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Alan Harrison

Alan is the founder of TheFantasyFix.com and a contributor to RotoGraphs. Follow his rants on Twitter @TheFantasyFix.

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Arian Foster (credits below) I find that a PPR draft in fantasy football is always a nice way to shake things up a bit late in the preseason after spending the past few weeks preparing for standard leagues.  The typical order of running backs – usually Adrian Peterson, Arian Foster,

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Ugh Dykstra… (credits below) Lenny Dystrka… what are we going to do with you? Exposing yourself, how high brow. It's well noted how insane the '86 Mets were and how many drugs they were taking, but… you have easily surpassed Dwight Gooden & Darryl Strawberry as the craziest of the

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Chris Johnson (credits below) Running back Chris Johnson and receiver Kenny Britt can be the most explosive players at their position, but it is tough to go top dollar on those guys this season.  Johnson seems to be making progress on contract negotiations and it seems almost certain his holdout

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Tony Romo (credits below) America's team is coming off a disasterous 6-10 record and will try to right the ship once again this year. All the pieces are in place for the offense to be a fantasy juggernaut especially with Tony Romo back with a revamped offensive line. It also doesn't hurt that Cowboys defense

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Tyler Skaggs (credits below) Tyler Skaggs, LH SP Arizona At the ripe old age of 20, Skaggs has rapidly emerged as the prize possession of Arizona's farm system. Acquired as the centerpiece prospect in the Dan Haren trade, the lanky 6'4 southpaw has made waves at multiple levels this season. 

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Heath Bell (see credits below) Heath Bell was claimed on waivers by the Giants.  The Padres and Giants now have 48 hours to agree to a trade, otherwise Bell reverts back to the Padres.  It might have just been a tactical move to block Arizona from claiming him, or it

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Mike Minor (credits below) The only possible explanation for Matt Garza not being owned in 1.4% of leagues is that 1.4% of leagues are inactive at this point in the season.  When you consider that and the relative lack of big ownership increases lately, it becomes clear that fantasy baseball

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MJD at his best (credits below) Tons of questions here.  A. Who is the starting quarterback? B. Is Maurice Jones-Drew truly healthy? C. Is Mike Thomas ready to make the jump to become a No. 1 receiver? Tough to be too confident about any of those questions, but here’s one guess… A.

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Way back when, in a world before the Internet, I used to play close attention to preseason football as preparation for fantasy football. I would cutout the box scores, tape each week’s games on a sheet of paper and use it for scouting. If nothing else, this was valuable to

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Arian Foster (See Credits Below) The Houston Texans have become a fantasy favorite in recent season. Matt Schaub has developed into a quarterback who will throw a lot and Andre Johnson is arguably the No. 1 wide receiver in football while Arian Foster became a fantasy stud last season.  There's

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