Jeffrey Kamys of Dr. Stats Fantasy Sports is the winner of the kickers
portion of the 2008 Experts Poll hosted by Fantasy Football Index magazine.
After all 20 picks by all 20 experts were weighed and graded, Kamys earned
enough points to edge Sam Hendricks (Fantasy Football Guidebook) and
defending champion Dan Bakley (The Fantasy Point) for first place in this
category.
Scott Endsley of FantasyDraftEdge.com, meanwhile, earned enough points to
move to the top of the overall leaderboard. Endsley finished in 4th at
kickers and was 3rd in the defense category. Fantasy Football Guidebooks Sam Hendricks is the only other Expert to have finished in the top 8 in both categories so far.
Michael Nazarek (Fantasy Football Mastermind) and 2006 Scott Pianowski
(Yahoo! Sports) currently sit at second and third place on the overall
board, but it's still early. Yet to come are the results for quarterbacks,
running backs, wide receivers and tight ends, and those positions play a
bigger role in determining the overall champion - we're just getting warmed
up.
The poll, started in 1991, is different from other experts competition in
that every expert has to take a stand on every significant player - every
pick is scored. If an expert ranks a player No. 1 at a position, that
player's actual fantasy production is multiplied by 20. If an expert ranks a
player No. 2, the player's production is multiplied by 19. If the expert
ranks a player No. 3, the multiplier number is 18, and so on.
The scoring system isn't necessarily ideal. An expert is severely punished,
for example, if he lists a player who gets hurt. That's why the Fantasy
Football Index picks fared so poorly this year when compared to the field of
experts. We were high on the two New York kickers, Lawrence Tynes and Mike
Nugent. Both of those teams put up lots of kicking points, but when Tynes
and Nugent got hurt, it destroyed our draft board in that category.
Kamys had a noteworthy boo-boo in this category when he ranked Shayne Graham
3rd overall, but most others also had the Cincinnati kicker in their top 10.
Kamys separated himself from the field by ranking Matt Bryant (113 points)
13th - only four other experts listed Bryant at all - and by being lower
than the others on Josh Scobee (not even listed) and Adam Vinatieri (just
7th).
The top 11 finishers in this poll earn spots in the magazine's 2009 Experts
League, which will be published in the upcoming edition of the magazine.
Whichever expert finishes first in the overall poll will get his choice of
draft position; the 2nd-place finisher will get second choice of draft
spots, and so on. The 12th and final draft spot will go to a Fantasy
Football Index reader.
The final results for the tight ends position will be posted Friday.
FANTASY INDEX EXPERTS POLL, KICKERS
Points
24,051 Jeffrey Kamys (docstats.com)
23,879 Sam Hendricks (ffguidebook.com)
23,736 Dan Bakley (thefantasypoint.com)
23,732 Scott Endsley (fantasydraftedge.com)
23,717 Greg Rosenthal (rotoworld.com)
23,643 David Dorey (thehuddle.com)
23,590 Lenny Pappano (draftsharks.com)
23,569 Ryan Houston (fanball.com)
23,564 Louis Tranquilli (bfdfantasyfootball.com)
23,539 Scott Pianowski (Yahoo Sports)
23,482 Christopher Liss (rotowire.com)
23,462 James Serra (footballsoftward.com)
23,395 Michael Nazarek (ffmastermind.com)
23,218 Tommy Stephens (fantasyfootballedge.net)
23,127 Bob Henry (footballguys.com)
23,121 Greg Alan (4for4.com)
22,753 Roland Wood (dynastyrogues.com)
22,488 Kevin Marshall (draftwizard.com)
21,733 Nathan Zegura (thefantasyconsultant.com)
20,935 Craig Davis (fantasyfootball.com)
22,161 Fantasy Football Index (not officially included in poll).
