Remember when Jay Cutler was traded last year and everyone said it was, perhaps, the biggest trade in NFL history?  Trades of any true consequence are fairly rare in the NFL, especially when compared to the NHL and MLB.  This offseason, though, we’ve seen several big-name players get swapped for draft picks. Donovan McNabb is a Washington Redskin.  Anquan Boldin is a Baltimore Raven.  Santonio Holmes is a New York Jet.  And as per usual, I will sate your craving for fantasy football news by talking about the potential fallout from these deals. Note:... 

So apparently Brett Favre is re-re-un-retiring and is going to be a Viking this season. What does this mean? Well, get ready to find out in SC Fantasy Football’s first-ever Dissection article, where we pick apart the individual player-by-player fantasy fallout. And what better way to start than here with ESPN’s Golden Boy? So here we go… QBs Tavaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels – Sage sure must have been pumped up about having a legitimate shot at being a starting QB for a possible Super Bowl contender. And this was supposed to be Tavaris Jackson’s... 

Atlanta Falcons – Roddy White   Chris got ragged on a little bit for selecting Steven Jackson as a “sleeper”, but he was right in doing so.  So I’m going to take a page from his book.  I’m not going to make up some reason why you should draft Michael Jenkins.  Really, I don’t see the Falcons throwing the ball much more than they did in 2008 and Tony Gonzalez is going to cut into Jenkins’ production, rather than opening up opportunities for him.  I’m not going to make a case for Jerious Norwood.  He isn’t going to get much playing time. ... 

Denver Broncos – Lamont Jordan   While the Broncos were the twelfth best team on the ground last season, they did so with a revolving door of tailbacks.  That revolving door ushered in the likes of Peyton Hillis, Michael Pittman, Tatum Bell, Selvin Young, Andre Hall and Ryan Torain.  Save Torain and Hillis, everyone else is looking elsewhere for work.  Torain is probably going end up on the practice squad, if he stays with the Broncos at all, and even though Hillis was electrifying last season, the utility player looks to get lined up at halfback only... 

Buffalo Bills- Dominic Rhodes   While Fred Jackson has been Marshawn Lynch’s handcuff/semi-relevant platoon-mate for a couple years now, Dominic Rhodes brings better value and more upside to the table.  Years in the pass-happy Indianapolis offense have made Rhodes a competent pass-blocker and receiving back.  Additionally, unlike Jackson, he has shown flashes of deceptive power in his stout, five-nine frame.  While his value would obviously be at its peak during Marshawn Lynch’s three game suspension (assuming it happens), Rhodes can still remain... 

Well, me and Chris have something nice lined up for everybody out there.  I introduce to you, “32 Teams, 32 Sleepers”.  Me and Chris are going to go division-by-division and give you a high-upside or value pick for each team.  By sleepers, by the way, we’re talking people likely to go, ballpark, twelfth round or later.  Expect me to write-up the AFC East and West and the NFC North and South, with Chris doing the NFC East and West, and the AFC North and South.  Read More →

My article on RBs outlined the basic dilemma found at the QB position.  If you don’t remember, here’s the important part:       What’s this mean for you?  Well, it means that it is kind of stupid to draft a QB in the first round in a regular-scoring league.  However, there are several benefits to such a move.   Something that can make an enormous difference is not being required to spend a roster spot on a backup QB.  If you draft Peyton Manning, that means (at least for the last five years) that you will be playing him every week.  No matter... 

Our very first Breakdown article.  We’re not going easy over here and doing something about how “Tony Romo is probably going to throw to Jason Witten a lot this season!” or that kind of crap.  No, no.  I’m going to tell you how Pat White, second round pick of the Miami Dolphins this season, could end up being one of the best fantasy football players, ever.  Now, I will go out of my way right now to say how unlikely this is.  In fact, I’ve got a list of assumptions that I’m going to preface this article with.  But this doesn’t change how,... 

While I completely agree with much of Chris’ analysis (Crabtree should be addressed as a passable third receiver, but preferably a fourth, Sanchez was a huge move in the draft, etc.), I was strictly speaking from a fantasy football perspective.  Not to hate on Sanchez, but there has not been a particularly huge rookie QB in fantasy football since…uhhh…I can’t remember. Really, Joe Flacco and Matt Ryan were praised up and down (deservedly so) and after starting all sixteen games, the two of them still ended the season as the number... 

Just a few quick notes about the main fantasy-relevant moves of this year’s NFL draft.  There really wasn’t much to talk about, though. -          By far the biggest move in the first round of the draft (fantasy-wise) was Denver’s selection of Knowshon Moreno.  Barack Obama’s first TV interview went to Al-Jihad News (or something like that).  The message, even more so than “we’re not perfect, you human-trading wife-beaters” was “look at me!  I’m not Bush!”  Josh McDaniels has done the same, taking the first chance he could...