17 Free Fantasy Football Quick Reads

There is not much more annoying for a fantasy football owner doing their research than clicking somewhere only to be told that the content is for “Premium Members” and they are not allowed access…unless of course they want to join. 

Fantasy Football Quick Reads are a collection of FREE fantasy football links for you from around the net.  Choose what applies to you and have a look before the boss comes back around the corner…

I was recently somewhat disappointed when Adrian Peterson fell to me at No. 3 in an Experts PPR league.  I never thought that Peterson would have fell and was liking the idea of either Maurice Jones-Drew or Matt Forte leading my team in the format.  I will learn to live with it and it was likely for the best. 

When playing in a PPR (Points per reception) league you have to shake up your Running Back rankings a little bit. FFJungle.com gives their Top 40 Rankings with PPR HERE.

Kevin at FantasyFootballCalculator.com poses this question…Late Round WRs, do you take a risk or play it safe? Myself, I’m more worried about putting points up with my No. 3 WR than I’m “discovering” the next best player.  If I’m high on a sleeper I will take him, not for the discovery bragging rights, but because he fits in my plans to win.

Offseason moves can help and hinder the fantasy football outlook of not only the player changing places but the team he joins or leaves behind. KansasCityStar.com has a look at some of the players making a move this year and what it does to their fantasy stock.

Scott Pianowski at Yahoo Sports makes a good point regarding NFL Strength Schedule. Fantasy owners should be more worried about putting together a strong roster than guessing about how the NFL schedule will be playing out months from now.

Sports Data Hub isn’t buying Philip Rivers after crunching the numbers.

Pancake Blocks thinks Matt Schaub will be the No. 1 QB this year.

There are some very important position battles going on in camp at the Running Back position. Have a look at what Mike Harmon at ESPN has to say on these.

Pro Football Weekly has a nice writeup on which No. 3 WRs are ready to take off. The way the WR position is flying off draft boards this is some important information here!

The Hazean beats me to the punch on the Most Overrated RBs for 2009.  Another article in the “draft” bin I can scrap. Procrastination gets you nowhere Lee!

I love looking at Average Draft position (ADP) and seeing where these players are going.  There are some things that you have to take into consideration though, FantasyFootball.com has a look.

FFGeekBlog has updated their Running Back Cheat Sheet. Pierre Thomas is moving on up!

Terrell Owens fantasy football production this season is being questioned. Fantasy Pros 911 have a look at whether or not you should throw a draft pick at him.

KFFL tells about a message being sent to Dwayne Bowe. A message that has him demoted to practicing with the 2nd and 3rd stringers.

Adam Levitan at RotoWorld.com has a look at the tailbacks on bad football teams.  Interesting nugget they throw out there…

“Over the last 10 seasons, just 19 running backs have managed to be a top-10 fantasy back while their team had a losing record.”

Should you use a Fantasy Football draft pick on injured Wide Receivers like Steve Smith and Antonio Bryant? Gene Wang at The Washington Post asks an Orthopedic Surgeon for fantasy purposes.

The New York Giants Wide Receiver position could lead to an uprising fantasy star. But which one? 4for4.com has a look at the NY Steve Smith.

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