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Fantasy football success is often tied to timely waiver-wire acquisitions. This is especially true for owners who don’t have a top-tier defense on their roster. When analyzing your options at 'DST', it’s often as important to scout the opposing offense as it is to brea ...

Despite backing up starter Willis McGahee, Baltimore Ravens running back Le’Ron McClain managed to make discerning fantasy football owners very happy in Week 5. The second-year pro rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown on just 11 carries, also catching two passes for 12 y ...

Fantasy football owners who were savvy enough to grab wide receiver Lance Moore off the waiver wire last week are likely dancing a jig today. That's because the little-known New Orleans Saints wideout had a career game Sunday playing in place of the banged-up David Patt ...

It's never too early to make a quality trade in fantasy football. Two weeks may not be enough to know if you drafted certified sleepers or busts, but it's the perfect time to make long-term upgrades to your roster and trade away certain players before they come back to ...

To all Tom Brady fantasy owners who fear their season is ruined now that he's through: There are still quarterbacks available who could save your season and help you lose those Brady blues. Head over to the free-agent wire and see if any of these guys are available ... ...

For most fantasy football owners, this is the time to set your roster, relax and look forward to Week 1. But if you're putting a lot of stock on the following players, you may want to hit the books in search of a backup plan. Matt Hasselbeck, quarterback, Seattle Sea ...

One of the greatest things about the national obsession with fantasy football is the amount of openly social navel-gazing a fantasy owner is allowed in the post-draft glow; even more fun than debating your favorite team’s draft picks in April/May is bragging/lamenting ...

The vast majority of fantasy leagues are the standard year-to-year editions which require a full draft some time in August. For the totally committed fantasy owner, a keeper league provides that little extra juice each Sunday. Not only are you rooting for your players ...

Here's a universal given in fantasy football: You can't score points if your player isn't on the field. Using that wisdom, it usually makes poor sense to add a team's No. 3 receiver to your fantasy squad. However, these No. 3s could fill your fantasy needs when inju ...

With the pressure building to put together a 2008 team for a fantasy football playoff run (or at least a couple of steps’ worth of competence above laughable), advice was sought in all corners of the earth. While contemplating the nagging philosophic poser, “How ear ...

Should you be overly concerned about where the bye weeks fall for your fantasy football players? What happens if everyone on your roster has the same bye week? Is that even possible? Should you avoid drafting a second-tier running back in the third round because his bye ...

Whoever informed people not to put all their eggs in one basket never had to carry around a bunch of baskets. Any fantasy football owner who's spent his or her Sunday in the trenches trying to keep tabs on as many as eight different NFL games knows how daunting a task ...

Drafting or picking up the running back who splits time with the starter you already own has become commonplace for fantasy football owners. The logic behind the concept may not be statistically sound, but there is a comforting feeling in knowing that no matter what ha ...

A large part of being a successful fantasy owner depends on taking the proper risks when selecting fringe players who could ultimately decide whether your team succeeds or fails. Run-of-the-mill fantasy owners have a good knowledge of the major players to pick (Tom Bra ...

Brett Favre fantasy owners, you'll be rewarded for your patience. That’s not to say the newest Jet is going to light it up this year in the AFC East with New England wielding its usual dominance; nevertheless, New York looks good on the offensive front, and it has a c ...

It's going to happen to you during your fantasy draft: Along the way, you'll need to decide between two or three players who are of seemingly equal value. Of course, players who seem to be equals on draft day can end up worlds apart when the fantasy playoffs roll aroun ...

A look at three rookies with the potential to put up points for your fantasy team. - Matt Forte, running back, Chicago Bears: If the Bears' offense is going to have any success this season, the team must return to the power running attack that propelled it during it ...

All right, then. Though even mainstream fantasy football philosophers have acknowledged that the old RB-RB-QB-WR-WR draft strategy is out the window for 2008, you’ve most likely spent the first five picks in the above fashion. Perhaps you’ve got a third runner in li ...

You’re two fantasy draft picks away from it being your selection and you have your eye on a wide receiver. T.J. Houshmandzadeh and Wes Welker are staring back at your from your draft board. Before you know it, you’re on the clock. Whom do you take? Both guys are s ...

Undoubtedly among the biggest fantasy surprises of last year was Cleveland Browns quarterback Derek Anderson’s phenomenal 29-touchdown season. Though Anderson tossed a hefty 19 interceptions, his positive output from 2007 should garner some early draft looks from fan ...