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Week 17 scoring

Leo Shane — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:54:39 +0000

If your fantasy league wraps up this weekend, you're undoubtedly scrambling to figure out which backups to start, which superstars to bench and which games till matter.

While you're busy, here's another task -- find a better league for next year.

While many leagues are starting to shift their championships up to week 15, I've talked to more than a few friends who are still stuck in leagues that insist on including every week of the football season, even worthless week 17.

Still some fantasy left

Leo Shane — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:49:39 +0000

If you just can't shake the fantasy football bug yet (and after what Larry Johnson did to your team this year, why can't you?) there are a handful of fantasy games based around the NFL playoffs that'll at least carry your obsession into the new year.

Most of the games are similar to the standard weekly salary cap games run by Yahoo and CBS during the regular season, but with the added twist of locking in your roster for two weeks in a row. It forces you to balance big performers against players who'll stick around int he playoffs -- last year, nearly everyone who took LaDanian Tomlinson got stuck when the Chargers were bounced early in the playoffs.

Here are a few links:

Sorry about your QB

Leo Shane — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:29:22 +0000

There's nothing worse than riding a star player into the fantasy playoffs only to have him fall apart right as you get to the end. So if you've been singing the praises of ever-consistent Tom Brady all season, Sunday was probably the end of that, and the end of your fantasy season as well.

Tony Romo's numbers were even worse than Brady's (214 yards and three picks vs 140 and 1 INT) but Romo already had that dreadful six-turnover game against Buffalo earlier this year. For Brady owners, he had been a reliable 20 pts a week, and Sunday's touchdownless game was a giant surprise.

Late season waiver wire

Leo Shane — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:05:45 +0000

If you've made it to your league's postseason and survived the first-round of games, you've probably got too good a team to be worrying about the waiver wire.

Then again, stars like Reggie Bush can go down at any point in the season, so here are a few names to look at if you need some last-minute fill-ins:

Anthony Gonzalez, WR, Indianapolis

Owned in 17.4 percent of ESPN.com fantasy leagues

AFC bias?

Leo Shane — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:13:18 +0000

An astute reader caught a mistake in my NFL wrap-up this weekend -- I wrote that the Cowboys win over the Packers was diminished because "that honor comes with the caveat of dominating a conference containing only four teams with winning records."

Of course, I meant to say "four other teams." Seattle, Green Bay, Tampa Bay, and the New York Giants are all above .500. And the same reader points out the AFC only has seven teams with a winning record, not a whopping margin of difference.

Predicting the playoffs

Leo Shane — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:52:11 +0000

The Patriots were the first team into the post-season yesterday, clinching their division before they even played thier Sunday night game.

The Steelers, Cowboys and Packers all seem shoo-ins for their division crowns, but the other four divisions could be more interesting. Who do you think will clinch it? Here are my picks:

AFC East: Patriots

AFC North: Steelers

AFC South: Colts

AFC West: Chargers

AFC Wild Cards: Jaguars, Browns

NFC East: Cowboys

NFC North: Packers

NFC South: Buccaneers

NFC West: Seahawks

NFC Wild Cards: Giants, Cardinals

Think the Eagles still have a shot? Think the Titans can recover? Post your picks below.

Thanksgiving Day viewing

Leo Shane — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:48:56 +0000

Here's the NFL schedule for your overseas turkey day:

Game 1: Packers at Lions, AFN Sports

Germany -- 6:30 p.m.

Baghdad -- 8:30 p.m.

Kabul -- 9 p.m.

Tokyo -- 2:30 a.m., Friday 11/23

Game 2: Jets at Cowboys, AFN Sports

Germany -- 10 p.m.

Baghdad -- 12 a.m., Friday 11/23

Kabul -- 12:30 a.m., Friday 11/23

Tokyo -- 6 a.m., Friday 11/23

Game 3: Colts at Falcons, AFN Sports

Germany -- 2 a.m., Friday 11/23

Baghdad -- 4 a.m., Friday 11/23

Kabul -- 4:30 a.m., Friday 11/23

Tokyo -- 10 a.m., Friday 11/23

Mid-season awards, teams

Leo Shane — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:05:35 +0000

Here's who Stripes picked as their biggest team surprises and dissapointments of the first half of the NFL season. Disagree? Sound off in the comments below.

Biggest surprises, teams

1 – New England Patriots: You knew they’d be good, but not mentioned among the all-time best. (or the colts, obviously)

2 – Detroit Lions: QB John Kitna’s preseason 10-win prediction doesn’t look ridiculous anymore.

Mid-season awards, players

Leo Shane — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:03:11 +0000

Here's who Stripes picked as their biggest individual player surprises and dissapointments of the first half of the NFL season. Disagree? Sound off in the comments below.

Biggest surprises, players

1 – Anyone on the Patriots offense: All 11 may make the Pro-Bowl.

No Midweek NFL viewing!

Leo Shane — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:34:43 +0000

Blame the NBA -- AFN sports will be covering the tip-off to the pro-basketball season instead of showing NFL Replay this week. That's a disappointment to all of you hoping to watch the numerous highlights from the Redskins/Patriots game.

OK, so unless you're a Patriots fan there weren't any highlights from that game. But if you have a decent internet connection, you can watch some of the top plays at the official NFL site here.