Owner’s Edge NFL subscription Can Be Won Today

Win the Sirius Snap Draft Challenge on Tuesday, August 31st, and you’ll win a subscription to Fanball Owner’s Edge NFL, just in time to help you prepare for your fantasy football drafts.

Nothing to lose by trying, it’s free.    The  league by is now open.

If you’d like to take me on in the free Sirius SnapDraft Challenge today, here’s the link

http://snapdraft.fanball.com/contests/contest_controller/enter_contest/0/242c4330512d6060600a600a

Today’s picks

It’s all about pitching, and two of the best are on call today; Chris Carpenter, who the Cardinals desperately need a stellar performance from, and King Felix, who has been nothing short of spectacular lately.  I’m going to try and ride a few hot hitters, Konerko, Cano, Reynolds, Rios and Gonzalez.

That’s all for my preview, I might give you a couple more picks during the Fanball Fantasy Drive…For those of you who would like to hear The Godfather, I’m on the Fanball Fantasy Drive show at 4:30 PM CT, Monday thru Thursday,  Sirius 211/XM 147 the 24/7 Fantasy channel.

Check out our new website at http://www.fanball.com/siriusxm and sign up for Kay Adams’ Hot List, you’ll love the exclusive offers (you might even get lucky and get a chance to play in a fantasy football league with us this year!)

If you have a question and would like my opinion on anything Fantasy sports, call in at 888-963-268

I’ll be in Buffalo/Niagara area  running the NFFC events at the Seneca Casino in Niagara this weekend, if you’re in the area, stop by…you never know what offer  The Godfather might have that you don’t want to refuse!

Win the Sirius Snap Draft Challenge on Thursday, August 19^th, and you’ll win a one year subscription to Fanball Owners Edge MLB…of course if you win, you probably don’t need it, but it never hurts to see other opinions!

Nothing to lose by trying, it’s free.    The  league by is now open.

If you’d like to take me on in the free Sirius Snap Draft Challenge today, here’s the link

http://snapdraft.fanball.com/contests/contest_controller/enter_contest/0/242c4330512d6060600a600a

Today’s picks

I’m putting my fate in the hands of two southpaws, Ted Lilly and Cole Hamels.  I’m taking the Marlin mid infielders, Uggla and Hanley to take Paul Maholm deep, and looking for Hamilton and Cantu to do the same against Brian Matusz.

 That’s all for my preview, I might give you a couple more picks during the Fanball Fantasy Drive…

For those of you who would like to hear The Godfather, I’m on the Fanball Fantasy Drive show at 4:30 PM CT, Monday thru Thursday,  Sirius 211/XM 147 the 24/7 Fantasy channel.

Check out our new website at http://www.fanball.com/siriusxm and sign up for Kay Adams Hot List, you’ll love the exclusive offers (you might even get lucky and get a chance to play in a fantasy football league with us this year!)

If you have a question and would like my opinion on anything Fantasy sports, call in at 888-963-2682

 So by now you know we’ve extended the deadline for our “Pre Game Warm Up” !

All you have to do to play in the Pre Game Warm Up is select your initial roster of players by FRIDAY, August 20^th at Noon CT.  We’ll take a “snap shot” of that roster and record all your picks, and that team will be playing against everyone else to see who can pick a winning team before all the roster spots are fought for in the Pre Season.  Look into your crystal ball and pick the players that you think will have great seasons right now and you could pocket $1250 for being smarter than the rest!

 It doesn’t cost you anything to do this, and on August 21^st you can start making any changes to your team for the “real” competition at no charge…right up until the Sunday, 11:45 AM CT September 12^th  deadline.  So the players you might have that will win you the $50,000 (or $35,000 in the points game) can be different on your Pre Game Warm Up entry!  There’s 3 free bonus “Pre Game Warm Up” games with 3 additional prizes pools to be won, $1000 for the Football Challenge (http://rotofootball.fanball.com), $1000 for Fantasy Football 2010 (http://ptsfootball.fanball.com) and $500 for the Football Super Challenge (http://fbsuperchallenge.fanball.com/).  All you have to do is have a roster in by Friday, August 20^th at Noon CT, so do it this week!

 Truly…AN OFFER FROM THE GODFATHER YOU SHOULDN’T REFUSE.

The Godfather has looked into my crystal ball and here’s the players I think are the ones to have to win the Pre Game Warm Up…here’s my Fantasy Football 2010. You’ll see the Godfather team(s) on the leaderboard all year…see if you can field a team that’s better than mine!

