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Fantasy source. (Insider: NFL).
Be skeptical whenever you're told about a sure thing. If the subject is fantasy football, the only thing you can be sure of is uncertainty.
Never has that been more apparent than this season. Sure, Ricky Williams, Donovan McNabb, Priest Holmes and Brett Favre have done well, but more fantasy first-rounders are failing than succeeding.
Here are the biggest first-round disappointments to date, with a prognosis for the rest of the season:
Marshall Faulk, RB, and Kurt Warner, QB, Rams. Injuries have affected the performance of both, and there's little reason to expect a turnaround from either. Warner likely will miss a month with a broken finger on his passing hand. And the running lanes haven't been there for Faulk because the Rams' passing game has lagged so much.
Jeff Garcia, QB, and Terrell Owens, WR, 49ers, Tough matchups, a flu bug and a predictable passing game tilted to get the ball into Owens' hands have hogtied this duo. It won't last, though. The 49ers ...
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...in Appalachia. I'm not bitter or anything. Send your fantasy football questions and comments to phanrahan@bostonherald.com...especially this week. PLAXICO BURRESS, WR, Giants New York's passing game has been in a bit of a funk, and no one is suffering more...
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- Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review David Sandora September 17, 2009 700+ words
...Mike Bell Bell gained the second-most rushing yards in the league in Week 1 (behind Adrian Peterson). When the Saints' passing game is connecting the way it did against Detroit, running the ball looks a whole lot easier. Thomas, though, said he will...
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Ed Ryan October 30, 2009 700+ words
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Leading Providers Deliver Fantasy Football Gift Cards to Retail Stores...company, and three leading fantasy football leaders, today announced...distribute the nation's 'first fantasy football gift card' to retail outlets...
- The Fantasy Football Open Championship Awards First-Ever Million Dollar Grand...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 23, 2008 700+ words
...Million as the Winner of the Inaugural Fantasy Football Open Championship LAS VEGAS, Dec. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The Fantasy Football Open Championship (FFOC) crowned the first-ever fantasy football millionaire at an event at the Bellagio...