Yes, folks its almost time for the fantasy season to kickoff for real. Tonight, we have two high powered fantasy player loaded teams to start the season. New Orleans is the site of a great fantasy feast between the Champs, the Saints and the NFC runner-up, the Vikings. No doubt its the Vikes tonight in a win……or is it the Saints?

However, our predictions are fantasy ones. Let’s start with the QBs. Big years for Peyton, Drew, Rodgers. Very fine years for Brady, Schaub, Brett, Rivers and Romo. McNabb, Eli and Cutler have potential for a great, good or bad year. So much depends on their offensive line. I am a Bear fan, but the OL looked worse in pre-season then it did last year. Come on guys block the other team, at least once in a while.

Running backs, look for big, big years from CJ, AP, Rice, Gore and Mr. hyphenated. The rest of the guys share their load and so it could be tough sledding down the rocky hill of playing only 60% of the time. This year there are at least three rookies who have made a big fantasy splash in the draft rooms and the salary cap games. No doubt that Matthews, Best and Spiller are expected to be super good. I question if all three can live up to their advanced billing, but I have no idea who will or won’t. For my cohorts sake, I am pulling for Matthews. The Chargers need him to break some big plays. Braincase needs a win in January.

Since the NFL decided to make this a pass friendly league, there are many receivers who can look forward to a very good year. In fact, sometimes that is the problem. So many good hands to feed the ball to. however, I still see Andre Johnson, Randy Moss. Reggie Wayne, D. Jackson, White, Carolina Smith and Larry, where did Warner go?, Fitzgerald still having big years. The pair of mouths on the Bengals will be interesting to watch. If they catch as many balls as they say they can, then Draft Palmer first in your late drafts. What a pair!!!! They are both good players though, and maybe this year will foucus on winning.

Tight ends of real good and good fantasy value abound this year. How can you go wrong with Clark or Gates? Then you have Tony G., Celek, V.Davis, Witten, Daniels, Finley and Shiacoe who are all hot prospects. In addition, Zach Miller of the Raiders is the sleeper of the year. I think that he is going to do very well and will out fantasy score many of the top names.

Place kickers are always mocked by the “real football players”….usually to dumb to figure out that it is called FOOTball. The feet are important in the fantasy world and Kaeding, Longwell, Hartley, Crosby and Gostowski are real good picks for the fantasy player. My favorite is Ackers of the Eagles, if anyone cares.

The D/ST are always hard to know, though, the hype is all Jets. I think they will be good, but not the best. The Ravens, Eagles and Packers will be as good if not better and then the Champs and the Vikes will be there every week too.

My take a flyer team includes At QB Campbell; RB R. Brown; WR Bowe; TE Z. Miller, PK, B. Cundiff and Team Arizona.

Enjoy the season and GOOOOOOO Bears!!!

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I am excited by the results of two drafts that I took part in yesterday. First was a CBS Premium league and I was slotted to draft 9th out of 12.

This is not my favorite draft postion, but thank the Lord that The Live Cheat Sheet was available to me. I have the best rated team and that was because as the draft proceeded I was picking by postion and with Data Sense at my side I had my player rankings ready to go. I really love my team.

Next came ESPN and a 10 team league. I was surprised that they picked the winner of the league and let me draft first. The randomizer must know something. By the way, if you draft first do not feel guilty if you pick Chris Johnson. After all, someone has to do it.

ESPN’s rules and scoring are very different than CBS and so running backs are more important. The Live Cheat Sheet adjusts for that difference so well and it makes drafting a real fun experience.

According to a pole I saw this morning on the CBS site 55% of drafting is left to do. Do yourself a favor and visit Fantasy Sports Optimizer and get the great combo package of The Live Cheat Sheet and Data Sense. It will make for a fantasy football season of fun and success. Nothing is as much fun as stomping your brother-in-laws inferior fantasy football team. I have to wait until week three to do that, but the time is coming soon for a big VICTORY party.

