Interview with Curt Menafee from FOX NFL Sunday

It was great to talk with Curt Menafee from FOX NFL Sunday the other day. He has a good thing going every fall when he hangs out with Jimmy, Terry, Howie and Strahan every Sunday, but did you know he also is a soccer nut? He's calling the semifinals and finals of the UEFA Champions League for FOX Soccer. He also does preseason games for the Seattle Seahawks. He was gracious enough to spend a few talking about that as well. An all around good guy, and he couldn't resist turning the tables and asking us a couple of questions as well. Check it out on www.32teamsfantasy.com

We'll be airing our post-draft show this week. Don't miss it!!

the Mad Dog

Earlier this week, the football world lost a great man, an ambassador for the game, a superlatively dedicated Miami Dolphin, and the most positive voice I've ever heard on sports radio.

Here's a nice tribute from Finsiders...

http://www.miamidolphins.com/news/jim-mandich-truly-one-kind


Give an AWWW-RIGHT MIAMI!!! to TE Jim "Mad Dog" Mandich

We're BAAAACK!

After listening to our draft preview episodes, we discovered that we weren't very happy with the content. Really, what do we know about all these players that you can't find out from Mel Kiper and Todd McShay?? And not only that, but by the time the draft got here, the information we were giving would be so outdated that it really seemed pointless to do it.

We've also been discouraged by the labor situation messing with our normal fantasy routine. However, we are BACK....as soon as there is something cogent to talk about. So, our next show will be the week after the NFL draft. We'll start looking at the skill position guys that we like to make an impact, and hopefully there will be progress in these labor negotiations so we can have a season.

Tune in to our latest rant about all this and more on our website...

www.32teamsfantasy.com

NFC East Draft Preview

OK, so the Cowboys didn't make it to the Super Bowl in their own stadium, the Giants blew their post-season hopes by playing the worst 4 minutes of football I've ever seen, the Redskins have more problems than a math book, and the Eagles will be everyone's sexy pick for the NFC next season with Michael Vick at the helm. We talk about all your NFC East teams this week, including mock draft predictions, free agents, and coaching issues.

Tune in to our latest episode at www.32teamsfantasy.com

AFC Draft Preview

32 Teams is back from a Super Bowl hangover, ready to preview the NFL draft by division! We did shows all throughout the NFL playoffs, but I never blogged about it. Needed to take a break and have the real season come to an end. I wanted to savor what football there was, since there may be none for some time.

My advice to you is not to fear, 32 Teams is here!

Even though there is labor strife and the possibility of a work stoppage, there will still be a draft. Since there are no Free Agent moves to be made this off season due to the expiration of the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, the decisions made on draft day may have a longer reaching effect than normal.

Check out our first of 8 draft previews, beginning with the AFC East on our website www.32teamsfantasy.com

Week 17 - Three Way

I missed on Kitna and Philip missed on Reggie Wayne last week, but the rest of it was all good, including the sleepers. For the first time this season, and when it really counted, mind you, ALL the sleepers were good. I like that kind of action!

We will each give out our picks of a top QB, RB & WR that we see doing well that weekend (starter quality = top 10 in fantasy points at their respective positions that week). These aren't the obvious picks of Aaron Rodgers, Adrian Peterson and Andre Johnson, but more of the guys you have to dig deeper to find. This week, we took a different approach - take players from meaningless games (Min/Det, SD/Den & Ari/SF) for my three way and Philip decided to only take players from the StL/Sea game, so without further ado...

Here are our Three Ways for Week 17:

Heath:

QB- Shaun Hill
RB- Ryan Mathews
WR- Michael Crabtree

Philip:

QB- Charlie Whitehurst
RB- Steven Jackson
WR- Danny Amendola

More Sleepers: Emmanuel Sanders, John Skelton, Jason Snelling, Danny Woodhead, Jimmy Graham, Jared Cook, TJ Houshmandzadeh

Week 17 NFL Picks

Each week, Philip and I pick all the NFL games as part of the Buffalo Wild Wings All Stars League. These are straight up picks, no point spreads involved. We have been known to address point spreads in our broadcast, though, as well as opinions on the totals of the games. Here are our picks for Week 17 with the tiebreaker being the total score home-away for the SNF game since there are no more Monday night games:

