Flex ranks: Getting the most out of your flex slot
Eric Karabell...running back slots, while Marion Barber is in your flex spot. Barber plays Thursday against the Oakland Raiders -- and he's going to play well! -- and you're not benching him, but if you...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009
Should Colts' success concern Peyton owners?
Eric KarabellPeyton Manning is not going to finish as fantasy's top quarterback this season. In fact, I'm wondering if he'll even end up in the top 5. This really...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009
Romo, Barber, Dallas offense can still deliver
Eric Karabell...all Terrell Owens' fault! Romo can turn things around quickly, though, starting on Thanksgiving against the Oakland Raiders, and while I can't say he'll make my top-10 rankings at quarterback, I...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009
Enjoying the tough QB, lineup decisions
Eric Karabell...as even Vince Young and Alex Smith are taken. Chad Henne wasn't even available. No Oakland Raiders quarterbacks are owned, but I'd prefer to avoid Bruce Gradkowski if I can. That seems...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009
Watching Brady, Eli, McCoy and Marshall
Eric Karabell...player like Scott, who is likely to be filling in for Cedric Benson against the awful Oakland Raiders run defense this week. My answer is simple: Yes, Barber has not played well of late...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009
Don't wait around for Chiefs' Bowe to return
Eric KarabellAs if Dwayne Bowe hadn't been disappointing enough for his fantasy football owners … now Bowe has been suspended four games by the NFL for violat...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009
Using the yards-per-touch metric to find sleepers
Eric KarabellWhen 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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009
Stock Watch: In fantasy, the Browns are irrelevant
Eric Karabell...8226; And in the AFC West, the prospects look dim for the Kansas City Chiefs and Oakland Raiders, but who isn't watching the delineation of touches in those teams' backfields? Jamaal Charles seems...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2009
Watching Sanchez, Lynch, Sims-Walker
Eric Karabell...points than the option the Redskins have to use in place of Clinton Portis. Darren McFadden, Oakland Raiders: Remember how most people wanted to drop this guy when he hurt his knee in Week...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2009
Targeting the Steve Smiths is problematic
Eric Karabell...foot injury, but also the schedule: Games with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Kansas City Chiefs and Oakland Raiders are in the rearview mirror. Coming up is another set of NFC East teams, and they...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009
Garrard, Sims-Walker disappoint in Tennessee
Eric Karabell...egg? Garrard at least scored three points, enough to pass the Ja-Mendoza line (named after Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell, who continues to provide awful performances on a weekly basis). But Sims-Walker...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009
Evaluating polarizing Tomlinson, other decisions
Eric Karabell...decision you believe is best for your team. On paper the matchup this week against the Oakland Raiders should be a fortuitous one, and Tomlinson has built up enough trust that we take him...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 30, 2009
Who are the top fantasy underachievers?
Eric KarabellIt always seems like the underachievers in fantasy football overshadow those that emerge as fantasy heroes. Sure, we all love Matt Schaub, Ray Rice, ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 20, 2009
Fantasy Stock Watch: Is LT really on the rise?
Eric Karabell...sure he's an RB2. Can we even count on him to stay healthy? The Chiefs and Raiders are up next for the Chargers, but don't you think Rivers and the passing game will...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 20, 2009
Ten things we learned in Week 6
Eric Karabell...Buccaneers, McNabb registered 25 fantasy points. That same week a banged-up Eli Manning torched the Oakland Raiders. The Raiders are awful, too, so it was reasonable to think McNabb would also have a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 19, 2009
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