Dear Flem: Talking Divisional Weekend

David Fleming is a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine, who also pens "The Flem File" on Page 2. He's written some big-time NFL pieces for The Mag, in...

A TON OF VALUE

Know who's never won the NFL's MVP Award? A group of offensive linemen. Know who else? A group of defensive linemen. And—this year especially—that's too bad.

Holla at us: "It should be his brother!" No. The Giants' MVP is Brandon Jacobs. The Colts MVP is this dude. In a November win at Pittsburgh (hard place to win...

In the Giants' 35-14 win over the Cowboys in early November, Brandon Jacobs - honestly, the cornerstone of the G-Men's offense this year - rushed 17 times for 117...

The International Fantasy League

Despite ultimately pulling down a win this week, Alberto Levet, skipper of Team Mexico, faced a challenging predicament during MNF this week. His favo...

The International Fantasy League: Week 1 of the Playoffs is in the books

...the other semifinal, Team India squares off against Team Mexico, a team that's hoping that Brandon Jacobs plays this week. As solid as Alberto Levet's Team Mexico is (Adrian Peterson, Anquan Boldin...

Fantasy World: Designer Imposters

Last weekend, NFL fans were treated to one of the more rare events in sports. No, not the 49ers' win, as much fun as that was. I'm talking about the B...

Missing In Action

Boom! Brandon Jacobs blows up a defensive end. Wham! Marshawn Lunch runs over a linebacker. See ya! Brandon Marshall...

THE GIVING TRIAGE

Last year, LaDainian Tomlinson led the NFL with just 1474 yards rushing. It's a good year by most standards, but consider that the league-leader over ...

2004: THE 'NEXT' REPORT CARD

When you predict future success, sometimes you mess up. Let's evaluate ourselves.

2003: THE 'NEXT' ONES

Who was poised to break out circa 2003?

FANTASY WORLD: BEATING THE BYE-WEEK BLUES

...wounds on a bye week. Instead of my usual starting lineup of Peyton Manning, Lawrence Maroney, Brandon Jacobs and Reggie Wayne, I had to scan the waiver wire for replacements, eventually settling on Jake...

FANTASY WORLD: FIXING YOUR DRAFT MISTAKES

Last week, I participated in the most fantasy drafts for one year ever: Five! Total! Drafts! The reason for the massive amount is so I'll finally be...

Brandon Jacobs was part of a four-man squad of backs

SO YOU THINK YOU'RE HARDCORE

You've heard it all before, a thousand times. Take two running backs with your first two picks. Wait on QBs, because they're all roughly the same. Rec...