FANTASY INDEX EXPERTS POLL, CURRENT OVERALL
(includes kickers and defense/special teams)
Points
55,718 Scott Endsley (fantasydraftedge.com)
55,469 Michael Nazarek (ffmastermind.com)
55,399 Scott Pianowski (Yahoo Sports)
55,341 Jeffrey Kamys (docstats.com)
55,325 Sam Hendricks (ffguidebook.com)
55,201 Roland Wood (dynastyrogues.com)
55,064 Dan Bakley (thefantasypoint.com)
55,045 David Dorey (thehuddle.com)
54,956 Louis Tranquilli (bfdfantasyfootball.com)
54,906 James Serra (footballsoftward.com)
54,872 Christopher Liss (rotowire.com)
54,771 Bob Henry (footballguys.com)
54,737 Greg Alan (4for4.com)
54,467 Ryan Houston (fanball.com)
54,464 Lenny Pappano (draftsharks.com)
54,227 Greg Rosenthal (rotoworld.com)
53,950 Tommy Stephens (fantasyfootballedge.net)
53,480 Kevin Marshall (draftwizard.com)
52,861 Nathan Zegura (thefantasyconsultant.com)
51,661 Craig Davis (fantasyfootball.com)
53,557 *Fantasy Football Index (not officially included in poll).
Kickers were given 3 points for field goals and 1 point for extra point. No
extra credit was awarded for kicks of 50-plus yards, which really hurt Jason
Hanson (NFL-record 8 field goals of 50-plus).
Kicker points for the poll were as follows ...
148 Stephen Gostkowski
144 David Akers
131 Matt Bryant
130 John Kasay
129 Jason Elam
127 Mason Crosby
127 Nate Kaeding
127 Rob Bironas
127 Ryan Longwell
124 Kris Brown
124 Rian Lindell
122 Matt Stover
121 Joe Nedney
119 Neil Rackers
119 Robbie Gould
117 Jeff Reed
112 Josh Brown
111 Jay Feely
108 Phil Dawson
103 Adam Vinatieri
103 Shaun Suisham
102 Nick Folk
102 Olindo Mare
97 Sebastian Janikowski
90 Josh Scobee
88 Jason Hanson
78 Shayne Graham
34 Martin Gramatica
6 Lawrence Tynes
2 Mike Nugent
Monday, January 12, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Sam Hendricks (Fantasy Football Almanac 2008) takes 7th (of 20 Experts) in Fantasy Football Index magazine Rankings for Defenses
WOOD TAKES EARLY LEAD IN FANTASY INDEX POLL
Roland Wood is the early leader as final tabulation begins of the 2008
Fantasy Football Index Experts Poll. Wood, of the Dynasty Rogues company,
scored 32,448 points in the Defense / Special Teams category, the first of
six different sections that will be graded over the next week.
Michael Nazarek of Fantasy Football Mastermind and Scott Endsley of
FantasyDraftEdge.com were the other medalists in this category.
Final points are as follows ...
Points
32448 Wood
32074 Nazarek
31986 Endsley
31860 Pianowski
31644 Henry
31616 Alan
31446 Hendricks
31444 Serra
31402 Dorey
31392 Tranquilli
31390 Liss
31328 Bakley
31290 Kamys
31128 Zegura
30992 Marshall
30898 Houston
30874 Pappano
30732 Stephens
30726 Davis
30510 Rosenthal
31396 *Fantasy Football Index (magazine picks)
* -- magazine score is for exhibition purposes only; Fantasy Football Index
is not eligible to win the poll.
The top 11 finishers in this poll earn spots in the magazine's 2009 Experts
League, which will be published in the upcoming edition of the magazine.
Whichever expert finishes first in the overall poll will get his choice of
draft position; the 2nd-place finisher will get second choice of draft
spots, and so on. The 12th and final draft spot will go to a Fantasy
Football Index reader.
The poll, started in 1991, is different from other experts competition in
that every expert has to take a stand on every significant player -- every
pick is scored. If an expert ranks a player No. 1 at a position, that
player's actual fantasy production is multiplied by 20. If an expert ranks a
player No. 2, the player's production is multiplied by 19. If the expert
ranks a player No. 3, the multiplier number is 18, and so on.
