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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We do mock drafts for fun, practice and learning. We spend time ranking our players, using aids and tools and seeking the magic ingredient for a fantasy football championship.

When the real draft occurs, we need the type of Cheat Sheet that helps us in OUR league with its scoring and its rules (private or public), helps picks the best overall team for the highest score and adjusts as the draft proceeds with the its own unique quirks.

In drafting for real, however,many times we seem to lack one very important aspect and that is “HELP the sucker in front of me just drafted my player”….what do I do? I’ve only got 52 more seconds!!!!

The answer to that question is not to look on your printout to see who is next, but to look at your computer and see what FSO’s Live Cheat Sheet says is the best position to choose and gives you several choices of equivalent players to fill the slot. No doubt, a system which is dynamic and helps you pick the best position and the best player at that position, depending on what is happening in your draft is so much better!!!!

This LIVE, on the spot tool is essential, if you are to top the league in January. A cheat sheet down loaded from a general source just does not meet the standards of excellence that you deserve and need. How can it? It isn’t dynamic, it isn’t set for your rules and it certainly isn’t going to adjust to the ins and outs of a live draft. That is why the Live Cheat Sheet from Fantasy Sports Optimizer is best, it does all those things.

I know the others are free and cost nothing….why because they are worth next to nothing. I give them their due in that they give you a general idea what to do, but you need specifics…..very many specifics in the right order and on a on-line and in real time basis.

FSO will deliver the goods, so visit the website and then sign up. Victory is yours in less that seven months from now. Have a great week and do some mock drafts for fun or fill out a salary cap team off the top of your head just to see what it might be, before you do your due dilligence.

Happy 4th of July!!!!

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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 a new level of sophistication will be noticeable among the various fantasy football tools available to the interested player. That is certainly true for Fantasy Sports Optimizer’s Data Sense.

One of the most talked about fantasy aid is the weekly Strength of Schedule data. There is nothing new about the concept of SOS, as we fantasy officinados called it. But what is new is the level to which the best products such as Data Sense use the information available. Creating and using superior data mining techniques, FSO illuminates many nuances not readily apparent to others but available to the Data Sense user.

The key, to be redundant, is SUPERIOR data mining. It is not enough to know which player does well against a weaker team, but which player does well or less well against this particular defense by position. Take for example, a great passing QB and stack him up against the number one overall defense and what do you get. Who knows, if the defense is great against the run, but only good against the pass, then the QB rating (mapped to the individual player, not just position in Data Sense’s case) for that week will be higher than playing against a weak run defense, but a great pass defense. Data Sense goes even beyond this, but I think that you get the message. Data alone is not the answer, but knowing which data is more material makes a big difference!!!

Analytical tools are important, but more important are predictive tools. That is what a superior data mining system gives you, the fantasy football player, a great predictive tool. No more shoulda, coulda, woulda with Data Sense.

Combine this with other selection tools, such as Live Cheat Sheets for drafting fantasy leagues and The Optimizer for roto and/or salary cap teams and you are on your way to a league championship. Player rankings not only include the football player himself, but also the fantasy team coach. Make sure you are Numero Uno and sign up with Fantasy Sports Optimizer as soon as the new products are available.

Have a great fantasy football season, I can’t wait and its almost Christmas season for us fantasy fans!!!!

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Warm up the computers, get your cheat sheets ready, sign up with Fantasy Sports Optimizer and LETS GO!!!!

It seems just a few weeks ago we were celebrating the Saints victory and now it is time to get ready for our own victories. On July 1st, the fantasy football season officially kicks off. I am really glad that the fantasy season is almost upon us.

This year, player selection tools will all be improved and this includes FSO’s player rankings(Data Sense), drafting aids (Live Cheats Sheets) and overall roto team selections tools (The Optimizer). Mock drafts can sharpen your skills and prepare for the real thing or two or 10!!!

A word to the wise, don’t ignore roto leagues this year as they still offer great prizes, lots of fun and a true test for the fantasy players who believe that their expertise is second to none. I am going to be in several roto leagues this fall and look forward seeing my name in the fantasy football hall of fame. Sweetness says he will be there too. I doubt a Bear fan could make any hall of fame, but then what do I know, I am a Charger season ticket holder. The Optimzer, combined with Data Sense will help make it a great fantasy football season.

