Weekly Haze

Here are this week’s great reads:

• Big names will be playing for big bucks this season. [Fantasy Football Fools]
• How to absolutely own your next fantasy football draft. [Fantasy Football Goat]
• And in case you missed it, I was on a podcast last week. [Fantasy Football Goat]
• The 2008 season is right around the corner … Are you ready??? [RotoNation]
• Tom Brady speaks ill of ESPN. [Awful Announcing]
• No longer a big deal, but Joe “Hollywood” Horn wants out of Atlanta. [Every Morning Quarterback]
• Knowledge is power. [Fantasy Football Librarian]
• That David Garrard-to-Jerry Porter connection better be good. [FanHouse]
• An extremely neat little feature for all you XBox 360ers out there. [The Fantasy Football Geek Blog]
• What to make out of the messy backfield situation in Oakland. [Fantasy Football Exchange]
• The next Michael Turner? [No-Offseason.com]

For more great reads, check out my Google Reader Shared Items page.

May fantasy mock draft: Round 2

It felt good banging out a first-round fantasy mock draft with Aaron Kadkhodai from The Microcosm last week. So good, in fact, that I just had to extend the mock into the second round.

Mocking the real NFL Draft was fun and a good way to kill some time during the offseason. But with this year’s draft in the books and the calender turned over to May, all football fans’ eyes are focused intently on the upcoming NFL and fantasy seasons.

All that means is there will be more fantasy mock drafts than any one man can consume during the next few months, leading up to everyone’s real fantasy draft(s) and the start of the 2008 season. And you know we are here for you, from now until your draft, to help you consume as much fantasy knowledge as possible.

With all that being said, hit the jump to see the results from round 2 of May’s fantasy mock draft.

Monday morning rehab

The Monday morning rehab went digital last week as a guest on the Fantasy Football Goat’s Fantasy Football News and Advice Show. Yes, that is a mouthful, but check out the show for some great advice and commentary.

I plan on being a part of the Goat’s podcast again this week, so I will post the link to that sometime next week.

As far as the MMR this week, there continues to be a lot of news on the injury front with minicamps going off across the country. Hit the jump for all the news.

Weekly Haze

Here are this week’s great reads:

• RBBC is trying to take over the world … err … NFL. [PAFFL.com]
• Why Bills Parcells and Co. should keep Ronnie Brown off the field early next season. [Real Football 365]
• A collection of fantasy football goodness from our favorite librarian. [Fantasy Football Librarian]
• Willie Parker tops this list of veterans looking over their shoulders in 2008. [Fantasy Football Goat]
• Say it a’int so, Cedric Benson. I grew up down the street from Matt Forte, so you know who I am pulling for this season. [FanHouse]
• Of all the people to get in trouble with the law. [The Big Lead]
• Good idea or not: Trading down in the first-round of a fantasy draft. [The Fantasy Football Geek Blog]
• Some players did benefit nicely following their team’s 2008 NFL Draft. [Fantasy Football Fools]

I will be a guest on the Fantasy Football Goat’s podcast tonight (check out last week’s podcast). As soon as the show is published, I will be sure to link to it from here for your enjoyment!

For more great reads, check out my Google Reader Shared Items page.

May fantasy mock draft

So I realize the last two months or so have been all about the NFL Draft. And that is fine and all, but it is about time to get back to the good stuff: fantasy mock drafts.

Aaron Kadkhodai from The Microcosm joined me with the even-numbered picks in this mock draft. Take a second to head over to his blog for all kinds of content, mostly humorous. I even do a little side blogging over there with some Hell’s Kitchen recaps and other random goodies.

The last time I put out a mock, it felt a little rusty and off-the-mark. Now that free agency and the NFL Draft are behind us, I am feeling much better about this mock draft. See if you agree after the jump.

Monday morning rehab

Lots of updates this morning as we turn the corner from the NFL Draft onto minicamps.

Before you know it gang, fantasy leagues will be opening for business. Yahoo! usually opens registration near the beginning of June, which only is a month away.

By the way, we saw Iron Man this weekend … friggin’ awesome! It was a good way to kick off the summer movie season. Next up: Indiana Jones on May 22.

And make sure to stay through the credits of Iron Man (we made the mistake of leaving).

Hit the jump for the MMR.

RSS Awareness Day

Today, May 1, is RSS Awarness Day.

Not familiar with RSS? Basically, it is your — the reader’s — way of receiving our — the blogger’s — content without having to directly visit the website. Everytime we upload a new post, it comes directly to your feed reader. This allows you, the reader, to keep up with multiple websites or blogs without having to surf the web endlessly for updates. And this way you never miss a story!

By now, most of you have seen our fancy little signature at the bottom of some of our posts. Here it is again:

Get your subscription to The Hazean for just $0 a month! You can subscribe to The Hazean by email and have this stuff in your inbox seconds after I post it or you can subscribe in your feed reader or on your home page. Either way you get all the fantasy info you need fast and easy. But hurry because this offer may not last forever!*

Don’t understand this whole subscribing thing? Check out this short video on RSS courtesy of my friend The Fantasy Football Goat. Isn’t technology great?

*This offer will last forever

Check out the links if you get a chance. There is some valuable information within the signature regarding RSS and learning how to subscribe. Then subscribe to The Hazean so you can get all of our content delivered to you!

If you are going to use an RSS feed reader, I suggest Google Reader. I use the Google suite, including Gmail and iGoogle, so it makes a lot of sense for me to use Google Reader. But it is for anyone, even if you do not use any of Google’s other products. Very user friendly, I highly recommend GReader.

Weekly Haze

Here are this week’s great reads:

• Some fantasy football thoughts following the NFL Draft. [Fantasy Football Goat]
• Winner and losers of the 2008 draft. [Every Morning Quarterback]
• Matt Forte, who lived down the street from me growing up, is No. 4 in these dynasty rookie rankings. [RotoWorld]
• While the draft did hurt a few guys (FWP, Benson), some veterans caught a break. [Pancake Blocks]
• Here are some of those guys hurt by last weekend’s NFL Draft. [Fantasy Football Fools]
• Peyton Manning getting mad. [FanHouse]
• Chad Johnson continues to piss me off … and everyone else, too. [ProFootballTalk]
• Too early to call a Super Bowl winner? [The Big Lead]
• With the arrival of Run DMC, the Raiders showed Dominic Rhodes the door. Next stop Indianapolis? [The NFL Guru]

For more great reads, check out my Google Reader Shared Items page.