Your Source for Free 2010 Fantasy Football Cheat Sheets

 

I've been producing fantasy football cheat sheets for over 15 years. My process for ranking the players at each offensive position involves a combination of gauging player history, considering strength of schedule, assessing offensive philosophy changes, monitoring training camp reports, and watching preseason games. These activities combine to create a top loaded fantasy football cheat sheet that's second to none. My main goal is to produce teams that are loaded with solid point producers, which I really feel is the key to winning championships.  But no matter how thorough I am in preparation, there are still certain players that I simply will not draft under any circumstances on draft day.  These risky draft picks still have to be included in our rankings, but I'd rather let someone else take a chance on them. On the surface there may be nothing

 

The fantasy football draft is the single most important event of the year for serious players. This event separates the true challengers from the pretenders. Intimidating to some, drafting a successful team is actually a fairly easy skill to master. It begins like most things by doing your homework.

 

 

Every year fantasy football is filled with hot prospects you have no business selecting on draft day.  Fantasy Football draft guides, internet websites, and the so-called experts herald the next great thing in fantasy football only to have these guys crash and burn costing you a potential  championship.  Our philosophy on drafting championship caliber teams is to make every pick count.  Be sure to select solid point producers with every pick and you will find yourself making a deep run into the fantasy football playoffs.  The following is a list of guys you'd be smart to let someone else take a chance on.  With the level of quality talent that's available on draft day, do yourself a favor and avoid these guys.
 

Each year the NFL Draft brings an infusion of talent and youth to NFL teams around the league. As veteran players age or teams fill areas of need with talented rookies, fantasy owners should look to modify their preseason rankings in order to account for the new additions to these NFL rosters. Gauging exactly where rookie talent will fill in at and to what degree they might contribute to NFL rosters during their first year can be tricky, but by following their development in team mini camps and through preseason games, the astute fantasy football mind can quickly flesh out the breakout point-producers from year one bench riders.

 

And so another football season is nearly upon us. This is to be my ninth season playing fantasy football. Nine years of following players and building strategies. Nine years of stealing picks and praying for the success of my sleepers. Nine years of spending Sundays simultaneously glued to the TV and computer, with a cold beer in my hand. I yell at the refs, and call out the Quarterbacks. I wear my favorite jersey and I send taunting texts to fellow league owners. I fully immerse myself into the ranks of superfans as I lead my fantasy team(s) to victory. However, what surprises most opponents, is that I am a woman.
 

Quarterbacks
The top six quaterbacks in this year's fantasy crop look incredible.  With the recent rule changes instituted by the NFL intended to protect the quarterback position, along with limiting what a defense can do both at the line of scrimmage and in coverage, scoring from the quarterback position is up throughout the league.   To be competitive this year, you must have a solid QB on
 




How Do I Get Started?
by Jermain Baker, Posted: June 3, 2010
Getting started in fantasy football is very easy but try to begin as early as possible.  Start by picking up a couple of fantasy football magazines from your nearest bookstore and by scanning the internet for fantasy football websites.  Concentrate on the offseason changes that will directly affect NFL offenses and defenses.  Have they picked up any free agents of note?  Any impressive draft picks?  Has the offensive or defensive philosophy changed?  Have there been coaching changes?  All of these questions will lead you down the path to determining which teams have players that you should be paying attention to during the preseason. 
 




Surviving Fantasy Football: A Girlfriend's Perspective
by Crystal Bolos, Posted: May 27, 2010
I grew up in a household that didn’t follow football, or any sport for that matter. We didn’t root for our home team, let alone take the time to watch any sporting events. Sunday’s were a day to get outside and play because all you could find on TV was lousy football games. When I did, on rare occasion, find myself stuck watching a game, it was a blur of stops, starts, uniforms, and dizzying announcements. I couldn’t follow what was going on and eventually I’d fall asleep or change the channel in frustration. I had spent most of my life despising football as a pointless waste of my time.
 




      


NFL Draft Preview - Part 2 of 2
by Jermain Baker, Posted: April 22, 2010
Continuing with our two part series analyzing the top ten picks of the NFL draft from a fantasy football perspective, part two resumes with picks number 6 -10.

