Oakland Raiders Fantasy Projections

The Raiders formally admitted the biggest mistake in franchise history this offseason, dumping former top overall pick JaMarcus Russell. He’s now part of a criminal trial, and is (shockingly) still a free agent. Meanwhile, the Raiders move on. But to what? Let’s look at the fantasy value, if there is any, on the Raiders’ roster. [...]

2010 IDP Defensive Lineman Rankings

UPDATED: August 24, 2010 The Defensive Lineman position is the shallowest Individual Defensive Player (IDP) spot to draft for. While there is a fair amount of consistency at this position year to year (this year’s Top 5 is basically the same as last year’s), the position depth is quite limited. That fact alone may be [...]

Week 7 NFL Injury Report

Week 7 ~ IDP Starts and Rankings – You Down with IDP?

Injuries are just tearing up the IDP fantasy landscape this season, including what seems like an unusually high number of the season-ending kind, for prominent players. We already lost guys like Brian Urlacher, Leodis McKelvin and Stewart Bradley for 2009, now this week we had a few more. Bengals sacks leader and top three fantasy [...]

Fantasy Football Preview – AFC – Week Seven

Minnesota at Pittsburgh – 1:00 pm EST Sunday Pittsburgh hasn’t allowed a running back to eclipse 100 yards in a couple years. Adrian Peterson doesn’t care. The Vikings’ back blew up all over the Ravens defense last week, and the Vikings handled a good Baltimore defense easily. They did, however, give up plenty of yards [...]

Week 6 ~ IDP Starts and Rankings – IDP, Do You?

We at Top Fantasy have decided to break up our weekly defense articles into team and individual columns. Unfortunately, my colleague Chris Todish and I got our wires crossed and we both did a team defense piece. Next week, look for Chris to keep you up -to-date with weekly IDP start and sit suggestions. This [...]

Week 2 ~ Start and Sit ~ Team Defense and IDP

Last week I went 13-3 in my picks. I lost on the Panthers upset I predicted: Delhomme flat out stank it up. I missed the Jets-Texans call, and thanks to the last minute fluke play by the Bronco’s Brandon Stokely, I missed the Denver-Cincy game. Not bad for a week one full of odd surprises [...]

Fantasy Replacements – IDP – Injuries and Impact – Week 2

Football is one of those high contact sports that result in a lot of injuries, and generally they come early in the season, mostly due to a lack of playing time, and a general warped sense of humor from the football gods. When we draft our individual defensive players, we tend not to waste bench [...]

NFL Week One Fantasy Football Advice

Individual defensive player (IDP) fantasy superstar Brian Urlacher had season-ending surgery today. Jay Cutler stunk up the house running for his life against a shocking Green Bay defense. Green Bay’s defense is only 68% owned in Yahoo leagues and looked like a top five defense in week one. Bear’s wide receiver Earl Bennett looks to [...]

Week 1 Fantasy Domination: Last Minute Updates, Offense and IDP

Tomorrow the rest of the NFL action kicks off, as do our fantasy games. If you guys are like we are, you’re doing last minute obsessing about who so start, who to sit, checking the injury reports, and second guessing your flex position line-up decisions. Our goal at Top Fantasy Football is to help you [...]

NFC North Fantasy Preview: Week One

Finally! The roster tweaking is done (unless you’re still waiting for Richard Seymour to show up), the rookies are establishing their roles, you’ve got all your starters named (unless you’re Eric Man-genius) and it’s time to play the games. But now that your drafts are complete and the rosters are set, who should I play? [...]

Week 1 ~ Start and Sit ~ Team Defense and IDP

Tomorrow, tomorrow, it’s football tomorrow, kick-off’s just a day away. Yes, I’m doing my NFL happy dance and bastardizing old show tunes. We all have our preseason rituals, so don’t bash mine. I’m talking specifically to that guy in Des Moines who’s trying shave a football field in his chest hair. Damn, now I’ll have [...]

2009 Fantasy Football Team Defense Rankings ~ Final Preseason Update

Updated October 6th ~ Find most current team defense rankings here. With the season starting in a mere two days, there is not a whole lot to update, but at Top Fantasy Football we try to keep you as current as possible, and a few teams have been making moves, up and down. Even the [...]