Footballguys teams up (1 Viewer)

[Chase Stuart]

http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07...h-footballguys/

Over the next four weeks, Footballguys.com will provide fantasy football content for The Fifth Down blog. About 20 million people play fantasy football, and about 19,999,999 are looking for an edge (except for That Guy).

But even if you’re not an enthusiast, the observations and arguments in the daily blog posts should be relevant to non-fantasy fans.

Subscribers to Footballguys receive five sets of projections and many more sets of rankings, including ones specialized for redraft leagues, dynasty leagues and points per reception leagues. My favorite part of Footballguys is the Draft Dominator, the best drafting tool I’ve ever seen.

You’ll also get access to hundreds of preseason articles, including player spotlights, player face-offs and my player points series (all three available here: http://footballguys.com/articles.php).

Footballguys’ free daily e-mail list is available at http://footballguys.com/updates.php.

We welcome your feedback and hope you enjoy the series.

Here's the first of the 20 articles written by FBG staffers that will appear on the Fifth Down Blog over the next four weeks:http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07...-running-backs/

In 1989, Barry Sanders helped start the trend of declaring for the N.F.L. draft while forgoing remaining college eligibility. These days, it’s common to see talented juniors leave school a year early and “take their talents” to the N.F.L. Running backs typically have the easiest adjustment to the next level; unsurprisingly, we see several young running backs declare early for the draft every season. What does this mean for fantasy owners?

I noted the age of all running backs who ranked in the top 24 in each of the last 40 seasons (using a scoring system of 6 points for all rushing/receiving touchdowns, 0.1 points per rushing/receiving yard, and 0.5 points per reception). As you can see, over the past couple of seasons, very young running backs are becoming bigger fantasy factors:

(Rest of post available here.)

 

[Joe Bryant]

And Chase is being modest here. This is mostly "Chase kicks butt and lands a gig with the NYTimes and helps Footballguys".

Great job, GB.

J

 

[Warpig]

 

[Tau837]

And Chase is being modest here. This is mostly "Chase kicks butt and lands a gig with the NYTimes and helps Footballguys".Great job, GB.J

Great stuff. Hoping not too many of my leaguemates read the NY Times...

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

And Chase is being modest here. This is mostly "Chase kicks butt and lands a gig with the NYTimes and helps Footballguys".Great job, GB.J

Great stuff. Hoping not too many of my leaguemates read the NY Times...

Don't worry about that. Circulation of the NYT and almost every other news paper (except the WSJ) drops every single month. Being that 88% of the NYT online readers wont even sign up for their freepaywall trial, the NYT is dying rather quickly. I am not trying to rain on anyone's parade, it is still pretty cool to be featured in it. Congrats!

 

[Jason Wood]

Very excited for this

 

[Matt Waldman]

My first contribution for this series. RB Turnover

 

[Joe Bryant]

Don't worry about that. Circulation of the NYT and almost every other news paper (except the WSJ) drops every single month. Being that 88% of the NYT online readers wont even sign up for their freepaywall trial, the NYT is dying rather quickly.

Yeah, I told them their little paper sucked and would be out of business soon as they have no readers. But just to be nice, we went ahead and threw them a bone. What can we say, we're givers. J

 

[dagwood]

http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07...h-footballguys/

Over the next four weeks, Footballguys.com will provide fantasy football content for The Fifth Down blog. About 20 million people play fantasy football, and about 19,999,999 are looking for an edge (except for That Guy).

But even if you’re not an enthusiast, the observations and arguments in the daily blog posts should be relevant to non-fantasy fans.

Subscribers to Footballguys receive five sets of projections and many more sets of rankings, including ones specialized for redraft leagues, dynasty leagues and points per reception leagues. My favorite part of Footballguys is the Draft Dominator, the best drafting tool I’ve ever seen.

You’ll also get access to hundreds of preseason articles, including player spotlights, player face-offs and my player points series (all three available here: http://footballguys.com/articles.php).

Footballguys’ free daily e-mail list is available at http://footballguys.com/updates.php.

We welcome your feedback and hope you enjoy the series.

