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TIME TO RETHINK THE LATE-ROUND QB?
- February 16, 2021
- 2020 Season
In our Familia league, we chuckle at the photo of our first draft. It’s a big board, filled with stickers with players’ names in different colors making a big spreadsheet come to life. All our teams were on there...
ADENTRO Y AFUERA SUPER BOWL LV… WE MADE IT!
- February 5, 2021
- 2020 Season
When I think back to late July, when NFL camps were opening up with an equal mix of limited fanfare and trepidation, I had an internal tug of war going on in my brain about the upcoming NFL season.
WHAT I LEARNED FROM MY FIRST YEAR AS A FANTASY FOOTBALL ANALYST
- January 27, 2021
- 2020 Season
When my primos Ricky, Hector and I debuted the Familia FFB podcast back on Cinco de Mayo 2020, we all thought we knew fantasy football really well. We’d studied, received and made trade offers, made playoffs, won and lost...
ADENTRO Y AFUERA, CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS: YOU WANT A REMATCH?
- January 23, 2021
- 2020 Season
When I think of rematches, I think of Muhammad Ali and the Rocky series before I think of football. Ali had some of the boxing world’s most epic rematches, and with regard to Joe Frazier and Ken Norton, trilogies.
ADENTRO Y AFUERA, PLAYOFFS DIVISIONAL ROUND: WHAT’S IN THE NAME?
- January 15, 2021
- 2020 Season
The Divisional Round of the playoffs is one of the most poorly named weekends of NFL Football and sports in general. Kyle Brandt of NFL Network pointed out on the Rich Eisen Show that March Madness has the market...
TOMMY LASORDA: A LIFE IN BLUE
- January 13, 2021
- 2020 Season
When I got the news on the morning of Jan. 8 that the legendary Tommy Lasorda passed away at age 93, it was a major punch in the gut. More like a baseball bat to the forehead. This was...
ADENTRO Y AFUERA: SUPER WILD CARD WEEKEND
- January 7, 2021
- 2020 Season
I love the NFL playoffs. Much as I relish the regular season with 7 games on in the early window, I so enjoy it when there’s only a single game happening at once. It gets that Sunday or Monday...
ADENTRO Y AFUERA WEEK 17: THE WEIRD WEEK KICKS OFF 2021
- January 1, 2021
- 2020 Season
This week the strategy completely changes. The challenge is more complex than every other week this season, because you’re not just looking at past performance within a great matchup. You’re also looking at who is going to actually “play”...
ADENTRO Y AFUERA WEEK 16: LOYALTY? KARMA? GET A TITLE!
- December 24, 2020
- 2020 Season
If you’re reading this, you’re likely in the championship of your fantasy football league. I’m in two title matches. There are few things that match winning the championship. It’s the culmination of months and hundreds of hours studying and...
LOS WAIVERS WEEK 16: CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK
- December 22, 2020
- 2020 Season
Here we are. Week 16. Championship Week. La Semana del Campeonato. Five months ago when professional sports were starting back up and NFL training camps were opening under incredible safety protocols and scrutiny, this week seemed like a galaxy...
ADENTRO Y AFUERA WEEK 15: IN THE PLAYOFFS YOU GOTTA HAVE FAITH
- December 17, 2020
- 2020 Season
You know how you remember so much about the great calls you make in setting fantasy football lineups? Well, if you’ve been playing fantasy football long enough, you’ll see your share of calls that go wrong. And they stick...
RANKINGS, WEEK 15
- December 16, 2020
- 2020 Season
Historic seasons are continuing. Some incredible matchups are ahead for so many players. Just in time for the playoffs. This is going to be fun. Here are the Week 15 rankings: