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Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Dallas Cowboys
NFL DALLAS • Inside the Locker Room With Charean Williams of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Is Dez Bryant's possible reward worth the risk? Bryant needed the offseason more than any other pla...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Dallas Cowboys, Dez Bryant, Jon Kitna, Miles Austin, Teshard Choice, Tony Romo

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the New England Patriots
NFL NEW ENGLAND • Inside the Locker Room With Shalise Manza Young of the Boston Globe Over/under: Wes Welker catches 100 passes in 2011. Under — but not by much. After three straight seas...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Benjarvis Green-Ellis, Brandon Tate, Danny Woodhead, New England Patriots, Tom Brady

Fantasy Football Coaching Carousel
NFL We take a look at the pros and cons of the eight new head coaches for the 2011 NFL season and what it all means for your fantasy football teams this season. CAROLINA PANTHERS Ron Rivera Pro...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Fantasy Football

Fantasy Football: NFC's Lockout Winners and Losers
NFL We posed the question to those who write about the 32 NFL teams: Which player’s fantasy value, positively or negatively, is affected the most thanks to the lockout? Read what the NFC writers said...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Fantasy Football

Fantasy Football: AFC's Lockout Winners and Losers
NFL We posed the question to those who write about the 32 NFL teams: Which player’s fantasy value, positively or negatively, is affected the most thanks to the lockout? Read what the AFC writers said...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Fantasy Football

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Cleveland Browns
NFL CLEVELAND • Inside the Locker Room With Pat McManamon of Fox Sports Ohio What does a healthy Montario Hardesty mean for Peyton Hillis? Hillis was one of the surprise players in the NFL ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Cleveland Browns

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Oakland Raiders
NFL OAKLAND • Inside the Locker Room With Bay Area NFL Correspondent Eric Gilmore Was Darren McFadden’s 2010 season merely a fluke or a sign of things to come? McFadden’s breakout seaso...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Oakland Raiders

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Minnesota Vikings
NFL MINNESOTA • Inside the Locker Room With Jeremy Fowler of the St. Paul Pioneer Press Who will be the biggest beneficiary of new coordinator Bill Musgrave’s West Coast system? Adrian Pe...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Donovan McNabb, Minnesota Vikings

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Kansas City Chiefs
NFL KANSAS CITY • Inside the Locker Room With Kent Babb of the Kansas City Star What are the expectations for Tony Moeaki this season? Is he more than a bye-week replacement in 2011? Moeaki...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Dexter McCluster, Dwayne Bowe, Jamaal Charles, Kansas City Chiefs, Matt Cassel, Tony Moeaki

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Cincinnati Bengals
NFL CINCINNATI • Inside the Locker Room With Kevin Goheen, Freelance Writer What does the new offensive system do to Cedric Benson’s value? Does Bernard Scott have a bigger role under coach...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Cedric Benson, Cincinnati Bengals, Jermaine Gresham

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Baltimore Ravens
NFL BALTIMORE • Inside the Locker Room with Aaron Wilson of the Carroll County Times Anquan Boldin posted his worst totals in catches and yards since 2004. Will his production return to it...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Anquan Boldin, Baltimore Ravens, Joe Flacco, Ray Rice

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
NFL TAMPA BAY • Inside the Locker Room With Rick Stroud of the St. Petersburg Times Can we expect even better results from Mike Williams after his solid rookie season? It’s hard to imagin...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Allen Bradford, Dezmon Briscoe, Josh Freeman, LeGarrette Blount, Mike Williams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the New Orleans Saints
NFL NEW ORLEANS • Inside the Locker Room With Jeff Duncan of the New Orleans Times-Picayune Will there be a lead running back in 2011, or do you expect another committee? I expect Mark Ingr...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Darren Sproles, Drew Brees, Jimmy Graham, Marques Colston, New Orleans Saints, Regie Bush, Robert Meacham

