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Taz's Almost Buried But Not Dead Sleepers

Written by Jim Day Monday, 31 August 2009 19:29

I’m not sure about you, but the NFL network is now on in my house 24 hours a day and my wife is ready to move out. No worries though, as I have a direct line to the local Pizza Brothers restaurant and after 16 years of marriage sex is something best remembered and not done.

All that aside, I now present to you the final chapter of this series on sleepers. Last Thursday I presented you my list of PSEUDO Sleepers and on Friday I gave you my super DEEP 6 Sleepers, some of which are already paying off. I read this morning that Arnaz Battle may beat out Josh Morgan for a starting spot and Michael Lombardi of The National Football Post speculates that the Browns may release Jamal Lewis and make James Davis the starter.

This installment is entitled “Almost Buried but Not Dead Sleepers”. These are players that are not on the mind of many, if any, fantasy football owners, which is why they may very well be the secret weapons your team needs to move to the top of your league’s standings. We all know the top guys each year, but it is the owners that can pick out players that make all the other owners say “I’ve never even heard of that guy, who does he play for?” that can put a team over the top. This is a list of such people.

Keep in mind though that these players are not ones you should draft in normal 10-12 team leagues. You should definitely keep them on your radar for waiver wire pickups later in the season if they break out, but these guys are mostly here for owners in much deeper or larger roster leagues. These are the guys they will need to fill out their rosters.

Now before we start this list I need you to do a couple of things for me. First run your thumb over the biometric scanner on your computer. Then when that is accepted, move your eye up to the retinal scanner. Once you have passed those tests, please enter your personal 16 digit code to retrieve this information. Then we can continue.

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Taz's DEEP 6 Sleepers

Written by Jim Day Friday, 28 August 2009 20:26

Yesterday I posted my list of Taz's Pseudo Sleepers, guys that are well known but for one reason or another are still being drafted way too low in my opinion. Today’s edition of Deep 6 Sleepers will delve into players that need some help to become fantasy viable, but that help could be only one play away.
Today’s sleepers are players you most likely have heard of but most don’t feel they have any fantasy value in 2009. I am going to show you how each of these guys could become fantasy viable and in some cases fantasy studs.

Now close your office door, check for any hidden cameras and shield your computer from prying eyes as I present only to you (well YOU were smart enough to read this) the sleepers that could put your fantasy team over the top and right into a CHAMPIONSHIP.

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Taz's Pseudo Sleepers

Written by Jim Day Thursday, 27 August 2009 16:04

Every year I go around the web to see which players are listed as sleepers on other sites and some of the names I see amaze me. When I see that big name sites, that will remain nameless here, list players such as Matt Ryan or Roy Williams (WR) as a sleeper pick, because they will break out this year, when in fact these are two of the most over-hyped players in this year’s draft IMO. All I can do is shake my head and ask how in the heck these guys get to post anything at all.

I am going to break my sleepers into 3 categories and post them each separately:

Pseudo Sleepers (names you know but are still being drafted too low)

Deep 6 Sleepers (players that seem to be going late in drafts but should easily outperform their draft spots)

and

Almost Buried but Not Dead Sleepers (players that are just not on many FF owners radars).
Depending on your league size and roster depth, I hope that one of these lists will help you make some tough decisions come draft day and then cutdown day in bigger leagues. So let’s get to it.

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Quinn vs. Anderson: Round 1

Written by Colin Pekruhn Saturday, 15 August 2009 22:43

One of the big questions heading into the preseason is who will win the starting quarterback job for the Cleveland Browns: Brady Quinn or Derek Anderson? On the one hand you have a third-year signal caller much hyped coming out of Notre Dame who the Browns traded back into the first round to snare. On the other hand you have a guy who's made a Pro Bowl and was signed to a decent deal (3 years, $24 million). So who do you go with in this horse race?

Tonight we got some small insight. Quinn got the start against the Green Bay Packers, and did pretty well. Better than his numbers. He completed 7-of-11 passes (should have been 8-of-10) for 68 yards and an INT. That INT would never occurred if wide receiver Braylon Edwards had not dropped a sure touchdown the play before. In all, a good if not spectacular showing.

Meanwhile Derek Anderson looked pretty poor in relief. He played two series, going three and out in the first and throwing an INT in the second. He was then yanked out of the game.

It's not much to go on yet, but if I were to bet on a winner, I would place money on Quinn starting Week 1 of the 2009 season.

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Steeler's Top 10 List - Do Not Draft Players

Written by Colin Pekruhn Saturday, 15 August 2009 15:27

We all have certain players we love to draft in every league we’re in, whether it’s Peyton Manning or Adrian Peterson. But there are also those players who we blacklist, no matter what the outlook might be. Sometimes it’s because we’ve been burned in the past or because you simply cannot stand the player himself: either way, we all make our own mental lists.

So, in response to the list posted by my colleague and friend, Taz, I post my own top 10 players I avoid on draft day.