2026 Minnesota Vikings Fantasy Football Overdrafted, Underdrafted & Sleeper
The Minnesota Vikings let Sam Darnold walk and turned the team over to J.J. McCarthy, a player so bad that he became a meme. Now they have Kyler Murray, a …
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The Minnesota Vikings let Sam Darnold walk and turned the team over to J.J. McCarthy, a player so bad that he became a meme. Now they have Kyler Murray, a …
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The Vikings were the big surprise of the 2024 NFL season. When rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy went down with a knee injury in the first preseason game of his NFL …
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The Minnesota Vikings are more or less set on the offensive side of the ball, at least when it comes to skill position players. Second-year quarterback J.J. McCarthy is set …
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The Vikings let Kirk Cousins walk and will instead turn to a combination of… no this can’t be right… Sam Darnold and rookie J.J. McCarthy? McCarthy started last season for …
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Disclaimer: we are not researchers, just compilers and writers. A majority of these numbers can be found in a myriad of places. For simplicity’s sake, and to prevent you from …
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The Minnesota Vikings 2023 season was one of the most bizarre seasons of football I’ve ever witnessed. The Vikings had the 4th best win percentage in football, but by no …
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One of the most enjoyable things about the NFL season is watching the weekly rollercoaster. Just a short while ago, the talking heads were finally agreeing that there is a …
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It’s that time of year once again! Football Absurdity will bring you a breakdown of every notable fantasy football-relevant player throughout June, July, and August. We continue with the tight …
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It’s that time of year once again! Football Absurdity will bring you a breakdown of every notable fantasy football-relevant player throughout June, July, and August. We continue with the wide …
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It’s that time of year once again! Football Absurdity will bring you a breakdown of every notable fantasy football-relevant player throughout June, July, and August. We continue with the wide …
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It’s that time of year once again! Football Absurdity will bring you a breakdown of every notable fantasy football-relevant player throughout June, July, and August. We continue with the running …
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It’s that time of year once again! Football Absurdity will bring you a breakdown of every notable fantasy football-relevant player throughout June, July, and August. We continue with the running …
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It’s that time of year once again! Football Absurdity will bring you a breakdown of every notable fantasy football-relevant player throughout June, July, and August. We start off with the …
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Every summer, we take a deep dive into the fantasy football average draft position (ADP) of players on each real-life NFL team. We do this so that we can determine …
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The Minnesota Vikings are set on offense. They have Justin Jefferson, Adam Thielen, and Bisi Johnson leading the way at wide receiver, and Dalvin Cook & Alexander Mattison holding down …
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Ah, the NFL Draft. The annual tradition where teams make every incoming prospect strip down to their underwear and run around before picking them for dodgeball. Teams will jockey for …
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The Minnesota Vikings are a team in transition. They fired their head coach and general manager, and as of writing this, they’ve only replaced the general manager, with Kwesi Adofo-Mensah …
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The NFL regular season is over and heads are already rolling. When NFL teams miss the playoffs, NFL teams fire head coaches. For some coaches, 2021 was the start of …
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It’s that time of year once again! Football Absurdity will bring you a breakdown of every notable fantasy football-relevant player throughout June, July, and August. We continue with Alexander Mattison. …
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It’s that time of year once again! Football Absurdity will bring you a breakdown of every notable fantasy football-relevant player throughout June, July, and August. We’ve run through 20 quarterbacks, …
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As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, Football Absurdity is going to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of every notable player that will be available in fantasy …
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As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, Football Absurdity is going to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of every notable player that will be available in fantasy …
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As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, Football Absurdity is going to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of every notable player that will be available in fantasy …
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It’s that time of year once again! Football Absurdity will bring you a breakdown of every notable fantasy football-relevant player throughout June, July, and August. We start off with the …
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Every summer, we take a deep dive into the fantasy football average draft position (ADP) of players on each real-life NFL team. We do this so that we can determine …
