Sunday Evening Wrap checks out players who increased or decreased their value during the Sunday afternoon games. Faller of the Week: Steve Slaton was most likely a first-round pick, the centerpiece of your fantasy football squad. Obviously, his being benched after just three touches and a lost fumble had a huge impact on your fantasy game this week, but looking to the future, it's much more scary. Ryan Moats was impressive with Slaton out, which does not bode well for Slaton's future. The Texans are in the midst of chasing their first-ever playoff berth, so they aren't going to run someone out there who repeatedly gives the ball away. It's entirely possible Slaton loses his job at some point this season. Thus, he easily takes the biggest hit in fantasy value for this week.
Fed up with one of your players? Eyeballing a player on the wire, but don't know who to drop? So Long, Suckers examines a few players widely-owned that probably shouldn't be.
Matt Snyder revealed a few backs that he's giving up on in a Monday afternoon column, and I'm here to identify a few big names that have me throwing in the towel.
Patience is often rewarded in fantasy football, yet you must avoid being patient to a fault. If you take too long to wave goodbye to a slumping player, you'll be left standing in a hole too big to climb from. Who am I dropping this week?
Every Tuesday night, we'll give you an update on our FanHousefantasy football league. Who hit on their sleepers? Who made the shrewd pickups? Who's practicing what they preach? In 'House Check, you'll find out.
With a somewhat subdued NFL trade deadline coming up, the FanHouse league saw a huge trade itself. Matt Snyder traded Andre Johnson away to Doug Bernstein's team, and Snyder picked up Steven Jackson. This was a great trade for both sides, as Ray Rice moves into the RB2 role for Doug, while Snyder's best RB was Joseph Addai. After one week, the clear winner is ... nobody. Johnson put up 135 yards and no TDs, while Jackson notched 128 yards with no TDs.
With the announcement earlier Wednesday morning that Braylon Edwards had been traded to the New York Jets, we figured we'd fire up a mini-version of the value machine. We'll take a look at the shift in value for all fantasy relevant players on both the Jets and Braylon's former team, the Cleveland Browns, who is effected.
Braylon Edwards - Tough choice here (please note sarcasm). It wasn't possible for his value to fall any further. I do think this trade really helps him, due to his attitude. He's a selfish player who wants to be in the spotlight and there's no bigger spotlight than New York. I believe he falls in line due to the fact that he's out of Cleveland, in New York and playing for a winning team. We'll place him in WR3 territory for now, with the chance to move up to WR2 by season's end.
The Jets have made a decision that could foreshadow a permanent solution to their quarterback conundrum.
Quarterback Mark Sanchez, New York's first-round pick in the 2009 draft, will start the team's Aug. 24 preseason game against the Ravens, it was announced on Sunday.
The goal this summer was to bring Sanchez along slowly -- if he happened to beat out Kellen Clemens for the starting job, so be it.
As the season nears, FanHouse's fantasy football team decided to put our heads together for another set of updated positional rankings. In this installment, the big bodies on the line are ranked and filed.
In all, there was a little jockeying for position in our TE rankings this time around, but most players remained in relatively the same spot. I contend that if you don't get one of the first few tight ends, you should wait till the end of the draft and pick up one of a host of sleepers. If you need some guidance as to which tight ends to target -- well, that's why you have us. (Last Updated: 9/05/09)
It's been over a month since we last posted positional fantasy football rankings, so it's time to run our second version. Plus, we added some staff. This is now an average ranking from eight Fantasy FanHouse writers. To view the early version of our tight end rankings , click here.
As we did with the receiver rankings yesterday, we have a new number one in the rankings for today. Jason Witten takes two-thirds of the first-place votes this time around, while Antonio Gates remains in the top two of all but one set of rankings.
For your draft, if you don't nab one of the top four on our list, I would advise waiting till the double-digit rounds to draft a tight end. I'm perfectly fine coming out of a mock draft as the last team to take a TE, as I don't see much separation between #5 and #15.
With all the intrigue and hype for the upcoming fantasy football season on the horizon, it's important to read as much as you can. Yup, gather in all the information, let it digest for a second and then chase your dreams. And that's why we at Fantasy FanHouse love to lend a helping hand when needed. Look, you already know about Antonio Gates, Tony Gonzalez and Jason Witten, just to name a few.
However, it's important to dig deep at every position and analyze just what you're getting from starting slots. If you can get the same production from a lesser-name guy, a good four or five rounds later than the big name, it's worth it. And so today, we are covering the unheralded tight end position. Some of these names may look familiar, but remember it's where they will fall on draft day that's of greater importance.
With Fantasy Football season ready to kick in high gear, FanHouse is here to preview each and every team -- one per day until we've done them all.
Meet the ... Offense in transition. With a new head coach along with rookies at quarterback and time-sharing running back, the best work of the Jets' offense will be in 2010 and beyond. They'll look to win with defense and taking care of the football in 2009, and you know that doesn't bode well when it comes to garnering massive amounts of fantasy points.
There are finds to be had on any team, but no Jets should be taken in the first three rounds of your draft -- and that's being conservative.
The Jets have been in the market for a veteran blocking tight end for some time. They visited with such luminaries as Michael Gaines (who signed with the Bears on Monday) and Robert Royal, but missed out on both, which left them getting back together with a familiar friend. Bubba Frankshas re-signed with the team, according to Dave Hutchinson of the Newark Star-Ledger.
The move is a bit of a surprise since Franks isn't really known for his blocking skills. At 6-foot-6 and 265 pounds, he's got the size, but he excelled as a red-zone option with the Packers, scoring 27 touchdowns from 2001-04. Injuries have limited him to just 16 games over the past two seasons, however, and he's only caught 24 passes in that time.
Sunday Evening Wrap checks out players who increased or decreased their value during the Sunday afternoon games.
Every Tuesday night, we'll give you an update on our 
With the announcement earlier Wednesday morning that 
- Tough choice here (please note sarcasm). It wasn't possible for his value to fall any further. I do think this trade really helps him, due to his attitude. He's a selfish player who wants to be in the spotlight and there's no bigger spotlight than New York. I believe he falls in line due to the fact that he's out of Cleveland, in New York and playing for a winning team. We'll place him in WR3 territory for now, with the chance to move up to WR2 by season's end.
The Jets have made a decision that could foreshadow a permanent solution to their quarterback conundrum.
As the season nears, FanHouse's fantasy football team decided to put our heads together for another set of updated positional rankings. In this installment, the big bodies on the line are ranked and filed.
It's been over a month since we last posted positional fantasy football rankings, so it's time to run our second version. Plus, we added some staff. This is now an average ranking from eight Fantasy FanHouse writers. To view the early version of our tight end rankings , 
With all the intrigue and hype for the upcoming fantasy football season on the horizon, it's important to read as much as you can. Yup, gather in all the information, let it digest for a second and then chase your dreams. And that's why we at 
With Fantasy Football season ready to kick in high gear, FanHouse is here to preview each and every team -- one per day until we've done them all. 
The Jets have been in the market for a veteran blocking tight end for some time. They visited with such luminaries as 
