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. Weâd studied, received and made trade offers, made playoffs, won and lost championships, and really obsessed over the game pretty much from mid-July to the New Year on a yearly basis.
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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 worldâs most epic rematches, and with regard to Joe Frazier and Ken Norton, trilogies.
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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 cornered on great names: Final Four, Sweet 16. Even the first round of the NFL playoffs was Super Wild Card Weekend.
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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 another connection to my youth that was leaving our world, and even though Iâd been bracing for it during his recent hospital stay, I still wasnât ready to say goodbye to this man. You see, I grew up a Dodger fan, and I fell in love with the team and the game in 1977. That happened to be Lasordaâs first year managing the Dodgers. From the start, this was something special.
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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 thereâs only a single game happening at once. It gets that Sunday or Monday Night Football feel where everything is just stopping for this one game.
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This week the strategy completely changes. The challenge is more complex than every other week this season, because youâre not just looking at past performance within a great matchup. Youâre also looking at who is going to actually âplayâ this week based on teamsâ chances to either make the playoffs or improve playoff seeding.
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