Roto Hero

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My drafts are done so I can share my rankings before yours.  No fluff just rankings down and dirty.  If you know how to use Vlookup, you can insert them into onto the excel I provided in my last post.  Please feel free to comment or ask questions and good luck. 

• 1. Arian Foster
• 2. LeSean McCoy
• 3. Ray Rice
• 4. Aaron Rodgers
• 5. Calvin Johnson
• 6. Drew Brees
• 7. Chris Johnson
• 8. Darren McFadden
• 9. Tom Brady
• 10. Cam Newton
• 11. Larry Fitzgerald
• 12. Matt Forte
• 13. Adrian Peterson
• 14. Matthew Stafford
• 15. Maurice Jones-Drew
• 16. Rob Gronkowski
• 17. Jimmy Graham
• 18. Marshawn Lynch
• 19. Ryan Mathews
• 20. DeMarco Murray
• 21. Andre Johnson
• 22. Brandon Marshall
• 23. A.J. Green
• 24. Greg Jennings
• 25. Victor Cruz
• 26. Steven Jackson
• 27. Jamaal Charles
• 28. Fred Jackson
• 29. Julio Jones
• 30. Roddy White
• 31. Wes Welker
• 32. Steve Smith
• 33. Hakeem Nicks
• 34. Darren Sproles
• 35. Trent Richardson
• 36. Jordy Nelson
• 37. Ahmad Bradshaw
• 38. Michael Turner
• 39. Antonio Gates
• 40. Marques Colston
• 41. Michael Vick
• 42. Demaryius Thomas
• 43. Jeremy Maclin
• 44. Mike Wallace
• 45. Dez Bryant
• 46. Miles Austin
• 47. Percy Harvin
• 48. Brandon Lloyd
• 49. Doug Martin
• 50. Philip Rivers
• 51. Tony Romo
• 52. Frank Gore
• 53. Vincent Jackson
• 54. Vernon Davis
• 55. Jermichael Finley
• 56. Eli Manning
• 57. Aaron Hernandez
• 58. Peyton Manning
• 59. Willis McGahee
• 60. Antonio Brown
• 61. Stevie Johnson
• 62. Eric Decker
• 63. Dwayne Bowe
• 64. Reggie Bush
• 65. Shonn Greene
• 66. BenJarvus Green-Ellis
• 67. Ben Roethlisberger
• 68. Robert Griffin III
• 69. Kenny Britt
• 70. Torrey Smith
• 71. Pierre Garcon
• 72. Robert Meachem
• 73. Fred Davis
• 74. Kevin Smith
• 75. Donald Brown
• 76. Stevan Ridley
• 77. Cedric Benson
• 78. Jonathan Stewart
• 79. Beanie Wells
• 80. DeSean Jackson
• 81. Matt Ryan
• 82. Jay Cutler
• 83. Michael Bush
• 84. C.J. Spiller
• 85. Peyton Hillis
• 86. Isaac Redman
• 87. DeAngelo Williams
• 88. Evan Royster
• 89. Ben Tate
• 90. San Francisco
• 91. Reggie Wayne
• 92. Santonio Holmes
• 93. Denarius Moore
• 94. Anquan Boldin
• 95. Malcom Floyd
• 96. David Wilson
• 97. Sidney Rice
• 98. Darrius Heyward-Bey
• 99. Justin Blackmon
• 100. Greg Little
• 101. Tony Gonzalez
• 102. Jermaine Gresham
• 103. Brent Celek
• 104. Jacob Tamme
• 105. Coby Fleener
• 106. Brandon Pettigrew
• 107. Jared Cook
• 108. Davone Bess
• 109. Titus Young
• 110. Lance Moore
• 111. Laurent Robinson
• 112. Jason Witten
• 113. Rashad Jennings
• 114. Montario Hardesty
• 115. LeGarrette Blount
• 116. Toby Gerhart
• 117. Jacquizz Rodgers
• 118. Mark Ingram
• 119. Pierre Thomas
• 120. Rashard Mendenhall
• 121. Shane Vereen
• 122. Roy Helu
• 123. Michael Crabtree
• 124. Mike Williams
• 125. Matt Schaub
• 126. Andy Dalton
• 127. Andrew Luck
• 128. Pittsburgh
• 129. Baltimore
• 130. Chicago
• 131. Detroit
• 132. Green Bay
• 133. Isaiah Pead
• 134. James Starks
• 135. Brian Quick
• 136. Santana Moss
• 137. Philadelphia
• 138. Seattle
• 139. Houston
• 140. Tim Tebow
• 141. Ryan Williams
• 142. Vincent Brown
• 143. Jahvid Best
• 144. Tim Hightower
• 145. Ronnie Brown
• 146. Dallas Clark
• 147. Mikel LeShoure
• 148. Carson Palmer
• 149. Josh Freeman
• 150. Owen Daniels

Roto Hero's 2012 Fantasy Football Excel Prep

I’ll start off this fantasy football season with “You’re Welcome.” 

