http://ffiwot.com It's Not Just About Winning the Regular Season Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:57:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A relatively uneventful week in that there were no season ending injuries or emerging stars to grab and hold so lets talk about a couple guys who started the season injured. First of all, there has been some buzz this week about rookie running back Ryan Torain (RB Den) who looks ... http://ffiwot.com/archives/178 Keep playing the system, we are in the thick of things. One question that arises is what if you have a bench spot to play with and there is no one worth grabbing (based on the FFIWOT System)? FFIWOT Rule: Serving up the Reactionaries. When a bench spot is open and there is ... http://ffiwot.com/archives/176 Another exciting week of Football and now it's time to plan for week 5. From a FFIWOT strategic point of view this is a slow moving week. Lets face it, our strategy is to pick diamonds in the rough at running back and sell them later int he season when their ... http://ffiwot.com/archives/173 The first three weeks are past us now and we have uncovered some sleepers like Aaron Rogers (QB GB) and complained about some superstuds putting up superdud numbers like Derek Anderson (QB Cle). He have seen Tom Brady (QB NE) go down and we have sung Kombayah until we can ... http://ffiwot.com/archives/170 Tuesday.... This week is a trading week as there is not much on the waiver wire in most leagues. Below is a list of deals and steals to trade for, and a list of OVPs (overly valued players) to trade away while their perceived value is high. Lastly are the ... http://ffiwot.com/archives/156 The FFIWOT strategy is not a rigid one. In some years this would be a week to pick up steals and deals while in other years, like this one, this is a trading week. There just isn't much out there in the Free Agent market right now that wasn't identified ... http://ffiwot.com/archives/158 Its been a long day of offering many, many trades and keeping an eye for dropped gold. After the first week you get a lot of emotional and reactionary owners dropping prime time players because they didn't have a spectacular first game. On the flip side, the people act like ... http://ffiwot.com/archives/150 Wow, isn't it funny how we are always surprised after week one by the wins and losses and how little it usually means in the big picture. The big news of course is Tom Brady (QB NE) out for the year. We'll go game by game and analyze the fantasy ... http://ffiwot.com/archives/147 HEAD COACHES There wasn't a lot of head coaching moves this year and the new kids in town are all on teams that don't really look like they will make much of an impact this year. Teams with new head coaches include: Atlanta : Mike Smith Baltimore: John Harbaugh Miami: Tony Sparano Jim Zorn I don't ... http://ffiwot.com/archives/144 For those who follow this blog you know FFIWOT (click here for WTF is FFIWOT) does not put a lot of stock in the preseason. Who cares what what star players do for one quarter against a bunch of third stringers looking to make the team or guys who know ... http://ffiwot.com/archives/136