Finally,a word about the real Bears……..HELP!!!! Lovie told me that they are playing it coy in preseason to sneak up on the Detroit Lions and stomp them into the ground. Good strategy Lovie, it is working so well that even the Lions are looking forward to the opening game. I hope that I have to apologize to Lovie in a future blog.

Gooo Bears!!!!

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There is no more debated or misunderstood draft decision than what should I do, draft the highest rated player or go for the position that appears to be the best choice. Well the answer is in general go with the position.

Why you ask? Well the answer is that in choosing the best player over the position you maybe shorting your own fuse. In other words, you get a good player, but the next one will not be as good in the position you could have picked. The picking of the position gives you a combo of two that gives you more points. Math is as follows: Player— 3.5 plus 2.8=6.3. Position—3.2 plus 3.2=6.4. A little better, but the little means a lot over the season.

Fantasy Sports Optimizer offers the Live Cheat Sheet. This drafting tool continues re-evaluates what postion you should pick and then offers you the best players at that position. This is so important to understand. Your options really do change as the draft proceeds and you must adjust or face a season of disappointment.

Much is made of tiering, and it should not be overlooked. This is one of many keys that FSO’s Live Cheat Sheet uses to make its proposal to you. You make the decision, but the tool gives you some big hints!!!

So scrap the player rankings, the Average Draft Postion, and the Wiggie Board and go with FSO’s Live Cheat Sheet. Get it now and practice in mock drafts. Learn how to best use the best tool available!!!

Finally, I would be amiss, if I didn’t mention that the Bears lead the preseason in sacks. Unfortunately, it was their QBs catching their lunch. Lovie promises improvement, and I know in my heart he is telling the truth. Go Bears!!!

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The beginning of August marks the beginning of the Fantasy football season as leagues start drafting for real and interest grows with each training camp revelation. Player selection, drafting aids and tools, including cheat sheets, player rankings , projections and salary cap become the talk of the fantasy world.

This year promises to be a terriffic fantasy football season with many key players changing teams and many of the established stars fading away. L. T. and Westbrook just to name two of the stars in apparent desendency. However, one of the fading fantasy stars may just have one more great year in him. The question is who?

Drafting leagues are the most popular leagues now, with CBS, ESPN and the NFL being the biggest. Several other free leagues are available. along with numerous premium leagues. Big bucks can be won for a small investment. On top of the commercial leagues, there are innumerable private leagues of all ilks.

My favorite drafting tool is The Live Cheat Sheat from Fantasy Sports Optimizer. You see its banner and ads everywhere now and it is truly unique, due to its interactive way of predictive drafting while being live as your draft takes place. What an advantage!!!!

Salary cap leagues such as H2H and the great Fanball leagues offer a game for the fantasy player who wants to win over many oppnents and not just one a week. Nothing wrong with one on one, but if you are new try one of the salary cap games. They are a lot of fun and require a combination of good player selection to start with and then constant monitoring and updating throughout the football season. Many tools are available to help you including the Optimizer from FSO and a weekly tool called Data Sense. These type of leagues are some of the earliest fantasy fooball games that were available and are still really challenging for the entire season. I remember a few years ago the first prize was won by a player who had one more rushing yard than the second place player. That was one yard out of 10,000. Can’t cut it any closer than that.

There are many of the snap type leagues available also. These are fun in that every week you can have a totally new team. Some have salary caps and some don’t. I play a few of these every week and it is amazing how many times the Monday night game decides your fate. Data Sense this year is my guiding tool and I am looking forward to a great year. Last year I did well, this year I am going to do super.

While there have been many changes some things seem to be a yearly event. The Farve Watch is on, Haynsworth is the most overpaid human being alive and every team thinks that if it all goes right, they have a chance. August is a great time for fans, fantasy and real because their team is the BEST.