NE, DET, PIT, KC, ATL, BUF, BAL, NO, NYG, HOU, SD, ARI, PHI, IND, GB, STL

STL 23 - SEA - 20 43 Total Points

Away 23 - Home 20

Check out the Maury Conklin Group's record on ff.buffalowildwings.com

Our record this season: 155-85
Week 16: 9-7
Week 15: 11-5
Week 14: 11-5
Week 13: 10-6
Week 12: 13-3
Week 11: 12-4
Week 10: 9-5
Week 9: 11-2
Week 8: 8-5
Week 7: 9-5
Week 6: 11-3
Week 5: 4-10
Week 4: 8-6
Week 3: 8-8
Week 2: 11-5
Week 1: 10-6

Week 17 Waiver Wire

Are you still playing for a championship in your league during Week 17?!!? Whoa, Nellie! Your league is hardcore, then. We do our waiver picks on the show, so if you want these in a timely fashion - listen up on Tuesday nights. The show was posted and running on the site this week, however, on Wednesday at 5:30pm ET due to the recent Tuesday Night Football game on NBC. We highlighted the main guys here and talk about their match-ups this week. You have to listen to the show to get the benefit of that. Here are the waiver wire pickups, in order of preference:

QB - Shaun Hill
Stephen McGee
Tim Tebow
Charlie Whitehurst
Trent Edwards

RB- Correll Buckhalter
Rashad Jennings

WR- Jason Hill
Emmanuel Sanders
Jerome Simpson
Danario Alexander
TJ Houshmandzadeh
Naaman Roosevelt

TE- Jimmy Graham
Jared Cook
Mickey Shuler

PK- Josh Brown

DST- Detroit
Kansas City
NY Jets
Arizona
Indianapolis

Week 16 - Three Way

I hit the three way pretty well last week, Philip missed on Roy Williams (he was on the inactive list on Sunday), but did okay with Kitna and Thomas Jones. It's tough doing this on Tuesday and have it still come out the same on Sunday. The sleeper list was as it always is, half and half of hit and miss. Collins, Stewart, and Nelson hit pretty well. This week is for the championship. This list may change by kickoff on Christmas night.

We will each give out our picks of a top QB, RB & WR that we see doing well that weekend (starter quality = top 10 in fantasy points at their respective positions that week). These aren't the obvious picks of Aaron Rodgers, Adrian Peterson and Andre Johnson, but more of the guys you have to dig deeper to find. Philip has foregone picking a RB in favor of TE Brent Celek. He says that he'll score more than any RB he can pick this week....we'll see.

Here are our Three Ways for Week 16:

Heath:

QB- Jon Kitna
RB- Ben Jarvus Green-Ellis
WR- Mike Wallace

Philip:

QB- David Garrard
TE- Brent Celek
WR- Reggie Wayne

More Sleepers: LeGarrette Blount, Mike Sims-Walker, Darren McFadden, Mike Williams (TB), Ben Watson, Jason Witten

Week 16 NFL Picks

Each week, Philip and I pick all the NFL games as part of the Buffalo Wild Wings All Stars League. These are straight up picks, no point spreads involved. We have been known to address point spreads in our broadcast, though, as well as opinions on the totals of the games. Here are our picks for Week 16 with the tiebreaker being the total score home-away for the MNF game:

PIT, DAL, JAX, MIA, STL, KC, CHI, NE, BAL, HOU, SD, IND, NYG, TB, PHI, NO

NO 27 - ATL - 24 Total Points

Away 27 - Home 24

Check out the Maury Conklin Group's record on ff.buffalowildwings.com

Our record this season: 146-78
Week 15: 11-5
Week 14: 11-5
Week 13: 10-6
Week 12: 13-3
Week 11: 12-4
Week 10: 9-5
Week 9: 11-2
Week 8: 8-5
Week 7: 9-5
Week 6: 11-3
Week 5: 4-10
Week 4: 8-6
Week 3: 8-8
Week 2: 11-5
Week 1: 10-6