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Fantasy Football Running Backs: Workload Watch
Fantasy Athlon Sports takes a look at which running backs have touched the ball the most per game over the last three years and over the last two years. This gives you an idea of both which backs have been...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: Fantasy, Adrian Peterson, Arian Foster, Cedric Benson, Chris Johnson, Frank Gore, LaDainian Tomlinson, Matt Forte, Maurice Jones-Drew, Michael Turner, Rashard Mendenhall, Ray Rice, Ryan Grant, Steven Jackson, Thomas Jones

Fantasy Football: Chris Johnson is back
Fantasy What is it with these AFC South running backs? Is there one we can trust this year? Tennessee's Chris Johnson ended his holdout by signing an extension with the Titans on Thursday. Hous...
1 year ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy, News, Adrian Peterson, Arian Foster, Chris Johnson, Delone Carter, Donald Brown, Jamaal Charles, Jamie Harper, Javon Ringer, Joseph Addai, LeSean McCoy, Maurice Jones-Drew, Ray Rice

College Fantasy Football Start or Sit: Week 1
Fantasy - by Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on twitter) Week One is here! It is always the most volatile weekend of action during the college football season. Smart fantasy owners snagged Jacquizz Ro...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Fantasy, College fantasy football, start or sit

Fantasy Football Quarterbacks: Rising Stars
Fantasy Making a Case for the New Class ... Three young quarterbacks have quickly ascended into the top half of fantasy QBs to own. Here’s why you shouldn’t shy away from them this year. Sam Brad...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Detroit Lions, Josh Freeman, Matthew Stafford, Sam Bradford, St. Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

College Fantasy: Athlon 120 League
Fantasy The 2011 college football season is here. And with little time to spare, Athlon Sports has completed its most excessive all-120 draft yet. The mocks are over, this is the one we play out. And we co...
1 year ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: College Football, Fantasy, News, Alabama, baylor, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Virginia Tech, Wisconsin

2011 Fantasy Football Ranks: Top 100 IDPs
Fantasy Your NFL fantasy football drafts are nearing. Check back throughout the preseason for updated rankings to get you prepared for your draft. Athlon Sports Top 240 with IDPs Athlon Sports Top 28...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Fantasy, IDP rankings

Fantasy Football: Arian Foster hamstring tear or tweak?
Fantasy Is there a more popular right hamstring in the world right now than that of Houston Texans running back Arian Foster? Let's do a quick Google search... Safe to say Foster, and the fate of h...
1 year ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy, News, Arian Foster, Ben Tate, Derrick Ward

Fantasy Football: Tight Ends Deeper Than Ever
Fantasy This year’s crop of tight ends is, without a doubt, the deepest in fantasy football history. The undisputed heavyweight champion continues to be Antonio Gates, who has scored eight or more TD...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Aaron Hernandez, Antonio Gates, Brandon Pettigrew, Dallas Clark, Jason Witten, Jermichael Finley, Jimmy Graham, Kellen Winslow, Marcedes Lewis, Owen Daniels, Rob Gronkowski, Vernon Davis

Fantasy Football: Never Reach for the Kicker
Fantasy You read it, hear it, see it every season: Don't draft a kicker until you absolutely have to. Numbers don't lie. There's just no need to do it. Yet, people still do it. This draft season already, I...
1 year ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Adam Vinatieri, Alex Henery, David Akers, Stephen Gostkowski

Fantasy Football: Defensive Six Pack
Fantasy Athlon Sports looks at three defensive/special teams units on the rise for the 2011 season, and three others on the decline. See where they rank in our defense/special teams rankings. THREE GOI...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Adrian Clayborn, Aubrayo Franklin, Cameron Jordan, Da’Quan Bowers, Gerald McCoy, Gregg Williams, Johnny Patrick, Martez Wilson, Ndamukong Suh, Shaun Rogers

Fantasy Football: Sacks and points
Fantasy How do the three key fantasy positions — running backs, receivers and tight ends — perform around quarterbacks that are always finding themselves on the ground? Well, just because the...
1 year ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy

