Mock Madness – Picking from the Eight spot

by | Aug 19, 2014 | Fantasy Football

This weekend I conducted four 12-team mock drafts on ESPN.com drafting from the eighth position each time, trying out different strategies to see what team I liked the best. They are listed by position and the round in which I selected the players is in parentheses.

A few takeaways for me:

  • I had the chance to take Eddie Lacy in the first draft I did at the No. 8 spot. That opportunity didn’t afford itself again.
  • I like all of the top dozen quarterbacks enough to take the upside of Johnny Manziel as my backup option, figuring that if he goes bust I can get a serviceable one-week replacement off waivers.
  • Rashad Jennings and Joique Bella are two backs I like a lot that slip regularly to the 5th and 6th rounds, respectively. One could assemble a nice 1-2 punch at WR, get a nice TE or QB, and still grab a RB before going with those two to round out a very solid starting lineup across the board.

So overall, if I had to pick one of these teams to play out the season with, I’d probably say draft 3. That would change if it turned out Josh Gordon wasn’t suspended for the season, in which case I’d go draft 1. But, I could’ve also foregone Wheaton in draft 3 and taken Gordon instead, in which case draft 3 would easily be the winner.

If you had to play with one of these teams for the entire season, which would you pick? (more…)

Fantasy Football Cheat Sheets – Pants Party Edition

by | Aug 11, 2014 | 2014 season, Fantasy Football

fantasyfootball_itunesFantasy football drafts are happening this week en masse, as we approach the last week of the preseason.

Players are still climbing (or dropping) all over fantasy football cheat sheets. If you need some backups or just want another resource heading into your draft gathering, please consider the resources on this site.

We’ve got cheat sheets – see the links below. We’ve also got a link to the Fantasy Football Pants Party (Podcast Edition), co-hosted by Anthony Maggio and Bo Mitchell. So you’re getting info from TWO of the world’s 17 foremost fantasy football experts’ cheat sheets, for the price of one.

Print these out, take them with you and dominate your league! (unless you happen to be in one of our leagues–in which case, we highly recommending finding the world’s 18th foremost fantasy football experts cheat sheets).

Got questions? Both cheat sheets have Twitter handles so you know where to harass find them.

Anthony Maggio – 2014 Fantasy Football Cheat Sheets – Download – LAST UPDATED: 8/27/2014, 7:30 PM

Bo Mitchell – 2014 Fantasy Football Cheat Sheets – Download – LAST UPDATED: 8/28/2014, 9:30 AM