead of the masses - Fantasy Football 2011

• The Fantasy Football Question That I Am Getting Most in the Last 24-hours...Should I Start Brandon Saine This Week?

• Countdown to a Josh Johnson Fantasy Football frenzy...

• Along Came Donald Jones... - Fantasy Football 2011

• Who is Lance Ball, and should care for one-week against the Jets.

• 2011 New England Patriots Long-Shot Fantasy Football Plays Ahead of the Masses

• 2011 Rookie WR Showdown -- Denarius Moore vs. Vincent Brown.

• So...you don't have Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Michael Vick, or Cam Newton as your Fantasy Football QB. Guess who is climbing up right behind them, and is probably on someone's bench?

• Chris Ogbonnaya: Fantasy Football Scouting, and Projecting the Browns RB Situation.

• Fantasy Football 2011 Week 4 - What I'm Buying or Trying To Buy on the Cheap.

• Know when to Hold-em', know when to Fold-em'...Fantasy Football 2011 - Week-3

• The Next Jordy Nelson?

• The Robert Meachem Window of Opportunity?

• 2011 Fantasy Football Metrics Mad Money...Sometimes, You Can Afford to Miss it...

• Into the Fantasy Football "Shark Tank" 2.0 -- Would You Invest Highly in Reggie Bush for 2011? - Fantasy Football Draft 2011, Dynasty Rookie Draft.

• The Tim Tebow 2011 Fantasy Football Wrecking-Ball Effect? - Fantasy Football Draft 2011.

• The Colts Shift Toward Austin Collie - 2011 Fantasy Football Impact.

• The Deeper Fantasy Football Meaning Behind Kevin Boss Leaving = Travis Beckum - Fantasy Football Draft 2011, Dynasty Rookie Draft.

• 2011 NFL Supplemental Draft and Dynasty Fantasy Football Rookie Draft Outlook.

• How do you project Terrelle Pryor for the NFL, do you think he will be the Raiders starting QB at any point this year?

• Into the Fantasy Football "Shark Tank" 2.0 -- Would You Invest Highly in Reggie Bush for 2011?

• With the loss of Steve Smith and Kevin Boss by the Giants, who is going to be the Fantasy Football "winner" among the WRs left on the Giants roster?

• Who is the most overrated WR for Fantasy Football 2011?

• The Tim Tebow 2011 Fantasy Football Wrecking-Ball Effect?

• The Colts WR Shift Toward Austin Collie, and it's 2011 Fantasy Football Impact on Reggie Wayne and Pierre Garcon...and Kramerica Industries

• Peyton Manning, His Neck, and "Supply-Side" Economics.

• Slow Down on the Jahvid Best Kool-Aid, and Take Advantage of this Situation

• The Deeper 2011 Fantasy Football Meaning Behind Kevin Boss Leaving; TE Travis Beckum

• The Problem with Steven Jackson and Sam Bradford for Fantasy Football 2011

• Free Agent Signings -- 2011 Fantasy Football Draft Guide and Dynasty League Rookie Draft:  James Jones, Tim Hightower, Todd Heap, Jordy Nelson, Rob Housler, Bernard Scott, Philip Sylvester, Leonard Hankerson, Marion Barber, and Plaxico Burress.

• Free Agent Signings -- 2011 Fantasy Football Draft Guide and Dynasty League Rookie Draft:  Darren Evans, Mark Hartline, Chad Spann, Daniel Thomas, John Beck, Johnny Lee Higgins, and Mike Sims-Walker.

• Free Agent Signings -- 2011 Fantasy Football Draft Guide and Dynasty League Rookie Draft:  Kendall Hunter, Anthony Armstrong, Mike Goodson, Montario Hardesty, Jerome Simpson, Darren Sproles, and Mark Ingram.

• Free Agent Signings -- 2011 Fantasy Football Draft Guide and Dynasty League Rookie Draft:  Leonard Hankerson, Aldrick Robinson, Andrew Luck.

• Todd Heap's Release Just Made My Fantasy Football Day...Hello Dennis Pitta!

• Key Undrafted Free Agent Signings for Fantasy Football 2011, Dynasty Rookie Drafts - Mario Fannin, Nic Grigsby, Terrence Toliver, Derrick Locke

• Michael Floyd, Terrelle Pryor, Caleb King, Daniel "Boom" Herron, DeVier Posey -- 2011 NFL Supplemental Draft and Dynasty Rookie Draft Outlook

• The Forgotten Free Agent RB for 2011 -- Jerome Harrison

• The Fantasy Football Shark Tank - Will You "Invest" in Michael Vick 2011

• 2011 Dynasty Fantasy Football League Rookie Draft, WR Draft Rankings (Part 3 of 3)

• 2011 Dynasty Fantasy Football League Rookie Draft, WR Draft Rankings (Part 2 of 3)

• 2011 Dynasty Fantasy Football League Rookie Draft, WR Draft Rankings (Part 1 of 3)

• Daniel Thomas, on Paper and on Tape...I Don't See it.