6.) Seattle Seahawks
After a wildly successful run as head coach at Southern Cal, Pete Carroll was named VP of football operations in Seattle.  Carroll will have final say on personnel matters and has basically been given carte blanche to rebuild the Seahawks according to his vision.  Armed with two out of the top 14 picks in the first round, rapid improvement from last season's 5-11 record is not out of the question. Top flight prospects at OL, RB, WR, QB, and DE will all be available here.  All are positions of need in some form or another for the Hawks.  Matt Hasselbeck battled back problems all year, and at 35, isn‘t a long term solution. Walter Jones also succumbed to injuries last season and may be at the end of his Hall of Fame career. Jimmy Clausen might make
 




Best Acquisitions of the NFL Off Season
by Hans Steiniger, Posted: April 20, 2010
With the NFL Draft rapidly approaching and the first wave of free agency coming to a close, I thought it might be a good time to review some of the better free agent acquisitions of the offseason as they relate to fantasy football. Front office personnel are no doubt looking to the NFL draft to reload, as collegiate stars bring with them an infusion of youth and talent that can turn a franchise around rather quickly. As a Fantasy owner, you too should be looking at the happenings in the free agent market as they will directly affect your own strategies on draft day. Being aware of what NFL GM’s are thinking can pay big dividends when you’re on the clock, so
be sure to closely monitor both the free agent market and the draft day war rooms. The following teams have really helped themselves by addressing glaring needs on the offensive side of the
 




NFL Draft Preview - Part 1 of 2
by Jermain Baker, Posted: April 19, 2010
The NFL Draft is impossible to predict. NFL Draft “experts” have access to coaches tape, every NFL GM’s phone number on speed dial, and an army of ex -NFL players and coaches on stand by to have their brains picked like so much low hanging fruit. Still they sit well below the mendoza line when it comes to figuring out just what the hell is going to happen when the commish steps up to the podium with each team's draft card in hand. The purpose of the “NFL Draft Fantasy Preview” is to handicap the draft with a lot more emphasis on the potential FANTASY possibilities, plausibility’s, and potentialities not just for your favorite NFL franchise but for the franchise that really matters your fantasy team.

1.) St. Louis Rams
The Rams have the ignominious honor of possessing the annual scarlet letter of NFL futility, the number one overall selection.  The fact that Steven Jackson was still able to bulldoze his way
 




      


Draft Strategy
by Hans Steiniger, Posted: April 16, 2010
The Fantasy Football draft … a chance to make your mark, your personal footprint on the fantasy football landscape. It’s where the men are separated from the boys, where veteran savvy and fantasy football experience shine through, and where a few astute, perhaps maybe even serendipitous draft selections can distance you from your competition and vault you into fantasy football infamy. Do your homework, don’t over think each draft selection, and pick solid producers each round and you will find yourself in contention for that elusive championship crown. But if you get too cute, or happen upon the injury bug, your team implodes and you spend the season in the proverbial fantasy football basement angling for the toilet bowl trophy. Your success in a fantasy football draft resides in a lot of preparation, a little experience, and a whole lot of luck.
 




What is Fantasy Football?
by Hans Steiniger, Posted: April 10, 2010
Fantasy Football is the single most all-encompasssingly addictive professional football activity that anyone can participate in.  I’ve roped in bosses, parents, siblings, girlfriends and frat brothers.  With the unprecedented popularity of the National Football League, fantasy football continues to grow and cross all types of social boundaries.  I’m still waiting for the day my grandfather asks me to help him draft his first fantasy football team.  

But what exactly is Fantasy Football?  What is everyone talking about around the water cooler?  Why is it so prevalent in NFL pregame and halftime shows?  Why has it taken over NFL broadcasts and football analyst commentary? 
 




The Early Days of Fantasy Football
by Hans Steiniger, Posted: April 5, 2010
I hail from an early era of fantasy football … before fantasy football statistics scrolled across your TV screen during games, before the internet offered fantasy football league websites that calculated your fantasy scores for you, before network halftime shows showcased fantasy football injury reports, before automated waiver wires.  I began my fantasy football career during the 1995 NFL season.  My starting lineup included Brett Favre at quarterback, Byron “Bam” Morris & Craig “Iron head” Heyward at the running back position, my wide receivers were Carl Pickens, Brett Perriman, and Wayne Chrebet, my tight end was Wesley Walls.  At kicker the venerable Pete Stoyanovich booted field goals for me (when he was still in Miami) and the San Francisco Defense rounded out my starters.  I got close to making the playoffs that year, but instead found myself in the toilet bowl tourney, which I easily won.  By the end of season I was hooked.  Fantasy Football became a huge part of my fall season lifestyle as I chased that first elusive championship. 
 




      

 

 
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