Fantasy Football Begins to March

Its March and fantasy football is already stirring any many of our hearts. A chance to defend our titles or take others. Then money that has been won has been converted into TVs, computers, car-payments, expensive dinners, cigars, et al. The trophies are sitting on the mantles, bookshelves, and trophy cases in our dens and family rooms. Winning fantasy football playoffs and championships is quite a rewarding accomplish and the drive to win has been rekindled.

The NFL Combine has just finished. This is a chance for a lot of us to judge the abilities of certain rookies to sock away for later on our fantasy football draft cheat-sheet. With Bloody Monday about to occur fantasy football could be all that more interesting. Big names are getting cut and certain players whose teams are well below the salary cap might benefit. If Houston can grab a couple guys for their OL, DD, AJ, and DC could all benefit. Same thing can be said about Arizona's team. Arizona's running back did nothing in his rookie year, but that could improve with the addition of quality offensive line men. Right now I am pegging JJ as a fantasy football sleeper for the 2006 season. In a 12-man draft I would not pick him until pick 45. This could change depending on what Arizona does in the NFL Draft and in Free Agency and how Bloody Monday goes down.

JJ was good in college running for Cal. He displays heart and determination and was the only player on that Cal team who showed up to the Holiday Bowl. However, I was sad to see the guy do nothing last year. He displayed no toughness. The guy never saw a tackle that he wanted to break. However, if he is allowed to get into the secondary clean he is gone. He is a fast and catches the ball extremely well, but Arizona's OL was designed for pass blocking and not run blocking and failed to get a surge off the ball. Hopefully, Arizona can correct this with a combination of better talent on the OL and better coaching. Arizona has hired a OL coach and has money to spend. If AZ allows JJ to compete for the starting job look for him to rebound nicely. I play in PPR leagues and therefore his catching ability makes him an even better pick.

Regardless, fantasy football continues to march along.