Penn State and Norte Dame announced their presence with impressive wins over Michigan and USC this weekend. Here are my thoughts on Week 8. 1. Is it possible to feel bad for Jimbo Fisher and Florida State? After years of dominating the ACC and winning a national championship in 2014, they look awful right now. I don’t see them making a bowl game. They have to win four of their…
Courtesy of Kelvin Kuo, USA Today Sports It was another interesting week in what has been an interesting season thus far in the NFL. Here are our studs and duds for Week 7. Studs 1. Ezekiel Elliot, RB, Dallas Cowboys: Elliott had arguably the best game of his young career racking up 219 all purpose yards (147 rushing, 72 receiving) and scoring three touchdowns in the Cowboys 40-10 thrashing of the…
Photo courtesy of Stew Milne-USA TODAY Sports Game Rewind: The Patriots dominated their rematch with the Atlanta Falcons last night winning 23-7. The story of this game was the defense. After giving up an NFL record six 300 yard passing games to opposing quarterbacks, the beleaguered Patriots defense stepped up and shut down Matt Ryan and the Falcons high octane offense. Here are five thoughts on this game. 1. The Defense Showed…
By Mike Vallee, By Michael Vallee A friend of mine likes to say, “Once is a fluke, twice is a trend”. With that in mind my friends and I say set out last week on our second consecutive Patriots road trip, making this officially a tradition. Last year’s inaugural trip was to the depressing dystopian waste land also known as Buffalo, so we were definitely expecting an upgrade with this…
The Patriots host the Falcons tonight in a Super Bowl 51 rematch. Revenge has been the buzz word being thrown around regarding this game. Will the Falcons avenge their loss heartbreaking loss in the Super Bowl or will they fall to Tom Brady and the Patriots again. Here are five keys for the Patriots in this one. 1. Find a Way to Get Pressure on Matt Ryan: The Patriots have…
by Jared Leonard We’re focusing on the main slate in NFL DFS. This a tough week at QB in DFS. We are going to be looking for value there and paying up at other positions. Quarterback Not many great options here this week. Drew Brees- Always a potential for 300+ passing yards and 3 TDs. He is on the road this week, but gets to face a terrible Green Bay…
Here is our week 7 edition of Add Em and Drop Em. ADD EM! 1.Orleans Darkwa, RB, New York Giants: Darkwa rushed for 117 yards on 21 carries last week against a stout Broncos run defense. With the Giants passing game being in shambles, Big Blue will lean on their run game more. Darkwa is the best of a mediocre running back corp. 2.Samaje Perine, RB Washington Redskins: With Rob Kelly banged…
Week 8 features some intriguing conference match ups and one of the best rivalry games in all of college football. Here are my picks. Thursday, October 19 No. 25 Memphis at Houston (+3): You know, screw it! I’m taking Houston in this one at home to pull off the upset. I like them a lot at +3. Saturday, October 21 No. 10 Oklahoma State at Texas (+7): Texas has played…
Another weekend, another round of upsets as Clemson, Washington State, Louisville, Washington and San Diego State all went down. Here are my thoughts on week 7. 1. Clemson’s weaknesses were finally exposed in their loss to Syracuse. They don’t have a legit running back and they are an average offensive team without quarterback Kelly Bryant. Once Bryant got hurt, their chances of winning the game went to the locker room…
The Green Bay Packers lost starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers yesterday for the season with a broken collarbone. The injury won’t just impact the Packers in reality, it will also impact millions of fantasy football players out there. The good news, fantasy football players can overcome Rodgers loss. The Packers might not be able to. Here are ten quarterbacks you can grab off the waiver wire to help you overcome the…