My Fantasy Preparations      Record 4-1

Opponent

Pussycats

Record 3-2

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This week the Tennessee Titans have a bye week so I was stuck without a kicker.  Normally I wouldn’t care but after losing last week I do not want to give up points, also Rob Bironas has not done much.  I picked up Dallas Cowboy kicker Dan Bailey and dropped Rob Bironas.  Bailey has scored more points than Bironas, plays on a better offense, and has had his bye week already.  I am still looking for RB depth but have been slightly encouraged by Marshawn Lynch’s production the past two weeks.  I am alarmed to see Ben Tate being injured and Steven Ridley losing touches to BJG.  I can not afford any injuries to Ray Rice or Darren McFadden.

Starters

Matthew Stafford is the reason for my success.  He has a tough matchup versus the 49ers this week. Staffordis playing at home and will get plenty of action since the running game will likely be ineffective.  I think the 49ers have a good pass rush but their secondary has not been tested by this kind of passing attack yet.  I think a moderately effective game with the likes of 240-250 yards and 2 touchdowns is a reasonable expectation.

Ray Rice and Darren McFadden are the backbone of my team.  Rice and McFadden will give me a chance to win every week.  Rice is back from the bye but faces a tough Houston Texan defense.  The Texans stuffed Darren McFadden last week and I hope they do not do the same to Rice.  Houston Texans are giving up the 28^th most fantasy points to RB’s so I cannot expect much from Rice.  50-60 yards rushing and I am not expecting a touchdown.  I am praying he takes over in the passing game.

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Fantasy Preperations for Week 6: Start and Sit - NFL Mocks - NFL Mocks - Covering the 2012 NFL draft, Mock Draft Database, Scouting Reports, and Fantasy Football

My Fantasy Preparations      Record 4-0

Opponent

Green Hornet

Record 0-4

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            This week the Dallas Cowboys have a bye week so I was stuck without a defense.  Normally I wouldn’t care since my opponent is 0-4 and I seem to be doing okay…but Jacoby Ford has done nothing and does not seem to be getting over his groin injury so I cut him and added the Houston Texans defense.  Funny enough the Texans defense is scoring about 5 more points a week than the Cowboys so when this week is over I might have a tough decision on my hands.  I will be looking to add running back depth soon as well.  I love Ray Rice and Darren McFadden as my starters.  However, Steven Ridley and Ben Tate are good but do not get enough opportunities and Marshawn Lynch has done nothing.      

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Fantasy Preperations for Week 5: Facing MJD and Roddy White. Who do I start and Who do I sit??? - NFL Mocks - NFL Mocks - Covering the 2012 NFL draft, Mock Draft Database, Scouting Reports, and Fantasy Football

How do I Beat a Team with Adrian Peterson? That Man's a Stud

My Fantasy Preparations      Record 2-0

Opponent

Urine Trouble

Record 1-1

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            Another week I failed to use the waiver wire.  Scoring the most points in the league makes one press the pause button on transactions, as stated last week.  I have thought about replacing Marshawn Lynch and Steven Ridley as my 4^th and 5^th RB’s but decided to wait.  Currently there is nothing but fodder on the waiver wire but the patient Vulture always finds a meal…that was a weird saying I made up…I think I will retire it.  Anyways, keeping an eye on injuries as well as trends is the way to improve your playoff level team to Super Bowl level.  Just look at my pickup of Ben Tate.  He has been giving me 100 yards a week so far…cash in the bank.

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Fantasy Preperations Week 3: Facing the fury of Adrian Peterson. Who do I start, who do I sit? - NFL Mocks - NFL Mocks - Covering the 2012 NFL draft, Mock Draft Database, Scouting Reports, and Fantasy Football

If Darren McFadden has a Big day the Bills are Toast

Today at about 4 O’clock either the Buffalo Bills or Oakland Raiders will have started the season 2-0. Parity fans, rejoice! The Oakland Raiders are probably the more talented team overall, but they have the pesky problem of traveling to the Bills to play a game with a 1 o’clock start time and everyone knows the notorious fact that West Coast teams that travel to the East Coast for 1 o’clock games invariably struggle. Almost without fail, they start slow.

Last season the Chiefs were the number one rushing offense in the league and the Bills were one of the worst run defenses, if not the worst. But last Sunday the Bills were able to handle fairly easily the Chiefs rush attack. Meanwhile the Raiders showed once again why they were such a high rated running offense last year. This will be the biggest matchup to watch today; the Bills rush defense vs the Raiders run offense, but it’s not the only matchup. Let’s break it down further (concentrating on young player mathcups…this is NFL mocks a draft website first and foremost).

Kyle Williams vs the Wiz and Samson Satele

Kyle Williams is one of the best (and most unheralded) nose tackles in the entire league. Today he’ll be lined up mostly vs Samson Satele or rookie guard Stefen Wisniewski. The Wiz faced a weak Denver Broncos line last week, today he’ll be in for a big battle. Advantage: Kyle Williams. Expect Williams to make more than his fair share of plays.Williams is talented, and savvy. Wiz is a good looking young player, Williams is a lot to handle.

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With Gates still having foot problems, is he really worth a 3rd round draft pick? (Picture source: sportydesktops.com)

 I just did a blog about undervalued players. So, I thought it was only fair I write one about overvalued players as well. With your draft just around the corner you can never have enough information. One tip I can give with the utmost convenience is you can never be to prepared come draft day. With that said, my suggestion to all you fantasy players is….. read, read, and then read some more, and mock draft until you feel ready for any situation that happens while drafting.  (We all have had that one player in the cue ready to draft, and the player before you picks him. You need to be ready for that, and expect that to happen a few times in every draft)

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