Fantasy Football Librarian

My final post for the NY Times blog is up. Come check out Free Agency, and Turning the Page . Next week I will also have a new article up with Sports Grumblings on free agency moves and will provide a link to that article when it's ready. Have a great weekend!

Can I possibly merge the concept of shopping for a bridesmaid dress and the NFL Draft? Oh hell yeah. Come read Drafting Dress Rehearsal on the NY Times and learn about some draft success stories from the 2000s.

Some of you might remember the post I did last summer that looked at the 2006 preseason rankings and compared them to final fantasy points to see which rankings were the most accurate. Well I've done it again for the 2007 season and have posted it up on the New York Times's blog: How Accurate Were They in 2007?

My Tuesday post for the New York Times's football blog is up! Check out Getting Hooked on Fantasy Football if you have a chance - and don't worry football fans, my post tomorrow is going to have a lot more about actual fantasy football in it.

I've been lucky enough to be asked to be a guest blogger on the New York Times this week - I will be posting daily to the Fifth Down, NYT's pro football blog, and setting up a link from here to my Fifth Down articles every day. Enjoy and feel free to comment if you disagree or agree with me - would love to hear some feedback! Monday's article: Back in Business With the Combine

I just read a quality post about kickers in 2007 from NFL Stats - 2007 FG Kicker Rankings . I know, I know, nobody in fantasy football land really has any love or great interest in the kicker, do they? As someone who is personally a great fan of both Jason Elam and CU-alum Mason Crosby, I probably have a distorted love for kickers. Or perhaps it's because it's the one position in football that I can actually envision myself doing - keeping in mind my gender and stature, you can imagine that I don't exactly sit around dreaming about how I'd sack the QB. And suiting up on the o-line? Not a chance. But booting the heck out of a ball through the uprights? Oh yeah. Plus I think there's a lot of mystery surrounding how to rank and or draft a kicker for fantasy leagues. Don't worry, I'm not trying to argue that it's the most interesting or important position to contemplate in the offseason, but an enjoyable read nonetheless. I think Smitty from FFXtreme might b...

I'm lacking enthusiasm for being at work today - I remember the good ol' days when I lived in Washington, D.C. and got Presidents' Day off of work since it's a federal holiday. Oh the beauty of federal holidays. So I hope those of you who aren't working today are living it up on my behalf. But on to football. Yes, stunningly there is football to talk about. Cold, Hard Football Facts' Health = wealth in the NFL does an interesting ranking of teams by most injuries to starters during the 2007 season. Teams are ranked by the total number of games missed by all key players for the season. Who comes out as the most unhealthy team of the season? My poor Denver Broncos. And the most healthy? The Pack. SI's Top 10 RB Prospects from this year's rookie class. Not surprisingly, Run DMC tops the list but I'm personally interested in seeing what happens with Ray Rice. I like the guy a lot despite his supposed wear and tear. FFToolbox has a ridiculous number of ...