Home › fantasy Articles ›
Printer-friendly versionPrinter-friendly version

Fantasy Football: Players To Avoid
Fantasy If you are in a keeper or dynasty league, we believe the following players will begin their descent down the rankings after this season. Steven Jackson, RB – STL Athlon Top 280 Rank: 14 Jac...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Fantasy, Anquan Boldin, Brian Urlacher, Cedric Benson, Charles Woodson, London Fletcher, Michael Turner, Ray Lewis, Reggie Wayne, Steve Smith, Steven Jackson, Tony Gonzalez

Fantasy Football: Top 12 Injury Concerns
Fantasy Athlon Sports looks at the top 12 injury concerns overall and by position for the 2011 fantasy football season. These are 48 guys that may concern you in your draft preparation, and that you may be...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: Fantasy, Antonio Gates, Austin Collie, DeAngelo Williams, Frank Gore, Joseph Addai, Matthew Stafford, Maurice Jones-Drew, Michael Vick, Owen Daniels, Ryan Grant, Sidney Rice, Steve Smith

Fantasy Football: Repeating the Magic Season
Fantasy Every once in a while there’s that player who has the “magic” season in fantasy football. But what does history say his next season will look like? Let’s take a look at those players over t...
1 year ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: Fantasy, Aaron Rodgers, Arian Foster, Chris Johnson, Jason Witten, Michael Vick, Peyton Manning, Randy Moss, Tom Brady, Tony Gonzalez

Fantasy Football: Know the Schedule
Fantasy Some say you have to make the playoffs before you can even consider what the schedule for your fantasy playoffs may be. I whole-heartedly disagree. You need to at least have an idea of what kind of...
1 year ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: Fantasy

Fantasy Football: Overrated Players
Fantasy These are the fantasy players or positions from each of the 32 NFL teams that we are going to either avoid altogether, or for the most part, make them a late, late pick in our drafts. Arizona ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Fantasy, Fantasy Football, Overrated Players

Fantasy Football: Standard League Mock Draft
Fantasy Athlon Sports' second post-lockout mock draft is here. This week, we cater to the old school players — those in leagues with no flex, no PPR and four points for passing touchdowns. This format, h...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy

Jeremy Maclin's Mystery Illness: Fantasy Discount?
Fantasy With the no-news emerging about the Philadelphia Eagles' Jeremy Maclin's mystery illness that's plagued him for the last five months, it's hard to tell where he should go in your fantasy football d...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Fantasy, News, Jeremy Maclin, NFC East, Philadelphia Eagles

Fantasy Football: 2011 Values and Overvalues
Fantasy Athlon Sports has come up with plenty of value players, overvalued players and top rookies in our Best Bets story, but here we highlight a few of them. Here are a number of players we like with goo...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Fantasy Football, Overvalued, undervalued

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the New York Giants
Fantasy NEW YORK GIANTS • Inside the Locker Room With Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News Will Eli Manning's single-season production surpass Peyton's in 2011? No, and I think we all nee...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Eli Manning, Hakeem Nicks, New York Giants

CFB Fantasy WR 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: 2-Quarterback Mock Draft
Fantasy Athlon Sports' first post-lockout mock draft is here. We started with a 10-team, two-quarterback, 16-round format. We also did a 20-round mock draft with IDPs for Athlon Sports 2011 Fantasy Foo...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Green Bay Packers
Fantasy GREEN BAY • Inside the Locker Room With Jason Wilde of ESPNMilwaukee.com Who is deserving of a higher draft pick: James Starks or Ryan Grant? Grant. While Starks was a pleasant late-se...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Aaron Rogers, Green Bay Packers, Greg Jennings, James Jones, Jermichael Finley

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Miami Dolphins
Fantasy MIAMI • Inside the Locker Room With Ethan Skolnick of the Palm Beach Post Is Brandon Marshall a top-five fantasy WR? Or is the QB situation that bad? I would not take Marshall too high ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Anthony Fasano, Brandon Marshall, Chad Henne, Davone Bess, Miami Dolphins, Reggie Bush

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the New York Jets
Fantasy NEW YORK JETS • Inside the Locker Room With Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News Can Shonn Greene handle being a workhorse feature back? The Jets coaching staff firmly believes that...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Joe McKnight, Mark Sanchez, New York Jets, Plaxico Burress, Shonn Greene

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Philadelphia Eagles
Fantasy PHILADELPHIA • Inside the Locker Room With Phil Sheridan of the Philadelphia Inquirer Can LeSean McCoy approach old Brian Westbrook fantasy numbers? McCoy certainly showed he has the ab...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Brent Celek, David Akers, DeSean Jackson, Jason Avant, Jeremy Maclin, LeSean McCoy, Michael Vick, Philadelphia Eagles, Riley Cooper

Fantasy Football: Athlon Mock Draft Analysis
Fantasy We couldn't have all 12 drafters go on and on about what they loved/hated about the Athlon Sports Magazine Fantasy Mock Draft. So we had just a few of them point out their favorite loves/hates/like...
1 year ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy

Athlon 2011 NFL Fantasy Mock Draft Rosters
Fantasy Athlon Sports 2011 Fantasy Football Magazine Mock Draft: Complete Rosters 12-team, 20-round snake style draft Return to round-by-round mock draft Mock Draft Love/Hates Scoring: 6 pt...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL, Fantasy

Athlon Sports NFL Fantasy Mock Draft 2011
Fantasy Roster: QB, 3 WR, RB, RB, W/R, TE, K, DST, D, DL, LB, DB, 6 BN ...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Mock Draft

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Houston Texans
Fantasy HOUSTON • Inside the Locker Room With Jerome Solomon of the Houston Chronicle What are the chances that Arian Foster can repeat his elite 2010 season? One key to Foster’s breakout sea...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Andre Johnson, Arian Foster, Ben Tate, Houston Texans, Jacoby Jones, Matt Shaub, Owen Daniels

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the San Diego Chargers
Fantasy SAN DIEGO • Inside the Locker Room With Bernie Wilson of the Associated Press Were the fantasy expectations too high for Ryan Mathews last season? No. He came in as the heir apparent t...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Antonio Gates, Mike Tolbert, Norv Turner, Philip Rivers, Ryan Mathews, San Diego Chargers, Vincent Brown, Vincent Jackson

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Denver Broncos
Fantasy DENVER • Inside the Locker Room With Jim Armstrong of the Denver Post Is there another receiver outside of Brandon Lloyd worth drafting? Memo to fantasy leaguers considering a Broncos ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Brandon LLoyd, D.J. Williams, Denver Broncos, Elvis Dumervil, Eric Decker, Knowshon Moreno, Tim Tebow, Willis McGahee

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the Dallas Cowboys
Fantasy 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

College Fantasy Mock Draft
Fantasy The 2011 college football season is less than 40 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: College Football, Fantasy, Fantasy Football

Fantasy Football: Breaking down the New England Patriots
Fantasy 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
Fantasy 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

Contests & Promotions

Athlon Sports Fantasy Racing!
Enter the Athlon Sports Fantasy Racing game. Just head over to athlon.myfantasyracing.com and register for your chance to win a chance to watch a 2014 race from the grandstands. You'll also have a chance to win other amazing prizes such as an autographed Kyle Busch helmet.

Bracket Breakdown
Take your shot at $100,000 in the Athlon Sports Bracket Breakdown game. Sign up before March 21st to submit your bracket and your chance at perfection.

Authentic Hand Signed Sports Memorabilia
One of the nation's largest selections with over 7,500 in stock items. Guaranteed authentic from the trusted name in sports since 1967.

Popular Links