Hello World!

Well, this is a project I've been meaning to do for a while now. I've been competing in fantasy nfl for the last four or five years, had my ups and downs (almost on a weekly basis) and feel I take such an avid interest in the subject that I should share my views and opinions with the world.

I am not saying I am the fantasy football oracle, anyone who has played the game will know just how unpredictable it can be, sometimes frustratingly so, sometimes delightfully so. When you are up against a strong team and your core players are dinged up, there is nothing sweeter than playing a long shot with high upside and pulling off a surprise 20 points to win the week!

If you are looking for those few tips that might give you the edge, you might glean enough here to give you that edge over the competition. Likewise, being the double edged sword fantasy football is, there will be times you would have been better off doing the opposite of what I say!

So if you read a post stating: 'Play CJ Spiller this week', be very on your toes when following this advice - he may give you a fantasy lead balloon. Be more inclined to play him if I had posted, 'Simon says play CJ Spiller this week'!

I should say at this point that I play the nfl.com version of the game, using plain vanilla settings, with a couple of tweaks to put right points allocations I feel are too measly or too generous.

I started out with the UK version (stupidly) and was burned in my first season when, after all the preparation of getting a league together, they failed to have the platform live for week 1. "WHAT!", I hear you say? That's right, in fact if I remember correctly it was week 3 by the time things were up and running, by which point the season was binned.

After that I switched to the nfl.com version and never looked back. Of course, the nfl.com version of the game is a complete setup, from online drafting, to creating roster spots as deep as you dare including Individual Defensive Players (IDPs) if you so wish. There are other formats out there, but I have stuck to the nfl.com version and will continue to do so until they make a balls up of it.