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2013 Fantasy Football | NFL Draft Game Review

Mike Mohr — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:38:48 +0000

Are you missing football and fantasy football? April 25th at 8pm ET the first round of the NFL Draft begins. This is your chance to prepare for the upcoming fantasy football season by looking into teams’ needs and who the teams are picking to help them get one step closer to a Super Bowl. Fantazzle, however, is going to give you the unique chance that other sites won’t give you. Fantazzle has designed a fantasy football 2013 NFL Draft game that will keep the draft interesting, while giving you the fantasy football competition that you are missing.

Do you think you know how the draft is going to play out? Do you know which player will go before another? The game Fantazzle has to offer is Fantazzle’s 2013 NFL Draft Pick’em and it’s just the way it sounds. You are given 20 head-to-head matchups and you choose the player that will be drafted the earliest. This is where all of that research you do on teams comes in handy. Use that knowledge and think like the owners, general managers, and coaches. Think about who may trade up for an earlier pick and what that team needs.

Here is how scoring works: you get 1 point for every correct pick and 0 for any incorrect picks. Pretty simple isn’t it? That’s not all though, Fantazzle also offers a Perfect Pick’em Promo that applies to its Pick’em games. This means if you can correctly pick all 20 matchups you get a $250 bonus on top of the prize payout for the game. To be qualified for the Perfect Pick’em promo you must enter a game that has an entry fee of $5.50 or higher. Now is your chance to participate and prepare for the upcoming fantasy football season. The 2013 Fantasy Football season gets an early kickoff at Fantazzle, welcome to Draft week 2013!

Colin Kaepernick For Superbowl MVP

James Mitchell — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 02:30:06 +0000

This sunday a 25 year old Colin Kaepernick will take the field as the starting quarterback in the Super Bowl game. He joins the likes of Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger and Kurt Warner as second year quarterbacks to make the Super Bowl. All three of these quarterbacks won in there first trip to the big game. Maybe its a perceived lack of pressure or maybe its just beginner’s luck but it seems that young QB’s do not suffer a Super Bowl learning curve. Each of these QBs has their own story- from Brady stepping in for an injured Drew Bledsoe to Kurt Warner making his way from the Arena Football League to captain of the greatest show on turf or Ben Roethlisberger dropping in the draft and landing on a Super Bowl contending team. These stories were told in full but Kaepernick story seems to be lost in the mess of other Super Bowl stories like the tale of two Harbaughs, Ray Lewis’ final ride, Randy Moss as the greatest receiver ever, or Alex Smith watching from the side line.

It is my opinion that the San Francisco 49ers’ will win the Super Bowl and Colin Kaepernick will be named Super Bowl MVP; so, I wanted to take a minute to look at all the stars that had to align to put Colin Kaepernick in this unlikely situation.

Colin Kaepernick played sick:

Colin Kaepernick played baseball, basketball and football in high school. Although he was a tremendous athlete he was far from being a top recruit; in fact, Kaep was only offered a football scholarship by one school (Nevada). The scouts at Nevada followed him on tape but had never seen him play a football game before. When it came time to send out scholarship offers Nevada sent a scout to one of Kaepernick’s basketball games. Kaep was very sick but he decided to play anyway. The scout was amazed at how he fought through the sickness and dominated the game. It was only after seeing this performance that Nevada gave him a shot. Without that game Colin Kaepernick might have never played college football and never have been drafted by the 49ers and Alex Smith would be a happier man.

The 49ers’ wanted more than Alex Smith:

Alex Smith is a good quarterback- few people would question that. He had a slow start to his career but since the arrival of Jim Harbaugh he has been a very solid signal caller. This year his quarterback rating of 104 finished 3rd in the NFL only behind Peyton Manning and Aaron Rodgers. That being said, the 49ers’ have always been looking for more. They proved this in the offseason when they decided to risk losing Alex Smith and instead went after Peyton Manning. As good as Alex Smith was the 49ers wanted better and they found that in Colin Kaepernick.

The game has changed to make room for a young, athletic QB:

Like it or not, the NFL has changed. The old guard of NFL quarterbacks like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees are not going anywhere just yet but the new wave of quarterbacks are here. They are having success at a younger age and they are running and throwing the ball with equal effectiveness. You can credit this to many things. Some point to the sophistication of the college game while others say its just a group of freak athletes while I tend to think lowered rookie contracts make coach’s more comfortable letting there QB’s get out and run a bit. However you look at it, Andrew Luck, Robert Griffen, Cam Newton and Russell Wilson have all found success both throwing and running the football. Jim Harbaugh’s decision to switch to Kaep was made a lot easier because of the success of these other quarterbacks. Anyone who questioned Jim Harbaugh’s decision could look around the league and see the success of all the other young athletic QB’s and feel a little better about Jim’s move. So maybe Kaepernick should send a little bit of New Orleans’ jambalaya to his young quarterback friends and fantasy football owners because if it wasn’t for them, Jim Harbaugh might not have had the guts to make the move.