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Seattle Seahawks
NFL SEATTLE • Inside the Locker Room With freelance writer Dan Raley Mike Williams was able to make a comeback in Seattle with his former USC coach Pete Carroll. Should fantasy players be con...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Golden Tate, Mike Williams, Seattle Seahawks, Sidney Rice, Tavaris Jackson

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Tennessee Titans
NFL TENNESSEE • Inside the Locker Room With Nathan Rush of Athlon Sports Chris Johnson seemed skittish at the line of scrimmage last year. What changed from 2009 to ’10, and do you expect...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Chris Johnson, Javon Ringer, Kenny Britt, Matt Hasselbeck, Nat Washington, Tennessee Titans

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Carolina Panthers
NFL CAROLINA • Inside the Locker Room With Scott Fowler of the Charlotte Observer Is Cam Newton the Week 1 starter? Probably not. Rivera knows that he and Newton will forever be linked —...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Cam Newton, Carolina Panthers, DeAngelo Williams, Jonathan Stewart, Steve Smith

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the San Francisco 49ers
NFL SAN FRANCISCO • Inside the Locker Room With Bay Area NFL Correspondent Eric Gilmore We all know Frank Gore’s injury history. So is it Anthony Dixon or Kendall Hunter to take as the hand...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Alex Smith, Frank Gore, Michael Crabtree, Patrick Willis, San Francisco 49ers, Vernon Davis

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Jacksonville Jaguars
NFL   JACKSONVILLE • Inside the Locker Room With Tania Ganguli of the Florida Times-Union How much of an issue is Maurice Jones-Drew’s knee?  His trainer, Pete Bommarito, s...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Jacksonville Jaguars, Jason Hill, Marcedes Lewis, Maurice Jones-Drew, Mike Thomas

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Detroit Lions
NFL DETROIT • Inside the Locker Room With John Niyo of the Detroit News Can Matt Stafford finally put his injury issues behind him and start a full season? There’s a misconception that th...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Brandon Pettitgrew, Calvin Johnson, Detroit Lions, Jahvid Best, Matthew Stafford, Mikel LeShoure, Titus Young

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Atlanta Falcons
NFL ATLANTA • Inside the Locker Room With Jeff Duncan of the New Orleans Times-Picayune Do you see Michael Turner getting the same 325-plus carry workload this season? If things go as plan...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Atlanta Falcons, Jacquizz Rodgers, Julio Jones, Matt Ryan, Michael Turner, Tony Gonzalez

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the St. Louis Rams
NFL ST. LOUIS • Inside the Locker Room With Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Outside of Steven Jackson and Sam Bradford, we can’t differentiate which Rams WRs and TEs to draft. Hel...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Mark Clayton, Sam Bradford, St. Louis Rams, Steven Jackson

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Indianapolis Colts
NFL INDIANAPOLIS • Inside the Locker Room With Phil Wilson of the Indianapolis Star How optimistic are the Colts about a better running game with a younger OL? Everybody will rush to judgm...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Chicago Bears
NFL CHICAGO • Inside the Locker Room With Bobby LeGere of the Daily Herald Will Matt Forté be on the field more in goal line situations? There’s a good chance Forté will be on the field...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Andy Fantuz, Chicago Bears, Devin Hester, Jay Cutler, Johnny Knox, Marion Barber, Matt Forte

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Arizona Cardinals
NFL ARIZONA • Inside the Locker Room With Scott Bordow of the Arizona Republic Can we trust any Arizona RB this year? * Don’t spend a high draft choice on any Cardinals running back, beca...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Arizona Cardinals, Beanie Wells, Kevin Kolb, Larry Fitzgerald, Rob Housler, Ryan Williams

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Buffalo Bills
NFL BUFFALO • Inside the Locker Room With Leo Roth of Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Will C.J. Spiller break out in his second season? Yes. Spiller was very underutilized as a running bac...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Buffalo Bills, CJ Spiller, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Steve Johnson

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