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Aaron Rodgers held the Pittsburgh Steelers hostage all offseason, and much to Mel Kiper’s chagrin, they did not draft Shedeur Sanders. They did, however, trade away George Pickens, trade for …
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The Pittsburgh Steelers still don’t have a quarterback. And if you ask Mel Kiper, there are about a billion instances in this draft where they should have drafted Shedeur Sanders. …
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The Steelers took a much-needed blowtorch to their offense this offseason, replacing offensive tackles, and the quarterback, and swapping out receivers. Only the running backs and tight ends made it …
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The Steelers are a team in flux. They traded their most targeted player, Diontae Johnson, for a bag of beans. They also jettisoned Kenny Pickett for Justin Fields & Russell …
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The NFL legal tampering period opened up on Monday, but thanks to the Broncos releasing Russell Wilson last week, he and the Steelers agreed to terms late Sunday night. The …
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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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It’s after the Fourth of July, which means that it’s high time we turn our attention to fantasy football sleepers, breakouts, and busts for every NFL team. The ADP is …
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Today’s fantasy football rookie roundup is going to focus on the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers only drafted one fantasy football-relevant player, but the guy they drafted is a doozy. Darnell …
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We’ve flipped the calendar from the early season to November, which is when we get the cold chill of reality on the NFL season. Mathematically, all teams are contenders under …
Read More 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 …
Read More 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 …
Read More 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 …
Read More The Pittsburgh Steelers mercifully moved on from Ben Roethlisberger after the 2021 season. They used their first couple of selections on a couple of Picks (ett and ens, respectively). But, …
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The first round of the 2022 NFL Draft has come and gone, and what an insane first round it was! Deebo Samuel, the guy we all knew was getting traded, …
Read More We’ve already completed our look around the NFC with the West, East, North and South. Now, we take a look at the AFC. The AFC North is a division in …
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For the first time in almost 20 years, the Pittsburgh Steelers will enter 2022 with a quarterback who isn’t Ben Roethlisberger. The QB de facto retired after his 2019 elbow …
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Our comedy experts and expert comedians reveal their picks for the 2022 Super Bowl. Jeff Krisko, Football Absurdity Editor-in-Chief: The Niners will win the Super Bowl; it’s a foregone conclusion. …
Read More I last wrote about Steelers tight end Pat Freiermuth one month ago, his ESPN roster rate was 39.2% and his stock as a fantasy football asset was trending up. Everything …
Read More The holiday season is upon us. Sure, that may warm your heart but for me, the approaching playoff run is equally as exciting. There was a team in particular that …
Read More Despite the slow start to the season, production is really picking up for this rookie tight end. So much so, in fact, that since Week 6 he is the TE3 …
Read More “OH MY GOD, WHAT DO WE DO?!” Hey, hey… whoa… calm down, readers. Yes, the 2021 NFL season is off to a wild start. It is not lost on any …
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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, …
Read More 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 …
Read More 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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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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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 finished our quarterbacks already; …
Read More 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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This profile is sponsored by Vinnie’s Pizzaria. Mention this player profile when you order a pizza for a free topping of corn! As we gear up to the start of …
Read More The world was the Pittsburgh Steelers’ oyster. Then, tragedy struck. After starting 11-0, the Pittsburgh Steelers stumbled into the playoffs, finishing the 2020 season with a 12-4 record before falling …
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If you’re like me, you currently have mock fantasy football auctions open in three different windows. Yeah, you’re not like me. And that’s great! Let me do all the hard …
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The NFL Draft’s first two picks were so set in stone that the NFL begged the 49ers to not let their #3 pick leak early. Then, all hell broke loose …
Read More Earlier this week, we took a look at the AFC West and NFC West 2021 NFL Draft wish lists for our selfish, fantasy football means. We continue our look around …
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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 …
Read More The Pittsburgh Steelers began the season as an unstoppable, 11-0 juggernaut. Then the Washington Football Team made a god bleed, and people ceased believing in them anymore. The Steelers finished …
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AFC Wild Card Matchup: #6 Browns (11-5) at #3 Steelers (12-4) Sunday, January 10, 05:15 PM PST (NBC) Time for round three. The Browns and Steelers played twice already this …
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2021 Wild Card Predictions We weren’t planning to do write-ups for our 2021 Wild Card predictions, but some of our writers did, anyway. That’s the kind of over-the-top devotion …
Read More Week 15 of the NFL season was a splendid punch in the gut for some teams, and some of these playoff hopefuls are not getting back up. The 2020 playoff …
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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 running back sleeper. But, if you do, …
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It’s week fifteen and now we’re playing for all the marbles. It’s do or die time. Win and you’re in. So you can’t afford any mistakes. Unfortunately for you, all …
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It’s week thirteen and it is time to look at the trash heap that is tight ends. I don’t know why the tight end on your roster is doing terribly. …
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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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It’s time for the Thanksgiving Day games, and with it, a full slate of six teams [update: four teams] to futilely try to pull value from the games. Just like …