These are just a few of the stars that fell in line to give Colin Kaepernick the chance to be a starting quarterback in the NFL but the most important reason why Kaepernick got where he is today is because he is extremely talented. I expect him to follow in the foot steps of Kurt Warner, Tom Brady and Ben Roethlisberger and lead his team to a victory sunday.

Super Bowl and Pro Bowl Fantasy Games and Predictions

James Mitchell — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:38:21 +0000

There might be no harder game to predict in sports then the NFL all-star game. Some players see this game as a three hour annoyance in a other wise great vacation, while others like say Brandon Marshal treat the game as a person showcase. After the terrible effort shown at last years Pro Bowl commissioner Rodger Goodell threatened to cancel the event due to a lack of effort shown by the players. If that wasn’t motivating enough seeing an old vet like Peyton Manning calling for a better game should rally the teams to put out a better effort. Here are my predictions for Pro-bowl MVP.

Pro Bowl MVP

If AFC wins: Peyton Manning
Did you know that Peyton manning holds the record for most interceptions thrown in Pro-Bowl history? Peyton knows it and he has been joking about it in the media all week. Although he jokes about his past poor performances he is the same person who asked the players to come out and play at “full speed” this Sunday. I expect Peyton to lead by example and play his best football Sunday. He has taken a lot of flak from the media since his first round exit and the Pro-bowl would be a great stage to get back in the media for something positive. Look for Peyton to carve up the San Fransisco 49er-less NFC defense.

If NFC wins: Adrian Peterson
The top three quarterbacks for the NFC side have all gone down with injury. That’s not to say that Drew Bree’s isn’t an incredible replacement but Adrian Peterson will look to carry the load to a Pro Bowl MVP and a cherry on top of his come back season.

Super Bowl MVP:

If you haven’t heard the coaches of the two opposing teams meeting next Sunday in the Super Bowl are brothers; but there’s no way you haven’t heard because that’s all anyone is talking about. What is lost in this match-up is that the old motto “Defense wins championships” is true again (at least in 2013). These two Super Bowl teams both shut out their opponents in the second half of last Sunday’s championship games. Look for a hard hitting old school Super Bowl. There’s a lot of ways the game could play out, but this is how I see the MVP’s shaking down.

If the Ravens win: Ray Lewis
Defensive players don’t win the Superbowl MVP! It almost never happens but Ray Lewis is one of only two players to win the award since 1997. Joe Flacco has enjoyed a nice run but no one will be underestimating him in this game and former quarterback turned defensive minded head coach, Jim Harbaugh, should have a defensive game plan that will make things hard on Joe when he walks on the field Sunday. The only way the Ravens win this game is through defense and if they do the award will go to their defensive leader and the heart of this team.

If the 49ers win: Colin Kaepernick
In a match-up of two great defenses and two great running games I think Colin Kaepernick is the one guy who can make the big play to win the game. I think Kaep runs all over this aging Ravens defense on his way to his first of multiple Super Bowl MVP awards.

Fantasy Football Games at Fantazzle Fantasy Sports!
If you love fantasy sports games and miss your fantasy football team Fantazzle has several options to get back in the game before the Super Bowl and Pro Bowl.

Fantasy Football Salary Cap for the Super Bowl and Pro Bowl:
If your looking to get every last bit of fantasy football action out of this NFL season try the fantasy football salary cap game that features players from the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl. The game works the same as regular fantasy football salary cap, but this time you pick the top player at each position from both the Super Bowl and the Pro Bowl giving you two more precious Sundays of fantasy football till the season is gone.

Fantasy Football Pick’Em Super Bowl Edition:
If it’s the Super Bowl your into you can try the Super Bowl pick’em games. The games match up players from opposing teams and you just have to decide who will have the better fantasy game. Think Joe Flacco is going to outscore Colin Kaepernick? Have a feeling Randy Moss is going off for a big game? Or think Patrick Willis is going to rack up more tackles than Ray Lewis? If you can answer any of these questions come try the game at Fantazzle!

Additional Super Bowl Pick’Em Games Info:
If your looking for more creative bets and trust your knowledge on both basketball and football try this game. It works similar to regular pick em but you will be selecting players from the Super Bowl, Bobcats vs Heat and the Thunder vs Mavericks game. Not only will you pick the regular “Flacco vs Kaepernick” and “Lebron vs Durant” but there is also unique pick’ems like Serge Ibaka Blocks vs Ravens total TD’s. Fantazzle has two different starts times on Super Bowl Sunday – 1PM ET and 6:30PM ET.