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Fantasy Football Strategy: Weekly Management, Part 1

Aaron Marcotte — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 22:57:25 +0000

There is no perfect strategy for managing a fantasy football team. The strategies are constantly changing from pre-draft to the playoffs. With all of the injuries and uncertainty in the NFL, plans can even change on a weekly basis. That’s where I come in. In this bi-weekly article, I will be giving you some strategies that will give you the best chance to reach at your league’s championship. The first two weeks rarely make or

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Early ADP Player Comparisons

Aaron Marcotte — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 23:12:51 +0000

No matter how prepared you are for a snake draft, curveballs are going to come your way. Your buddy is going to take your big sleeper two picks before you. When you skip over a player thinking “he’ll be there next round”, POOF, he’s gone. But every now and then the fantasy gods throw you a bone. You become torn between two players, and the decision often feels like it will make or break your

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Fantasy Baseball: How to Survive an Auction Draft

Aaron Marcotte — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 03:13:40 +0000

Fantasy Baseball: How to Survive an Auction In fantasy sports, players can be categorized into three generic manager profiles: The guy who prepares for the draft then coasts through the regular season The guy who wings the draft then scours the free agents like a lion looking for lunch (this guy also tends to send ridiculous trade offers that a 4 year old would decline) The guy who does both In an ideal world we

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Week 14 NFL Spread Picks

Aaron Marcotte — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 15:23:11 +0000

Last Week: 1-1-1 Season to Date: 14-18-4 These spreads are accurate as of 10:30 AM on 12/8/13 from www.sportsbook.com and are likely to move by gametime. Half points do matter, so hit me up on Twitter if you want my opinion on a play after the line has moved. Falcons +3 I hate to do this. The Falcons have looked all sorts of out of wack this year. But, have you seen Matt Flynn play? He is terrible. He’s going

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Week 13 NFL Spread Picks

Aaron Marcotte — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 17:42:31 +0000

Last Week: 2-1 Season to Date: 13-17-3 These spreads are accurate as of 11:30 AM on 12/1/13 from www.sportsbook.com and are likely to move by gametime. Half points do matter, so hit me up on Twitter if you want my opinion on a play after the line has moved. Eagles -3 Nick Foles is the answer. I’m not sure how many people would have said or believed that to start this year. He’s been spectacular. McCoy is a legitimate

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Week 12 NFL Spread Picks

Aaron Marcotte — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 22:30:05 +0000

Last Week: 1-1-1 Season to Date: 11-16-3 These spreads are accurate as of 11:30 AM on 11/24/13 from www.sportsbook.com and are likely to move by gametime. Half points do matter, so hit me up on Twitter if you want my opinion on a play after the line has moved. Pittsburgh +1 The Steelers have been playing better lately and they are facing division rival Cleveland. The Browns don’t have much to play for and the Steelers are looking to save

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Week 11 NFL Spread Picks

Aaron Marcotte — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 16:01:17 +0000

Last Week: 1-1-1 Season to Date: 10-15-2 These spreads are accurate as of 10:30 AM on 11/17/13 from www.sportsbook.com and are likely to move by gametime. Half points do matter, so hit me up on Twitter if you want my opinion on a play after the line has moved. Chicago -3 McCown has been a solid fill-in for the injured Jay Cutler. Marshall and Jeffery on the outside is a nightmare for opposing defenses. The Ravens can’t run the

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Week 10 NFL Spread Picks

Aaron Marcotte — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 02:03:57 +0000

Last Week: 1-2 Season to Date: 9-14-1 These spreads are accurate as of 9:30 AM on 11/30/13 from www.sportsbook.com and are likely to move by gametime. Half points do matter, so hit me up on Twitter if you want my opinion on a play after the line has moved. Seattle -4.5 This feels like a trap bet. But I watched the Falcons last week in Charlotte and they are struggling. Roddy White is coming back healthy, which

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Week 9 NFL Spread Picks

Aaron Marcotte — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 20:23:12 +0000

