Saturday, August 27, 2011

FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume IV, Issue XXXIII

Welcome to our 146th edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. Our archive of past editions is available right here on The FantasyDrafthelp.com Blog and specific links to past editions are available at FantasyDrafthelp.com.

This week, we bring you our Version 2.0 of FANTASY FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2011.

Version 2.0 of FANTASY FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY

Here is our updated version, with draft board alterations dictated by events in August, of FANTASY FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2011.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume IV, Issue XXXII

Welcome to our 145th edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. Our archive of past editions is available right here on The FantasyDrafthelp.com Blog and specific links to past editions are available at FantasyDrafthelp.com.

This week, we bring you our “watch list” for football players whose August performances may bring upgrades or downgrades in our late-August revised version of FANTASY FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2011, which currently has our draft board loaded with special features. They will be marked either UP or DOWN.

Fantasy Football August Watch List

QB

28 Colt McCoy UP

29 Tim Tebow DOWN

OFF THE BOARD John Beck UP

OFF THE BOARD Rex Grossman UP

RB

24 Jahvid Best UP

33 Mike Tolbert UP

36 Brandon Jacobs UP

41 Mikel Leshoure DROPPED ALTOGETHER

42 Ryan Williams DROPPED ALTOGETHER

47 Beanie Wells UP

$1 BIN Tim Hightower UP

WR

21 Kenny Britt DOWN

53 Jonathan Baldwin DOWN

$1 BIN Lee Evans UP

$1 BIN Danny Amendola UP

OFF THE BOARD Taylor Price UP

OFF THE BOARD Antonio Brown UP

TE

$1 BIN Greg Olsen UP

Saturday, August 13, 2011

FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume IV, Issue XXXI

Welcome to our 144th edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. Our archive of past editions is available right here on The FantasyDrafthelp.com Blog and specific links to past editions are available at FantasyDrafthelp.com.

This week, we bring you our 2011 College Football Rankings and Team Draft Suggested Guidelines, which are serialized from FANTASY FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2011.

2011 College Football Rankings and Team Draft Suggested Guidelines

On the draft board, the numbers in parentheses are taken from a poll consensus. Take 6 owners and conduct a 7-round standard draft. Points will be assigned at 4 intervals: when the September 25 Associated Press poll is released, when the October 30 Associated Press poll is released, when the December 4 Associated Press poll is released and when the final BCS poll is released after the national title game. The September 25 poll accounts for 20% of the total score (with the exception of the bonus points, mentioned below), the October 30 poll accounts for 20% of the total score, the December 4 poll accounts for 20% of the total score and the final BCS poll accounts for 40% of the total score.

For the first three polls, scoring is as follows: 1st place (50 points), 2nd place (45 points), 3rd place (43 points), 4th place (42 points), 5th place (41 points), 6th place (38 points), 7th place (37 points), 8th place (36 points), 9th place (35 points), 10th place (34 points), 11th place (30 points), 12th place (29 points), 13th place (28 points), 14th place (27 points), 15th place (26 points), 16th place (22 points), 17th place (21 points), 18th place (20 points), 19th place (19 points), 20th place (18 points), 21st place (13 points), 22nd place (12 points), 23rd place (11 points), 24th place (10 points), 25th place (9 points).

Points are doubled in the final poll, since it accounts for twice the point total of each of the three previous ones. Additional bonuses are awarded for the following accomplishments: 25 points for winning the BCS Title Game, 10 points for earning a spot in the BCS Title Game, 10 points for a conference title (or piece of one), 12 points for winning a BCS Bowl Game, 6 points for earning a spot in a BCS Bowl Game, 5 points for winning a non-BCS bowl game, 10 points for having the Heisman Trophy winner on one of your teams.

TOP TIER

1 Oklahoma (2)

2 Alabama (1)

3 Florida State (5T)

4 Oregon (5T)

5 Stanford (3T)

6 LSU (3T)

7 Boise State (7)

SECOND TIER

8 South Carolina (14)

9 Virginia Tech (11T)

10 Nebraska (8T)

11 Texas A&M (10)

12 Oklahoma State (8T)

13 Wisconsin (13)

14 Georgia (20)

15 Ohio State (15)

16 Arkansas (11T)

THIRD TIER

17 TCU (16)

18 Notre Dame (17)

19 West Virginia (23T)

20 Michigan State (19)

21 Mississippi State (18)

22 Arizona State (26T)

23 Utah (28T)

24 Penn State (21)

25 Fresno State (NA)

26 Houston (NA)

27 Southern Miss (NA)

28 Auburn (22)

29 Northwestern (23T)

30 Florida (30)

31 Missouri (26T)

32 Texas (31)

33 USC (25)

34 South Florida (28T)

35 Air Force (32)

FOURTH TIER

36 Miami (NA)

37 Iowa (NA)

Sunday, August 07, 2011

FANTASY FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2011 is out!

