For those of you seeking advice we suggest checking out FantasyPros.com. This is a great site and they offer all kinds of advice to help every type of fantasy football owner record a victory.

This past week we finished in the number one spot and have climbed all the way up to the number six spot on the season rankings. This is something we are very proud of and we thank the folks at FantasyPros for letting us participate.

One last note about our fantasy games. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and we have a great game going on, the Special Turkey Day Salary Cap game. All players from the six teams competing this Thanksgiving will be available and should help make your Turkey day even more exciting.

Head on over to FantasyPros.com to see where players rank in Week 12 and then submit your fantasy football lineups at Fantazzle Fantasy Sports!

Happy Thanksgiving and good luck to all!

-Fantazzle Zac

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Hi all,

Based on several NFL events these past few days along with additional fantasy football rankings research some changes were made to the 2010 fantasy football rankings for the QB fantasy rankings and RB fantasy rankings. The 2010  QB fantasy rankings didn’t change that significantly. The 2010 RB fantasy football rankings did have several major changes which are described below. Fantazzle’s Fantasy Football rankings are due to the FSTA and FFLibrarian before the Thu night game so today and early tomorrow we will be cleaning up TE and WR and look to make a 2008 fantasy football ranking impact instead of the 2009 impact….FORTE! Tellin’ ya, never again will I trust a player with an accent aigu.

QB Fantasy Football Rankings

The biggest movers (and really only significant ones at all) were moving Flacco up two spaces and Brady down two spaces. I like moving Flacco up with the addition of Housh as I don’t see how this don’t because a complete passing team except down by the goal line. Don’t get me wrong, Ray Rice is too good not to use him running, but I believe there will be more passing plays with Housh, especially around mid season when he really has the system down, and at the same time dump offs to Ray Rice. Not too bad a safety valve to have eh? Brady was hard to move, but its really hard to read up in NE right now with Welker not fully healed and Randy Moss doing Randy Moss things. That may become a major problem soon. I may be putting Edelman on my WR top 50 as he may get more playing time because of R Moss pouting it up and Bellichek not putting up with it.

2010 Fantasy Football Rankings QB (Updated 9/7/2010 @ 11:30 pm)

1. Drew Brees

2. Peyton Manning

3. Matt Schaub

4. Aaron Rodgers

5. Tony Romo

6. Joe Flacco

7. Philip Rivers

8. Tom Brady

9. Eli Manning

10. Jay Cutler

11. Matt Ryan

12. Donovan McNabb

13. Kevin Kolb

14. Carson Palmer

15. Alex Smith

16. Brett Favre

17. Matt Cassel

18. Derek Anderson

19. Ben Roethlisberger

20. David Garrard

21. Vince Young

22. Jason Campbell

23. Kyle Orton

24. Matthew Stafford

25. Matt Moore

RB 2010 Fantasy Football Rankings (Updated 9/7/2010 @ 11:30 pm)

You’ll have to take a look at the changes yourself or just use this list. Just about every switched a few spots at the final reports started coming in on RBs.

1. Chris Johnson

2. Adrian Peterson

3. Maurice Jones-Drew

4. Ray Rice

5. Frank Gore

6. Michael Turner

7. DeAngelo Williams

8. Jamaal Charles

9. Ryan Grant

10. Ryan Mathews

11. Steven Jackson

12. Cedric Benson

13. Joseph Addai

14. Shonn Greene

15. Jahvid Best

16. Rashard Mendenhall

17. LaSean McCoy

18. Matt Forte

19. Knowshon Moreno

20. Ronnie Brown

21. Pierre Thomas

22. Justin Forsett

23. Arian Foster

24. Chris “Beanie” Wells

25. Marion Barber

26. Jonathan Stewart

27. Tim Hightower

28. Ahmad Bradshaw

29. Felix Jones

30. Carnell “Cadillac” Williams

31. Reggie Bush

32. Jerome Harrison

33. Ricky Williams

34. C.J. Spiller

35. Thomas Jones

36. Clinton Portis

37. Kareem Huggins

38. Darren McFadden

39. Ladainian Tomlinson

40. Fred Jackson

41. Leon Washington

42. Donald Brown

43. Bernard Scott

44. Michael Bush

45. Chester Taylor

46. Willis McGahee

47. Darren Sproles

48. Mike Bell

49. Larry Johnson

50. Rashad Jennings

I will have a few WR and TE changes tonight or tomorrow. I dont see anything major changing at TE, but WR may have some shifts, but nothing huge.

