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We've been all over Raven QB Joe Flacco since he came out of the University of Delaware two years ago. Now entering his 3rd season, we like him more than ever thanks to his experience, solid OL, and added weapons. Another excellent performance over the weekend has separated him from the rest of the middle tier QBs. Check out who's on the way up and who's falling down in this week's edition of The Stock Watch (Updated, 8/30).

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Hardesty injuries other knee - 9/2
D. Bryant won't play tonight - 9/2
Davis, Crabtree have verbal altercation - 9/2
Cardinals give Dockett four more years - 9/2
Giants not interested in Leinart - 9/2
Lions might cut RB Smith - 9/1
Moreno returns at "80 percent" - 9/1
Bills get RB Jackson back at practice - 9/1
Patriots lose CB Bodden for season - 9/1
Campbell, Z. Miller on the same page - 9/1
Raiders RB Bush had thumb surgery - 9/1
Vikings put Rice on PUP list - 9/1
Bucs cut Derrick Ward - 8/31
Portis won't play this week - 8/31
Hardesty to make preseason debut - 8/31
Panther WR Smith on track for opener - 8/31
Freeman has cast removed from thumb - 8/31

SITE HELP/INFORMATION/FAQs
12-Team PPR Experts Draft Review - 9/3
2010's TD Vultures - 9/2
2010 Offensive Line Previews - 9/2
2010's Contract Year Players - 9/2
2010 ADP Chart - 9/2
2010 Special Team Rankings - 9/2
2010 Top 25 IDP Rookies - 9/2
2010's Top-30 Return Men - 9/2
2010 Breakout Receivers - 9/2
Two-QB Leagues - 9/2
2010 Rookie Report - 9/2
Keeper League Rankings - 9/2
Depth Charts - 9/1
Dolan Chat Transcript - 9/1
12-Team IDP Experts League Review - 9/1
IDP Status Report - 9/1
2010's Top-100 IDPs - 9/1
PPR Gold - 9/1
Good Vibes/Bad Vibes - 8/31
2010 Values & Players to Target - 8/31
2010's Overvalued/Players to Avoid - 8/31
12-Team Performance Scoring Review - 8/31
Drafting From the Gut - 8/31
2010 Season Projections - 8/30
The Stock Watch - 8/30
IDP Stock Watch - 8/30
Preseason Game Reviews - 8/30
2010 Draft Plan - 8/28
Dr. D's Injury Roundup - 8/28
2010 SOS Analysis - 8/27
2010 Position Battles - 8/27
A Snapshot of the Average Draft - 8/27
2010 IDP Values & Overvalued - 8/27
2010 ADP Analysis - 8/27
Mr. Relevant - 8/26
2010 Total Yardage Top Players - 8/26

Daily Player News - News updated daily from now on - Updated 9/2

Daily Injury Updates - Our daily updates have begun - Updated 9/2

Preseason Game Reviews - Reviews after each game - Updated 8/30

Dr. D's Injury Roundup - The skinny on some current injuries from our staff Doc- 8/28

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General Articles/Guru Reports
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2010's TD Vultures - An updated look at the guys who are the biggest TDs threats - Updated: 9/2
2010 Offensive Line Previews - Another update to our massive look at all 32 OLs - Updated: 9/2
2010's Contract Year Players - Yet another update to our large overview of this year's group - Updated: 9/2
2010 Breakout Receivers - Another update to our look at 80+ second and third-year receivers in our annual review of potential breakout players - Updated: 9/2
2010 Rookie Report - An update of our overview of this year's rookie class for '10 and beyond - Updated: 9/2
PPR Gold - An updated look at 45 players who should exceed expectations when it comes to catch total - Updated: 9/1
Good Vibes/Bad Vibes - Hansen updates all the vibes he's getting now for all 32 team through three full weeks of preseason games - Updated: 8/31
2010 Values & Players to Target - An updated and extensive list of players we're targeting at various stages of our drafts, including players we've added and removed from the list this week - Updated: 8/31
2010's Overvalued/Players to Avoid - An updated look at the players we feel are getting drafted a little too high and those we'd rather steer clear of all together - Updated: 8/31
The Stock Watch - Another updated look at who's rising and who's falling plus links to previous versions of this article with more upgrades/downgrades - Updated: 8/30
2010 SOS Analysis - An update on our full analysis of this year's schedule as it relates to fantasy potential - Updated: 8/27
2010 Position Battles - Caplan has another thorough update of the skill position battles for all 32 teams - Updated: 8/27