QB  KOLB, KEVIN  PHI  2900

QB  RODGERS, AARON  GB  5400

QB  BRADY, TOM  NE  5160

RB  GRANT, RYAN  GB  3840

RB  RICE, RAY  BAL  4330

RB  GORE, FRANK  SF  4350

RB  WELLS, CHRIS  ARZ  2270

RB  MCCOY, LESEAN  PHI  2130

RB  GREENE, SHONN  NYJ  2080

TE  FINLEY, JERMICHAEL  GB  1510

TE  MILLER, ZACH  OAK  1670

WR  JOHNSON, ANDRE  HOU  3860

WR  AUSTIN, MILES  DAL  3080

WR  SMITH, STEVE  NYG  2120

WR  CRABTREE, MICHAEL  SF  1890

WR  SIMS-WALKER, MIKE  JAC  1990

WR  KNOX, JOHNNY  CHI  1540

K  HARTLEY, GARRETT  NO  2180

K  PRATER, MATT  DEN  2200

K  NEDNEY, JOE  SF  2260

TM  MIAMI  MIA  1210

TM  CHICAGO  CHI  1950

  That’s all for today, the Godfather making you offers you can’t refuse!

Rich Gannon Photo Can Be Won Today

Win the Sirius SnapDraft Challenge on Tuesday, August 17^th, and you’ll win a signed photo from  the 2003 Super Bowl MVP, Rich Gannon.  The Raiders QB was also the 2001 and 2002  Pro Bowl MVP and the league MVP in 2002 as he took the Raiders to the Super Bowl.

Nothing to lose by trying, it’s free.  Get in early if you’re interested!  The  league by is now open.

If you’d like to take me on in the free Sirius Snap Draft Challenge today, here’s the link

http://snapdraft.fanball.com/contests/contest_controller/enter_contest/0/242c4330512d6060600a600a

Today’s picks

I’m playing homer tonight!  I’ll be at the Cards game with Rick Thomas, longtime NFBC customer, and I’ll be closer to home plate than Jamie Garcia will be…so I’ll have a good look at him and I’ll be rooting for lots of strike out and a win!  And I’ve got Albert and Matt on my team also, maybe both can take Bush deep.  Tough slate tonight, lots of good people to pick from, but I’m going with Ricky Nolasco to beat the Pirates, and have Hanley and Uggla in also.   So if the Cards and Pirates win and get good games from their major studs, I’ll be tough to beat.

That’s all for my preview, I might give you a couple more picks during the Fanball Fantasy Drive… For those of you who would like to hear The Godfather, I’m on the Fanball Fantasy Drive show at 4:30 PM CT, Monday thru Thursday,  Sirius 211/XM 147 the 24/7 Fantasy channel.  Check out our new website at http://www.fanball.com/siriusxm and sign up for Kay Adams Hot List, you’ll love the exclusive offers (you might even get lucky and get a chance to play in a fantasy football league with us this year!)

If you have a question and would like my opinion on anything Fantasy sports, call in at 888-963-2682

So by now you know we’ve extended the deadline for our “Pre Game Warm Up” !

All you have to do to play in the Pre Game Warm Up is select your initial roster of players by FRIDAY, August 20^th at Noon CT.  We’ll take a “snap shot” of that roster and record all your picks, and that team will be playing against everyone else to see who can pick a winning team before all the roster spots are fought for in the Pre Season.  Look into your crystal ball and pick the players that you think will have great seasons right now and you could pocket $1250 for being smarter than the rest!

It doesn’t cost you anything to do this, and on August 21^st you can start making any changes to your team for the “real” competition at no charge…right up until the Sunday, 11:45 AM CT September 12^th  deadline.  So the players you might have that will win you the $50,000 (or $35,000 in the points game) can be different on your Pre Game Warm Up entry!  There’s 3 free bonus “Pre Game Warm Up” games with 3 additional prizes pools to be won, $1000 for the Football Challenge (http://rotofootball.fanball.com), $1000 for Fantasy Football 2010 (http://ptsfootball.fanball.com) and $500 for the Football Super Challenge (http://fbsuperchallenge.fanball.com/).  All you have to do is have a roster in by Friday, August 20^th at Noon CT, so do it this week!

Truly…AN OFFER FROM THE GODFATHER YOU SHOULDN’T REFUSE.

The Godfather has looked into my crystal ball here’s the players I think are the ones to have to win the Pre Game Warm Up…today is my Football Challenge Team, tomorrow I’ll post my Fantasy Footbal 2010 team. You’ll see the Godfather team(s) on the leaderboard all year…see if you can field a team that’s better than mine!

