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Rapid Reaction: Rams Shopping #2 Pick in NFL Draft

2012-02-23T20:53:00.000-05:00

Once again, ESPN's Adam Schefter was on the scoop, submitting a column to ESPN on Thursday evening regarding the Rams shopping the number two overall pick, with multiple suitors already involved. This doesn't seem very news worthy, much less analysis worthy, but the fact that this news came out may be very relevant to the way the NFL draft shakes out...
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Rapid Reaction: Packers Re-Sign Jermichael Finley

2012-02-22T23:29:00.002-05:00

According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, The Packers have agreed to a 2 year, $15 million deal with tight end Jermichael Finley.

Finley has since basically confirmed this via twitter (not that Schefter is ever wrong anyway), it's time to talk about what it means for the NFL and your fantasy team right here after the jump...
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Big Derf Sports is Back!

2012-02-22T19:05:00.003-05:00

Welcome back to blog loyal readers.

As I explained via my twitter(@bigderfsports), my old laptop was having major problems and had fallen off from inconvenient to outright unusable for writing. That forced me to put the blog into a hibernation of sorts for a while while I was saving up for a new laptop. My pimp new HP dv6 Laptop came in last week and is a dream to use and type on, and I spent a week getting it generally set up and just plain playing with it before I decided that it was time to bring back the blog today. I've spent far too long not getting my opinion out there.

While the NBA is in season now, I'm primarily going to focused on gearing up for the NFL off-season and the Fantasy Baseball season. I've got a few large scale plans in mind for this baseball season, led by the return of last year's daily spot starting pitching column, as well as in depth looks at different fantasy strategies throughout the year.

I'll also be rolling out plenty of NFL off-season coverage, including rapid reactions to player movement and fantasy analysis at every step. Last season I endeavored to touch on all 32 teams throughout the off-season and that proved too much, so this year I'm going to instead try to take a look player movement through a more case by case lens, including the obvious Peyton Manning column at some point.

Not that I'm going to be leaving the NBA alone, I'm just going to be covering it from a different angle. I'm admittedly not an NBA expert, and have been following the NBA for much longer than I've actually been watching games, so unlike with the NFL, my on-court analysis is going to be basically non-existent. Instead I'm going to take on the NBA from much more casual angle, likely saving my "analysis" for raving or complaining about my Knicks (yeah I'm still a homer).

Also, despite this being Big Derf Sports, you'll likely also see at least a handful of television columns on the horizon, as that is my other big love, and I doubt I'll be able to stay quiet about it for too long.

Thanks in advance for reading.

-Fred "Big Derf" Tobin

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Week Ten NFL Game Picks and Over Unders

2011-11-13T12:43:00.000-05:00

Quick Picks again...
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NFL Week Nine Game Picks and Over Unders

2011-11-06T12:56:00.000-05:00

Even Quicker Picks this week....

Atlanta -6.5 and Over 44.5

Tampa Bay +9 and Under 51

Houston -10.5 and Over 42.5

Buffalo -2.5 and Over 45

Kansas City -4.5 and Over 41

San Fran -4.5 and Over 38

Dallas -11 and Over 46

Tebows +7 and Over 41.5

Cincinnati +2.5 and Under 41.5

St. Louis +1 and Over 42

NY Giants +9.5 and Under 51.5

San Diego +5.5 and Over 50

Baltimore +3 and Over 42

Chicago +9 and Under 47

-Fred "Big Derf" Tobin

NFL Week Eight Game Picks and Over/Unders

2011-10-30T03:10:00.000-04:00

Sorry for the lack of updates lately, just haven't been able to find time to write. Quick picks again this week. Hopefully next week I'll be back going full bore here.
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Week Six NFL Game Wrap Up - Jets 24 Dolphins 6

2011-10-18T23:48:00.000-04:00

Whew, twelve down, one to go here with my game wrap ups for week six. Finally time for the Monday Night Football game here, Miami at New York. Like all of the other wrap ups available here on this blog, this post is going to touch on the game from both a fantasy perspective, and a real world perspective. And like the rest of the wrap ups, there isn't a need for a big introduction...
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Week Six NFL Game Wrap Up - Bears 39 Vikings 10

