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Fourth and One Debate: Waiver Wire Stashes for the NFL Fantasy Playoffs

So you’re prepping your team for the final push, but you’re worried you need a couple more warm bodies? Well, that’s not a problem. That’s what a fantasy football roundtable is for...

Written by Jacob Sloan about 3 days ago 91 reads 0 comments
The 4th-and-1 Debate: How To Avoid Fantasy Disappointments Next Season

Ah, the sadness comes in larger puddles of tears every week as we approach the fantasy playoffs . That first-round pick sure screwed you, didn’t he? But how, oh how, do you keep it from ...

Written by Jacob Sloan about 4 days ago 104 reads 0 comments
On the Wire: Week 12 Pickups, Playoff Prep, and Matt Leinart

Is there anything sadder than two coaches from the worst teams in the league arguing about who cheated? There are sad clown faces, and then there are SAD CLOWN FACES, people...

Written by Jacob Sloan about 5 days ago 561 reads 0 comments
Give Fools your vote in the Fantasy Football Librarian's Readers' Choice Poll

The Fantasy Football Librarian, one of the best fantasy football bloggers out there and one of my competitors in the Buffalo Wild Wings All-Star Blogger League, has a readers’ choice poll ...

Written by Jacob Sloan about 9 days ago 6 reads 0 comments
Week 11 Hot Hand and Cold Shoulders: Twilight Edward vs. Jacob, who ya got?

I know nothing of Twilight. I like it that way, but this debate that’s been raging across all my television channels, including my sports channels, has annoyed me to no end, especially because they used my name...

Written by Jacob Sloan about 10 days ago 141 reads 1 comments
Fourth & One Debate: Fantasy Strategy For Thursday Night Football

Last week’s question for the Fourth & One Debate was an interesting one from Eric Stashin of Rotoprofessor...

Written by Jacob Sloan about 10 days ago 63 reads 0 comments
Bye, Bye Ronnie Brown: Foot Injury Takes RB to IR

The Miami Dolphins have placed Ronnie Brown on IR with a foot injury to end his season. Adam Schefter filed the story this afternoon, and ESPN now has the official word . Apparently, this injury was much more serious than feared...

Written by Jacob Sloan about 11 days ago 88 reads 0 comments
Foolish Thoughts: Turner, Benson, Brown, Westbrook Struck by Fantasy Jinx

It’s all your fault, you know. Yes, you, the one who pointed out how few injuries had struck fantasy owners thus far this season...

Written by Jacob Sloan about 12 days ago 713 reads 0 comments
NFL Week 10 Hot Hands and Cold Shoulders: Thursday Night Football is for Lovers

It’s good that it only comes after bye weeks are over when rosters have, for the most part, been figured out. Otherwise, Thursday Night Football would be a real pain...

Written by Jacob Sloan about 17 days ago 81 reads 2 comments
Foolish Thoughts in Fantasy Football: California Dreams and NFL at 10

It’s easy to pick on Brian Westbrook , but his surprise “inactivity” this week probably caught many fantasy owners off-guard. It caught me off-guard...

Written by Jacob Sloan about 17 days ago 93 reads 0 comments
NFL Fantasy On the Wire: Week 10 Pickups Are Slim Pickings

Updated: Wed, Nov. 11. I’ve been in California this week at a conference. I don’t know how these people handle football starting at 10 a.m. on Sundays. It’s just plain weird...

Written by Jacob Sloan about 19 days ago 453 reads 0 comments
Foolish Games We Play: Win Fame and Fortune with Fantasy Football in Week 9

It’s been some time since we talked about the contest and competitions out there in the fantasy football world...

Written by Jacob Sloan about 22 days ago 37 reads 0 comments
Week Nine Hot Hands and Cold Shoulders: Any Given Sunday

I watched Any Given Sunday last night. Twice. No matter how many times you watch that movie, it makes you want to run through a wall, and then a pack of linebackers, followed by another wall...

Written by Jacob Sloan about 23 days ago 45 reads 0 comments
Fourth & 1 Debate: Nine Moves to Make for the Fantasy Football Playoffs

At this point in the season, you might be more concerned with getting to the playoffs than succeeding once you get there. That’s okay. Take it one week at a time...

Written by Jacob Sloan about 24 days ago 283 reads 0 comments
On the Wire: Week Nine Fantasy Football Pickups and Must-Claims

There’s nothing glamorous about pickups at this point in the season. You’re either struggling to find meaning in your season after falling desperately behind the rest of the teams ...

Written by Jacob Sloan about 26 days ago 831 reads 0 comments
Foolish Thoughts in Fantasy Football: Marc Bulger and Sunday Night Sadness

Baseball stole our Sunday Night Football . How is that fair? Give it back, World Series . I demand it. I’m fine with baseball as long as I don’t have to sit through an entire game...

Written by Jacob Sloan about 26 days ago 95 reads 0 comments
Starting Beanie Wells over Andre Johnson: Smart Play or Crazy Talk?

