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Week One Projections
It's game on time, and we've updated our first batch of Week One Numbers. We've got full projections, comments, and upside/downside designations for 500+ players, including Marion Barber, who checks in at #1 at RB. Week One Projections (Published, 9/4)
Week One Rankings & Projections
- Our updated look at this week's numbers with full projections, comments, and
upside/downside designations for 500+ players, including IDPs - Updated, 9/4
Note:
Preseason Projections are here. 
Week
One Game Center/Player Previews - Our nearly 34,000-word preview on
all the Week One matchups - Updated, 9/4
Week
One Wednesday Injury Roundup - Our first roundup of all the
injuries for the opening week - Updated, 9/3
Week One
Office Pool Picks - Included this year are eliminator suggestions; no bomb threats on Monday, please - Updated, 9/3
Thursday
IDP Preview - O'Malley goes over all the IDP options for the
Redskins-Giants opener - Updated, 9/4Please Note: We'll be switching to our in-season
homepage shortly. This page will organize our in-season content by day and
will be less "busy" than our current preseason homepage. For information on
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guru reports
2008's Position Battles - Caplan's back for a final look at this year's position battles and has even updated it to include new battles created with some last-minute shuffling in the NFL - Updated, 9/1Values & Players to Target - An updated look at out strongest list ever of players to target complete with updates on our favorite 60+ players/teams to zero in on - Updated,
9/12008's Overvalued/Players to Avoid -
Updated look at 22 players we'd rather not select - Updated, 9/12008 Rookie Report - An updated and expansive look at this year's rookie crop by position with rankings and analysis for this year and for keeper leagues - Updated, 9/1Last-Minute Stock Watch - A quick look around the league with some late risers and fallers - Updated, 8/31Good Vibes, Bad Vibes - Hansen's updated look at each team's vibes, both good, bad, or indifferent through Thursday's bulk of the preseason finales - Updated, 8/29Exhibition Game Reviews - Our review of all of this week's action from Thursday and Friday - Updated, 8/30
Also See: Week One I
Week Two I
Week Three2008 RB Handcuffs - Caplan takes a look at all 32 teams and gives a heads up on the handcuffs - Updated, 8/27The Stock Watch - Our latest market commentary after the key third preseason games along with
links to all our previous editions this summer - Updated, 8/252008's Top Backups
- Take a look at the top backup options this year at QB, RB, WR, and TE and prepare to mine some serious fantasy gems - Updated, 8/25Caplan's Late-Round Gems -
Find some values and upside picks for later in your draft - Published, 8/23Contract Year Players - Comprehensive look at this year's contract year players with loads of analysis -
Updated, 8/122008's Breakout Receivers - Hansen's look at all the WRs and TEs entering their
3rd & 2nd seasons
- Posted, 6/27Strategy Stuff
2008 Draft Plan -
Hansen's massive manifesto is updated to reflect what's
happening now, a must -read before your draft - Updated, 8/2610-Team League Plan of Attack - Zap breaks down a plan of action for these smaller leagues - Updated, 8/14Fantasy Draft Analysis
10-Team
Mock Draft Review - Simons breaks down a very recent
10-team, non PPR mock - Published, 8/29Non-Expert League Draft Review - Hansen partakes in a "regular" draft comprised of regular guys and cleans up from the #11 spot in the 12-team Non-PPR league that awards 6 points for passing TDs - Published, 8/28FantasyGuru.com Magazine Draft Completion - Hansen reviews the final 6 rounds of our Expert Draft, which was completed this week - Published, 8/27IDP Draft Review
- Caplan reviews a recent "Expert Draft" with 12 teams, PRR, and IDPs - Published, 8/2512-Team Draft Analysis - Caplan reviews a recent "Expert Draft" on NFL.com, which was PPR - Published, 8/18FantasyGuru.com Magazine Draft Overview - Meet the players, read their comments on the draft, and see how it all unfolded -
FROM FANTASYGURU.COM MAGAZINE, Posted, 6/5Statistical Analysis/Numbers Stuff
Kicker
Recommendations Review