In the Defense/ST category, for example, Wood scored well against the field
by ranking the Jets 11th -- 5 spots higher than any other expert. The Jets
scored 178 points, so Wood earned 1,780 points for that pick (10 x 178).
Wood also fared well by ranking the Patriots 15th -- 5 spots lower than any
other experts. New England's defense had a lousy year (fantasy wise), but it
didn't hurt Wood as much as the rest of the field (half of the experts had
New England among their top 4 defenses).
Defenses were scored on the system of 6 points for touchdowns and 2 points
for each sack, safety, interception or fumble recovery. No points were
awarded for offensive fumble recoveries, fake field goals or fake punts.
Points used in the scoring of the defensive portion of the poll were as
follows ...
Points
198 Philadelphia
180 Pittsburgh
178 Baltimore
178 NY Jets
176 Dallas
174 Tennessee
170 Minnesota
164 Green Bay
160 Tampa Bay
158 Arizona
158 Chicago
154 Miami
152 NY Giants
146 Oakland
136 Carolina
136 Indianapolis
134 Seattle
130 San Diego
124 Atlanta
122 Buffalo
120 New Orleans
120 San Francisco
118 St. Louis
114 Cleveland
112 Houston
112 Jacksonville
112 New England
108 Detroit
100 Cincinnati
96 Kansas City
90 Denver
90 Washington
Roland Wood is the early leader as final tabulation begins of the 2008
Fantasy Football Index Experts Poll. Wood, of the Dynasty Rogues company,
scored 32,448 points in the Defense / Special Teams category, the first of
six different sections that will be graded over the next week.
Michael Nazarek of Fantasy Football Mastermind and Scott Endsley of
FantasyDraftEdge.com were the other medalists in this category.
Final points are as follows ...
Points
32448 Wood
32074 Nazarek
31986 Endsley
31860 Pianowski
31644 Henry
31616 Alan
31446 Hendricks
31444 Serra
31402 Dorey
31392 Tranquilli
31390 Liss
31328 Bakley
31290 Kamys
31128 Zegura
30992 Marshall
30898 Houston
30874 Pappano
30732 Stephens
30726 Davis
30510 Rosenthal
31396 *Fantasy Football Index (magazine picks)
* -- magazine score is for exhibition purposes only; Fantasy Football Index
is not eligible to win the poll.
The top 11 finishers in this poll earn spots in the magazine's 2009 Experts
League, which will be published in the upcoming edition of the magazine.
Whichever expert finishes first in the overall poll will get his choice of
draft position; the 2nd-place finisher will get second choice of draft
spots, and so on. The 12th and final draft spot will go to a Fantasy
Football Index reader.
The poll, started in 1991, is different from other experts competition in
that every expert has to take a stand on every significant player -- every
pick is scored. If an expert ranks a player No. 1 at a position, that
player's actual fantasy production is multiplied by 20. If an expert ranks a
player No. 2, the player's production is multiplied by 19. If the expert
ranks a player No. 3, the multiplier number is 18, and so on.
In the Defense/ST category, for example, Wood scored well against the field
by ranking the Jets 11th -- 5 spots higher than any other expert. The Jets
scored 178 points, so Wood earned 1,780 points for that pick (10 x 178).
Wood also fared well by ranking the Patriots 15th -- 5 spots lower than any
other experts. New England's defense had a lousy year (fantasy wise), but it
didn't hurt Wood as much as the rest of the field (half of the experts had
New England among their top 4 defenses).
Defenses were scored on the system of 6 points for touchdowns and 2 points
for each sack, safety, interception or fumble recovery. No points were
awarded for offensive fumble recoveries, fake field goals or fake punts.
Points used in the scoring of the defensive portion of the poll were as
follows ...
