Week 13 Picks

It’s easy to say this now, but I did have the Cowboys winning on Thursday night. 
 I’m far too much of a procrastinator to have finished all of my picks three days before Sunday, and these Thursday night games have an awful way of creeping up on me.

I knew the Packers were in trouble from [...]

Fantasy Playoff Push

Appropriately, on the same day that my New England Patriots wrapped up a playoff spot, I earned myself a trip to the postseason as well.  Granted, my trip to the playoffs is fantasy football and it means nothing to everyone except me and my wife.  And my wife only cares because it dominates conversation at [...]

Week 12 Picks

The debut of Frank TV was met with a rather ambivalent shrug in the Lee household. The show, which is a series of sketch comedy routines from impressionist Frank Caliendo, was good at times and awkward at times and funny at times. The main problem, though, was that it didn’t have enough John Madden skits.Basically, [...]

Fantasy Report: Wanna Trade?

A trade deadline?!?! That would have been nice to know about before I hinged my entire season on changes I needed to make over the final few weeks.

Week 11 Picks

Rick Reilly and Dan Patrick will be essentially changing jobs in the near future, which is far smaller news than people may make it seem.
Both have become caricatures of themselves—Reilly with his inane storytelling and media blitz and Patrick with his self-promotion and glibness. And neither will make as much of a [...]

Week 10 Picks

The Patriots’ undefeated season has received a lot of attention this year, and rightly so. If they are able to pull off the feat, it would be the most remarkable accomplishment in NFL history.
However, I cannot allow myself to think about it.
If I start to dwell on their perfection, I am going to get [...]

The Fantasy Week That Was

Down goes B Squared!
My mortal enemy took one on the chin for the first time this year, falling to a team that had only won two in previous weeks. The Squares, as I like to call them, had made it halfway through the season without suffering a loss, but not without much controversy.
BS is [...]

Friday Night Lights: Saracen unplugged

I like Matt Saracen because he seems like a real person.
He struggles with things that I would like to struggle with—like football and home life and whether Julie Taylor and I should be more than friends (yes, we should).  He acts the way I would act in certain situations, all self-aware and awkward.  And he [...]

Week Nine Picks

I don’t pick NFL games very well.

I pick NFL games extremely well.

Last week, I nailed every single one of my choices, going a perfect 12-0.  My streak was remarkable, considering I made most of my picks in a Starbucks listening to some sort of loud indie pop and wondering why the guy across the room [...]

Life After Ronnie Brown

Having lost my best player, my six-game winning streak, and my faith in fantasy football, I prepared for the worst this week. 

Prepared might be the wrong word.  Assuming all hope was lost (it was), I didn’t really put in my usual work into my roster.  I browsed the waiver wire, finding nothing.  I thought [...]