Thanks all and have a great 2010 fantasy football season. Remember though, don’t put too much pressure on yourself. Nowadays its ok if you team sux and you are out of the running. You always have Fantazzle Weekly Fantasy Football Games to play! Try out the Fantasy Football Salary Cap Game for one and the free Ray Rice fantasy football game.

Ryan Parr

Prez/Founder

Fantazzle Fantasy Football Games

www.fantazzle.com

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ATTENTION - Why read another fantasy football site that posts 2010 fantasy football rankings?

Because in 2008, Fantazzle Fantasy Football Games was recognized as the #1 fantasy football player ranking site among the top names in the fantasy football industry. The award was given by the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, FFLibrarian and the NYTimes fantasy football blog is where you can see the results. There were over 20 fantasy football sites in the contest and those sites are widely known as the best sources for fantasy football advice and projections.

2010 Fantasy Football Rankings

As described above in  2008 Fantazzle won a major fantasy football award according to the NYTimes. Fantazzle at the time was five months old. We went up against over twenty (20)  of THE best fantasy sports sites (you all ever hear of YaCPN or ESBShoo?) or straight no messin’ around fantasy football sites period (which all seem to have roto in their name, which according to Wikipedia means broken). I gotta believe you all may have come across these sites along with just a ‘few’  fantasy football magazines over the past few years. I think the number of available fantasy magazines this year FINALLY surpassed the tattoo/motorcycle/wave runner segment, a major victory for the fantasy football industry. Now who’s just a fad?

Now to be fair, this was in 2008 (I can’t believe we are not mentioned anywhere on that link). In 2009? We would rather say we didn’t get our picks in time, but we did and they included Matt Forte among other high profile Bears names classified as under-rated. Let’s just say if the Chicago Bears didn’t ever exist, we would have done pretty well. So we got that going for us… Last year, some compamy called ESBShoo won, wait I got that wrong, it was CBS (congrats!) who probably weren’t so high on Forte, Matt 22 RB (CHI). We will be back on the map this year so we don’t become Michael Clayton (WR)…. who reminds me a lot of Matt Forte last year. What makes it worst is I knew better. Never trust a dude w/ a accent aigu…this isn’t only a fantasy rule, but a life rule that I live by day to day.

Nevertheless – 2008. Created Fantazzle, a daily and weekly fantasy football game company and won the fantasy ranking award. A great start for Fantazzle and just the beginning of more things to come. Just this year, we were invited to be a pro fantasy football player in a great fantasy football game in its 2nd year – RapidDraft. It’s free this year so what do you have to lose, what ~20-30min? I know what you have to win – over $150,000! The great thing about RapidDraft and Fantazzle’s fantasy games are that it is not a random contest with a name drawn out of a hit, they are games which allow your skills determine your outcomes. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather have my skills determine if I win or lose rather than a lucky number.

Enough! Lets get on with it. So, the projections below will be Fantazzle’s submission to the 2010 Fantasy Football Accuracy Challenge award. The point system is simple and we are only looking at QB/RB/WR/TE. No points per reception (PPR) and four points for a QB TD. And with that, please enjoy the rankings through agreement or whole heartedly ‘Youuuuu IDIOT!!!!’ I will respond to all comments that are not spam, personally!