Points
198 Philadelphia
180 Pittsburgh
178 Baltimore
178 NY Jets
176 Dallas
174 Tennessee
170 Minnesota
164 Green Bay
160 Tampa Bay
158 Arizona
158 Chicago
154 Miami
152 NY Giants
146 Oakland
136 Carolina
136 Indianapolis
134 Seattle
130 San Diego
124 Atlanta
122 Buffalo
120 New Orleans
120 San Francisco
118 St. Louis
114 Cleveland
112 Houston
112 Jacksonville
112 New England
108 Detroit
100 Cincinnati
96 Kansas City
90 Denver
90 Washington
Saturday, January 10, 2009
2008 fantasy leagues
The Holidays are over. Time to get back to the fantasy week.
Let’s review how I did in 2008 in my fantasy leagues.
Highlight has to be my 7th place overall finish in the Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC). This event had 180 of the best fantasy football players competing for a $75,000 1st place check. Going into the last weekend I was 2nd, but a super human effort by fantasy football player DeAngelo Williams (108 yards rushing and 4 TDs = 34.8 points) left me in 7th place. Still a top 5% finish!
Fantasy Football Players Championship 7th overall (7 of 180) for a top 5% finish
As far as my other 13 fantasy league football:
League Results
Fantasy Index Expert Auction 2nd Place Overall
FFPC Satellite #17 2nd place
NFL.com 2nd place
Diehards Expert league 3rd place
Lakenheath Local League Playoffs- 3rd place
WCOFF Satellite #51 Playoffs
NFFC Consolation Round 65th of 270
NBC Consolation Round 45th of 209
Draftbook Expert League 5th place
NFFC Satellite Did not make playoffs
NBC Satellite Did not make playoffs
Experts.com Expert League Did not make playoffs
FFOC 1st and Goal bracket Did not make playoffs
So 7 playoff appearances in 14 leagues, don’t forget that most of these leagues are either Expert leagues (where I faced the best experts in a fantasy mock draft) or high stake leagues (where the best of the best compete). FFOC was one team versus 6000 for a chance at a million bucks. Hey you never know……………..
Please check my website (www.FFGuidebook.com) and this blog often in the coming weeks as you get ready for your fantasy football draft, NFL fantasy football and all my 2009 fantasy drafts.
Let’s review how I did in 2008 in my fantasy leagues.
Highlight has to be my 7th place overall finish in the Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC). This event had 180 of the best fantasy football players competing for a $75,000 1st place check. Going into the last weekend I was 2nd, but a super human effort by fantasy football player DeAngelo Williams (108 yards rushing and 4 TDs = 34.8 points) left me in 7th place. Still a top 5% finish!
Fantasy Football Players Championship 7th overall (7 of 180) for a top 5% finish
As far as my other 13 fantasy league football:
League Results
Fantasy Index Expert Auction 2nd Place Overall
FFPC Satellite #17 2nd place
NFL.com 2nd place
Diehards Expert league 3rd place
Lakenheath Local League Playoffs- 3rd place
WCOFF Satellite #51 Playoffs
NFFC Consolation Round 65th of 270
NBC Consolation Round 45th of 209
Draftbook Expert League 5th place
NFFC Satellite Did not make playoffs
NBC Satellite Did not make playoffs
Experts.com Expert League Did not make playoffs
FFOC 1st and Goal bracket Did not make playoffs
So 7 playoff appearances in 14 leagues, don’t forget that most of these leagues are either Expert leagues (where I faced the best experts in a fantasy mock draft) or high stake leagues (where the best of the best compete). FFOC was one team versus 6000 for a chance at a million bucks. Hey you never know……………..
Please check my website (www.FFGuidebook.com) and this blog often in the coming weeks as you get ready for your fantasy football draft, NFL fantasy football and all my 2009 fantasy drafts.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
FFGuidebook.com in 2nd place in Fantasy Football Players Championship
FFGuidebook.com in 2nd place in the Fantasy Football Players Championship-
Only 7 points out of first place going into the last weekend!