Speaking of the best, who can deny that the Saints are being overlooked again this year. They are the Champs and all you hear about are the Pats, Jets, Vikings, Colts and Ravens. I say the Saints are equal to any of those teams and better by far than the Pats and the Jets. Here’s a salute to the world Champion New Orleans Saints and to the rest of the league, it up to you to dethrone the boys from the Bayou.

One team not talked about is my Chicago Bears. How they can be overlooked is without a doubt a serious slight from the gurus of football. Sid Luckman, Gale Sayers, Dick Butkus, Red Grange and Walter Peyton are just some fo the all-time greats in football and all were Bears. So why can’t Peppers, Cutler and Forte join them this year? No reason I can think of……Go Bears!!!

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This is an unabashed promo for the best tool available for those in drafting leagues. We do mock drafts in fantasy football for fun and learning. What could be better than to do them with the Live Cheat Sheet from FSO?

Fantasy Sports Optimizer’s unique tool can be used time and time again. Now is the time to purchase it and see what a difference it can make. This is a great time to practice using it and be super sharp when you are drafting for real.

We know that the NFFC has several high stakes games that are lots of fun, win or lose. However, wouldn’t it be better to win? Well, the first step would to be using Live Cheat Sheet, combined with Data Sense for player selection. These two tools will get you off to a fast start and give you the advantage you need in leagues of this caliber.

Live Cheat Sheet assist you in positional selection and which player(s) at that position are best to be selected. Selecting the position is so important due to the variance in league rules and scoring and The Live Cheat Sheet is adjustable for all leagues. Additionally, The Live Cheat Sheet sets up the drafting aid depending on your draft position. Drafting ninth is far different than being first.

Plus as you get use to using The Live Cheat Sheet, your confidence will increase and you can start to feel the thrill of victory.

I would say to those in private leagues…..this is the tool for you!!! It totally adjusts to your rules and can be used in any format or scoring system that is at all rational. I know, some aren’t there, but most are….especially the one that you are in.

Go for it in a big way this year and don’t start with an OK draft, when you can have a great one. FSO’s system isn’t perfect, but it is the best available and combined with your personal knowledge, you are destined for greatness.

Speaking of greatness, my Bears are undefeated so far this year!!!! Go Bears!!!!

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What are some fantasy Football drafting tools? Well, there are numerous rankings of players available on several different sites. Remember, however, that if the site has a fantasy football game, the rankings may be made with this in mind. Check out the difference between ESPN’s player rankings and CBS’s player selection tool and rankings. The difference is huge and the reason is that their respective leagues are very different in how many of each positions are played at one time. We have noted this in previous blogs and are not being redundant, I hope, by pointing out what a player ranking system means to you. If you play in their leagues, the rankings are worthwhile, but DO NOT switch them.

That then brings up what do you do in your league? Well you can see how similar your private or public league is to one of the public leagues that offers free drafting tools. One thing this does is take out some of the bias in other’s drafting tools and helps move you closer to your league. Does it help. sure, but make sure that you understand the difference in scoring and number of players at the various positions.

What else can you do? Well, one good player I know, does relative rankings based on last year’s results and how he thinks it is going to be this year. For example, he views Joe Flacco more favorably this year than last due to the improvement in his receiving corps. Now does he add 10% or 24% or 37% to Joe’s score from last year? He isn’t telling me, but it may make Baltimore Joe an earlier pick than normally. You can do the same, just don’t get carried away. Baltimore Joe is not going to pass for 5400 yards and score 439 points, new help or not.

Something else some fantasy’s gurus do is pick players in later rounds that are going to have their BREAKOUT years. Year three is the magic year for receivers or so they say. Sometimes adding a Farve is even better. So look around and see who is in a much better position this year than last and draft accordingly.

Does your league have mock drafts? Probably not, but it might be fun. Think of the goofing off you can do and the beer you can drink. Party mock drafts should be started everywhere just for the fun of it.

