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Entries from July 2009

The 5 Best Sites to Play Fantasy Football

July 31st, 2009 · No Comments

I just ran across this article by Erik M. Dell, and found it interesting.
I’m in a Yahoo league, while Eddie is in a CBS Sportsline league.  Prior to this year, I was the co-commish (with Eddie) in a CBS Sportsline league for 5 years.  Though I agree the cost is absurd, the one VERY IMPORTANT [...]

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Tags: General Fantasy Football

Mock Draft Take 2: July 22, 2009

July 26th, 2009 · No Comments

http://fantasyfootballcalculator.com/draft/508669
Eddie Says: 
We finally got an opportunity to do our second mock draft of the off-season.  We did the 2nd and 11th spot this time so we can report on different perspectives of the draft.
Normally one would think that drafting early would be ideal but this 2nd spot proved to be quite difficult.  As expected, Adrian [...]

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Tags: Eddie Says · Mock Draft Analysis

Preseason Around the Corner…And This Year All Games Broadcast in HD

July 25th, 2009 · No Comments

In a few weeks is the time of year my Media Center PC gets a workout.  This year will be an even bigger workout for it since ALL the NFL Preseason games will be aired in HD…all the live ones, and the re-broadcast ones on NFL Network.
Don’t let other supposed fantasy football experts tell you [...]

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Tags: The Fred Zone · What's on

Mock Draft Take 1: July 14, 2009

July 14th, 2009 · No Comments

The below link is to our first mock draft of the 2009 season.  First, allow me to make a shout out to Kevin over at the fantasy football calculator.  We love the countdown on the tabs. 

http://fantasyfootballcalculator.com/draft/499162
eddiesays:
Okay, on to the mock draft.  When visiting the link you’ll see two references for this site.  I’m thefootballmaniac.co [...]

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Tags: Eddie Says · Mock Draft Analysis · The Fred Zone

Updated All Important 2009 Offseason Player Movement List

July 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Now that the fantasy football commercials have begun airing, with the regular season only two months away (Titans at Steelers, Thu Sept 10th), it’s time to catch up on everything that’s happened in the offseason.
Our 2009 “Fantasy Significant” Offseason Player Movement list is up-to-date as of today.

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Tags: The Fred Zone

Info about the new UFL: Schedule, Coaches, etc.

July 9th, 2009 · No Comments

For those who haven’t heard, there’s a new professional football league this year called the United Football League (UFL).
There are four teams, all with former NFL coaches as head coaches, and many former NFL players:

Las Vegas – Jim Fassel – J.P. Losman (QB), Adam Archuleta (SS)
New York – Ted Cottrell – Ken Dorsey (QB), Cecil [...]

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Tags: The Fred Zone