Quote of the day
My shots don’t shape like they used to. ” -- Tiger Woods, after an opening round score of +7 in the PGA ChampionshipDaily blurb
I started making preparations for football yesterday. The first (and easiest) update was the 2011 NFL schedule, all neatly formatted on one grid for all 32 teams and 17 weeks. (If you want to put it in a spreadsheet, just copy and paste.)
Bye week scheduling is a bit different than in recent years. This year, there are no byes until week #5. For each of weeks #5-8, six teams have a bye. Then, in each of weeks 9 & 11, four teams have a bye. The period of four consecutive 6-bye weeks will be something you’ll want to plan for – or at least consider the implications of - when drafting your teams. Be prepared.
I’ll begin to get player prices posted for the various covered games, although there’s clearly no rush at this point. My plans are to provide coverage for the three daily contest sites – Fanduel, Draftstreet, and Daily Joust – as well as the Fireleague salary cap game (see yesterday’s blurb). It’s possible that other games will be added, although these are the ones that I’m currently preparing for. FanDuel already has contests available for week #1, although I don’t know why anyone would want to start picking a lineup in early August. Whatever. Football fever, I guess.