For those who will be drafting this year, all I can say is that The Live Cheat Sheet is a necessary tool. This is a incrediable advancement in drafting aids, due to new mathmatics and technological computer advances. It is simply the best there is anywhere!!!

So as the time for fun nears remember the words of a very wise fantasy guru who said “Nothing beats winning, nothing.”

We will be changing our web page soon, so get ready for some fantasy football fun and just some plain old fantasy too.

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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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This year one of the three big gamers published their Experts mock draft and player rankings. I found it interesting due to the fact that neither points nor risk seemed to be considered.

For example, in their first 2 rounds (20 picks) only two QBs were taken, ONLY TWO. Now I ask you, did you see what I saw last fall? The NFL has not changed their rules this year, so last years rules still apply. What is the essence of those rules? Protect the QB and score more through the air by restricting the defensive backs.

Based on points alone this is an interesting phenomenon…..I am being kind, but what else can you say? I just cannot see it, maybe I am blind to some superior logic, but they don’t call me Braincase for nothing. They call me other things for no good reason, I know that for a fact!!!

Even more important to me is RISK!!!! How can you rate Gore, Turner, Marshall, Benson etc. ahead of Peyton. How many 16 game seasons have they played in the last few years? I will tell you NONE!

None, now how can you pick a none in front of Peyton? Unless you are very devout and can’t spell, you would never pick a none in front of Peyton. Lower points and less games played add up to a failed early pick and most likely a failed fantasy season.

Now help is available from many sources, but the one that best handles risk is FSO’s fantasy tools and services. Fantasy Sports Optimizer uses advanced techniques that handle risk more successfully than anything else on the market. Take a look at their offerings this summer, compare to other products and decide. I bet you will be an FSO fan this year.

Only 6 weeks to go until the first fantasy drafts of the season start. Wow! The off season is almost over. Be blogging with you in a few weeks.

Braincase

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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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We enter the preseason with a few questions answered or at least that is what the teams say and mostly unanswered questions. Of course, since it is early May, we should have unanswered questions.

Let’s start with the answered questions….Best is starting for the Lions. So much for Mr Smith goes to Detroit. Best was a very good back in college last year, but no one thought that he was the best college back. Questions, “how can Best not be the best?” Answer, he was drafted by the Lions.

What else do we know for sure. Well, Pete Carroll of the ever hopeful Seahawks loves his former players from USC. The discussion in the Northwest centers around LenDale White losing 20 pounds and becoming the next Chris Johnson. Well, if losing 20 pounds turns White into a back as good as his former teammate, then the Hawks will be mighty fortunate. Most likely, however, White will be an OK back who is a little bit faster, not quicker, and slightly less of a power threat. Let’s hope I am wrong, for Pete’s sake……pun intended.

Next, according to the Pittsburg press, Bryon Leftwich, is ahead of Dennis Dixon for the starting QB spot while Big Ben pays for his sins….probably in a night club in some college town. Leftwich has more experience, but Dixon has an excitment quality about him that could really have the Steeler fans cheering. I would also play Dixon because he has more upside right now than Leftwich and with Big Ben always on the edge of trouble, Dixon could get many more reps than is now expected. Let’s hope Big Ben cleans up his act before something really, really bad happens to his career. Let’s hope no more “innocent” people get hurt.

Darren Sproles of the Chargers could be in for a big fantasy boost, if he retains that starter job as the Chargers are indicating. Imagine, this year he is going to be remarkably better than last year when he was the quasi starter, sharing time with LT. As some of you know, I have season tickets with the Chargers and am still angry over the debacle with the Jets. All I KNOW FOR SURE is that Sproles is better as a returner and spot starter that as a 25 carries per game featured runner. Even with the Chargers great passing game, they need running plays to make that offense live up to its potential. Mock drafts will likely move Sproles up higher than he should be, but we will see where the player rankings put him.

Finally, what don’t we know? So much, that we could fill the Grand Canyon with questions. So instead of the all-time government job….namely filling in the Grand Canyon, we will end this column with the following thought. It is only 8 weeks to the first fantasy football drafts. Look for Fantasy Sports Optimizer revised web page coming soon.

See you in a couple of weeks!!!!

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