How annoying is the dude who incessantly reminds you how great his fantasy team is this year? “Oh, I have Cam Newton AND RG3; doesn’t that make me, like, the coolest person ever?” No, it means is you are gloating way too early and bad fantasy karma ...

All I can say is thank goodness I’m Jewish and get to atone for my Week 1 sins in two weeks.  (RG3 will be an intricate part of my internal cleansing.)  With a new week brings a new crop of fantasy hopes and dreams – well, maybe except for Jay Cutle...

You know that website which aggregates a plethora of movie reviews to conoct a “fresh or rotten” percentage?  The number is pretty reliable when it comes to the worth of a movie, and that’s because receivers get to see the product in advance. O...

Welcome to the 2012 regular season kickoff of “Positively Gruden,” where I break down the top praise, plaudits, and pats on the back from America’s favorite fawning former coach.  After several weeks of trolling through 3rd through 6th stringers in...

One of the best things about Week 1 of the NFL is knowing that, even after an exhausting slate of Sunday games, there’s still two more games waiting for us on Monday night.  The only thing that would make it better is if Jon G...

Like many kids, Christmas used to be my favorite day of the year.  Growing up in a small rural town in Illinois, with two government employees as parents, Christmas was the one day of the year that I knew I’d get the stuff tha...

In fantasy football, just as in life, there are the “haves” and “have-nots.” The haves avoided the hype of  Cam Newton and Chris Johnson on draft day. They always pick up the right wide receiver on waivers. And somehow they get in their five mile...

Welcome to the recap of the stirring season finale of “Hard Knocks” with the Miami Dolphins!  It’s Final Cut day, and the football world has been abuzz with speculation on who will make the squad and who will get sent packing.  The roster bubble i...