My favorite drafting tool is The LIVE Cheat Sheet from none other than Fantasy Sports Optimizer. FSO’s drafting aid is the only true interactive, on line, real time drafting tool available any where. It also allows you to enter your leagues parameters into the system before the draft and then it is poised to spring forward when the clock starts. Just think, your draft is unique and proceeds along its own path. LIVE Cheat Sheet goes right along with it, constantly adjusting to the changing conditions and give you the positions to pick and recommended players. WOW!!!!

Check it out on the FSO website and then buy it. It is very affordable and will make a big difference in your drafting this year.

By the way, the Fantasy Football Open Championship website is inactive this year. Too bad. However, Fanball’s National Fantasy Football Championship is alive with more high stakes games than ever. Lots of fun and lots of dollars. Look em up at Fanball.com

Now a word about my Bears. They are poised for greatness this year. Mad Mike and the Jaybird are still talking to one another, the defense is sacking the local markets and the offensive line promises to block forward this year. Its too much to ask for, but Lovey does anyway. What a team…look out Pack and Vike fans, the Chiville team is number one in the Black and Blue division this year.

Go Bears!!

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Why I do not normally endorse fantasy football games I recommend that you check this one out. Fantasy Football Open Championship has been around awhile, so many of you are familar with it, but it is well worth the visit. FFOC offers a $1,000,000 top prize. $300,000 in cash and rest over the next 14 years. However, it is one of the most fun leagues to play in not only because of the prize, but also because each week means so much.

Fantasy Sports Optimizer offers two great fantasy tools to help in this league. The Live Cheat Sheet is a must to get you started fast and the weekly addition of Data Sense aids you in your weekly player selection. The rules for this game are unique, so it is important to read and understand them carefully. They make the use of the Live Cheat Sheet even more important.

What everyone loves about fantasy football is the fun of it. It starts with the prep work for selecting your team and builds from thereon. I remember back 15 years ago when I had my first roto team in the CDM league now known as Fanball, and it was done on the phone and through the mail….no internet.

My first team featured Jerry Rice, Barry Sanders and Troy Aikman. In the first week, Rice and Aikman got hurt and Barry had the worst game of his career. I was last in a league of 25 and I could not believe the standings when I received them in the mail. I waited all week to see my results, knowing that they would be poor, but last was well… overwhelming. It was not a great start to a fantasy career, but my pride refused to accept defeat. I finished 13th that year in my league and in the middle of the overall league. Where was FSO when you needed them?

The fantasy football season is almost upon us and player selection, drafting tools and positional analysis aids are getting ready to go. Mock drafts are important for the novice, and fun for all. Plan on taking part as soon as you are ready.

This season promises to be a great one, with numerous players moving to new teams, double headed running back combos all over the league, hot QBs and crazy receivers. Plus lots of prizes, including the big one on FFOC. Good luck to all and I hope you finish right behind Sweetness, after all second place isn’t so bad!!!!

Go Bears!!!!!

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This year we have many stars that have some baggage from 2009 or know of upcoming problems.

Let’s review a few. What do you do about Big Ben? Of course, it would help to know how long he is going to be out, but assume four weeks. Do you draft him as if he were playing 16 games and hope that your backup QB can carry the load? Probably not, but he might only fall a round or two depending on the makeup of your league. Looking at player selection rankings, it seems that so far he has not been hurt too much. There is another thought that says stay away, you are only one incident from a year off.

Speaking of QBs what about Henne and Flacco? Are they really that much better plays due to getting a good receiver added to their roster. I say see the preliminary player selecton chart and then try to pick one of these as your backup, if they are still availble in later rounds. FSO’s player rankings will be very useful here.

Mr. Kolb of the Eagles is another potential delight or disaster. Will he be a 300 yards passer as he was for his few starts last year or turn Michael Vick into a starter? Once you figure that one out, you know what to do with both QBs. In auction drafts this could be a real steal or a waste of valuable dollars. Eagle fans will have a quandry deciding on who is who.