Here's the first of the 20 articles written by FBG staffers that will appear on the Fifth Down Blog over the next four weeks:http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07...-running-backs/

In 1989, Barry Sanders helped start the trend of declaring for the N.F.L. draft while forgoing remaining college eligibility. These days, it’s common to see talented juniors leave school a year early and “take their talents” to the N.F.L. Running backs typically have the easiest adjustment to the next level; unsurprisingly, we see several young running backs declare early for the draft every season. What does this mean for fantasy owners?

I noted the age of all running backs who ranked in the top 24 in each of the last 40 seasons (using a scoring system of 6 points for all rushing/receiving touchdowns, 0.1 points per rushing/receiving yard, and 0.5 points per reception). As you can see, over the past couple of seasons, very young running backs are becoming bigger fantasy factors:

(Rest of post available here.)

Nice job!!

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

Don't worry about that. Circulation of the NYT and almost every other news paper (except the WSJ) drops every single month. Being that 88% of the NYT online readers wont even sign up for their freepaywall trial, the NYT is dying rather quickly.

Yeah, I told them their little paper sucked and would be out of business soon as they have no readers.J

You didn't tell them anything that they didn't already know. Sadly news papers are dying faster than magazines.

 

[Maroney=Speed]

Don't worry about that. Circulation of the NYT and almost every other news paper (except the WSJ) drops every single month. Being that 88% of the NYT online readers wont even sign up for their freepaywall trial, the NYT is dying rather quickly.

Yeah, I told them their little paper sucked and would be out of business soon as they have no readers.J

You didn't tell them anything that they didn't already know. Sadly news papers are dying faster than magazines.

What is this all about? This is Great news for Footballguys, why not be happy for Chase and the rest of the Guys?Great Job, Chase.

 

[Joe Bryant]

Don't worry about that. Circulation of the NYT and almost every other news paper (except the WSJ) drops every single month. Being that 88% of the NYT online readers wont even sign up for their freepaywall trial, the NYT is dying rather quickly.

Yeah, I told them their little paper sucked and would be out of business soon as they have no readers.J

You didn't tell them anything that they didn't already know. Sadly news papers are dying faster than magazines.

What is this all about? This is Great news for Footballguys, why not be happy for Chase and the rest of the Guys?Great Job, Chase.

Thanks Maroney. We're really stoked about it. Dying or not , it's an honor to be featured in the Times and I'm really proud of Chase, Matt, Cecil, Sigmund and Jason. It's a testament to how good those guys are and how hard they work. J

 

[Jason Wood]

Don't worry about that. Circulation of the NYT and almost every other news paper (except the WSJ) drops every single month. Being that 88% of the NYT online readers wont even sign up for their freepaywall trial, the NYT is dying rather quickly.

Yeah, I told them their little paper sucked and would be out of business soon as they have no readers.

J

You didn't tell them anything that they didn't already know. Sadly news papers are dying faster than magazines.

What is this all about? This is Great news for Footballguys, why not be happy for Chase and the rest of the Guys?Great Job, Chase.

Thanks Maroney. We're really stoked about it. Dying or not , it's an honor to be featured in the Times and I'm really proud of Chase, Matt, Cecil and Sigmund and Wood. It's a testament to how good those guys are and how hard they work.

J

Dang...Joe's forgetting about a brother

 

[Matt Waldman]

Dang...Joe's forgetting about a brother

Dude, you got it going on! Everyone knows that. It looked like you wrote about half of the site's content for the past two weeks. BTW - interesting article Joe posted on his FB Wall about Internet and the revenue the Times generated in advertising that exceeded the Huffington post despite far fewer readers...I think newspapers and magazines are changing dramatically, but I think their complete demise will be greatly exaggerated when we look back 20 years from now.

 

[Joe Bryant]

Dang...Joe's forgetting about a brother

Sorry GB. Your 10,000 page Watchlist articles had me assuming your hand was in everything without even saying... J

 

[TheFanatic]

Dang...Joe's forgetting about a brother

Sorry GB. Your 10,000 page Watchlist articles had me assuming your hand was in everything without even saying... J

The Wood is implied...Congrats Chase and FBG!!! This is still really cool!!

 

[Jason Wood]

Dang...Joe's forgetting about a brother

Sorry GB. Your 10,000 page Watchlist articles had me assuming your hand was in everything without even saying... J

I was just giving you grief. In that quintet, I'm like Pete Best to their Paul, John, George and Ringo.