Mr. Relevant - It's our annual look at upside players to target late in your drafts - Published: 8/26
2010's Top Backups - We take an updated look the best players not at the top of their teams' depth charts who could still make a fantasy splash - Updated: 8/26
2010 RB Handcuffs - Caplan takes an updated look at the backup RB situations for all 32 teams - Updated: 8/25
Offensive and Rush/Pass Rankings - For those who draft team QBs or even QBs we ranking all 32 teams for running and passing games and overall offense - Published: 8/3
2010 Player Profiles - Check here for extensive writeups on 300+ offensive players at the skill positions. Click to check out any player's profile written in late-July and check his profile info below for any pertinent updates on him from our preseason content.
Breaking Down the QB Position - Cosell's article on the QB position from 2009 includes updated category grades as of 2010 - Updated: 5/28
Breaking Down the RB Position - Cosell's tips on the skills needed to excel at RB w/ grades on 65+ in variety of categories - Published: 5/28
2010 Coaching Changes - Caplan checks in with insight and analysis on all of this year's coaching changes - Published: 5/21
'09 Wrap & Early '10 Preview - Published: 2/4
Rookie Player Profiles - 1500+ player profiles from the rookies classes of 2006-2010. Click any link for the years:
2010 I 2009 I 2008 I 2007 I 2006

2010 Season Projections - Our latest look at this year's projections including IDPs and has upside/downside designations and more - Updated: 8/30
Custom Cheat Sheet - Head here to create your own custom cheat sheet, including a 1-page sheet in your scoring system - Updated: 8/30

2010 PDF Cheat Sheet - Generic yardage/TD rankings in a 1-page cheat sheet form with tiers or drop-offs in value noted in PDF form - Updated: 8/30
2010 PDF Top-200 - A look at the top-200 players overall (Yardage/TD) with players to target highlighted in PDF form - Updated: 8/30

2010 Draft Plan - Hansen's annual manifesto is loaded with advice on navigating your draft with position-by-position overviews, a round-by-round guide, and much, much more - Updated: 8/28
A Snapshot of the Average Draft - Horn breaks down the updated ADP of each position and determines any patterns that develop - Updated: 8/27
Permutation Drafting - Special contributor Chris Paavola shows you how to draft the best team based on your rankings in this articles which now includes a video tutorial and additional league options - Updated: 8/25
2-QB League Strategies - Dolan provides you with plenty of thoughts, tips, and strategies for leagues that allow you to start 2 QBs - Published: 8/23
QBs in 6-pt/Passing TD Leagues - Horn explains why he disputes the notion that QBs need to be drafted very early in leagues that award 6 points per passing TD as opposed to 4 points - Published: 8/13
In Too Many Leagues - We look at they ways to handle being too many leagues - Published: 8/6

General Draft Strategies - This article is primarily for new fantasy players looking for draft strategies - Published: 8/6
Target Matrix - Horn bring us his yearly draft article on using matrices to identify players to target - Published: 8/5
Trading Draft Picks - Horn gives you some tips and a draft pick value chart to help you trade picks - Published: 8/2
Capital Gains: Draft Strategies & Tactics - Learn how to dominate your fantasy draft by employing strategies utilized by some of the best investors and venture capitalists in the world - Published: 7/26
2010 Keeper League Strategies - From deciding which players to keep, to the draft, to managing your team during the season, we have the tips - Published: 6/27
2009's Lessons Learned - Hansen's annual look at all the lessons he learned from the recently-completed NFL and fantasy season - Published: 2/10