In a fantasy football group I participate in each week, Fantasy Football Fanatics on LinkedIn , I recommended going with Beanie Wells in a flex spot over Andre Johnson this week...

Written by Jacob Sloan about 29 days ago 425 reads 4 comments
Fourth & One Debate: 'Buy low' Candidates for the Second Half

This week’s Fourth & One Debate question for the fantasy football roundtable came from Smitty at Fantasy Football Xtreme. He asked “Who is your biggest buy-low candidate for Weeks Eight through 16?” My pick? Greg Jennings...

Written by Jacob Sloan about about 1 month ago 73 reads 0 comments
On the Wire: Week Eight Fantasy Football Pickups, Potential and Hoops Problems

Another critical bye week hits us right where it hurts, in the middle of the season. At least this week provides us with a few more players that have value from now until the end of the season...

Written by Jacob Sloan about about 1 month ago 602 reads 0 comments
Fourth & 1 Debate: Two running backs worth stashing

Last week’s Fourth & 1 fantasy football roundtable debate asked, “Which two players are you stashing for the second half? Why?” I selected LeSean McCoy and Mike Bell as ...

Written by Jacob Sloan about about 1 month ago 263 reads 0 comments
Week Seven Hot Hands and Cold Shoulders: LenWhale Fall Down, Go Boom

Patrick Crayton just straight up offended me by complaining that he wasn’t told that he was being replaced in the starting lineup. Seriously? I guess he was the last to know. I knew two weeks ago...

Written by Jacob Sloan about about 1 month ago 251 reads 0 comments
On the Wire: Week Seven Fantasy Football Pickups, Drops and Names to Know by Now

In what was largely a return to form for the fantasy football community, several names you probably already know popped back on the scene. Some we’ve talked about before , some we’ve neglected to mention since the preseason...

Written by Jacob Sloan about about 1 month ago 937 reads 2 comments
Is Oakland's Darren McFadden Worth Keeping After Injuries and Production Pains?

In the most recent Fourth & 1 fantasy football roundtable debate, we tackle what players have lost the most keeper value this season besides LaDainian Tomlinson. I chose to single out Darren McFadden...

Written by Jacob Sloan about about 1 month ago 395 reads 20 comments
Fantasy Football: How to Get Your 0-5 Team to 1-5

It happens to the best of us. Sometimes teams don’t work out. You draft Darren McFadden higher than you should have—grumble grumble. You put the hopes of your fantasy team on a sleeper like Matt Cassel, who hasn’t panned out yet...

Written by Jacob Sloan about about 1 month ago 75 reads 0 comments
Fantasy Football: Hot Hands, Cold Shoulders, and Peyton Manning's Missing Arm

I once heard that Peyton Manning can hear us think our own thoughts. In the huddle, he thinks so hard that the middle linebacker opposing him get headaches...

Written by Jacob Sloan about about 1 month ago 90 reads 0 comments

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Jacob Sloan Article Archive

Fourth and One Debate: Waiver Wire Stashes for the NFL Fantasy Playoffs

The 4th-and-1 Debate: How To Avoid Fantasy Disappointments Next Season

On the Wire: Week 12 Pickups, Playoff Prep, and Matt Leinart

Give Fools your vote in the Fantasy Football Librarian's Readers' Choice Poll

Week 11 Hot Hand and Cold Shoulders: Twilight Edward vs. Jacob, who ya got?

Fourth & One Debate: Fantasy Strategy For Thursday Night Football

Bye, Bye Ronnie Brown: Foot Injury Takes RB to IR

Foolish Thoughts: Turner, Benson, Brown, Westbrook Struck by Fantasy Jinx

NFL Week 10 Hot Hands and Cold Shoulders: Thursday Night Football is for Lovers

Foolish Thoughts in Fantasy Football: California Dreams and NFL at 10

NFL Fantasy On the Wire: Week 10 Pickups Are Slim Pickings

Foolish Games We Play: Win Fame and Fortune with Fantasy Football in Week 9

Week Nine Hot Hands and Cold Shoulders: Any Given Sunday

Fourth & 1 Debate: Nine Moves to Make for the Fantasy Football Playoffs

On the Wire: Week Nine Fantasy Football Pickups and Must-Claims

Foolish Thoughts in Fantasy Football: Marc Bulger and Sunday Night Sadness

Starting Beanie Wells over Andre Johnson: Smart Play or Crazy Talk?

Fourth & One Debate: 'Buy low' Candidates for the Second Half

On the Wire: Week Eight Fantasy Football Pickups, Potential and Hoops Problems

Fourth & 1 Debate: Two running backs worth stashing

Week Seven Hot Hands and Cold Shoulders: LenWhale Fall Down, Go Boom

On the Wire: Week Seven Fantasy Football Pickups, Drops and Names to Know by Now

Is Oakland's Darren McFadden Worth Keeping After Injuries and Production Pains?

Fantasy Football: How to Get Your 0-5 Team to 1-5

Fantasy Football: Hot Hands, Cold Shoulders, and Peyton Manning's Missing Arm

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