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And just like that, everything is wrapped up in a neat little package. Rankings make fantasy life easy, and since it's Week 1, this might be the final time I get to look like a genius for a while. The rankings below are based intended for PPR leagues and are influenced by last season stats and, of course, favorable Week 1 matchups. Hopefully, they don't make you want to throw your computer out the window. Agree or disagree with Ryan's rankings? Let him know on Twitter! @RyanCook13 Quarterbacks The Colts finally came…

Welcome to the first edition of our wide receiver cheat sheet. We’ll take a look every week at guys who have favorable matchups, unfavorable matchups, and a player who many will be sleeping on for that particular week. In Week 1, we look at a slate of matchups flooded with unknowns, thanks to the uncertain nature of the opening weekend. Favorable Matchups Terrelle Pryor, Sr. vs. Philadelphia Eagles Pryor is going to be the first of many big wide receivers to take advantage of the Eagles secondary this season. Pryor checks…

Playoff chases and Wild Card races have really gotten interesting here in the last three weeks of the season, and there promises to be several close finishes. In addition, fantasy seasons are nearing the home stretch, as well. This time of year, it gets a lot harder to determine which pitchers will actually get two starts. Sometimes it is hard enough to peg a single-start week! With all kinds of crazy weather, innings limits on young pitchers, injuries, and teams expanding to six-man rotations in September, determining if…

After a long offseason, the NFL is finally back in business. It seems like forever ago when Tom Brady and the New England Patriots hoisted the Lombardi trophy in front of a beaten-down commissioner that couldn't tuck his tail between his legs and run off that podium fast enough. Week 1 is always the hardest to predict each season. Just because a player or team was good last year doesn't guarantee squat when a new season begins. All of the players below should be rostered in most leagues, with the exception of the Week 1…

WEEK 3 REVIEW The World Cup qualifications break is over, which means the English Premier League resumes this weekend. Therefore, a long overdue Week 3 review is first on the agenda. The derby turned into a “massacre” as Liverpool demolished Arsenal, demonstrating once more how vulnerable Wenger’s side is. Alexis Sanchez’s return had no influence whatsoever, while Klopp’s deadly trio up front gave a glimpse of what might be a season to remember for The Reds. Burnley is taking on the spoiler role West Ham had claimed a…

September call-ups are among us. Top prospects all around baseball are being given a chance to taste the Major Leagues. Some even have a chance at helping their big league club make a push for the postseason. September is perhaps the most exciting month for baseball, and seeing top prospects in action is a big part of it. In the Wild Card race, the Seattle Mariners are a team on the outside looking in. They're 69-70 and are three games out of a Wild Card spot. With about a month of regular season baseball left, they're…

Carolina Hurricanes (36-31-15, 87pts, 7th in Division) 2016-17 scoring leaders (G-A-Pts) Jeff Skinner        37-26-63 Sebastian Aho    24-25-49 Victor Rask         16-29-45 Top Prospects (position, age) Julien Gauthier, RW, 19 Martin Necas, RW, 18 Jake Bean, D, 19 Must Pick: Sebastian Aho Aho had a great rookie campaign and should improve on his 49 points this season. Look for him get top power play minutes and secure his place on the top line. Aho should score between 60-65 points this season. Sleeper…

Usually, you should not get too cute when making your lineup decisions in Week 1. However, we’ve already been thrown a couple of curveballs by the football gods. Hurricane Irma has postponed the Miami Dolphins-Tampa Bay Buccaneers game, and the Ezekiel Elliott saga seems to take a new turn each day. If you’re playing in a standard league here on Fantrax, you must start two running backs. You also have the option to use a third as your Flex. The weekly rankings are more in flux this week than in your typical Week 1. You may…

Florida Panthers From now until the start of next season, I’ll be looking at each NHL team’s prospect situation and assessing each prospect’s projected fantasy value. With all due respect to turnover leagues, I will be focusing solely on keeper and dynasty leagues, because prospects have minimal value in re-draft leagues. Most fantasy leagues vary in structure, so for the purpose of this exercise, I will be referring to leagues that include a main roster and a prospect roster, each with their own respective draft. Last…

It can often be difficult to place into context how well (or how poorly) certain players have performed recently. A glance at ESPN’s Player Rater, which attempts to quantify a player’s overall fantasy value by analyzing their performance in each facet of the game, can focus targets for fantasy owners looking for help on the waiver wire. Of course, when dealing with small sample sizes, a player’s results can be fluky, but placement at or near the top of these lists could be indicative of a substantive change to a player’s…