For the first time ever I am allowing you all the chance to prep like I do, and of course it is free of charge.  This is the excel spreadsheet that I make every year before fantasy football, baseball, and basketball drafts.  It allows you the opportunity to see the value of experts from all the big leagues, Yahoo!, ESPN, CBS, NFL.com, FOX, etc.  in one convenient location.  Having other rankings can help identify Heroes and Villains on the draft board.

The sheet default is from the perspective of Yahoo, since that’s what I play, but if you download it you will be able to filter by your own league settings.  The sheet is fairly straight forward, but there are a few thing to mention.  Columns A-F are the rankings of other fantasy experts.  G is the project Y! rankings.  H is average of all the player rankings.  I is the Y! Rank - Average, which is intended to identify consensus value picks (Positive are valuable, at least on paper).  Next is the Player info and then the 2012 Projected Stats.

 The second page is used for your teams projected value when doing a mock.  Simply put in the players names you draft and the projected values will link in.  See how you can improve your team’s total.  Take with a grain of salt that it is only Y! projected points.  Add and remove positions as needed.

 If anything is unclear feel free to send me message or comment.  Trust this will help you all incredibly with perspective on players. 

First week playing, already finished in the money.

That’s who you’re getting advice from. 

-Roto Hero 

Just found out about Sport IQ and already pranking.  Currently 15th in my first week.

Speed is of the essence.

I’m sure you are already familiar with the names I’m going to tell you to leave this article to pick up now, but they are all newer on the scene.  Some are probably gone, but I bet at least one is there.

Middlebrooks - Best chance he is already owned but with the Youk trade yesterday he has a clear path and has been smashing like the Hulk.

Rizzo - He has now officially been called up and is raking AAA.  OBP over .400, 23 dongs, and 62 RBIs in only 69 games.  More than worth the gamble.

Bauer - Pitcher for ARI, who has the feeling of Lincecum before he was called up.  Started the year in AA and jumped to AAA now will make his first start on Thursday.  If you have anyone to drop do it. 

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Someone needs to be stern with Stern

Nothing fuels my speculation more than Stern trying to dodge the question of the Draft Lottery’s legitimacy.  Real classy Stern.

It feels as if there have been too many injuries this season, but some will be coming back within the next month or so.  Many injury plagued owners (like I am in one league) have had to cut bait on a star waiting in the DL wings.  If you are lucky have an open DL spot, here’s who I think you should pick up (note some on the short term DL, like Kemp, I don’t think would be available so I won’t list him):

1. Carl Crawford:  Need for Speed?  He can potentially be the only one.  Although Ellsbury is on the DL chances are no one dropped him.  I was hoping that he would be back already, but you all know his setbacks.  I would stash him, hope for All-Star break, and also 30 SBs.  He can make up a huge gap in tight category.

2. Ryan Howard:  In one of my leagues I just swooped him up 2 days ago.  He is at extended spring and already mashing homers.  Check to see if the 1st rounder is still available, I’m hoping he is also up at the All-Star.

3.  Brett Gardner:  He should not be available, but if he is he’s number 1.  He should be back in a week or so, and has Crawford’s SBs.  Just in case I want to add him.

4.  Roy Halladay:  Also in the category of should not be available, but some people were scared away by the slower start.  Even in an off year he should be producing at a 3rd SP level.

5. Chase Utley:  I think he’ll come back after Howard, in the range of Late July, although he is also in extended spring training.  The feeling we have been here before pushes him back.

6. Emilio Bonifacio:  His position eligibility and speed make him worth the wait.

• Question: A. J. Ellis for Volquez fair? Guy has a sieve at C with nobody to pick up on waivers, and a stacked rotation. - Anonymous
• Answer:

  If Catcher is that thin, you could float it out there, but I would personally be happier with a bad C.