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Fantasy Football: Week 1 Quarterback Matchup Report

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…

Fantasy Football Overvalued and Undervalued: Quarterbacks

Welcome to the first installment of my weekly "Overvalued and Undervalued" column. Each week, I will go position by position to help you find value and avoid some potential pitfalls as draft season approaches. For these articles, I will be using the average draft position (ADP) at fantasyfootballcalculator.com to get a baseline for where players are currently going in drafts. Please note that league format (including league size, scoring system, roster configuration, methods of acquiring players in-season, etc.) may…

An Early Look: 2017 Starting Fantasy Football Quarterbacks

In fantasy football, you have to look for a quarterback that is consistent week to week. You don't want to be stuck with the guy who lights it up one week and follows it up with a 175-yard passing game with zero TD passes and three interceptions. With that in mind, here are the guys I would draft to be my starting fantasy quarterback.1. Matt Ryan, Atlanta Falcons - Ryan had a truly breakout season in 2016, as he was the NFL's MVP.  There is no reason to think he's going to slow down in 2017, as all of his impressive…

The Biggest First Round Bust Quarterbacks of the last 20 years of the NFL Draft

Everyone seems to want their team to draft a quarterback in the first round of the NFL Draft!  It's the sexy move, but it doesn't often work out as well as everyone hoped it would.  53 quarterbacks have been drafted in the first round since 1997 and below is a list of the 20 biggest busts among them! Ryan Leaf, San Diego Chargers The Indianapolis Colts were on the clock first in the 1998 NFL Draft.  They were choosing between Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf.  They chose Manning and the QB needy Chargers took Ryan Leaf with…