<Fantasy Football Advice>

Fantasy football is won in rounds 6-14 not rounds 1-5. That means that you can't miss on your first five fantasy football draft picks, but you have to get exceptional value from your late round picks. I have developed a method of getting players who may wake up from their long naps. First if a subscription site or a magazine is touting x-y and z as sleepers than they are not sleepers. What you need our guys who are going to have a chance to play during the year and will perform well when they get the chance to play. For instance, in Denver the running back situation is crazy. Shanny believes that he can get a thousand yards with anyone so it does not matter what the guys name is. Many fantasy football sites are pimping predicting Bell as the starter and Dwayne as the sleeper to win the job. However, if you dig in the stats then you will realize that both these guys are FRAGILE so the true sleeper is Cedric Cobbs. Cobbs presents a strong risk reward situation in the later rounds (10 plus).

However, Cedric is a risky type of sleeper my favorite sleepers are guys who have had success before and may get another opportunity to shine. For example, Green Bay’s backfield exhibits this type of condition. Everyone knows of Green Bay's horrible offensive line (the guards and center, the tackles are very good). Additionally, everyone knows of Green's injury problems. Finally, everyone saw what Gado could do with the ball last year. However, how many people know that Packers switched to a Zone-Blocking scheme? How many people know that Green has not been cleared to play? Many fantasy football team owners are assuming that Green is first on the depth chart than Gado, but everyone has forgotten about Davenport. Davenport is a football player that has enjoyed success in the past, and is number one on the depth chart. In fact Gado fell to 4th on the depth chart, because he was having a hard time adjusting to the zone blocking scheme. You can get Davenport after the (10 round).

My final example comes via the J-E-T-S. They have the fertile soil from which the fantasy football sleeper seed may grow. The J-E-T-S have a new coach, who is not loyal to Martin. Furthermore, Martin has not be cleared to play. Therefore, the Coach is free to find the next Curtis Martin. His two prime choices are Cedrick Houston or Derrick Blaylock? My money is on Derrick Blaylock for later in the year to emerge. Check out his stats from the 2004-2005 NFL season with KC. Right now both are getting reps with the first team, with Cedrick getting the lion share, but that might because of his lack of NFL experience. Blaylock has the track-record to separate himself once they go live.

Now how do I locate these situations? I use many different news sources as you can tell from using the links. Simply go to Google or Yahoo and enter a player name in to the search box and then run your search in the news database. I also use the antsports boards to check out homer reports. Use the link above or below to visits Ants. I also listen to Sirius Satellite Radio. Click on the Sirius banner to the right of this post or the banner below to register for a free three day trial on your internet. The NFL channel is awesome. Or simply just buy Sirius using the savings provided for by the below coupon.

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