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This year, we get our usual triple-tap set of Thanksgiving games, but this year, we don’t have to argue with our uncle about whether or not the change in frequency …
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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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I can’t believe we are already over halfway done with the fantasy football season. If we are being completely honest, I didn’t think that we would get here. I didn’t. …
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It’s week seven, and every single fantasy football team is in shambles. Well, not every team, but a lot of them! It’s time to plug in the holes in your …
Read More The week seven start or sit article for wide receivers focuses on three guys who played in the NCAA last year: should you start or sit Tee Higgins, Chase Claypool, …
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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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I already had my meltdowns about the NFL schedule in the QB start or sit article, and the WR start or sit article. Let’s not rehash how my brain is …
Read More It’s week six, and coronavirus is steadily making its way through the NFL. You and your fellow survivors from the coronacalypse are traveling down the road and you meet a …
Read More 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 …
Read More If you’re like most of the people out there, you probably half-remember hearing Chase Claypool’s name at some point. You know it now, after he went off for 116 yards …
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Four weeks are in the books and everything is a disaster! The Titans are having secret practices, Cam Newton still has COVID-19, and Patrick Mahomes might get it any second …
Read More 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 …
Read More Injuries tore through the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room last season, costing them Big Ben Roethlisberger for fourteen games, James Conner for (all or most of) eight games, and JuJu Smith-Schuster …
Read More 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 …
Read More 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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We’ve gone through twenty teams sorting out which positions we hope they look towards in the 2020 NFL Draft to best bolster our fantasy football leagues. We’ve laughed, we’ve cried, …
Read More It wasn’t that long ago that Eric Ebron had fantasy football value. It’s hard to remember the before times, back when we could leave our houses, and back when things …
Read More Hoo boy, the Pittsburgh Steelers did not see that one coming. Fresh off a 9-6-1 2018 campaign, the Pittsburgh Steelers primed themselves for a better 2019. Sure, Antonio Brown was …
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Should I Start or Sit Cole Beasley, Zach Pascal, or James Washington in Week 15? As you know, my wife and I are going head to head this year to …
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Welcome to the fantasy football playoffs! Things are always changing, so the tight end sleepers article will always be here to help you with your tight end streaming decisions. We …
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Welcome to the fantasy football playoffs! Things are always changing, so the wide receiver sleepers article will always be here to help you with your wide receiver streaming decisions. We …
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It’s week thirteen of the fantasy football season, and your fantasy team is sleepy like a sloth injected with tryptophan That’s where we step in with our weekly daily fantasy …
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Should I Start or Sit Benny Snell, Derrius Guice, or Jonathan Williams in Week 13? As you know, my wife and I are going head to head this year to …
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Running back sleepers are becoming few and far between, as the war of attrition at the position is driving us further and further down depth charts, into truly bad players. …
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I’m starting to think that I’m screaming into the void, as two of these guys were on this list last week (Washington & Gage), and they both had big games. …
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It’s week twelve of the fantasy football season, and your opportunities to play daily fantasy football are quickly waning. It’s also starting to be the time of year where your …
Read More When the games conclude this week, we will officially be 75% of the way done with the fantasy football season, and the bye weeks. Things should get better, and easier …
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It’s week ten of the fantasy football season, and you’re opportunities to play daily fantasy football are quickly waning. It’s also starting to be the time of year where your …
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Should I Start Eric Ebron, T.J. Hockenson, or Vance McDonald in Week 10 This year, for start-or-sit advice, I’ve decided to share my wife’s fantasy football “insight” with the world. …
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Well, it’s week ninine of the fantasy football season. You realized that you’ve made a ton of errors in your awful teams and you hate yourself. It’s time to turn …
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Will the Pittsburgh Steelers Be in the Playoffs? Week 5 of the NFL was full of many statements and a couple upsets. The storm of chaos in the AFC is …
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I really should start writing this article before I do the DFS challenge in the Football Absurdity Podcast (wherever you can find podcasts!). I would do that if I was …
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Ah, daily fantasy football. The last bastion of fantasy football junkies, who can’t do any significant roster tinkering on a Saturday, so they wander into their daily fantasy football client …
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Ben Roethlisberger (Source https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Ben_Roethlisberger_2007.jpg under https:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) 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 …
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(Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Heinz_Field_2010.JPG and under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) 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 …
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The 2019 NFL Draft is in the rearview mirror, and it’s time for the next part of the NFL calendar. That’s right… massive, rampant speculation! They will go through drills …
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Once again, the calendar has turned itself to May, and try as we might, the inexorable march of time continues. We find ourselves in the long, dark offseason of fantasy …
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2018’s Best Fantasy Football Player: JuJu Smith-Schuster, Wide Receiver 2018’s Biggest Fantasy Football Disappointment: Le’Veon Bell, Running Back 2019 Fantasy Football Draft Wishlist: Wide Receiver, Backup Running Back Did the …
