We spent all week preparing for Sunday. Finally the magical day came and went (then so did Monday). In all honesty, it was absolutely worth the wait! The NFL was just as crazy as I remember: the Raiders, Bills and Chargers all almost pulled off huge upsets. The NFL’s week 1 had more touchdown passes than any week ever in league history. In tune, there was a whole boat load of fantasy goodness to go

What in the…. According to Art Stapleton, beat writer for the New York Giants, RB Da’Rel Scott has suffered an apparent knee injury at practice today, but the severity is undisclosed. The Giants recently signed Brandon Jacobs back, leaving their stable of backs with the likes of David Wilson, Michael Cox, the injured Scott and now, Brandon Jacobs. Da’Rel Scott is a fairly impressive talent, but if he is unable to go, the Giants might

“You see, in this world there’s two types of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig.” Oddly enough, this immortal quote from Clint Eastwood, a.k.a “Blondie”, in “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” also applies to fantasy football. You see, in our fake little world there’s two types of people: those that play IDP and those who don’t. If you find yourself getting all warm and tingly inside

I am pleased to present you with the first installment of a new weekly column here on the www.FakePigskin.com. My name is Andy Singleton, and as a NYC Firefighter it is a strange coincidence that my debut just happens to fall on September 11th. As such, I wish to dedicate this article to the memory of all those lost on 9/11, and I hope you take your own moment of silence at some point today to honor them

For the masses(not really) that listened to the new Tinker Time Podcast with Asher Curzon and myself, I say thank you! Every Sunday morning our podcast will give you the Hot-5 starts at each position and the Cold-5 sits.  Now for the kicker; I am not one of the high-and-mighty “experts” who will ignore you when I was wrong about a start/sit. I’m using this article to either pat myself on the back(hopefully more often than not)

Alright! Fantasy football is here! Week 1 is over and there have been a few expected players that broke out. Every week this list will consist of  3 QBs, RBs, WRs, TEs and D/ST, and some guys to avoid. All players will be owned in 60% or less in Yahoo! Leagues. Quarterback MUST ADD 1. Matt Schaub, Houston Texans Owned in 56% of Yahoo! Leagues Week 1 Stats: 346 passing yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT Looking like

Betting on week 1 in the NFL is exciting. It is the closest you will get to a “competitive edge” over oddsmakers. They have minimal history to go off and the media isn’t dominantly swaying better’s opinions just yet. With that being said there are still some surprises every year. I don’t think many people saw Denver putting up 49 points on the Super Bowl champions, trouncing them by 22. Each week I will take

AFC South Week 1 Preview Tennessee at Pittsburgh I’ll start this preview with the fact that Pittsburgh had the best passing defense and the second best rush defense in terms of yardage last year. They were in the bottom third in the league in terms of both giving up passing and rushing TDs to opposing offenses last year as well. That being said, I really don’t think Jake Locker will have a good game this

Kansas City Chiefs @ Jacksonville Jaguars (Sunday 1.00pm EDT) Alex Smith will begin his Chiefs career against the Jaguars, and should have a reasonable outing this week. Smith is rarely going to be a top 5 QB in fantasy any week, but this week he may dip into the top 12 – not bad for a guy drafted in the late rounds. I expect him to throw for around 200-250 yards and a score or

NFC South Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints With the exception of their last match-up, the last few meetings between these two teams has been an offensive shootout of sorts. Not only is this an awesome rivalry, it’s a meeting of 2 powerhouse offenses, with defenses that aren’t good. To top it off, both teams have a chip on their shoulder. Atlanta was 10 yards away from the Super Bowl and New Orleans is still mad

While the AFC North is traditionally known for its rugged defenses, this week’s matchups provide some juicy matchups. Here, we go through each team in the division, and explore their top players’ chances in this, the most wonderful week of the year – NFL FOOTBALL IS BACK!!!!!!   BALTIMORE RAVENS at Denver Broncos Joe Flacco Normally, Flacco is an undependable fantasy quarterback, playing his best football during the postseason, which is unfortunately no use to