2010 ADP Chart - Here's our latest ADP data chart with full analysis coming 9/3 - Updated: 9/2
Two-QB Leagues - Horn uses statistical analysis to examine draft strategies and the results they bring in 2-QB leagues - Published: 9/2
2010 ADP Analysis - Dom Korbel is back to update his analysis of the latest ADP data and comments on the movers and shakers plus the chart shows who's moved up/down since our last update - Updated: 8/27
Proven WR Performers - Horn looks at past performance to organize WR in tiers - Published: 8/24
Proven RB Performers - Horn looks at past performance to organize RB in tiers - Published: 8/19
QBs in 6-pt/Passing TD Leagues - Horn explains why he disputes the notion that QBs need to be drafted very early in leagues that award 6 points per passing TD as opposed to 4 points - Published: 8/13
Offensive Identities - Mike Horn looks at coaching philosophies to determine how it will help or hurt players' production - Published: 7/30
QBs Changing Teams - Mike Horn looks at how changing teams affects a QB's performance - Published: 7/27
Break-out Rates - Mike Horn looks at draft position and experience to determine likely break-out candidates - Published: 7/26
SOS Adjusted WR Scores for 2009 - Mike Horn examines which WRs scored more or less than expected points in 2009 based on their schedules - Published: 7/9

SOS Adjusted RB Scores for 2009 - Mike Horn examines which RBs scored more or less than expected points in 2009 based on their schedules - Published: 7/8
Playing Games - Mike Horn looks at which players are most likely to play a near-full season in any given year - Published: 7/2
SOS Adjusted QB Scores for 2009 - Mike Horn examines which QBs scored more or less than expected points in 2009 based on their schedules - Published: 7/1
Expected TDs for WRs - Mike Horn tells you what receivers will score more (or fewer TDs) in 2010 - Published: 6/25
What to Expect from Kevin Kolb - Horn takes a look at QBs who had significant time on the bench before being awarded a starting job - Published: 6/18
Principles of Perennial Domination - Special Contributor Chris Paavola tells us in this stat-heavy article that there certain things we can do to make dominance more likely and it has a lot to do with getting elite RBs - Published: 5/17
How Many More Games will McNabb Play - Given the big trade it's a good time to take a look at QB history and try to determine how long the former Eagle will play - Published: 4/6
QBs Staying on Top - Horn takes a look this past year's top-10 QBs and tries to identify those who are likely to repeat their success
- Published: 4/5

Keeper stuff
IDP/Kick Returner
Auction Content
Mock Draft Analysis
League Management/Misc.

Preseason Keeper League Stock Watch - Our various upgrades and downgrades for those in keeper leagues - Updated: 8/30
Keeper League Rankings - With most of the preseason action out of the way, we re-rank 400+ players for the next 2-3 years with comments and dynasty league options marked for reference - Updated: 9/2
2010 Keeper League Strategies - From deciding which players to keep, to the draft, to managing your team during the season, we have the tips - Published: 6/27
TE Keeper Overviews - Any TE worth mentioning for a keeper or dynasty league is covered here - Published: 3/30
WR Keeper Overviews - A look at 125+ WRs for those in keeper or dynasty leagues - Published: 3/29

RB Keeper Overviews - An in-depth look at the RB position for those in keeper leagues - Published: 3/27
QB Keeper Overviews - An extensive look at the QB landscape for those in keeper leagues - Published: 3/25
Players to Trade & Trade For: Keeper/Dynasty Leagues - Published: 1/12
2010 Dynasty Players - Caplan takes a look at players that have yet to break out, but have value for the future - Updated: 12/16

2010 Special Team Rankings - An update to Simons' breakdown from 1-32 including stat projections for the season - Updated: 9/2
2010's Top-30 Return Men - An updated look at the top return specialists from 1-30 including statistical projections for the season - Updated: 9/2
2010 Top 25 IDP Rookies - An updated look at how this year's class stacks up for '10 with rankings and player analysis - Updated: 9/2
IDP Status Report - Each week this preseason feature covers all 32 teams and breaks down what's going on in their preseason games from an IDP perspective, so you know what's going on in terms of playing time, scheme adjustments, and more. - Published: 9/1
2010's Top-100 IDPs - An updated look using position, scarcity, and more to break down the top-100 IDP players overall for 2010 - Updated: 9/1
IDP Stock Watch - Kelly takes his latest look at the IDP guys in his version of the Stock Watch - Updated: 8/30