College Fantasy Rankings: Top 200 for 2011
Fantasy The 2011 college football season is less than 20 days away and many fantasy drafts will start over the next month. To help prepare for your upcoming fantasy draft, Athlon Sports has completed its s...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: Fantasy

Fantasy Football: Second-half performers
Fantasy Want to know whose best efforts came in the second half of the season? Here’s a list of 35 players that scored at least 51 percent of their fantasy points from Weeks 9-17 of the 2010 season. ...
1 year ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy

Fantasy Football Sleepers & Busts: Wide Receivers
Fantasy Athlon Sports looks at the sleepers and busts at the quarterback, running back, wide receiver and tight end positions this week. These are the players we think you can wait on and still get solid p...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy

Fantasy Football Sleepers & Busts: Running Backs
Fantasy Athlon Sports looks at the sleepers and busts at the quarterback, running back, wide receiver and tight end positions this week. These are the players we think you can wait on and still get solid p...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy

CFB Fantasy: Quarterback Rankings
Fantasy Fall college fantasy football drafts are right around the corner and Athlon is here to help win your league in 2011. Until kickoff, look for updated rankings, player profiles and strategy pieces ev...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Fantasy

CFB Fantasy Running Back Rankings
Fantasy Fall college fantasy football drafts are right around the corner and Athlon is here to help win your league in 2011. Until kickoff, look for updated rankings, player profiles and strategy pieces ev...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Fantasy

Fantasy Football Sleepers & Busts: Quarterbacks
Fantasy Athlon Sports looks at the sleepers and busts at the quarterback, running back, wide receiver and tight end positions this week. These are the players we think you can wait on and still get solid p...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Ben Roethlisberger, Blaine Gabbert, Cam Newton, Colt McCoy, Jason Campbell, Jay Cutler, Jon Kitna, Josh Freeman, Kevin Kolb, Matt Cassel, Matt Ryan, Matt Schaub, Matthew Stafford, Michael Vick, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Sam Bradford, Shaun Hill

Preseason CFB Fantasy TE Rankings
Fantasy Fall college fantasy football drafts are right around the corner and Athlon is here to help win your league in 2011. Over the next three months, look for updated rankings, player profiles and strat...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Fantasy

Fantasy Football Sleepers & Busts: Tight Ends
Fantasy Athlon Sports looks at the sleepers and busts at the quarterback, running back, wide receiver and tight end positions this week. These are the players we think you can wait on and still get solid p...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Fantasy, busts, Fantasy Football, sleepers

Fantasy Football: Sleepers, Deep Sleepers and Overvalues
Fantasy Athlon Sports gives its Best Bets — sleepers, deep sleepers, overvalues, top rookies, bounce-back and top IDPs from the each of the 32 NFL teams — for fantasy football in 2011. For more on each...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Fantasy

Fantasy Football: Team-By-Team Breakdown
Fantasy Fantasy football season is here. In order to help you better prepare for your drafts, Athlon Sports breaks down all 32 NFL teams. What you will find on each team page: NFL insiders answer key...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy

Fantasy Football: Beware of Michael Vick
Fantasy Athlon Sports’ 2011 Fantasy Football magazine has Philadelphia quarterback Michael Vick ranked No. 6 at his position and No. 26 overall because we don’t trust him.  Will Mike Vick beco...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Fantasy, Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees, Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts, Michael Vick, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, Peyton Manning, Philadelphia Eagles, Philip Rivers, San Diego Chargers, Tom Brady

Fantasy Football: Who's Number 1?
Fantasy Athlon Sports has made Houston Texans running back Arian Foster our No. 1 overall player. But it did not come without a healthy debate. Below the case is made for Foster being the consensus No. 1. ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Fantasy, Adrian Peterson, Arian Foster, Chris Johnson, Jamaal Charles, Ray Rice

Fantasy Football: Analyzing First-Round Running Backs
Fantasy Athlon Sports takes a look at the pros and cons of the 10 running backs that will come off of your fantasy football draft boards first during your 2011 drafts. More on our top five backs. A...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: Fantasy, Adrian Peterson, Arian Foster, Chris Johnson, Darren McFadden, Frank Gore, Jamaal Charles, LeSean McCoy, Maurice Jones-Drew, Ray Rice

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