Monday, August 30, 2010

Are You Ready for Some Football?


The slow summer that we've all gotten used to here at Stock Lemon is about to come to an abrupt end. After months without our money sport--football--both the NFL and NCAA Football schedules are about to get underway. With them, our successful Free NFL Picks and Free NCAA Football Picks come as well.

After several text messages to his Viking teammates, and others to resident Stock Lemon hottie Jenn Sterger (we have never been more jealous of Lemmy than right now), Brett Favre is back, which means football is right around the corner. And our Free Picks systems are never a Croc.

So come back later this week for our first Free NCAA Football Picks with a full slate of games Thursday and Saturday, and then again for Thursday/Sunday/Monday's NFL action. And then again for Week 2, and again, and again, and again.

The sun has set on the annual quiet Stock Lemon summer, so we'll see you early and often in September.

Saturday, August 21, 2010

2010 Fantasy Football Rankings: Tight Ends


Alright, we were originally only going to roll out our 2010 Fantasy Football analysis for QBs, RBs and WRs. Due to more than a few requests, we will also post our TE analysis. However, we won't cover kickers and defense because, frankly, we don't want to encourage anyone to draft them before the final two rounds of their draft.

On that note, while it's become trendy for people who have no idea how to play fantasy football to say that you should ALWAYS draft a kicker in the final round, consider that all of your dopey league mates are thinking along those lines. We suggest taking a kicker in the second-to-last round and taking your defense last. Both positions aren't all that much different from top to bottom (unless you get one of the top two defenses--but they aren't always the same two as the previous year). This way, you can get one of your preferred kickers while also getting likely the same defense as you would in the second-to-last round (defenses tend to go waaaaay too early). Anyway, we digress. On to our top 20 TEs:

1. Antonio Gates SD 1
2. Jermichael Finley GB 1
3. Dallas Clark IND 1
4. Jason Witten DAL 1
5. Vernon Davis SF 1
6. Brent Celek PHI 1
7. Tony Gonzalez ATL 2
8. Zach Miller OAK 2
9. Owen Daniels HOU 2
10. Chris Cooley WAS 2
11. John Carlson SEA 3
12. Visanthe Shianco MIN 3
13. Greg Olsen CHI 3
14. Kellen Winslow, Jr. TB 4
15. Tony Scheffler DET 4
16. Heath Miller PHI 4
17. Dustin Keller NYJ 4
18. Kevin Boss NYG 4
19. Bo Scaife TEN 4
20. Jeremy Shockey NO 4

And with that, we conclude our 2010 Fantasy Football rankings--for real this time. Now that our fantasy content is finished, we can focus on the reality. The real deal is just weeks away, and just like last year, we will be the place to be for Free NFL Picks throughout the season (61% all-time).

Stay tuned!

Saturday, August 14, 2010

2010 Fantasy Football Rankings: Wide Receivers


In our last installment of 2010 Fantasy Football Rankings, we're going to cover the wide receivers, listed in order of the least coverable wide receivers. Once again, we've used a tier system to determine value, which is the mystery number to the right of each player's team. Enjoy!

1 Andre Johnson HOU 1
2 Randy Moss NE 2
3 Calvin Johnson DET 2
4 Larry Fitzgerald ARI 2
5 Reggie Wayne IND 2
6 Greg Jennings GB 2
7 Roddy White ATL 2
8 Miles Austin DAL 2
9 Brandon Marshall MIA 2
10 DeSean Jackson PHI 2
11 Anquan Boldin BAL 3
12 Marques Colston NO 3
13 Steve Smith CAR 3
14 Michael Crabtree SF 3
15 Chad Ochocinco CIN 3
16 Mike Sims-Walker JAC 4
17 Robert Meachum NO 4
18 Hakeem Nicks NYG 4
19 Mike Wallace PIT 4
20 Hines Ward PIT 4
21 Sidney Rice MIN 4
22 Steve Smith NYG 4
23 Dwayne Bowe KC 4
24 Vincent Jackson SD 4
25 Kenny Britt TEN 4
26 Wes Welker NE 4
27 Percy Harvin MIN 4
28 Donald Driver GB 4
29 Santana Moss WAS 4
30 Terrell Owens CIN 4
31 Pierre Garcon IND 5
32 Dez Bryant DAL 5
33 Malcolm Floyd SD 5
34 Jeremy Maclin PHI 5
35 Devin Aromashodu CHI 5
36 Derrick Mason BAL 5
37 Lee Evans BUF 5
38 T.J. Houshmandzadeh SEA 5
39 Braylon Edwards NYJ 5
40 Steve Breaston ARI 6
41 Mohammad Massaquoi CLE 6
42 Devin Hester CHI 6
43 Chaz Shilens OAK 6
44 Demaryius Thomas DEN 6
45 Santonio Holmes NYJ 6
46 Jacoby Jones HOU
47 Mike Williams TB
48 Donnie Avery STL
49 Johnny Knox CHI
50 Mario Manningham NYG
51 Devin Thomas WAS
52 Golden Tate SEA
53 Laurent Robinson STL
54 Arrelious Benn TB
55 Chris Chambers KC
56 Nate Burleson DET
57 Eddie Royal DEN
58 Julian Edelman NE
59 Jabar Gaffney DEN
60 Davone Bess MIA
61 Josh Morgan SF
62 Austin Collie IND
63 Jerricho Cotchery NYJ
64 Roy Williams DAL
65 Bernard Berrian MIN
66 Devery Henderson NO
67 Kevin Walter HOU
68 Antonio Bryant CIN
69 Dexter McCluster KC
70 Earl Bennett CHi

