2008 highlighted an extremely down year for the AFC West, as no team within the division was able to muster up anything more than a .500 record. Being the only division in the NFL without a winning record among its corps of teams last year, defensive breakdowns and off-season tumult emphasized the weakness and change that the division is currently undergoing. With two new head coaches and two new franchise quarterbacks within the division, the AFC West will rely heavily [...]

This guy is on nobody’s radar and rightly so.  He has killed fantasy teams the last two years as he was awful.  Maybe he killed your team in 2007 when he was going around the 4th to 6th best QB.  Maybe it was last year when he was being drafted as the 8th to 10th best QB.  Well, in 2007 and 2008 Mark Bulger was absolutely awful.  In the last 2 seasons Mark Bulger has thrown for a TOTAL of [...]

On May 20th, the sun will shine on the face of a free Michael Vick for the first time in almost two years.  He’ll hear the clank of the bars as his federal prison cell opens, be escorted down the hall and handed his personal effects, then led out to a waiting car and released to the remand of his own home for the final two months of his sentence.  After which, he’ll be a free man.  At least in [...]

The seemingly annual saga of the “will he” or “won’t he” Brett Favre retirement masquarade has once again reared its ugly head in the world of the football faithful. Favre’s overdramatic ordeal began early in the off-season this year, as he asked for, and was granted, his release from the New York Jets after they drafted first-round Quarterback and future face of the franchise Mark Sanchez. Favre’s release led to immediate and rampant speculation that he would then complete this final [...]

As fantasy football is growing in popularity and more and more leagues are surfacing, new conceptions are being put into place. One of those new-style leagues is Individual Defensive Players (IDP) leagues. IDP leagues differentiate from standard leagues in that teams must draft individual players on defense in addition to the traditional QB, RB, WR, TE, and K. The transition to IDP leagues can leave even the most experienced fantasy gurus in the dark. However, if you follow to basic [...]

Lost in the hope and hype of the NFL extravaganza known as the Draft, monolith video game production company EA Sports followed through on its promise to reveal the 2009 cover model of the upcoming Madden 10 video game. Recently retired legendary football analyst and hall of fame coach John Madden once again lends his name and likeness to the ultra popular video game series, and while celebrating his farewell to television color commentary, he also celebrates a historical first [...]

While I try in vain to wrap my head around the idea of Terrell Owens in Buffalo (Buffalo? T.O. and Drew Rosenmouth in BUFFALO? Oh yeah, this will end well) let’s take a look at some keeper and dynasty league questions. If you have a keeper, dynasty, or other fantasy football question you’d like answered you can Ask the Fantasy Football Oasis Staff here and visit the Fantasy Football Oasis Help Forums here! I was recently offered the 1.09 rookie [...]

The pomp has pomped, the circumstance has circumstanced, the dust has settled, Al Davis has regained his faculties (ok, kidding there), and the 2009 NFL Draft is in the books. All the cool kids seem to be taking this opportunity to scrutinize the hits and misses to within an inch of their lives, so here at Pecking Order we’re going to follow in the footsteps of Mel Kiper’s hair and rank each team’s draft. Ranking them from 1 to 32, [...]