It looks like we get to see the Giants and Patriots in yet another super bowl game. The 2012 fantasy football season is finally winding down to a close with the super bowl and pro bowl being the last two games of the fantasy season. Those of you in the fantasy football playoff challenge games are reaping good benefits if you chose any Patriots or Giants players.

Sunday against the 49ers, Eli Manning completed 32 passes on 58 attempts for 316 yards, 2 touchdowns and no picks. Joe Flacco tried his hardest and led the day with Eli Manning, throwing for 306/2/1. Had Lee Evans held onto that late second touchdown pass from Joe Flacco like a falling baby, then maybe we’d be seeing the Ravens and Giants on Super Bowl Sunday instead, but oh well, that’s football for you.

Victor Cruz, once again, had yet another stellar outing. He caught 10 clutch balls for 142 yards. Vernon Davis also showed up to play once again, catching only 3 passes, but for 112 yards and 2 touchdowns. He had a long of 73 yards. Finally, VD’s speed is being utilized the way we all envisioned on his draft day! Anquan Boldin tried desperately to get his team in scoring position late in the 4th quarter with several big catch and runs. He finished his day with 6 catches for 101 yards.

On to 2012 fantasy basketball, Dirk Nowitzki will miss about 4 games in order to get his so-called conditioning in check. I do think that with the shortened season, we are seeing some weird things this year. When has Dirk ever missed time due to conditioning issues? Spencer Hawes started out hot, but now is becoming somewhat of an injury nuisance. You can’t rely on players in fantasy basketball games if they’re going to be in and out of the lineup all the time. Joakim Noah is either hurt, tired, sore or not producing to his usual levels when he does play, so he’s a bit of a disappointment thus far.

I would stay away from these three guys for this week at least. Check back with us for more next week. As always, remember to get on over to Fantazzle and win money playing fantasy sports games. You can even check out our all new fantasy football pro-bowl game where you choose from only the best players in the league. Have fun and enjoy the week.

Fantazzle David

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Another exciting week of playoff fantasy football in the books. Tom Brady led the day with 363 yards passing on top of 6 touchdowns and 1 pick. Drew Brees was next in line for top quarterback performers. He threw for 462 yards, 4 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Eli Manning was also solid once again putting up his stat line of 330/3/1 in a win against the heavy favorites, Green Bay Packers.

Arian Foster was the lone 100-yard rusher in week 19. He ran for 131 yards and 1 touchdown on 27 carries, but it was not enough to beat the Baltimore Ravens. On the receiving end of things, there were plenty of big time players in week 19. Vernon Davis was huge in his game against the Saints and came up big, play after play. Davis finished the day with 7 catches, 180 yards and 2 scores. Rob Gronkowski was magnificent also, recording 10 receptions for 145 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Hakeem Nicks made several game changing plays, ending the night at 7/165/2. Marques Colston went 9/136/1, Darren Sproles went 15/119/1, Andre Johnson 8/111 and Jimmy Graham 5/103/2. All of these players most certainly come with a high price tag in fantasy football playoff games and this is why.

On to 2012 fantasy basketball, Kobe Bryant is the number one guy right now in terms of fantasy ranking. He has scored at least 40 points in 4 consecutive games (4 out of the last 5). I guess the guy really does still have something noteworthy left in the tank. Kevin Durant is right behind him though with LeBron James ranked third. I would say these guys are definitely worth the hefty price tag in all fantasy basketball game formats.

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Fantazzle David

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Week 15 in the NFL held plenty of action for weekly fantasy football games. Again, Drew Brees was atop the scoring action with 5 touchdown passes on 412 yards. Matthew Stafford was next in line with 4 touchdown passes on 391 yards. Among non-quarterbacks, Calvin Johnson had the biggest day going for 9/214/2.