Now to Arizona, Does Matt the USC great finally make it big or do they dream of Warner all year long? One thing for sure, the receivers are thinner in Phoenix this year and that could really hurt Leinart. Troubles are a brewing in the land of the sun, I believe.

What do you do about Donavan McNabb? New city, new coach and a lot of over paid under achieving players in DC. My guess is that DM is in for a long season until Mike starts to work his magic,,,,which usually means a balanced attack. I’ve always liked NcNabb, but not a starter this year.

Finally, there is the Oakland situation. Russell is gone and Jason Campbell is in….the question is in what? Some people are picking the Raiders as the surprise team of 2010. Last year, they did win a few good games, so I guess it is possible. I doubt it, but then I am a Bear booster, so what can you say.

Watch the mock drafts, the player selection tools and use Fantasy Sports Optimizer’s services to maximize your team while minimizing the chaos.

Go Bears!!!!

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You always hear about this position is deep. What does it mean? I am not sure, but one way is to look at the points scored by the position leader and use a percentage to determine depth at that position.

So I am going to do that and arbitrarily chose 75%. Remember, each league scoring is different, so it is important to see what the scoring system is and how many players at that position are going to be drafted.

Using ESPN for example, this is what I found based on last year’s actual score and using that number times 75% to see how deep is deep.

Let’s start with QBs. A. Rodgers was the leader with 327 points and the threshold therefore was 245. Including Rodgers, there were 9 QBs who were within range. Pretty good depth. Running back had C.Johnson as its leader at 329, the leagues overall high. and only three RBs had 246 points or more. Pretty sparse, I would say. WR’s leader was A. Johnson @ 205 points and there were 12 receivers that had 153 or more. The deepest of all positions.

V. Davis led TEs with 168 points. Only four TEs made the required 126 or more. The second sparest of all positions. D/ST leader was the 49′ers at 167. 10 teams had the required 125 or more. Deep compared to TEs and RBs. Finally, Kaeding of the Chargers led the kickers with 155 points. 11 kickers had the necessary 116 points or more, the second deepest position.

What does this all mean? Well, it is based on last year and can Chris Johnson repeat his great year? Who knows, (not counting the Shadow) but one thing is for sure the running backs had a tough year in 2009. Some injuries, some poor performance and some because the rules now favor the quarterback.

How do you use this information in preparing for this years drafts? Use Live Cheat Sheet from Fantasy Sports Optimizer for sure. Handling multiple conflicting possiblitilies is their speciality. Also do mock drafts for practice and see what others are doing with the new reality of king QB.

2010’s fantasy football season is rapidly approaching, just a few months away. Player selection, drafting tools and aids and good old intuition are getting closer to being back in vogue. I look forward to this season and know that my rejuvinated Bears are going to kick the Vikes and Packs butt!!!!!

Go Bears!!!

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As the fanstasy football season approaches, the question surrounding mock drafts becomes asked with many answers. The purpose of mock drafts depends on at what level of fantasy football are you playing at.

If you are a neophyte, then mock drafts serve a purpose that old pros take for granted. Namely, learning how to handle the software and time constraints. This is not a minor point if you plan on having player selection tools sitting next to you and moving smoothly throught the draft. All is well for the first two rounds, but then the action speeds up and chaos reigns. I highly recommend mock drafts in the leagues you are going to play in, if at all possible. Many timing mistakes can be avoided or at least minimzed.

The best player selection and rankings are meaningless if you can’t keep up. Try looking at what is messing you up and then plan to overcome them in the best manner possible. I recommend Live Cheat Sheet and Data Sense from Fantasy Sports Optimizer. FSO takes much of the mystery and stress out of the “for real” draft. You only get one chance in most leagues, so make the most of it.

Now for the real pros, what does mock drafting do for them. Some say they look for the hidden values that are falling to the later rounds. Maybe, but maybe not.
I think most pros do it for the fun……and that is what fantasy football is all about.

So this year, try some mock drafts and have some fun!!!! Go Bears!!!!

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