Updated Week 1 Fantasy Football Rankings
It’s that time. We have one game in the books, the surprise 42-27 win by New England over Kansas City. And yes, Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski owners are still smarting. Now we push forward to a full slate of action, including a highly anticipated matchup between the Cowboys and Giants. Will Odell Beckham, Jr. […]
Harmon’s Updated 2017 Fantasy Football Rankings
I don’t know that I need to belabor the point. We’re in the final throes of the NFL preseason. That is to say, there are 48 hours until the Patriots and Chiefs get the 2017 season started. I felt that I needed to produce another quick update to the rankings at the wire. Here, I […]
Harmon’s Updated Week 15 Fantasy Rankings
It’s time for the fantasy playoffs. Can the big QBs rebound from sub-par Week 14 performances? 2016 Fantasy Football Rankings powered by FantasyProsECR ™ – Expert Consensus Rankings
Harmon’s Week 5 Fantasy Rankings
Yes. Tom Brady returns to the field following a questionable (to my eyes, anyway) suspension. Yes, Rob Gronkowski is ready (we think) to quiet the supermarket gawkers. Week 5 of the NFL season began with the Drew Stanton-led Cardinals beating the 49ers. Following the game, details started to emerge about a possible restructuring of Colin […]
Updated Week 3 Fantasy Football Rankings
It’s time for another big run in fantasyland. LeGarrette Blount got things started with a huge night against the Texans behind Jacoby Brissett. Today’s action features a host of intriguing matchups, including the Battle for Pennsylvania (Read: Wentz vs. the Steelers) and another helping of the Bears in primetime against Dak Prescott and the Dallas […]
Harmon’s Fantasy Football Draft Rankings 2016
It’s the beautiful time of year. College football begins in earnest this weekend, and we’re just one week away from the first of 256 regular season NFL games. OK, you can lop off the final 16 games for fantasy purposes. When we are referencing Major League Baseball, we joke about the fact that “hope springs […]
Harmon’s Fantasy QB Rankings Final
Locked and loaded for the regular season. In just a little more than 24 hours, the new NFL season will begin when the Patriots and Steelers get things started. And, as “Harmon’s Fantasy QB Rankings Final” note, Tom Brady is back and ready to roll (No. 3). I felt compelled to re-post the final draft […]
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Harmon’s Preliminary Week 8 Fantasy Football Rankings
It’s that time of the week again. Week 8 of the 2013 NFL season begins on Thursday night with a clash between the Panthers and Buccaneers. I know. It’s hard to get excited about this primetime game following the debacle that was the Giants-Vikings on Monday night. But you have Cam Newton. You have Steve […]
Harmon’s First-Take 2013 Fantasy Football QB Rankings
With training camp just days away, it’s time to roll out the first-look rankings. Adjustments will be made as we get reports out of camp and those peripheral contributors come into focus. At the top of the list, there aren’t many surprises or shuffles to ruffle any feathers. Sure, we can flip Drew Brees and […]
Mike Wallace Takes His Talents To South Beach: WR Among Day One Highlights
The Twitterverse was abuzz on Tuesday morning with great anticipation for the start of free agency. I assume somebody saw the famous “Twitter Whale” along the way, but my unending run of innumerable Tweets from NFL Insiders and beat reporters forged ahead without fail. My head was spinning as the countdown clock wound to zero. […]
Harmon’s Preliminary Week 5 QB Rankings
Here’s the initial look at Week 5. I’m still pondering the value of Ben Roethlisberger out of the Bye week and a couple other choices. I’ll have them up by EOD on Friday. Fantasy Football Rankings powered by FantasyPros
The Matt Ryan Quandary: How High Should He Rise?
The draft season is in full swing, and fantasy owners are perusing rankings across sites, making their notes and perhaps giving players their own “eye test” by watching some preseason action. One of the players that keeps popping up in discussions about his positional rank is Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan. This phenomenon occurred before his […]
Wild Card Weekend Picks
As the countdown to kickoff winds down, I would be remiss if I failed to go on the record with selections for this round. So, let’s make it short and sweet. CIN at HOU: Houston sputtered down the stretch. I expect Gary Kubiak to get back to basics and run, run, run Arian Foster and […]
Home Field Advantage: Keep Your Seats or Find Friendly Colors
We talk about “The 12th Man” and home field advantage at every turn. In the final weeks of the NFL season, we watch as team’s vie for those coveted spots and then dole out playing time in line with whether that objective is met or fades away. If you’re a Steelers fan traveling to Denver […]
The AFC Wasn’t Enough: Steelers to Save Gotham?
We heard about Ben Roethlisberger’s contract this offseason when James Harrison popped off in a magazine. Now, Roethlisberger is aiming even higher as the Steelers jump onboard the third installment of Chris Nolan’s Batman series, “The Dark Knight Rises.” Roethlisberger Looking to Become a $1 Billion Movie Star, Too Add another set of zeroes and […]
James Harrison Leapt Off The Ledge, Rips Roger Goodell
Quotes from a Men’s Journal interview with Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison popped up online Wednesday morning. I can only imagine the reaction at Steelers headquarters when the content was relayed. If you’ve followed Harrison’s career at all, you know that he’s a man who doesn’t mince words. The full interview will be available when […]
FMC: Ben Roethlisberger, QB, PIT
It’s time to honor this weekend’s “Fantasy Man-Crush” for heroics on the field of play. There are many worthy candidates out of Sunday’s action, but I would be remiss if I failed to acknowledge Ben Roethlisberger’s return to action against the Browns. * Again, we’re looking in-between the white lines for fantasy heroism here. We’ll […]
End of the Week: 5 NFL Stories
As we approach the holiday weekend, I thought it only appropriate to do a quick-hit, rapid-fire run through the news stories hitting the wire as we race out the door to barbeques, college football tailgates and face-painting design meetings. Did I go too far? Let’s run through five stories on the wire right now, starting […]
Pittsburgh Steelers Trading Partners?
Now that the suspension has been handed down, there’s ample speculation about the possibility of Roethlisberger getting dealt during draft weekend or soon thereafter. They pulled the trigger on Santonio Holmes, a former Super Bowl MVP, so nobody’s untouchable. Who can make it happen? St. Louis is a no-go. The Rams are trying to fire […]
Big Ben Roethlisberger’s 6-Game Suspension
Fans in Pittsburgh waited for the proverbial second shoe to drop for quite awhile. On Wednesday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell finally kicked it off and handed down a six-game suspension for Ben Roethlisberger’s off-field transgressions. The league’s personal conduct policy offers Goodell a great deal of leeway in protecting the multi-billion dollar NFL shield. He […]
Lundy & Harmon: The Fantasy Freaks Reunited
Nate Lundy & Mike Harmon, two-third of your Fantasy Freaks on FOX Sports Radio, reunite to talk about the big stories on the NFL landscape. Brandon Marshall is out of Denver (Nate has the insights from Colorado) and Big Ben is a head-scratcher. Click on the podcast tab to hear us yell. Subscribe via iTunes […]
2009 surprises: Meachem becomes a star
Los Angeles The 2009 season offered more twists and turns than any psychological thriller concocted in Hollywood. Fantasy owners and fans navigated through a myriad of injuries and varied circumstances, including, but not limited to, coaching changes, suspensions, trades, releases and frequent trips on the quarterback carousel. Along the way, a number of surprising stat […]