Starting with contests on Tuesday, March 9th, you’ll notice the NBA player salaries will be updated to reflect the current season.

You will be able to use these new salaries to continue playing NBA contests, NBA-NHL Hybrids as well as NBA contests where you can win a $100 Fathead.

Keep checking the SnapDraft Blog for all the latest updates, promotions and tips to enhance your SnapDraft experience.

If you have been away from SnapDraft as long as we have been from this blog, here is what you might have missed.

Introduction of College Basketball

We all love March Madness and College Basketball and now you have a chance to pick out some of your favorite players from your old school or from anywhere else in the country.

SnapDraft Pick of the Day Video

Need some advice getting started? Look no further than the banner at the top of our SnapDraft website. Here one of Fanball’s fantasy experts gives you some food for thought on a player you might consider starting for that day’s contests.

February was FatHead Month

Certain contests not only awarded money, but also a complimentary gift from FatHead ranging from $50 to $100. When you played SnapDraft, you had the ability to not only choose your favorite player in our game, but also to have him on your wall – full size!

Stay tuned for even more promotions from SnapDraft.

Baseball Ahead!

The MLB season proved to be an exciting time for SnapDraft last season with a huge range of players and contests competing on a daily basis. We offered our tips here several times a week, and will once again offer these in this coming season.

Keep checking back to the SnapDraft Blog where you not only get updates on any developments from SnapDraft, but also advice on how to bring home the most cash possible.

Here are the Week 15 results. Ted Carlson wins for the second week in a row and claims the overall lead as a result.

David Rogers- 216.95
Cory Elfrink- 189.2
Charlie Wiegert- 167
Ted Carlson- 165.6
Ray Flowers- 160.8
Danny Goldin- 151.7
Rick Hawes- 146.2
Seth Trachtman- 134.55
Ryan Boyer- 131.4
Mike Sheets- 120.5

Most Popular Team- 191.2

Notes of Interest:

-Once again, you can’t stop Chris Johnson, you can only hope to contain him. He scored 39.6 points against a horrific Rams squad and continues to produce jaw-dropping stats at home this season. It’s becoming almost impossible not to consider him each week down the stretch.

-David Rogers blew out the group with four players putting in 30-plus point performances and six players contributing 20-plus. It was the group’s highest single score of the season at 216.95.

-Week 15 features plenty of very common picks, as there are lots of seemingly lopsided games in the schedule including Patriots vs. Bills, Cardinals vs. Lions, Texans vs. Rams, Broncos vs. Raiders and Vikings vs. Panthers. It should make for an interesting selection of picks.

Here are Week 15’s picks, most popular players and the number of different players picked by position. If you have a beef with the picks or think they’re great, chime in on the SnapDraft Blog:

Remember, there are THREE main deadlines this week: Thursday, December 17 at 8:15 PM ET, Saturday, December 19 at 8:15 PM ET and Sunday, December 20 at 12:55 PM ET.  Good luck!

FFOC – Fantasy Football Open Championship

FFOC is a Fantasy Football Contest where the big winner takes home a cool $1 million.
On Snapdraft, compete for an entry for just $15! 10 team league with a 100% payout.

Below are our first 9 players who have won an entry into the 2010 FFOC contest for a chance to win $1 million.

Matt F.
Bato J.
Harry L.
Brian M.
Patrick R.
Tim Z.
Don B.
Scott C.
Jason D.

Congratulations!

They’ve won their entry for just $15, have you? Sign up to play SnapDraft and look for the 2010 FFOC Entry contest under the NFL tab.

NFFC - National Fantasy Football Championship

NFFC is the premier high-stakes live draft football league which is held each September. You can win an entry (worth $1,450) for just $125!

Below are 2 players who have already secured their spot in next year’s NFFC.

Congratulations to Bato J. and Korey G!

They are in the hunt for big money next season. Now it’s your turn! Sign up for SnapDraft and look for the 2010 NFFC Entry under the NFL tab.

Deadlines

12/7 at 6:55pm ET

Players to Watch

One of the cheaper options in net, Ilya Bryzgalov is riding four consecutive wins and looks to be a reliable option to place in net tonight against the Minnesota Wild. Bryzgalov has been great this season with a 16-8-1 record, a tiny 2.07 GAA and a solid .922 save percentage.

Alex Ovechkin is set to tentatively return tonight after serving his two-game suspension and recovering from a knee injury. Time to put this fantasy stud back in your lineup.

The other Alexander in Washington, Alexander Semin, is starting to produce at a high clip coming off missed time with injuries. Semin has six points in his last two games and has a favorable matchup against Tampa Bay tonight.

Erik Johnson is a cheap option at the defense but is putting up numbers that are worth much more than what his value is assinged at in the SnapDraft game. Johnson has been a force offensively in St. Louis with four goals and 15 assists this season. The blueliner has a point in 10 of his last 13 games.

