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The concept of Week Zero football in the NCAA only recently came to be. Last season's Week Zero matchup consisted of the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and the California Golden Bears. The one-sided 51-31 win over Hawaii showed College Fantasy owners that Davis Webb was going to live up to the hype. This game also saw the rise of Chad Hansen, who went on to be a WR1 in most formats. With six Week Zero matchups, who will rise to the occasion this season? Oregon State @ Colorado State Oregon State Player Radar: Jake Luton QB…

WEEK 2 REVIEW Everything came back to the norm in Week 2. On Saturday, seven of the eight winners kept clean sheets, and there were no ties. We actually had to wait until Monday to witness the only tied game of the round. Manchester United repeated their opening match performance in what was a near-identical scenario against Swansea. It was obvious from the first 15 minutes that although Swansea’s players were motivated, United was the better team. The fact they scored right before half-time helped them a lot in getting the…

Last week, I discussed my strong preference for drafting a large number of running backs and wide receivers in a draft as opposed to other positions. This is because each year players emerge from seemingly out of nowhere and into fantasy relevance. Last season, Jordan Howard went largely undrafted in fantasy and wound up as a top-10 running back. The NFL is a “next man up” league, where injuries and poor performance force teams (and fantasy owners) to quickly seek out the next big thing. In this column, I will highlight some…

Los Angeles Kings 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. This…

Our weekly sleeper article takes a break this week with the news of the Kyrie Irving trade breaking last night. The trade will have a massive effect on the NBA as well as the fantasy outlook for both teams involved. The Cavaliers traded Irving to the Celtics for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic, and the Brooklyn Nets' unprotected 2018 first-round pick. We'll take a look at the trade from both angles, starting with how it will affect both teams on the floor and into the future. The 2017-2018 Season While the Cavaliers…

Points and receptions? Please. The two biggest fantasy killers are Father Time and Mother Nature. When a player like Frank Gore hits the ripe old age of 34, naturally, you want to stay the hell away. Like the very end of a banana, no one wants the scraps of a 12-year career - especially one chock full of bumps, bruises, and a butt load of miles. Well, everyone except me. Strike me with a turnip and color me insane, but I actually think Gore is worth a sneaky late-round pick this year. For once, we're not talking about…

Chasing the sexy young pitcher rarely works out in preseason drafts, and many can add Blake Snell to the list. After winning six games in 2016 with 98 strikeouts and a 3.54 ERA, many overlooked the walk percentage when targeting Snell. His low ERA and high strikeouts come with a cost, especially to a team's key ratio statistic: WHIP. Snell's 1.62 mark last year did not go away when he returned to Triple-A in June. Since his return, things seem to be looking up. In the second half, Snell's lowered his ERA (3.86), FIP…

Last week we covered four sleeper infield keeper options. In store for today is a quartet of talented outfielders that deserve some love in keeper formats. There’s a variety of reasons why these players find themselves here. Some have been injured, some have struggled, and some just don’t have the high-profile name. If your league keeps 100 total players or more, the below four outfielders should definitely be in the keeper discussion. Some have star potential long-term while others would only be solid options for the…

August is kinda like the Sunday of summer. Only now, we're not so sure the Yankees or the Rockies will be going back to work in September. Capturing confidence has been as difficult as capturing saves for closers this season, and after such a dominant first half, here we are talking about Aroldis Chapman and Greg Holland's misadventures for the 53rd time. To bring you up to speed, it happened again! Chapman allowed seven earned runs across seven games last week, so he's out in New York. As for Holland, well, he was dealt…

In a previous column highlighting wide receivers whom I consider to be overvalued based on their current Average Draft Position (ADP), I mentioned that only 11 wide receivers averaged at least 10 fantasy points per game last season. However, not all hope is lost. While there may be a relative lack of elite options, there are plenty of productive ones. A total of 35 wide receivers averaged at least eight points per contest last season, with another 13 averaging at least seven fantasy points per game. This is important because…