Fantasy Football Player Rankings

QB – 2010 Fantasy Football Rankings

1. Drew Brees

2. Peyton Manning

3. Matt Schaub

4. Aaron Rodgers

5. Tom Brady

6. Tony Romo

7. Philip Rivers

8. Joe Flacco

9. Eli Manning

10. Jay Cutler

11. Matt Ryan

12. Kevin Kolb

13. Carson Palmer

14. Alex Smith

15. Donovan McNabb

16. Brett Favre

17. Matt Cassel

18. Derek Anderson

19. Ben Roethlisberger

20. David Garrard

21. Vince Young

22. Jason Campbell

23. Kyle Orton

24. Matthew Stafford

25. Matt Moore

RB – 2010 Fantasy Football Rankings

1. Chris Johnson

2. Adrian Peterson

3. Ray Rice

4. Maurice Jones-Drew

5. Michael Turner

6. Frank Gore

7. DeAngelo Williams

8. Ryan Mathews

9. Cedric Benson

10. Jamaal Charles

11. Ryan Grant

12. Steven Jackson

13. Arian Foster

14. Joseph Addai

15. Jahvid Best

16. Shonn Greene

17. Ronnie Brown

18. Jonathan Stewart

19. Rashard Mendenhall

20. LeSean McCoy

21. Pierre Thomas

22. Matt Forte

23. Knowshon Moreno

24. Tim Hightower

25. Ahmad Bradshaw

26. Marion Barber

27. Carnell “Cadillac” Williams

28. Brandon Jacobs

29. Ricky Williams

30. Felix Jones

31. Justin Forsett

32. Clinton Portis

33. Chris “Beanie” Wells

34. Reggie Bush

35. C.J. Spiller

36. Jerome Harrison

37. Kareem Huggins

38. Darren McFadden

39. Fred Taylor

40. Fred Jackson

41. Thomas Jones

42. Leon Washington

43. LaDainian Tomlinson

44. Donald Brown

45. Derrick Ward

46. Chester Taylor

47. Rashad Jennings

48. Bernard Scott

49. Michael Bush

50. Laurence Maroney

WR – 2010 Fantasy Football Rankings

1. Andre Johnson

2. Randy Moss

3. Reggie Wayne

4. Roddy White

5. Brandon Marshall

6. Calvin Johnson

7. Greg Jennings

8. Larry Fitzgerald

9. Miles Austin

10. Steve Smith (CAR)

11. Marques Colston

12. Steve Smith (NYG)

13. Wes Welker

14. Chad Ochocinco

15. DeSean Jackson

16. Anquan Boldin

17. Terrell Owens

18. Percy Harvin

19. Derrick Mason

20. Dwayne Bowe

21. Pierre Garcon

22. Malcolm Floyd

23. Michael Crabtree

24. Donald Driver

25. Hines Ward

26. Bernard Berrian

27. Hakeem Nicks

28. Mike Wallace

29. Robert Meachem

30. Mike Sims-Walker

31. Laurent Robinson

32. Johnny Knox

33. Jeremy Maclin

34. Jabar Gaffney

35. Nate Burleson

36. Steve Breaston

37. Dez Bryant

38. T.J. Houshmandzadeh

39. Santonio Holmes

40. Devin Aromashodu

41. Braylon Edwards

42. Mike Williams (SEA)

43. Patrick Crayton

44. Devery Henderson

45. Santana Moss

46. Roy Williams

47. Jacoby Jones

48. Austin Collie

49. Mohamed Massaquoi

50. Lee Evans

TE – 2010 Fantasy Football Rankings

1. Antonio Gates

2. Dallas Clark

3. Brent Celek

4. Vernon Davis

5. Tony Gonzalez

6. Jason Witten

7. Kellen Winslow

8. Jermichael Finley

9. Chris Cooley

10. Zach Miller (OAK)

11. Owen Daniels

12. Dustin Keller

13. John Carlson

14. Visanthe Shiancoe

15. Jermaine Gresham

16. Heath Miller

17. Tony Scheffler

18. Todd Heap

19. Benjamin Watson

20. Greg Olsen

21. Fred Davis

22. Kevin Boss

23. Rob Gronkowski

24. Daniel Fells

25. Bo Scaife

There you are. Every day or so until the start of the Fantazzle season ON SUNDAY (not Thur), I will be updating any standings and also expand on thought process that went into the lists above.

Good luck to everyone drafting and remember if you don’t do so hot, there are ALWAYS Fantazzle WEEKLY Fantasy Football Games to play like our fantasy football salary cap game among others.

Take care and speak to you soon!

Fantazzle Prez – Ryan

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Hi all,
Ryan Parr here. I am the founder/CEO of Fantazzle Fantasy Sports Games. We have been getting a lot of questions about the status of our 2010 fantasy football player rankings. Ever since we were recognized as the #1 fantasy football player ranking site for the 2008 NFL season by the FF Librarian and the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, we have had a great following of loyal fantasy readers that we have had the pleasure of interacting with on this very fantasy sports blog, on our Fantasy Sports Twitter Account and on at least one of our many specific fantasy sports pages on Facebook like our Fantasy Football Facebook page. And of course we can’t forget to mention the Fantazzle fantasy site itself.

Allow me a quick moment to reflect, as its been a lot of work from when we started in Sept 2008, up until the very changes you’re seeing now. Three years of hard work, but we have continued to grow and make progress EVERY day and that’s what it’s all about.

I must say that these past three years haven’t been just about the world of business and business lessons, but life lessons with one of the bigger ones learning who your colleagues and friends are. With that, I thank everyone for their part and I look forward to the next three years.