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The Minnesota Vikings missed the playoffs in 2020 despite having the hands-down best fantasy football rookie with Justin Jefferson. It goes to show that fantasy football isn’t real life. That …
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The NFL Draft inches ever closer to reality, and we have reached peak take. Last week, I explored three divisions and the best bets in the NFL Draft to bolster …
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2021 Mock NFL Draft. Part 1 Will the QB streak continue? Here we go with picks 13-24 of the 2021 NFL Draft! 2021 Mock NFL Draft Part 2 13. Los …
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The Minnesota Vikings had a loud, acrimonious divorce from Stefon Diggs prior to the season. They were the anti-Olivia Wilde & Jason Sudeikis, who apparently quietly separated? While Sudeikis doesn’t …
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If you’re reading this, welcome and congratulations to the fantasy football quarterfinals. It’s week fifteen, so ideally you don’t need to find a tight end sleeper. But, if you do, …
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I’m proud of us. I’m proud of you, and I’m proud of myself. The NFL? Not so much. Their coronavirus handling kept the league (mostly) on schedule, but they allowed …
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If we are being completely honest, I didn’t think that we would make it to this point… and we almost didn’t. COVID-19 ravaged the league last week, with dozens of …
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One of the best ways to maximize your weekly scoring is streaming defenses. This strategy is simple – we aren’t as concerned about good defenses, so much as finding defenses …
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Well, at this point, we are just going to move on with the NFL season, with or without the Baltimore Ravens. With their week twelve matchup with the Steelers set …
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With ten weeks in the books, it really feels like we’ve gone through four or five seasons worth of frustration and heartbreak. Let’s keep this FUN train rolling towards our …
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With a handful of players on bye weeks and another handful of people injured, navigating your wide receivers can be challenging. Week eleven has some interesting options for you to …
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If you read my article on playing the waiver wire game, you know that it is an essential part of winning your fantasy football league. If you haven’t read it, what …
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We’re halfway through the fantasy football season this week! Big congratulations to all of us! We’ve fought injuries, COVID-19, more injuries, SARS-CoV-2, even more injuries, the novel coronavirus, and of …
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Week six of the NFL season is in the books! That sound was not the rustling of falling leaves, but the dying hopes and dreams for some preseason darlings. The …
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More coronavirus! Who would have thought, huh? Anyway, things are a mess right now! To make matters worse, the NFL is spinning up the bye weeks. Oh boy, that means …
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More coronavirus! Who would have thought, huh? Anyway, things are a mess right now! To make matters worse, the NFL is spinning up the bye weeks. Oh boy, that means …
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It’s week six, and everything is on fire. Coronavirus is rampaging through the league and the NFL has done the prudent thing and has canceled the sea—hahaha, sorry couldn’t keep …
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It is week five of the 2020 NFL season and that means we need to figure out who we should start or sit this week. Now that we have four …
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Four weeks of the NFL are in the books and coronavirus is steadily making its way through the league, threatening the future of the 2020 season everything is great! We …
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Oh, man! Injuries! Coronavirus! Mitchell Trubisky sucking out loud and getting his butt benched! At least one of these things was unexpected, but in a more real sense, you could …
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The Minnesota Vikings mostly stood pat among their skill position players, with the notable exception of a one-for-one swap of Stefon Diggs-for-Justin Jefferson. As such, trying to find a Minnesota …
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As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, Football Absurdity is going to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of every notable player that will be available in …
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As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, Football Absurdity is going to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of every notable player that will be available in …
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As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, Football Absurdity is going to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of every notable player that will be available in …
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As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, Football Absurdity is going to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of every notable player that will be available in …
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The 2020 NFL Draft is in the books, and that means it’s time for us to fully turn our attention to the 2020 NFL season and fantasy football. While COVID-19 …
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The first round of the NFL draft is complete! All-in-all, eleven (!) fantasy football eligible players went in this round. Wildly enough, we had four quarterbacks, six wide receivers, one …