- Horn explains the diabolical method by which
he recommends kickers to use each week - Updated, 9/4Snapshot of an Average Draft
- Horn takes a look at when the specific positions are being drafted in a variety of league sizes - Updated, 8/29Adjusted ADP Strategy - Horn checks in with yet another interesting method for maximizing your draft picks by adjusting ADP for your league - Updated, 8/16Draft Openings
- Horn takes an exhaustive look at what draft strategies work best to open a draft - Published, 8/132008 Strength of Schedule Analysis
- And updated and comprehensive analysis of this year's SOS for the run/pass for the season, 1st half, and 2nd half of the season w/ plenty of analysis - Updated, 8/12WR
Performers- A look at the receivers
and analyzes whether they are proven performers or
creaking vets - Published, 8/14RB
Performers- A look at proven RBs
and whether they are veterans on the
downside or holding steady - Published, 8/11How NOT to Draft
- Horn examines success as it relates to taking or not taking RBs early - Published, 7/19Target Matrix - Horn explains exactly what this is and how it may be more effective for drafting than participating in Mock Drafts - Published, 7/19Horn Report: A Blinding Flash of the Obvious
- Horn talks about targeting players in good offenses versus weak offenses -
Posted, 6/27The Draft and RBs and WRs - When RBs and
WRs contribute in relation to their round drafted -
Posted, 4/28Auction Content
2008 Auction Draft Plan - Horn updates his position-by-position breakdown of this year's plan of action for your auction - Updated, 8/18Average Auction Values - The average $ values for all key players right now along with highest and lowest observed bids - Updated, 8/19Nine Possible Auction Team - Korbel breaks down nine possible auction teams all using the salary cap and reviews the pros and cons of all of them - Published, 8/19FantasyGuru.com's Ultimate Auction League - The ultimate Auction Draft Primer, Mike Horn organizes and breaks down a staff and MB member Auction and produces 30+ pages of analysis, member Q&A and more - Published, 8/5Predicting Auction Values - Greg McDonald offers his spin on preparing for your Auction - Published, 7/31 Average Auction Value
Analysis -Analysis on how to pass on some of the overpriced options
for better value -
Posted,
7/10 Auction Best Practices - Korbel breaks down your best practices for handling your auction draft -
Posted,
6/29 Miscellaneous/Leftovers
2005-2007 Archives - Links to 250+ past articles.
Week One Content
- Thursday Night Inactives - 9/4
- Belichick expects Brady to play - 9/4
- Branch's status still up in the air - 9/4
- Jacobs ready to open season with a bang - 9/4
- Berrian says he'll play with toe pain - 9/4
- Galloway says he's ready to roar - 9/4
- Lions insist they're committed to run - 9/4
- Bears' Harris will play with knee brace - 9/4
- Taylor looks like game-time decision - 9/3
- What can Eli do for an encore? - 9/3
- Seahawk receivers still a mystery - 9/3
- Shooting shuffles Jag O-line rotation - 9/3
- Jackson says knee will be good enough - 9/3
- Rudi eager to help Lions - 9/3
- Anderson practices, expected to start - 9/2
- Flacco officially gets starting nod - 9/2
- Titans' Johnson ready to dish it out - 9/2
Daily
Player News
- Rolling with daily updates so check here for the latest, searchable by
player.Daily
Injury Updates - Daily updates are on so check here for the latest.Player Rankings & Projections
2008
Preseason Ranking & Projections -
Includes comments, and U/D designations for 620+ players/DTs -
Updated: 9/22008
Custom Cheat Sheet
- Create your own customized and printable CS with several other
options -
Updated: 9/22008
Cheat Sheet - Our generic yardage/TD rankings in a 1-page cheat sheet form with
tiers or drop-offs in value noted in PDF form -
Updated: 9/12008
Top-200 Overall - Updated look at the top-200 players overall
(Yardage/TD) in PDF form -
Updated: 9/1 Player/Team Analysis
2008 Offensive Line Previews - A massive update to our massive overview of all 32 O-Lines - Updated, 8/23 2008 Player Profiles
- Sorted by position, check out any of our player profiles with
all the player's latest news below each profile. Or
view them all by position here. Special Teams Rankings