And back to Fantazzle’s 2010 Fantasy Football Player Rankings. We are looking at Monday to start a series of fantasy football player ranking blog posts that will span a few days to build the suspense and tension that all good blogs do (well, that and the work we are doing for the start of the fantasy football season is intense and needs to be done as well).

Speaking of which, if you go to the fantasy games site now, you will see the beginning of a few of the changes you’ll see in the coming weeks. We hope you like the redesign. We believe you will because most of he modifications came from YOU, the user directly, and since these games and everything we do is about the user, it only makes sense to make changes to fit the user.

I look forward to speaking to all of you in the days to come as we start to countdown the two weeks left until that first Sunday aptly named Week One!

Ryan Parr
Founder/CEO
Fantazzle Fantasy Sports Games
www.fantazzle.com

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Well, the results are in for the fantasy football preseason ranking award Fantazzle won last year. No repeat / :

We had a decent ranking in the QB ranking, but didn’t place in the other positions. Its too bad, but you can’t win ‘em all and no one can take 2008 away from us (this isn’t college sports hehe). I think it will be great to start seeing an average created over the past several years and the future. Hopefully we’ll see a strong showing by Fantazzle with the average and a strong showing with our fantasy football 2010 predictions.

Fantazzle did a series of preseason NFL predictions before the season started. With the Super Bowl approaching, lets take a look at how we did.

Lets start with the NFL NFC 2009 Predictions

NFC East

Our analysis on how the standing could turn out here were pretty close. Key injuries were important, but there actually were not many of them in the division. I would say the biggest injuries that happened in the NFC East were to the NYG’s defense. Their whole was nicked up from start to finish and they ultimately became the team that lost out in the division and on our predicted Wild Card spot. We got Dallas right winning the division and Philly getting a WC. And we were right that it was a coin flip on who would take it. Dallas and Philly had the same record and the division winner was determined in Week 17. We were off saying Washington had a shot at the playoffs as well. We didn’t give them much of a chance, but they didn’t even deserve a mention. They were absolutely embarrassing.

With regards to our fantasy football player predictions, we were on point about Tony Romo. He finished ~6th in most leagues and two of the QBs ahead of him were so close it really didn’t matter which player you owned. He was easily a Tier 2 QB and a real bargain at draft time. We liked WAS as a BYE week and situational play defense. We weren’t right, but weren’t exactly wrong. It really depends on the scoring of your league. WAS was horrible in most leagues because they did not score many fantasy points in categories like INTs, fumbles recovered and most especially defensive TDs (they got 0). However, if you played in a league that gave points for points against or yards given up, they were ok. WAS had one of the better defenses, but was FAR from special. At the end of the day, we’ll take a ‘we were wrong’ here. Lastly, we said PHI and NYG WRs will not be good fantasy picks. Our reasoning was that these teams will spread the ball around and in NYG’s situation who the heck knows who will come out of the pack before the season starts. Well, it was Steve Smith and he was a top 10 WR. Not to mention DeSean Jackson who was a top 5. Way off here. I will say in defense that Steve Smith was still a risky pick because things weren’t settled in who would be the guy before the season started and DeSean Jackson was one catch away every game of being an average WR. Just so happens that in over half of his games he would come up with a over 40 yard reception for a TD. In any case, we owe you all one there.

NFC North

Our Super Bowl pick, the Minnesota Vikings walked away with the division. They were looking like a great pick for the Super Bowl until last weekend when they met our NFC South divisional pick. We were right on the money with our divisional picks here except we pulled the trigger on NYG to be the Wild Card over GB. Other than that, great predicitions.

Onto the fantasy football player predictions. Not so good. You’d think we were a handicapper instead of a fantasy football game site. Our division standings were great, but our fantasy football picks, not so much. Greg Olsen did not have a big year as predicted. We went as far as saying he would be a top 3 TE. He came in 11th, not breaking the top 10. Very frustrating as he had so much potential (next year…?). Aaron Rodgers overrated? Not so much, he was the #1 fantasy football QB in most leagues. We knew he was top 5 material, we just didn’t think he was worth all the hype. I guess now we know (its beyond me how he did it with such a bad offensive line in front of him…he deserves even more credit).

We finally had a good call with the GB defense. We had them ranked relatively high and our biggest D/ST sleeper. They didn’t disappoint with a top 5 finish.

NFC South

Again, we did very well with the division standings and writeup. We liked the NO Saints to win for two reasons: A) the moves they made in the off season specifically Darren Sharper leading the defense and B) the past 6 years the team that finished last, finished first the next season (TB in 2010…?).

