Football Fan Spot

Every week, I point out the diamond in the rough gems sitting on the waiver wire that you want ASAP, the players owned in fewer than 30% of all leagues that should be owned in most. In addition to that this week, I’m doing an article called, “why are these…

  Defensive End/Rush Linebacker Illinois 6-4 261 Draft board overall prospect rank: #5 Draft board defensive end rank: #1 Overall rating: 92 (top ten prospect) 40 time: 4.63 Games watched: Illinois/Michigan, Illinois/Wisconsin, Illinois/Penn State, Illinois/Ohio State Positives ·         Incredibly productive 2011 season (57 tackles, 22.5 for loss, 16 sacks, 9 forced fumbles) ·         Very…

Spolight #1: Rutgers WR Mohamed Sanu Spotlight #2: Rutgers DE Manny Abreu  1st quarter 7:04: Manny Abreu blocked off the play by Don Barclay when run at. He’s been a non factor early in this game. He hasn’t done anything against either tackle, especially not Don Barclay, a projected late…

Spotlight #1: West Virginia CB Keith Tandy Spotlight #2: West Virginia OT Don Barclay  1st quarter 9:01: Don Barclay with a false start. 8:23: Barclay having trouble with Lindsey’s speed early, Lindsey with a quarterback pressure here. 7:31: Barclay really doesn’t look athletic. Lindsey blew right past him here. Geno…

  Spotlight #1: Marshall DE Vinny Curry Spotlight #2: West Virginia DE Bruce Irvin  1st quarter 9:30: Vinny Curry doesn’t quite get to the quarterback, but he gets free and hits the quarterback as he throws. Pass still completed, however. 8:41: Curry runs down a running back from behind. 3:39:…

  What is this? Well, in addition to our own Power Rankings, we are going to post this top 15 called the Ultimate Football Rankings (UFB Rankings). It’s compiled of a bunch of rankings of a bunch of good sites, including ours (see bottom) and adds a contrast to our…

  10/27/11 8 PM ET Virginia at Miami DE Cam Johnson (Virginia) #56 The 6-4 270 end projects to be a left end at the next level as he’s better against the run than as a pass rusher. In 6 games, he had 17 tackles, 5.5 for a loss, and…

Power Rankings will be more detailed next week The teams that are terrible  32. Buffalo Bills 0-7 31. Carolina Panthers 1-6 30. Cleveland Browns 2-5 29. Dallas Cowboys 1-6 The teams that are not quite as terrible, but still pretty terrible  28. San Francisco 49ers 2-6 27. Denver Broncos 2-6…

RB LeGarrette Blount- Tampa Bay Percent owned (ESPN): 18.5% For the 2nd straight week, Blount was Tampa’s lead back. He rushed for 120 yards on 22 carries and 2 scores and actually added 2 catches, something he was notoriously bad at in college. WR Davone Bess- Miami Percent owned (ESPN):…

  Last week overall: 8-5 Last week ATS: 8-5 (+170/+5%) Overall picks: 73-44 (.624) ATS Picks: 60-53-4 (+$1270) Lock picks: 6-2 Upset picks: 13-14 Sports Betting FAQ  Atlanta Falcons 34 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 Spread: -9 Atlanta Pick against spread: Tampa Bay 1 unit  Tampa Bay may have 5 wins,…