- Simons ranks all 32 teams for kick return production w/ projected stats -
Updated, 8/28 Top-20 Rush/Rec/Return Yard Players
- If you're looking for players who get yardage and TDs on offense and as return men, here's our projected top-20, plus some defensive guys -
Updated, 8/28 Top-30 Return Men
- Simons offers up our top-30 return guys for 2008 with analysis and projections -Updated, 8/28 Offensive Team Rankings - Number grades for each offense for the run/pass rank them overall -
Posted, 7/27 2008 Rookie Player Profiles - Bios and analysis of 350+ Players from
'08's class. Keeper League Analysis/Strategy
Keeper Rankings - We re-rank
330 players for the next 2-3 years with dynasty league options marked for reference - Updated:
8/27Keeper League Plan of Action - A first cousin of
his Draft Plan, Hansen offers tips on how to navigate through your keeper draft and season -
Posted, 7/3IDP Content
IDP Draft Plan -
O'Malley scans this year's IDP landscape and gives you a plan of action by breaking them down into tiers and groups - Updated, 8/27Top-100 IDPs Overall -
O'Malley ranks and analyzes this year's top-100 IDP options overall - Updated, 8/27IDP Buyer Beware - O'Malley targets the defensive players you shouldn't overpay for this draft season - Updated, 8/19IDP
Rankings & Projections - Check the regular projections
for updated IDP numbers Blogs
Fantasy Guru BlogOverview of what you can expect this week and for the season content-wise - Last Post: 8/31
Staff Blog
NEW! Defenses in '08 (8/12)
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Podcasts/Our Interviews
- Week 1 Matchup Podcast - Rec. 9/2
Hansen and Caplan are joined by FG.com matchup Guru Greg
Cosell of NFL Films and the Matchup Show on ESPN and go over
the Week One matchups.
Click here to DL – Recorded 9/2
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- Podcasts (Link to DL, Image to listen)
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Final Cuts Review -
8/31
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News & Notes Review -
8/24
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News & Notes Review -
8/20
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News & Notes Review -
8/14
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News & Notes Review -
8/7
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Pre-C
amp Review -
7/22
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Breakout Players -
7/2
- Our Interviews (Click Image to listen)
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Kevin Smith - 8/29
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Santonio Holmes - 8/15
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Greg Jennings -8/14
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Cam Cameron -7/28
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Marques Colston -7/25
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Adrian Peterson (Min)
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Maurice Jones-Drew
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More of our Interviews
RSS Feeds/iTunes
Chat Transcripts
Caplan Transcript - Caplan answers a ton of questions here -
Conducted 9/2Caplan Transcript - Conducted 8/28
Hansen Transcript - Conducted 8/26
Caplan Transcript - Conducted 8/20
Chat Transcript Archives
Depth Charts
FG.com Poll (Started 8/31)
Recent Message Board Posts
Team News Releases
Holmgren-11/19Posted by: Adam Caplan
McCarthy-11/19
Posted by: Adam Caplan
Jauron-11/19
Posted by: Adam Caplan
Pennington-11/19
Posted by: Adam Caplan
Breaking News
Westbrook admits he's still hobbled by his ankle sprainPosted by: Random
MOVED: Coldplay calls it quits
Posted by: Adam Caplan
Earnest Graham to the IR
Posted by: DLR7884
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'08 Master Excel File Customize our proj.
- 9/12008 Excel Draft Tool VBD
& much more - 9/12008 Auction Tool
Calculate $ values - 9/1ADP Data
Latest data in excel - 8/29AAV's
Avg. Auction $ Values - 8/19SOS
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2008 Schedule Grid 32 teams/17 weeks on 1-page.2008 Bye Week Sheet
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Points AllowedView how many pts per game each team is giving up to each position in your system (s).
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