As far as fantasy players, we had Marques Colston returning to his former self which is pretty close. He was just outside of the top 10 and finished where we expected him to. Michael Clayton relevant again….shoot me in my head now. I just want to forget that was ever said. Moving on…Tony Gonzales risky. Hmmm, not so much now that the season is over. He found his groove with Ryan. He finished ~5th. Down from last year, but definitely not a bust. I still stand by staying away from him before knowing what we know. Its always a risky situation. Lastly, we said that DeAngelo would be a risky RB pick. We thought he would play well and be a top 10, but not command an early first round pick. We were correct with this. He finished 12th and even if he did not get injured at the end, he would have been right around where we expected him to be.

NFC West

Well we didn’t see this division correctly. We had Seattle winning the division and AZ feeling the effects of the Super Bowl curse (in fact it was PIT who were cursed). We did, however see something in the 49ers as they stayed competitive in the division and have a bright future.

Its kind of funny, but the one division we were totally off on for standings, we may some great fantasy football predictions. We asked why everyone was looking at Steven Jackson as a top 5 fantasy RB. He finished in the top 10, but he wasn’t close to being a great pick in the first round. Vernon Davis was DEFINITELY worth a roster spot. Wish we were more bold on our writeup, but we did see something special in V Davis. He has the skills to continue to play this well for years to come. We loved Nate Burleson and he delivered. He finished ~30th making him an easy #3 WR or flex on many fantasy football teams. He wasn’t drafted in many leagues. A complete steal. John Carlson was the ~11th best fantasy football TE making him a starting TE in a 12 person league. We liked him a little more than this finish (we had him as the 8th best), but still a pretty close prediction. Our J Jones prediction…not so good. We thought he was one of the most under-rated RBs in 2009. Not so much. Sorry about that one. We had him as 16th and he finished ~32nd.

Playoffs

We did pretty well with our playoff predictions. We got AZ wrong (we had SEA) and the 2nd WC spot wrong (we had NYG and it was GB). DAL vs MIN for the NFC conference was one week too early of a matchup. And MIN to represent the NFC was one Brett Favre INT away from happening….Still all in all, I don’t feel too bad about the picks.

We could have done better with our fantasy football advice here. We hit some and others not so much. We’ll look to have a stronger showing in 2010.

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Fantazzle Fantasy Football Games – 2009 Fantasy Football Rankings FINAL

Fantasy Football Ranking Credibility
In 2008, Fantazzle Fantasy Sports Games, was the #1 preseason fantasy football ranking site by the FSTA and Fantasy Football Librarian besting over 20 fantasy sites, including household names and leaders in sports and fantasy football.

Well the season kicks off tonight so rankings have to be officially done. This Thursday game is a pain for the fantasy football season, but great for viewers to get the season kicked off and a game to watch on a Thursday night. For fantasy football companies, it messes up the schedule and start of the year.

In any case, final fantasy football rankings are done. Some rankings have changed, but not by much.  I wish you all the best this fantasy football season!

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Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings

Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings

Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings

Fantasy Football Tight Ends

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Fantazzle Fantasy Football Games – 2009 Fantasy Football Sleepers

Fantasy Football Ranking Credibility
In 2008, Fantazzle Fantasy Sports Games, was the #1 preseason fantasy football ranking site by the FSTA and Fantasy Football Librarian besting over 20 fantasy sites, including household names and leaders in sports and fantasy football.

For the next couple of days, I’m going to write some posts about sleepers, over rated players, changes in rankings, general football previews and other stuff. I know its late and this all may not be useful, but it should be an entertaining read which you can tear up (send a comment and I’ll answer personally) or give a thumbs up.

Note – All average draft position info is brought to you by Fantasy Football Calculator. All the info is free and Fantazzle highly recommends it.

Fantasy Football Quarterback Sleepers

Tony Romo – I consider Tony Romo at Tier 2 Quarterback in my fantasy football quarterback rankings. He is easily the lowest drafted T2 (51st), according to Fantasy Football Calculator and confirmed by me in nearly every draft I have been in. I think losing Terrell Owens is causing to big a reaction. It may reduce this stats, but I think he is a bargain in the 5th round and it helps you save an earlier pick on a running back or wide receiver.

Fantasy Football Running Backs Sleepers

If you read  my fantasy football running back rankings, you’ll know that I am counting on the lower tier running backs to be big contributors. The past few years, round 1 and 2 RBs have included a lot of busts. Stocking up on a lot of round 5′s and up are the way to go. Here are a couple of the more notable guys.