C.J. Spiller also had a huge game with 91 yards on the ground, 2 total touchdowns and 9 catches for 76 yards. Who would have thought he would have put together a game like that against the tough Miami defense? Another example of how sometimes the stats do lie and going with your gut feeling instead, can prove successful. There is always much to learn in the world of salary cap fantasy football.

Adrian Peterson finally returned to action this week after missing 3 games with an ankle. He ran for 60 yards on the ground. James Starks missed his second straight game after aggravating his bum ankle. Greg Jennings also missed the game against Oakland leaving all the work to Donald Driver, James Jones and Jordy Nelson.

Be sure to play our weekly salary cap fantasy football games, college fantasy football and now 2011 weekly fantasy basketball over at Fantazzle! The basketball season will be kicking off on Christmas day, so be sure to get your lineups in for the special. As always, enjoy your week and make it a productive one!

Fantazzle David

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Greetings everyone,

Jumping right into the biggest gamers of the week, Aaron Rodgers had the most fantasy points for quarterbacks. He threw for 369 yards, 4 touchdowns and 1 pick. Cam Newton was second in line for quarterbacks going 12 completions/204 yards/1 touchdown, 54 rushing yards with 3 touchdowns and then even added in a reception for 27 yards–huge day for the rookie! Drew Brees went 26/342/3 and Christian Ponder went 29/381/3/2. Eli Manning also had another great outing throwing for 347 yards and 3 scores.

Percy Harvin had the biggest day amongst non-quarterbacks, setting a career-high in receiving yards with 156. He had 8 catches, 2 touchdowns and 19 rushing yards as well. Shonn Greene had 88 yards rushing and 3 scores in easily his best game of the season for the Jets. Pierre Garcon went 9/150/2, Rob Gronkowski kept it rolling with 5/64/2 and also caught a 3rd touchdown which was ruled as a carry since he caught the ball as a lateral pass. Anybody playing weekly fantasy football games will want to get these names into their lineups again for next week!

On to injuries, Matt Forte looks to be in serious doubt for the remainder of the fantasy football season. He has a Grade 2 MCL sprain and is week-to-week. Marion Barber becomes the next hottest waiver pick up and should see an increase in carries. On Thursday night, LeSean McCoy was able to play through his toe injury and still managed to put up a 20+. Kevin Smith was able to play with his ailing knee against the Saints, but then had to leave the game once he turned his ankle. Maurice Morris shouldered the load in Smith’s absence and was productive. Kevin Smith should be able to play next week with some rest for that ankle and knee.

Everyone be sure to get on over to Fantazzle and check out all the free games and cash prize games. College fantasy football is taking off and you don’t want to miss out. Play our weekly salary cap fantasy football games and continue your fantasy season even if you didn’t make the playoffs in your regular league. As always, enjoy the week and make it a productive one.

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Week 12 is almost behind us. It came as fast as it’s going to leave and week 13 will be here before we know it, so let’s get moving. Tom Brady had the biggest day for quarterbacks, tossing 24 completions for 361 yards and 3 scores. Ryan Fitzpatrick finally broke out and gave owners the big game they’ve been looking for, going 24/264/3. That’s fantasy for you! Who would have thought Fitzpatrick would go off against the Jet pass defense like that?

Mark Sanchez surprised everyone by throwing 4 touchdown passes on 180 yards and Matt Ryan threw 3 touchdown passes too. Vince Young also had a big day against the Patriots throwing for 400 yards and a touchdown. Wes Welker had the biggest day for non-quarterbacks. He caught 8 balls for 115 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Johnny Knox had the second biggest day in fantasy amongst non-quarterbacks catching 4 passes for 145 yards and score. He also added 133 return yards. This was Knox’ second productive game in a row. Could this be a trend? Watch Johnny Knox in week 13 closely to see what happens. He could be a bargain in weekly salary cap fantasy football games.

