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Fantasy Football Focus: Forums...which are nonsense?

An invaluable resource that is underutilized by fantasy players is an online forum/community that caters to fantasy football fanatics.  Forums are usually filled with people just like you who are passionate about the game of fantasy football. The best thing about forums is the ability to ask a specific question that pertains to your particular fantasy roster.

My personal favorite forum would have to be Fantasy Football Cafe, a forum that has been up and running for years with several active and knowledgeable members that patrol the forum topics and sprinkle bits of wisdom every once in a while. This forum has my seal of approval.

Best stats site for Fantasy Football: FFToday.com

Fanball used to be my favorite site for analyzing stats for my fantasy team. Now just like any other site, it has become a "pay" site where the good stuff is not free.

Best of all, FFToday is completely free to join and gives you the ability to customize the scoring system so that you can arrange customizable stats. Every once in a while I enjoy playing in a league with wacky stats (like IDP...6 points per sack). It livens up the game a little. Here's a pic below with stats for my fantasy QB last year Drew Brees:

Fantasy focus of the week: Rookies (NFL Draft 2009)

One of the more common mistakes that I see people doing during a fantasy football draft is taking an NFL rookie too damn early. I've seen several drafts where people picked "Run DMC" Darren McFadden of the Oakland Raiders in the early rounds last year because of the hype (as well as Reggie Bush during his rookie year). Although there are a few exceptions to the rule (e.g., Matt Forte from the Chicago Bears and Chris Johnson of the Tennessee Titans in 08), the vast majority of NFL rookies do not fair well in terms of fantasy stats.
 
The only position that rookies tend to fair well is the running back (RB) position. I managed to snatch Chris Johnson in a trade early on in the year, and he put up some ridiculous numbers for my team. Other positions such as quarterback (QB), wide receiver (WR), and tight end (TE). The only rookie that comes to mind with good numbers was Michael Clayton of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who had a wonderful rookie reason and eventually faded into a lesser role in the offense in his next few years with the Bucs. Even last year's best rookie QB Matt Ryan failed to produce any significant fantasy stats for most of the year (with the exception of a few decent games).

So temper your expectations if you do draft a rookie. I would rather spend my pick on a proven veteran instead. The only exception would be if the rookie is a starting RB on a team that does not heavily employ the running-back-by-committee (RBBC) option, and you're not spending a high pick on him.

Thanks for reading,
Mr. F. Nonsense

Rotoworld.com: best site for fantasy football player updates

Without a doubt, the best site I've used so far for up-to-the-minute player updates is Rotoworld.com. Located on the right of my website is a widget provided by Rotoworld.com for the most recent player updates ranging from injuries to suspensions. 

For example, when Tom Brady was confirmed to be out for the rest of the year, guess where I got my info from? Rotoworld.com of course. The minute I saw that player update is the same minute that I picked up Matt Cassel from the waiver wire. Needless to say, I was playing in a money 2QB league so his pickup was more than invaluable.

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