QB  106-RODGERS, AARON - GB  

QB  125-KOLB, KEVIN - PHI  

QB  126-HENNE, CHAD - MIA  

RB  204-JONES-DREW, MAURICE - JAC  

RB  206-GORE, FRANK - SF  

RB  205-RICE, RAY - BAL  

RB  224-WELLS, CHRIS - ARZ  

RB  228-MCCOY, LESEAN - PHI  

RB  226-GREENE, SHONN - NYJ  

TE  416-FINLEY, JERMICHAEL - GB  

TE  411-CARLSON, JOHN - SEA  

WR  513-MARSHALL, BRANDON - MIA   

WR  512-AUSTIN, MILES - DAL  

WR  510-WHITE, RODDY - ATL  

WR  538-CRABTREE, MICHAEL - SF  

WR  594-KNOX, JOHNNY - CHI  

WR  521-BOLDIN, ANQUAN - BAL  

K  26-HARTLEY, GARRETT - NO  

K  25-PRATER, MATT - DEN  

K  24-NEDNEY, JOE - SF  

 That’s all for today, the Godfather making you offers you can’t refuse!

 I was watching the Colts and Jaguars game last night, and as Peyton Manning was firing touchdown passes, I wasn’t sure if I should be happy or sad.  I was in that situation many of us who play in multiple leagues find ourselves in from time to time; the player I need to help my win in one league is the same player who is on my opponent’s team in the other league.  And to make it more interesting, Jamaal Charles is in that same spot.You find yourself being greedy, I want to win in both leagues this week and advance to the finals in both leagues.  Then you start thinking, is that really possible?  So you start looking at what else needs to happen for you to make it in each, and then you look ahead to who you might have to play in the finals, and start telling yourself, if I have to root for one team, which one has the best chance of winning?

So in “The Boone League”, who I play against a bunch of guys who work in the office and used to work in the office, I got a little lucky and would up with the 3 seed, so I don’t have to play against the best team until next week.  My opponent Ted has the Manning/Charles combo (that I have in my other league), and I was able to offset Manning’s 28 points he got last night with 26 from MJD.  I still have Rivers, Rice and hopes of Larry Fitzgerald as my best options left, and he counters with Forte, Benson and Moss.  I like my chances if Fitz is ready to go, but if not, I’ll have to play Quinton Ganther, and I’ll be a wreck Monday night waiting for him to do something.  The good news is the league Czar Rick, got it put to him pretty good last night by Tom’s number one team, putting up 40 with Wayne and Clark, and he still has Brees and Johnson.  So if I make it to the finals, I have a really tough match up, but maybe I’ll get lucky and some of those players will be getting some much deserved rest, and give me a chance!  I’m do for some in this league, as I had bad luck the last two years and got knocked out of the championship game in the semi’s!

In my other league “The Noble Cast League”, I’m playing against a bunch of my Shriner friends.  I limped into the playoffs and won last week, so I’m lucky to be in the Semi’s this week.  I really needed the 39 points Peyton put on the board for me, because this team is really weak.  My other good options are DeSean Jackson and Jason Witten, and hope for Charles, Fred Jackson, Kenny Britt or Ryan Moats.  And Matt the stock broker has Romo, Gore, Steve Smith, and some guy named Chris Johnson.  After Matt read my blog on the Fidelity firings, he offered for me to transfer those accounts to him, and as a bonus, he’d play Sproles & Royal for Johnson & Smith.  But after Peyton got me 39, maybe I can beat him anyway!  And if I get to the finals, maybe I’ll get Jason, who could knock off Trucky’s number one team this week, He got 21 from Clark, and he’ll need it, Trucky is stacked, Rodgers, Peterson, Andre Johnson, etc.

I’m just hoping I’m not torn between two lovers again, not knowing when Jamaal Charles scores a touchdown if it was a good thing of not.  Good luck to all of you in your playoff games this week!

It’s not even June yet, and I’m already thinking fantasy football. I don’t like thinking about football in August, heck it’s still baseball season, so thinking about football before June is really strange. Why, you ask? Well, because it’s part of my job!

I was a participant in two mock drafts for our first 2008 fantasy football magazine (we print 4), Fanball.com’s Fantasy Football Weekly Annual Guide. As I studied for the drafts, I realized it was like being back in school (although I don’t ever remember enjoying studying like this in school!). I found out that Kevin Smith could be a nice sleeper if he’s the number one running back in Detroit, and Ahman Green might bounce back and surprise some people. Darren McFadden could be this year’s Adrian Peterson (a rookie who takes the league by storm!).

If you believe you must take a running back with your first pick, it appears there are six who separate themselves from the pack…I’m not telling you who the six are, you’ll have to get the magazine! But the real learning experience came from the draft itself. With 11 highly respected colleagues, each pick provided valuable insight. As the draft unfolded, I realized I should have taken a couple players sooner, and wow, what does he know about that player that I missed?

I also learned it’s never too early to start. Sure, some of our picks will look a bit off in late August, but even then, the experience was worth it. So as the dog days of summer lie ahead, if you are a serious fantasy football player, there’s plenty you can be doing to prepare for the season. It’s easy to read the magazines and start formulating opinions on the players you like, but if you want to know if you have a chance on getting them on your roster this year, consider an early mock draft.