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Rick Morris (FDH/STC) – Fantasy Football Draftology 2010

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Fantasy Football Is Right Around The Corner

With the help of our good friends in The 21st Century Media Alliance (Sportsology, Card Corner Club and 1st Down Scouting), FantasyDraftHelp.com and The FDH Lounge are very proud to unveil FANTASY FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2010, your guide to everything fantasy — and beyond — for the 2010 season.

http://www.fantasydrafthelp.com/FantasyFootballDraftology2010.pdf

Here’s the full rundown of everything you will experience inside of our compact yet complete guide for this autumn:

Page 1: Draft Philosophy Overview, Top 60 Overall
Page 2: QB Rankings, Draft Board Decoder, Injury Analysis
Page 3: RB Rankings, K Rankings
Page 4: RB Rankings, Lessons of “The Stat”
Page 5: D/ST Rankings, Projected Breakthroughs, Overvalued & Undervalued Players, Suggested League Guidelines, Rookie Rankings, 2010 Wild Card Players
Page 6: WR Rankings, Panini America NFL Trading Cards announcement
Page 7: WR Rankings, Don’t Be That Guy
Pages 7-8, 11: 2010 Fantasy Overview
Page 8: TE Rankings, FDH College Rankings & Team Draft Guidelines
Pages 9-10: 2010 FDH Mock Draft & Analysis
Page 10: 2010 FDH Standings/Playoff Predictions
Page 11: Best Values from 2010 NFL Draft
Page 12: Top Undrafted Players from 2010 NFL Draft
Pages 13-15: Application of Draft Theory with FDH Senior Editor Jason Jones
Page 16: FDH Lounge Celebrity Pigskin Interview Clips (Steve Sabol, Dhani Jones and Kenny Albert)

http://www.fantasydrafthelp.com/FantasyFootballDraftology2010.pdf

Rick Morris (FDH/STC) – FFL Injury Risks, Breakthroughs & Rookies

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Fantasy Football Is Right Around The Corner

Welcome to our 95th edition of the FDH Fantasy Newsletter, as we continue to bring you weekly fantasy sports updates in addition to our usual content on FantasyDrafthelp.com. Our archive of past editions is available right here on The FantasyDrafthelp.com Blog and specific links to past editions are available on the front page of FantasyDrafthelp.com.

In this week’s edition, we continuing to serialize our brand-new FANTASY FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2010 guide and as such, we bring you our Injury Risks, Projected Breakthroughs and Rookie Rankings.

Injury Risks

High: Jake Delhomme, Laurence Maroney, Darren McFadden, Steve Slaton

Medium: Jahvid Best, Ronnie Brown, Chris Cooley, Owen Daniels, Montario Hardesty, Steve Smith (Carolina), Matt Hasselbeck, Wes Welker, Beanie Wells, Cadillac Williams

Low: Anthony Gonzalez, Willie Parker

Projected Breakthroughs

QB: Joe Flacco, Chad Henne, Kevin Kolb, Matt Leinart, Matt Ryan

RB: Justin Forsett, Shonn Greene, Felix Jones, LeSean McCoy, Knowshon Moreno, Beanie Wells

WR: Michael Crabtree, Pierre Garcon, Mike Wallace

TE: Jermichael Finley

Rookie Rankings

1 Ryan Mathews
2 CJ Spiller
3 Jahvid Best
4 Dez Bryant
5 Jermaine Gresham
6 Ben Tate
7 Montario Hardesty
8 DeMaryius Thomas
9 Golden Tate
10 Arrelious Benn

Rick Morris (FDH/STC) – 2010 NFL Predictions v.1

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NFL Training Camps Have Started & So Have The 2010 NFL Predictions

NOTES: Vegas over-under win totals are in parentheses.

AFC EAST
X-NY Jets 11-5 (9.5)
New England 9-7 (9.5)
Miami 9-7 (8.5)
Buffalo 4-12 (5.5)

AFC NORTH
X-Baltimore 10-6 (10)
Y-Cincinnati 10-6 (7.5)
Pittsburgh 8-8 (9)
Cleveland 5-11 (5.5)

AFC SOUTH
X-Indianapolis 11-5 (11)
Y-Houston 9-7 (8)
Tennessee 9-7 (8.5)
Jacksonville 4-12 (7)

AFC WEST
X-San Diego 11-5 (11)
Denver 7-9 (7.5)
Kansas City 6-10 (6.5)
Oakland 5-11 (6)

NFC EAST
X-NY Giants 10-6 (8.5)
Philadelphia 9-7 (8.5)
Dallas 9-7 (9.5)
Washington 6-10 (7.5)

NFC NORTH
X-Minnesota 10-6 (9.5)
Y-Green Bay 10-6 (9.5)
Chicago 6-10 (8)
Detroit 5-11 (5)

NFC SOUTH
X-Atlanta 10-6 (9)
New Orleans 9-7 (10)
Carolina 8-8 (7.5)
Tampa Bay 4-12 (5.5)

NFC WEST
X-Seattle 9-7 (7.5)
Y-San Francisco 9-7 (8.5)
Arizona 9-7 (7.5)
St. Louis 5-11 (5)

PLAYOFF FIRST ROUND
NY Jets over Houston
Baltimore over Cincinnati
NY Giants over San Francisco
Green Bay over Seattle

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
Baltimore over San Diego
Indianapolis over NY Jets
Atlanta over Green Bay
NY Giants over Minnesota

CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY
Indianapolis over Baltimore
NY Giants over Atlanta

SUPER BOWL XLV
Indianapolis over NY Giants

AWARDS
MVP: Aaron Rodgers
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Aaron Rodgers
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Darrelle Revis
OFFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Ryan Mathews
DEFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Jason Pierre-Paul
COACH OF THE YEAR: Mike Smith
SUPER BOWL MVP: Peyton Manning