Read ‘em & weep suckas!!!!
Michael (Admin) | Nov 18, 2009 Website Stuff
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I suck at a lot of things, but apparently Free the Fan‘s weekly NFL salary cap game isn’t one of them!
A couple months ago I reviewed Quick Picks Fantasy GM and thought it was a really cool idea… you select a new NFL team roster every week but you also have to stay within a $25 million salary cap. The best players cost $5 million, the crappiest are only $1 million, and you have to fill all eight roster roster spots. Just like in regular fantasy football, stat points are awarded as your guys make plays in the real world, and each week the top three scorers are rewarded with cash or Overstock.com prizes, and there’s also a season-long competition.
In week 8 of the NFL season (two weeks ago) I finished 2nd overall for the week and that earned me $75 to spend at Overstock.com. THEN… in week 9, I finished first!! First place for the week gets you $200 cash.
Tags: fantasy football, NFL
Quick Picks Fantasy GM
Michael (Admin) | Sep 10, 2009 Sports
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I heart gambling and I heart football even more, so naturally I gravitated towards Quick Picks Fantasy GM the second it hit my inbox! It’s a weekly salary cap game where you re-draft your team every week so even if Tom Brady gets mowed down by a bus (perish the thought!) you won’t be screwed for 17 weeks straight like you probably were last season in your standard fantasy football league.
Not only do you get to pick a new team each week, but you can also win money doing it. That’s right… iPhone apps don’t cost money, they make money! Maybe. If you know your football. Free The Fan is giving out weekly prizes of cash and Overstock.com gift cards, plus there are some hefty cash and Overstock prizes for the overall season point leaders! In total, $10,000 in cash and prizes that will be handed out over the course of the NFL season.
It may sound easy but the salary cap is the Great Equalizer here. Is it really as simple as blowing $20 million of your $25 million cap on four studs when you have EIGHT roster spots to fill? Haha, you wish.
Tags: $1.99, american football, fantasy football, NFL
Fanball.com Fantasy Draft, Player & Injury News 2009
Michael (Admin) | Sep 3, 2009 Sports
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If you’re a fantasy football geek you already know who Fanball.com is… they’re one of just a handful of credible fantasy news sources not named ESPN. A few weeks ago I did a three-app Draft Kit Roundup and this app from Fanball fits right in with that group; it provides player rankings, news and injury updates, and it also tries to be a live draft companion which it kind of succeeds at but not entirely.
I made it pretty clear in my Draft Kit Roundup that I think trying to track your live draft on any iPhone app is a waste of time, and even though Fanball’s app is pretty good overall I still think it’s a dumb idea! I’m in three leagues this year (as usual) and my first live draft was last night. iPhone apps like this one do have some value in a live draft setting, but mostly on the news and stats side.
Tags: $.99, american football, fantasy football, NFL
Fantasy Football Draft Kit roundup
Michael (Admin) | Aug 7, 2009 Sports
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(5 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5) Loading ...Hey FF nerds, I missed out on the short window for fantasy football reviews last year but this time around I’m all over it! Every year I’m in at least three fantasy football leagues so I definitely have a vested interest in apps like these.
One thing I wanna say right off the bat is that all of these fantasy football apps fall into the “draft kit” category which implies that they’re intended for use during a fantasy draft so that’s how I’m treating them. They each allow you to mark players so you know if they’ve been drafted by you or someone else, each supports multiple drafts, and each one has a “my team” view.
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