Julius Jones – He’s my biggest RB sleeper in 2009. He currently is being drafted 94th on average. Thats way too low. I think a lot of people are forgetting how many injuries the Seahawks had last year, including Matt Hasselback and something crazy like their first 6 WRs in their depth chart. The offense will be much better and Jones will be improved. The O line is not that good, which will hurt (and it hurts even more that Walter Jones is out for an undisclosed amount of time), but Jones will easily be good enough for a low end T2 or high end T3/flex.

Derrick Ward – I could really eat my words here, given Cadillac Williams just showed up as #1 on the depth chart, but I think Ward as a chance to be a very solid #2 RB. He was incredible in New York and I think his numbers will improve once TB realizes that he is the #1 guy in their backfield.

LeSean McCoy – Probably the biggest potential backup running back in the game. Raise your hand if you think Westbrook will play healthy all year? I’ve watched him play and he looks exactly like Westbrook so he has incredible potential. On top of that Philly has the best offense it has had in year. I’m taking a risk and draft him slightly higher than his average of 86. I can’t think of any backup that has better potential than him due to his skillz and the man in front of him.

Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Sleepers

Nate Burleson – Drafted 145th on average. I’m big on the Seahawks this year. With Hasselback back, TJ getting the most attention from the defense and Nate playing great at the end of ’07 and before he got hurt last year, this guy has the skillz to make some noise in the fantasy world. I haven’t heard of any off the field problems lately so I think he’s a safe pick.

Robert Meachem – 156th on average. He probably hasn’t been drafted in a lot of leagues. He’s got potential to be the Lance Moore of this year. Moore could have a set back with his injury and/or not produce at such a high level. I see Meachem stepping in and filling that role. He could be fantasy irrelevant, but the upside he has, has me stashing him on my bench if I have a spot (drop that extra TE or Kicker!).

Austin Collie or Pierre Garcon (in that order) – I’m not sold on Anthony Gonzalez. Don’t get me wrong, I would love to have him on my team, but if I did, I would keep my eyes on these other two and pick up Collie (looks like he is #3 for now) if you have a spot. One big game and you know everyone in your league will be all over a WR for Indy so beat them to the punch. They could amount to nothing, but Peyton has a lot of say in Indianapolis and if feels more comfortable with one of these guys, I’m sure he’ll let the coaches know it and look for the guy more often.

Fantasy Football Tight End Sleepers

Greg Olsen –  Well he’s not a sleeper anymore, but I still want to talk about him because I’m taking him over Tony Gonzalez and Dallas Clark. I think all three of them will be in the same ballpark with productions, but you’ll get Olsen 63rd overall instead of 53rd for Clark and 49th for Gonzalez. One more pick you can spend on a RB or WR if you decide to go T1 or T2 route for your TE (which I dont recommend). Cutler loves him some TEs on the field and off. He seems to have a Romo/Witten relationship. He had it with Scheffler in Denver and is reported that Olsen and Cutler are good friends in Chicago. Throw in the fact that Chicago doesn’t have any WRs to throw to and the Olsen is a talented guy, you have the perfect storm. He’s no longer a sleeper because people are seeing this, but I like this to guy to be a top 3 TE this year.

Visanthe Shiancoe – He’s growing on me every day. He’s ranked 11th in my fantasy football tight end rankings right now, but bump him up to #9. I’m liking the Favre potential here. Look what he did for Dustin Keller last year (albeit Keller is talented as well) and the Vikings are going to lean on the run, short ~10yd routes, and homerun balls. I like Shiancoe to be a major recipient of the short throws especially in the red zone.

Fantasy Football Defense/Special Teams Sleepers

San Diego Chargers – (121) Well that was before the whole Shawn Merriman and Tila Tequila thing. No word if that will affect Merriman, but that Goodell guy is pretty damn strict. SD has crept up lately in the rankings so maybe people are realizing that Merriman back and Cromartie injury free is the makings of a major turnaround from last year. Also, they have 6 games against Denver, KC, and Oakland. Wow.

Washington Redskins - Currently the 187th average pick. Hayneworth is a team changer. He has the potential to push Washington’s D, which was already an under the radar D (6th in NFL Total Defense rankings). Plus the Redskins spent most of their top picks in the draft on the defensive side of the ball. The only question is will that translate into a good fantasy defense/special teams. I’m not entirely sure, but I would keep an eye on them and pick them up if they start off hot.

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