Month: January 2013

Sports Wunderkind Experts Versus Averages Fantasy Hockey

Posted on by Davis Mattek
Sidney Crosby may very well win the Sports Wunderkind league

Last night, myself and 5 other fantasy industry personalities drafted against 6 regular guys who registered either through ESPN or on the fantasy hockey subreddit. The link to the league is here; the scoring system is roto with the categories of: goals, assists, +/-, PIM, FOW, SOG, PP, SHP, Wins, Saves, SO, GAA, SV%. The scoring system makes skaters a little more valuable than standard roto categories, which is why the rosters are a little different. Each time starts 9 forwards, 5 defensemen, 1 ultilty…

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3 Potential Quarterbacks For Chip Kelly’s NFL Offense

Posted on by Davis Mattek
Chip Kelly NFL...the time has come.

Chip Kelly’s NFL offense already has sports writers in a tizzy. All of the various combinations are very intriguing. The burning question for the upcoming season with the new hire of Chip Kelly is ‘Who is going to be running the offense?’ Several writers have dug up quotes from the last off-season, indicating that Kelly is a fan of Foles. However, Foles height and lumbering movement will prevent him from running the zone read/read option that is the staple of Kelly’s offense that ran a…

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2013 MLB Fantasy First Base Rankings

Posted on by Davis Mattek

First base is a position that can make or break your team. Drafting one in the first round can be a horrible mistake if they don’t perform significantly better than their peers; that means that identifying a solid sleeper or getting good production out of the position for a cheaper price is very important. Targets that I like this year include Paul Konerko, Paul Goldschmidt and Lance Berkman. Paul Konerko is a criminally underrated first base play, always good for solid power numbers and an…

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The Best Sports Podcasts

Posted on by Davis Mattek

It’s important to know the Best Sports Podcasts. There just isn’t much good on TV. The odd episode of an enjoyable sitcom a few times a week, or a rerun you’ve seen 100 hundreds are about the only options. Sure, there are plenty of good movies out, but that’s a significant investment of time. One of the most underutilized forms of entertainment is the podcast. Always new, due to their relative ease of productive, podcasts are an awesome way to stay entertained constantly if you…

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2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Catchers

Posted on by Davis Mattek

With fantasy football season over and real football coming to it’s close, the time has come to begin delving into 2013 fantasy baseball rankings. Over the next couple weeks while we wait for pitchers and catchers to report, I will be posting positional rankings for fantasy baseball. This is the first set of rankings for catchers. You will probably notice several things that are in line with other rankings from other sites and a few things that are very different. Salvador Perez should be a…

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