Yes, that is right the Leaders Board has been shaken up by the rocketing upward climb of FFGuidebook.com. Behind Peyton Manning, Reggie Wayne and Dallas Clark
Peyton Manning 364 passing yards, 3 TDs = 30.3 Pts
Reggie Wayne 7-108-1 = 23.8 Pts
Dallas Clark 8-105-1 = 28.5 Pts
FFGuidebook.com starts the last weekend with 82 points and hopes to finish in the top five.
Not much hope of catching Cocktail and Dreams in first.
As far as my other 13 leagues:
League Status
Diehards Expert Playoffs
WCOFF Satellite #51 Playoffs
NFL.com Playoffs
Lakenheath (Local League) Playoffs
FFPC Satellite #17 Playoffs
NFFC Consolation Bracket Top 10
NBC Consolation Bracket Top 50
Fantasy Index Magazine Expert 2nd place
Draftbook Expert 5th place
FFOC (1 team played) 1st and Goal Bracket 943 of 2600
NFFC Satellite Out
NBC Satellite Out
Experts.com Out
Only 7 points out of first place going into the last weekend!
Yes, that is right the Leaders Board has been shaken up by the rocketing upward climb of FFGuidebook.com. Behind Peyton Manning, Reggie Wayne and Dallas Clark
Peyton Manning 364 passing yards, 3 TDs = 30.3 Pts
Reggie Wayne 7-108-1 = 23.8 Pts
Dallas Clark 8-105-1 = 28.5 Pts
FFGuidebook.com starts the last weekend with 82 points and hopes to finish in the top five.
Not much hope of catching Cocktail and Dreams in first.
As far as my other 13 leagues:
League Status
Diehards Expert Playoffs
WCOFF Satellite #51 Playoffs
NFL.com Playoffs
Lakenheath (Local League) Playoffs
FFPC Satellite #17 Playoffs
NFFC Consolation Bracket Top 10
NBC Consolation Bracket Top 50
Fantasy Index Magazine Expert 2nd place
Draftbook Expert 5th place
FFOC (1 team played) 1st and Goal Bracket 943 of 2600
NFFC Satellite Out
NBC Satellite Out
Experts.com Out
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
FANTASY FOOTBALL GUIDEBOOK NAMED ONE OF TOP 4 FANTASY FOOTBALL BOOKS OF ALL TIME
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Trish Hendricks, Publicist
Tel. 434/ 361- 1282
Email: trish_hendricks@yahoo.com
or
info@ffguidebook.com
FANTASY FOOTBALL GUIDEBOOK NAMED ONE OF TOP 4 FANTASY FOOTBALL BOOKS OF ALL TIME
“Fantasy Football Guidebook: Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football” Available Online
LYNCHBURG, VA. – December 11, 2008 – Fantasy Football Guidebook: Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football, written by Sam Hendricks, was named one of the Top 4 fantasy football books of all time according to RotoNation.com. This great achievement comes on the heels of the National Best Books 2008 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News. USABookNews.com, the premiere online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced Fantasy Football Guidebook as a finalist in sports of THE NATIONAL “BEST BOOKS” 2008 AWARDS (NBBA) on October 20, 2008.
RotoNation is the leading fantasy sports industry site. Serious fantasy players and industry veterans know to check here often for the latest news, notes, games, tools, jobs, and more in the fantasy sports industry.
Fantasy Football Guidebook has received glowing reviews. Rob Zarzycki, top ranked WCOFF participant and author of Drafting to Win, said “By far the most comprehensive book I’ve seen on fantasy football to date.” Midwest Book Reviews recently reviewed the Guidebook and commented, “Fantasy Football Guidebook is an ideal gift for any fantasy football player.”
Sam’s rankings, projections and “expert” analysis appear in numerous fantasy football magazines this football season, including this year’s Fantasy Football Index, Fantasy Football Draftbook and Fantasy Football Diehards. Last year he finished in the playoffs in every “expert” league in which he competed. Sam is also an expert in Fantasy Index’s weekly online “Ask the Expert” column at www.fantasyindex.com
As an avid fantasy football player for the past 18 years, Hendricks has won numerous league championships and has participated in the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF), National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC) and this year the inaugural season of the Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC).
