The Lynchpin Pickems – Week 17 – The Romo Show
Welcome football fans to the final regular season edition of the Lynchpin Pickems where you will find everything you need to know about picking winners, betting trends, and where the smart money is straight up, against the spread, and in the over/under. Recapping week 16, your boy was 10-6 straight up, 9-7 against the spread, [...]
Market Watch: Wide Receivers to Target or Unload for the Stretch Run
As the fantasy playoffs approach, it’s time to take stock of your roster and think about what trades will position you for the playoff run. We’ve already talked about quarterbacks (here) and running backs (here), so let’s look at a few wide receivers you might want to pick up or unload prior to your fantasy [...]
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The Lynchpin Pickems – Week 17 – The Romo Show
Welcome football fans to the final regular season edition of the Lynchpin Pickems where you will find everything you need to know about picking winners, betting trends, and where the smart money is straight up, against the spread, and in the over/under. Recapping week 16, your boy was 10-6 straight up, 9-7 against the spread, [...]
Week Seventeen (17) Start ‘em & Sit em
It’s week seventeen (17) of the Fantasy Football season, and as such, most fantasy football seasons have come to an end. If however, you are in one of the few and stupid leagues that hosts its championship in the final week of the season, I hope this post will help you make the right choices [...]
The Lynchpin Pickems – Volume Week 16 – “What We Know”
Happy Holidays football fans, and welcome to the Week 16 edition of the Lynchpin Pickems, where we go through every game on the docket, and pick games heads up, against the spread, and the over/under to give you the true value of where the money is to lay this weekend. By all means, I am [...]
Week Sixteen (16) Start ‘em & Sit ‘em
Week Sixteen! Superbowl week for most, semi-finals for some. Best of luck everyone! I only hope these suggestions help you; trust your gut! Find me on Twitter: @Blackie_Mike Start ‘em: (STL) Sam Bradford vs. (TB) – For someone who had such potential when he came into the league as a rookie, Sam Bradford as [...]
The Lynchpin Pickem’s – Week 15 Edition – The Comeback
Welcome again to the week 15 Edition of the Lynchpin where we try to predict the future and pick all the winners straight up, against the spread, and the over/under and show you where the smart and sucker money is for the upcoming football weekend. I’m getting the picks out early today, due to time [...]
Week Fifteen (15) Start ‘em & Sit ‘em
Week Fifteen (15) Sit ‘Em & Start ‘Em for the 2012-2013 Fantasy Football season by Koopafantasy. Have questions? Find me on Twitter: @Blackie_Mike Start ‘em: (CAR) Cam Newton vs. (SD) – Newton has been amazing for fantasy owners lately including scoring three touchdowns in week fourteen in a win over the Falcons, and should be able [...]
Recap: Week Fourteen (14) Start ‘em & Sit ‘em RECAP
Start ‘em: (IND) Andrew Luck vs. (TEN): 16/34 196 yards TD, 2INT – A very disappointing finish for Luck as he only threw for one touchdown and with less than 200 yards against the Titans defense. In such a juicy matchup and in most peoples first week of the fantasy playoffs Andrew Luck was of [...]
The Lynchpin Pickems – “I Want Winners”
Week 13 has come and gone, and if you were like me, so are your betting dollars. I couldn’t get over some of the impressive wins by some of the underdogs who pulled it through late. (Indianapolis, Seattle) and then teams that I was dead wrong on showed their dominance. (Cincinnati, Cleveland) If you were [...]
Baltimore Ravens vs Washington Redskins – Week 14
One of the marquee games from the early batch of games features the battle of Maryland, when the (9-3) Baltimore Ravens travel down the interstate to take on RG3 and the (6-6) Washington Redskins. The Ravens are coming off an embarrassing loss at home against Charlie Batch and the Pittsburgh Steelers, while the Redskins made [...]