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Yesterday, we took a look at the NFC West NFL Draft Fantasy Football Wishlist. The glorified conference call will still take place on April 23 – April 25, meaning that …
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The Minnesota Vikings and Stefon Diggs’ mutual parting of ways is one of the least surprising developments of the 2020 offseason. Diggs redefined vaguebooking, routinely making social media posts that …
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The Minnesota Vikings lost their offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski after the 2019 season. He absconded off to Cleveland to try to fix the Mistake by the Lake. But, they retained …
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We’re down to 8 teams vying for the Super Bowl. We asked our Football Absurdity staff to weigh in on each of this week’s four exciting NFL divisional round playoff matchups. …
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NFC Divisional Round Matchup: Minnesota Vikings (10-6) at San Francisco 49ers (13-3) Saturday, January 11, 01:35 PM PST (NBC) The San Francisco 49ers sat at home and gained health this …
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NFC Wild Card Matchup: Minnesota Vikings (10-6) at New Orleans Saints (13-3) Sunday, January 5, 10:05 AM PST (Fox) This one will be Drew Brees & company’s opportunity to quiet …
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I know what you’re thinking, why is there a week seventeen Sorry for Your Loss when the regular season is over? Well, even though there are twelve teams in the …
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Buffalo Bills at Houston Texans Jeff Krisko, Football Absurdity Editor-in-Chief The Texans now have the coveted “let’s get this out of the way” game each season. They host a team …
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It’s week fifteen, which means the fantasy football semi-finals, and that means that you have to ride with the guys who brought you. But, what if the guys who brought …
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Well, well, well. Your fantasy football season didn’t exactly go like you thought. What I’m saying is that you missed your league’s playoffs, and now you’re itching for some more …
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Should I Start or Sit Jacob Hollister, Kyle Rudolph, or Darren Fells in Week 13? As you know, my wife and I are going head to head this year to …
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Tight ends are garbage every year in fantasy football. Don’t even try to argue with me. Here are some week 13 tight end sleepers to get you all worked up …
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(Guest Author: A Guy Who Doesn’t Understand Metrics) It’s time to look at week 11 injuries from a standpoint of pure analytics. I’m casting emotion aside and showing you the …
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I’m going to level with you. There aren’t many great running back sleeper candidates this week, so I hit you all with a pivot in the sleepers series. First, an …
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It’s fantasy football week nine, which means we’re only seven weeks from fantasy championships, and over halfway through the real fantasy football season. “What about week seventeen championships?” you might …
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ADP Collision: Stefon Diggs, Julian Edelman, Brandin Cooks, Robert Woods, Kenny Golladay It’s the fourth round and you’re on the clock in your PPR redraft league. Needing a wide receiver, …
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July and August are the best time of the year for fantasy football. We all start to formulate strategies, plant our flags, and decide who we will yell at on …
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As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, Football Absurdity is going to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of every notable player that will be available in fantasy …
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As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, Football Absurdity is going to bring you a comprehensive breakdown of every notable player that will be available in fantasy …
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2018’s Best Minnesota Vikings Fantasy Football Player: Adam Thielen, Wide Receiver 2018’s Biggest Minnesota Vikings Fantasy Football Disappointment: Dalvin Cook, Running Back 2019 Minnesota Vikings Fantasy Football Draft Wishlist: Offensive …
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Start or Sit Marcus Mariota, Jameis Winston, or Kirk Cousins? It’s the fantasy football semifinals, and every start or sit decision could mean the last fantasy decision you make for …
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Fantasy Football Week 14: Start or Sit Cohen, Cook, or Edwards? It’s the first week of the fantasy football playoffs in most leagues, and that means, statistically, fewer people than …
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Start or Sit Jordan Reed, Vance McDonald, or Kyle Rudolph? How often do tight ends break our hearts? The position is the proverbial Lisa Turtle to our Screech. We long …
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Fantasy Football Week 14: Start or Sit Matt Stafford, Kirk Cousins, or Carson Wentz? It’s the first week of the fantasy football playoffs in most leagues, and that means, statistically, …
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Fantasy Football Week 12: Start or Sit Evan Engram, Kyle Rudolph, or Jared Cook? Week twelve is upon us, which means that some of us are just two games away …
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Fantasy Football Week 12: Start or Sit Dak Prescott, Andy Dalton, or Kirk Cousins? Week twelve is upon us, which means that some of us are just two games away …
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Fantasy Football Week 11: Start or Sit Tevin Coleman, Chris Carson, or Dalvin Cook? Week eleven is upon us, which means that some of us are just two games away …