Fantasy Football Guidebook, Sam’s first book, was #1 on Amazon.com’s ranked sales listing during the months of April and May 2008. Virtual Bookworm Publishing publishes both Fantasy Football Guidebook and Fantasy Football Almanac 2008. Hendricks wrote Fantasy Football Guidebook last year while on sabbatical from his job as an F-15 flight instructor for Boeing. Fantasy Football Guidebook: Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football (ISBN 978-1-60264-020-7) and Fantasy Football Almanac 2008 (ISBN 978-1602641945) are available from Virtualbookworm.com, Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble (bn.com). More information can be found at the official websites, www.fantasyfootballguidebook.com, www.ffalmanac.com and www.sam-hendricks.com.
Contact: Trish Hendricks, Publicist
Tel. 434/ 361- 1282
Email: trish_hendricks@yahoo.com
or
info@ffguidebook.com
FANTASY FOOTBALL GUIDEBOOK NAMED ONE OF TOP 4 FANTASY FOOTBALL BOOKS OF ALL TIME
“Fantasy Football Guidebook: Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football” Available Online
LYNCHBURG, VA. – December 11, 2008 – Fantasy Football Guidebook: Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football, written by Sam Hendricks, was named one of the Top 4 fantasy football books of all time according to RotoNation.com. This great achievement comes on the heels of the National Best Books 2008 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News. USABookNews.com, the premiere online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced Fantasy Football Guidebook as a finalist in sports of THE NATIONAL “BEST BOOKS” 2008 AWARDS (NBBA) on October 20, 2008.
RotoNation is the leading fantasy sports industry site. Serious fantasy players and industry veterans know to check here often for the latest news, notes, games, tools, jobs, and more in the fantasy sports industry.
Fantasy Football Guidebook has received glowing reviews. Rob Zarzycki, top ranked WCOFF participant and author of Drafting to Win, said “By far the most comprehensive book I’ve seen on fantasy football to date.” Midwest Book Reviews recently reviewed the Guidebook and commented, “Fantasy Football Guidebook is an ideal gift for any fantasy football player.”
Sam’s rankings, projections and “expert” analysis appear in numerous fantasy football magazines this football season, including this year’s Fantasy Football Index, Fantasy Football Draftbook and Fantasy Football Diehards. Last year he finished in the playoffs in every “expert” league in which he competed. Sam is also an expert in Fantasy Index’s weekly online “Ask the Expert” column at www.fantasyindex.com
As an avid fantasy football player for the past 18 years, Hendricks has won numerous league championships and has participated in the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF), National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC) and this year the inaugural season of the Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC).
Fantasy Football Guidebook, Sam’s first book, was #1 on Amazon.com’s ranked sales listing during the months of April and May 2008. Virtual Bookworm Publishing publishes both Fantasy Football Guidebook and Fantasy Football Almanac 2008. Hendricks wrote Fantasy Football Guidebook last year while on sabbatical from his job as an F-15 flight instructor for Boeing. Fantasy Football Guidebook: Your Comprehensive Guide to Playing Fantasy Football (ISBN 978-1-60264-020-7) and Fantasy Football Almanac 2008 (ISBN 978-1602641945) are available from Virtualbookworm.com, Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble (bn.com). More information can be found at the official websites, www.fantasyfootballguidebook.com, www.ffalmanac.com and www.sam-hendricks.com.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Do you prefer leagues with head-to-head playoffs, or where champions are determined strictly by win-loss records or total points over a 16- or 17-week
I prefer a little of both. I like the excitement of head to head playoffs because nothing tops beating a live opponent in a head to head match up. But I like the idea of starting with your regular season average points. This way a team that has really excelled gets a little bit of a bonus due to their exceptional scoring. So if there are 4 teams in the playoffs-subtract the lowest scoring teams average from all the others and that is the team bonus for the entire playoffs. Kind of like a golf handicap based on your regular season scoring. For example, the lowest team has an average of 110 points and you have an average of 120 points; when you play them in the playoffs you get a 10 point head start. So it is H2H but with a little nod to what they did to get there. The seeding based on W/L record can be misleading due to luck of bye weeks, etc., but total points are a good indication of performance.