Colorado’s leading scorer, Paul Stastny, has been a very effective center and is priced much lower than other options such as Evgeni Malkin or Jeff Carter. Stastny has been extremely effective this season with seven goals and 24 assists including points in five of his last six games.

Here are the Week 12 results. Ted Carlson has been one of the most consistent participants of the group, and he finally got his first win this week.

Ted Carlson- 160.7
David Rogers- 144.1
Mike Sheets- 142.55
Ray Flowers- 138.65
Cory Elfrink- 131.3
Ryan Boyer- 125.85
Danny Goldin- 121.15
Seth Trachtman- 116.6
Charlie Wiegert- 115.7
Rick Hawes- 80.85

Most Popular Team- 135.25

Notes of Interest:

-Chris Johnson continues to carry the Titans and SnapDraft owners on his back. He produced 27.6 points and was owned by the top four participants this week.

-Nine out of 10 participants took Aaron Rodgers for his Thanksgiving Day domination of the Detroit Lions. He scored 29.9 points, which was the most of any player this week picked by the group.

-Tom Brady owners are probably loathing him right about now both in standard fantasy leagues and SnapDraft. He scored only 12.05 points in what looked like a shootout matchup vs. New Orleans. Four participants in the group selected Brady in Week 12, making him one of the most popular players, unfortunately.

Here are Week 13’s picks, most popular players and the number of different players picked by position. If you have a beef with the picks or think they’re great, chime in on the SnapDraft Blog:

POS Player Salary
QB Peyton Manning 6,000,000
RB Maurice Jones-Drew 4,460,000
RB Rashard Mendenhall 1,000,000
WR Sidney Rice 1,000,000
WR Andre Johnson 3,830,000
TE Vernon Davis 1,380,000
K Ryan Longwell 2,550,000
DEF Pittsburgh 1,000,000
FLEX Matt Schaub 3,440,000

Amount of Different Players
QB 8
RB 9
WR 12
TE 4
K 6
DEF 7

Remember, there are two main deadlines this week: Thursday, December 3 at 8:15 PM ET and Sunday, December 6 at 12:55 PM ET.  Good luck!

Here are the Week 10 results. Danny Goldin is the victor for the third time in four weeks.

Danny Goldin- 164.5

Ryan Boyer- 153.5

TIE Ted Carlson and David Rogers- 149.65

Charlie Wiegert- 148.3

Seth Trachtman- 146.85

Ray Flowers- 143.6

Cory Elfrink- 135.65

Rick Hawes- 125.75

Mike Sheets- 116.55

Most Popular Team- 145.55

Notes of Interest:

-Once again, the defenses made all the difference Danny Goldin won last week as a result of a great Monday Night Football showing from the Ravens defense, which scored 24 points. Most participants took the New Orleans defense against the Rams, which only compiled nine points.

-Chris Johnson has been the king of big days, and he did it again for participants in Week 10. Johnson had 38.2 points, putting him well above the rest of the running back crop. Now that Tennessee is playing with the lead and running the ball more, we could be in for a 2008 DeAngelo Williams-like finish from Johnson.

-Goldin really struggled at wide receiver last week with only two points, but that didn’t stop him from winning. That was partially because he wasn’t the only one that struggled at wideout. Among the group of wide receivers chosen, Miles Austin, Marques Colston, Devin Hester, Wes Welker, Vincent Jackson and Nate Burleson scored fewer than 10 points.

Here are Week 11’s picks, most popular players and the number of different players picked by position. If you have a beef with the picks or think they’re great, chime in on the SnapDraft Blog:

Remember, there are two deadlines this week: Thursday, November 19 at 8:15 PM ET and Sunday, November 22 at 12:55 PM ET. Good luck!

Here are the Week 10 results. Ray Flowers wins his first week, while Danny Goldin comes just short of winning three weeks in a row.

Ray Flowers- 160.1

Danny Goldin- 149.95

Mike Sheets- 144.4

Rick Hawes- 141.75

Ted Carlson- 138.6

Seth Trachtman- 131.45

Cory Elfrink- 129.6

David Rogers- 128.6

Ryan Boyer- 116.55

Charlie Wiegert- 96.25

Most Popular Players- 117.6

Notes of Interest:

-There were only three defenses picked amongst the group, and just one of them actually earned any points. Green Bay and San Francisco faced off against NFL bottomfeeders, but neither team’s defense scored a point in SnapDraft last week. Two participants did pick the New Orleans defense, and they finished fourth and fifth place, respectively.

-As usual, the quarterback play was rather consistent across the board. What set Flowers’ team apart was the Chris Johnson and Randy Moss combo, accounting for nearly 60 points.