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Fantasy Football Week 11: Start or Sit Jack Doyle, Jared Cook, or Kyle Rudolph? Week eleven is upon us, which means that some of us are just two games away …
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Fantasy Football Week 11: Start or Sit Andy Dalton, Kirk Cousins, or Alex Smith? Week eleven is upon us, which means that some of us are just two games away …
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Fantasy Football Week 9: Start or Sit Nick Chubb, Latavius Murray, or Kerryon Johnson? It’s fantasy football week nine, and the difficulty level matches the week. This week is one …
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Fantasy Football Week 8: Start or Sit Kyle Rudolph, Eric Ebron, or Jordan Reed? It feels like the fantasy football season just started, but this is the last week where …
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Fantasy Football Week 8: Start or Sit Stefon Diggs, Tyler Boyd, or Chris Godwin? It feels like the fantasy football season just started, but this is the last week where …
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Thursday Night Football Review The Minnesota Vikings and the Los Angeles Rams are two of the best teams in the NFC, and this week’s Thursday Night Football matchup had me …
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Welcome to the Thirty Team Parlay, a weekly column on Football Absurdity that focuses on NFL betting tips. We’ll bring you the best bets, biggest longshots, and try to make …
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For the 2018 season, we will explore a 2018 fantasy football sleeper, breakout (or bounce back), and bust from every NFL team. First, a sleeper can leap into top-tier production …
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If you like you wide receivers to catch everything thrown their way, then this fantasy football Adam Thielen player profile is for you. As we gear up to the start …
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If ACL’s are an afterthought to you, then this fantasy football Dalvin Cook player profile is for you. As we gear up to the start of the NFL season, Football …
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The Minnesota Vikings promise to have one of the most fantasy football-prolific offenses in 2018. Kirk Cousins leads Adam Thielen, Stefon Diggs, Kyle Rudolph and Dalvin Cook into battle this …
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We’ve already taken a look at the offseason of the teams in the AFC West and NFC West. Logically, and not at all random, we are going clockwise through the …
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The Minnesota Vikings stand on the precipice of NFL greatness. While it took a Minneapolis Miracle to get them to the NFC Championship Game this year, their performance was not …
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Jacksonville Jaguars vs New England Patriots Waleed Ismail – I want so badly for the Jacksonville Jaguars to win this game. It is a yearning deep within my loins. The …
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This isn’t a good week to be Jeff Fisher. He was fired a year ago on Tuesday, and three of his former floundering QBs are the top three seeds in …
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The San Francisco 49ers broke the cardinal rule of smart NFL decision-making, which is, “do not trade with the New England Patriots.” They swapped the likely #33 or #34 pick …
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This week my co-worker, Jeff Krisko, suggested that starting Tyler Kroft was the smart fantasy football play. In our week eight tight end sit or start counterpoint, I’d like to …
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I was originally going to highlight Delanie Walker here, but with the late-week injury, even if he’s active, I doubt he will do much. The slick stream play there is …
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We are a quarter of the way through the 2017 NFL Season and nothing has gone as expected. Just the way we like it. The only thing predicable about the …
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The waiver wire options for week five are a testament for just how much went wrong for some teams in week four. Injuries are piling up and if one of …
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The year is 2032. While the Sino-Russian Confederacy has recovered from WWIII, the former United States exists as a post-nuclear apocalyptic wasteland of occupied territories. The area once known as …
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Week three has come and gone and if you played any of these quarterbacks this week, you were probably drunk, desperate or both. So let us sit back and examine …
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The Vikings trouncing the Saints on Monday Night Football’s week one early game feels like it was a thousand years ago. Following that game, fantasy football owners were Hooked on …
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We are two weeks into the football season and it is slowly starting to dawn on you that Andrew Luck might not play this year. He might never play again. …
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This week my co-worker, Jeff Krisko, suggested that starting Sam Bradford is the smart fantasy football play. While he makes some interesting points on why this is a good decision, …
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[NOTE: Since this article was published, the Vikings announced that Bradford underwent an MRI for a knee issue. This might limit his mobility aganst a good Steelers pass rush. I …
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The Minnesota Vikings may have quietly put together a formidable fantasy football juggernaut thanks to the amazing quarterback play of Sam Bra–hahaha, sorry. They turned the team into a bunch …
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