The Champs Customizable Cheat sheets (a.k.a. C3) went live on the site late yesterday afternoon and FFChamps subscribers with Draft, Silver, Gold, and Platinum packages can access them now! 

I spent several weeks on the projections that form the basis of these rankings, and after consulting with Jon and Ian some tweaks were made and they were launched for public consumption.  Note, that I will continue to adjust the projections and rankings from now until the season starts.  It's still early and a lot could change. 

Also, I will continue to add more players to the rankings.  I know we could stand to do a few more quarterback and linebacker projections, so we'll get those done.  There has been a groundswell of support for new dynasty league rankings as well and, just so you know, those are also coming soon.  I wanted to get the regular cheat sheets done first and use those as a starting point for the dynasty league rankings.

I am also excited to announce that FFChamps incredible Mock Draft tool is almost ready for deployment.  We hope to have that live on the site by Monday so stay tuned.

The FFChamps cheat sheets are getting close to completion.  Jon, Ian, and I are working on the projections and rankings and we should have them on the site by the end of the week. I know Jon has already published some of his top-fives as a C3 teaser in his latest blog entry for subscribers.

I am targeting early June for the release of the rest of the Draft Kit, which will include updates to the cheat sheets, team and player profiles, more preseason analysis, sleepers, busts, as well as draft and auction strategy.
Stay classy.

As I write this, we are T-minus 75 hours from the start of the NFL Draft festivities at Radio City Music Hall in the Big Apple.  And I don't know about you, but my fantasy football juices are flowing.  Last night's trade that sent Jared Allen to the Vikings really kicked things up a notch.  The Chiefs are loaded with selections now and should make some serious hay on Draft Day. Meanwhile, the Vikes might very well have the best defense, both fantasy and realistically in the NFL now.  They have three Pro Bowl linemen, very solid linebackers, and a veteran secondary that should be able to hawk more interceptions now that the Purple finally has a pass rush to complement their stifling run defense. 

We also know now that Jake Long is going to be a Dolphin, so the Rams are on the clock. I predicted in the mock draft that I posted yesterday (prior to the Allen trade) that they would go with Chris Long, but that is obviously not a lock. The real monkey wrench now comes with the aforementioned Chiefs, who hold the fifth and 17th picks overall.  They have the luxury of waiting until that 17th pick that used to belong to the Vikings to grab much needed help on the offensive line and can now employ that fifth pick for the best player available, whoever that might be at the time.  I have a feeling there are going to be a slew of trades.  Where will Darren McFadden land?  Will three other running backs go in round one?  What about Matt Ryan? Does he wind up in Atlanta? Baltimore? Carolina? 

Are you ready?

We are.

Beginning this weekend, we will start publishing our Rookie Impact Reports after we find out where the big names go in the draft. Then, in early May we will unleash our FFChamps C3 cheat sheets. 

Amidst more hoopla than any other sport accords such an event, the NFL released its 2008 regular season schedule yesterday.  The immediate reaction of the fantasy football obsessed among us was to begin analyzing the schedule to see which players had easy or touch schedules, which had primrose paths or rocky roads at the start of the season and/or at playoff time, which running backs faced the toughest run defenses, etc. 

It's fine to do this sort of thing, and it's actually a worthwhile exercise just as long as you keep your findings in perspective and don't give them an inordinate amount of weight when doing your rankings.  Don't move Ben Roethlisberger out of your top-10 quarternacks just because the Steelers play what is statistically the league's toughest schedule this season for instance. 

To that end, Tom Blomberg posted Fantasy Football's 6th Commandment on the site today and I think it's a perfectly-timed mandate: Don't put too much stock in the playoff schedule on draft day.  Check it out along with the rest of the 10 Commandments we've posted thus far.  We'll have the rest of them on the site by the end of the month.

Admittedly, it does not take much in the way of high-brow humor to make me laugh.  Which is why "Beavis and Butt-head" is still one of my favorite shows of all time and, to me, movies like "Dumb and Dumber" and "Vacation" are classics.  Thus, it probably comes as no surprise that I am giggling like an idiot as I write this blog installment because of the title I was able to use... I know, lame, but whatever. 

As you may have noticed, I have been employing my "Bo Knows" blog space to welcome a lot of new writers aboard here at FFChamps... Pooch, Blommy, and Court have written their initial posts here at the industry leader of fantasy football obsession and now I have another introduction to make: ladies and gentlemen, may I present Mat Harrison!

Subscribers can read Mat's first contribution, a fantasy impact report on Javon Walker, here.

Yes, Mat only has one t in his first name and, no, he is not related to Marvin Harrison any more than Brad Pitt is related to Barack Obama.  Like some of the other writers who have signed on the dotted line here at FFChamps, Mat received cum laude honors or something when he graduated from college so he's smart and stuff... which helps when you have guys like me steering the ship.

Once again: welcome, Mat!  Good to have you on the team.

Bo