2010 Fantasy Football Rankings: Running Backs


We know it's a busy fantasy football draft weekend, so we're going to go right ahead and hammer out our running back rankings. Much like the Quarterbacks, we've listed tiers after each player's team so as to help divide them into groups when picking between positions. Say a tier 2 RB is available and there are still 4 tier 2 WR's. Simply follow the tier and you'll have a good year.

1 Chris Johnson TEN 1
2 Adrian Peterson MIN 1
3 Maurice Jones-Drew JAC 2
4 Ray Rice BAL 2
5 Frank Gore SF 2
6 Michael Turner ATL 3
7 Steven Jackson STL 3
8 Rashard Mendenhall PIT 4
9 Jamaal Charles KC 4
10 Ryan Matthews SD 4
11 Pierre Thomas NO 5
12 DeAngelo Williams CAR 5
13 Ryan Grant GB 5
14 Cedric Benson CIN 5
15 Knowshon Moreno DEN 5
16 Beanie Wells ARI 5
17 Shonn Greene NYJ 5
18 LeSean McCoy PHI 5
19 Jonathan Stewart CAR 5
20 Felix Jones DAL 5
21 Matt Forte CHI 5
22 Jahvid Best DET 6
23 Ben Tate HOU 6
24 Montario Hardesty CLE 6
25 Fred Jackson BUF 6
26 Justin Forsett SEA 6
27 Michael Bush OAK 6
28 Brandon Jacobs NYG 7
29 Ronnie Brown MIA 7
30 Joseph Addai IND 7
31 Jerome Harrison CLE 7
32 Darren McFadden OAK 7
33 C.J. Spiller BUF 7
34 Ahmad Bradshaw NYG 7
35 Ricky Williams MIA 7
36 Tim Hightower ARI 7
37 Marion Barber DAL 7
38 Clinton Portis WAS 7
39 Cadillac Williams TB 7
40 Reggie Bush NO 7
41 Darren Sproles SD 7
42 Arian Foster HOU 8
43 Donald Brown IND 8
44 Thomas Jones KC 8
45 Chester Taylor CHI 8
46 Laurence Maroney NE 8
47 LaDanian Tomlinson NYJ
48 Steve Slaton HOU
49 Willis McGahee BAL
50 Marshawn Lynch BUF
51 Jason Snelling ATL
52 Tashard Choice DAL
53 Derrick Ward TB
54 Bernard Scott CIN
55 Javon Ringer TEN
56 Leon Washington SEA
57 Correll Buckhalter DEN
58 Mike Bell PHI
59 Julius Jones SEA
60 Kevin Smith DET

2010 Fantasy Football Rankings: Quarterbacks


We've been teasing you for weeks, but finally we are ready to unveil or 2010 Fantasy Football Rankings. Naturally, we'll start with quarterbacks. As you'll see, we've ranked them into tiers, which are listed after their team name.


1. Aaron Rodgers GB 1
2. Drew Brees NO 1
3. Peyton Manning IND 1
4. Tony Romo DAL 1
5. Philip Rivers SD 2
6. Tom Brady NE 2
7. Matt Schaub HOU 2
8. Jay Cutler CHI 3
9. Brett Favre MIN 3
10. Eli Manning NYG 3
11. Carson Palmer CIN 4
12. Joe Flacco BAL 4
13. Matt Ryan ATL 4
14. Donovan McNabb WAS 4
15. Kevin Kolb PHI 4
16. Vince Young TEN 5
17. Alex Smith SF 5
18. Matt Stafford DET 5
19. Matt Cassell KC 5
20. Ben Roethlisberger PIT 6
21. Chad Henne MIA 6
22. David Garrard JAC 6
23. Kyle Orton DEN 6
24. Mark Sanchez NYJ 6
25. Matt Leinart ARI 6

Stay tuned for more rankings to come!