Here it is: FANTASY FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2011, the only fantasy – and non-fantasy – guide you need for the 2011 NFL season! FDH has teamed up with our fellow entities under the banner of The 21st Century Media Alliance to bring you over 30 great features:

Page 1: Draft Philosophy Overview, Top 60 Overall

Page 2: QB Rankings, Draft Board Decoder, Injury Analysis

Page 3: RB Rankings, K Rankings

Page 4: RB Rankings, Lessons of “The Stat”, Top 5 Most Interesting NFL

Trends of the 2010s

Page 5: D/ST Rankings, Projected Breakthroughs, Overvalued & Undervalued

Players, Suggested League Guidelines, Rookie Rankings, 2011 Wild

Card Players

Page 6: WR Rankings

Page 7: WR Rankings, Don’t Be That Guy

Page 7: 2011 Fantasy Overview

Page 8: TE Rankings, FDH College Rankings & Team Draft Guidelines,

FDH BCS Bowl & Title Game Predictions, 2012 NFL Draft Preview

Pages 9-10: Dollar Bin Players, Sportsology’s Madden ‘12 Preview

Page 10: FDH Non-Fantasy Ranking of the Top 32 Players in the NFL

Page 11: 2011 FDH Mock Draft & Analysis

Page 12: 2011 FDH Standings/Playoff Predictions, Curse of “I Can’t Win

With That”

Page 13: 1st Down Scouting’s Ranking of Top 10 Safeties in the NFL

Page 14: Top football celebrity interview excerpts from The FDH Lounge show

FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume IV, Issue XXX

Welcome to our 143rd edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. Our archive of past editions is available right here on The FantasyDrafthelp.com Blog and specific links to past editions are available at FantasyDrafthelp.com.

This week, we bring you our 2011 Fantasy Football Overview.

2011 Fantasy Football Overview

^ More than most years, perhaps more than any other year since NFL free agency came into play in the early 1990s, continuity is the watchword of the season. The year-round nature of the modern NFL has been great for the NFL Network and other assorted league bean-counters, but it has served as a leveling effect for the league’s best teams. This past offseason allowed for almost no opportunity for teams in transition to acclimate any or all of the following: head coach, offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, quarterback. These are, of course, the most critical areas for continuity in the game. Both in “real” football and in the fantasy game, those who were riding high in 2010 will do so disproportionately to the usual amount in 2011.

^ Also unlike more years, there is more parity between the RB and WR position than is generally the case. You have to go down to the #3 spot at both positions (where there are a few more RBs available) to find much of a difference in talent depth.

^ Now more than ever, if you want a top-flight QB, find him a top-flight WR. Tom Brady is the sole QB on our top tier of passers who is not throwing to a WR ranked in our Top 15. There is a true symbiotic relationship between the top quarterbacks and those hauling in their passes; neither side can truly flourish without great support on the other end. It is for this reason alone that Larry Fitzgerald, arguably the most skilled wide receiver in the NFL, ranks 8th on our list as post-Warner instability has reigned at the passer position in Arizona. And it is for this reason that the quarterbacks on our second tier who have the best bets of jumping up into the top tier (Matt Ryan, Ben Roethlisberger and Eli Manning) have elite WRs on their team (Roddy White, Mike Wallace and Hakeem Nicks, respectively).

^ Unlike last year, when we were wildly bullish on TEs, we are a bit less so in 2011. Last year saw some surprises that could not be predicted (the severe injuries to Antonio Gates, Dallas Clark and Jermichael Finley), but it also saw the continuation of the aging process for Tony Gonzalez, continuing health issues with Owen Daniels and the absolute collapses of Brent Celek and Visanthe Shiancoe. Marcedes Lewis did (belatedly) emerge and Rob Gronkowski and Jimmy Graham made their names known, so there were some counterbalances in an unexpectedly down year. Still, we’re not ready to say as we were a year ago that you can wait a long time to draft your TE starter. If 2011 is a strong enough year of recovery at the position, we may be saying it next year, though.

Tuesday, August 02, 2011

FDH Fantasy Newsletter: Volume IV, Issue XXIX

Welcome to our 142nd edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. Our archive of past editions is available right here on The FantasyDrafthelp.com Blog and specific links to past editions are available at FantasyDrafthelp.com.

This week, we bring you the overvalued and undervalued fantasy football players for 2011.

Overvalued Fantasy Football Players for 2011

QB: Jay Cutler, David Garrard, Donovan McNabb, Tim Tebow

RB: Knowshon Moreno, Steven Jackson

WR: Percy Harvin, Robert Meachem, Santana Moss

TE: Zach Miller

K: Josh Brown, Robbie Gould, Sebastian Janikowski, Matt Prater

D/ST: none

Undervalued Fantasy Football Players for 2011

QB: Mark Sanchez

RB: DeAngelo Williams

WR: Braylon Edwards

TE: none

K: Matt Bryant, Alex Henery, Adam Vinatieri

D/ST: none