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The NFL’s most recent biggest-ever soap opera is over, as the Pittsburgh Steelers basically gave away traded superstar wide receiver Antonio Brown to the Oakland Raiders. The Raiders, in turn, gave him a massive …
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Way Too Early 2019 WR Busts The Super Bowl is over, and Tom Brady won his sixth Super Bowl. God is dead, and the 2018 NFL season is officially over. …
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Fantasy Football Week 16: Start or Sit Jimmy Graham, Vance McDonald, or Austin Hooper? It’s the Christmas season, and our lawyers tell us that I can say that, even to …
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Week fifteen and all the running backs are dead. All the running backs that got you to the playoffs are dead. What is a man to do? That is where …
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Fantasy Football Week 14 RB Sleepers It’s the fantasy football playoffs, and I am going to level with you. You probably shouldn’t be looking at this article. If you’re at this point …
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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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Week 13 Fantasy Football TE Sleepers The bye weeks are over, so only the truly desperate are searching for TE sleepers at this point. Either that or you’re a savvy …
Read More Fantasy Football Week 12: Start or Sit Cam Brate, Vance McDonald, or Jordan Reed? 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 Vance McDonald, OJ Howard, or Jeff Heuerman? As week 11 approaches, the unusually flighty tight end position is starting to paint a more …
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Literally everything went Pittsburgh’s way this evening, except for a James Conner concussion. I usually write this recap when it’s over, but it’s 52-14 right now, and honestly, I don’t …
Read More Fantasy Football Week 9: Start or Sit Dak Prescott, Case Keenum, or Ben Roethlisberger? It’s fantasy football week nine, and the difficulty level matches the week. This week is one of …
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Fantasy Football Week 8: Start or Sit C.J. Uzomah, David Njoku, or O.J. Howard? It feels like the fantasy football season just started, but this is the last week where …
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Week 8 Fantasy Football TE Sleepers It’s finally week eight, which means that the fantasy football season is already half over. This isn’t true if you play in a league …
Read More Start or Sit Vance McDonald in Fantasy Football Week Five? Full disclosure on my relationship with Vance McDonald. He spent four years in San Francisco after the Niners, my favorite …
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Start or Sit Ben Roethlisberger In this article we answer the question: should you start or sit Ben Roethlisberger in week two as the Steelers host the Kansas City Chiefs? …
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Fantasy Football Trade Targets – Week 1 It’s Trade Talk Thursday (I know it’s Friday) and many readers are trying to figure out which week one fantasy football trade targets …
Read More 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 want your wide receivers on two wheels, then this fantasy football JuJu Smith-Schuster player profile is for you! As we gear up to the start of the NFL …
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If you only want the best wide receivers on your team, then this fantasy football Antonio Brown player profile is for you. As we gear up to the start of …
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If you think running backs need to get paid what they are worth, then this fantasy football Le’Veon Bell player profile is for you. As we gear up to the …
Read More If you are a football fan who just can’t take no for an answer, then this fantasy football Ben Roethlisberger player profile should be just what you need. As we …
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The Steelers might boast the best roster in the AFC, top to bottom, and they added three fantasy football eligible players in the 2018 NFL draft, but are they worth …
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The AFC North was a peculiar division pre-draft this year. The Cleveland Browns did almost all of the heavy lifting in terms of moves made. The rest of the teams …
Read MoreLike their sea-born counterparts, Pirate Penguins are self-made individuals. They set their own rules, go against the grain, and often meet their lofty dreams. Unfortunately, these “dreams” are usually pretty …
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Who knows how long the Pittsburgh Steelers have left in their current window? Le’Veon Bell and Ben Roethlisberger consistently threaten to no longer be the faces of the squad, Martavis …
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This week, the Pittsburgh Steelers shocked the football world when they cut veteran linebacker James Harrison. Some of us more refined NFL fans understand that what has come to pass …
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The Pittsburgh Steelers have a wide receiver problem, in that they have two guys to play one role in their offense. This is fine for the happy-go-lucky rookie JuJu Smith-Schuster, …
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It’s time we have a frank conversation about Big Ben Roethlisberger. It’s time to cut ties with him in fantasy football, in pretty much all leagues. This week he has …
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This week my co-worker, Jeff Krisko, suggested that starting DeSean Jackson is the smart fantasy football play. While I can understand the appeal, I feel there are better boom or …
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Week five has come and gone and you can only wonder at a universe that seems to be trying to destroy your fantasy football team. Why does everyone on your …
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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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Week four has come and gone. And with its departure comes the dawning realization that you don’t know what you are doing. Why did you think drafting a tight end …
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At this point, it seems like picking on Road Ben Roethlisberger in fantasy football just feels like the cheap way out. Unfortunately, there are still those out there who decry …
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We are two weeks into the fantasy football season, and we are starting to get an idea of which players are going to be more valuable than others. If you’ve …
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Much has been made of Ben Roethlisberger’s home/road splits over the last half-decade, and for good reason. Some will poo-poo this data as flipping a “good game-bad game” coin ten …
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It seems as though every fantasy football draft season, we all go ga-ga for the Steelers offense, with good reason. They have two players in the unquestioned top-five in all …
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