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Week 10 RB Ranks

Posted by in Fantasy Advice on Nov 11th 2011 (Print This)

Week 10 is the make or break week for most fantasy owners. If you are already out of the running in your fantasy league, you probably won't be reading this. But for all the owners that are reading this, remember that we are the secret weapon that no one knows about. The fantasy football ninja that can take a lousy draft and make your squad into a contender. From our free draft kits, to our Free Q&A in the pre-season, we work for you the reader. We don't sell advice, we offer the chance to dominate your league and become champions. Like we tell all of our subscribers all you have to do is make the playoffs and then it's anyone's ball game. Thursday Night Football I'll be honest, I hate Thursday night football. The only time the NFL should... read more

Week ten is the odd week of the NFL schedule. All 32 NFL teams will be in action for the first time since week 4. Even though in week 11, the last four teams have their bye weeks. It is also the start of Thursday night football. The slate of Thursday night games other than the Thanksgiving games have been well... Not so great. It is a good thing since half of the country couldn't even watch those games because they are on the NFL network. I can tell you, that you didn't miss anything. Starting this Thursday there is actually a decent matchup. The Raiders coming off a heartbreaking loss to the Tebowing Broncos and the Chargers who are on the tour of misery 2011. Flash... read more

1st Look: Week 9 Running Back Ranks

Posted by in 1st Look on Nov 1st 2011 and last modified on Nov 2nd 2011. (Print This)

Every Tuesday, we drop the earliest ranks in the industry. Only our Brotherhood All-Access Members get the early information.  Our ranks are heavily weighted due to so many injury concerns. There are a ton this week. RB Darren McFadden was injured in week 7, and the went into the bye week. There has been little information coming out of Oakland regarding his injury. If McFadden is ready to go, he will have a great matchup against the Broncos. RB Ryan Mathews left the game last night with an apparent groin injury. With Mike Tolbert already out, RB Curtis Brinkley was able to come in late and make some noise scoring a touchdown and a two point conversion. Mathews has a short week to get ready for the Packers this weekend. We will be watching this injury closely. Giants RB Ahmad... read more

Week 8 RB Ranks

Posted by in Fantasy Advice on Oct 28th 2011 and last modified on Oct 29th 2011. (Print This)

We enter week 8 dealing with all sort of things that have been making a mess of your fantasy squad. Things like bye weeks, injuries and then the under performers. There have been some disappointing RBs this season but that is to be expected. This happens every season. The majority of time you can almost always categorize the reasons for under-performing into two categories.  Injuries and age. Then there is the third category. The there is something very wrong but we don't know what category. Titans Chris Johnson is the epitome of this last group. Currently Chris Johnson is 32nd in the NFL in rushing with 268 yards, only 2 yards ahead of QB Cam Newton. Rookie RB DeMarco Murray ran for 253 yards in week 7. Johnson's 44 yards per game is good enough to rank 32nd. his 2.9 yards per carry... read more

1ST LOOK: RB Week 8

Posted by in Fantasy Advice on Oct 25th 2011 (Print This)

Forget the bye week blues, owners were suffering from the black and blue blues. I was also effected by this in week 7. To be more specific along with my two starting running back my fantasy season with friends just went down the toilet.  My chances of finishing .500 or better let alone winning my league with freinds was all but shot by 1:20 p.m. Sunday afternoon. I lost Marshawn Lynch before he even dressed for the game after being a late scratch and then I lose Earnest Graham for the season after just 3 measly touches. There were R.I.P. jokes about my team on the League message board, mostly sent in by me. You can only laugh when you get 3 touches from two of your starting RBs. There were a ton... read more

Week 6 RB Ranks

Posted by in Fantasy Advice on Oct 14th 2011 (Print This)

Back To Back RBs? At the end of a long week we have just what you need to start the weekend off right. Positional ranks! We are entering week two of the NFL bye week season and the talent at RB is thinning out. We have been debating at the Brotherhood HQ whether we would draft our teams differently if we could. The answer is probably. Here is why. For statistical purposes lets use a half point PPR league scoring format so that both sides of the scoring league setup can get a feel for the stats I am going to use. Using a half point PPR scoring league to make a general point. About 70% of the top twelve highest average scoring RBs were ranked in our top 12... read more

  It's official the RB position is impossible to figure out. Ok well not really but the hyperbole is a nice touch by me. If I asked you to name every RB that is in the top ten in rushing yards, how many could you name? Or if I told you that there are 23 RBs that have scored two or more rushing touchdowns this season but Arian Foster, Cedric Benson and Matt Forte are not on that list. Or that DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart have a total of one rushing touchdown between them. What's my point? There is a reason why we encourage owners to make sure that they hit at the RB position on draft night. It is very important just look at who is leading your fantasy league and who is on their roster. The... read more

Week 5 RB Ranks

Posted by in Fantasy Advice on Oct 7th 2011 (Print This)

The Brotherhood rolls into the Bye weeks as the fantasy season is flying right along. It feels like only last week, when we all were wondering if there would even be a season. This weeks write up will be much shorter due to on going festivities and preparation for a Fantasy Brother wedding. FB Paul ties the knot, gets hitched, attaches the ball and chain tomorrow and every other cliche available. I would like to congratulate Paul and wish him and his lovely bride all the love and happiness that they could ever want. Cleveland, Dallas, Miami,St. Louis,Washington and Baltimore are all on bye weeks. Which means the percentage of RB1s available just went down by at least 2o%.  The good news is the early bye allows Peyton Hillis, Daniel Thomas and Steven Jackson... read more

Every Tuesday the Brotherhood unleashes our Members only 1ST LOOK: Ranks. Depending on your league scoring you saw a ton of scoring from your RBs. The Running Backs have taken a backseat so far early on in the season to high flying pass offenses. We finally saw the elite backs make some noise on the field instead of on the trainers table. Even though RB Frank Gore didn't get the start, owners that took the risk, were rewarded with his best game by far of the early season. It took a full month but RB Chris Johnson finally broke the century mark. RB Steven Jackson returned to lineups and put up decent numbers, playing his first full game of the season.  RB Fred Jackson continues to stay hot after piling up 98 total yards... read more

Fantasy Football Brothers takes a 1ST LOOK at the RBs heading into week 4. There is growing concern around the quagmire that is the Panthers backfield and the Packers backfield as well. The Panthers backs are playing like second stringers instead of 1A and 1B. Owners are wise to take a wait and see approach. They are too valuable to cut and aren't worth nearly what they were heading into week 1. The Packers have gone from trying to get RB James Starks more involved to now saying they need to get Ryan Grant more involved. What to believe? They are entering the Patriots zone. You don't know who will be the better play each week. On the injury front Frank Gore got hurt and missed the end of the game. Reports right... read more