  DALLAS COWBOYS at NEW YORK GIANTS: There’s always a little extra incentive when starting the season against a division rival, and with all hands on deck, other than the possibility of Victor Cruz, this game should provide a good start to your fantasy season. Head coach Jason Garrett has relinquished his play calling duties to offensive coordinator Bill Callahan which means we should see a healthy dose of Cowboy running back DeMarco Murray. The

The NFC North has plenty of fantasy football difference makers. Let’s look at how they will perform this week.   Cincinnati Bengals at CHICAGO BEARS   Jay Cutler Much has been made of how new coach Marc Trestman’s will revamp the Bears’ offense this season. Cutler has one of the best arms in the league, but has never quite reached his potential due to frequent poor decision making and (supposedly) questionable attitude. This has led

Arizona Cardinals @ St Louis Rams (Sunday 4.25pm EDT)   Carson Palmer will make his Cardinals debut this week against the Rams in a divisional matchup that will likely be low scoring. Both defences are solid, especially against the pass and neither has a great offence. Palmer should be in line for a QB12-15 display this week, so unless you’re in deep leagues you may want to consider benching him. Rashard Mendenhall is looking likely

  NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS at BUFFALO BILLS: The “Patriot Way” rests on the shoulders of some very young and inexperienced players. Tom Brady and his offense have looked schizophrenic in the preseason to say the least. Other than four year receiver Danny Amendola, who is already banged up, and injured star tight end Rob Gronkowski, Brady will be throwing passes to rookie wide outs Kenbrell Thompkins and Aaron Dobson and undrafted rookie tight end Zac

Twitter is like the mecca of overreaction. Once NFL cuts are made, that means it’s time for the first release of the regular season depth charts. I have to tell you some people take them so damn seriously. It is kind of amazing to me. Somehow we’ve learned to write off “coach speak” during press conferences. We’ve also realized that the injury report early in the week is a whole bunch of misleading gossip. For

The 2013 NFL Pre-Season, aka fantasy draft season, is over and the season is about to start. My excitement level cannot be described through words or the internet for that matter. I feel like I’ve waited an eternity for a meaningful game; although, the pre-season is meaningful in a number of ways. I’ll get to that in a minute. Right now I’d like to analyze my drafts, strategies, players and themes that I’ve seen throughout

Welcome to  the new weekly  column here at Fake Pigskin. If you happen to speak or understand Spanish than you probably already know what “preguntas” means. If you don’t, allow me to share. Preguntas translates to “questions” in English , and that is really the gist of this new article. More precisely I will answer YOUR fantasy football questions on a week to week basis. I shall field questions on redraft roster, lineups, trades, waiver

What a story this guy has. Once a top recruit out of Memphis, and the winner of Tennessee’s Mr. Football Award in 2008, Marlon Brown had a very injury plagued and inconsistent career at Georgia. He flew off of teams draft boards due to a torn ACL last November, but the defending Super Bowl champs took a chance and may have struck gold after signing the former Bulldog as an undrafted free agent. He’s a

With the off-season coming to an end, it’s time to start preparing yourself for week 1. Ah, it’s such a relief to have the season opener in sight. Now that the blood is rushing for fantasy football, let’s take some time to analyze whose value has shifted recently. I am assuming you, the reader, are well informed so I don’t want to be redundant from articles you have already read. My goal every week will

As we inch closer and closer to the start of the 2013 NFL season, most of you are already done drafting. If you fall under this category, how do you feel about your team? Are there some players you feel that are fringe bench players? Feel like you need to make some moves to upgrade your already great team? For others, you may not have drafted yet and these guys can potentially be late round

For the upcoming season, I’m fortunate (or unfortunate depending on how you look at it), to write about the injuries that may have an impact on your fantasy football teams. I’ll be writing weekly round-ups as on all the injuries as well as instant analysis on certain players. For my first installment, I’ll be recapping injuries (fantasy relevant) that occurred in the pre-season, and how that should affect your Week 1 strategies. This first edition

As we all know, the tight end position is in a state of flux this season (and could very easily be described in much less polite terms). Instead of spending a high or mid round pick on one of the “big 5″ – Graham, Gronkowski, Witten, Gonzalez, Davis – I’ve been looking for late round TEs to target. Obviously, preseason games don’t necessarily dictate how a player will be utilised during games that matter, but