Initial thoughts on preliminary 2010 projections

In case you missed it, we put up our initial projections on Friday. It’s really early in the game and there’s a ton of uncertainty, but I thought it would make for an interesting post to submit some of the rankings that I’m most intrigued by and offer some reasoning behind them. I’m sure anyone looking at these projections has some questions or comments, and if you do on any of these players listed below feel free to chime in and I’ll do my best to address them. Aaron Rodgers at #1 – I think it’s the right thing to do ...

RB Keeper Overviews

Note: Ages are accurate as of midseason 2010. What’s interesting about this position is how watered down it is. Because so many backfield are utilizing two (even three) players in a rotation, the number of clear studs is low. And while there are more players these days than usual who do have some value now due to a fairly large role, they’re still in situations that prevent major fantasy production. We’ve also seen fewer legitimate developmental prospects at the position and a lot of players who are kind of in limbo, with little long-term potential and even questionable short-term potential. I’ll ...

Unemployment numbers now include LT

We knew that was coming, so now the question is, where will LaDainian Tomlinson end up? We know he wants to keep playing, so he’ll be in the league. So where do we start? We start with the good teams because to LT it’s all about the ring. That’s why I think he’d be willing to accept a complementary role on a good team, and what better player to work behind than Adrian Peterson? That’s right, I think LT in Minnesota would be great for both parties (that is, assuming the Vikes lose Chester Taylor). [caption id="" align="alignright" width="332" caption="If the Vikings lose ...

Tracking First Expert Draft

It's been a hectic day. Just after wrapping up the 90-minute podcast with Adam Caplan and Greg Cosell, I went right to the first expert draft of the year. This is for Fantasy Sports Magazine, always the first draft of the year. I won this league last year, and I'm trying to repeat. The scoring here is very typical, so all you need to know is that it was a PPR league. I drafted 3rd. I'll list the whole draft in a reply post, and Adam Caplan, who also participated in the draft. But here's my drafted team in the order ...

First look at the RBs

As the draft quickly approaches, we're trying to bang out as much of the magazine writeups as we possibly can, and I've just completed about the top-50 RBs. Of course, the draft will change a lot of things, so it's hard to rank any player for certain. We have also not yet plugged in projections, which can change things once you see the raw numbers. But I do have some rankings and comments on the top-50 guys now, and I'm pretty comfortable with this list, knowing it's very early. So here's what I got at this early stage. 1. Adrian Peterson, MIN ...

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