Month: August 2006

Dalton’s Running Back Rankings 1. Larry Johnson 2. LaDainian Tomlinson 3. Shaun Alexander All three have question marks, yet I still think it’s a huge advantage to have an early pick this year. I also don’t see a huge difference among the big-three. 4. Ronnie Brown 5. Lamont Jordan 6. Tiki Barber 7. Carnell Williams…

Dalton’s Quarterback Rankings 1. Peyton Manning 2. Carson Palmer Palmer moves into tier No. 1 after looking so impressive Monday night, but don’t completely ignore his knee issue. If you draft a QB in the first three rounds of your draft, you won’t win your league, it’s as simple as that. 3. Tom Brady 4.…

By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer Admittedly, sleeper/bust articles have become clichéd at this point, but that doesn’t make them any less valuable. Targeting players who will be available later in drafts as well as players to avoid early is key to any astute fantasy player. Yes, I am going to be calling some…

By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer Every year a player will be picked in the middle rounds of your fantasy draft who vastly outperforms where they were selected. It’s inevitable when dealing with a sport as volatile as football, and it’s guaranteed to happen again this year. The winner of your fantasy league, more…

By Jeff Chudnofsky – Staff Writer It’s official. Former San Francisco running back Kevan Barlow has passed his physical and is now property of the New York Jets. The New York front office already suspected that future Hall of Famer Curtis Martin would not suit up in 2006, but when Cedric Houston’s matador impression nearly…

By Jeff Chudnofsky – Staff Writer Nothing brings more frustration to fantasy owners than those four dreaded words. Running. Back. By. Committee. Every August, fantasy owners prepare for their drafts, make cheat sheets, and target specific players; most notably, running backs. For every Thomas Jones whom owners wish to draft, there is a Cedric Benson…

Continuing with analysis of our draft, we now move onto rounds 13-18, which brings us to the end of it. Afterward, we recap our picks and analyze our final squads. Round Thirteen 144. Miami Dolphins Defense 145. Steve McNair 146. Mewelde Moore 147. Vernon Davis 148. Jeff – Buffalo Bills Defense 149. Dalton – Lee…

Continuing with analysis of our draft from Sunday night, we now move onto rounds 7-12. If you’re curious about how each of us ranked everyone last month, that can be accessed through the football archives. Next week we’ll have new rankings out, as a lot has changed between then and now. Round Seven 73. Deion…

Round One 1. Larry Johnson 2. LaDainian Tomlinson 3. Dalton – Shaun Alexander 4. Clinton Portis 5. Jeff – Lamont Jordan 6. Tiki Barber 7. Ronnie Brown 8. Edgerrin James 9. Robby – Steven Jackson 10. Rudi Johnson 11. Cadillac Williams 12. Willis McGahee Dalton Says: I traded up to get into the top-three, which…

RotoScoop contributors Dalton, Robby and Jeff participated in their yearly fantasy football draft Sunday night in the same league we have all competed in since our junior year of high school (1998). It’s a 12-team league featuring eight members who have competed all eight years, along with a two-time champ returning from hiatus, a filthy…

By Robby Wellington – Staff Writer Everyone loves a good quarterback controversy. The most important position on the gridiron is, not surprisingly, the most scrutinized. In cities where the team’s offense flounders, the most popular guy in town is often the backup quarterback. Now while the media and NFL pundits take great pleasure in exacerbating…

They don’t call him Mike Shenanigans for nothing. In a move that should surprise no one who follows football, Shanahan named Mike Bell the Broncos No. 1 running back Monday. Many expected Bell to be the Broncos’ top rusher this year, but his first name was Tatum, not Mike. Mike Bell went undrafted in April’s…