1. NFL Power Rankings Week 2

    Since 1990, 64 percent of teams that have started the season with a 2-0 record have gone to the postseason. Seven teams have started 2-0 this year, and two of those teams face off in Week 3...

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  2. Fantasy Football: Some Possible Waiver Wire Pickups Heading into Week 3

    It's more challenging for fantasy owners in the beginning of the season than it is as the season wears on. We, as fantasy owners, compare players who have a strong week (or two) and are available in our league(s) to those currently on our roster...

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  3. Fantasy Football: Start'em, Sit'em for Week 2

    Like forecasting the weather, setting your fantasy lineup and/or ranking fantasy players is simply an exercise in probability. Let's pretend that we can turn the clocks back seven days and that I asked you three specific start-sit questions...

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  4. NFL Picks Against the Spread (ATS): 3 Winners for Week 2

    Kicking off the season with the Patriots , Bills and Titans in Week 1, I started the season with two covers and a push...

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  5. 2011 NFL Fantasy Football: Quarterback Rankings for Week 2

    Heading into the season, many NFL analysts expected defenses to be ahead of offenses due to the lack of (offseason) organized team activies (OTAs)...

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  6. Fantasy Football Rankings Week 2: Running Backs

    The Pittsburgh Steelers have had one of the stingiest run defenses in the NFL for some time. Over the past seven seasons, they have ranked first, second or third against the run every year...

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  7. 2011 NFL Fantasy Football: Wide Receiver Rankings for Week 2

    There were all kinds of passing records set this week : net passing yards (7,842), the number of 300-yard passing games (14), the number of 400-yard passing games (four), etc. Believe it or not, not a single NFL player had double-digit receptions...

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  8. 2011 Fantasy Football: Waiver Wire Pickups Heading into Week 2

    It's often said that the NFL has turned into a passing or quarterback-driven league. If our evidence is Week 1 production, it is an open-and-shut case...

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  9. Fantasy Football Week One: Updated Wide Receivers Rankings

    In the season opener between the Packers and Saints, five receivers finished with nine (or more) fantasy points...

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  10. 2011 Fantasy Football Week 1: Our Updated Running Back Rankings

    In the opening night game between the Packers and Saints, there were a bunch of running backs (four to be exact) that were in my initial top 40 but outside of my top 25: Green Bay's ...

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  11. 2011 NFL Fantasy Football: Our Updated Quarterback Rankings for Week 1

    Since we released our initial Week 1 rankings, the Saints and Packers opened up the season with a 76-point shootout...

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  12. Week 1 NFL Picks Against the Spread: Titans, Bills and Chiefs to Cover

    Despite the contentious labor battle this offseason between NFL owners and players and what appeared to be a legitimate possibility of the season being delayed because of it, the NFL season is already under way...

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  13. Marques Colston Has Broken Collarbone, out 4 Weeks

    Not only did the Saints lose to the Packers in their opener, they have lost their best receiver for four weeks to a broken collarbone...

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  14. Fantasy Football Week 1 Start Em Sit Em

    Like last year, we will bring you a list of players that have favorable fantasy match-ups and a list of those who don't on a weekly basis. Of course, as an alternative, you can view our fantasy rankings at TheTipDrill...

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  15. Fantasy Football Week 1 Rankings: Wide Receivers

    The NFL season opens up in roughly 24 hours from now when the Green Bay Packers host the New Orleans Saints , the two most recent Super Bowl champions...

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  16. Fantasy Football Rankings 2011: Initial Week 1 Running Back Rankings

    There are three elite running backs in the AFC South: Tennessee 's Chris Johnson, Houston's Arian Foster and Jacksonville 's Maurice Jones-Drew...

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  17. 2011 NFL Fantasy Football: Initial Week 1 Quarterback Rankings

    Over Labor Day weekend, we updated our full-season rankings for those of you that still have your fantasy draft(s) coming up. If you have a draft tonight, this is for you ...

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  18. NFL Predictions 2011: Still a 2-Team Battle in the AFC East

    In a quarterback-driven league, it's no shocker that teams with great quarterbacks do well and the Patriots have certainly done well over the past decade...

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  19. Fantasy Football Rankings 2011: Our Updated Wide Receiver Rankings

    The NFL opens its season with the Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints with Thursday Night Football...

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  20. 2011 Fantasy Football: Our Updated Running Back Rankings

    Can you believe it's September already, the college football season has already started and we are only five days from the 2011 NFL season opener between the Packers and Saints ...

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  21. Fantasy Football Rankings 2011: Updated Quarterback Rankings

    Although the start of the 2011 season is just around the corner, plenty of folks will have their fantasy football draft(s) between now and Sept. 8 when the last two Super Bowl winners square off at Lambeau Field to open the season...

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  22. Updated 2011 Fantasy Football QB Rankings: Philip Rivers Moves Up to 3rd

    With the lockout, bulk of free-agency moves and start of the pre-season behind us, there isn't a ton of movement in our fantasy quarterback rankings for 2011 since our last ranking update...

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  23. Fantasy Football Rankings 2011: Running Backs (Updated)

    At this point I do not believe that Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson will hold out for the entire season. In fact I don't believe that he'll miss any regular-season games...

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  24. Updated 2011 NFL Fantasy Football Rankings: Wide Receivers

    The Eagles have been dubbed the "Dream Team" by the team's new backup quarterback, Vince Young. So far, however, it's been more of a nightmare for their receiving corps...

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  25. Fantasy Football Rankings 2011: Running Backs in Point-Per-Reception Leagues

    Generally speaking, there isn't a huge difference for most running backs when comparing the fantasy value using point-per-reception (PPR) versus standard scoring...

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