2011-10-18T23:27:00.000-04:00

Second to last game to wrap up here from Week Six, the Sunday Night game, Minnesota at Chicago. You can find all of the other wrap ups here on my blog already, and they are all structured like this one, containing both real life analysis and fantasy information. Not much to say in the introduction though, so I'm getting right into the wrap up....
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Fantasy Football Pickups And Drops Week Seven 2011

2011-10-18T23:01:00.000-04:00

It's pickup and drop time here for week seven. The pickups are a little late to help most of you with your waiver claims, but it should still help you navigate free agency throughout the week. Not all of these moves need to be made, and you should always consider your team before doing anything, but here is a short list of guys for you to be picking up or dropping this week...

Week Six NFL Game Wrap Up - Buccaneers 26 Saints 20

2011-10-18T22:18:00.000-04:00

Just three more games left to get to this evening as I go game by game through everything that happened in week six in the NFL. The prior entries are available on the blog, and like this one include both real life analysis and fantasy football analysis. This entry is for the last afternoon game I have to cover, the Buccaneers and the Saints...
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Week Six NFL Game Wrap Up - Patriots 20 Cowboys 16

2011-10-18T18:50:00.001-04:00

Yesterday, I ran through all of the morning games, and this afternoon I'm running through all the late and night games from week six. Right now, it's time for the Dallas at New England game. This wrap up itself is going to have both a look back at the game for real life purposes and is going to explain the fantasy implications of each game.....
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Week Six NFL Game Wrap Up - Raiders 24 Browns 17

2011-10-18T17:41:00.001-04:00

Yesterday, I ran through all of the morning games, and this afternoon I've been running through all the late and night games from week six. Right now, it's time for the Cleveland at Oakland game. This wrap up itself is going to have both a look back at the game for real life purposes and is going to explain the fantasy implications of each game.....
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Week Six NFL Game Wrap Up - Ravens 29 Texans 14

2011-10-18T16:48:00.002-04:00

Another day, another game recap here on Big Derf Sports. Yesterday, I ran through all of the morning games, and this afternoon I'm going to run through all the late and night games from week six, as well as post my add/drop column for fantasy purposes. Right now, it's time for the Houston at Baltimore game. This wrap up itself is going to have both a look back at the game for real life purposes and is going to explain the fantasy implications of each game.....
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Week Six NFL Game Wrap Up - Eagles 20 Redskins 13

2011-10-18T04:09:00.000-04:00

I'm halfway through the game reviews here, and am writing about the last morning game, Philadelphia at Washington. The recap is going to cover both the real-life and fantasy implications of this game, which had interesting results for both.....
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Week Six NFL Game Wrap Up - Steelers 17 Jaguars 13

2011-10-18T03:19:00.000-04:00

I'm going game by game again this week, and it's time to wrap up the Jacksonville at Pittsburgh match-up from earlier this week. Each game has it's own post here on the blog where I break down the game from both a real life perspective and fantasy perspective. There isn't much to say in terms of of introduction though for any of these posts, so I'm just going to start it here right after the jump...
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Week Six NFL Game Wrap Up - Giants 27 Bills 24

2011-10-17T22:56:00.000-04:00

I'm going game by game again this week, and it's time to wrap up the Buffalo at New York match-up here this week. Each game has it's own post here on the blog where I break down the game from both a real life perspective and fantasy perspective. This is one of the games that I got to see this week, so this post is going to be longer than some of the others from this week...
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Week Six NFL Game Wrap Up - Packers 24 Rams 3

2011-10-17T21:43:00.000-04:00

I'm going game by game again this week, and it's time to wrap up the St. Louis at Green Bay match-up from this week. Each game has it's own post here on the blog where I break down the game from both a real life perspective and fantasy perspective. There isn't much to say in terms of of introduction though for any of these posts, especially for this snoozer of a game, so I'm just going to start it here right after the jump...
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Week Six NFL Game Wrap Up - 49ers 25 Lions 19