 

[Maroney=Speed]

Dang...Joe's forgetting about a brother

Sorry GB. Your 10,000 page Watchlist articles had me assuming your hand was in everything without even saying... J

I was just giving you grief. In that quintet, I'm like Pete Best to their Paul, John, George and Ringo.

Who's Pete Best?

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

Don't worry about that. Circulation of the NYT and almost every other news paper (except the WSJ) drops every single month. Being that 88% of the NYT online readers wont even sign up for their freepaywall trial, the NYT is dying rather quickly.

Yeah, I told them their little paper sucked and would be out of business soon as they have no readers.J

You didn't tell them anything that they didn't already know. Sadly news papers are dying faster than magazines.

What is this all about? This is Great news for Footballguys, why not be happy for Chase and the rest of the Guys?Great Job, Chase.

I made the comment because another poster said that they were worried about their league mates reading the NYT and seeing the article. I just pointed out that the medium is quickly sinking with out any sort of life raft around. I am happy for the guys and its cool to say you have been in the NYT. But lets not forget why we do not have a FBG magazine, print is dead, nobody reads anything on paper any more.

 

[Jason Wood]

Don't worry about that. Circulation of the NYT and almost every other news paper (except the WSJ) drops every single month. Being that 88% of the NYT online readers wont even sign up for their freepaywall trial, the NYT is dying rather quickly.

Yeah, I told them their little paper sucked and would be out of business soon as they have no readers.

J

You didn't tell them anything that they didn't already know. Sadly news papers are dying faster than magazines.

What is this all about? This is Great news for Footballguys, why not be happy for Chase and the rest of the Guys?Great Job, Chase.

I made the comment because another poster said that they were worried about their league mates reading the NYT and seeing the article. I just pointed out that the medium is quickly sinking with out any sort of life raft around. I am happy for the guys and its cool to say you have been in the NYT. But lets not forget why we do not have a FBG magazine, print is dead, nobody reads anything on paper any more.

But we're appearing on the NY Times website, on their football blog. What's that have to do with print?

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

I made the comment because another poster said that they were worried about their league mates reading the NYT and seeing the article. I just pointed out that the medium is quickly sinking with out any sort of life raft around. I am happy for the guys and its cool to say you have been in the NYT. But lets not forget why we do not have a FBG magazine, print is dead, nobody reads anything on paper any more.

But we're appearing on the NY Times website, on their football blog. What's that have to do with print?

I dont want to bash it any more as it might seem I am coming down on you guys. Congrats and good luck!

 

[Cecil Lammey]

Here's my take on the 2nd year RBs

http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07...-be-a-surprise/

 

[Maroney=Speed]

Don't worry about that. Circulation of the NYT and almost every other news paper (except the WSJ) drops every single month. Being that 88% of the NYT online readers wont even sign up for their freepaywall trial, the NYT is dying rather quickly.

Yeah, I told them their little paper sucked and would be out of business soon as they have no readers.J

You didn't tell them anything that they didn't already know. Sadly news papers are dying faster than magazines.

What is this all about? This is Great news for Footballguys, why not be happy for Chase and the rest of the Guys?Great Job, Chase.

I made the comment because another poster said that they were worried about their league mates reading the NYT and seeing the article. I just pointed out that the medium is quickly sinking with out any sort of life raft around. I am happy for the guys and its cool to say you have been in the NYT. But lets not forget why we do not have a FBG magazine, print is dead, nobody reads anything on paper any more.

'But lets not forget why we do not have a FBG magazine'. This is news(Print) to me. I received mine just Yesterday. You seem to be falling behind your League mates, but I'm sureChase will get you caught up after you read the NYT.

 

[Mystery Achiever]

Fantastic exposure!

 

[gregjcross]

Don't worry about that. Circulation of the NYT and almost every other news paper (except the WSJ) drops every single month. Being that 88% of the NYT online readers wont even sign up for their freepaywall trial, the NYT is dying rather quickly.

Yeah, I told them their little paper sucked and would be out of business soon as they have no readers. But just to be nice, we went ahead and threw them a bone. What can we say, we're givers. J

LMAO at above . This is awesome stuff, to think of all the people paying attention to FF online since the use of 14.4 baud modems and usenet newsgroups! I still remember getting the first email from Joe on my Prodigy account. Now the NYT.