• Jerome Simpson vs. Devin Aromashodu -- Battle of the Best Late Season WR Hype, and How to Play it for Fantasy Football 2011

• The 2011 Fantasy Football Schedule of Doom for the Kansas City Chiefs, and what it will do to Jamaal Charles, Matt Cassel, and Dwayne Bowe.

• Dynasty Fantasy Football League Rookie Draft Analysis of 2011 TE Class

• What about John Beck for Fantasy Football 2011, and what's up with these Mountain West/WAC QBs anyway?

• Dynasty Fantasy Football League Rookie Draft, RB Mock Draft Rankings Part 5 of 5

• Dynasty Fantasy Football League Rookie Draft, RB Mock Draft Rankings Part 4 of 5

• Dynasty Fantasy Football League Rookie Draft, RB Mock Draft Rankings Part 3 of 5

• Dynasty Fantasy Football League Rookie Draft, RB Mock Draft Rankings Part 2 of 5

• Dynasty Fantasy Football League Rookie Draft, RB Mock Draft Rankings Part 1 of 5

• RB Allen Bradford "Sleeper" Watch for Fantasy Football 2011

• Matt Ryan, and the Bizarre/Favorable 2011 Schedule for Fantasy Football

• The Psychology Behind Why You Are Excited About drafting Colin Kaepernick, and not Alex Smith

• Baron Batch Rookie RB -- the Pittsburgh Steelers "Out-Scout" Everyone...as Usual

• Coming Attractions on Fantasy Football Metrics Research

• The case for Mike Wallace as the Top WR for Fantasy Football 2011

• What’s worse for Chris Johnson, no Jeff Fisher or no Vince Young...or Javon Ringer?

2011 NFL Draft

• NFL Draft 2011: My Ricky Stanzi Draft Scenario Was Way Off...But Could Becoming a QB For The Chiefs Be A Perfect Scenario.

• NFL Draft 2011: Dissecting the Browns/Falcons 2011 NFL Draft Trade...what is a High Draft Pick Really Worth?

• NFL Draft 2011: Statistical Analysis of RB Mikel Leshoure, Our #1 Rated RB of 2011...the only RB with an "elite" rating.

• NFL Draft 2011: Statistical Analysis of RB Mark Ingram, a Solid Prospect...But Let's Not Go Overboard.

• NFL Draft 2011: Statistically Looking for Elite "Power" RBs, and Recent RB Historical Ratings.

• NFL Draft 2011: Statistically Looking for Elite "Speed" RBs, and Recent RB Historical Ratings.

• NFL Draft 2011: Statistical Analysis of WR Kealoha Pilares, the Mega-Sleeper "Small WR" Prospect in the NFL Draft.

• NFL Draft 2011: Statistical Analysis of WR Torrey Smith, the Best "Small WR" Available in the NFL Draft...a mix of Greg Jennings and Jeremy Maclin.

• NFL Draft 2011: Statistical Analysis of Idaho QB Nathan Enderle, the Lowest Rated 2011 QB We Have in our Statistical Analysis.

• NFL Draft 2011 - In Search of the Next Great NFL Wide Receiver (Part II)

• NFL Draft 2011 - Statistical Analysis of WR Jonathan Baldwin, Terrence Toliver and Greg Little -- all Big WRs that I would consider ahead of A.J. Green.

• NFL Draft 2011 - Ricky Stanzi to the Patriots, Colts, 49ers or...

• NFL Draft 2011 - Statistical Analysis of WR Julio Jones, does "Upside" Trump Actual Performance?

• NFL Draft 2011 - Statistical Analysis of WR Leonard Hankerson; The Best Big WR Available in the NFL Draft...and possibly the next Hakeem Nicks.

• Statistical Analysis of WR A.J. Green, a Bad Business Decision for the __?__ NFL Franchise

• In Search of the Next Great NFL WR -- a Mathematical Analysis of College WRs

• NFL Draft 2011: Statistical Analysis of Taylor Potts, Big Stats Against Weaker Teams Will Not Pass the Test.

• NFL Draft 2011: Statistical Analysis of Tyrod Taylor, and the quest to be the next Michael Vick...but actually may be the next Julio Jones.

• NFL Draft 2011: Statistical Analysis of Chris Dieker, do you know this Southern Illinois QB Draft Prospect?

• NFL Draft 2011: Statistical Analysis of Greg McElroy; does "Super-Smart" Translate to NFL QB Success?

• NFL Draft 2011: Why are you so sure Julio Jones and A.J. Green are NFL "Locks"? A Look at the Comedy that is WR Draft Picks in the NFL.

