Fantasy Football and the NFL Preseason.

We are close to the first NFL kickoff since the pro-bowl, and the first kick off with fantasy football implications since week 16. Come to think about it, we will see NBC's first NFL broadcast in sometime, and we will see John Madden enshrined in the Hall of Fame. Not a bad night for sports fans...not a bad night for fantasy football fans. What a great night for John Madden…Congrats big guy! The only thing is many fantasy football team owners do not know how to use the preseason to their advantage.

When I view preseason games I am keying in to certain aspects of the game. In the passing game, the only thing I am concerned with is targets. Targets are how many times a quarterback attempts to throw a pass to any given player. Last year I saw LaMont Jordan get like fifty dump passes in the preseason...which meant he was going to be a PPR monster. At the same time don't believe the hype about a player mashing on a team's 3rd string. It just does not mean that much.

I also view preseason games in hopes of determining who my kicker is going to be. Pride is everything in the NFL and an offense will try everything to score in the red-zone. On the other hand, D's will clamp down in the red-zone. It is all about effort. Therefore, you can determine the teams that are most likely to struggle in the red-zone...thus meaning more FG's for their kicker. Case in point the Cards were miserable last year in the Red-Zone, but Rackers did quite well for himself and his fantasy football owners.

As the games begin I will continue to discuss the fantasy football implications of the NFL Preseason.

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