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FBO: Time for an upgrade

Bill Barnwell, Football Outsiders

Football Outsiders applies their metrics to NFL Week 13 fantasy, telling you 32 players to consider starting and 32 players to avoid at all costs. A sleeper? Jeremy Maclin of the Philadelphia Eagles.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | December 04, 2009

Week 11 flex rankings: Plenty of depth

Eric Karabell

[Editor's note: This file was updated on Friday] With bye weeks now a distant memory -- OK, it's been only a week, but how nice it is to have everyon...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009

Using the yards-per-touch metric to find sleepers

Eric Karabell

When a running back puts up big numbers in short spurts, with just a fraction of the touches of bigger-name players, it's not necessarily a given that...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009

Stock Watch: In fantasy, the Browns are irrelevant

Eric Karabell

...lower right now than the Cleveland Browns'. Look at some of the other bad teams in the NFL -- and there are numerous others -- and one can find something of value, a degree of potential and...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009

FBO: Week 8 matchup projections

Bill Barnwell, Football Outsiders

We never thought we'd say this, but Marc Bulger and Matthew Stafford are perfectly legitimate fill-in QBs this week, according to Football Outsiders' matchup projections. But who else should start and sit in Week 8?

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | October 30, 2009

Week 8 flex rankings: The top 100

Eric Karabell

[Note: These rankings were updated Friday] I read the conversations going on not only on my blogs, but also on other ESPN Fantasy writers' work and th...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 29, 2009

Karabell: Week 7 flex rankings

Eric Karabell

[Note: These rankings were updated Friday] Sometimes desperation sets in and you don't have a choice. A colleague asked me this morning what I thoug...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 22, 2009

Week 6 flex: Jacobs, Sims-Walker in focus

Eric Karabell

[Editor's note: These rankings were slightly updated Friday.] Many of you know a little about the fine fellow who produces the fantasy podcasts -- Pod...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 15, 2009

Week 5 flex rankings: Browns, Jets WRs in focus

Eric Karabell

[Editor's Note: These rankings were slightly updated Friday based on injuries and other factors.] No time to waste this week, so let's just get to th...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 08, 2009

Cutting Raiders' McFadden remains premature

Eric Karabell

...Because talent wins out, most of the time. The Raiders managed to rank No. 10 in the NFL in rushing offense a year ago despite a five-win season and with little help at quarterback...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 06, 2009

Week 4 flex rankings: Where to rank Bills RBs?

Eric Karabell

As noted in Wednesday's blog, this is not a particularly strong week for wide receivers, with so many top targets on byes (Cardinals, DeSean Jackson),...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 01, 2009

Week 3 flex rankings

Eric Karabell

This might be the year of the tight ends. As I noted in blogs earlier this week, it's not just Dallas Clark who is off to a great start. I had a tough...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 24, 2009

Week 2 decision time on rankings, lineups

Eric Karabell

You don't need to love football to have a good fantasy football team, but I think it helps if you actually enjoy the game a little. I have a friend wh...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 18, 2009

Week 2 flex rankings: Look at Bradshaw, Taylor

Eric Karabell

The thing that struck me about this week's flex options was how deep the running back position is. Of course, these are the same running backs from la...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 17, 2009

The Scout Team: The Olsen issue

Scott Burton, ESPN The Magazine

What happens when man meets machine? You get the Scout Team. Scott Burton uses AccuScore's Fantasy Scout tool to find top pickups, prime trade targets and busts-in-the-making. On tap heading into Week 2: LaDainian Tomlinson, Greg Olsen and more.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | September 17, 2009