Laurent Robinson is next in line for our big game performers for week 12. He went 7/79/2. Percy Harvin did what he does and gave his owners 8/95/1 to go along with 104 return yards. He would have had a touchdown on his long kick return, but got knocked down right at about the 3 or 4 yard line, bummer! Beanie Wells rushed for a career-high 228 yards and a touchdown against St. Louis. Roy Helu was also big on Sunday. Helu went for 108 rushing with 1 TD and caught 7 passes for 54 yards against the Seahawks. Helu was definitely a weekly fantasy football steal.

Moving on to injuries, Andre Johnson finally came back this week after missing 6 games with a hamstring injury. He might have some rust to shake off as justified by his 2 catch, 22 yard performance. Either that, or Matt Leinart could have had something to do with that. Fred Jackson was placed on IR a couple days before Sunday’s game, so C.J. Spiller got the bulk of the work. He ran for 55 yards and added 3 catches for 15 yards.

LT missed another game for the Jets dealing with that knee. Julio Jones missed his game with the Vikings because of his hamstring, leaving all the work for Roddy White (10/120/1) and Adrian Peterson was held out as expected because of that high ankle sprain. We’ll see if he can’t give it a go next week.

As always, be sure to get on over to Fantazzle and check out all the weekly fantasy football games we have for you over there. We feature college fantasy football games and pickem games too! You can either play for free, or try and play the money games for cash prizes. I hope everyone had a great thanksgiving week, now, it’s time for Christmas!

Fantazzle David

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Happy Monday,

After tonight’s Patriot/Chiefs game, another week of 2011 fantasy football action will be in the books, but not without it’s set of injuries and high scorer updates. Let’s take a look.

Matthew Stafford had the biggest day among all quarterbacks on Sunday, tossing 28 completions for 335 yards, 5 TD’s and 2 INT’s. If it weren’t for his iffy finger and that glove on his throwing hand, I would have started him over Eli Manning who went 18/264/1/1–darn it!

Running back Kevin Smith totaled 201 yards from scrimmage with 3 touchdowns and 6 receptions. Can you say, welcome back Kevin? Definitely look to try and add him to your roster this week in all weekly fantasy football game formats.

Aaron Rodgers threw for 299, 3 TD’s and a pick, Roddy White had a 7 catch, 147 yard game, Jordy Nelson kept his hot streak alive with a 6/123/2 performance and Torrey Smith got behind secondaries again this week finishing with 6/65/1. Let’s not forget about our boy nasty Nate Washington who finished his day off with 9/115/2.

Nate Washington is having a career year right now, so roll him while he’s hot! Johnny Knox had easily his best game of the season this week with 3/97/1 and 74 return yards for those of you in return yardage leagues. Let’s see if he does that again in week 12.

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As always, the week just wouldn’t be the same without it’s new set of injuries, so let’s get started. Adrian Peterson limped off the field in the first quarter with a left ankle injury after rushing for 26 yards and a touchdown. It looked as though he was getting ready to have a big game and then he got hurt. For now, he’s considered day-to-day with a high ankle sprain, but he might have to miss a game or two. Should that be the case, Toby Gerhart would be in line for extra work.

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LaDainian Tomlinson missed the Thursday night game against the Broncos with a sprained MCL, but plans on playing this Sunday against Buffalo. Shonn Greene started on Thursday night and was supposed to have a big game with LT out, but was forced to leave early with a rib cage injury. He expects to pay this Sunday as well.

As a result, Joe Mcknight saw an increase in work and filled in admirably. He ran for 59 yards, caught 6 passes for 62 yards and had 39 return yards as well. Julio Jones did not play against the Titans with a bum hamstring, so again, Harry Douglass saw extra targets. Douglass finished with a modest 4 catch 51 yard day.

As always, get on over to Fantazzle and check out all the cool salary cap fantasy football games. Take your chances on stuff you already know and win some money! If you like high, crazy scoring, play our college fantasy football games too. Thanksgiving is upon us and this is the time for feasting and football, so be sure to join our games for the Fantasy Football Turkey Day Special. Thanks for staying posted and everyone have a safe, fun and productive week!