2010 IDP Values & Players to Target + Overvalued - Simons and Kelly update their takes on this year's IDP landscape to determine values and overvalues
- Updated: 8/27
2010 Total Yardage Top Players - Simons updates the the top-20 offensive and top-5 defense players in terms of total yards - Updated: 8/26
IDP Strategy, Tactics, & Draft Plan - Brazil is back to follow up on offensive tactics article with an IDP version you can use to gain an advantage drafting IDPs - Published: 8/9
Understanding IDPs - If you're not hip to the nuances of IDP leagues and how positions and schemes affect production, Joe Dolan has you covered - Updated: 7/6
IDP Keeper & Dynasty Rankings - Rankings and comments for 130 IDPs for the long-term - Published: 5/11
IDP Keeper League Prospects - Kelly looks at 30 young and promising IDP options - Published: 3/17

2010 Average Auction Values - The latest $ values we're seeing out there - Updated: 9/2
Auction Draft Tool - For advanced excel users, this tool can help you take our projections and convert them into $ values for your auction - Updated: 8/30
Auction Strategies - Korbel looks at the different teams you can put together using different auction strategies - Published: 8/4
Predicting Auction Values - Contributor Greg McDonald details how to use historical data from your leagues to predict auction prices this year - Published: 8/4

FantasyGuru.com's Ultimate Auction League - Horn spearheads a staff/MB poster Auction League with extensive analysis from each owner on strategies, outcomes, etc. - Published: 8/3
Best Practices in Auction Drafts - Korbel takes a look at the keys to having a successful auction draft - Published: 7/1
2010 Auction Draft Plan - A distant cousin to the draft plan, Mike Horn offers up a comprehensive plan of auction for this year's auction draft broken down by overall approach and position - Published: 6/7

12-Team PPR Experts League Draft Review - Hansen executes one of the many variations to this year's draft plan to perfection and drafts a great team - Published: 9/3
12-Team IDP Experts League Draft Review - Dolan reviews the 12-Team CBSSports.com IDP Experts League Draft - Published: 9/1
12-Team PPR (Performance Scoring) Draft Review - Camp reviews his league's 14th annual draft, which includes staff members. Besides the PPR format, this league rewards lots of bonus points based on length of TDs - Published: 8/31
Drafting From the Gut - Researcher Dave Rubman explains what it was like to draft with fellow staff members just a few weeks after joining the company - Published: 8/31
FantasyGuru Champions League Draft Review - Camp takes his first look at the FantasyGuru Champions league by reviewing the 12-team PPR Draft - Published: 8/26
SOFA 12-Team PPR League Draft Review - Brown, reviews his other SOFA League Draft (12-Team PPR) - Published: 8/25
Yahoo Expert League Draft Review - Camp reviews the 14-team, .75 PPR Yahoo Expert League, which featured our own John Hansen - Published: 8/20
SOFA 10-Team PPR League Draft Review - Our newest staff member, Matt Brown, reviews his SOFA League Draft (10-Team PPR) - Published: 8/20
12-Team PPR (Start 2 QBs) Mock Draft Review - Camp reviews a recent 12-team PPR (Start 2 QBs) mock draft featuring subscribers - Published: 8/13