Week 14 – Tennesse Titans vs Indianapolis Colts
Tennessee Titans (4-8) vs Indianapolis Colts (8-4) The Titans travel to Indianapolis with revenge on their mind from an overtime thriller with the Colts, in what started Andrew Luck’s run of brilliance over the course of the last few weeks. If you recall, Luck executed a swing pass to fellow rookie Vic Ballard in overtime, [...]
San Diego Chargers vs Pittsburgh Steelers – Week 14
San Diego Chargers (4-8) vs Pittsburgh Steelers (7-5) Heinz Field will be rocking on Sunday when Ben Roethlisberger makes his return to the Steelers after a 3 game absence due to a rib injury, as the Steelers welcome the Chargers to town. The Chargers are in the midst of a bad year, with really nothing [...]
Week 14 Preview – Dallas Cowboys vs Cincinnati Bengals
Dallas Cowboys (6-6) vs Cincinnati Bengals (7-5) One of the bigger games of the week in terms of playoff implications features the Dallas Cowboys travelling to Cincinnati to take on the Bengals in afternoon play. Dallas is coming off a big win against the lowly Eagles, while the Bengals went on the road and took [...]
Week Fourteen (14) Start ‘em & Sit ‘em
Week Fourteen (14) Sit ‘Em & Start ‘Em for the 2012-2013 Fantasy Football season by Koopafantasy. Have questions? Find me on Twitter: @Blackie_Mike You can watch the video version of this post on youtube. Start ‘em: (IND) Andrew Luck vs. (TEN) – Week fourteen is here and while some people may have the playoffs locked up, [...]
Week Thirteen (13) Start ‘em & Sit ‘em RECAP
In this short post I go over the Sit ‘em & Start ‘em picks that I made before the weekend. I also go over players who had a breakout game and could be worth a waiver wire pickup. Get a hold of me on Twitter: @Blackie_Mike Start ‘em: (CAR) Cam Newton vs. (KC): 15/27 232 yards [...]
The Lynchpin Pickems – Week 13 – The Rebound
The Lynchpin is hoping to return to form this weekend after an off week in #12 going 10-6 overall head to head. I will chalk it up to one of those weeks that is impossible to predict. Ironically enough, I was able to maintain striking distance in my confidence pools and straight up pools, as [...]
Fantasy or Reality: The Best Wide Receiver in Fantasy Football?
Calvin Johnson is still the best wide receiver in fantasy football. Reality. So far this year, Johnson (also known as Megatron) has racked up 1257 receiving yards. This is 152 yards more than Reggie Wayne, the receiver with the next best yardage total. Don’t get me wrong; Megatron has seen his fair share of struggles [...]
Week Thirteen (13) Start ‘em & Sit ‘em
Week Thirteen (13) Sit ‘Em & Start ‘Em for the 2012-2013 Fantasy Football season by Koopafantasy. Have questions? Find me on Twitter: @Blackie_Mike Start ‘em: (CAR) Cam Newton vs. (KC) – Newton looked much better on Monday night than he had most of the season, granted it was against the lowly Eagles, whom look worse with [...]
Week Twelve (12) Start ‘em & Sit ‘em RECAP
In this short post I go over the Sit ‘em & Start ‘em picks that I made before the weekend. I also go over players who had a breakout game and could be worth a waiver wire pickup. Get a hold of me on Twitter: @Blackie_Mike Start ‘em: (NYG) Eli Manning vs. (GB): 16/30 249 yards [...]
Week 12 Previews Atlanta at Tampa Bay / San Fran at New Orleans
Welcome to Week 12 of the NFL. There are some HUGE games in the NFC today; Packers-Giants, 49ers-Saints, Falcons-Bucs. Lots of potential to see some fantasy fireworks. So, surround yourself with a smorgasbord of snacks, a dozen cold ones and tell the family you’re going into hibernations.. Week 12 is a must see! Let’s [...]
The Lynchpin Pickems – Week 12 Edition
The Lynchpin is ready to go for the Week 12 match ups this week in what is a very difficult week to pick games, as there are a lot of interesting match ups, and playoff implications in play today. There are also some great rivalry games, which throws everything about stats, logic, and talent out [...]