-The tight end crop was weak for the most part, with the high-scorer picked by the group gaining only 15.3 points. Most participants in the group selected Vernon Davis, who had only 10.2 points total.

Here are Week 10’s picks, most popular players and the number of different players picked by position. If you have a beef with the picks or think they’re great, chime in on the SnapDraft Blog:

Remember, there are two deadlines this wee: Thursday, November 12 at 8:15 PM ET and Sunday, November 15 at 12:55 PM ET.  Good luck!

Here are the Week 9 results. Danny Goldin is on fire winning two weeks straight!

Danny Goldin- 138.05
Ted Carlson- 134.35
Cory Elfrink- 129
David Rogers- 118.55
Charlie Wiegert- 114.65
Ray Flowers- 108.15
Mike Sheets- 107.75
Seth Trachtman- 98.85
Ryan Boyer- 88.65
Rick Hawes- 87.05

Most Popular Players- 88.95

Notes of Interest:

-The theme of the week was bad defenses. Six of the 10 participants picked the Arizona defense vs. Carolina, and they scored no points. The four others picked the San Diego defense, which scored only eight. Ouch.

-The defenses weren’t the only duds during the week. Steve Slaton was owned by three participants and scored only 4.1 points. Mike Sims-Walker was owned by seven participants and scored less than one point.

-Two participants had the week’s high scorer, Chris Johnson (38.9 points). Not coincidentally, these participants (Ted Carlson and Cory Elfrink) finished second and third place in the group.

-As you can tell from the overall SD ranks now, parity rules the day. Ryan Boyer has maintained his lead despite a ninth place finish in Week 8, while Mike Sheets still owns the median rank lead. Week 8 certainly wasn’t a great time for the Most Popular Picks team.

Here are Week 9’s picks, most popular players and the number of different players picked by position. If you have a beef with the picks or think they’re great, chime in on the SnapDraft Blog:

POS                        Player                               Salary
QB                Peyton Manning                     6,000,000
RB               Maurice Jones-Drew             4,460,000
RB                         Ray Rice                            1,250,000
WR                  Reggie Wayne                       1,000,000
WR                  DeSean Jackson                   1,790,000
TE                     Vernon Davis                      1,380,000
K                      Lawrence Tynes                  2,050,000
DEF                     Green Bay                          2,270,000
FLEX                 Tom Brady                          5,320,000

Amount of Different Players
QB 6
RB 8
WR 12
TE 4
K 3
DEF 3

Remember, this week’s first deadline is Sunday, November 8 at 12:55 PM ET. Good luck!

Week 6 was the highest scoring SnapDraft week to date thanks to the resurgence of the 2007 New England Patriots and the 1994 Houston Oilers errrr… Tennessee Titans. The participants that owned the Pats stars definitely stand out.

Ryan Boyer- 196.6
Mike Sheets- 190.5
Seth Trachtman- 156.6
Ted Carlson- 150.7
Charlie Wiegert- 145.15
David Rogers- 143.3
Danny Goldin- 139.5
Ray Flowers- 134.9
Cory Elfrink- 125.3
Rick Hawes- 111.7

Most Popular Players- 157.5

Notes of Interest:

-Owning Tom Brady and at least one primary Pats wideout ruled the day, obviously. Only three teams had such a combo, and those teams finished 1-2-3 in the standings.

-Maurice Jones-Drew’s day wasn’t the best in all areas (only four yards per carry), but his three scores and big yardage easily made him the top running back by more than 20 points.

-Week 6 was the week of the defensive duds, as no defense picked by the group scored by than eight points in SnapDraft. The upsetting day for Jets and Eagles fans was certainly shared by the eight out of 10 owners that selected one of those defenses. This all goes to show that just when you have it all figured out….

-Matt Hasselbeck was a popular pick, but he turned into a huge bust against one of the NFL’s worst pass defenses in Arizona. The Seahawks have been feast or famine this season with two shutouts already but also some blowouts, and Hasselbeck has shared that sentiment when he has been on the field.

Here are Week 7’s picks, most popular players and the number of different players picked by position. If you have a beef with the picks or think they’re great, chime in on the SnapDraft Blog:

POS            Player                       Salary
QB         Peyton Manning          6,000,000
RB        DeAngelo Williams       4,060,000
RB           Ryan Grant                 3,140,000
WR        Steve Smith NYG          1,370,000
WR            Vincent Jackson         2,420,000
TE             Brent Celek               1,170,000
K             Lawrence Tynes          2,050,000
DEF           New Orleans             1,550,000
FLEX           Aaron Rodgers         3,750,000

Amount of Different Players
QB 4
RB 11
WR 9
TE 6
K 2
DEF 6

Remember, this week’s first deadline is Sunday, October 25 at 12:56 PM ET. Good luck!