Season to Date: 8-12-1 The picks are back after a week off. I’m traveling from Houston to Charlotte this weekend and I’ll be checking out the Panthers Falcons game, which projected to be an important game when I scheduled the trip. Instead the Panthers are favored by over a TD and the Falcons have lost their season. Still, I’m expecting a good game. The Panthers don’t live up to expectations very well. These spreads are

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Fantasy NBA: A Story and Power Ranking

Aaron Marcotte — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 19:36:01 +0000

Below is my 2013 Power Ranking for one of the fantasy NBA leagues I run called “Stern’s Iron Fist”. This is a 14-team, 8 category H2H league with daily moves. We have an auction draft with a starting budget of $200. Normally only the managers in the league are succumbed to read it. But as I’ve been told, it’s worth sharing. Hope you enjoy! I feel like I’ve

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Week 7 NFL Spread Picks

Aaron Marcotte — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 14:42:52 +0000

Last Week ATS: 2-1 Season to Date: 7-10-1 Back to back weeks at 2-1. Things are starting to look up. If anyone tells you they knew how the NFL would look come week 7, they’re lying. This year has been exciting, shocking and completely unpredictable. Not just from a gambling perspective, but from a football perspective as well. The Jaguars covered easily as Denver predictably played down to their level of competition. Detroit took out the

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Week 6 NFL Spread Picks

Aaron Marcotte — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 15:24:19 +0000

Last Week ATS: 2-1 Season to Date: 5-9-1 The path to .500 started last week as I hit 2/3 games. The Panthers aren’t that good. I guess it’s time to stop believing they may improve. The Chiefs looked legit once again rolling over Tennessee and Indy proved they weren’t a fluky 11-win team last year. These spreads are accurate as of 10:00 AM on 10/13/13 from www.sportsbook.com and are likely to move by gametime. Half points do matter,

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Week 5 NFL Spread Picks

Aaron Marcotte — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 15:44:28 +0000

Last Week ATS: 0-3 Season to Date: 3-8-1 Yikes. So it was a rough week last week. Betting is cyclical though, so I’m sticking with it and looking to bounce back strong this week. Baltimore just isn’t that good this year, the Browns look much better than they did the first couple weeks and Philly is impossible to predict right now. These spreads are accurate as of 10:00 AM on 10/6/13 from www.sportsbook.com and are likely to move

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Week 4 NFL Spread Picks

Aaron Marcotte — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 19:16:11 +0000

Last Week ATS: 1-1-1 Season to Date: 3-5-1 Last week I made a great call with Indy, a terrible call with the Giants and nailed the Oakland/Denver game on the money. Fun Fact: I do gamble as well as write about my picks. In the early games I am just 2-10, but for the late games I am 8-0-1. If you’re looking for just one game to play this weekend, take the later game in my picks.

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Week 3 NFL Spread Picks

Aaron Marcotte — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 16:25:54 +0000

Last Week ATS: 1-2 Season to Date: 2-4 These spreads are accurate as of 11:30 AM on 9/22/13 from www.sportsbook.com and are likely to move by gametime. Half points do matter, so hit me up on Twitter if you want my opinion on a play after the line has moved. Indianapolis +10 San Fran is a great team and they are coming off a loss, but Indy’s offense is very good. I see this as the classic garbage-time

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Week 2 NFL Spread Picks

Aaron Marcotte — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 19:05:08 +0000

So week 1 didn’t go quite as I planned. Kansas City trounced the Jags in my top pick of the week. My other two picks surprised me as well. The Browns didn’t look as good as I expected them too; mainly due to their abandonment of the run game early. Trent Richardson needs to get 20+ touches a game no matter what. I took a gamble on the Redskins, and the Eagles for that matter,

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Week 1 NFL Spread Picks

Aaron Marcotte — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 15:47:08 +0000

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

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The 2013 Fantasy Football Drafting Season Recap

Aaron Marcotte — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 23:04:15 +0000

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

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