Month: January 2007
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Offseason Player Movement – 10 Winners
By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer Editor’s Note: The following article was written for Yahoo’s baseball draft kit, which RotoWire produces. The following 10 players benefited from their offseason move: J.D. Drew – Not only will Drew move from a pitcher’s park to a hitter’s haven, he’ll be batting in the middle of one…
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Fun with Super Bowl Prop Bets
By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer Peyton Manning – Total Passing Yards in the game Over/Under 273 1/2 yards – Boring. Predictably, Manning averaged 274 passing yards per game this season. Do the Colts jump out to an early lead and secure that by running throughout the second half? It’s possible, but considering Manning…
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Hoops Scoop
By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer If you’re in a deep head-to-head league and in good position in the standings, picking up and stashing guys like Brevin Knight, Speedy Claxton and Kwame Brown makes more sense than currently starting lesser talents. If you can still get decent value for Alonzo Mourning, go do it.…
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Super Bowl Gaming
By Robby Wellington – Staff Writer Online sports gaming is officially on life-support, with Americans no longer able to deposit money in Bodog or any other online site that I know of (anyone?). Right before the Super Bowl, perfect. While I despair over these dark times, I still think that Bodog’s Super Bowl props can…
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The Give and Go
Editor’s Note: The following article also appears on RotoWire. —–Original Message—– From: Chris Liss [mailto:liss@rotowire.com] Sent: Thursday, January 18, 7:08 PM To: Dalton Del Don Subject: Give and Go Dalton, first off, thanks for filling in for Mr. Zegers, who I believe is taking his kids to Disney World, or something like that this week.…
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Monday Morning Quarterback
By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer If Fred Thomas can’t cover anyone (tied for most TDs allowed this season), then why was he exclusively on Bernard Berrian Sunday? Mike McKenzie did a fine job shutting down Muhsin Muhammad, who is clearly the Bears’ second best receiving threat. I’m usually all for a pass-heavy offense,…
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NBA Barometer
By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer Editor’s Note: The following article was written for RotoWire. The Golden State Warriors haven’t made the playoffs in 12 straight seasons. Currently the No. 9 seed in the West but just 1.5 games out of the last playoff spot, the Warriors pulled off a recent eight-player trade that…
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The Depressing Article
By Robby Wellington – Staff Writer More or less eliminated from the Fantasy Football Playoffs and not participating in basketball this season, I really have nothing to offer the fantasy world for a couple of months until baseball season arrives, and that’s only assuming that I overcome my battle with what has been an acute…
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Championship Round Preview
By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer New Orleans (+2) at Chicago Comments: It’s unclear which is of greater concern for Chicago entering this weekend, Rex Grossman or its recent defensive play. Grossman silenced the critics somewhat last week (7.4 YPA), but the Bears’ defense continued its downslide. Chicago is allowing 25.8 points per game…
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Bets of the Week
By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer My 4-team (6-point) teaser was foiled by Baltimore, but in hindsight, I should have been recommending Indy (+10) anyway, considering I chose them to cover the 4-point spread. Speaking of winning and losing games in the playoffs, can we please stop all this nonsense in the media about…
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Monday Morning Quarterback
By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer What a wild weekend of football. It’s fitting the year everyone dismisses the Colts is the same one in which they are probably going to win it all. I’ll admit I picked the Ravens to win (although I had Indy covering), but everyone had it completely wrong when…
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Hoops Scoop
By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer If you’re in a keeper league, Andrew Bynum has to be toward the top of your list. While clearly still unpolished (he needs to learn how to stay out of foul trouble), Bynum is a future star. He’s even a fine short-term option with Kwame Brown sidelined. Speaking…
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Divisional Round Preview
By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer Indianapolis (+4) at Baltimore Comments: Aside from Peyton Manning, Bob Sanders is proving to be the Colts’ second most valuable player, as the defense performs on an entirely different level with him in the lineup. It took Tony Dungy long enough, but Joseph Addai is finally getting all…
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Fantasy Top 10 2007
By Robby Wellington – Staff Writer A lot will change over the next eight months, but if I drafted today, these guys would be my top 10 fantasy players for next season. 1. LaDainian Tomlinson – This is a no-brainer. I would consider taking away the 2nd round pick of whoever is lucky enough to…
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Bets of the Week
By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer If you took my advice last week, you could have made some coin on a 4-team teaser with 3-1 odds. That said, I’m not as confident with this week’s slate, but I’m going with the same strategy nevertheless. As far as moneylines go, taking the Colts, Eagles and/or…
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The Real MVP
By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer 3. LaDainian Tomlinson It’s impossible to argue with LT’s numbers: he broke the NFL record with 31 TDs, got 5.2 YPC, totaled 2,323 yards and carried countless fantasy teams to titles. Still, he simply wasn’t as important to his team as two other quarterbacks were. Consider Michael Turner,…
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Thoughts from Saturday and More
By Robby Wellington – Staff Writer A few random thoughts from the games on Saturday in no particular order, followed by my own year-end picks. Colts – Chiefs Wow. As the owner of Trent Green, Larry Johnson and Tony Gonzalez (and no Colts) on my fantasy playoff team, this was not a fun game to…
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Player Spotlight: Chris Chambers vs. Lee Evans
By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer Chris Chambers just finished possibly the worst season a wide receiver has ever had in the history of the NFL. Chambers was targeted 154 times this year, the fourth most in the league. He turned all of those looks into just 59 catches, a historically low 38.3 percent…
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Wild Card Round Preview
By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer Kansas City (+7) at Indianapolis Comments: On paper, the Chiefs’ run-heavy offense matches up perfectly with the Colts’ league-worst rush defense. If Larry Johnson doesn’t receive 30-35 carries, it would be a mild upset. Indy was the only team in the NFL to allow a 100-yard rusher in…
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Bets of the Week
By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer While a more comprehensive NFL Playoff Preview is soon to follow, for now, I wanted to go over betting possibilities for the Wild Card weekend. No straight up bets truly stand out; the Patriots seem to be giving an awful lot of points to a team that won…