Fantazzle David

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Week 10 in the NFL gave us yet another exciting day of football. There were plenty of big performances and of course, lots of injuries to go around. Let’s take a look at which players either helped or hurt their owners the most this week in 2011 weekly fantasy football games. Laurent Robinson filled in admirably for the ailing Miles Austin by grabbing 3 catches for 73 yards and 2 touchdowns. That’s his third straight game with at least one touchdown catch and will get the start again next week against the struggling Redskins.

Rob Gronkowski is playing like he’s the best tight end in the league right now. On Sunday night against the Jets, Gronkowski was targeted often and early en route to an 8 catch, 113 yard, 2 touchdown game. The guy is fast, big, can catch and Tom Brady loves going to him, so I wouldn’t bet my chips on anyone else right now at the TE position.

Arian Foster got loose on the Tampa Bay Bucs for 2 touchdowns on 186 total yards and 4 receptions. What else is new? Tony Romo had easily one of his best games of the season with a 148.4 passer rating against the Bills. He completed 23 passes for 270 yards and 3 touchdowns. Larry Fitzgerald also had a huge day in week 10, catching 7 passes for 146 and 2 scores. Demarco Murray also had another highly productive game. He ran for 135 yards, 1 touchdown and caught 6 passes for 36 yards. Roll these guys with confidence for your fantasy football salary cap games in week 11.

As for injuries, Knowshon Moreno tore his ACL in the first quarter against Kansas City. Consider him done for the year! Lance Ball should make for a worthy add, as he ran for 96 yards on 30 carries against K.C. Miles Austin is slated to miss two more weeks with that hamstring, so make sure to add Laurent Robinson for the time being–all leagues. Jermaine Gresham returned to action after missing his last two games with a bum hamstring and went 4/23/1. Andre Johnson missed his 6th game this week even though he had been running for most of the week in practice. Jacoby Jones and Arian Foster were the beneficiaries. Kevin Walter kept on run blocking.

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Fantazzle David

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Greetings everyone,

Week 9 in the NFL was a very exciting one. Weekly fantasy football managers got to enjoy the shootout between Green Bay and San Diego. Philip Rivers had easily his best game of the season with 385 yards and 4 touchdown passes. His score of 30 would have been higher if it weren’t for his 3 picks! Vincent Jackson had a huge day as well with 7 catches for 145 yards and 3 TD’s. Whoever had that QB/receiver combo on their fantasy team this week must have surely won their game.

Aaron Rodgers had a monstrous day too, throwing 4 touchdowns on 247 yards. Julio Jones finally broke through and caught the first touchdown passes of his young career. He finished the day with 3 catches for 131 yards and 2 scores. Arian Foster, Mike Tolbert, Michael Bush and Reggie Bush also had big Sundays with over 20 Fantazzle points each.

Kevin Faulk had a solid showing in week 8, and was supposed to play in week 9, but was ruled inactive just before kick off. In a time where bye weeks are still with us, Faulk could have been a nice fill-in play. Hakeem Nicks missed game action this week with a hamstring injury. It sounds as if he should be able to play in week 10. Malcom Floyd missed his game against the Packers with an ailing hip. Too bad though, he could have been a part of that shootout, but instead all the numbers went to Vincent Jackson and Antonio Gates.

Joseph Addai was active for his game against the Falcons, but didn’t record a single carry or catch. Addai is dealing with a hamstring issue himself. I wouldn’t recommend him for any weekly salary cap fantasy football games even when healthy at this point. Ahmad Bradshaw was ruled out for week 9′s game against New England as he deals with a broken bone in his foot. It won’t require surgery, yet, but is the kind of nagging injury that can limit his production for the rest of the season. Brandon Jacobs shouldered the load with 18 carries, 72 yards, a touchdown and even added 4 catches for 28 yards.

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As always, enjoy the week!

Fantazzle David

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