• NFL Draft 2011: Wonderlic Scores In, Cam Newton Out

• NFL Draft 2011: Statistical Analysis of Colin Kaepernick, 2011 NFL Draft Day Fool's Gold.

• NFL Draft 2011: BREAKING NEWS:   Ricky Stanzi Passes the Critical Wonderlic Test, and is Officially Confirmed as our #1 Rated QB for the 2011 NFL Draft.

• NFL Draft 2011: Statistical Analysis of Andy Dalton a Potential Star in the 2011 QB Class.

• NFL Draft 2011: Carolina Panthers Special - Debate of Wonderlic Philosophy and NFL QBs.

• NFL Draft 2011: Statistical Analysis of Christian Ponder, the #2 QB in the Draft...if it was a year ago.

• NFL Draft 2011: Statistical Analysis of Cam Newton; cannot Escape Vince Young Comparison.

• NFL Draft 2011: Statistical Analysis of Jake Locker, say "Hello" to the Almost Assured "Bust" QB of the 2011 NFL Draft

• NFL Draft 2011: Statistical Analysis of Ricky Stanzi, the Best QB in the 2011 NFL Draft and/or the next Tom Brady?

• NFL Draft 2011: Statistical Analysis of Ryan Mallett, Weak in the Bigger Tests

• NFL Draft 2011: Statistical Analysis of Blaine Gabbert, the Likely Bust QB

• Predicting the Unpredictable…Projecting a College QB to the NFL with a Mathematical Formula

2010 Archive

• The "Don't Pick Up Rashad Jennings" strategy... 

• The Marshawn Lynch Week-16 Fantasy Super Bowl play

• Defensive stats versus RBs with 10+ carries in a game against them

• Who is Green Bay RB James Starks?

• Temporary help for Aaron Rodgers in Week-15

• You have to love the Dolphins Fantasy Defense now

• The Fraud that is Likely Ready to Burn Many...Matt Cassel

• "Blue Horseshoe loves"....Kevin Boss

• Best Under-the-Radar Fantasy Football Defenses for the Final 5 Weeks

• Who is Rusty Smith, and what is the impact to the Titans?

• NY Jets Defense, bad play the rest of the way?

• Mike Williams Seattle WR, potential 2010 Fantasy superstar

• Best Under-the-Radar Fantasy Football Defenses for the Final 5 Weeks

• Week 4 Tight End Panic!

• All Browns Must Go!

• How Could Pierre Thomas Be Better Than Adrian Peterson?

• The Fantasy Football Defense That Went From Good To Great In One Week

• Have You Considered the SD Chargers Defense, For Just 6 Weeks?

• The Case for Ryan Mathews as One of the Upcoming Decade's Best RB's

• How clever is the drafting of Ben Roethlisberger?

• Overlooking the hidden value in Steve Slaton

• Is Wes Welker really as good as we have been led to believe?

• Something You Don't Know About Kickers

• Enough About Vincent Jackson And Malcolm Floyd, What About Legedu Naanee?

• Can You "Stomach" Joe Flacco As Your Starting Fantasy Football QB in 2010?

• The Case Against Tom Brady for Fantasy Football 2010

• An Interesting WR emerging from late 2009 that is “duping” many

• Over-drafted Anquan Boldin, and a “real” sleeper thus created (not S.Breaston)

• Dez Bryant, The Media Is Locked & Loaded To Sell Us Down The River

• The History of the Overrated Rookie Tight End

• Cowboys, Eagles, Giants, Redskins...NFC East Defenses = Death in Fantasy Football 2010

• Who is Kevin Kolb?

• Hakeem Nicks vs. Michael Crabtree, what did the media do to us?

• WR/QB Chemistry? Top 10 most improved and declining WR in 2009 (7&7 Metric)

• A Basketball type Metric for Fantasy Football -- RB points per attempt (PP-ATT)

• Making a Case for Philip Rivers as the # 1 rated QB for FF 2010.

• Deep Sleeper Alert!  The LenDale White bandwagon crashed, they all just hopped on the Forsett bandwagon  -- but there is someone else (not Lynch) to keep an eye on.

• NFL Schedule Impact on 2010 Fantasy Football RB’s (RB-SOS-2010) PART ONE

• NFL Schedule Impact on 2010 Fantasy Football RB’s (RB-SOS-2010) PART TWO

• Ray Rice officially passes Adrian Peterson in 2010 for me

• What happens to Larry Fitzgerald now?

• The Shonn Greene phenomena, how did this happen?

• Is LeSean McCoy the next Brian Westbrook (at least for 2010)

• Pro-Donald Brown Fantasy Football 2010, or anti-Joseph Addai -- your call.

• The Favre effect on the WR's and TE's of Minnesota - Part 1 of 4

• The Favre effect on Opponents - Part 2 of 4

• The Favre effect on Adrian Peterson - Part 3 of 4

• The Favre effect on The Outlook on the Minnesota QB situation - Part 4 of 4

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