 

[Das Boot]

That's exceptionally cool and impressive, congrats FBGs!

 

[Otis]

Congrats once again GB. Tearing it up. When are you quitting this whole law thing and going pro?

 

[Jene Bramel]

The Best Kept Secret in Fantasy Football

 

[Matt Waldman]

Quash those myths about IDP Jene...it's the best way to play the game!

 

[Saints-Man]

Congrats, everyone!

 

[Jason Wood]

My first article is up today for your perusal:

The Upside of the End Game



Very cool to be a part of this, NY Times gets big ups for this collaboration.

 

[Anthony Borbely]

My first article is up today for your perusal:

The Upside of the End Game



Very cool to be a part of this, NY Times gets big ups for this collaboration.

Excellent article. This is often overlooked by many people. Mad props to you and all of the other contributors.

 

[The Kansas Comet]

My first article is up today for your perusal:

The Upside of the End Game



Very cool to be a part of this, NY Times gets big ups for this collaboration.

Enjoyed this article - always good to get reminded about the importance of later picks.Congrats to all the Footballguys writers involved in this.

 

[Andrew Garda]

The

New York

Flipping

Times

I could give print two extra shots at close range to the Dome and the Times would still be THE TIMES.

And great work by all involved. As expected.

 

[Jene Bramel]

When ADP Is Riskier Than It Appears

 

[Jason Wood]

When ADP Is Riskier Than It Appears

Nice work Jene

 

[Anthony Borbely]

When ADP Is Riskier Than It Appears

Nice work Jene

 

[TobiasFunke]

Don't worry about that. Circulation of the NYT and almost every other news paper (except the WSJ) drops every single month. Being that 88% of the NYT online readers wont even sign up for their freepaywall trial, the NYT is dying rather quickly.

Yeah, I told them their little paper sucked and would be out of business soon as they have no readers.J

You didn't tell them anything that they didn't already know. Sadly news papers are dying faster than magazines.

What is this all about? This is Great news for Footballguys, why not be happy for Chase and the rest of the Guys?Great Job, Chase.

I made the comment because another poster said that they were worried about their league mates reading the NYT and seeing the article. I just pointed out that the medium is quickly sinking with out any sort of life raft around. I am happy for the guys and its cool to say you have been in the NYT. But lets not forget why we do not have a FBG magazine, print is dead, nobody reads anything on paper any more.

Good point, BuddyBall. Nobody reads anything on paper, me included. If only there were some way for me to read these FBG contributions to the NYT without having to purchase a newspaper. Does anyone have any ideas for me? Congratulations to the staff. And you're joining some of the best in the biz, too- the Times' sports blogs have featuring sharp contributions from well-respected experts and other commenters for quite some time now, and you all are no exception.

 

[Chase Stuart]

Can I bump this with my own post? I don't know, but if so: http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08...n-and-by-round/

I think this is a really cool article, in addition to one with pretty graphs. It looks at 10 years worth of ADP data and how those players actually performed by position.

 

[Jason Wood]

Can I bump this with my own post? I don't know, but if so: http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08...n-and-by-round/

I think this is a really cool article, in addition to one with pretty graphs. It looks at 10 years worth of ADP data and how those players actually performed by position.

Enjoyed it quite a bit, good buddy.

 

[Jason Wood]

Kicking off the week with a discussion of undue risks in the first few rounds:

http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08...aft/#more-47951

 

[Joe Bryant]

Kicking off the week with a discussion of undue risks in the first few rounds:

http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08...aft/#more-47951

Sweet.J

 

[Mark Wimer]

Kicking off the week with a discussion of undue risks in the first few rounds:

http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08...aft/#more-47951

Nice article, but I obviously disagree about Larry Fitzgerald being a risky first round pick. I really don't get why some folks think losing Boldin = less catches for Fitzgerald...

Otherwise, I agree with your analysis round 2 on.

 

[Team ROFLCOPTERS]

Very nice.

 

[Faust]

My first article is up today for your perusal:

The Upside of the End Game



Very cool to be a part of this, NY Times gets big ups for this collaboration.

Great Article and a good reminder to be prepared in your drafts & do your homework.