14-Team Non-PPR Draft Review - Simons reviews the ffWebMASTERS Expert League Draft - Published: 8/2
12-Team PPR (6 pt/Pass TD) Mock Draft Review - Camp reviews a recent 12-team PPR (6 pt/Pass TD) mock draft featuring subscribers - Published: 7/30
12-Team PPR NFL.com Expert Draft Review - Caplan reviews this recent expert draft - Published: 7/26
10-Team Non-PPR Mock Draft Review - Camp reviews a recent 10-team Non-PPR mock draft featuring subscribers - Published: 7/23
14-Team PPR Mock Draft Review - Camp reviews a recent 14-team PPR mock draft featuring subscribers - Published: 7/16
10-Team PPR Mock Draft Review - Dolan reviews a recent 10-team PPR mock draft featuring subscribers - Published: 7/15
12-Team NON-PPR Mock Draft Review - Dolan reviews a recent NON-PPR 12-team expert mock draft - Published: 7/6
12-Team Mock Draft Review - Hansen reviews a 16-round PPR mock draft for NFL.com and talks about the good and bad values and more from the draft - Published: 5/25

FantasyGuru.com's Guide to Commissioning - A massive 10,000-word manifesto that gives all the basics for setting up and running a league along with a ton of ideas and tips to makes yours better and more interesting - Published: 3/16
Keeper/Dynasty League Setup Guide - Everything you ever needed to know about setting up and maintaining a keeper or dynasty league with plenty of tips, ideas, and more- Published: 3/17
Adding IDPs to your League - Tom Simons offers up insight on IDPs and how to implement them into your league - Published: 3/11
Everything about Auctions - Our Matt Camp covers the advantages of auctions, setting them up, specifics on the draft, and more - Published: 3/9

Fantasy Football Journal of Medicine - Backgrounds and overviews of key injuries and terms.
Fantasy/NFL Glossary of Terms Explanations of fantasy and NFL terms we often use to describe players.
2009 Cover Interview: Maurice Jones-Drew
2008 Cover Interview: Marshawn Lynch
2007 Cover Interview: Reggie Bush
2006 Cover Interview: Steve Smith
2004 Cover Interview: LaDainian Tomlinson
2003 Cover Interview: Clinton Portis

Downloads/Fantasy Worksheet
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Draft Analyzer Software - FREE with your subscription is a single license to the award-winning Draft Analyzer software. Click the link for more details and to access the software - Updated, 8/30
2010 Excel Master File - Customize/tweak our rankings to your scoring system and get custom cheat sheet and more Latest projections in excel - Updated, 8/30
2010 Excel Draft Tool - Track and maximize your draft using VBD and more - Updated, 8/30

ADP Data File Our latest ADP data plus Auction $ Values, PPR ADP in excel - Updated, 9/2
2010 Excel Auction Tool - Use our projections to calculate $ Values and more - Updated, 8/30
2010 SOS Excel Data Charts - View our current charts - Updated, 8/27
Horn's Target Matrix File Form your own target matrix and maximize your draft.
2010 Schedule Grid - 32 Team/17 weeks on 1 page

2010 Rush Chart - Each team's schedule color-coded by ease of schedule vs. the run.

2010 Pass Chart - Each team's schedule color-coded by ease of schedule vs. the run.

2010 Bye Week Sheet - Track your draft player's Bye Weeks.
Roster Tracker Sheet - Track your drafted roster.
Position Tracker Sheet - Track your positions drafted.
Draft Tracker - Record each rounds of your draft on this sheet.

MyGuru - Personalized portal to all your player's projections, news, and more.
Roster Analyzer - Check out out Site Help page for tips on how to use this feature via MyGuru during the REGULAR SEASON.
Trade Analyzer - Use this tool during the REGULAR SEASON to calculate our total fantasy points projected in your scoring system for each side of the trade and see which is is favored.
SOS Tool - Based only on the #s recorded by the teams, this tool will show you SOS info on all positions in your scoring system (s).
Points Allowed Tool - View how many points per game each team is giving up to each position in your system (s).
History Tool - Ranking of players at any position by their career fantasy pts vs. their opponent for a chosen week plus shows game logs for each player vs. any opponent.

Players - Easily search our DB for any player in the league for stats, game logs, etc.
Teams - Our DB on all 32 teams has all the stats you need broken down by player plus team news and more.
Leaders - All stat/fantasy point leaders for our site default system and all your inputted scoring systems. Also here you can view pass target info by sorting by "Tgt," "Rzt," or "GLT."
Red Zone - View key RZ info such as carries, pass targets, etc.

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