2011-10-17T20:58:00.000-04:00

I'm going game by game again this week, and it's time to wrap up the San Francisco at Detroit match-up here this week. Each game has it's own post here on the blog where I break down the game from both a real life perspective and fantasy perspective. There isn't much to say in terms of of introduction though for any of these posts, so I'm just going to start it here right after the jump...
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Week Six NFL Game Wrap Up - Bengals 27 Colts 17

2011-10-17T20:24:00.000-04:00

I'm going game by game again this week, and it's time to wrap up the Indianapolis at Cincinnati match-up here this week. Each game has it's own post here on the blog where I break down the game from both a real life perspective and fantasy perspective. There isn't much to say in terms of of introduction though for any of these posts, so I'm just going to jump right into it here after the jump...
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Week Six NFL Game Wrap Up - Falcons 31 Panthers 17

2011-10-17T19:46:00.000-04:00

I'm finally getting these game reviews in on time this week. I'm starting here with the Carolina-Atlanta game, and am going to be posting reviews of every game right through Miami-New York all night tonight into tomorrow morning. Also will have the fantasy pick up column out tomorrow morning to you can get all of your waiver claims in in time.

Not much else to get into here in the introduction, so click through the jump for my game opinion and of course, fantasy advice...
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Fantasy Football Start/Sit Answers - Week Six

2011-10-15T00:10:00.001-04:00

I've answered a bunch of questions this week on my twitter account, but I know everyone isn't following me there, and it's hard to follow responses on a timeline, so I'm going to run through all of the questions again here with more detailed answers. I'm also going to do my twitter followers a favor and clean up the spelling on the tweets. If anyone is vigilantly following me on twitter, there is still new content here, as I'm going to mix in some start/sit questions from my own teams....
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NFL Week Six Game Picks and Over/Unders

2011-10-14T19:50:00.000-04:00

Promised wrap ups of every game from last week, but being sick Monday and busy/working Tuesday and Wednesday had me starting them on Thursday, which was just too late for anyone to read them. Going to be putting them out starting on Sunday evening this week, which should allow me to wrap up all thirteen games by Tuesday's fantasy add/drop column.

Week Five Totals
Straight Up Picks - 6-7
Picks vs Spread - 5-8
Over/Unders - 6-7
"Bankroll" - Down 5.5 Units

Season To Date Totals
Straight Up Picks - 45-32
Picks vs Spread - 36-38-3
Over/Unders - 38-38-1
"Bankroll" - Down 9.6 Units

Week five was not a good week for me. It looked like it might be catastrophic until some late game picks winning helped pull me out of a huge early game hole I had dug for myself. Luckily, I was a little over .500 prior to this week, and a slightly bad week just dragged me slightly below .500. The vigs are still killing me right now, but I'm one or two good weeks away from being profitable again.

Actually, I suspect one of those good weeks will be this week. There were plenty of games on last week's schedule that I was nervous about picking, but this week has many more games that I'm confidant in....

Week Five NFL Wrap Up - Steelers 38 Titans 17

2011-10-14T05:08:00.000-04:00

Doing individual posts for my Week Five wrap up this week, and am on to the Pittsburgh and Tennessee game from this week. This was supposed to be a coming out game here for the Titans and the nail in the coffin for the Steelers, but it ended up as a bounce back win for the Steelers. We'll look at the game from both a real life perspective and a fantasy perspective to cover everything...
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Week Five NFL Wrap Up - Raiders 25 Texans 20

2011-10-13T23:34:00.001-04:00

Wrapping up Week Five before i move onto the Week Six picks for Friday evening. I'm going game by game to make everything easier to read, and am up to the Raiders and the Texans. Both real-life reactions and fantasy reactions from Sunday's game coming up.....
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Week Five NFL Wrap Up - Bills 31 Eagles 24

2011-10-13T23:09:00.000-04:00

Last week, I promise that I would recap all of this weeks games, and while it's a bit late in the week, I'm going to wrap them all up over the next 24 hours before making picks for the fresh slate of week six games. Each post is going to cover the game from both a real life perspective and a fantasy perspective for both teams involved....
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