As seen in ASK THE EXPERTS, Fantasy Football Index's Expert column found at http://www.fantasyindex.com. ASK THE EXPERTS appears weekly with answers to a new question posted Thursday morning.
Hendricks is the author of Fantasy Football Guidebook, an Award-Winning Finalist in the Sports category of the National Best Books 2008 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News, available at his website, http://www.ffguidebook.com, at all major bookstores, and at www.amazon.com. He is an 18-year fantasy football veteran who has teams in the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF), National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC), NBC Sports Fantasy Championship and the inaugural season of the Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC).
As seen in ASK THE EXPERTS, Fantasy Football Index's Expert column found at http://www.fantasyindex.com. ASK THE EXPERTS appears weekly with answers to a new question posted Thursday morning.
Hendricks is the author of Fantasy Football Guidebook, an Award-Winning Finalist in the Sports category of the National Best Books 2008 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News, available at his website, http://www.ffguidebook.com, at all major bookstores, and at www.amazon.com. He is an 18-year fantasy football veteran who has teams in the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF), National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC), NBC Sports Fantasy Championship and the inaugural season of the Fantasy Football Players Championship (FFPC).
Monday, December 8, 2008
Matt Jones suspension delay explained
Matt Jones suspension delay explainedI have finally figured out why Matt Jones has not served his three game drug suspension for an off-season cocaine arrest in July. He is owned by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in his fantasy football league. Rumor has it that the Executive League of 12 (yes that’s the league name) is a keeper league with a large roster of 25 but no free agent pickups during the season. It is a start 3 WR plus one flex position of RB/WR or TE. My sources tell me Goodell has been in a bind since he loaded up on QBs at the April draft at the expense of his WRs. Lacking depth at that position, injuries to Joey Galloway and Kevin Curtis forced him to postpone his star WRs suspension in week 6 for violating the leagues substance-abuse policy. This little maneuver raised a few eyebrows within the fantasy league including a well worded verbal protest from Fox News Channel anchor Jane Skinner who supposedly threatened a coup d’etat. This explains why Jones has been able to play ball for the past 7 weeks rather than serve his three game suspension. Granted he did appeal the sentence but the league never has revealed when he was to start serving it. My sources also tell me that Goodell was eliminated in his league playoffs this week, so look for Matt to start his suspension very soon. Unfortunately Adam Scheffler could not be contacted to confirm these allegations.
Matt Jones suspension delay explainedI have finally figured out why Matt Jones has not served his three game drug suspension for an off-season cocaine arrest in July. He is owned by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in his fantasy football league. Rumor has it that the Executive League of 12 (yes that’s the league name) is a keeper league with a large roster of 25 but no free agent pickups during the season. It is a start 3 WR plus one flex position of RB/WR or TE. My sources tell me Goodell has been in a bind since he loaded up on QBs at the April draft at the expense of his WRs. Lacking depth at that position, injuries to Joey Galloway and Kevin Curtis forced him to postpone his star WRs suspension in week 6 for violating the leagues substance-abuse policy. This little maneuver raised a few eyebrows within the fantasy league including a well worded verbal protest from Fox News Channel anchor Jane Skinner who supposedly threatened a coup d’etat. This explains why Jones has been able to play ball for the past 7 weeks rather than serve his three game suspension. Granted he did appeal the sentence but the league never has revealed when he was to start serving it. My sources also tell me that Goodell was eliminated in his league playoffs this week, so look for Matt to start his suspension very soon. Unfortunately Adam Scheffler could not be contacted to confirm these allegations.
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